New at my place, I have a post about "Cast Against Type: Heroes as Villains," the 11-film series now playing @criterionchannel.bsky.social: notes on the individual films, the stars and the historical background. No paywall: selfstyledsiren.substack.com/p/cast-again... - ThreadSky

selfstyledsiren.bsky.social • 25 days ago

New at my place, I have a post about "Cast Against Type: Heroes as Villains," the 11-film series now playing @criterionchannel.bsky.social: notes on the individual films, the stars and the historical background. No paywall: https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/p/cast-against-type-heroes-as-villains

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aireland.bsky.social•25 days ago

This is the post that made me finally realize that bluesky doesn't have a bookmark feature

selfstyledsiren.bsky.social•25 days ago

Ha, thank you for the effort! I believe the pushpin emoji that some people use in replies (📌) acts as a workaround for now. https://bsky.app/profile/joshuajfriedman.com/post/3klvvok3rkc2y

altonmann.bsky.social•25 days ago

Cast against type - Henry Fonda #2 - Fort Apache?

scottiehutch.bsky.social•25 days ago

Very cool!

mmckeg.bsky.social•24 days ago

I've never seen Don't Bother to Knock. Is it an interesting movie?

selfstyledsiren.bsky.social•24 days ago

I love it. Tight, creepy, and she’s terrific in it

mmckeg.bsky.social•23 days ago

Thanks much - sounds like a must-see!

selfstyledsiren.bsky.social•23 days ago

Even if you don't like it, what the hell, it's 76 minutes 😆 No, seriously, Widmark is excellent in it too.

mmckeg.bsky.social•22 days ago

SOLD!

kmosser.bsky.social•24 days ago

Henry Fonda as Frank in "Once Upon a Time in the West" is as good of an example of this as I know of. Absolutely brilliant (as is he).

Henry Fonda? Lincoln? He shoots a little kid, for God's sake!

cliffcorcoran.bsky.social•25 days ago

Fonda is giving Ian McShane in that pic.

selfstyledsiren.bsky.social•25 days ago

It's alarming how Old Dude Handsome he is in that movie. The tan with the blue eyes, the posture, the stride ...

kmosser.bsky.social•24 days ago

and then he says "people scare better when they're dying."

I don't think he said that in "On Golden Pond."

rowena3.bsky.social•5 days ago

Particularly the stride-much like his movement in My Darling Clementine which I find mesmerizing.

scollon.social•22 days ago

Red River is such a good movie!

writerwithcats.bsky.social•24 days ago

You're such a star for including "Boys from Brazil". OMG the film is still a guilty pleasure of mine. I know Peck was wonderful but, WOW how about Olivier masterfully pulling off Ezra in 1978 after a chilling 180 degree monster Nazi Dr. Szell in Marathon Man 2 years earlier? 🥰

daysaway101.bsky.social•25 days ago

Glenn Ford gives an amazing performance as a villain in 3.10 to Yuma

ctmillion.bsky.social•24 days ago

Ooh, I will look forward to reading!

paul314.bsky.social•25 days ago

The ALT-text is excellent 😅

selfstyledsiren.bsky.social•25 days ago

Ha, thanks, I try to have a little fun with it for whoever is reading.

davallone.bsky.social•24 days ago

Loved the essay. I have a particular love of THE KILLERS… too pitch-black to be a tv movie!

Where can I go to read about your aversion to ONCE UPON A TIME? I love it, just curious about your take.

nonfilms.bsky.social•25 days ago

Such an excellent series! 👏🎬

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