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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 22h

So, Netflix cancelled Mindhunter, but it happily funds absolute misogynistic garbage like Monster: The Ed Gein Story. Legit one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah they were a fad for a while but never really took off

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 1d

as somebody who has been to hundreds of press shows over the years as a film writer, people managed to cope fine without torches or phones or laptops. Taking notes is relatively easy with pen and paper.

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah it’s just about social media posts now, not the films

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 1d

Out today from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social. It was an honour to do the commentary along with my darlst Kat Ellinger. I still think it’s Big Sean’s best film to date. And that’s saying something.

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Fred Connelly @brendonconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Can all those popular filmmakers with their giant megaphones who went after motion smoothing on TV please go after laptops and phones in screenings too? Surely there's a lot of cinematographers who will have something to say about this.

filmlandempire.bsky.social @filmlandempire.bsky.social · 1d

Ffs. No

#LFF

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 1d

Insanity

filmlandempire.bsky.social @filmlandempire.bsky.social · 1d

Ffs. No

#LFF

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 1d

LFF allowing laptops and phones for note taking in the press screenings is end of the world stuff. What happened to pen and paper, or just watching it and concentrating?

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 2d

The montage of Diane Keaton crying is so funny. She was a superb comedian.

Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 2d

Now watching: Something’s Gotta Give (2003). Diane Keaton and Big Jack are great together in this. RIP Diane Keaton.

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 2d

It’s too much to think about!

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 2d

Also assuming the costumes in Something’s Gotta Give were a reference to their beach walking scene in Reds.

Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 2d

Now watching: Something’s Gotta Give (2003). Diane Keaton and Big Jack are great together in this. RIP Diane Keaton.

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Adam Lowes @adlow76.bsky.social · 3d

So sad. What an actress. Charm personified.

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 3d

This one hurts!

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filmlandempire.bsky.social @filmlandempire.bsky.social · 3d

RIP Diane Keaton. This is so sad

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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 3d

Oh no. Sometimes the obituaries just seem to come in like waves. Generations pass, I suppose. The water gets closer.

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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 4d

Always found the notion that horror should definitionally be 'scary' an odd one, because by that standard, so few films qualify as horror, unless you're 12 years old or under. My personal preference is for 'disorienting', 'unsettling' and 'upsetting', and none of those actually require scares.

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 4d

The best horror makes me feel tense rather than scared. I don’t need horror to make me feel scared, social interactions more than fulfil that emotional response.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 5d

Was completely on purpose

Ghoulian Singleton 🎃 @juliansingleton.bsky.social · 6d

Threw on the new Criterion of NIGHTMARE ALLEY 2021 and forgot that the reappearance of Richard Jenkins and Mary Steenburgen makes this the Catalina Wine Mixer of Guillermo Del Toro's oeuvre.

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 6d

A damn shame Liam Gavin hasn't made a follow up, it was a cracking debut...

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 6d

If you are looking for an unusual, tense, and oddly beautiful horror movie this Halloween, I highly recommend A Dark Song, should it have escaped your notice before.

Woman facing a doorway with arcane symbols with title A Dark Song and accolades including Outstanding abd An Utterly Unique Film.

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 6d

It really is.

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 6d

What John said

John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 6d

I’ve seen a lot of people lashing out at Ridley Scott for his ragebait interview. a) he’s an old geezer; give him a break b) his bad films are more interesting than most good films c) his good films have imprinted cinema significantly d) Gladiator II was gash but the Last Duel… come on.

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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 6d

I’ve seen a lot of people lashing out at Ridley Scott for his ragebait interview. a) he’s an old geezer; give him a break b) his bad films are more interesting than most good films c) his good films have imprinted cinema significantly d) Gladiator II was gash but the Last Duel… come on.

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Asif Kapadia @asifkapadia.bsky.social · 7d

Heads up!
KENNY DALGLISH
World Premiere Rome Film Festival 21 October. (Documentary competition)
Cinema: UK & IRELAND from 29/30 Oct, look out for in person Q&As with myself & special guests.
Cinema version features an exclusive conversation between the King (Kenny!) & I
On Prime 4 November
❤️🙌🏽🙏🏽👏🏽✊🏽

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Martyn Conterio @mdconterio.bsky.social · 8d

So good