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Three panel comic. Panel 1: scene from the movie Aliens; Ripley is in a mech suit and delivers her iconic line: “get away from her, you bitch!” Panel 2: the xenomorph queen lunges at Ripley in the robotic suit and they engage in a fight. Panel 3: later, the xenomorph queen is standing in the shower, mid wash. She says, “‘it takes one to know one, honey.’ That’s what I should have said.”

Three panel comic. Panel 1: scene from the movie Aliens; Ripley is in a mech suit and delivers her iconic line: “get away from her, you bitch!” Panel 2: the xenomorph queen lunges at Ripley in the robotic suit and they engage in a fight. Panel 3: later, the xenomorph queen is standing in the shower, mid wash. She says, “‘it takes one to know one, honey.’ That’s what I should have said.”

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I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. That bird's an asshole! 😂😂😂😂😂
Best with volume up.

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A month to go until our #SergioLeone Weekend with @20thcflicks.bsky.social which includes The Dollars Trilogy, My Name is Nobody and a #SilentFilm directed by his father. We have 2 special recorded intros by filmmaker Alex Cox who has already sent them to us. Passes available here: hdfst.uk/e145608

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I’m watching this on repeat. #OscarsonBlacksky

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Screenshot of Mark from Peep Show reading “The Beastie Boys fought and possibly died for my right to party”

Screenshot of Mark from Peep Show reading “The Beastie Boys fought and possibly died for my right to party”

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

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Join us and @20thcflicks.bsky.social for our Sergio Leone Weekend in #Bristol. Special intros by Leone biographer Sir Christopher and two recorded ones by filmmaker Alex Cox!

More info and passes here: hdfst.uk/e145608

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The Big Picture Host a screening of The Big Picture

More wonderful Bristolian indie documentary cinema...

THE BIG PICTURE (2025) is now streaming online - a cinematic love letter to the film community that revived the Bristol Megascreen, including @20thcflicks.bsky.social @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social and many more 💌📽️🎞️

kinema.com/films/the-bi...

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Wow! We only have a handful of early bird passes left for our Sergio Leone weekend in April; we strongly recommend getting one sooner rather than later! Come and join us and @20thcflicks.bsky.social on 18th and 19th for some great fun #Bristol! Passes available here: hdfst.uk/e145608

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Happy to say that the new 4K of Sunset Boulevard (1950) looked incredible on the Megascreen in #Bristol yesterday. #FilmNoir

Our thanks, as always, to @20thcflicks.bsky.social and @filmhubsw.bsky.social.

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Gloria Swanson in all her Technicolor glory for the opening screening of Swanson Melodrama double bill.

Next up, #FilmNoir classic Sunset Boulevard (1950) around the 1:30pm. #SilentFilm with thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social! #Bristol #Melodrama

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Is the current generation of leading men our best ever? No longer dreaming of playing Bond, today’s group of young British and Irish actors are fun, reflective and helping to redefine masculinity. I'm all for it, says Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones

Ellen E Jones writing in The Nerve is such a blessed thing

www.thenerve.news/p/new-genera...

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Big business has had enough of your money. This Black Friday, we have an alternative...🧵

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Big thank you to everyone who attended our The Battle of the Somme (1916) and Paths of Glory (1957) double bill.

We will be back in two weeks time for our Gloria Swanson double bill on Saturday 6th December, 12pm: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Thanks to @20thcflicks.bsky.social & @filmhubsw.bsky.social.

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Join us this Sat, 12PM, for our special #WW1 double bill with #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne + Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) on #Bristol’s biggest cinema screen: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social

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“I’ll trouble you for a light, friend”

That was a dream come true. Johnny Guitar on an IMAX screen. Such lust! So corduroy! And that Lie to Me scene is surely one of the top 5 in cinema

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Big thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday. Here’s a couple of pics of us testing the films before we opened the doors… gives you a good sense how impressive the Megascreen is. Thank you to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social. We are back next weekend: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

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It’s a #FilmNoir Joan Crawford day for us. See you all at #Bristol Megascreen from 12pm for a special double bill of Mildred Pierce (1945) + Johnny Guitar (1964) (both the recent 4K restorations). Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social #Melodrama tickets: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

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Buy Now – TEDxBristol 2025 - Session 3 – We The Curious TEDxBristol 2025 - Session 3 – We The Curious, Sat 8 Nov 2025 - Join us at the world famous science museum We The Curious for the opening session of incredible talks at TEDx2025!

For anyone in Bristol at a loose end this evening, I'll be doing a TedX talk! On human creativity in the age of AI (spoiler: GenAI gets trashed) tickets here 👇

www.tickettailor.com/events/tedxb...

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Had such a great time with @bristoluni.bsky.social today showing Back to the Future on the big and beautiful Megascreen today. I've seen it a hundred times and it's never looked or sounded better. Such a treat!

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What movie is this from?? It is now a necessity for us to watch it

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Happy 60th birthday to the incredible stunt performer/actor/director/action choreographer/talk show host/current president of the Hong Kong Stuntman Association: Chin Kar-Lok!
(Yes, he’s still alive after all these hard hits and falls he took in his teens and twenties)

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Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

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Fantastic @cineredis.bsky.social this year I managed to catch up with lots of people, networking, making plans for winter, old friends + new! Missed so much + caught so much busy in the best possible way if I missed you just holla x

Thank you @20thcflicks.bsky.social Evil Dead intro, so much fun! 💜

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Solomon Kane (2009) / Red Sonja (2025) with James Purefoy and director MJ Bassett — Forbidden Worlds Film Festival Solomon Kane (2009) / Red Sonja (2025) with James Purefoy and director MJ Bassett

If you’re curious about seeing some old-fashioned Sword & Sorcery mayhem come and join us for a screening of #SolomonKane at the Bristol Megascreen on 16 August at 7.
Here’s what, where and how:

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk/screenings/s...

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Ayo Edebiri shares Instagram stories describing starvation in Gaza: “A complete collapse of humanity.”

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How To Experience 4D Cinema - Soundsphere magazine November 2020, the onset of UK lockdown #2. I am 19, recovering from a Halloween party, and waiting for a text to tell me if I have Covid. I put...

A sideways look into the world of 4D cinema, from our own correspondent in the field, Daisy Steinhardt

www.soundspheremag.com/blog/how-to-...

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Film Stories issue 56 cover. Support independent cinema.

Film Stories issue 56 cover. Support independent cinema.

Once again, we've handed our front cover over to lots of indie movies. Indies HAVE to support indies in the current climate. We're an indie, and we're proud to do our bit.

Please help spread the word. Issues for sale here > store.filmstories.co.uk/products/fil...

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