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Chicago

ComedyCrimeDrama

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. From TMDB

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  • Comedy FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival @comedyfilmfestival.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Deadline Today: CHICAGO Feedback Film Festival (73 FIVE Star Reviews) filmfreeway.com/ChicagoFilmF... way you brought our film to the audience, your interactive approach, and warm communication truly made the experience special for us. we genuinely enjoyed being part of it. Thank you for having us

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  • Phineas, a corpse @phineas.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    No one told me The Color of Money is a Chicago movie

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  • 𝔻𝕚𝕝𝕗𝕪 𝔻𝕣𝕖𝕨 @dilfydrew.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    A short film: Before I started Clause Nomi XXX (Chicago)'s massage I slipped a little surprise in.

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  • Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    The design of the apartment's medicine cabinet was not a made-up piece of horror movie fiction. While researching the film, Bernard Rose learned that a series of murders had been committed in Chicago in this very way. #HATM

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  • Mike Praznowski @praz.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    A Chicago team is gonna play a winner take all postseason game in Cleveland? Feel like I’ve seen this movie before.

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  • The TRiiBE @thetriibe.comBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    NEW — Marlon Wayans is one of the hardest working people in show business. He is also one of the funniest men of the past 30 years. Later the month, he’s set to receive the Career Achievement Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. thetriibe.com/2026/10/marl...

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  • Logical Frank @logicalfrank.comBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Roller rinks, bowling alleys and movie theaters. Bring these institutions to every neighborhood in Chicago.

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  • Sergio @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 14, 2026

    The Last Man on Earth (1964 2160p) - Mastodon watch party this Sunday evening! (links in post) [Halloween-a-thon]. I usually announce these on [email protected] but this is another one that sounds like it might not be too bad. The Last Man on Earth (1964) is the movie for this Sunday's "[monsterdon](https://wiki.neuromatch.social/Monsterdon)" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling! - Just start watching that movie this Sunday, October 18 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT…

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  • Paula @totallypaula.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Fandango promo code for the movie Fjord is FJORDFREE, if you live in one of the cities below! • Free ticket (up to $28 off the ticket price and service fees) • Eligible Locations: Select showtimes in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago • Dates: October 15 – October 18, 2026 #FilmSky #Free #Thriller

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  • /\__/\______ @cardiograms.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    I also recently discovered I could still use Kanopy with my Seattle card and Hoopla with my Chicago card. Kanopy is better if you're a film nerd, and there are a lot of overlapping titles, but I am very close to cancelling my one remaining paid video streaming service.

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  • Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing! @sleepykittypaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Richard Roeper ‼️ reviews HOLIDAY TOUCHDOWN: A BEARS LOVE STORY for the Chicago Sun-Times @aduralde.bsky.social, you've got competition 😜 No longer the only professional movie critic tackling the genre chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-t...

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  • Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    Thank you to Jacoby Cochran and City Cast Chicago for having me on to discuss our free nonpartisan guide to the upcoming judicial elections in Cook County! As a bonus, I got to talk about Halloween and horror movie screenings around town.

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  • Grand Illusion Cinema @grandillusioncinema.orgBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    “It transcends the conventions of the horror genre and remains one of Lewton-Tourneur’s most compelling studies in light and darkness.” Don Druker, Chicago Reader We present I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE this Saturday at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! grandillusioncinema.org/film/i-walke...

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  • 🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    The Chicago International Film Festival begins tonight! Here are my picks for some under-the-radar films directed by women you should check out!

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  • Schlockluster Video @schlocklustervideo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    On October 12, 2014, the director's cut of Natural Born Killers was screened at the Chicago International Film Festival.

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  • legally cami @anodynerhyme.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    making my quarterly visit to Chicago this weekend which wouldnt be complete without attending a film screening (gonna be at Facets on Saturday for The Raspberry Reich)

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  • Frank Vatel @frankvatel312.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    For me, that was the surprise discovery of Noir City: Chicago this year. I'd never heard of the film and it was outstanding. A great take on Othello. #TheNoirCollective #TheUnsuspected

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  • likebudda @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 14, 2026

    Spent a couple of weeks in Japan and got to take the shinkansen twice. Of course Tokyo's subway system was awesome aside from shutting down at midnight but I had no problems getting around in Osaka or Kyoto either. The shinkansen is so dope it's hard to describe. They provided the best views I got of Fuji on the way down to Osaka and back from Kyoto. I tried to get a picture of a passing train but it was over in a blink. I took a train from San Francisco to Chicago and it took 3 days. The…

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  • Phineas, a corpse @phineas.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    In the movie I, Robot (which is set in future Chicago) the lake has been drained entirely and is full of storage containers and garbage and that's what this made me think of

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  • LarsenOnFilm @larsenonfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    FJORD opens Friday @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social in Chicago.

