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Dan Sheehan
@dansheehan.memyon.org
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Film music historian and writer.
Support good journalism, social justice, writers and educators.
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I use alt text obsessively.
NYC/CT based.
Profile pic: Cathedral HS, 1978
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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 4d
Pinning this one to my profile until the end of the year.
Any and all reposts are welcome.
Thanks.
#filmsky #moviesky #mentalhealth #substanceuse #charity
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dansheehan.memyon.org Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 4d
If you enjoy my posts and games about movies and film music, I ask you to take just 30 seconds to read this.
And on Giving Tuesday, it would mean the world to me if you - my followers and friends here on Bluesky - could help us in any way you can at connorfund.org
Peace.
#givingtuesday #mentalhealth
Late November has arrived, and with it, thoughts of being together with loved ones in the days and weeks ahead. December 15th is the day our son, Connor, would’ve been celebrating his 32nd birthday. In 2020, we lost him to his struggles with mental health issues and substance use. We began The Connor Sheehan Fund to provide support for programs that help teens, their families, and schools to identify mental health issues and substance use disorders among young people, and to promote awareness, communication and education about youth mental health in our communities. Visit our page at connorfund.org to learn about what we have accomplished so far. And if you are able, please help us do even more in 2026 by giving whatever you can. Thank you, Dan
dansheehan.memyon.org
At the top of the leaderboard currently is:
Emily Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social
With 13 points plus the 5 point bonus, that's 18 total!
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky #games #fun #quiz
dansheehan.memyon.org Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 2h
Ok, it's time .... Let's play a game called "What's the Score?
There are 5 music clips. Name the 5 movie titles, and the names of the composers for each.
Send you answer to my DM by Sunday midday. I'll give you your score right away when you answer.
(more....)
1/2
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky
"What's the Score?" November 29, 2025
How to play: Listen to the 5 music clips in the video. Your job is to guess the title of each movie the music is from, and the name of the composer for each one. You…
vimeo.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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jasondashbailey.com
Read it in today’s paper!
My appreciation of THE COMPLEAT BEATLES in today’s New York Times
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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(cont'd)
Here's how you score points in this game:
1 point for each correct movie title
2 points for each correct composer (or composers)
5 points: Guess the connection between all 5 movies!
NO AUDIO SEARCH please, but DO SHARE WITH FRIENDS!
Good luck!
2/2
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky #games #quiz
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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dansheehan.memyon.org
This week's theme is directly from one of my regular players.
They guessed it for a previous edition of the game and it struck me as a really great connection idea!
So listen and see if you can identify enough of the movies to reveal what the theme is.
I bet you can!
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky
dansheehan.memyon.org Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 2h
Ok, it's time .... Let's play a game called "What's the Score?
There are 5 music clips. Name the 5 movie titles, and the names of the composers for each.
Send you answer to my DM by Sunday midday. I'll give you your score right away when you answer.
(more....)
1/2
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky
"What's the Score?" November 29, 2025
How to play: Listen to the 5 music clips in the video. Your job is to guess the title of each movie the music is from, and the name of the composer for each one. You…
vimeo.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Reposted by Dan Sheehan
dansheehan.memyon.org
Pinning this one to my profile until the end of the year.
Any and all reposts are welcome.
Thanks.
#filmsky #moviesky #mentalhealth #substanceuse #charity
👇
dansheehan.memyon.org Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 4d
If you enjoy my posts and games about movies and film music, I ask you to take just 30 seconds to read this.
And on Giving Tuesday, it would mean the world to me if you - my followers and friends here on Bluesky - could help us in any way you can at connorfund.org
Peace.
#givingtuesday #mentalhealth
Late November has arrived, and with it, thoughts of being together with loved ones in the days and weeks ahead. December 15th is the day our son, Connor, would’ve been celebrating his 32nd birthday. In 2020, we lost him to his struggles with mental health issues and substance use. We began The Connor Sheehan Fund to provide support for programs that help teens, their families, and schools to identify mental health issues and substance use disorders among young people, and to promote awareness, communication and education about youth mental health in our communities. Visit our page at connorfund.org to learn about what we have accomplished so far. And if you are able, please help us do even more in 2026 by giving whatever you can. Thank you, Dan
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
dansheehan.memyon.org
This week's theme is directly from one of my regular players.
They guessed it for a previous edition of the game and it struck me as a really great connection idea!
So listen and see if you can identify enough of the movies to reveal what the theme is.
I bet you can!
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky
dansheehan.memyon.org Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 2h
Ok, it's time .... Let's play a game called "What's the Score?
There are 5 music clips. Name the 5 movie titles, and the names of the composers for each.
Send you answer to my DM by Sunday midday. I'll give you your score right away when you answer.
(more....)
1/2
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky
"What's the Score?" November 29, 2025
How to play: Listen to the 5 music clips in the video. Your job is to guess the title of each movie the music is from, and the name of the composer for each one. You…
vimeo.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Reposted by Dan Sheehan
andrewpope.bsky.social
If this guy doesn’t like fiction that deviates from documented events and characterisations, just wait until he sees the Historical Plays of… *checks notes* wait this can’t be right
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

