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The Next Reel • Film Board • Cinema Scope • Sitting in the Dark • Movies We Like • Marvel Movie Minute
The Next Reel • Film Board • Cinema Scope • Sitting in the Dark • Movies We Like • Marvel Movie Minute
📽️ This week's The Next Reel ep is live! 🎬
Diving into "The Hoax" for our True Lies series. Richard Gere's layered performance and Lasse Hallström's atmospheric direction make this fraud story... mostly... compelling.
#filmsky #TheHoax
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Diving into "The Hoax" for our True Lies series. Richard Gere's layered performance and Lasse Hallström's atmospheric direction make this fraud story... mostly... compelling.
#filmsky #TheHoax
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February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
📽️ This week's The Next Reel ep is live! 🎬
Diving into "The Hoax" for our True Lies series. Richard Gere's layered performance and Lasse Hallström's atmospheric direction make this fraud story... mostly... compelling.
#filmsky #TheHoax
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Diving into "The Hoax" for our True Lies series. Richard Gere's layered performance and Lasse Hallström's atmospheric direction make this fraud story... mostly... compelling.
#filmsky #TheHoax
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📽️ This week’s The Next Reel ep is live! 🎬
"Shattered Glass" in our True Lies series: trust as tension, verification as suspense, and a structure that can feel like the “third act” from frame one. #filmsky
What makes a newsroom movie feel truthful to you?
"Shattered Glass" in our True Lies series: trust as tension, verification as suspense, and a structure that can feel like the “third act” from frame one. #filmsky
What makes a newsroom movie feel truthful to you?
February 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
📽️ This week’s The Next Reel ep is live! 🎬
"Shattered Glass" in our True Lies series: trust as tension, verification as suspense, and a structure that can feel like the “third act” from frame one. #filmsky
What makes a newsroom movie feel truthful to you?
"Shattered Glass" in our True Lies series: trust as tension, verification as suspense, and a structure that can feel like the “third act” from frame one. #filmsky
What makes a newsroom movie feel truthful to you?
📽️ This month’s Cinema Scope ep is live! 🎥
Andy talks with film critic Robert Horton about 1950s Science Fiction as an Atomic Age pressure valve: invasion, mutation, conformity, and authority under stress. #FilmSky
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Andy talks with film critic Robert Horton about 1950s Science Fiction as an Atomic Age pressure valve: invasion, mutation, conformity, and authority under stress. #FilmSky
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February 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
📽️ This month’s Cinema Scope ep is live! 🎥
Andy talks with film critic Robert Horton about 1950s Science Fiction as an Atomic Age pressure valve: invasion, mutation, conformity, and authority under stress. #FilmSky
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Andy talks with film critic Robert Horton about 1950s Science Fiction as an Atomic Age pressure valve: invasion, mutation, conformity, and authority under stress. #FilmSky
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📽️ This month’s The Film Board ep is live! 🤖⚖️
We litigate Mercy: Chris Pratt in a courtroom chair, 90 minutes to live, and an AI judge with Rebecca Ferguson vibes. Is it a cautionary tale about surveillance + automated justice, or a shiny coincidence coaster? #filmsky
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We litigate Mercy: Chris Pratt in a courtroom chair, 90 minutes to live, and an AI judge with Rebecca Ferguson vibes. Is it a cautionary tale about surveillance + automated justice, or a shiny coincidence coaster? #filmsky
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February 3, 2026 at 7:34 PM
📽️ This month’s The Film Board ep is live! 🤖⚖️
We litigate Mercy: Chris Pratt in a courtroom chair, 90 minutes to live, and an AI judge with Rebecca Ferguson vibes. Is it a cautionary tale about surveillance + automated justice, or a shiny coincidence coaster? #filmsky
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We litigate Mercy: Chris Pratt in a courtroom chair, 90 minutes to live, and an AI judge with Rebecca Ferguson vibes. Is it a cautionary tale about surveillance + automated justice, or a shiny coincidence coaster? #filmsky
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📽️ January's Sitting in the Dark explores three films about that voice in your head saying "we should go" while your body stays frozen in place. The Invitation, The Night House, and Caveat understand the horror sometimes is in a refilled wine glass or a promise. #filmsky