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  • Boo-urns Bro Ben! 👻 @basementbroben.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    Primal Fear (1996) - dir. Gregory Hoblit - The film follows a Chicago-based defense attorney who believes that his client, an altar boy, is not guilty of murdering a Catholic bishop. #MovieMondays 🎬

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  • Schlockluster Video @schlocklustervideo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    On October 10, 2014, The Midnight After was screened at the Chicago International Film Festival.

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  • Tristan @tristannuvola.comBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Favorite film in haiku She kissed her father Lips so sweet for Chicago Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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  • American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Added film! Our tribute to acclaimed novelist, poet & screenwriter Barry Gifford begins Friday with Matt Dillon’s CITY OF GHOSTS (2002) in 35mm Series also includes: WILD AT HEART, LOST HIGHWAY, PERDITA DURANGO, & ROY’S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD’S CHICAGO www.americancinematheque.com/series/barry...

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  • Femininomicon ex Mortis 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇵🇦🇻🇪 @ofvick.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Remember 2025, when Trump was beefing with Chicago in particular and posting slop riffing on Apocalypse Now? They're gonna advertise this shit like a new Disney movie. Every slop poster for the event will be worse than the last

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  • Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing! @sleepykittypaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Just Jared covers the Chicago premiere of HOLIDAY TOUCHDOWN: A BEARS LOVE STORY. www.justjared.com/2026/10/15/h...

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  • Bob Dolgan @twibchicago.comBluesky · Oct 14, 2026 · official account, not scored

    🚨 New film project, telling the story of the first national wildlife refuge within 100 miles of Chicago! Endangered species like Blanding’s Turtle, Rusty Patch Bumble Bee, and Yellow-headed Blackbird—release Spring 2027. youtu.be/N7KcAtH2_NY?...

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  • Tess,, biddy blazer @brandysaurian.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    I'm also very lucky that this is not the first time I've seen a beloved horror movie that received a very hodgepodge director's cut I was blessed enough to see the Cabal cut of Nightbreed at the Portage Theater Chicago the summer before I moved to Wisconsin eventually that became director's cut

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  • Four Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast @chicagpodfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    We will be covering the ⁠⁠62nd Chicago International Film Festival⁠⁠, and this year, we will be joined by our new Special Correspondent, ⁠Daniella Mazzio⁠! @daniellamazzio.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4vhi...

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  • Angela Fellows🏳️‍⚧️🎭🎥🎸 @angelafellows.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    had to turn down a role in a charli xcx music video today cause I’ll be filming a movie in Chicago and was totally bumming but then this dropped…

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  • Lisa McCoy @nmhighlander.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    I love Jean Shepard and I think the movie did a good job of conveying his humor. I knew a guy years ago who grew up in Chicago and said listening to Shepard’s radio show in the 60s saved his sanity

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  • Duke Kaboom @freelarrydoby.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    As a longtime location manager, lover of great cities and part time flaneur I could write for days on this. Let's start with a curveball, a city that is "not" in a film. The Mel Gibson film Payback was shot in Chicago. It was intentionally set in an unnamed, unidentified city. They were unspecific

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  • Pedro Jimenez @pedropeterperico.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Also in that Chicago 7 film and Talladega Nights.

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  • Doughnut Thief @grunhund.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    My pal and I did walk out. We have a high threshold and will stay with a film purely for the craft. It was part of the Chicago International Film Festival.

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  • Chicago Jewish Historical Society @cjhs1977.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    ***Movie Palaces and the Balaban and Katz Legacy*** This talk by Robin Simon is in conjunction with a new Chicago Public Library exhibit, currently at the Uptown and Legler branch libraries. chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/6ab43...

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  • Tom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Flight to Chicago had back rooms as a movie option but I’m already landing in Ohare, not sure I need to double down

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  • Jamie Gump (Halloween costume: The Forest Gump of Andy Gumps) @jamiegump.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Is there a better Chicago-based horror movie with music by Philip Glass?

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  • RFK Brain Worm Jr. @planetofdinosaurs.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Musk has an incredibly small amount of showings in Chicago. Opening weekend and it's only in a few theaters and most showings are at 2pm or 6pm, hardly ideal times. I hope this movie isn't being held back from the masses because Musk hates it for telling the truth about him.

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  • Chris Williams @gaffa.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    I'm glad to help. I first learned about him via the film "Max Manus: Man of War" which I saw as part of the Chicago International Film Festival.

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  • Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.orgBluesky · Oct 15, 2026 · official account, not scored

    Chicago Home Movie Day is Nov 7 — less than a month away! Bring your 8mm, Super 8, or 16mm reels to the @chicagomuseum.bsky.social and we'll project them for you. More info here:

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  • Joe Arce @fotogod63.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Tonight marks my 42nd year photographing the talent at The Chicago International Film Fest. Tonight’s highlights another shoot with the hilarious John C. Reilly and the filmmaker of “Club Kid” Jordan Firstman. #ChiFilmFest #JohnCReilly #JordanFirstman #ClubKid #starstruckfoto

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  • Chicago Sports Guide - Bears @csg-bears.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Bears' Caleb Williams, Colston Loveland turn up for premiere of 'Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story' By Jason Lieser https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/10/13/bears-caleb-williams-colston-loveland-turn-up-for-premiere-of-holiday-touchdown-a-bears-love-story

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  • Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing! @sleepykittypaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Local ABC story about the Chicago premiere of Hallmark's HOLIDAY TOUCHDOWN: A BEARS LOVE STORY abc7chicago.com/post/chicago...