The new film “Hamnet” offers up a vision of William Shakespeare as “Marlon Brando in Elizabethan drag,” writes Drew Lichtenberg. While this character may appeal to some, it “played to me like mumblecore Shakespeare, conceived for the TikTok generation.”
Opinion | ‘Hamnet’ Reimagines Shakespeare for the TikTok Generation
Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get his life so wrong?
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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dansheehan.memyon.org
Ok, it's time .... Let's play a game called "What's the Score?
There are 5 music clips. Name the 5 movie titles, and the names of the composers for each.
Send you answer to my DM by Sunday midday. I'll give you your score right away when you answer.
(more....)
1/2
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky
"What's the Score?" November 29, 2025
How to play: Listen to the 5 music clips in the video. Your job is to guess the title of each movie the music is from, and the name of the composer for each one. You…
vimeo.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
dansheehan.memyon.org
Ok, it's time .... Let's play a game called "What's the Score?
There are 5 music clips. Name the 5 movie titles, and the names of the composers for each.
Send you answer to my DM by Sunday midday. I'll give you your score right away when you answer.
(more....)
1/2
#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky
"What's the Score?" November 29, 2025
How to play: Listen to the 5 music clips in the video. Your job is to guess the title of each movie the music is from, and the name of the composer for each one. You…
vimeo.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reposted by Dan Sheehan
beckjoneshere.bsky.social
Some know him for his works on Christianity, some for his Chronicles of Narnia series, some for his memoir. All should read at least some writing of C.S. Lewis, #botd in 1898. Below, a still from the film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
#booksky #writers #moviesky #religion
Image of a lion and a young boy standing together on a ledge. Headline is a quote "A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest." C.S. Lewis
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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dansheehan.memyon.org
If you enjoy my posts and games about movies and film music, I ask you to take just 30 seconds to read this.
And on Giving Tuesday, it would mean the world to me if you - my followers and friends here on Bluesky - could help us in any way you can at connorfund.org
Peace.
#givingtuesday #mentalhealth
Late November has arrived, and with it, thoughts of being together with loved ones in the days and weeks ahead. December 15th is the day our son, Connor, would’ve been celebrating his 32nd birthday. In 2020, we lost him to his struggles with mental health issues and substance use. We began The Connor Sheehan Fund to provide support for programs that help teens, their families, and schools to identify mental health issues and substance use disorders among young people, and to promote awareness, communication and education about youth mental health in our communities. Visit our page at connorfund.org to learn about what we have accomplished so far. And if you are able, please help us do even more in 2026 by giving whatever you can. Thank you, Dan
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
dansheehan.memyon.org
Today's bonus question - the common connection between the five movies - actually came to me from you.
Well, from one of you, who guessed today's theme as the answer to a recent edition of the game. I thought, "That's a great idea for a theme!"
At 10am ET, you'll get your chance!
#filmsky #moviesky
dansheehan.memyon.org Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 13h
The weekend is here, so ...
Get ready to play "What's the Score?"
The game where YOU guess the movie titles from the music you hear.
The fun begins at 10am ET on Saturday.
We'll be right here ...

