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03.03.2026 04:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social
Film critic; NSFC, NYFCC. Bylines at Criterion, Sight & Sound, Noir City, my own Substack, and wherever fine film geeks are found. https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/
Why shouldnβt you, I sure have! π
03.03.2026 04:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Empezamos la semana con Jennifer Jones
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Jennifer Jones in "Gone to Earth" - BOTD
02.03.2026 17:50 β π 38 π 8 π¬ 1 π 1Oh come ON. If that's "preventative" what the hell is "severe skin condition" supposed to look like? Also, GTFO with calling that spot "reddish" in the article, try "fiery oozing mess"
02.03.2026 21:19 β π 30 π 3 π¬ 5 π 0In βTo Be or Not to Beβ (1942)
02.03.2026 15:09 β π 16 π 1 π¬ 1 π 2I thought, "I should post a lovely still of Jennifer Jones in Portrait of Jennie for her birthday, I love that movie so much," and then I afterthought "I don't have to do that, I can go to Tomas's page and RT because I know he won't let this slip by."
02.03.2026 21:12 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0With Joseph Cotten in βPortrait of Jennieβ (1948)
Jennifer Jones, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1919, in Tulsa, Oklahoma
02.03.2026 13:32 β π 41 π 5 π¬ 4 π 0With Diahann Carroll on the set of βParis Bluesβ (1961)
Martin Ritt, Director, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1914, in New York City
02.03.2026 13:14 β π 23 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0Kurt Weill (with scenes from the G. W. Pabst film "The Threepenny Opera" based on his stage work) - BOTD
02.03.2026 19:19 β π 33 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0Really obscene to display Kirk, who attacked the Civil Rights Act, with Washington, who quietly poured considerable resources into legal challenges to Jim Crow (which would have put his career and life in jeopardy in contemporary Alabama had it come to light).
01.03.2026 15:21 β π 79 π 28 π¬ 2 π 0Ha ha, I would love to tote around a kitten like that too! One of those beauties, like Kim Novak and Doris Day, who adored animals. Lots of lovely photos of ET with dogs and cats. Here's a sweet one of her drying off her spaniels.
01.03.2026 02:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Happy Birthday to Cristina Raines, one of the most level-headed & grounded people from show business I've ever encountered. Here is my interview with her from 2014.
hillplace.blogspot.com/2014/06/sinc...
p.s. I know what you mean; it needs to get bigger and broader
01.03.2026 01:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It was part of a larger concert featuring B.B. King (there's a 45 minute video), the Voices of East Harlem, and Jimmie J.J. Walker when he was just a very young stand-up as the MC. You can see Joan in the audience in this clip.
01.03.2026 01:29 β π 15 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0David Goodman: "I have filmed Joan on two occasions. At this time Joan's husband was in prison as a draft protester to the Vietnam War. My partner at the time, Harry Wiland, contacted her to ask her if she would participate in a Thanksgiving day event that we were planning inside Sing Sing prison."
01.03.2026 01:26 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0P.S. One source says photo is David Redfern, 1960; whenever, love it, love her.
01.03.2026 01:25 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Joan Baez, hair long and wearing a velvet jacket, cradles a large and very beautiful all-black cat, circa late 1960s.
"I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace. I was trying to disturb the war." βJoan Baez, 1967. She had been arrested, with 123 others, for blocking the entrance to an Armed Forces Induction Center in Oakland, California.
(photo is undated AFAIK; #Caturday)
The last song on the album
I love it.
#ThePolice
#musicsky
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Good, that was the idea.
01.03.2026 00:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π A+ dad joke
01.03.2026 00:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A white bunny sits on asphalt surrounded by scattered yellow leaves.
01.03.2026 00:04 β π 2447 π 505 π¬ 13 π 14Taylor is wearing a polka-dot robe with a kitten riding comfortably in her left pocket.
Yesterday was Elizabeth Taylor's birthday, so here she is in her salad days, smuggling a kitten. #Caturday
28.02.2026 23:32 β π 90 π 7 π¬ 5 π 0They needed to interview the missile to get its side of the story first.
28.02.2026 22:06 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0βWere killed when a strike hitβ βlisten you donβt achieve that kind of passive voice mastery in a matter of minutes
28.02.2026 21:59 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0And a mere eight hours after everybody posted about it here comes the New York Times, winded and puking, across the finish line.
28.02.2026 21:52 β π 31 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0Mamdani reassuring Iranians in NYC that heβll be working to keep them safeβ¦ Schumer could never and would never
28.02.2026 18:43 β π 399 π 38 π¬ 8 π 1Today's one of those "call your dad and tell him to turn on TCM" days, if you're lucky enough to still be able to do that. #TCMParty #FilmSky
28.02.2026 16:33 β π 91 π 14 π¬ 9 π 2I found this because I thought it was Toby Wing at first πyouβre so right
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