Greg Fantomas F
@fantomascinema.bsky.social
Film historian, movie writer (various, including TCM, MSN Movies, Cinema Retro, Bulwark), director and actor (Sustained Reaction, Cetilusine), and host of YouTube Channel Unexplained Cinema Presents. https://www.youtube.com/@UnexplainedCinemaPresents/video
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My honest to goodness favorite part of Rope is the incredibly detailed New York backdrop behind the window that gradually goes from day to night.
Let's scroll through Roku's horror section and see what they have. Ah, yes, West Side Story, with its famous Jets vs the Sharks vs Jason and Freddy story.
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Let's scroll through Roku's horror section and see what they have. Ah, yes, West Side Story, with its famous Jets vs the Sharks vs Jason and Freddy story.
But... wait... it was 1974, it wasn't made in black and white because they couldn't afford color stock, it was made to resemble the original movies that... [trails off in disbelief]
[stares, mouth hangs open]
WHAT??!!??!?!?!!!!
[stares, mouth hangs open]
WHAT??!!??!?!?!!!!
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
But... wait... it was 1974, it wasn't made in black and white because they couldn't afford color stock, it was made to resemble the original movies that... [trails off in disbelief]
[stares, mouth hangs open]
WHAT??!!??!?!?!!!!
[stares, mouth hangs open]
WHAT??!!??!?!?!!!!
I just want to get serious here for a minute and say how important it is for all of to appreciate how lucky we are that we live in a world where limited edition holiday shapes of Reese's and Snickers exist.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I just want to get serious here for a minute and say how important it is for all of to appreciate how lucky we are that we live in a world where limited edition holiday shapes of Reese's and Snickers exist.
One of my favorite village cats in Switzerland this summer. Such a sweetie.
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
One of my favorite village cats in Switzerland this summer. Such a sweetie.
I once smoked a marijuana cigarette, which my friends referred to as Mary Jane, and I went on a cross country killing spree shortly afterwards with a girl named Holly.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I once smoked a marijuana cigarette, which my friends referred to as Mary Jane, and I went on a cross country killing spree shortly afterwards with a girl named Holly.
Roger Ebert said, basically, the whole story exists just to get to this ending. It is, in both the short story and the movie, one of the most incredible and moving works of prose in existence.
youtube.com/watch?v=elrV...
youtube.com/watch?v=elrV...
The Extraordinary Ending of The Dead (1987)
YouTube video by Unexplained Cinema Presents
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November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Roger Ebert said, basically, the whole story exists just to get to this ending. It is, in both the short story and the movie, one of the most incredible and moving works of prose in existence.
youtube.com/watch?v=elrV...
youtube.com/watch?v=elrV...
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If you say Poppy three times, she appears.
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
If you say Poppy three times, she appears.
If you say Poppy three times, she appears.
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
If you say Poppy three times, she appears.
Recycling old boxes and I can't find Poppy now. If anyone has any ideas where she might be, please let me know.
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Recycling old boxes and I can't find Poppy now. If anyone has any ideas where she might be, please let me know.
“We are so sorry,” said his wife, Mary Liz. “I feel like no one thinks that we're sorry.”
You know why they don't think you're sorry, Mary Fucking Liz! Because you ignored flood zones to make money and are now reopening, you fucking ghoul!
Burn in Hell, monsters.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
You know why they don't think you're sorry, Mary Fucking Liz! Because you ignored flood zones to make money and are now reopening, you fucking ghoul!
Burn in Hell, monsters.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Swept Away
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November 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“We are so sorry,” said his wife, Mary Liz. “I feel like no one thinks that we're sorry.”
You know why they don't think you're sorry, Mary Fucking Liz! Because you ignored flood zones to make money and are now reopening, you fucking ghoul!
Burn in Hell, monsters.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
You know why they don't think you're sorry, Mary Fucking Liz! Because you ignored flood zones to make money and are now reopening, you fucking ghoul!
