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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/

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Gift of Mrs. Agnes Kremer, 1938

Gift of Mrs. Agnes Kremer, 1938

Pelerine
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/98445

04.12.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Highlights this morning on WETA Classical include the graceful 3rd movement of Dvorak's Symphony #8 for Classical Sunrise at 7:10am; Emanuel Ax plays Chopin's dramatic 2nd Scherzo at 8:01am; and woodwinds on display all morning. Stay warm and join us.

04.12.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Description: A model wearing a red dress holding a handbag, against a Xmas background of silver garland & red & green decorations

Description: A model wearing a red dress holding a handbag, against a Xmas background of silver garland & red & green decorations

Sante Forlano
Glamour, December 1956

04.12.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
George Segal and Maggie London walk down a city street, their arms wrapped around each other, he carries a small Christmas tree; she wears a white wool coat by Dani Jrs., black and white muffler by Einier Accessories, black bubble hat by Veaumont, black gloves by Hansen, and grey stockings by Berkshire; he wears a khaki trench coat with slacks.

George Segal and Maggie London walk down a city street, their arms wrapped around each other, he carries a small Christmas tree; she wears a white wool coat by Dani Jrs., black and white muffler by Einier Accessories, black bubble hat by Veaumont, black gloves by Hansen, and grey stockings by Berkshire; he wears a khaki trench coat with slacks.

George Segal and Maggie London by Louis Faurer, 1964 πŸŽ„

04.12.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That goddamn raccoon has nothing on me

04.12.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
 

The Supremes (Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, Diana Ross) in 1965

The Supremes (Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, Diana Ross) in 1965

The Supremes wishing you a lovely holiday season!

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Feeling privileged to make it to the Paul Poiret exhibition at MAD Paris. A visual treat, it’s popular with all ages. Great to see students sketching & even a group of little children enjoying! More to follow.

03.12.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.

03.12.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1574    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 117    πŸ“Œ 94
Landscape with a mature duck and three ducklings

Landscape with a mature duck and three ducklings

Francis Barlow, A Duck and Its Brood, late 17th century, from collection of St John's College, Oxford www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/college-life...

03.12.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Vetheuil, The Church in Winter - 1879
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9286

03.12.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Christmas scenes in non-holiday classic films:

London Belongs to Me (1948, Gilliat)

02.12.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s really the opposite, if you only get one side of the history (and many of us do) it is completely shocking to realize much of what you β€œknow” isn’t true or isn’t the whole story, and many young jews feel a sense of betrayal over that bsky.app/profile/prem...

03.12.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 701    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 4
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Kim Novak and Pyewacket

🎬 Bell, Book and Candle (1958)❄️

03.12.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

His obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.

03.12.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5368    πŸ” 751    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 23

NYT pretends to be shocked that the white supremacist dictator they sanewash everyday says white supremacist things

03.12.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Toad settles into bed, ready to take life easy.

From "Tomorrow"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

Toad settles into bed, ready to take life easy. From "Tomorrow" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

β€œTomorrow,” said Toad, β€œI can just take life easy.” Toad went back to bed.

02.12.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 312    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
A bunny is in the Criterion Closet, picking from an enormous shelf of DVDs. Other dvds for foreign films lie strewn about the floor already, including "Hausu", "The Battle of Algiers" and Fritz Lang's "M". The bunny cannot reach above the second or third shelf

A bunny is in the Criterion Closet, picking from an enormous shelf of DVDs. Other dvds for foreign films lie strewn about the floor already, including "Hausu", "The Battle of Algiers" and Fritz Lang's "M". The bunny cannot reach above the second or third shelf

Daily bunny no.3156 can give you some recommendations

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Charulata Charulata on Criterion Channel

Link:

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Frog looked at Toad’s calendar. The November page was still on top. Frog tore off the November page. He tore off the December page. And the January page, the February page, and the March page. He came to the April page. Frog tore off the April page too.

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Jill Clayburgh was such the It girl in the 70s. #TCMParty #SilverStreak

02.12.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Gift of Laura-Lee and Robert Woods

Gift of Laura-Lee and Robert Woods

Richard Pettibone, Frank Stella, "Sinjerli II," 1967, 1971
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135363

01.12.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lake Phalen, with beach house in the distance, is largely covered with glassy ice, but with pockets of open water.

Lake Phalen, with beach house in the distance, is largely covered with glassy ice, but with pockets of open water.

Lake's almost frozen. The birds have fled. December first.

01.12.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But I picked it first!

01.12.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She is one of my favorites!!!! Very talented and a great comedienne

01.12.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Domaine de Champlatreux à #ÉpinayChamplÒtreux (#ValDOise) Construction XVIIIe siècle. Domaine de Champlatreux, comprenant toutes s...
Suite πŸ‘‰ https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00080055/epinay-champlatreux-domaine-de-champlatreux

Domaine de Champlatreux Γ  #Γ‰pinayChamplΓ’treux (#ValDOise) Construction XVIIIe siΓ¨cle. Domaine de Champlatreux, comprenant toutes s... Suite πŸ‘‰ https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00080055/epinay-champlatreux-domaine-de-champlatreux

Domaine de Champlatreux à #ÉpinayChamplÒtreux (#ValDOise) Construction XVIIIe siècle. Domaine de Champlatreux, comprenant toutes s...
Suite πŸ‘‰ https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00080055/epinay-champlatreux-domaine-de-champlatreux

01.12.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bess Flowers. 😎

01.12.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd love to know too, as someone who read Benet in adolescence and loved his work.

01.12.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An honest question for the poets out there: what is the general contemporary consensus (assuming that there is one) on Stephen Vincent Benet and Conrad Aiken? Just read JOHN BROWN'S BODY and SELECTED POEMS, respectively, and would be quite curious.

01.12.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Favorite first-time watches of Nov. 2025:
Take My Life (1947)
Blind Spot (1947)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
About a Boy (2002)

01.12.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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