Will McKinley
@willmckinley.bsky.social
I wrote Sony's getTV blog for 6 years, created Game Show Network's blog, was an arts reporter for NYC weekly The Villager, and have contributed to Slate, 4 books, and many blogs and podcasts. Currently digital marketing for NYC nonprofit New Plaza Cinema.
SENTINEL Hive Rise Up!
Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · 2h agoNetflix just added THE SENTINEL (1977) and DRACULA (1979) w Frank Langella + Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960) and its 2 sequels w/ Anthony Perkins. Netflix has this licensing deal w/ Universal but keeps cycling in the same films. If only Universal owned some other famous horror movies! #FilmSky #Halloween
The Sentinel had a very scary advertising campaign.
Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · 2h agoNetflix just added THE SENTINEL (1977) and DRACULA (1979) w Frank Langella + Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960) and its 2 sequels w/ Anthony Perkins. Netflix has this licensing deal w/ Universal but keeps cycling in the same films. If only Universal owned some other famous horror movies! #FilmSky #Halloween
Netflix just added THE SENTINEL (1977) and DRACULA (1979) w Frank Langella + Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960) and its 2 sequels w/ Anthony Perkins. Netflix has this licensing deal w/ Universal but keeps cycling in the same films. If only Universal owned some other famous horror movies! #FilmSky #Halloween
Casey Bloys is about to get a massive new job running streaming at the combined Paramount Warner Bros. He won't have much time to celebrate his promotion. My look at his early to-do list in the latest BUFFERING, up now at @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/case...
Casey Bloys and the To-Do List From Hell
Run a streaming empire, fight Netflix, figure out Pluto … bury Showtime? No pressure.
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"A Tale of Two Formats" DIGGER is playing in 35mm VistaVision at AMC Lincoln Square NYC — one of only 3 US locations screening in that format — and every show this weekend is nearly sold out. But this is what ticket sales for standard digital screenings look like tonight + Fri. #FilmSky
"Thanks, Bella!" His CNN recaps of the weekend box office were essential viewing at a time when *nobody* else was doing it.
Farewell to columnist + broadcaster Martin Grove (1943-2026). His informed yet affable analysis of the entertainment biz on outlets like ET, CNN and Movietime (which became E!) were like catnip for young me. What an inspiringly prolific career. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... #FilmSky
Martin A. Grove, Longtime Columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, Dies at 83
He spent 25 years with the publication and lent his considerable film expertise to CNN, ‘Entertainment Tonight,’ Movietime, AMC and KNX as well.
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Farewell to columnist + broadcaster Martin Grove (1943-2026). His informed yet affable analysis of the entertainment biz on outlets like ET, CNN and Movietime (which became E!) were like catnip for young me. What an inspiringly prolific career. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... #FilmSky
Martin A. Grove, Longtime Columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, Dies at 83
He spent 25 years with the publication and lent his considerable film expertise to CNN, ‘Entertainment Tonight,’ Movietime, AMC and KNX as well.
hollywoodreporter.com
AFI Silver has posted the schedule for this year's Classic Film Weekend! It includes some extreme rarities, 35mm shows, pre-codes, silent films with live accompaniment, cartoons, and intros by Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social, David Stenn, and more. 19 screenings in all, Nov 12-15:
AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend | AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
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Garbo by Ruth Harriet Louise, 1926.
'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.
Has he considered releasing successful TV series annually? With episodes debuting weekly? Maybe with fixed premiere times? And marketing?
Ted Sarandos Admits Netflix Is “Not Growing as Fast as I Want Us To”
The streamer's co-CEO also clarifies: "We're not in the [user-generated content] business."
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A very happy 91st birthday to the incomparable Julie Andrews. A perfect excuse to share this. #filmsky #moviesky #BOTD
"Feed the Birds" from MARY POPPINS (1964)
Mary sings to Jane and Michael about the lady who, every day, feeds the birds at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. From the 1964 film MARY POPPINS
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NEXT WED at #TheNoirCollective: one of the first American films hailed as “noir” – and the most honored. 4 Oscars, incl. Best Picture. @tommykrasker.bsky.social & @ctmillion.bsky.social host THE LOST WEEKEND (1945). What happens when you hunger for the American Dream – but can’t quench your thirst?
Love Angie, but the first thing that comes to mind with her now for me is Junior Soprano saying, “And I wanna F Angie Dickinson. Let’s see who gets lucky first.”
Sopranos Wanna Fck Angie Dickison
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Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · yesterdayAngie Dickinson is 95 today. My father got in trouble w/ my mother for letting me watch BIG BAD MAMA on HBO c. 1980. After that, when something inappropriate came on TV, he would exclaim "Look out! Another BIG BAD MAMA!" in a playfully mocking tone that drove my mother up the wall. #BOTD #FilmSky
THE FLINTSTONES debuted on ABC #OTD in 1960. Hanna-Barbera’s first prime-time cartoon was produced in color, but the first two seasons aired in black and white. #TVSky #Animation
A number of shots in THE GUILTY (1947) frame action through doors + windows, from a remove. Considering the story is told in flashback, and considering who tells it, I'd like to think these are clues to the unreliable nature of the narrator. #TheNoirCollective #TheGuilty #filmsky
B-movie acting aside, THE GUILTY (1947) offers a powerful depiction of PTSD. Film noir played a key role in advancing awareness of the post-traumatic stress many WW II veterans experienced. #TheNoirCollective #TheGuilty
Henry Sharp's cinematography made THE GUILTY (1947) a worthy watch for me! Thanks @marcikay.bsky.social and #TheNoirCollective!
THE GUILTY (1947) may be low budget, but cinematographer Henry Sharp still does some nice work. #TheNoirCollective #TheGuilty
Love this shot. If you thought the sets for this film felt deliberately rundown, how about an overhead shot of the bathroom?? The change in POV highlights how shabby this world is and makes Carr look like a rat in a cage. #TheNoirCollective #TheGuilty
From the looks of THE GUILTY (1947) so far, they spent most of the budget on this shot. #TheNoirCollective #TheGuilty
