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I'm trying *real* HARD to be the Shepherd
#lastfourwatched
THE GREAT ROAD (aka THE BIG ROAD)—first of the workers-as-protagonists films in China
GHOST CAT OF ARIMA PALACE—I'm a sucker for the kaibyō
KING: A FILMED RECORD—stunning and heartbreaking by turn
PLAZA SUITE—Walter Matthau at his New York-est
THE GREAT ROAD (aka THE BIG ROAD)—first of the workers-as-protagonists films in China
GHOST CAT OF ARIMA PALACE—I'm a sucker for the kaibyō
KING: A FILMED RECORD—stunning and heartbreaking by turn
PLAZA SUITE—Walter Matthau at his New York-est
January 24, 2026 at 2:02 AM
#lastfourwatched
THE GREAT ROAD (aka THE BIG ROAD)—first of the workers-as-protagonists films in China
GHOST CAT OF ARIMA PALACE—I'm a sucker for the kaibyō
KING: A FILMED RECORD—stunning and heartbreaking by turn
PLAZA SUITE—Walter Matthau at his New York-est
THE GREAT ROAD (aka THE BIG ROAD)—first of the workers-as-protagonists films in China
GHOST CAT OF ARIMA PALACE—I'm a sucker for the kaibyō
KING: A FILMED RECORD—stunning and heartbreaking by turn
PLAZA SUITE—Walter Matthau at his New York-est
had a dept meeting today, in which the boss reminded us all of the company's continuing push for EVERYBODY to use #AI for EVERYTHING, and I'm just like....
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 AM
had a dept meeting today, in which the boss reminded us all of the company's continuing push for EVERYBODY to use #AI for EVERYTHING, and I'm just like....
#tcmparty Cary Grant and Ronald Colman both handsome and debonair as all hell, but neither one can take their eyes off Jean Arthur and yep, that tracks....
January 16, 2026 at 1:36 AM
#tcmparty Cary Grant and Ronald Colman both handsome and debonair as all hell, but neither one can take their eyes off Jean Arthur and yep, that tracks....
#nowwatching
SEPARATE TABLES (1958)
a lot of quality actors in this one--Wendy Hiller, David Niven, Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr
but Burt F'ing Lancaster just blows them all away, and makes it look like he's not even *acting*, just being himself
SEPARATE TABLES (1958)
a lot of quality actors in this one--Wendy Hiller, David Niven, Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr
but Burt F'ing Lancaster just blows them all away, and makes it look like he's not even *acting*, just being himself
January 4, 2026 at 2:09 AM
#nowwatching
SEPARATE TABLES (1958)
a lot of quality actors in this one--Wendy Hiller, David Niven, Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr
but Burt F'ing Lancaster just blows them all away, and makes it look like he's not even *acting*, just being himself
SEPARATE TABLES (1958)
a lot of quality actors in this one--Wendy Hiller, David Niven, Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr
but Burt F'ing Lancaster just blows them all away, and makes it look like he's not even *acting*, just being himself
#nowwatching SOCIETY
if the opening credits are any indication, it's going to be both a blast and a mind-f*ck
if the opening credits are any indication, it's going to be both a blast and a mind-f*ck
January 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
#nowwatching SOCIETY
if the opening credits are any indication, it's going to be both a blast and a mind-f*ck
if the opening credits are any indication, it's going to be both a blast and a mind-f*ck
#lastfourwatched (reverse order)
MARIHUANA--for those who find REEFER MADNESS too based in reality and medical science
LEGEND OF GOBI--Mongolian folk tale; evil king bans music
MIGHTY PEKING MAN--Shaw Bros rip off KING KONG
TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS--silent comedy; two doughboys and an Arabian princess
MARIHUANA--for those who find REEFER MADNESS too based in reality and medical science
LEGEND OF GOBI--Mongolian folk tale; evil king bans music
MIGHTY PEKING MAN--Shaw Bros rip off KING KONG
TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS--silent comedy; two doughboys and an Arabian princess
January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
#lastfourwatched (reverse order)
