Farran Smith Nehme

Farran Smith Nehme

@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/

15,733 Followers 1,774 Following 6,502 Posts Joined Jun 2023
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Anna Pavlova poses with a Siamese kitty in the bay window of her dining room at Ivy House, London, 1927.

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9 hours ago
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Listen to Director John Sturges' 'Better Than Film School' Commentary John Sturges is considered by many to be one of the most underrated filmmakers since the beginning of cinema. His films The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, and Bad Day at Black Rock tell stories ...

Director John Sturges explains it all for you!

nofilmschool.com/2013/09/list...

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9 hours ago

Thanks for saying that, I probably wouldn't have clicked otherwise. Now that I'm reading it, I agree.

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12 hours ago

The hell happened with her? I don't get it either.

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1 day ago
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Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity

A little good news.

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1 day ago

She's a phenomenal beauty, and the ad's memorable. But I don't think it's going to sell much of anything to *women.* Not even pomegranates.

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1 day ago

Are you wearing the...

...the red cabbage dress? Yeah I am.

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2 days ago

I think this war could destroy his presidency--I've never felt this about any other issue. He and his gang of nihilist greedhead idiots have finally gotten themselves into something they can't get out of. But the cost will, on every level, be staggering.

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1 day ago

Me too. Trump thought this would be Venezuela, only with some bombs to make Bibi happy about the dead Muslims and give Hegseth a chance to play Podium Hero. Trump always was this dumb; the difference is that his advisers are unfathomably stupid this time, too. (Is Susie Wiles in a coma or what?)

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2 days ago

I was at the Friday night performance of this and it was electrifying. The old gods heard that music for sure. I highly recommend going to see Mäkelä in action.

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2 days ago

You may know this house from its first role, in The French Connection. #TCMParty #Moonstruck

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2 days ago
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R.I.P Jennifer Runyon of Ghostbusters, Charles in Charge, Up the Creek, and To All a Goodnight. ☹️

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3 days ago

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

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3 days ago

I'm so sorry, Matt.

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3 days ago
A ginger tabby cat perched in a Wassily chair. He is sad because the girl cat he likes is hiding below the coffee table.

Miles says “Happy #caturday”

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3 days ago

'Nuff said!

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3 days ago

I have seen those! I laughed to see that one opera company is using "TIMOTHEE" as a discount code.

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3 days ago

Yes indeed! Have I seen Ah, Wilderness? I don't think I've seen Ah, Wilderness. Will rectify.

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Punching, Slamming, Screaming: A Chef’s Past Abuse Haunts Noma, the World’s Top-Rated Restaurant

*gift article*
Punching, Slamming, Screaming: A Chef’s Past Abuse Haunts Noma, the World’s Top-Rated Restaurant www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/d...

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3 days ago
An old building which is not the Waterpoort, which is nearby, but which (I think) has something to do with water. Anyhow, it has googly eyes; not sure if this is intentional. You never know with Belgians.

Googly eyes (2025) photograph by Anne Billson

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3 days ago

No, I don't believe he was. Do you remember him in The Silver Cord?

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#Caturday with another pre-coder cuddling a cat called Washy. - and with a larger cat with matching"coats".
#JoanBlondell

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3 days ago

Just watched and loved him in Big City Blues.

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3 days ago

ha ha, yes, this is His Sort of Thing, I think

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Linden is in a rattan chair, wearing just a bathing suit, with his legs propped on the railing and the cat curled up on his tummy.

Your #Caturday timeline beautifier: handsome Eric Linden, who had a string of good roles in such pre-code gems as The Crowd Roars, Afraid to Talk, and The Silver Cord, relaxes on a deck with a happy tabby.

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3 days ago

I didn't care for the movie, or her in it I'm afraid. If I had a vote it would go to Rose Byrne or Renate Reinsve (since Amanda Seyfried wasn't nominated). I think I'm definitely going to be disappointed!

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3 days ago

LOL, yeah, me too. The world is so awful at the moment that "edgy" feels too easy at times. Kindness, warmth, a little sentiment, done in a way that feels real—that's a high degree of difficulty right now.

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Over the past few years I've started really enjoying the TV series. It's especially fun to see which ones he directed, or clearly had more of a hand in. The overall level is very high.

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3 days ago

ppl think of Hitchcock as this director guy but he was doing Presents, he had a mystery magazine, he had a tie in book series about 3 kids who solve crimes from a caravan in a junkyard and do pyramid scheme marketing then for some reason expose the crimes to Alfred Hitchcock, man was hustling 24/7

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3 days ago

I should start teaching the youngest to do that. The other two make about a meal a week when they're home. My daughter enjoys cooking and uses us to try out new ideas.

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