Robert M. Payne
@robertmpayne.bsky.social
Living the Life of Wryly in L.A.
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is WINTER! ❄️
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is WINTER! ❄️
Today’s #DoubleFeature: two films directed by Fritz Lang...
• M (1931)
• THE BIG HEAT (1953)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• M (1931)
• THE BIG HEAT (1953)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Today’s #DoubleFeature: two films directed by Fritz Lang...
• M (1931)
• THE BIG HEAT (1953)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• M (1931)
• THE BIG HEAT (1953)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
Today’s #DoubleFeature: two films noirs directed by Samuel Fuller...
• HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955)
• THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955)
• THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Today’s #DoubleFeature: two films noirs directed by Samuel Fuller...
• HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955)
• THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955)
• THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #aMidsummerNightsDream #HotAndCold
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #aMidsummerNightsDream #HotAndCold
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #aMidsummerNightsDream #HotAndCold
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #aMidsummerNightsDream #HotAndCold
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” —‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’
I don’t think that’s what they meant.
I don’t think that’s what they meant.
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” —‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’
I don’t think that’s what they meant.
I don’t think that’s what they meant.
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is HOT AND COLD.
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is HOT AND COLD.
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It’s amazing how far we have advanced technologically—and how equally far our politics has regressed.
(Visual: A.I. animation of still from “The Dickson Experimental Sound Film” [c. 1895], made for the Edison studios.)
(Visual: A.I. animation of still from “The Dickson Experimental Sound Film” [c. 1895], made for the Edison studios.)
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It’s amazing how far we have advanced technologically—and how equally far our politics has regressed.
(Visual: A.I. animation of still from “The Dickson Experimental Sound Film” [c. 1895], made for the Edison studios.)
(Visual: A.I. animation of still from “The Dickson Experimental Sound Film” [c. 1895], made for the Edison studios.)
I think of 1975 as the tail end of the Vietnam era, and the movies as the beginning of the end of New Hollywood.
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I think of 1975 as the tail end of the Vietnam era, and the movies as the beginning of the end of New Hollywood.
Remember, folks, Gene is the gal, and Jean is the guy.
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Remember, folks, Gene is the gal, and Jean is the guy.
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A concept... (A.I.)
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
A concept... (A.I.)
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
On a different topic: Seven years ago...
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
On a different topic: Seven years ago...
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Today’s #DoubleFeature: two films noirs directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews...
• LAURA (1944)
• WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• LAURA (1944)
• WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Today’s #DoubleFeature: two films noirs directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews...
• LAURA (1944)
• WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• LAURA (1944)
• WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is THE “HOLLOW CROWN” PLAYS.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is THE “HOLLOW CROWN” PLAYS.