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just watched
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) ★★★★
https://letterboxd.com/jjomolloy/film/the-man-in-the-iron-mask-1998/

Why the Future of the Movies Lives on Letterboxd (Gift Article) The entertainment industry is in crisis, but a social platform for film enthusiasts is thriving. Is it changing the way we watch?

nice article about letterboxd on nyt

Why the Future of the Movies Lives on Letterboxd

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Screen 3 in Watershed filling up with Slapstick attendees with a holding slide on the screen.

A table full of Slapstick Festival merchandise.

MEMBER EVENT: Today is the start of @slapstickfest.bsky.social 2026 happening at venues all over Bristol including @wshed.bsky.social and @bristolbeacon.bsky.social.

See what’s screening when and get your tickets: slapstick.org.uk

Recalling Norman Rockwell's "The Gossips," a slew of computer users share a disc made by a user, each user sharing it with someone else until it ends up in a new machine, beginning the story anew. Artist: Mike Hagel, RUN Magazine Mar/Apr 1991

Pass the word!

just rewatched
Twelve Monkeys (1995) ★★★★
https://letterboxd.com/jjomolloy/film/twelve-monkeys/

Name a box office flop that became a cult classic

Title card for The Big Picture - a documentary about Bristol Megascreen, showing a filled auditorium.

The Big Picture, a feature length documentary from director Arthur Cauty about our venue Bristol Megascreen, is now available for rent on Kinema!

It’s pay what you want (from $4.99), but alas only for UK viewers.

Check it out now: kinema.com/films/the-bi...

just watched
The Quiet Family (1998) ★★★★★
https://letterboxd.com/jjomolloy/film/the-quiet-family/

This is one of my favorite optical illusions, because even when you know specifically HOW IT WORKS, it's still hard to make your brain believe it.

The image below is real-world video, but you're being tricked into believing it's an elaborate miniature by the DIORAMA EFFECT.

Let's talk about it.

10 most liked songs last week #6music #stats
1. “The Concept” by Teenage Fanclub
2. “Don't light my fire” by Otoboke Beaver
3. “Ten Storey Love Song” by The Stone Roses
4. “Bela Lugosi's Dead” by Bauhaus
5. “Where's My Phone” by Mitski
6. “Love Buzz” by Nirvana
7. “Not Today” by Kim Gordon

just rewatched
Entrapment (1999) ★★★★
https://letterboxd.com/jjomolloy/film/entrapment/

just watched
Sabrina (1995) ★★★★
https://letterboxd.com/jjomolloy/film/sabrina-1995/

digital art. crude painting of a cat shaking their head up and down causing blurring and their eyes to repeat. looks like they have 10 eyes

a cat shaking their head up and down causing blurring and their eyes to repeat. looks like they have 10 eyes

cat

just watched
Stigmata (1999) ★★★★
https://letterboxd.com/jjomolloy/film/stigmata/

fascinating! and mentioned the wonderfully dark The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb which no one I know has even heard of let alone seen

Lot of naysayers BUT this scene really showcases how good AI filmmaking can be...

Satoshi Kon talks about how Requiem for a Dream took from his film Perfect Blue (1997)

‘Can I get a sausage roll?’ and other Americanisms you should never hear in Greggs: the Stephen Collins cartoon There’s a hidden world beneath Greggs

I hate the word 'poop' more than I can express

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

yeah it's still really good fun

Your last four watched on Letterboxd Get a perfect screenshot for easy sharing

made the screenshot here
letterboxd-last-four.cheersderek.com

Young Guns II The Steal Conspiracy Theory Mac and Me

#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky

just watched
Young Guns II (1990) ★★★★
https://letterboxd.com/jjomolloy/film/young-guns-ii/

YouTube video by Bagpuss The Hmm-prentice – Alan Sugar hums the theme to The Apprentice

Oh yeah I also once made a silly video about the beardy Amstrad bloke from The Apprentice but no-one talks about that #theapprentice

just watched
The Steal (1995) ★★★
https://letterboxd.com/jjomolloy/film/the-steal/

TIE Advanced x1 model, on-set photographs by Richard Edlund

Star Wars (1977): TIE Advanced x1 model, on-set photographs by Richard Edlund

Don't cross the streams.

YouTube video by BBC Kitchen Gun - In stores now! 🔫😂 - BBC

KITCHEN GUN!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-7N...

we're so back!
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just watched
Conspiracy Theory (1997) ★★★★
https://letterboxd.com/jjomolloy/film/conspiracy-theory/