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February 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
📽️ January's Sitting in the Dark explores three films about that voice in your head saying "we should go" while your body stays frozen in place. The Invitation, The Night House, and Caveat understand the horror sometimes is in a refilled wine glass or a promise. #filmsky
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📽️ This month's member bonus The Next Reel episode is live! 🎬
"The Informant!" mixes corporate whistleblowing with unreliable narration and a comedy score in our True Lies series. We explore how Soderbergh and Damon keep us guessing through every revelation. #filmsky
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"The Informant!" mixes corporate whistleblowing with unreliable narration and a comedy score in our True Lies series. We explore how Soderbergh and Damon keep us guessing through every revelation. #filmsky
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February 1, 2026 at 5:18 AM
📽️ This month's member bonus The Next Reel episode is live! 🎬
"The Informant!" mixes corporate whistleblowing with unreliable narration and a comedy score in our True Lies series. We explore how Soderbergh and Damon keep us guessing through every revelation. #filmsky
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"The Informant!" mixes corporate whistleblowing with unreliable narration and a comedy score in our True Lies series. We explore how Soderbergh and Damon keep us guessing through every revelation. #filmsky
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📽️ This week’s The Next Reel ep is live! 🎬
"Can You Ever Forgive Me?" opens True Lies with fraud built from language—stolen voices and “authenticity” for sale. We unpack why the restraint works (or doesn’t). #filmsky
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"Can You Ever Forgive Me?" opens True Lies with fraud built from language—stolen voices and “authenticity” for sale. We unpack why the restraint works (or doesn’t). #filmsky
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January 29, 2026 at 3:09 PM
📽️ This week’s The Next Reel ep is live! 🎬
"Can You Ever Forgive Me?" opens True Lies with fraud built from language—stolen voices and “authenticity” for sale. We unpack why the restraint works (or doesn’t). #filmsky
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"Can You Ever Forgive Me?" opens True Lies with fraud built from language—stolen voices and “authenticity” for sale. We unpack why the restraint works (or doesn’t). #filmsky
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📽️ This week’s The Next Reel ep is live! 🎥
"The Letter" (Bette Davis series): we unpack the shadowy B&W craft and Production Code pressure, and we wrestle with racist stereotypes and “yellowface” casting. #filmsky
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"The Letter" (Bette Davis series): we unpack the shadowy B&W craft and Production Code pressure, and we wrestle with racist stereotypes and “yellowface” casting. #filmsky
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January 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
📽️ This week’s The Next Reel ep is live! 🎥
"The Letter" (Bette Davis series): we unpack the shadowy B&W craft and Production Code pressure, and we wrestle with racist stereotypes and “yellowface” casting. #filmsky
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"The Letter" (Bette Davis series): we unpack the shadowy B&W craft and Production Code pressure, and we wrestle with racist stereotypes and “yellowface” casting. #filmsky
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📽️ This month's Movies We Like ep is live! 🎥
What happens when you mix Homer's Odyssey with Depression-era Mississippi? Bill Banowsky (Magnolia Pictures co-founder, director of A Savage Art) joins us to discuss the Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou? #filmsky
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What happens when you mix Homer's Odyssey with Depression-era Mississippi? Bill Banowsky (Magnolia Pictures co-founder, director of A Savage Art) joins us to discuss the Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou? #filmsky
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January 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
📽️ This month's Movies We Like ep is live! 🎥
What happens when you mix Homer's Odyssey with Depression-era Mississippi? Bill Banowsky (Magnolia Pictures co-founder, director of A Savage Art) joins us to discuss the Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou? #filmsky
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What happens when you mix Homer's Odyssey with Depression-era Mississippi? Bill Banowsky (Magnolia Pictures co-founder, director of A Savage Art) joins us to discuss the Coens' O Brother, Where Art Thou? #filmsky
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📽️ “she’s got dangerous eyes.”
