I love you too, Robocop.

Robocop (1987)@robocop1987.bsky.social · yesterday

I love you.

Post-gala announcements, time for the final round of my NYFF predictions! Still a tremendous amount of uncertainty (and a staggeringly low number of Venice films in Main Slate) and I'm certain I completely botched Currents and Spotlight, but very excited: taipeimansions.com/2026/08/04/n...

For the @avclub.com, I reviewed LATE FAME, a tender but unsentimental story about the danger in believing that your genius was never appreciated in its own time.

Mimicking life, Willem Dafoe becomes a hit among the hip kids in the tender Late Fame

Playing a forgotten poet rediscovered by young hipsters, Willem Dafoe leads the lovely and thoughtful Late Fame.

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Finally finished my July festival marathon, with reviews of 24 movies over 25 days between Japan Cuts, the New York Asian Film Festival, and the Fantasia International Film Festival. It's all at thechinesecinema.com, which you can subscribe to for the low low price of either $1/month or $10/year.

The Chinese Cinema

Films from Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and Beyond

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full 82-minute feature now up on patreon: THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND ROBIN VENTURA VS. NOLAN RYAN www.patreon.com/SecretBase/p...

FULL EPISODE: ROBIN VENTURA VS. NOLAN RYAN. | Secret Base

NOTE: If you've already seen the first part of this episode that was posted last month, feel free to skip to about the 44:00 mark to pick up

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what people are missing about the whole tarik skubal situation is that no baseball player is any better than any other baseball player. some were for quite a long time, but in 1979 the lord struck down one and all and condemned them to wear only one glove. now they're all wretches in god's sight

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

It's been reported that Grace Chang, Hong Kong's preeminent Mandarin screen diva of the 50s, passed away this afternoon, one day shy of her 93rd birthday. Watch Mambo Girl and The Wild, Wild Rose to see her at the height of her powers.

becoming a parent has turned out to be a great excuse to learn the entire alphabet. sometimes he’ll ask me what a letter is and i’m like well shit, bubba. let’s find out together

it's gotta be embarrassing to be a shortstop and explain to people what you do. yeah i'm an infielder. no i'm not the guy who throws it. no i don't have my own base. huh? no no, it's totally cool with ballpark security, they told me i can stand out there. hm? no, not "sportstop." shortstop. mhm

such a good episode from clara. trying to beef with vin scully = automatic induction into the butthead hall of fame www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUQm...

Mike Piazza beefed with the Dodgers so hard he became a Met

YouTube video by Secret Base

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Went to an arcade in Halifax that had a framed portrait of Shigeru Miyamoto looking like he's about to be at the center of a murder mystery in the pacific northwest

Mrs. Met has been traded to the Dodgers for one night in an Indecent Proposal type scenario.

With just a few members of our Naruse Crew after the last screening of the monumental retrospective hosted by American Cinematheque @jeffmcmahon.bsky.social

Here's my report from the Fantasia International Film Festival, with reviews of five Japanese films: Kurosawa Kiyoshi's The Samurai and the Prisoner, Ueda Makoto's You Are the Film, Uchida Eiji's The Specials and Tokyo Burst: Crime City, and Hagiwara Kentaro's Wind Breaker.

Fantasia 2026

Reviews of five Japanese films from this year's Fantasia International Film Festival: The Samurai and the Prisoner, You Are the Film, The Specials, Tokyo Burst: Crime City, and Wind Breaker

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July 2026 Top 5 First Views: THE CLOCK CENTER STAGE THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE LICENSE TO LIVE THE SCARLET EMPRESS SORCERER THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER HM: The Lovers on the Bridge, They Live by Night, The Wages of Fear, The Great McGinty, The Approach of Autumn, Barrio triste

Captain: Salamander Janeway First Officer: Tuvix Engineer: ( Laughing ) box Doctor: Diane Warren penning the Enterprise theme song in real time Wildcard: Elon Musk High School The Building

Zoe Tunnell ➡️ FlameCon E-09@zoewithasword.bsky.social · 6d ago

Burnham, Kira, O'Brien, T'Ana and Mariner FINAL ANSWER

I WANT YOUR SEX: Mires many of Araki's most interesting ideas about modern sensuality in a noir-ish framing device that seeks to both complicate and justify the power dynamics, only to undercut both impulses and its characters' desires; sadly kind of a drag.

Happy birthday to the wonderful @danmolloy.bsky.social!!!

Resistance is feudal: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's marvelously intricate historical mystery, THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER, reviewed. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“The Samurai and the Prisoner” Fits a War Epic Into an Elegant Puzzle Box

In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s historical drama, “The Samurai and the Prisoner,” a series of puzzling crimes at a besieged fortress yields even more confounding questions about faith, war, and leadership.

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one thing you need to understand when you watch a major league baseball game is, these guys are some serious big league ballplayers. they're the real deal. i'm talking about some real big-time types of guys

New ep—THIRST CONTACT! Three nudity-packed sci-fi thrillers about hot lady alien babes on a path of horny destruction! Houston, we have a problem—a SEXY problem! #lifeforce #undertheskin #species podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

At long last, we're finally bringing Zhou Tao films to LA!

Acropolis Cinema@acropoliscinema.bsky.social · 6d ago

Announcing! 📣 On Aug 31, we team w/ Alula for the LA premiere of Zhou Tao’s THE RIB OF THE GREATER BAY AREA and THE PERIPHERY OF THE BASE @2220arts.bsky.social. Shot across China, these works capture the immensity of everyday life and labor in contemplative tableaux. link.dice.fm/tabf5c943454

Announcing! 📣 On Aug 31, we team w/ Alula for the LA premiere of Zhou Tao’s THE RIB OF THE GREATER BAY AREA and THE PERIPHERY OF THE BASE @2220arts.bsky.social. Shot across China, these works capture the immensity of everyday life and labor in contemplative tableaux. link.dice.fm/tabf5c943454

Hey, they restored Dennis Yu's The Imp, one of my favourite Hong Kong New Wave pictures.

this post was only a joke. i wasn't actually trying to direct traffic to major league baseball's website. additionally i am aware that major league baseball has implemented a number of unacceptable policies and positions throughout its history

Jon Bois@jonbois.bsky.social · last wk.

i’d like to encourage each and every one of you to visit major league baseball’s official site. there you can find mlb coats and clocks for sale. you can learn about legends of the game such as ted williams and curtis mead. you can download the name of your favorite team. it’s a wonderful resource

i’d like to encourage each and every one of you to visit major league baseball’s official site. there you can find mlb coats and clocks for sale. you can learn about legends of the game such as ted williams and curtis mead. you can download the name of your favorite team. it’s a wonderful resource

it seems like whenever i go on bluesky all i see is a bunch of people talking to each other and posting about stuff

LA premiere featuring a pre-recorded Q&A between Rob Tregenza and the one and only Jonathan Rosenbaum!!

Acropolis Cinema@acropoliscinema.bsky.social · last wk.

Announcing! 📣 FAST directed by Rob Tregenza US, 2026, 96 min Admired by Godard and kept like a secret among a passionate group of cinephiles, Tregenza returns w/ a mesmerizing slice of Americana styled in long takes and meticulous mis en scène. Aug 18! link.dice.fm/g212e5d7dd91