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American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina. From TMDB

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  • Richie Ryan @richieryan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    I remember reading an historian compare the attire the Scots wore in Braveheart to if you made a movie about the American Revolution and the soldiers wore modern business suits put on backwards.

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    How about this for a first date — as Marshall Fine describes what happened on John Cassavetes & Gena Rowlands’. They were married from 1954 until John’s death in 1989. (Taken from ‘Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented The American Independent Film’ - 2006)

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  • Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Footnote: did they make a conscious decision to dress the Adam Driver film director character like Wes Anderson in the American Express commercial?

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    And we're off,with MOVIE NO. 115 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s - this one's a nice look at the state of American music from one of its most prominent practitioners, as well as a look at nostalgia...it's Paul Simon, starring in his script for ONE TRICK PONY!

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  • Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    I just saw a movie trailer for an upcoming (Christian?) musical set during the American Revolution, in which the title character sings an ominous version of ”The Little Drummer Boy” (composed 1941, popularized 1950s), so there’s that.

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 114 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! It's a fairly pointless sequel...except that it has some very interesting ramifications for our story. It's George Burns as the Big Guy in October 1980's...OH, GOD BOOK II!

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    And we're off with MOVIE NO. 109 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s! It's another story of navigating the difficulties of childhood at the turn of the decade; I suppose in some ways it's also a tale of neoliberalism, markets in everything; really, it's...MY BODYGUARD!

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 116 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s! Do you like romance? Do you like time travel? Do you like hotels? Do you like a time travel romance set in a hotel? Then you'll probably like Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour's...SOMEWHERE IN TIME!

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 106 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! A short one, this time, on a fun little trifle of a movie that allows us to briefly consider that subgenre of the spy comedy - it's Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson in September 1980's HOPSCOTCH!

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  • vampire girlfriend 💀🎃 @mourningdoves.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    i'm watching the first Jackass movie and later i'm going to eat a giant cheeseburger with a fine ass man. the American dream baby

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  • Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    Last but not least, watch “The Movement and the ‘Madman’,” an excellent episode of the PBS series “The American Experience” originally broadcast on March 28, 2023:

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 107 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s - and here's a brief look at a quick and gross stab in the dark - it's the September 1980 horror movie WITHOUT WARNING!

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  • 🔥Carrie🔥 @supitscarrie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Does anyone else remember the American Death Note film that had Willem Dafoe as Ryuk or did we all just decide to collectively block that out of our consciousness

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  • gcm5.bsky.social @gcm5.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    This is the American version of the film “The Zone of Interest” where Rudolf Höss and his wife, Hedwig build an idyllic life adjacent to Auschwitz.

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  • London Review of Books @lrb.co.ukBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    ‘Since the birth of the American film industry, directors have invoked Hollywood’s risk-aversion, their own misunderstood genius and their defiance of commercialism to explain the failure of their movies.’ Malin Hay on what makes a film flop. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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  • Rep. Laura Friedman @friedman.house.govBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Thanks for shouting out the American Film & TV Production Caucus, Assemblymember Schultz! He’s right. I co-founded this caucus with Rep. Brian Jack because bringing film and TV jobs back to America shouldn't be a partisan issue. (1/2)

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 112 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s - and this is a real lion in winter pic, where a titan of American culture bows out, mostly quietly: it's Frank Sinatra's last leading role in October 1980's...THE FIRST DEADLY SIN!

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    And we're off with MOVIE NO. 113 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! And this one's a somewhat sanguine take on a kind of generally caricatured sub-sub-genre: it's a kid and a maternal substitute on the run from the mob in a movie directed by Cassavetes...it's GLORIA!

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  • Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Charles Henri Ford, American poet and editor of the American Surrealist publication View (1940-47) The Film-Makers' Cooperative trailer of the two films Ford did: Johnny Minotaur and Poem Posters (1966 and 1971) #CharlesHenriFord #Surrealism #ExperimentalCinema www.youtube.com/watch?v=bITB...

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  • Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    1956: The American classic Giant had its world premiere; the saga was especially notable for being the last movie of James Dean, who died in a car accident shortly after filming was completed. #MovieHistory

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  • spooky rachel @introspectre.onlineBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    altho i think some of that stuff was originally in the movie, but they cut it out for the American dub, cuz Americans are stupid or whatever

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  • aww rawr ugh @blackholemom.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    guess i'm a proud* owner of the American Pie movie now?