Burn in Hell, monsters.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
One of the most hilariously telling things with all of this, especially in comments on Twitter, is how shocked right wingers are that libs aren't rallying around people like Clinton and Summers. They think because they have lockstep loyalty to their leaders, Dems must as well. Absolute idiots.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
One of the most hilariously telling things with all of this, especially in comments on Twitter, is how shocked right wingers are that libs aren't rallying around people like Clinton and Summers. They think because they have lockstep loyalty to their leaders, Dems must as well. Absolute idiots.
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“Interested in my commentary on her outfits.” I absolutely guarantee she was not.
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Interested in my commentary on her outfits.” I absolutely guarantee she was not.
I rewatched THE SENTINEL for the first time in years and using people with facial body abnormalities as the demons from Hell made me feel kinda gross. Like, in Freaks, it's about people in a side show, and they're treated as human beings. In THE SENTINEL, they're used to save on the makeup budget.
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I rewatched THE SENTINEL for the first time in years and using people with facial body abnormalities as the demons from Hell made me feel kinda gross. Like, in Freaks, it's about people in a side show, and they're treated as human beings. In THE SENTINEL, they're used to save on the makeup budget.
When oh when oh fucking when is this goddamn AI bubble going to burst?!?!! I'm beyond sick of it. I have entered the "in a rage every day" stage of AI hatred.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
When oh when oh fucking when is this goddamn AI bubble going to burst?!?!! I'm beyond sick of it. I have entered the "in a rage every day" stage of AI hatred.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
"You know, there are only two things more beautiful than a good gun: a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere."
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"You know, there are only two things more beautiful than a good gun: a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere."
Godspeed You! Black Emperor has removed their entire catalog from all music streaming platforms. Well, I've still got functioning CDs so that's good. Honestly surprised they were ever on them to begin with. F♯ A♯ ∞ remains a cherished favorite.
November 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Godspeed You! Black Emperor has removed their entire catalog from all music streaming platforms. Well, I've still got functioning CDs so that's good. Honestly surprised they were ever on them to begin with. F♯ A♯ ∞ remains a cherished favorite.
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Today for @thebulwark.com I take a look at two undersung folk horror classics, Masahiro Shinoda's UNDER THE BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES, and Lindsey C. Vickers's THE APPOINTMENT!
www.thebulwark.com/p/an-interna...
www.thebulwark.com/p/an-interna...
An International Folk-Horror Double Feature
The Japanese and British isles bring us ‘Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees’ and ‘The Appointment.’
www.thebulwark.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Today for @thebulwark.com I take a look at two undersung folk horror classics, Masahiro Shinoda's UNDER THE BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES, and Lindsey C. Vickers's THE APPOINTMENT!
www.thebulwark.com/p/an-interna...
www.thebulwark.com/p/an-interna...
I think this is finally going to be the year for @faceyouhate.bsky.social
Who Do You Think Will Be People’s Sexiest Man Alive For 2025?
Who Do You Think Will Be People’s Sexiest Man Alive For 2025?
It's almost that time of year again. People Magazine has gathered its writers, locked them into the conclave, and told them to pick the next choice for the title of the sexiest man alive. The white smoke will go up...
Read more...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I think this is finally going to be the year for @faceyouhate.bsky.social
That'll show 'em, Venezuela! Bet those Norwegians are quaking in their boots.
October 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
That'll show 'em, Venezuela! Bet those Norwegians are quaking in their boots.
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Goddess. Cutup. Role model. Fashion original. And a fine filmmaker too. She directed “Unstrung Heroes” 30 years ago. R.I.P. 💔
www.nytimes.com/1995/09/15/m...
www.nytimes.com/1995/09/15/m...
FILM REVIEW; Nuttiness As Solace In a Son's Moment Of Grief (Published 1995)
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October 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Goddess. Cutup. Role model. Fashion original. And a fine filmmaker too. She directed “Unstrung Heroes” 30 years ago. R.I.P. 💔
www.nytimes.com/1995/09/15/m...
www.nytimes.com/1995/09/15/m...
