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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 16h

10/14/53: Fritz Lang's #filmnoir gem The Big Heat, w/Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Mr. Lee Marvin
Caution: The coffee you are about to enjoy is hot
More:
@zeroforconduct.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/...
Lindsay Anderson: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 5h

10/14/77: Bowie, with Heroes
More via @adamsteinerauthor.bsky.social: www.popmatters.com/david-bowie-...

Guess we need to hear this more than ever:

And the shame, was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
Then we could be Heroes, just for one day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsYp...

David Bowie - Heroes

YouTube video by Broken Ridge Records

www.youtube.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 6h

NYC Art House legend Tony Talbot has left us . . .
I reviewed her husband Dan's posthumous memoir (which she edited) for Cineaste a few years back: midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/m...

Toby Talbot, Impassioned Promoter of Art Films, Dies at 96

www.nytimes.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 8h

I’m pretty sure that’s Purple Rose of Cairo.

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 8h

My understanding is the opposite, which is why I think he considers it a failure. Filmmakers often do this — Bergman esp IMO, in that they undervalue a great film because it was so distant from what they originally envisioned. Obv, though, the audience only sees the final product.

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 9h

10/14/88: Another Woman
Gena Rowlands leads astonishing cast (incl Martha Plimpton, Sandy Dennis, Gene Hackman, John Houseman) in Woody Allen's unappreciated (incl by WA) gem
More:
@sheilakathleen.bsky.social: www.sheilaomalley.com?p=141572
@kaist455.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-co...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 13h

BOTD Hannah Arendt!!
Too relevant today - see @samantharhill.bsky.social w/ @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social re her bio:
Focus of an excellent Margarethe von Trotta film, w/Barbara Sukowa
More:
@fredmkaplan.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/m...
Rosenbaum: jonathanrosenbaum.net/2025/04/in-d...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 16h

10/14/53: Fritz Lang's #filmnoir gem The Big Heat, w/Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Mr. Lee Marvin
Caution: The coffee you are about to enjoy is hot
More:
@zeroforconduct.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/...
Lindsay Anderson: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 18h

10/14/72: Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris
w/Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider (Varda & Trintignant in on screenplay)
More:
The legendary Kael rev: criterion.com/current/post...
Must-read @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/5464020/bern...
Also @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

HBD Paul Simon!!
Exceptional writer who can successfully use "misconstrued" in a song
Peak PS: Kathy I'm lost, I said/though I knew she was sleeping
More:
On Colbert, via American Songwriter: americansongwriter.com/paul-simon-t...
American Tune - achingly true today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_sl...

AMERICAN TUNE by Paul Simon/September 5, 1974

YouTube video by cavettbiter

www.youtube.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

10/13/50 All About Eve - W/D: JL Mankiewicz
w/marvelous Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Thelma Ritter & Mr. George Sanders
More:
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...
Ben Brantley: www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/t...
@carolinesiede.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/all-about-ev...

It's been 75 years since All About Eve and its feminism is still sadly extraordinary

The only film to ever earn four female acting Oscar noms, All About Eve remains an insightful look at how pop culture treats its women.

www.avclub.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

10/13/73: Terrence Malick's Badlands
w/Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek & Mr. Warren Oates
More:
@sheilakathleen.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@rockmarooned.bsky.social: www.popmatters.com/169640-badla...
@thefilmcynic.bsky.social: filmschoolrejects.com/badlands/

The Legacy of Terrence Malick's 'Badlands'

The movies, music, books, and other things we wouldn't have if not for Terrence Malick's 1973 debut, Badlands.

filmschoolrejects.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

+1:
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Woody Allen pays glowing tribute to Diane Keaton

The pair worked together on eight films including the Oscar-winning Annie Hall and Manhattan.

www.bbc.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

Still more for Diane Keaton:
@ceilidhann.bsky.social: www.thewrap.com/diane-keaton...
@manohladargis.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/m...
@alissawilkinson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/m...
@brianphillips.bsky.social: www.theringer.com/2025/10/13/m...

Diane Keaton Was Effortlessly Original

The beloved actor was simultaneously the coolest person in Hollywood and also the person least aware of what anyone else thought was cool

www.theringer.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

10/12/72 Bob Rafelson's masterpiece The King of Marvin Gardens
w/Nicholson, Dern, Burstyn
Seek out David Thomson's appreciation
More
From Us: midcenturycinema.org/node/105
@brucelabruce.bsky.social: www.talkhouse.com/bruce-labruc...
@splicedpersonality.bsky.social: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

10/12/07: Sidney Lumet’s outstanding Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
w/Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Tomei, Finney
@geoff-andrew.bsky.social: "Superior fare, packed with insight and suspense"
More:
@thehighsign.bsky.social: slate.com/culture/2007...
G Macnab: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

“I am not optimistic at all about American society”: Sidney Lumet on Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

Upon the release of what would be his final film, Sidney Lumet spoke about shooting digitally, melodrama and tragedy and getting audiences to know terrible people. From our February 2008 issue.

www.bfi.org.uk

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

10/12/89: Crimes and Misdemeanors
W/D Woody Allen; DP Sven Nykvist
Stellar cast incl Martin Landau, Sam Waterston, Angelica Huston, Alan Alda ++
More:
@jhoberman.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/m...
Ebert, x2:
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/grea...
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/crim...

Crimes and Misdemeanors movie review (1989) | Roger Ebert

Woody Allen's "Crimes and Misdemeanors" is a thriller about the dark nights of the soul. It shockingly answers the question most of us have asked ourselves

www.rogerebert.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

10/12/91: Carl Franklin's astonishing One False Move
@ VIFF, w/Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Cynda Williams
From us via Cineaste: midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u...
More:
@janetmaslin.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/1992/07/17/m...
@wmboyle4.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

10/12/74: John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence
w/Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk
More:
Rowlands & Falk: criterion.com/current/post...
@timgrierson.bsky.social: www.villagevoice.com/gena-rowland...
@lwlies.com: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
@manohladargis.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/m...

Watch One Heartbreaking Scene to Understand Gena Rowlands’s Genius (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

More for Diane Keaton:
@szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/7325208/dian...
@rockmarooned.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Kevin Maher: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
@timgrierson.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Diane Keaton Was Nobody's Fool

Diane Keaton's roles in the 1970s, from 'The Godfather' to 'Annie Hall,' 'Manhattan,' and more, showed her range, intellect, and unique charisma.

www.rollingstone.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking of things Jack, thrilled to hear that @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social has a new biography forthcoming, which he describes as "written as an epic story of the transformation of the movie industry and modern masculinity from the 1950s to the present, with Nicholson as the main character."

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