We wrap John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Sing Street (1980s Dublin, music as escape + self-invention, grounded period texture).
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What scene best captures the movie’s reality vs. wish-fulfillment balance for you? #FilmSky
We wrap John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Sing Street (1980s Dublin, music as escape + self-invention, grounded period texture).
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What scene best captures the movie’s reality vs. wish-fulfillment balance for you? #FilmSky
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
📽️ “she’s got dangerous eyes.”
We wrap John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Sing Street (1980s Dublin, music as escape + self-invention, grounded period texture).
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What scene best captures the movie’s reality vs. wish-fulfillment balance for you? #FilmSky
We wrap John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Sing Street (1980s Dublin, music as escape + self-invention, grounded period texture).
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What scene best captures the movie’s reality vs. wish-fulfillment balance for you? #FilmSky
📽️ This month’s Cinema Scope ep is live! 🎥
Andy + Assistant Professor John Sanders on the Post-War Western: obligation tightens, the town becomes the real test, and violence changes meaning.
What’s the single scene that best shows that shift for you? trustory.fm/cinemascope/... #FilmSky
Andy + Assistant Professor John Sanders on the Post-War Western: obligation tightens, the town becomes the real test, and violence changes meaning.
What’s the single scene that best shows that shift for you? trustory.fm/cinemascope/... #FilmSky
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
📽️ This month’s Cinema Scope ep is live! 🎥
Andy + Assistant Professor John Sanders on the Post-War Western: obligation tightens, the town becomes the real test, and violence changes meaning.
What’s the single scene that best shows that shift for you? trustory.fm/cinemascope/... #FilmSky
Andy + Assistant Professor John Sanders on the Post-War Western: obligation tightens, the town becomes the real test, and violence changes meaning.
What’s the single scene that best shows that shift for you? trustory.fm/cinemascope/... #FilmSky
📽️ New Film Board episode (spoilers): Avatar: Fire and Ash is a technical marvel—so why does it feel strangely empty? We talk adaptive frame rates, motion vs momentum, and spectacle outpacing story. 🎥
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January 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
📽️ New Film Board episode (spoilers): Avatar: Fire and Ash is a technical marvel—so why does it feel strangely empty? We talk adaptive frame rates, motion vs momentum, and spectacle outpacing story. 🎥
trustory.fm/filmboard/av... #FilmSky
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📽️ “And you have cursed me when there’s no one left to blame, and I have loved you just the same.” 🎥
We continue our John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Carney’s first experience working with a bigger budget and Hollywood actors: Begin Again! #filmsky
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We continue our John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Carney’s first experience working with a bigger budget and Hollywood actors: Begin Again! #filmsky
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January 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
📽️ “And you have cursed me when there’s no one left to blame, and I have loved you just the same.” 🎥
We continue our John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Carney’s first experience working with a bigger budget and Hollywood actors: Begin Again! #filmsky
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We continue our John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Carney’s first experience working with a bigger budget and Hollywood actors: Begin Again! #filmsky
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📽️ Cinema Scope just got nominated for the 2025/26 Podcast Tonight Awards!
From German Expressionism to Mumblecore, we keep diving deeper into what makes cinema tick. Would love your support!
Vote here this month! shorturl.at/ga7x9
#PTAwards26 #FilmPodcast #CinemaScope #filmsky
From German Expressionism to Mumblecore, we keep diving deeper into what makes cinema tick. Would love your support!
Vote here this month! shorturl.at/ga7x9
#PTAwards26 #FilmPodcast #CinemaScope #filmsky
January 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
📽️ Cinema Scope just got nominated for the 2025/26 Podcast Tonight Awards!
From German Expressionism to Mumblecore, we keep diving deeper into what makes cinema tick. Would love your support!
Vote here this month! shorturl.at/ga7x9
#PTAwards26 #FilmPodcast #CinemaScope #filmsky
From German Expressionism to Mumblecore, we keep diving deeper into what makes cinema tick. Would love your support!