MARIHUANA--for those who find REEFER MADNESS too based in reality and medical science
LEGEND OF GOBI--Mongolian folk tale; evil king bans music
MIGHTY PEKING MAN--Shaw Bros rip off KING KONG
TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS--silent comedy; two doughboys and an Arabian princess
MARIHUANA--for those who find REEFER MADNESS too based in reality and medical science
LEGEND OF GOBI--Mongolian folk tale; evil king bans music
MIGHTY PEKING MAN--Shaw Bros rip off KING KONG
TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS--silent comedy; two doughboys and an Arabian princess
How I'm walking out of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
How I'm walking out of 2025
#lastfourwatched
AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL--Monty Wooley impersonates a CEO
COMEDY OF TERRORS--Price, Lorre, Karloff, and Rathbone dir by Jacques Tourneur
DADDY-LONG-LEGS--Mary Pickford is an orphant (again)
HER PRIVATE AFFAIR--pre-code blackmail, murder, and histrionics
AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL--Monty Wooley impersonates a CEO
COMEDY OF TERRORS--Price, Lorre, Karloff, and Rathbone dir by Jacques Tourneur
DADDY-LONG-LEGS--Mary Pickford is an orphant (again)
HER PRIVATE AFFAIR--pre-code blackmail, murder, and histrionics
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#lastfourwatched
AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL--Monty Wooley impersonates a CEO
COMEDY OF TERRORS--Price, Lorre, Karloff, and Rathbone dir by Jacques Tourneur
DADDY-LONG-LEGS--Mary Pickford is an orphant (again)
HER PRIVATE AFFAIR--pre-code blackmail, murder, and histrionics
AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL--Monty Wooley impersonates a CEO
COMEDY OF TERRORS--Price, Lorre, Karloff, and Rathbone dir by Jacques Tourneur
DADDY-LONG-LEGS--Mary Pickford is an orphant (again)
HER PRIVATE AFFAIR--pre-code blackmail, murder, and histrionics
#filmsky #NowWatching
COMEDY OF TERRORS, dir by Jacques Tourneur, and featuring a trio of horror greats--Karloff, Price, Lorre, as well as Master of Sneering, Basil Rathbone
COMEDY OF TERRORS, dir by Jacques Tourneur, and featuring a trio of horror greats--Karloff, Price, Lorre, as well as Master of Sneering, Basil Rathbone
December 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
#filmsky #NowWatching
COMEDY OF TERRORS, dir by Jacques Tourneur, and featuring a trio of horror greats--Karloff, Price, Lorre, as well as Master of Sneering, Basil Rathbone
COMEDY OF TERRORS, dir by Jacques Tourneur, and featuring a trio of horror greats--Karloff, Price, Lorre, as well as Master of Sneering, Basil Rathbone
BRIOCHE FRENCH TOAST for 3
brioche (day-old is fine)
6 eggs
Milk
Vanilla
Cinnamon
Oven to 350 Grease 7 x 11-inch baking dish Blend last 4 ingredients IN baking dish Tear brioche into 1-in pieces Drop in dish, stir to coat Let sit 10 min/stir once Bake approx 25 min
brioche (day-old is fine)
6 eggs
Milk
Vanilla
Cinnamon
Oven to 350 Grease 7 x 11-inch baking dish Blend last 4 ingredients IN baking dish Tear brioche into 1-in pieces Drop in dish, stir to coat Let sit 10 min/stir once Bake approx 25 min
What do you do for Christmas breakfast? We usually do like eggs and bacon with tube cinnamon rolls, and tbh it's not that exciting
December 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
BRIOCHE FRENCH TOAST for 3
brioche (day-old is fine)
6 eggs
Milk
Vanilla
Cinnamon
Oven to 350 Grease 7 x 11-inch baking dish Blend last 4 ingredients IN baking dish Tear brioche into 1-in pieces Drop in dish, stir to coat Let sit 10 min/stir once Bake approx 25 min
brioche (day-old is fine)
6 eggs
Milk
Vanilla
Cinnamon
Oven to 350 Grease 7 x 11-inch baking dish Blend last 4 ingredients IN baking dish Tear brioche into 1-in pieces Drop in dish, stir to coat Let sit 10 min/stir once Bake approx 25 min
#filmsky #NowWatching AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL (1951) and the scene where the teenage son is eating lunch and mom tells him she's divorcing his dad--a BFD in 1951--and young squire is upset but does NOT stop eating and I knew right then the screenwriter had *absolutely* raised a teenage boy
