Chris Alders
@chrisalders.bsky.social
Well-educated, intelligent, loving, occasionally brilliant, and frequently hilarious.
Reviewed by Nell Minow. #Films #Movies #AcademyAwards #RogerEbert #TIFF #Cannes #FilmSky
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Ella McCay movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
Its optimism is so refreshing, its dialogue so smart, and its characters and performances so endearing, it well rewards a watch.
www.rogerebert.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Reviewed by Nell Minow. #Films #Movies #AcademyAwards #RogerEbert #TIFF #Cannes #FilmSky
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Some sublime seasonal music on an ultra-cold and snowy December evening here in Edmonton. #Music #HappyHolidays #Christmas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGs_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGs_...
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
YouTube video by Decca Records
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Some sublime seasonal music on an ultra-cold and snowy December evening here in Edmonton. #Music #HappyHolidays #Christmas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGs_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGs_...
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#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies
229/1000:
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
Lancaster gave a touching, heartwarming performance as Bob Stroud, a convict at Leavenworth and Alcatraz who was never granted a parole or pardon despite being a renowned expert on birds and their diseases. Truly enjoyable throughout!
229/1000:
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
Lancaster gave a touching, heartwarming performance as Bob Stroud, a convict at Leavenworth and Alcatraz who was never granted a parole or pardon despite being a renowned expert on birds and their diseases. Truly enjoyable throughout!
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies
229/1000:
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
Lancaster gave a touching, heartwarming performance as Bob Stroud, a convict at Leavenworth and Alcatraz who was never granted a parole or pardon despite being a renowned expert on birds and their diseases. Truly enjoyable throughout!
229/1000:
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ
Lancaster gave a touching, heartwarming performance as Bob Stroud, a convict at Leavenworth and Alcatraz who was never granted a parole or pardon despite being a renowned expert on birds and their diseases. Truly enjoyable throughout!
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Scarface (1983) Directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone starring Al Pacino with co-stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Scarface (1983) Directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone starring Al Pacino with co-stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
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My ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 review of JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH boxd.it/c2hiLH
Disturbing & shameful chapter of history. Matter-of-fact, understated, powerful performances. As an American, pissed me off!
Especially relevant now as governmental agencies are increasingly weaponized against citizens.
#filmsky 📽
Disturbing & shameful chapter of history. Matter-of-fact, understated, powerful performances. As an American, pissed me off!
Especially relevant now as governmental agencies are increasingly weaponized against citizens.
#filmsky 📽
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 review of JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH boxd.it/c2hiLH
Disturbing & shameful chapter of history. Matter-of-fact, understated, powerful performances. As an American, pissed me off!
Especially relevant now as governmental agencies are increasingly weaponized against citizens.
#filmsky 📽
Disturbing & shameful chapter of history. Matter-of-fact, understated, powerful performances. As an American, pissed me off!
Especially relevant now as governmental agencies are increasingly weaponized against citizens.
#filmsky 📽
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12/14/67: In Cold Blood
W/D Richard Brooks via Truman Capote's groundbreaking "nonfiction novel"
DP Conrad Hall (stunning); M Quincy Jones
Our Take: midcenturycinema.org/node/137
More
@noelmu.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/in-cold-bloo...
@markharris.bsky.social: www.filmcomment.com/blog/cinema-...
W/D Richard Brooks via Truman Capote's groundbreaking "nonfiction novel"
DP Conrad Hall (stunning); M Quincy Jones
Our Take: midcenturycinema.org/node/137
More
@noelmu.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/in-cold-bloo...
@markharris.bsky.social: www.filmcomment.com/blog/cinema-...
Cinema ’67 Revisited: In Cold Blood
Criminal element: Richard Brooks’s adaptation of Truman Capote’s shocking reportage balanced style with naturalism
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December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
12/14/67: In Cold Blood
W/D Richard Brooks via Truman Capote's groundbreaking "nonfiction novel"
DP Conrad Hall (stunning); M Quincy Jones
Our Take: midcenturycinema.org/node/137
More
@noelmu.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/in-cold-bloo...
@markharris.bsky.social: www.filmcomment.com/blog/cinema-...
W/D Richard Brooks via Truman Capote's groundbreaking "nonfiction novel"
DP Conrad Hall (stunning); M Quincy Jones
Our Take: midcenturycinema.org/node/137
More
@noelmu.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/in-cold-bloo...
@markharris.bsky.social: www.filmcomment.com/blog/cinema-...
Some sublime seasonal music on an ultra-cold and snowy December evening here in Edmonton. #Music #HappyHolidays #Christmas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGs_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGs_...
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
YouTube video by Decca Records
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Some sublime seasonal music on an ultra-cold and snowy December evening here in Edmonton. #Music #HappyHolidays #Christmas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGs_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGs_...
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#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies
228/1000:
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
An account of a couple's relationship fueled, motivated and ruined by alcoholism. Lemmon and Remick efficiently conveyed the emotions brought about by alcohol addiction with their splendid acting, and Mancini's theme song is a total blast!
