Cinema Cult
@jriddlecult.bsky.social
Writer, radical, filmmaker, cinemarchaeologist, Cinema Cult ringmaster.
Hey, there's that classic right-wing respect for free speech and free press that in no way resembles fascism, eh? And from the "free speech absolutist," no less!
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Hey, there's that classic right-wing respect for free speech and free press that in no way resembles fascism, eh? And from the "free speech absolutist," no less!
At a time when cinema faces a crisis--being downgraded to "content"--CASABLANCA is a movie I suspect will always survive as cinema.
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
At a time when cinema faces a crisis--being downgraded to "content"--CASABLANCA is a movie I suspect will always survive as cinema.
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
CASABLANCA has remained an ubiquitous feature of Greatest Movies of All Time lists for longer than most reading these words here today have lived. It was among the first films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
#Casablanca
#Casablanca
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
CASABLANCA has remained an ubiquitous feature of Greatest Movies of All Time lists for longer than most reading these words here today have lived. It was among the first films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
#Casablanca
#Casablanca
That screenplay--the real one--won the film an Academy Award, the film snagging, overall, 7 nominations and winning 3 trophies, including Best Picture and Best Director.
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
That screenplay--the real one--won the film an Academy Award, the film snagging, overall, 7 nominations and winning 3 trophies, including Best Picture and Best Director.
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
Even a culturally misremembered line--"Play it again, Sam," never uttered in the movie--has stayed with us.
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Even a culturally misremembered line--"Play it again, Sam," never uttered in the movie--has stayed with us.
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
Much of the film's dialogue has been so completely absorbed by the culture that one doesn't even need to argue for the strength of the script; if you've grown up in America, you've heard it all your life, even if you've never seen or even heard of the movie itself.
#Casablanca
#Casablanca
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Much of the film's dialogue has been so completely absorbed by the culture that one doesn't even need to argue for the strength of the script; if you've grown up in America, you've heard it all your life, even if you've never seen or even heard of the movie itself.
#Casablanca
#Casablanca
Directed by Michael Curtiz and with a powerhouse cast headlined by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, CASABLANCA is perhaps the high-point of classical studio-system Hollywood, a miracle of the assembly-line never replicated with such enduringly iconic results.
#Casablanca
#Casablanca
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Directed by Michael Curtiz and with a powerhouse cast headlined by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, CASABLANCA is perhaps the high-point of classical studio-system Hollywood, a miracle of the assembly-line never replicated with such enduringly iconic results.
#Casablanca
#Casablanca
You must remember this... On this day--26 Nov.--in 1942, CASABLANCA had its world premiere.
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
You must remember this... On this day--26 Nov.--in 1942, CASABLANCA had its world premiere.
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
#Casablanca #filmsky #moviesky #cinema #classicfilm
The film became the 2nd massive horror hit of that same year--Bela Lugosi's DRACULA had been the 1st--and not only established Universal as THE horror studio but established horror itself in the sound era.
#horror #Frankenstein #Dracula #filmsky
#horror #Frankenstein #Dracula #filmsky
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The film became the 2nd massive horror hit of that same year--Bela Lugosi's DRACULA had been the 1st--and not only established Universal as THE horror studio but established horror itself in the sound era.
#horror #Frankenstein #Dracula #filmsky
#horror #Frankenstein #Dracula #filmsky
Released on this day--21 Nov.--in 1931, James Whale's FRANKENSTEIN, starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive.
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #classichorror #horrormovie #horrorfilm #Frankenstein #FrankensteinFriday
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #classichorror #horrormovie #horrorfilm #Frankenstein #FrankensteinFriday
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Released on this day--21 Nov.--in 1931, James Whale's FRANKENSTEIN, starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive.
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #classichorror #horrormovie #horrorfilm #Frankenstein #FrankensteinFriday
#filmsky #moviesky #horror #classichorror #horrormovie #horrorfilm #Frankenstein #FrankensteinFriday
When dealing with certain segments of social media, you have to know the Rules...
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
When dealing with certain segments of social media, you have to know the Rules...
Maybe trickster Spidey has nothing better to do. Or maybe, there is nothing better to do.
From Marvel Team-Up #24 , written by Len Wein, art by Jim Mooney Sal Trapani.
#Marvel #comics #Spider-Man
From Marvel Team-Up #24 , written by Len Wein, art by Jim Mooney Sal Trapani.
#Marvel #comics #Spider-Man
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Maybe trickster Spidey has nothing better to do. Or maybe, there is nothing better to do.
From Marvel Team-Up #24 , written by Len Wein, art by Jim Mooney Sal Trapani.
#Marvel #comics #Spider-Man
From Marvel Team-Up #24 , written by Len Wein, art by Jim Mooney Sal Trapani.
#Marvel #comics #Spider-Man
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
All of the Defenders were misfits. Some were *really* messed up. "We never had anything like this in MY team," one can imagine Avenger Yellowjacket thinking of the Valkyrie's peculiar circumstances.
(From Defenders #23, by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema and Vince Colletta.)
#Marvel #comics #Defenders
(From Defenders #23, by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema and Vince Colletta.)
#Marvel #comics #Defenders
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
All of the Defenders were misfits. Some were *really* messed up. "We never had anything like this in MY team," one can imagine Avenger Yellowjacket thinking of the Valkyrie's peculiar circumstances.
(From Defenders #23, by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema and Vince Colletta.)
#Marvel #comics #Defenders
(From Defenders #23, by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema and Vince Colletta.)