Vote here this month! shorturl.at/ga7x9
#PTAwards26 #FilmPodcast #CinemaScope #filmsky
📽️ “I don’t know you but I want you.” 🎥
We kick off a new series looking at three musicals about musicians in John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series. First up, his independent breakout success, Once, starring Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. #filmsky
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We kick off a new series looking at three musicals about musicians in John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series. First up, his independent breakout success, Once, starring Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. #filmsky
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January 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
📽️ “I don’t know you but I want you.” 🎥
We kick off a new series looking at three musicals about musicians in John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series. First up, his independent breakout success, Once, starring Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. #filmsky
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We kick off a new series looking at three musicals about musicians in John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series. First up, his independent breakout success, Once, starring Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. #filmsky
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📽️ It’s time for our December member bonus episode and this month, the members voted to add a holiday film to our film noir series, landing on the Repeat Performance, where a woman is given the chance to relive a year and see if she can fix the mistakes she made. #filmsky
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December 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📽️ It’s time for our December member bonus episode and this month, the members voted to add a holiday film to our film noir series, landing on the Repeat Performance, where a woman is given the chance to relive a year and see if she can fix the mistakes she made. #filmsky
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📽️ “You're very sharp Mr. Fabian. You've done a very sharp thing. Maybe even sharp enough to cut your throat.” 🎥
We return to our Film Noir series with Jules Dassin’s Night and the City, following Richard Widmark’s desperate American hustler as he looks for a win. #filmsky
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We return to our Film Noir series with Jules Dassin’s Night and the City, following Richard Widmark’s desperate American hustler as he looks for a win. #filmsky
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December 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
📽️ “You're very sharp Mr. Fabian. You've done a very sharp thing. Maybe even sharp enough to cut your throat.” 🎥
We return to our Film Noir series with Jules Dassin’s Night and the City, following Richard Widmark’s desperate American hustler as he looks for a win. #filmsky
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We return to our Film Noir series with Jules Dassin’s Night and the City, following Richard Widmark’s desperate American hustler as he looks for a win. #filmsky
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📽️ “I’ve found it! I’ve found it! A Mountain of Gold.” 🎥
We wrap up our journey through the last 100 years of film and our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with Charlie Chaplin’s fun film The Gold Rush. #filmsky
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We wrap up our journey through the last 100 years of film and our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with Charlie Chaplin’s fun film The Gold Rush. #filmsky
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December 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
📽️ “I’ve found it! I’ve found it! A Mountain of Gold.” 🎥
We wrap up our journey through the last 100 years of film and our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with Charlie Chaplin’s fun film The Gold Rush. #filmsky
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We wrap up our journey through the last 100 years of film and our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with Charlie Chaplin’s fun film The Gold Rush. #filmsky
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📽️ This month's Movies We Like ep is live! 🎥
“Silencio.”
We are joined by cinematographer Mattias Nyberg to talk about both his work—particularly his latest project “The Girlfriend” with Robin Wright—and one of his favorite films, David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.” #filmsky
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“Silencio.”
We are joined by cinematographer Mattias Nyberg to talk about both his work—particularly his latest project “The Girlfriend” with Robin Wright—and one of his favorite films, David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.” #filmsky
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December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
📽️ This month's Movies We Like ep is live! 🎥
“Silencio.”
We are joined by cinematographer Mattias Nyberg to talk about both his work—particularly his latest project “The Girlfriend” with Robin Wright—and one of his favorite films, David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.” #filmsky
trustory.fm/movieswelike...
“Silencio.”
We are joined by cinematographer Mattias Nyberg to talk about both his work—particularly his latest project “The Girlfriend” with Robin Wright—and one of his favorite films, David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.” #filmsky
trustory.fm/movieswelike...
