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John Blanco
@johnblanco.bsky.social
Likes movies, especially art, foreign, golden age, trash, silent, precode, noir.
I like your choices! Che looks almost as good in a beret as Faye.
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Post someone who looks great in a hat.
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Halloween, ‘66, the Blanco home. An angel, an “old lady,” wearing an aunt’s dress from the olden days of the ‘50s, and whatever costume my sister Gina had just doffed. There’s an inherent eeriness and pathos to old Halloween photos, old family photos in general, even when my face is filled with joy.
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Frankenstein
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Just one? Well, then it would have to be @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social
brilliant documentary, The Story of Film: An Odyssey.
October 21, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Diane Arbus revisits these orphans of the storm, Lillian (BOTD) and Dorothy Gish, in this 1964 photo. Their fur coats flecked with snow, they still look beautiful, and in Lillian’s case, indomitable enough to live another 30 years.

#LillianGish #DorothyGish #DianeArbus
October 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Post something random or have an awful October.
October 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the cinema as a kid.

(I had very permissive parents when it came to movies.)
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A cropped version adorns the cover of the indispensable Library of America collection, Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s.
September 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
“Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?”
September 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A favorite BAD wife.

“You’re simply rushing into old age Sam, and I’m not ready for that.”
September 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
September 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Littermates Curie and Sydney pose cheek to cheek, like the Gish sisters, for a Caturday portrait.

#caturday #catsky #cats #LillianGish #DorothyGish #silentfilm
September 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
When buying books, really when buying ANYTHING, support local brick-and-mortar shops. Like Alvin Orloff (@disasteramaboysf.bsky.social) and his aptly named Fabulosa Books on Castro. The spirit of the old much missed Castro Theatre lives on in its window.

#castrostreet #booksky www.fabulosabooks.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Sydney, our cat with big, expressive Bette Davis eyes, wants nothing to do with this Caturday nonsense.

#caturday #catsky #cat #BetteDavis
August 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Mild interest, mostly feigned (x3), in this thing called Caturday.

#caturday #catsky #cats #cat
July 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The always handsome and dapper @shutterslut.bsky.social and I at the People’s March. We’ve been together so long that we’ve started to dress alike, as you can tell by our subtle color palettes. I’m honored to be wearing his much-missed Mom Ginny Stein’s pearls.
July 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
June 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The last shot is @shutterslut.bsky.social and @caburebonugli.bsky.social outside Rosebud Gallery after the march.
June 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
No Kings SF
The first shot is my Red White and Blue breakfast before the march!
June 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
June 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Great wallpaper! It’s funny because our new landlords are currently stripping the ugly ‘70s wallpaper in the lobby. Underneath is gorgeous ‘30s or ‘40s wallpaper. Grey, cream and rose colored. We’re going to ask if we can have a section to frame and hang in our apartment.
May 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
@shutterslut.bsky.social and I approve of Stephen Miller’s Hitler makeover. This photo adorns our record shelves.
May 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Making sure me and the Mister (@shutterslut.bsky.social) are getting our veggies.
March 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’ve written an Oscar rant! It’s about my disappointment with three of the contenders for Best Picture. So, I propose a special Oscar this year for Most Overrated, Overblown or Overlong Movie. Spoiler alert, the winner, which is very much the loser in this case, is Emilia Perez!
March 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM