a man in a tie is holding a lighter in his hand ALT: a man in a tie is holding a lighter in his hand

Looks like I chose the wrong administration to stop sniffing glue.

Someone in NYC should do interviews with middle-school kids who take the subway to and from school every day, to see if they have any advice for Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy who can't seem to go a single day without pissing himself in fear over them.

Strongly encourage all academics, novelists, reporters, bloggers, whatever to just email this account and state that you want to opt out of this idiocy.

Overload them with emails and make them regret they ever tried this shit.

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LET'S NOT PLAY FRISBEE WITH THAT POET ANYMORE. [This is a comic strip, with a poem laid over it. On each panel a new line of the poem is written. The scene is a park, in the summer. A man in a trenchcoat - implicitly Philip Larkin - stands folorn, motionless, looking at people throwing a frisbee. It becomes apparent as the comic progresses that they are trying to play frisbee with him. He stand stock still for the whole comic, watching the frisbee as, panel by panel it soars closer and closer to him]. After contemplating the approaching frisbee for two silent panels, Philip begins his thoughts: Unloosed, unheralded, You soar toward me Across the dying afternoon. bright disc of childhood, Long since thrown wide Of Youth's green imaginings, Your slow declining arc Figures a sky-written truth: We will all succumb, and soon To earth's hard oblivion. [The frisbee hits Philip on the head with a resounding DONK. He falls backwards, to the ground. [Ends]

Let's Not Play Frisbee With That Poet Anymore

Ncuti Gatwa's acclaimed theatre run of beloved classic play is set to stream for free Alongside Gatwa, the play stars Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Eliza Scanlen and Hugh Skinner.

quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend

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NEAR AND FAR (1975): This BBC educational series for schools had a decidedly eerie title sequence, with a theme tune best described as 'queasy'.

Now turn to page 666 in your exercise books.

Come on now over to this screening of Buster Keaton’s The General, Saturday at the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social with live musical accompaniment!

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i hope i get it
i really need this job
how many beasties does he need?

Remembering Rob Reiner on his birthday 💔

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Every once in a while I’m lucky enough to be filming when a falcon takes flight 🪶✈️

Peregrine Falcon, Astoria NY, 3.1.2026

#MorningEarworm notes we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.

March is the only month that is also a verb wait no we forgot about May never mind as you were

Share someone who looks stylish wearing stripes.

From the popculturechat community on Reddit: Harrison Ford accepts the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award at the 2026 Actors Awards: 'This is very encouraging' Explore this post and more from the popculturechat community

Harrison Ford’s lifetime achievement speech has done me in

Absolutely not.

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

a man in a suit says hold on just a minute on a poster Alt: Gif of Michael B Jordan in Sinners saying “hold on just a minute.”

He is fabulously good. After seeing Sinners, I watched loads of publicity stuff with him online & kept being slightly surprised that there was only one of him. And THAT’S when I realised just how brilliant his performances are in the movie!

David Niven & Kim Hunter in ‘A Matter of Life and Death’ (1946)

It’s David’s birthday tomorrow.

But he has nothing to say about the actual conflict.

… to punch up.

I could probably write an essay on the subject (& did edit & publish a piece on the subject after a RW atrocity.) The fact that the Civil War is merely a distant backdrop to his story is part of the problem. He wanted to make film about a train chase & picked the losing side because it’s funnier…

Re: the broken neck, not the first bone he broke whilst filming & not the last! They totally underestimated the force of the water, it pushes him down onto the railroad tracks. He had a stinking headache for a few days but carried on filming & only found out years later that he’d broken a vertebra.

a train that says w.b. on the side Alt: Gif from The General (1927). BK climbs on top of the roof of The Texas engine cab during the film’s first big, steam locomotive chase. He puts his hand over his eyes to focus on the distance & leans forward in a distinctive BK pose.

because is from the Confederate pov. It is worth considering, however, that it was made long before the big Civil Rights backlash & the ‘lost cause’ & ‘state’s rights’ mythology really took a hold.

He does make the most of having an enormous train set with which to play.

OK, that’s a solid selection. He didn’t like Seven Chances as a story vehicle & it suffers from having a whole character in blackface (which is mystifying, he was usually happy to cast Black & African American performers.) The General (1927) is a masterpiece but teeters on the edge of cancellation

The Ladykillers is probably top three Ealing for me. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) & Whisky Galore! (1949) being the other two.

Does Mubi have BK’s shorts as well as the features? (Though Sherlock Jr is technically in between, loads of it ended up on the cutting room floor.) I can startle you with BK facts, now that you’ve dipped your toe into Damfino waters!
Did you know, that gag with the water tower broke Busters neck…?!

a man is reading a book called how to be a detective Alt: Gif from Sherlock Jr (1924). Our hero, Buster Keaton, is reading a book called how to be a detective.

Yay, Buster! Some great gags in Sherlock Jr.

Re: The Ladykillers, young Herbert Lom is a stone cold fox. I met him once, at The Barbican, he was utterly delightful.

proceeds from sales of bench pressed’s “FUCK ICE” snowplow design shirt are going to rent relief funds for minnesotans today and saturday 2/28, both in store and online!!

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