Tonight's viewing. 🎥🎬 Dir: Christopher Nolan DP: Wally Pfister USA/UK (2010) @moremovies.co.uk @letterboxd.social YouTube Movies
Inception
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Thomas Sorlie
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Writing • Public Speaking • Consulting Africa • Middle East • Islam Dept. of Def, al-Hurra TV, VOA, Today's Zaman Former Student of Imam at Darrus Salam, ATL, GA MA in Islamic Studies - UGA Part-time film snob.🎥🎬 Former IATSE Focus Puller. Wisconsin, USA
"Reuters interviewed a half dozen people who, despite the abandoned charges, reported lost jobs, legal fees and in some cases a flurry of online threats that arrived after federal officials publicized their arrests." @reuters.com
Trump’s DOJ charged hundreds with assaulting officers. Many cases were dropped, but the damage was done
The Trump administration has aggressively pursued protestors accused of assaulting or impeding law enforcement. Prosecutors, however, are dropping the cases at rates far higher than usual, a Reuters r...
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Double-Feature night. 🎥🎬 Dir: Andrew V. McLaglen DP: Jack Hildyard UK (1978) @moremovies.co.uk @letterboxd.social YouTube Movies
Wild Geese
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I will get back to you on these, Tom. Saw them a few months ago. Good old Soviet cinema.
Matinee viewing. 🎥🎬 Dir: Sergei Bondarchuk DP: Anatoly Petritsky Yu-Lan Chen Alexander Shelenkov USSR (1967) @moremovies.co.uk @letterboxd.social @criterionchannl.bsky.social @criterion.bsky.social
WAR AND PEACE: Part 4
PIERRE BEZUKHOV Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk • 1967 • Soviet Union At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazz...
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Tonight's Viewing. 🎥🎬 Dir: Sergei Bondarchuk DP: Anatoly Petritsky Yu-Lan Chen Alexander Shelenkov USSR (1967) @moremovies.co.uk @letterboxd.social @criterionchannl.bsky.social @criterion.bsky.social
WAR AND PEACE: Part 3
THE YEAR 1812 Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk • 1967 • Soviet Union At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle...
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Happy birthday, MTV. 45 years young!
The Very First Two Hours Of MTV
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Sure didn't see this one coming!* *Please note sarcasm. @apnews.com
Justice Department moves to drop case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool
The Justice Department has moved to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Tonight's Viewing. 🎥🎬 Dir: Sergei Bondarchuk DP: Anatoly Petritsky Yu-Lan Chen Alexander Shelenkov USSR (1966) @moremovies.co.uk @letterboxd.social @criterionchannl.bsky.social @criterion.bsky.social
WAR AND PEACE: Part 2 - War and Peace - The Criterion Channel
NATASHA ROSTOVA Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk • 1966 • Soviet Union At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazz...
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An obituary of my former film theory professor from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, published by @theguardian.com . Rest in Peace, Tony. Here's to sharing a double shot of Wild Turkey together on the other side!
Tony Williams obituary
Other lives: Film expert who wrote books on the cinema and was a lecturer at Southern Illinois University in the US
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Tonight's viewing. 🎥🎬 Dir: Sergei Bondarchuk DP: Anatoly Petritsky Yu-Lan Chen Alexander Shelenkov USSR (1965-1967) @moremovies.co.uk @letterboxd.social @criterionchannl.bsky.social @criterion.bsky.social
War and Peace - The Criterion Channel
At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Tolstoy’s classi...
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"I was invited to the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which is something that I obviously did not want to do. They offered me, I’m not going to say how much, but it was seven figures to do one show, which is way more than I’ve ever been offered in my life to do a show. But I just couldn’t be part of that."
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Turned Down Million-Dollar Offer to Perform in Saudi Arabia: ‘I Don’t Need to Take Any Money if It Makes Me Feel Icky’
'Weird Al' Yankovic revealed he turned down a seven-figure offer to perform at the state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.
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"In recent days, violence by settler militias, enabled and supported by the Israeli army, has escalated across the West Bank, including the torching and destruction of Palestinian property, and the forced expulsion of families and communities," they said in a statement.
Rights groups call for help stopping Israeli 'pogrom' against Palestinians in West Bank
B’Tselem and Rabbis for Human Rights among others urge action after four Palestinians are killed by settlers near Nablus
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"At least four Palestinians and two Israelis were killed after a settler attack on the village of Tell." @aljazeera.com
Israeli settlers attack West Bank’s Nablus, shooting leaves six dead
Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed after about 20 settlers raid the village of Tell in occupied West Bank.
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"... including seizing weapons and revoking work permits, reinforcing IDF deployments across the West Bank, establishing additional checkpoints, and accelerating the authorization of existing farms and the establishment of new ones." @thejerusalempost.bsky.social
Benjamin Netanyahu orders West Bank crackdown after two Israelis killed in terror attack | The Jerusalem Post
PM, Defense Minister Katz announce increased troop deployments, new checkpoints, expanded counterterrorism measures • Terror shooting followed confrontation involving settlers, IDF, and Palestinians
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Tonight's viewing. 🎥🎬 Dir: Robert Zemeckis DP: Dean Cundley USA (1989) @moremovies.co.uk @letterboxd.social The Bend Theater West Bend, WI
The Saudis rejected the “Additional Protocol,” an arrangement implemented by the International Atomic Energy Agency that would have provided more rigorous monitoring and inspections. @wsj.com
Trump Approves Landmark Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia in Big Win for Kingdom
The deal could mean large profits for American companies but also is likely to raise concerns about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.
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