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  • London Review of Books @lrb.co.ukBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    ‘Since the birth of the American film industry, directors have invoked Hollywood’s risk-aversion, their own misunderstood genius and their defiance of commercialism to explain the failure of their movies.’ Malin Hay on what makes a film flop. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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  • Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_... a grim irony that of course he was killed in the real war that followed. really that was my biggest "hm!" in watching the movie - the opening scene filmed in late 1939 where the American characters discuss how the war is coming, however you feel about that.

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  • Matt Jones Animation @mattj0nes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Digger is absolutely the American film of the year! Don’t let @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social bury this to appease new owner Larry ‘Digger’ Ellison. #Digger #filmsky

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  • Steve Senski's Watching Night Gallery @stevensenski.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Remembering the First Lady of the American Theatre Helen Hayes, born OTD in 1900. While a giant of the stage, she was noteworthy for taking even tiny roles in film & television, winning an Oscar for 1970's AIRPORT; she was the first female to achieve EGOT status. She died at 92.

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  • Bobby Sands 🇺🇸🇮🇪🇧🇷🇺🇦 @katedeoxum.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Trump and Hegseth want to force a snuff film on the American people. I thought child rape was bad. Now this. My whole body and soul are screaming. Stop this, @repescobar.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov robertreich.substack.com/p/public-sad...

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  • Asari @asarithewarrior.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    I'll leave it up to the Hispanics to decide if it's offensive, but I move that going forward, if any foreign country makes a movie or show with an American character, they can play a twangy, country guitar, when the American speaks.

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 110 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 80s! This one is interesting for our story, as a particularly transitional snapshot of a moment in the history of American spirituality...it's Ellen Burstyn in RESURRECTION!

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  • Monster Movie Happy Hour @monstersndrinks.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    The crew travel back in time to the American Civil War and encounter the "Ghost Brigade", a 1993 supernatural horror film starring Corbin Bernsen and Martin Sheen's chin beard. www.buzzsprout.com/679904/episo...

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  • Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    John Sayles's Amigo is a fascinating mix of history, community building, and human drama that is very focused on imperialism and the American role in war. It is a very post-Iraq George W. Bush film, with a historic bent that falters at truly criticising America and her soldiers.

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  • Catincognito skeeting since 07/3/2023 @catincognito.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    YOU mean the American ppl don't want to watch a snuff film with trump, kegsbreath and their band of ghoulish satanic worshippers?

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  • Alastair Millar @skriptorium.infoBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Turning an execution into a snuff movie, making a spectacle out it, is... a choice. A barbaric, sickening choice, that says a lot about the American regime, and that section of the public that would tune in.

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  • Jeremy Dauber @jeremydauber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    And we're off, with MOVIE NO. 111 in our chronological tour through the American movies of the 1980s! We've reached October of 1980, and a fast-moving, wide-ranging, un-interesting entry to start the month: it's Dyan Cannon in COAST TO COAST!

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  • KinnaBeck @kinnabeck.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    If you’re interested, he made a movie about the American Samoa soccer team. It’s a thing of beauty. “Next Goal Wins.”

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  • aka LW Salinas @sithwitch.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    This "Uninvited" is the cat within a cat movie that starts with cat supermax, not the American version of "A Tale of Two Sisters."

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  • Art & Hue @artandhue.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Remembering Lillian Gish & Pert Kelton on their birthdays, the American actresses were born on this day in 1893 & 1907 respectively. artandhue.com/movie-map

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  • THEE Acting Lore @portgreen.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    watch the movie! LOL! The only one who couldn’t get into was my Irish co-worker because the American Southern accent is hard for her to follow 😂 (I gave her a pass)

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  • 💕𝓐𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵[Fighting for Valko]💕 @baddieangel.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    Today I learned that Bones did t know The American Society of Magical Negroes was a movie that existed!

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  • Harold Shipman Admirer @mrdanielbro.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    Now you see, this feeds into my idea of the best western movie ever where the cowboys are all scousers and geordies and Germans and whatever because the American accent didn’t exist.

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  • RossMoffat @rossmoffat.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    Great piece on why POTUS so desperately covets, but could never, ever be candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump is and always has been the American equivalent of the worst of the boorish, entitled, privileged beasts personified in the 'Riot Club' film (modelled on the UK's Bullingdon Club).