📽️ This month's Cinema Scope episode is live! 🎥
Join Andy and film scholar David Forrest as they explore the British New Wave, examining how this gritty movement transformed cinema through authentic portrayals of working-class life in post-war Britain. #filmsky
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Join Andy and film scholar David Forrest as they explore the British New Wave, examining how this gritty movement transformed cinema through authentic portrayals of working-class life in post-war Britain. #filmsky
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December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
📽️ This month's Cinema Scope episode is live! 🎥
Join Andy and film scholar David Forrest as they explore the British New Wave, examining how this gritty movement transformed cinema through authentic portrayals of working-class life in post-war Britain. #filmsky
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Join Andy and film scholar David Forrest as they explore the British New Wave, examining how this gritty movement transformed cinema through authentic portrayals of working-class life in post-war Britain. #filmsky
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📽️ The Next Reel is nominated for Best TV & Film Podcast at the 2025 DiscoverPods Awards! 🎥
14 years, 700+ episodes of diving into cinema with Andy & Pete. From Hitchcock to Kurosawa, we've loved exploring these films with you.
Vote: discoverpods.com/2025-podcast-awards-voting (ends 12/31) #filmsky
14 years, 700+ episodes of diving into cinema with Andy & Pete. From Hitchcock to Kurosawa, we've loved exploring these films with you.
Vote: discoverpods.com/2025-podcast-awards-voting (ends 12/31) #filmsky
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
📽️ The Next Reel is nominated for Best TV & Film Podcast at the 2025 DiscoverPods Awards! 🎥
14 years, 700+ episodes of diving into cinema with Andy & Pete. From Hitchcock to Kurosawa, we've loved exploring these films with you.
Vote: discoverpods.com/2025-podcast-awards-voting (ends 12/31) #filmsky
14 years, 700+ episodes of diving into cinema with Andy & Pete. From Hitchcock to Kurosawa, we've loved exploring these films with you.
Vote: discoverpods.com/2025-podcast-awards-voting (ends 12/31) #filmsky
📽️ “I can not leave the opera now. There is a strange force that drives me on.” 🎥
We continue our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with the movie with possibly the most confusing history of releases, Rupert Julian’s “The Phantom of the Opera.” #filmsky
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We continue our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with the movie with possibly the most confusing history of releases, Rupert Julian’s “The Phantom of the Opera.” #filmsky
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December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📽️ “I can not leave the opera now. There is a strange force that drives me on.” 🎥
We continue our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with the movie with possibly the most confusing history of releases, Rupert Julian’s “The Phantom of the Opera.” #filmsky
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We continue our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with the movie with possibly the most confusing history of releases, Rupert Julian’s “The Phantom of the Opera.” #filmsky
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📽️ The members voted and decided that for this month, we should discuss Fred Niblo’s silent classic, the 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, which holds its ground against Heston’s version for sure—particularly in the chariot race. 🎥 #filmsky
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November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
📽️ The members voted and decided that for this month, we should discuss Fred Niblo’s silent classic, the 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, which holds its ground against Heston’s version for sure—particularly in the chariot race. 🎥 #filmsky
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📽️ We continue our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with King Vidor’s The Big Parade, a groundbreaking WWI epic that shocked 1925 audiences with its intimate portrait of soldiers’ lives before confronting the brutal realities of modern warfare. #filmsky
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November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
📽️ We continue our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series with King Vidor’s The Big Parade, a groundbreaking WWI epic that shocked 1925 audiences with its intimate portrait of soldiers’ lives before confronting the brutal realities of modern warfare. #filmsky
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📽️ This month's Movies We Like episode is live! 🎥
Cinematographer Marcus Patterson, who recently shot Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), joins us to discuss Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, a movie he likes! #filmsky
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Cinematographer Marcus Patterson, who recently shot Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), joins us to discuss Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, a movie he likes! #filmsky
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November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
📽️ This month's Movies We Like episode is live! 🎥
Cinematographer Marcus Patterson, who recently shot Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), joins us to discuss Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, a movie he likes! #filmsky
trustory.fm/movieswelike...
Cinematographer Marcus Patterson, who recently shot Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), joins us to discuss Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, a movie he likes! #filmsky
trustory.fm/movieswelike...