Patrick Allaby
@patrickallaby.bsky.social
graphic novelist and part-time library circulation clerk. Mostly posting about Bob Dylan and movies. Based in Sackville NB. Type 1 diabetic.
Forgot to do this last week. This week's been a good one for watching movies. Saw the 4K release of High and Low and I've been thinking about it ever since. It gets better with each viewing. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Forgot to do this last week. This week's been a good one for watching movies. Saw the 4K release of High and Low and I've been thinking about it ever since. It gets better with each viewing. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
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We're screening Akira Kurosawa's classic suspense drama HIGH AND LOW (1963) this Friday, Nov. 21, at 7pm. Admission is free.
Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social.
Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social.
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We're screening Akira Kurosawa's classic suspense drama HIGH AND LOW (1963) this Friday, Nov. 21, at 7pm. Admission is free.
Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social.
Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social.
On Monday, my weekly movie club watched Juraj Herz's Beauty and the Beast. It was incredibly unhinged. After, I watched Highest 2 Lowest and it was an incredible disappointment. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
On Monday, my weekly movie club watched Juraj Herz's Beauty and the Beast. It was incredibly unhinged. After, I watched Highest 2 Lowest and it was an incredible disappointment. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
I'm not surprised that John Cale released a song with Charli XCX, but I'm a little surprised that it sounds more like Venus in Furs than POPtical Illusion.
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I'm not surprised that John Cale released a song with Charli XCX, but I'm a little surprised that it sounds more like Venus in Furs than POPtical Illusion.
just finished my first listen to Through the Open Window. Early 60s Dylan is the period of I am the least interested in, but I still found the release to be pretty great. This period is one of his most bootlegged periods, and still I found myself surprised by some of the performances and sounds.
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
just finished my first listen to Through the Open Window. Early 60s Dylan is the period of I am the least interested in, but I still found the release to be pretty great. This period is one of his most bootlegged periods, and still I found myself surprised by some of the performances and sounds.
I will also be on this panel tomorrow night at @strutsgallery.bsky.social
Sackville friends! I'll be part of this round table on independent publishing tomorrow along with a bunch of incredible zine-makers, small-press publishers, and other book people! Hope you can make it!
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I will also be on this panel tomorrow night at @strutsgallery.bsky.social
Sometimes you don't even notice the weeks go by. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Sometimes you don't even notice the weeks go by. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
Saw Jonathan Richman in Halifax on Sunday. It was one of the best concerts I've ever had. It was such a tight performance, but also felt like he was making up songs on the spot.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Saw Jonathan Richman in Halifax on Sunday. It was one of the best concerts I've ever had. It was such a tight performance, but also felt like he was making up songs on the spot.
Watched Donkey Skin with some friends this week. It's an incredible movie, and I wish they made more like it. I love how it just embraces the absurdity of fairy-tale logic. Didi intensely reminded me of what it was like being a teenager online in the late aughts. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Watched Donkey Skin with some friends this week. It's an incredible movie, and I wish they made more like it. I love how it just embraces the absurdity of fairy-tale logic. Didi intensely reminded me of what it was like being a teenager online in the late aughts. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
Not included in this #lastfourwatched is Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, which is the movie that got me into movies. Hadn't watched it in 5 years. Every moment is perfect. #letterboxdfriday
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Not included in this #lastfourwatched is Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, which is the movie that got me into movies. Hadn't watched it in 5 years. Every moment is perfect. #letterboxdfriday
Tonight after Splitsville, someone came out of the theatre and said "was it just me or was that movie shit?" I hadn't had that much fun in a movie theatre in years. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
October 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Tonight after Splitsville, someone came out of the theatre and said "was it just me or was that movie shit?" I hadn't had that much fun in a movie theatre in years. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
Sympathy is a Knife > All to Well
October 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Sympathy is a Knife > All to Well
I feel pretty basic giving One Battle 5 stars, but it was one of the best movie-going experiences I've ever had. Also Materialists has an incredible atonal, Lady From Shanghai, like quality to it. I can see why people hate it, but it's a fascinating movie. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
October 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I feel pretty basic giving One Battle 5 stars, but it was one of the best movie-going experiences I've ever had. Also Materialists has an incredible atonal, Lady From Shanghai, like quality to it. I can see why people hate it, but it's a fascinating movie. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
I've skipped so many good movies because they had bad trailers.
September 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I've skipped so many good movies because they had bad trailers.
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This Friday we kick off our new season of programming with the classic thriller THE THIRD MAN (1949). As always, admission is free.
Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social.
Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social.
September 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This Friday we kick off our new season of programming with the classic thriller THE THIRD MAN (1949). As always, admission is free.
Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social.
Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social.
Nickel Boys blew me away. Stunning movie. Overall, Dekalog was fine, with great episodes. Just not really my thing. The Hunger Games movies are mediocre adaptations of a great book series. It should be remade with a much stronger POV. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Nickel Boys blew me away. Stunning movie. Overall, Dekalog was fine, with great episodes. Just not really my thing. The Hunger Games movies are mediocre adaptations of a great book series. It should be remade with a much stronger POV. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
It's been a few weeks since I remembered to do this. Got two episodes left of Dekalog. Enjoying it at times, excited to be done with it. Freakier Friday was sloppy but enjoyable. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
September 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
It's been a few weeks since I remembered to do this. Got two episodes left of Dekalog. Enjoying it at times, excited to be done with it. Freakier Friday was sloppy but enjoyable. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
Serve somebody (instead of early roman kings?)
September 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Serve somebody (instead of early roman kings?)
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Open Call for Submissions:
Struts Gallery Open Studio Residency program
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Learn more and apply here: www.strutsgallery.ca/post/call-fo...
Struts Gallery Open Studio Residency program
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Learn more and apply here: www.strutsgallery.ca/post/call-fo...
August 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Open Call for Submissions:
Struts Gallery Open Studio Residency program
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Learn more and apply here: www.strutsgallery.ca/post/call-fo...
Struts Gallery Open Studio Residency program
Deadline: October 15, 2025
Learn more and apply here: www.strutsgallery.ca/post/call-fo...
Watched the Muppet Movie projected on the side of a barn at sunset. Very romantic time. Also I am 3 episodes into Dekalog. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
August 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Watched the Muppet Movie projected on the side of a barn at sunset. Very romantic time. Also I am 3 episodes into Dekalog. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday
apparently my mom is now coming to see the Outlaw tour with me. This will be weird.
August 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
apparently my mom is now coming to see the Outlaw tour with me. This will be weird.
Direct Me is a 10/10 album.
Singer Clydie King was born on 8/21/1943 in Dallas. She recorded as a solo artist, but achieved her widest recognition as a backup singer- with Ray Charles, Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Rolling Stones, Humble Pie, Phil Spector, Steely Band, Bob Dylan.
August 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Direct Me is a 10/10 album.
Over on the Joni Mitchell subreddit someone said how much they liked Don Juan's Reckless Daughter and all the comments are about how she shouldn't have changed the cover.
August 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Over on the Joni Mitchell subreddit someone said how much they liked Don Juan's Reckless Daughter and all the comments are about how she shouldn't have changed the cover.
It would be useful right now if some random small town in Canada had the World’s Biggest Fire Hydrant.
August 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It would be useful right now if some random small town in Canada had the World’s Biggest Fire Hydrant.
Weird the NS government hasn’t shut down Matchtown Market. Seems like a very obvious fire hazard.
August 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Weird the NS government hasn’t shut down Matchtown Market. Seems like a very obvious fire hazard.