Curioushttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mzob3wdz222lI will miss Salon.com, specifically their years of great film coverage, which were instrumental in getting me deeper into movies. With that in mind, here is a link to one of my favorites, a list of "Forty movies every film fan should see" from over 20 years ago: https://www.salon.com/2002/10/30/literacy_101/ https://Salon.com06 Nov 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzob3wdz222lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mwqyvzzbfc2bTHE WEIGHT and Ethan Hawke's performance are both "best of the year" contenders. Incredible suspense/action AND touching humanity. (Partway through I thought "This is like a great Western" only to find @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social name-dropping Budd Boetticher and Anthony Mann in this review.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqyvzzbfc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mvrhyxjvhs2yReposting everything I see about what has become my favorite movie of the year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrhyxjvhs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mtrrxje4pk2rThis is one of the reviews that got me excited to see this film and I am pleased to confirm that it is one of the best of the year. Had me from the opening credits and never let go. I hope more people get a chance to see it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrrxje4pk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mtemnaa47c2tWell this is now my favorite movie/pub trivia story. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtemnaa47c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mpf4hl65us25"Cynicism isn't wisdom." This piece on Disclosure Day by @angelicabastien.bsky.social is a must read. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jun 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpf4hl65us25https://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mnku2o6an222This is great. "Weird Al" was also the 1st concert I took my kids to and it was the best. Costumes. Props. All the hits. The band went acoustic for an unplugged set. And my kids learned the concept of an "encore" when he left the stage before returning to play "The Saga Begins." Perfect show. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnku2o6an222https://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mnko2nd2hk22#weeklywestern: TALL MAN RIDING (1955) Randolph Scott is good as always, even if it's a little over-plotted. 2 great female leads though: The wonderful Dorothy Malone and, in the way-cooler-bad-girl-who-wears-pants-and-can-shoot-but-works-at-a-saloon-so-will-likely-die role is Peggy Castle. A hoot!05 Jun 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnko2nd2hk22https://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mnkm36veb222Utah's Organ Loft just wrapped their Spring season of silent films with prison-themed shorts by Keaton, Chaplin and Laurel & Hardy (none of which I'd seen!) They have a 100-year-old Wurlitzer that fills the building and is played live by Blaine Gale, who just turned 93! A true local treasure. 1/205 Jun 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkm36veb222https://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mlrehvlzks2u#weeklywestern: LONE STAR (1996). John Sayles' next movie is a Western! Awesome! But he's already in the genre pantheon for this one. A meditation on borders, communities, race and, oh yeah, murder. Hands down one of the best movies of the 1990s. Criterion cover by @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social13 May 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrehvlzks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mln4f77whc2j80% of what makes movies great is looking at beautiful people on screen so this is a glorious thread full of correct answers to the question. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mln4f77whc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mkax7wzhis2w#moviebooks Well, this isn't exactly a hot take, but PICTURES AT A REVOLUTION by @markharris.bsky.social is fascinating from beginning to end. A clear-eyed look at Hollywood in a period of real transition through the lens of the 1967 Best Picture race. (On the shelf right next to FIVE CAME BACK.)24 Apr 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkax7wzhis2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mkawctboz22w#weeklywestern: THE MAN FROM COLORADO (1948). Glenn Ford is the Civil War colonel turned Federal Judge gone mad with power and PTSD. William Holden is his closest friend turned Marshal who may have to stop him. Of COURSE they love the same girl. (The cruel authoritarian stuff is...timely.)24 Apr 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkawctboz22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mjy4mrqhuc2mShare a gif from a Western you love [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjy4mrqhuc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mjwxitxscc2wWeekly Western: DESTRY RIDES AGAIN. 100% delightful. Come for dastardly Brian Donlevy & singing Marlene Dietrich. Stay for gun-hating, milk-drinking deputy Jimmy Stewart, here to clean up this town. Art by @marcaspinall.bsky.social and a great essay by @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social at criterion.com20 Apr 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwxitxscc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mhqcrmffn22uAt a screening of All Quiet on the Western Front, the guy next to us mercifully finished the loud crunchy nuts he had brought only to then pull out a brush and a full tube of toothpaste and proceed to brush his teeth for SEVERAL MINUTES, spitting regularly into a water bottle. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqcrmffn22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mgvghahyjc27Hot damn, this is a great list! I've just added SO MANY to my "need to see right now" goals. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Mar 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvghahyjc27https://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mgjmanz2gc2rThe best selection of film-related books on the internet! I can't recommend it highly enough. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Mar 2026 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgjmanz2gc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mffnvl473k26I had a fantastic time at Vancouver Fan Expo this past weekend and was able to make a couple excellent additions to the ongoing "My kids as superheroes" sketchbook from the wonderful Steve Skroce and @theartofemilia.bsky.social . Thanks to both!21 Feb 2026 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:4vaelo7zj7hgoneonyemm2t2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mffnvl473k26https://bsky.app/profile/jwfreebird.bsky.social/post/3mdxqo5iaf22wThis is possibly the most effective rebuttal in Bluesky history... 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