#Marvel #comics #Defenders
Some of the most powerful beings on Earth, the Defenders were outsiders who had to try to find their own places, their own identities, in a world where they just didn't fit.
From Defenders #6, written by Steve Englehart, art by Sal Buscema and Frank McLaughlin.
#Marvel #comics #Defenders
From Defenders #6, written by Steve Englehart, art by Sal Buscema and Frank McLaughlin.
#Marvel #comics #Defenders
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Some of the most powerful beings on Earth, the Defenders were outsiders who had to try to find their own places, their own identities, in a world where they just didn't fit.
From Defenders #6, written by Steve Englehart, art by Sal Buscema and Frank McLaughlin.
#Marvel #comics #Defenders
From Defenders #6, written by Steve Englehart, art by Sal Buscema and Frank McLaughlin.
#Marvel #comics #Defenders
The Hulk, Marvel's rage-powered engine of destruction, experiences an existential crisis! These sorts of weird, off-the-wall takes are the sorts of thing that really endeared the Defenders to its fans.
(From Defenders #48, by David Kraft/Keith Giffen/Dan Green).
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk
(From Defenders #48, by David Kraft/Keith Giffen/Dan Green).
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Hulk, Marvel's rage-powered engine of destruction, experiences an existential crisis! These sorts of weird, off-the-wall takes are the sorts of thing that really endeared the Defenders to its fans.
(From Defenders #48, by David Kraft/Keith Giffen/Dan Green).
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk
(From Defenders #48, by David Kraft/Keith Giffen/Dan Green).
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk
Those darn commies! The Defenders were misfits but they were always socially conscious. Dr. Strange redistributes the abundance in Defenders #19 (written by Chris Claremont and Len Wein, art by Sal Buscema and Klaus Janson).
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk #DoctorStrange #socialism
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk #DoctorStrange #socialism
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Those darn commies! The Defenders were misfits but they were always socially conscious. Dr. Strange redistributes the abundance in Defenders #19 (written by Chris Claremont and Len Wein, art by Sal Buscema and Klaus Janson).
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk #DoctorStrange #socialism
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk #DoctorStrange #socialism
Klaus Janson's killer cover for Daredevil #193 without color or text looks maybe even better.
#Marvel #comics #Daredevil #KlausJanson
#Marvel #comics #Daredevil #KlausJanson
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Klaus Janson's killer cover for Daredevil #193 without color or text looks maybe even better.
#Marvel #comics #Daredevil #KlausJanson
#Marvel #comics #Daredevil #KlausJanson
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Dr. Doom's devious plot to dispense with Daredevil.
A commission by Gene Colan, inked by John Byrne.
#Marvel #comics #Daredevil #GeneColan #DrDoom
A commission by Gene Colan, inked by John Byrne.
#Marvel #comics #Daredevil #GeneColan #DrDoom
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Dr. Doom's devious plot to dispense with Daredevil.
A commission by Gene Colan, inked by John Byrne.
#Marvel #comics #Daredevil #GeneColan #DrDoom
A commission by Gene Colan, inked by John Byrne.
#Marvel #comics #Daredevil #GeneColan #DrDoom
The Defenders made for a great, crazy, often wildly inventive book from a time when Marvel was, with mixed success, embracing a lot of seemingly-weird, outside-the-box ideas.
This Sal Buscema pin-up is from Defenders #6.
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk
This Sal Buscema pin-up is from Defenders #6.
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Defenders made for a great, crazy, often wildly inventive book from a time when Marvel was, with mixed success, embracing a lot of seemingly-weird, outside-the-box ideas.
This Sal Buscema pin-up is from Defenders #6.
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk
This Sal Buscema pin-up is from Defenders #6.
#Marvel #comics #Defenders #Hulk
How do you follow up Joe Kubert's incredible run of Tarzan comics? If you're Marvel, you try a leisurely--and, for a Marvel book, remarkably sedate--10-part adaptation of Burroughs' "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar."
A great cover for #5, by Big John Buscema and Pablo Marcos:
#tarzan #Marvel #comics
A great cover for #5, by Big John Buscema and Pablo Marcos:
#tarzan #Marvel #comics
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Pelosi, Schumer and Biden went along with separating the infrastructure portions of BBB from the larger package, an effort to kill the larger bill with all the important stuff in it, but those "Democratic leaders" assured Americans that both would have to pass.
www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Pelosi, Schumer and Biden went along with separating the infrastructure portions of BBB from the larger package, an effort to kill the larger bill with all the important stuff in it, but those "Democratic leaders" assured Americans that both would have to pass.
www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
The CCES has Sanders delivering 75% of his votes to Clinton--overwhelming support. Here's some of the rest of what happened in those states (using those CCES numbers, among others) to illustrate part of why the narrative you're repeating isn't even remotely supportable:
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The CCES has Sanders delivering 75% of his votes to Clinton--overwhelming support. Here's some of the rest of what happened in those states (using those CCES numbers, among others) to illustrate part of why the narrative you're repeating isn't even remotely supportable:
Your assertion was that "the first paragraph of her wiki page lists umpteen legislative and initiative achievements." That is false. And it's rather embarrassing to make a blunder like that then bluster about anyone else's "reading comprehension."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary...
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Your assertion was that "the first paragraph of her wiki page lists umpteen legislative and initiative achievements." That is false. And it's rather embarrassing to make a blunder like that then bluster about anyone else's "reading comprehension."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary...