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Now watching:

'The Face Of Another'

• directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
• written by Kōbō Abe
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• with Tatsuya Nakadai, Machiko Kyō.....

#thefaceofanother #hiroshiteshigahara #tatsuyankadai #riptatsuyanakadai - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #filmsky #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt

Black and white backdrop for 'The Face of Another' showing a person in a suit wearing a bandaged mask covering their entire face and head, with a blurred figure of another person (possibly a doctor or scientist) visible in the background. Spiral/concentric circle patterns are overlaid across the image creating a disorienting effect. The Japanese title appears in bold black brushstroke text in the upper left, with the English title 'THE FACE OF ANOTHER' in black text below it.

November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM

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Now watching:

'Frankenstein'

• written & directed by Guillermo del Toro
• novel by Mary Shelley
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• with Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance....

#frankenstein #guillermodeltoro #nowwatching #firstwatch #cinema #cinesky #filmsky #movies #moviessky #letterboxd #trakt

Japanese backdrop of the film 'Frankenstein', showing the creature holding a damaged, snow-covered glass plate-negative of its own face in front of its face in a wintry setting. The title appears in red Japanese letters with 'Frankenstein' in white scriptive writing below it.

November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM

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Now watching:

'Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Adcance'

• directed by Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki
• written by Hideaki Anno

#evangelion #neongenesisevangelion #NGE #hideakianno #nowwatching #firstwatch #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky #letterboxd #trakt

Squared poster of 'Evangelion:2.22 You Can (Not) Advance' featuring a striking red background with a dark silhouette of an Eva unit with red elements, additional arm like extensions and a Halo above its head, drawn with white white chalk. The three main pilots of the Eva units are shown in the lower portion. The title appears in white handwritten-style in the center with the tagline 'You Can (Not) Advance' below it.

November 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM

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Now watching:

'Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone'

• directed by Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki
• written by Hideaki Anno

#evangelion #neongenesisevangelion #nge - #hideakianno #nowwatching #firstwatch #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky #letterboxd #trakt

Backdrop of 'Evangelion:1.11 You Are (Not) Alone', showing a dramatic low-angle view of modern city buildings with an explosive orange and white blast or impact occurring between the structures, with debris and particles flying through the air. Part of the leg of a giant Eva unit is visible on the left side. The title appears in white handwritten-style text on the right side with the tagline “You Are Not Alone” below it.

November 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM

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Now watching:

'The Wolves'

• directed by Hideo Gosha
• written by Hideo Gosha, Kei Tasaka
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• with Tatsuya Nakadai, Noboru Andō, Komaki Kurihara, Kyōko Enami

#thewolves #hideogosha - #riptatsuyanakadai #nowwatching #firstwatch #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky #letterboxd #trakt

'The Wolves' backdrop, showing a man in a striped traditional Japanese garment with an intense and worried expression, against a background with traditional Japanese artwork. The title appears in white Japanese calligraphy featuring red blood splatters on the right side, with the English title in red below it.

November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM

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lots of logic flaws, but still fun. nice score, reminds me of 'the witcher 3' game, or even more of the score of 'king arthur' (2017). i would've liked it more if it actually was a hunt. observing, preparing - like riddick in.... 'riddick', or jus like the predators usually do.

#predatorbadlands

Predator: Badlands poster-thumb showing a Predator carrying a legless female android on its back like a backpack, bound with plant-like vines, against a dramatic sky with dark storm and a sunset below it, red Japanese title text appears on the bottom.

November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM

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Now watching:

'Predator: Badlands'

• directed by Dan Trachtenberg
• written by Patrick Aison - Story by Dan Trachtenberg, Patrick Aison

#PredatorBadlands #DanTrachtenberg #nowwatching #firstwatch #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky #letterboxd #trakt

November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM

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Another tiny tribute to Tatsuya Nakadai. RIP Legend.

#tatsuyanakadai #riptatsuyanakadai - #legend #asiancinema #japanesecinema - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky #letterboxd #trakt

November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM

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A tiny tribute to Tatsuya Nakadai. RIP Legend.

#tatsuyanakadai #riptatsuyanakadai - #legend #asiancinema #japanesecinema - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky #letterboxd #trakt

November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM

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Now watching:

'Red Eye'

• directed by Wes Craven
• written by Carl Ellsworth
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• with Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Jayma Mays, Jack Scalia, Robert Pine.....

#redeye #wescraven - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt

Hindi poster-thumb for "Red Eye" featuring a dark, distressed background with heavy scratches and weathered textures in blue and black tones on the outside of a plane. On the left, bold red Hindi text appears above "RED EYE" in white English text. The right side shows an window frame containing the faces of two main characters - a woman in the foreground with an alarmed expression and a man behind her with a menacing presence. The gritty, claustrophobic composition emphasizes the thriller's tense atmosphere.

November 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM

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Now rewatching:

'The Faculty'

• directed by Robert Rodriguez
• written by Kevin Williamson, Bruce Kimmel, David Wechter

#thefaculty #robertrodriguez - #nowrewatching - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky #halloween - #letterboxd #trakt

Poster-Thumb for 'The Faculty', showing six student characters' faces arranged around a haunted school building with dramatic blue and red lighting and a white light beam from the sky.