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  • Author Brent Marchant @brentmarchant.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    I’m pleased to announce that I have been selected to be part of the press corps for the 62nd Chicago International Film Festival (www.chicagofilmfestival.com). Look for my reviews during the event on my website (brentmarchant.com/quick-cuts-p...). #BrentMarchant #ChiFilmFest #AMCNewCity14Theaters

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  • The E-Man Knows @thee-manknows.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Looking forward to seeing the screening Friday at the Chicago Intl Film Fest.

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  • Joe Kalicki @joekalicki.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    Reminds me of the 1996 action film Chain Reaction, where Keanu Reeves runs into the Field Museum in Chicago, gets chased by bad guys, and runs out of the Museum of Science and Industry, several miles away.

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  • ✨Pretty, Witty, Girly, Worldly✨ @asdoseofreality.blacksky.appBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    My Halloween movie calendar is off. I usually do a week of movies set in Chicago and use OG Candyman and Candyman 2 to transition from Chicago to New Orleans

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  • #1 Babe: Pig in the City Fan @piginthecityfan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    Saw the new 4K restoration at the Music Box in Chicago earlier this year, incredible movie

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  • Euan Healey @euanhealey.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    FB is worse now than it's ever been but you wouldn't know it from a film which doesn't acknowledge Trump 2 and only nods to the fact that nothing has changed via pithy postscript text. It's mad to me because Sorkin knows how to do a film with no win! Trial of the Chicago 7 is textbook!

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  • Leather Langenkamp @chicago7charlie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026 · official account, not scored

    This is great. I came out in a series of video stores and movie theaters. I worked at a mostly porno video store on Broadway between Diversey and Surf when I moved to Chicago.

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  • warrior rabbit @warriorrabbit.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    I had the Hallmark Murder Mystery channel on and they were advertising a regular Hallmark channel autumn movie centered around (I think) Chicago Bears fandom.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • MovieJawn @moviejawn.comBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    MJ’s @lindseyromain.bsky.social shares the flicks she can’t wait to watch at Chicago International Fest

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  • Frank Pozen Toronto, Canada @frankp316.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    @willmckinley.bsky.social Music/movie birthday. Donnie Dacus b.1951. Guitarist with the bands Chicago, Badfinger. Then a studio musician. Appeared in the 1979 film Hair.

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  • AL DEL GRECO FOREVER @lonelytalegater.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    You boycotting a Chicago Bears themed Hallmark Movie?!? UNPOSSIBLE!

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  • Highly Overrated Jacob Mendelsohn @jacobmendelsohn.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    I was living in Chicago in 1999 and this Italian restaurant would have the movie shown at the Brew & View at the Vic and then prepare the meal at their restaurant across the street for the audience. I’d did that and later started bartending at the restaurant. Good times terrific movie.

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  • Eighties Playback @eightiesplayback.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    🎶 Join Rob Francis at 10am this morning for Eighties Playback on Overton Radio! Enjoy classics from Stevie Wonder, Donny Osmond, Steely Dan and Chicago, our Eighties Movie Song from The Bangles, plus this week’s Eighties Icon, Laura Branigan! 📻 Tune in and turn it up!

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  • to wound the autumnal kitty @blurry-line.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    You can sometimes catch more esoteric movies at mainstream cinemas (for instance I've seen two of Jane Schoenbrun's movies at a Harkins), and there are screenings at art museums, but nothing like the entire ecosystem of independent movie theaters in Chicago where I lived previously.

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  • David Marx @digthatdata.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    "How's the game going?" "It's tied." "Who's winning?" " ... [shock/anger] ... The Bears!" -- Not a Ditka quote. Just a very Chicago moment from a movie I watched recently whose name I can't recall.

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  • Bernadette Vielhaber @bvielhaber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Why he's the best: "Reminding you that in the original movie, the Indians had to win two in Chicago to get home for a one game, do-or-die finale."

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  • Lala11_7 @lala1967.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    1981's "Thief" was Director Michael Mann's 1st movie...it's also got my 13 year old self ADDICTED to #TangerineDream ✨️🎶✨️ who did the score...with most of the film shot on the Northside of my hometown #Chicago & Cann & Weld perfectly cast & Robert Prosky playing the 😱 villain...This is a fave ✨️🎬✨️

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Renée Zellweger actor profile photo
Renée Zellweger
Roxie Hart
Catherine Zeta-Jones actor profile photo
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Velma Kelly
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Richard Gere
Billy Flynn
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Queen Latifah
Matron Mama Morton
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John C. Reilly
Amos Hart
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Colm Feore
Harrison
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Dominic West
Fred Casely
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Christine Baranski
Mary Sunshine

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