228/1000:
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
An account of a couple's relationship fueled, motivated and ruined by alcoholism. Lemmon and Remick efficiently conveyed the emotions brought about by alcohol addiction with their splendid acting, and Mancini's theme song is a total blast!
December 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies
228/1000:
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
An account of a couple's relationship fueled, motivated and ruined by alcoholism. Lemmon and Remick efficiently conveyed the emotions brought about by alcohol addiction with their splendid acting, and Mancini's theme song is a total blast!
228/1000:
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
An account of a couple's relationship fueled, motivated and ruined by alcoholism. Lemmon and Remick efficiently conveyed the emotions brought about by alcohol addiction with their splendid acting, and Mancini's theme song is a total blast!
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Take our Christmas quiz: which Booker book is this festive extract from?
Send to your friends for a healthy dose of competition. 🤭
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/vhqo5fpq10
Send to your friends for a healthy dose of competition. 🤭
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/vhqo5fpq10
Christmas quiz: which Booker book is this festive extract from? | The Booker Prizes
What better way to embrace the festive spirit than by testing your literary prowess in our Yuletide-themed quiz
thebookerprizes.pulse.ly
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Take our Christmas quiz: which Booker book is this festive extract from?
Send to your friends for a healthy dose of competition. 🤭
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/vhqo5fpq10
Send to your friends for a healthy dose of competition. 🤭
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/vhqo5fpq10
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Directed by Steven Spielberg
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Directed by Steven Spielberg
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It's here...
Happy 100th Birthday to Dick Van Dyke, 12/13/1925.
An awesome human with:
6 Emmys, a Tony & a Grammy
Hollywood Walk of Fame (93)
Television Hall of Fame (95)
Disney Legend (98)
SAG Lifetime Achievement (13)
Kennedy Center Honor (20)
True talent, humor, kindness & decency!
#filmsky 📽
Happy 100th Birthday to Dick Van Dyke, 12/13/1925.
An awesome human with:
6 Emmys, a Tony & a Grammy
Hollywood Walk of Fame (93)
Television Hall of Fame (95)
Disney Legend (98)
SAG Lifetime Achievement (13)
Kennedy Center Honor (20)
True talent, humor, kindness & decency!
#filmsky 📽
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair talking on a phone .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair talking on a phone. Dick van Dyke
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December 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It's here...
Happy 100th Birthday to Dick Van Dyke, 12/13/1925.
An awesome human with:
6 Emmys, a Tony & a Grammy
Hollywood Walk of Fame (93)
Television Hall of Fame (95)
Disney Legend (98)
SAG Lifetime Achievement (13)
Kennedy Center Honor (20)
True talent, humor, kindness & decency!
#filmsky 📽
Happy 100th Birthday to Dick Van Dyke, 12/13/1925.
An awesome human with:
6 Emmys, a Tony & a Grammy
Hollywood Walk of Fame (93)
Television Hall of Fame (95)
Disney Legend (98)
SAG Lifetime Achievement (13)
Kennedy Center Honor (20)
True talent, humor, kindness & decency!
#filmsky 📽
I have just finished viewing the 1976 classic, Network, directed by Sidney Lumet and featuring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, and Ned Beatty. #Films #Movies #AcademyAwards #RogerEbert #TIFF #Cannes #FilmSky
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I have just finished viewing the 1976 classic, Network, directed by Sidney Lumet and featuring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, and Ned Beatty. #Films #Movies #AcademyAwards #RogerEbert #TIFF #Cannes #FilmSky
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Directed by Charles Barton stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with Lon Chaney Jr., Béla Lugosi, Lenore Aubert and Glenn Strange.
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Directed by Charles Barton stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with Lon Chaney Jr., Béla Lugosi, Lenore Aubert and Glenn Strange.
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Official International Trailer - RESURRECTION - A Bi Gan Film
“A young dreamer is reincarnated across five eras.
As the 20th century unfolds, a woman follows his trace…
🏆 Special Prize - Cannes Film Festival
Starring Jackson Yee and Shu Qi”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvr...
“A young dreamer is reincarnated across five eras.
As the 20th century unfolds, a woman follows his trace…
🏆 Special Prize - Cannes Film Festival
Starring Jackson Yee and Shu Qi”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvr...
Official International Trailer - RESURRECTION - A Bi Gan Film
YouTube video by Les Films du Losange
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December 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Official International Trailer - RESURRECTION - A Bi Gan Film
“A young dreamer is reincarnated across five eras.
As the 20th century unfolds, a woman follows his trace…
🏆 Special Prize - Cannes Film Festival
Starring Jackson Yee and Shu Qi”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvr...
“A young dreamer is reincarnated across five eras.
As the 20th century unfolds, a woman follows his trace…
🏆 Special Prize - Cannes Film Festival
Starring Jackson Yee and Shu Qi”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvr...
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🧵 ABCs of Oscar Omissions
Selection of films that could have had inspired & unexpected Oscar nods.
