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bobfreelander.bsky.social
Co-host of New Beverly’s Pure Cinema Podcast. https://open.spotify.com/show/4xbAl28Rnh9la3khRm09lv?si=hh0-clEcSXiDgea5mpDh5A Runs Just The Discs Podcast + YouTube channel Letterboxd adherent: https://letterboxd.com/rupertpupkin/
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Wes Anderson has confirmed a news tip I heard a couple months back from a friend who knows the Criterion folks: A 4K Wes Anderson Criterion box set is coming.

New podcast! @patrickbromley.bsky.social and @riskeadam.bsky.social talk about six movies from their collections, all on snapcase DVD, in an episode they're calling OOPS ALL SNAPS: www.fthismovie.net/2025/05/ftm-...

Two by director Carl Franklin! DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995) & ONE FALSE MOVE (1991) screen in 35mm next Monday & Tuesday, May 26th & 27th. Tickets: buff.ly/MEDb5RD

If anyone in LA is going on a trip or looking for a dog walking service & is looking for quality pet care, I highly recommend this: laraspetsitting.com Get a quote: laraspetsitting.com/get-a-quote

This June the New Bev is filled with film! Tell your friends and let us know what you’re most excited to see! Advance tickets on sale online now: buff.ly/MEDb5RD

Over on my @justthediscs.bsky.social channel, I’m talking about some recent Criterions including Sean Baker’s PRINCE OF BROADWAY, Charles Burnett’s KILLER OF SHEEP, WITHNAIL & I + More: youtu.be/dpH9dC_eI_Q?...

The latest episode - number sixty, no less - of Inside The Video Store is out now! There's boxsets! There's boutiques! There's a bonanza of physical media! Check it out: youtu.be/rBmIu3tAU6M

I always love an opportunity to talk movies with one of my favorite people, @patrickbromley.bsky.social!

I love any time I can talk '80s movies (or anything) with @bobfreelander.bsky.social. Please listen and help us track down Joe Rubbo.

One of many great films introduced to me by @bobfreelander.bsky.social

Today on my @justthediscs.bsky.social channel, I’m talking about a bunch of recent titles from @kinolorber.com: youtu.be/NWwhB49jzUM?...

Get your shirts here: (Make sure to scroll down and check all 4 pages for the 120+ designs) Only $16 each right now: www.teepublic.com/user/filmmak...

Be sure to check out our latest episode, where @mesays.bsky.social joins to praise the "turbulent brilliance" of Debra Winger! From LEGAL EAGLES to FORGET PARIS, we chat about the naturalistic qualities that made her a star: bit.ly/44VYoPO

New Arrival from @funcityeditions.bsky.social! Looking forward to this rewatch! www.funcityeditions.com/shop/p/falli...

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) in 35mm this coming weekend, Saturday & Sunday May 10th & 11th, at 2:00pm.

New Episode! Soderbergh inspires us to check out a film of his we missed plus 5 more Director’s Missing Pieces each! Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Website: thenewbev.com/blog/2025/05... @newbeverly.bsky.social @elrickane.bsky.social

Over on my @justthediscs.bsky.social Channel, I’m talking about a bunch of recent pickups from the wonderful @diabolikdvd.bsky.social: youtu.be/77PDxceP4L0?...

If I could be any background extra in any movie it would be the lucky dope who walks in between Harrison Ford & Carrie Fisher during their argument in EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.

@ericvespe.bsky.social dug your ep of @drewmcweeny.com’s pod sir. Appreciated your mention of you love for Preston Sturges. You may dig this shirt from my store: www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/6088...

New for our @purecinemapod.bsky.social Patreons: @elrickane.bsky.social & I talking about Blu-rays coming out in May and offer some recommendations: www.patreon.com/purecinemapod

The @grindhousefilm.bsky.social BEYOND 4K UHD 6 disc set has arrived:

Ok. So. It's pub day. My book GANDOLFINI: JIM, TONY, AND THE LIFE OF A LEGEND is out today. And as I'm sure you've heard from other authors, first week sales really do matter so much! So I'm gonna sell a bit. www.abramsbooks.com/product/gand...

full Armageddon commentary, including Ben Affleck. Enjoy. youtu.be/FGFsnPiW3nY?...

New Episode! We’re back to talk about another great month of movies - playing in May at @newbeverly.bsky.social: Listen! open.spotify.com/episode/1WO1... @elrickane.bsky.social

Much needed comfort watch:

Today on my @justthediscs.bsky.social channel, I’m talking about some recent Warner Archive disc releases: youtu.be/-rMi_AHv8-E?...

Current mood: Debra Winger dipping her popsicle in a glass of wine. (LEGAL EAGLES)

@mattbled87.bsky.social thanks for signing up for the Patreon dude! Hugely appreciated!

New for our Patreons: I get SUPER personal during the beginning of our latest @purecinemapod.bsky.social hangout episode! You have been warned. We also talk about lots of new movies we’ve seen. www.patreon.com/purecinemapod

Some pics from the Jarmusch some more collages exhibit currently at the James Fuentes gallery in LA until 4/26: jamesfuentes.com/exhibitions/...

It's Friday at 5pm, so it's time to head down to your local movie rental store... On this weeks Inside The Video Store, there's a wealth of new arrivals from Warner Archive, Third Window, and more! youtu.be/SF1Ovm8XA_E

This May the New Beverly proudly presents a full slate of film on glorious 35mm! Let us know what you’re most excited to see!

David Fucking Cronenberg.

Great thrifting find with my daughter yesterday:

Just ordered @willsloanesq.bsky.social 's Ed Wood book (and e-book because I love technology) and I suggest you do the same.

Great sold out SHORT CUTS show last night at @newbeverly.bsky.social! So neat to be in a room full of folks enjoying one of Altman’s masterworks (many seeing it for the 1st time)! Sold out again tonight but there may be a stand by line!

Midnights and Matinees at the Vista (my local theater) this weekend! ticketing.uswest.veezi.com/sessions/?si...

Today’s the last day to see GOODFELLAS in 35mm at The Vista! ticketing.uswest.veezi.com/sessions/?si...

Thanks @meheuck.bsky.social , Margaret B-F, @scottsaslow.bsky.social, BFI, Dave Sikora, Johnny B., Blake M. & Paramount Archive for creating the new preservation master of the BREAKING GLASS UK cut. Special thanks to Davina Belling for the new interview. PREORDER 👉 tinyurl.com/38uzbe3w

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on July 22nd on #4K and Blu-ray in the US from @criterion.bsky.social: #YouCanCountOnMe (2000)! Celebrated playwright Kenneth Lonergan first brought his rich, humanist vision to the screen with this soulful look at the complexities of a

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on July 8th on #4K in the US from @criterion.bsky.social: #BarryLyndon (1975)! Stanley Kubrick bent the conventions of the historical drama to his own will in this dazzling vision of a pitiless aristocracy, adapted from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on July 22nd on #4K and Blu-ray in the US from @criterion.bsky.social: #CarnalKnowledge (1971)! Amid the sexual revolution and social upheaval of the early 1970s, acclaimed director Mike Nichols delivered a zeitgeist-defining examination of American mores.

Wow, the REAL GENIUS 4K's out of print. It just came out last year. Scoop up that physical media while you can, kids.