#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky #games #fun #quiz #filmscores
A closeup of ET with his finger up to Eliot's head saying "I'll be right here"
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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dansheehan.memyon.org
Good morning.

#BOTD #filmsky #moviesky
A Black man wearing a black skintight outfit with a collar made from long, sharp animal teeth. He's gazing upward with a calm expression. Behind him is a bright sky with some white clouds. Chadwick Boseman, born on this day in 1976 (d. 2020) as King T'Challa in a scene from the film BLACK PANTHER (2018) Tags Filmsky moviesky MOVIES films botd happy birthday Hollywood legends sexy actor MCU marvel tragic loss remembering rip
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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dansheehan.memyon.org
The weekend is here, so ...
Get ready to play "What's the Score?"
The game where YOU guess the movie titles from the music you hear.
The fun begins at 10am ET on Saturday.
We'll be right here ...

#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky #games #fun #quiz #filmscores
A closeup of ET with his finger up to Eliot's head saying "I'll be right here"
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
dansheehan.memyon.org
Good morning.

#BOTD #filmsky #moviesky
A Black man wearing a black skintight outfit with a collar made from long, sharp animal teeth. He's gazing upward with a calm expression. Behind him is a bright sky with some white clouds. Chadwick Boseman, born on this day in 1976 (d. 2020) as King T'Challa in a scene from the film BLACK PANTHER (2018) Tags Filmsky moviesky MOVIES films botd happy birthday Hollywood legends sexy actor MCU marvel tragic loss remembering rip
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
The Washington Post headline reads: "Try a ‘fart walk’ to ease the pressure after that big Thanksgiving meal Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down. November 24, 2025" Accompanying the article if a black ad white photo of someone walking on what appears to be a cold fall day. The camera is capturing their back as they're walking in a park with leaves on the ground. They are wearing a black coat and black leggings. The Washington Post has added radiating yellow lines from their butt to suggest they're farting. The photo credit says the image is from iStock.
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
dansheehan.memyon.org
The weekend is here, so ...
Get ready to play "What's the Score?"
The game where YOU guess the movie titles from the music you hear.
The fun begins at 10am ET on Saturday.
We'll be right here ...

#filmsky #moviesky #musicsky #games #fun #quiz #filmscores
A closeup of ET with his finger up to Eliot's head saying "I'll be right here"
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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frankconniff.bsky.social
Watched this movie the other night. It's great, and this review captures it beautifully. Has Ethan Hawke given the best movie performance (Blue Moon) and best TV series performance (The Lowdown) of the year? A strong case can be made.
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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willmckinley.bsky.social
MeTV Toons is airing black & white cartoons until 11pm ET.

Fleischer POPEYE and BETTY BOOP shorts, LOONEY TUNES, and rarities like Van Beuren's TOM & JERRY (not the cat and mouse).