P: Prestige (2006): Best Adapted Screenplay
Nolan brothers inventively stage blend of sci-fi & one-upsmanship, craft intricate magic trick filled with wonder, illusion, & great roles.
#filmsky 📽
Selection of films that could have had inspired & unexpected Oscar nods.
P: Prestige (2006): Best Adapted Screenplay
Nolan brothers inventively stage blend of sci-fi & one-upsmanship, craft intricate magic trick filled with wonder, illusion, & great roles.
#filmsky 📽
December 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🧵 ABCs of Oscar Omissions
Selection of films that could have had inspired & unexpected Oscar nods.
P: Prestige (2006): Best Adapted Screenplay
Nolan brothers inventively stage blend of sci-fi & one-upsmanship, craft intricate magic trick filled with wonder, illusion, & great roles.
#filmsky 📽
Selection of films that could have had inspired & unexpected Oscar nods.
P: Prestige (2006): Best Adapted Screenplay
Nolan brothers inventively stage blend of sci-fi & one-upsmanship, craft intricate magic trick filled with wonder, illusion, & great roles.
#filmsky 📽
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In Milkman, Anna Burns gives us a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate ignorance. This is a story where to be interesting is to be noticed and to be noticed is dangerous…
Read an extract from our December Monthly Spotlight below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/howt4odn4o
Read an extract from our December Monthly Spotlight below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/howt4odn4o
An extract from Milkman by Anna Burns | The Booker Prizes
Winning the Booker Prize in 2018, Anna Burns’ Milkman depicts a community filled with rumours as a young woman tries to avoid being seen as anything but interesting
thebookerprizes.pulse.ly
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In Milkman, Anna Burns gives us a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate ignorance. This is a story where to be interesting is to be noticed and to be noticed is dangerous…
Read an extract from our December Monthly Spotlight below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/howt4odn4o
Read an extract from our December Monthly Spotlight below
https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/howt4odn4o
I have just finished viewing the 1981 classic, Arthur, directed by Steve Gordon and featuring Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill Eikenberry, and Stephen Elliott. #Films #Movies #AcademyAwards #RogerEbert #TIFF #Cannes #FilmSky
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I have just finished viewing the 1981 classic, Arthur, directed by Steve Gordon and featuring Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill Eikenberry, and Stephen Elliott. #Films #Movies #AcademyAwards #RogerEbert #TIFF #Cannes #FilmSky
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Silly but irresistible - I also recommend the stage show if it's still running anywhere.
December 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Silly but irresistible - I also recommend the stage show if it's still running anywhere.
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Anyone want to buy the domain name screenplay-europe.com from me?
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Anyone want to buy the domain name screenplay-europe.com from me?
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Happy Psycho Day!!!
The notoriety & popularity of Hitchcock's masterpiece can obscure its bravura cinematic brilliance
More:
@kermodemovie.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oc...
@scotttobias.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2020/ju...
David Thomson: www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/b...
The notoriety & popularity of Hitchcock's masterpiece can obscure its bravura cinematic brilliance
More:
@kermodemovie.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oc...
@scotttobias.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2020/ju...
David Thomson: www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/b...
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Happy Psycho Day!!!
The notoriety & popularity of Hitchcock's masterpiece can obscure its bravura cinematic brilliance
More:
@kermodemovie.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oc...
@scotttobias.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2020/ju...
David Thomson: www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/b...
The notoriety & popularity of Hitchcock's masterpiece can obscure its bravura cinematic brilliance
More:
@kermodemovie.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oc...
@scotttobias.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2020/ju...
David Thomson: www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/b...
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We’re delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel.
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We’re delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel.
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
Mary Beard will act as Chair, and is joined by Raymond Antrobus, Jarvis Cocker, Rebecca Liu and Patricia Lockwood.
Find out more: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/omwonxgxjj
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À Bout de souffle/Breathless (1960) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a wandering criminal and Jean Seberg as his American girlfriend
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
À Bout de souffle/Breathless (1960) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a wandering criminal and Jean Seberg as his American girlfriend
I have just finished viewing the 2008 film, Mamma Mia!, directed by Phyllida Lloyd and featuring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, and Christine Baranski. #Films #Movies #AcademyAwards #RogerEbert #TIFF #Cannes #FilmSky
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I have just finished viewing the 2008 film, Mamma Mia!, directed by Phyllida Lloyd and featuring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, and Christine Baranski. #Films #Movies #AcademyAwards #RogerEbert #TIFF #Cannes #FilmSky
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And this one.
I have just finished viewing the 2002 film, In America, directed by Jim Sheridan and featuring Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger, and Neal Jones. #Films #Movies #AcademyAwards #RogerEbert #TIFF #Cannes #FilmSky
December 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
And this one.
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The Thing (1982) 🎥
Directed by John Carpenter
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
#FilmSky
Directed by John Carpenter
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
#FilmSky
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Thing (1982) 🎥
Directed by John Carpenter
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
#FilmSky
Directed by John Carpenter
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
#FilmSky