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#filmsky #NowWatching AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL (1951) and the scene where the teenage son is eating lunch and mom tells him she's divorcing his dad--a BFD in 1951--and young squire is upset but does NOT stop eating and I knew right then the screenwriter had *absolutely* raised a teenage boy
can not recommend this dish OR this website highly enough
December 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
can not recommend this dish OR this website highly enough
#NowWatching THE INCREDIBLES, made 21 years ago, and marveling that it somehow foresaw the twin dangers represented by techbros and AI/machine learning
also, it's another reminder that Samuel L. Jackson is just @#$%ing awesome in *everything*
#filmsky
also, it's another reminder that Samuel L. Jackson is just @#$%ing awesome in *everything*
#filmsky
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
#NowWatching THE INCREDIBLES, made 21 years ago, and marveling that it somehow foresaw the twin dangers represented by techbros and AI/machine learning
also, it's another reminder that Samuel L. Jackson is just @#$%ing awesome in *everything*
#filmsky
also, it's another reminder that Samuel L. Jackson is just @#$%ing awesome in *everything*
#filmsky
#lastfourwatched #filmsky
L'AMANTE DI VAMPIRO--B grade Italian horror
GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT--rewatch; decent telling of the Arthurian tale
COME AND SEE--oof; an absolute gut punch
CASTLE IN THE SKY--mental note: next time, watch Miyazaki *after* the brutal war film
L'AMANTE DI VAMPIRO--B grade Italian horror
GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT--rewatch; decent telling of the Arthurian tale
COME AND SEE--oof; an absolute gut punch
CASTLE IN THE SKY--mental note: next time, watch Miyazaki *after* the brutal war film
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
#lastfourwatched #filmsky
L'AMANTE DI VAMPIRO--B grade Italian horror
GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT--rewatch; decent telling of the Arthurian tale
COME AND SEE--oof; an absolute gut punch
CASTLE IN THE SKY--mental note: next time, watch Miyazaki *after* the brutal war film
L'AMANTE DI VAMPIRO--B grade Italian horror
GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT--rewatch; decent telling of the Arthurian tale
COME AND SEE--oof; an absolute gut punch
CASTLE IN THE SKY--mental note: next time, watch Miyazaki *after* the brutal war film
My outfit for the day it happens
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My outfit for the day it happens
the rule holds even if it's just one tree
December 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
the rule holds even if it's just one tree
#LastFourWatched
COQUETTE--Mary Pickford won Best Actress(!) for hysterically overacting
CLEAN, SHAVEN--that was weird
EARLY SUMMER--everything Yasujirō Ozu did was simply marvelous
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT--Maurice Chevalier is charming & Miriam Hopkins is dowdy'd up until the end (shades of GREASE)
COQUETTE--Mary Pickford won Best Actress(!) for hysterically overacting
CLEAN, SHAVEN--that was weird
EARLY SUMMER--everything Yasujirō Ozu did was simply marvelous
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT--Maurice Chevalier is charming & Miriam Hopkins is dowdy'd up until the end (shades of GREASE)
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
#LastFourWatched
COQUETTE--Mary Pickford won Best Actress(!) for hysterically overacting
CLEAN, SHAVEN--that was weird
EARLY SUMMER--everything Yasujirō Ozu did was simply marvelous
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT--Maurice Chevalier is charming & Miriam Hopkins is dowdy'd up until the end (shades of GREASE)
COQUETTE--Mary Pickford won Best Actress(!) for hysterically overacting
CLEAN, SHAVEN--that was weird
EARLY SUMMER--everything Yasujirō Ozu did was simply marvelous
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT--Maurice Chevalier is charming & Miriam Hopkins is dowdy'd up until the end (shades of GREASE)