The Faculty

directed by
Robert Rodriguez

with
Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Shawn Hatosy, Laura Harris, Robert Patrick, Bebe Neuwirth, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, Salma Hayek, Jon Stewart, Susan Willis...

October 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM

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Now watching:

'Forgotten'

• written and directed by Jang Hang-jun
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• with Kang Ha-neul, Kim Mu-yeol, Moon Sung-keun, Na Young-hee.....

#forgotten #janghang-jun - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt - #asiancinema #asianhorror

Thai poster-thumb for "Forgotten" featuring a dark, rain-soaked alley or narrow street rendered in desaturated, sepia-like tones. A van is positioned on the left side, with what appears to be something large lying on the wet pavement almost next to it. From behind a man is running towards the van. The composition creates a thrilling atmosphere with heavy rain visible throughout. Thai text appears at the bottom of the poster, with "FORGOTTEN" in English below it.

October 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM

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Now watching:

'Hey Ram'

• written and directed by Kamal Haasan
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• with Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Vasundhara, Naseeruddin Shah

#heyram #kamalhaasan - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt - #asiancinema - #srk

Poster for "Hey Ram" featuring a dramatically drawn composition with a large black revolver in the foreground against an orange-brown background decorated with Gandhi-era symbols in various rows, including a silhouette of Gandhi's head, a sunrise, and silhouettes of soldiers and figures in traditional Indian attire, fighting each other or protesting together. A pair of round broken glasses are visible in the lower right corner, referencing Mahatma Gandhi. The title "Hey Ram" appears in white stylized text in the upper right. The overall design evokes India's independence era with its vintage aesthetic and symbolic imagery.

October 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM

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Now watching:

'Paprika'

• directed by Satoshi Kon
• written by Satoshi Kon, Seishi Minakami, Yasutaka Tsutsui (Novel)

#paprika #satoshikon - #yasutakatsutsui - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt - #anime #animation #asiancinema

Japanese poster-thumb for "Paprika" featuring a split composition with two female faces. On the left, a character with warm orange and red tones and red hair, wearing a red tshirt, surrounded by chaotic, fiery imagery and mechanical elements. On the right, a more serene character with cool blue and gray tones, wearing a business suite, against a modern cityscape. Between them, a densely packed collage of colorful toys, dolls, animals, and various objects creating a surreal parade. The title "Paprika" appears in bold white letters with pink/blue outline in the center, with Japanese text "パプリカ" below it.

October 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM

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Happy Diwali everyone 🎊🍀🚀🪔🎉🎇🔥

#happydiwali

October 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM

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Now watching:

'Pantheon' S02E03

- created by Craig Silverstein
- based on short stories by Ken Liu
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#pantheon - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #watched - #tvshow #tvseries #tvsky - #animation #anime - #cinema #cinemsky #film #filmsky #movie #moviesky - #trakt #letterboxd

October 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM

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#ai #davidsimon #thewire #wga

“David Simon, Creator Of The Wire, On AI, Television and the WGA Strike (2007)” - interviewed in 2023 by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

- Link to the podcast: www.npr.org/transcripts/...

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without AI, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems, or saying...

SIMON: You mentioned that.

SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.

SIMON: I don't think AI can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.

SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from Scene 5 to Scene 6 and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an AI and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition.

SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

SHAPIRO: You would rather put a gun in your mouth.

SIMON: I mean, what you're saying to me effectively is there's no original way to do anything, and...

SHAPIRO: No.

SIMON: Yes, you are.

SHAPIRO: That seems like a kind of absolutist take.

SIMON: Not only, I think, is it a fundamental violation of the integrity of writers and also of copyright - you know, when I sold all the scripts I sold - you know, 150 to HBO and, you know, maybe another 50 to NBC - I didn't sell them so that they could be thrown into a computer with other people's and be used again by a corporation.

SHAPIRO: So would you ever agree to a contract that saw any role for AI at all?

SIMON: No, I would not. If that's where this industry is going, it's going to infantilize itself. We're all going to be watching stuff we've watched before, only worse.

October 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM

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Now watching:

'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind'

- directed by Michel Gondry
- written by Charlie Kaufman
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- with Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet...

#eternalsunshineofthespotlessmind #michelgondry - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt

Korean poster-thumb for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" featuring a couple lying on cracked ice depicted from a bird's eye view. The woman has bright blue hair, wears a light brown/coral winter coat, blue gloves and nlies beside a man in a green winter jacket and knit cap. The title appears in both English "ETERNAL SUNSHINE" in outlined letters and Korean "이터널 선샤인" in between it. The cracked ice surface creates a fragile, dreamlike quality that reflects the film's themes of memory, fragility, and the impermanence of relationships.

October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM

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Now watching:

'Cat People'

- directed by Paul Schrader
- written by Alan Ormsby
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- with Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee....

