@sly_wit

Half ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ, half ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท, all-around opinionated. Hitchcocko-Hawksienne. Mostly film but also books, bears, national parks, and opera.* *everything's politics

 San Francisco, CA
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Joined August 2011
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Itโ€™s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday! As I did last year, Iโ€™m beginning my new #DirectedByWomen thread with an Indie Spirit contender. And, since itโ€™s Christmastide, I'm bearing witness to the religious musical bio-pic THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (2025) by Mona Fastvold. #52FilmsByWomen #1
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My favorite horror per decade 1900s: Barbe-bleue 1910s: Suspense 1920s: The Cat and the Canary 1930s: The Old Dark House 1940s: Spiral Staircase 1950s: Them! 1960s: Psycho 1970s: Jaws 1980s: The Fog 1990s: Fire Walk withย Me 2000s: Am.ย Psycho 2010s: Getย Out 2020s: The Substance
Carl๐ŸŽƒween ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท โ€ข The Movie Loot@ThiefCGTOct 27
My favorite horror per decade 1910s: After Death 1920s: Nosferatu 1930s: Invisible Man 1940s: Spiral Staircase 1950s: Incredible Shrinking Man 1960s: Psycho 1970s: TCM 1980s: The Thing 1990s: Scream/BWP 2000s: The Descent 2010s: Us 2020s: When Evil Lurks
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Just because I'm doing the #JamesBond #SeptemberRankingChallenge2026 doesn't mean I can't celebrate #FemaleFilmmakerFriday. Tonight's selection is BRIEF ENCOUNTERS (1967) by Kira Muratova. On Criterion. #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #44
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James Bond is dead, long live #FemaleFilmmakerFriday! Tonight's selection is MANAS (2025) by Marianna Brennand. A Portuguese drama set in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Available on Kanopy. #DirectedByWomen #52FilmsByWomen #45
Kanopy thumbnail for MANAS featuring the film title in mauve and a young woman's face looking out from jungle foliage.

ALT Kanopy thumbnail for MANAS featuring the film title in mauve and a young woman's face looking out from jungle foliage.

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Photo Challenge: STATUE
Hearst Castle at sunset

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Dave Wardrick@AD79DAVEOct 3
Photo Challenge: STATUE
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10 Films You Seem to Talk About More Than Anyone Else on Twitter THE GRUB-STAKE THE CAT AND THE CANARY L'ASSASSIN HABITE AU... 21 THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP THE LAST STAGE THE HOT ROCK SHAG: THE MOVIE THE DRESSMAKER MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS THE WHISTLERS
Peg Aloi@themediawitchOct 1
10 Films You Seem to Talk About More Than Anyone Else on Twitter Picnic at Hanging Rock The Love Witch The Devils All of Us Strangers The End Rosemary's Baby The Testament of Ann Lee Men The Initiation of Sarah Gunda
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Top 5* new-to-me watches in September: GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DONโ€™T DIE (2026) THUMBSUCKER (2005) ะšะžะ ะžะขะšะ˜ะ• ะ’ะกะขะ ะ•ะงะ˜ (BRIEF ENCOUNTERS) (1967) BAD DAY FOR THE CUT (2017) WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER (2001) *Since most of the month was spent rewatching Bond films, I only have a Top 5.
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To kick off my #SeptemberRankingChallenge2026 thread on #JamesBond films, a link to the beginning of my series on the books that Iโ€™ll finally be finishing over the course of the month: slywit.wordpress.com/2025/04โ€ฆ

The Nameโ€™s Bond, Partย 001

This is one of those blog series that has been years in the making. Almost seven (007?) years ago, I discovered a pile of Ian Fleming novels at my weekly library book sale. This was back when all bโ€ฆ

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September 29: NO TIME TO DIE (2021) Opera last night means I just rewatched this now. I remembered it as a good (if long) send-off for Craig and I still think that. Now I also realize the plot is partly from the novel YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. #JamesBond #SeptemberRankingChallenge2026
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September 30: Final James Bond Ranking Top and bottom was easy, but that middle... Thanks to @stonegasman for prompting me to rewatch everything with an eye to finally finishing my blog project on the novels. #JamesBond #SeptemberRankingChallenge2026 letterboxd.com/sylvie/list/jโ€ฆ

Film list: James Bond, Ranked

This is my ranking of the twenty-seven Bond feature films as well as the television episode of Climax!, which was the first adaptation of Casino Royale. I was going to rewatch and rescore these inโ€ฆ

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A throwback picture of Holly the Duchess of Density and Backpack Legends of the Game
U.S. Department of the Interior
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He got it from his mama. Bear 89, aka Backpack, is the 2026 Fat Bear Week champ. Turns out hefty runs in the family. His mom, Holly the Duchess of Density, won in 2019. She carried him on her back as a cub and helped him survive a serious leg injury. Now her little Backpack has a crown of his own. ๐Ÿ‘‘
An offensively large brown bear with massive girth and several fat rolls.

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I can't believe 910 isn't in lead.
explore.org@exploreorgSep 29
There can only be one. Go VOTE at fatbearweek.org/ and choose your ultimate 2026 fighter.
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whit strub@whitstrubSep 26
Replying to @Lambadockis @criterionchannl
are you on Criterion Channel? curious whether I'm just being a reactionary luddite but I hate *everything* about the overhaul, even small things like how you could add/remove from queue with a click but now have to click through to film first.
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charon from Heaven@Tender_MorselSep 26
Wow I thought it wasn't possible but Criterion somehow managed to make their website even worse
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cutiepia@cutiepia8395Sep 25
Iโ€™m sorry, the clip of Zohran Mamdani getting on a Citi Bike while someone yells out โ€œcommunist!โ€ and him replying that itโ€™s actually pronounced โ€œcyclistโ€ is forever etched in my mind. I aspire to achieve this level of quick-witted and respectful clapbacks!
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DELETE@JubileeDJSep 25
People that โ€œquit โ€˜Xโ€™ because itโ€™s too toxic and they donโ€™t want to read itโ€ then want you to explain every insane viral phenomenon that happens on here. No babe i stayed on here and paid the price for it in brain damage. You need to pay a fee.
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