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  • Hugh Pumphrey @hughpumphrey.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    The most egregious such error is the American robin in "Mary Poppins". Flew the Atlantic to be in the film, did it?

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  • Bek Hobbes @greebohobbes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    Advertisement in Moving Picture World for the American film The Rise of Susan (1916) #art It starred Clara Kimball Young. Remnants of a print survive in the Library of Congress missing several reels.

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  • The Snarky Cats of Ulthar @agoat4zazzie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    #horror #HorrorSky #FilmSky #HorrorMovies Wrong Turn (2021) #folkhorror movie in which a group of hikers are terrorised by a religiously and racially diverse commune that hid in the woods to escape the American Civil War.😱 Just posted a longer review on my blog and you can read it here:

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  • Jaime “Nightmare” Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    it's like I said to @ephender.bsky.social when the news came out that the Oscars were going to YouTube: it's perfectly fitting that the American movie should end to coincide as much as possible w/ the 100th Academy Awards (hopefully the last of those as well)

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  • Kathryn Nichols @kathrynnicholskc1.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    It's a live snuff film courtesy of the US Military and sponsored by the American taxpayer. Nothing could be more symbolic of what and who we've become.

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  • MC64June @ekim1964.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    The American blockbuster North by northwest will be watched tonight. Based on the classic 39 steps #Hitchcock couldn’t afford while in England #Film

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  • Darci Meadows, Published Author @saintwalker98.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    🟠in the annals of tv movie horror it stands very tall especially in the American pantheon where its primary competitors are primarily just the works of Dan Curtis

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  • pud333.bsky.social @pud333.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    October Horror movie marathon: The Ring. Peak Naomi Watts, this film. One of the few times I prefer the American remake over the Japanese original. #filmsky

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  • senpai MD @senpaimd.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    I still think about how the first Iron Man movie partially about how awesome the American military is

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  • D.G @arieslife78.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    DEPORT ELON! Terminate all of his government contracts and seize all of his attention. He's been riding off the backs of the American taxpayers. He can ride off into the Mars on his little Tesla. The movie about him exposes him to the rotten core. This is why he put millions behind Donald Trump.

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  • World’s Biggest Stagflation Truther @corncobanalysis.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Iñárritu probably is conservative, but all of those values are subsumed by his hatred of the American public (who, predictably, hated the film right back). And…fair enough. It really is “so far from God, so close to the United States”

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  • BornInDaEB 🟦🟧 @bornindaeb.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    "The American Dream is dead." ~ Aziz Ansari in his excellent movie 'Good Fortune'. A pro-union movie streaming on Amazon Prime...go figure.

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  • Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    I don't think it is a great film, but there cannot be many American films about the American-Phillipine war, and this one has plenty to recommend about it. But, I couldn't help but wonder how much more coruscating it would be about America in the Trump era.

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  • laurencunningham08.bsky.social @laurencunningham08.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    I’ve been thinking a lot about how the film frames the economic engine behind foreign imperialism, specifically the character of Master Jackson and the American merchant trade. When Jackson interacts with local leaders, he doesn't just display brute force...

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  • Bris Amur (8.0 Waiting Room) @brisamur.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    The Ring (the American adaptation) was the first horror movie that I really wanted to see and got me into the genre so I have a real soft spot for it and the original Japanese movie

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  • Agustin Macias @augustmacias.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    Okay, the Latin American trailer to Hexed sells the movie far better than American one. It’s just sad no matter how much Disney makes money out of Frozen and the Disney Princess line, they’re still afraid to sell movies to a female audience(Look at the American trailer). youtu.be/Vyx3G1lqqTk?...

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  • Classic Movies Today @classicfilms.appBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    50 years ago: The American Soldier (DE) Original title: Der amerikanische Soldat Ricky returns to Munich ... 1976-10-14 #Cinema https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/48267

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  • nfariousactivities.bsky.social @nfariousactivities.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2026

    ——————————————————————————- Below is a trailer for a feature film, “The American Heist.” “A film — and a movement — about the fifty-year takeover of the Supreme Court, and how we take it back.” The site also includes current Supreme Court news & updates on Senate races theamericanheist.com

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  • Art & Hue @artandhue.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    Remembering Robert Walker on his birthday, the American actor was born on this day in 1918. artandhue.com/movie-map

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