I dumped Facebook back in 2015. It was discovered that "META" provided Russia election rich data via Cambridge Analytics. Russians used that data to target voters and get Trump elected. Fancy Bear a Russian hacker group hacked the DNC emails in 2015. FCK FACEBOOK
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
you will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
you will be visited by 3 spirits
#NowWatching
EL TOPO
Jodorowsky is *weird*, man
later, I'll be watching THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S on my local PBS station
there's a double bill you don't see too often
#filmsky
EL TOPO
Jodorowsky is *weird*, man
later, I'll be watching THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S on my local PBS station
there's a double bill you don't see too often
#filmsky
December 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
#NowWatching
EL TOPO
Jodorowsky is *weird*, man
later, I'll be watching THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S on my local PBS station
there's a double bill you don't see too often
#filmsky
EL TOPO
Jodorowsky is *weird*, man
later, I'll be watching THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S on my local PBS station
there's a double bill you don't see too often
#filmsky
#filmsky #lastfourwatched
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE--this one's a winner and shoulda got more love, yesterday and today; it holds up
THE FLESH EATHERS--Z movie w/horrible FX
ILLEGAL--pre Code mother-daughter gambling parlor
SWING HIGH, SWING LOW--Fred MacMurray hits on Carole Lombard and plays trumpet
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE--this one's a winner and shoulda got more love, yesterday and today; it holds up
THE FLESH EATHERS--Z movie w/horrible FX
ILLEGAL--pre Code mother-daughter gambling parlor
SWING HIGH, SWING LOW--Fred MacMurray hits on Carole Lombard and plays trumpet
December 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
#filmsky #lastfourwatched
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE--this one's a winner and shoulda got more love, yesterday and today; it holds up
THE FLESH EATHERS--Z movie w/horrible FX
ILLEGAL--pre Code mother-daughter gambling parlor
SWING HIGH, SWING LOW--Fred MacMurray hits on Carole Lombard and plays trumpet
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE--this one's a winner and shoulda got more love, yesterday and today; it holds up
THE FLESH EATHERS--Z movie w/horrible FX
ILLEGAL--pre Code mother-daughter gambling parlor
SWING HIGH, SWING LOW--Fred MacMurray hits on Carole Lombard and plays trumpet
just paid my car registration online, using a credit card, and one of the DMV's payment fields asked for the "Expiry date" and that's a little more hip than I prefer from my state gov't
(this old guy's use of "hip" is deliberately ironic, but I have *no* idea what the kids are saying these days...)
(this old guy's use of "hip" is deliberately ironic, but I have *no* idea what the kids are saying these days...)
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
just paid my car registration online, using a credit card, and one of the DMV's payment fields asked for the "Expiry date" and that's a little more hip than I prefer from my state gov't
(this old guy's use of "hip" is deliberately ironic, but I have *no* idea what the kids are saying these days...)
(this old guy's use of "hip" is deliberately ironic, but I have *no* idea what the kids are saying these days...)
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Klansplaining
December 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Klansplaining
#NowWatching #filmsky
when you see that 'Directed by' credit, and you know shit's about to get *weird*
when you see that 'Directed by' credit, and you know shit's about to get *weird*
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#NowWatching #filmsky
when you see that 'Directed by' credit, and you know shit's about to get *weird*
when you see that 'Directed by' credit, and you know shit's about to get *weird*