#catpeople #paulschrader - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt

French poster-thumb for "Cat People" (1982) titled "La Féline" showing a split composition - the left side features a close-up of a feline green eye, while the right shows a bright woman's face with a matching green/yellow cat-like eye. The title "La Féline" appears in white script with red accents across the center, emphasizing the film's themes of transformation and duality between human and feline nature.

Still from "Cat People" (1982) showing a stark red-tinted desert landscape with a gnarled, bare tree in the foreground. A black panther silhouette sits beneath the tree on rocky terrain. The entire scene is bathed in deep orange and red hues, creating a surreal, dreamlike vision that evokes both beauty and danger.

Still from "Cat People" (1982) featuring a woman from shoulders up without clothes, soaked in rain, against a backdrop illuminated in warm golden light also in rain. Her striking green/yellow eyes gaze directly forward, with dramatic lighting creating a luminous, otherworldly effect. City/car lights glow softly in the lower portion of the left side, adding to the dreamlike, sensual atmosphere.

Still from "Cat People" (1982) featuring a black panther perched on a blue metal bridge structure against a dark background. The big cat is dramatically lit, highlighting its muscular form and feline features as it sits alert on the industrial framework, creating a striking contrast between wild nature and urban architecture.

October 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM

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Now rewatching:

'L.A. Confidential'

- directed by Curtis Hanson
- written by Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland, James Ellroy (Novel)
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#laconfidential #curtishanson - #nowrewatching - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt

Japanese poster-thumb for "L.A. Confidential" featuring a noir-style composition with multiple characters. A blonde woman in glamorous 1950s styling and a man appear prominently on the left side. Below them the Hollywood sign is visible in the moody cityscape background with palm trees silhouetted against the sky at dawn. On the right, three men are shown - The man in the center is pointing a gun, behind him on the right is a man holding a shotgun, and the third is behind him on the left holding a phone receiver. The title "L.A. コンフィデンシャル" (L.A. Confidential in Japanese katakana) appears in bold red letters. The overall aesthetic captures the film's 1950s neo-noir setting with its glamorous yet dangerous depiction of post-war Los Angeles corruption.

October 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM

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recently watched:

'Detective Conan Movie 1: The Time Bombed Skyscraper'

- directed by Kenji Kodama
- created by Gosho Aoyama (Manga)
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#detectiveconan - #goshoaoyama - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt

Japanese poster-thumb for "Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper" featuring a dynamic anime composition with multiple characters against a nighttime city skyline. The young detective Conan is prominently shown in the center with large expressive eyes showing alarm. The other characters from the series are arranged around the composition. An explosion effect is visible in the background with city buildings. The Japanese title "名探偵コナン" appears in bold red letters at the top, while "DETECTIVE CONAN" and "TIME BOMBED SKYSCRAPER" appear at the bottom with the tagline "There is Always Only One Truth." The vibrant anime art style captures the urgent, action-packed nature of this mystery thriller.

October 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM

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Now watching:

'The Untamed' (La Región Salvaje)

- written+directed by Amat Escalante
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- with Simone Bucio, Ruth Ramos, Jesús Meza, Edén Villavicencio

#theuntamed #laregionsalvaje #amatescalante - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt

Poster-thumb for "La Región Salvaje" (The Untamed) featuring a woman sitting on a white mattress or cushion in a dark space, with red vertical streaks or tendrils hanging from above like rain or organic matter. The scene is dramatically lit against the darkness, creating an unsettling atmosphere. The title "LA REGIÓN SALVAJE" appears in large white letters at the bottom, with "THE UNTAMED" in smaller text below. The composition creates a surreal, otherworldly mood that reflects the film's blend of science fiction and psychological horror themes.

October 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM

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Now watching:

'One Battle After Another'

- written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

#onebattleafteranother #paulthomasanderson - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt

Chinese poster-thumb for "One Battle After Another" featuring multiple characters arranged in a layered composition against a desert landscape at sunset. In the center foreground stands a man in a red and green plaid shirt holding a gun. Behind him are several other figures, all positioned against an bright and orange sky. The title appears in both Chinese characters (戰再戰) and English "ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER" in white text on the right side.

October 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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Now watching:

'Enemy Mine'

- directed by Wolfgang Petersen
- written by Edward Khmara

- with Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Carolyn McCormick....

#enemymine #wolfgangpetersen - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt

October 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM

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Now watching:

'Memories Of Murder'

- directed by Bong Joon-ho
- written by Bong Joon-ho, Shim Sung-bo
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- with Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roi-ha, Song Jae-ho

#memoriesofmurder #bongjoonho - #nowwatching #firstwatch - #cinema #cinesky #film #filmsky #movies #moviessky - #letterboxd #trakt

Poster-thumb for "Memories of Murder" featuring a stylized illustration of a dark forest scene with bare, twisted trees creating an ominous canopy. In the center, a small figure in a red coat walks through. The title "MEMORIES OF MURDER" appears in large white distressed lettering on the left side. The overall design uses a monochromatic palette with only the red coat providing color contrast, creating a haunting fairy-tale-like aesthetic that reflects the film's blend of dark comedy and horror in exploring police incompetence during a serial killer investigation.

September 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM

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