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MidCenturyCinema
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60s & 70s films + affiliates. Also Influences, origins, legacies, social-cultural context. Books incl Hollywood's Last Golden Age; Novel: Urban Flight [NB: Antifascist] Much more here: https://midcenturycinema.org/
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · Nov 9
Two Great Takes That Go Great Together:
-The New Hollywood Revisited - w/contributions by Molly Haskell, Heather Hendershot, J. Hoberman, Jonathan Kirshner, George Kouvaros, Jon Lewis, Phillip Lopate, Robert Pippin, David Sterritt, David Thomson
-Hollywood's Last Golden Age
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 6h
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 · 10h
10/13/50 All About Eve - W/D: JL Mankiewicz
w/marvelous Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Thelma Ritter & Mr. George Sanders
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@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 · 12h
10/13/73: Terrence Malick's Badlands
w/Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek & Mr. Warren Oates
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@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 · 13h
+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 · 15h
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 · 16h
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d
10/12/72 Bob Rafelson's masterpiece The King of Marvin Gardens
w/Nicholson, Dern, Burstyn
Seek out David Thomson's appreciation
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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 · 1d
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 · 1d
10/12/89: Crimes and Misdemeanors
W/D Woody Allen; DP Sven Nykvist
Stellar cast incl Martin Landau, Sam Waterston, Angelica Huston, Alan Alda ++
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@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 · 1d
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 · 1d
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 · 1d
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 · 1d
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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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d
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
10/11/73: Nicolas Roeg's brooding, visually stunning Don't Look Now
w/Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland
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@ellenejones.bsky.social / @kermodemovie.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
@michaelschulman.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/recommends/w...
“Don’t Look Now,” Nicolas Roeg’s Uncanny Masterpiece
The heart of Roeg’s film, from 1973, is a couple’s shared grief, and the tricks of the mind that it plays on them.
www.newyorker.com
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d
First round for Diane Keaton:
@ezwrites.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...
@peterbradshaw1.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
@katerbland.bsky.social:
@david-rooney.bsky.social: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
And seek out her excellent memoir, Then Again
Critic’s Appreciation: The Irreplaceable Diane Keaton Modernized the Screwball Heroine With Sophistication, Intellect and Singular Style
The Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall,’ ‘Manhattan,’ all three ‘Godfather’ movies, ‘Reds’ and ‘The First Wives Club' was a one-of-a-kind screen presence.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d
Oh, my
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79
Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.
variety.com
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d
10/11/44: To Have and Have Not
D: Howard Hawks W: Jules Furthman & William Faulkner
w/Bogie & Bacall ++
Robin Wood: "one of the most basic anti-fascist statements the cinema has given us"
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@jakehinkson.bsky.social: www.criminalelement.com/bogie-and-ba...
James Agee: time.com/archive/6865...
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d
10/11/44: Otto Preminger's ATG #FilmNoir Laura
w/Tierney, Andrews, Webb, Price
More:
@geoff-andrew.bsky.social:
www.yoursretro.co.uk/filmblog/unl...
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.yoursretro.co.uk/filmblog/unl...
@meganabbott.bsky.social / @libraryofamerica.bsky.social: www.loa.org/news-and-vie...
Gleaming surfaces and twisted depths: Laura’s mirror-world of wayward desire - Library of America
By Megan Abbott Otto Preminger’s adaptation of Vera Caspary’s novel is more polished and studio-sleek than much of what would come to be called noir. But at heart, writes Megan Abbott, it ranks among ...
www.loa.org
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d
10/11/73: Nicolas Roeg's brooding, visually stunning Don't Look Now
w/Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland
More:
@ellenejones.bsky.social / @kermodemovie.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
@michaelschulman.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/recommends/w...
“Don’t Look Now,” Nicolas Roeg’s Uncanny Masterpiece
The heart of Roeg’s film, from 1973, is a couple’s shared grief, and the tricks of the mind that it plays on them.
www.newyorker.com
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 3d
10/10/75: The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
via Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta
w/Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf
More:
Amy Taubin: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social: elementsofmadness.com/2020/09/05/t...
Phoebe Chen: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
A Salacious Press, an Unchecked Government: Heinrich Böll’s Prescient Fiction
A 1975 film adaptation of his novel The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum looks how fragile freedom is under democracy.
www.thenation.com
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 3d
BOTD John Prine!!!
Couldn't pick just 1, so here's:
Mexican Home: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmvP...
Angel (w/Bonnie Raitt): www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaHN...
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Elvis, via @cwillman.bsky.social: variety.com/2020/music/n...
@bob-boilen.bsky.social / @annkpowers.bsky.social: www.npr.org/2020/04/06/8...
John Prine's Life In 10 Songs : All Songs Considered
On this special edition of All Songs Considered, we look back at the life and legacy of the late John Prine through ten of the defining songs from his nearly 50-year career.Host Bob Boilen is joined b...
www.npr.org
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 3d
10/10/86: Francis Ford Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married, w/Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barbara Harris
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@davekehr.bsky.social (who surprised me): www.chicagotribune.com/1986/10/08/c...
Ebert: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pegg...
@ungajje.bsky.social: thespool.net/features/fot...
“Peggy Sue Got Married” finds the humanistic in time travel
Every month, we at The Spool select a filmmaker to explore in greater depth — their themes, their deeper concerns, how their works chart the history of cinema, and the filmmaker’s own biography. For A...
thespool.net
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 3d
BOTD Harold Pinter!!
Celebrated collabs w/Joseph Losey: The Servant, Accident (our fave) & the Go-Between
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@filmnickjames.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
w/Steve Grant via @mrlukowski.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/london/theat...
Natasha Fraser:
a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/cu...
The cinematic life of Harold Pinter
Natasha A. Fraser looks back on the cinematic legacy of her stepfather Harold Pinter (1930–2008), whose fourteen screenplays were directed by the likes of Joseph Losey, Elia Kazan and Karel Reisz. Her...
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