Amazing to see this in primetime on a national network. Watch OTA or on live TV streamers like Frndly. #Animation
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
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mattzollerseitz.bsky.social Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 22h
Writer-painter Josh Hickman, my friend since high school, wrote a powerful book about being his mother's caretaker during her decline from dementia. Reading it healed me after going through a similar experience. I recommend it to all caregivers. We carry it signed by Josh. mzs.press/SIGNED-Forge...
Screenshot of a section of Josh Hickman's book Forgetting: She was… difficult," I have caught myself, sighing weakly, in unguarded and honest moment since my mother's passing. In fact, she was probably the most difficult person I've ever known. She was difficult to deal with, difficult to communicate with, and difficult, if not impossible, to please. When I asked about her by those who had never met her, she also remained somewhat difficult to describe. For me – especially the younger version of me – she was a frightening and enigmatic contradiction, only predictable in her unpredictability. She affected a misplaced aristocratic, even snobbish air, such that many, who didn't know her well thought her well educated, or perhaps some sort of blue blood, but she came from a poor, broken Canadian home and never attended college. She strive to appear polished and controlled, though she possessed a virtually unveiled violent temper. She was endlessly critical, overbearing and argumentative. She always acted as if she deserved better, no matter what she was getting. Where did all this come from? At times I still catch myself struggling to figure it out." Excerpt from forgetting, Josh Hickman's memoir about caring for his mother as she declined from dementia: "One evening, she rose from the couch to go to the bathroom, stumbled, wobbled for a long moment, then collapsed in a heap on the carpet. Horrified, I jumped up and examined her, trying to rouse her, but she was unconscious. Panicking, I dragged her by the armpits back onto the couch, noticing she had soiled her underwear. Yanking the underwear off and throwing them in the bathtub, I pulled her sweatpants up and stared into her ashen face. Was she dying? My mind raced as I tried to figure out what to do. For the moment, I handled things myself in lieu of calling 911. Remembering a brief conversation from months carlier, I recalled her vagucly mentioning she had been diagnosed with a heart condition, a diagnosis she had of course brushed off as "bullshit." She had been given a prescription for this which she wasn't taking. The ailment was atrial fibrillation, which can cause sudden tachycardia and subsequent fainting, My mind shot to the incident of her "falling" on the balcony and breaking her wrist. I hurriedly scoured her voluminous medicine closet, found the medication she had shown me, pulled a pill out, then tried to jiggle her awake so I could force it in her mouth. Her eyes finally opened after several tense seconds, widening as she stared blankly at me. As I yelled at her to wake up and take the pill, she gazed at me vacantly, as if she had no idca who I was. Was she having a stroke? My mind raced. I knew strokes were also possible due to blood pooling in the atrium, especially if one..." Excerpt from Josh Hickman's book Forgetting, about caring for his mother during her decline from dementia: "I had barely I finally informed my mother that she had had nearly two months to mentally and physically prepare herself for this last move, and the time had arrived. Still, she claimed that she hadn't understood that we were actually moving to the condo. She said she thought that was just an "idea." Forced to ignore her protests yet again, I told her she could wait on her couch, and I would do my best to have it packed last. I thought it might help her to actually see the boxes and furniture physically leaving the apartment, that it might aid her in comprehending the inevitable was actually happening before her eyes. I figured it might be best to depart the empty apartment together, mysclf, my mother, and Sammy driving last to the new place as it filled up with our belongings." The cover of Josh Hickman's book Forgetting: The Trials and Tribulations of Caring for a Difficult Parent with Dementia. The cover on the photo shows the author's mother, a woman with brown hair, wearing a black pullover, holding the author as a toddler. He is reaching out to touch her collar. Behind them is a Texaco station in front of a shopping mall in Dallas in the 1970s.
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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willmckinley.bsky.social
The one #BlackFriday sale I recommend.

Criterion Channel for $6.25/month if you pay for a full year.

signup.criterionchannel.com #FilmSky
A screen cap from criterionchannel.com reading Black Friday Sale 25% OFF YOUR FIRST YEAR Now through Monday, Dec 1 Sign up with code: BLACKFRIDAY25
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Every year, I roundup the best Black Friday menswear sales. This year, I've broken the list into two parts because there are so many deals. Today, there are sales on tailored tweed topcoats, the best hoodie, Blundstones, and Uniqlo's HEATTECH (cheap way to keep warm)

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November 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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willmckinley.bsky.social
Be safe out there everybody. #BlackFriday #FilmSky
A screen cap from the trailer for BLACK FRIDAY (1940). A screen cap from the trailer for BLACK FRIDAY (1940).
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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dansheehan.memyon.org
Excellent piece by Holley, previewing what will be a must-watch American Masters program celebrating the legendary Dick Van Dyke as his 100th birthday nears.
holleysnaith.bsky.social Holley Snaith @holleysnaith.bsky.social · 1d
Dick Van Dyke has spent nearly 80 years bringing joy to generations. For my newest #AmericanMasters piece, I explored ten defining moments from his extraordinary career — iconic and overlooked alike. Read it here: www.pbs.org/wnet/america... #DickVanDyke
Ten performances that defined Dick Van Dyke's career | American Masters | PBS
Discover ten defining performances from Dick Van Dyke’s illustrious career, spanning nearly eight decades in show business.
www.pbs.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM