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bethannepatrick.bsky.social @bethannepatrick.bsky.social Once @TheBookMaven, now just me. Writer, author, critic. Wrote a memoir. Angry feminist, lifelong depressive, and very slow, determined lap swimmer.
Alternate Histories @alternatehistories.bsky.social Because everything's better with monsters. Art, musings, and Pittsburgh stuff by Matt Buchholz. He/him. No AI.
Studio at 517 Greenfield Ave, open Fri-Sat, 12-5pm.
Lisa Rosman @rosmantic.bsky.social I'm a recovering Masshole, a muppet critic, a practical intuitive, a pansexual who's no Peter Pan. I believe in the Force, the social contract, you. Readings/Ruby Report: https://pocketsuite.io/link/ruby-intuition
Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social THE REAL KYLE KULINSKI FROM SECULAR TALK
Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social librarian and illustrator.
will post later, too sleepy
My shop: https://www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
BonbuMindFist @pureland.bsky.social Retired book store manager
@robingivhan.bsky.social @robingivhan.bsky.social 
Rachel Tashjian @theprophetpizza.bsky.social Fashion Writer at The Washington Post
Cora Harrington @cora.bsky.social Aspiring Fashion Historian. MA student in Fashion & Textile Studies. Formerly The Lingerie Addict.
Old School Cool @oldschoolcoolsub.bsky.social Where vintage vibes meet timeless swagger. 🕶️✨ Reliving the days when cool was effortless. The official Bluesky feed for r/OldSchoolCool. 😎📸
Jamie Dunn @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social The world's least buff film buff • film critic • arts journo • Film editor at The Skinny • co-host of The CineSkinny podcast • trying to be more upbeat
Trace Sauveur @tracesauveur.bsky.social Movie man. Alleged “writer” seen in Paste Magazine, Awards Watch, /Film, A.V. Club, Austin Chronicle, others. Atlanta Film Critics Circle. Let me write for you. tracesauveur@gmail.com
Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk digital editor @ Little White Lies. extremely online and incredibly anxious.
author of books on sofia coppola + wes anderson, MODERN PROMETHEUS: THE FILMS OF YORGOS LANTHIMOS out Nov 2026, Jackass book Oct 2027!
https://linktr.ee/hannahstrong
Matthew Jackson @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social One time I sat in the Munster Koach. Horror Books Guy at Bloody Disgusting. Pop Culture Raconteur and Critic at Pop Heist. Host of @scaresshapedus.bsky.social. Austin Film Critics member. 🍅-approved. Always Writing and counting the days until Christmas.
Alex West @alexwest.bsky.social Genre film critic and author. Co-host of the Faculty of Horror podcast. She/her.
BOFCA @bofca.bsky.social The Boston Online Film Critics Association was established in May of 2012 to foster a community of web-based film critics. http://bofca.com
Carole V. Bell @cvbell.bsky.social 🇯🇲Culture critic, media & politics prof and researcher. I 💙 Art & Democracy. Writing: NPR, Boston Globe, IndieWire, LATimes, NYTimes, Washington Post, Oprah Daily, The Emancipator, Kirkus and BookPage. UNC J-School PhD. Linktr.ee/Cvbell
Valerie Ettenhofer @aandeandval.bsky.social TV critic, writer, fan of little treats. Words at Slashfilm, Film School Rejects, IGN, The Playlist, Nonfics, Certified Forgotten, and the Hey, What Are You Watching? newsletter. Critics Choice + GALECA. Just moved to Scotland.
Adam B. Vary @adambvary.bsky.social Writer, reporter, editor, researcher. Past: Variety, BuzzFeed News, Entertainment Weekly. Aspiring scrutineer. Opinions mine. He/him. Most recent work is here: https://variety.com/author/adam-b-vary/
Fiona Zerbst @fionazerbst.bsky.social Resisting the global rise of Fascism. Social impact writer. PhD in Creative Writing. Sixth book of poetry, Understorey, coming out February 2027 (uHlanga Press). Librettist and amateur artist. 🇿🇦 LLMs are a scourge. 🚫 NO AI SLOP
Francis Mouton @auctionaugur.bsky.social Art historian looking for interesting stories in old master auctions
Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social Earth - Animal - Plant - Insect & Art 🎶 Lover & Defender
(still a bit uncertain about the people… )
🦋☮️🐾
John Trumbull @trumbullcomic.bsky.social Writer for the Atomic Junk Shop & the Eisner Award-winning BACK ISSUE (@backissuemagazine.bsky.social). Cohost of the SNL Nerds podcast (@snlnerds.bsky.social). #MunchWeek Creator. Cartoonist & Stand-Up Comic from NJ. He/Him.
Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
Haunted Jukebox, with Rockin’ Rachel Roll @hauntedjukebox.bsky.social The devil in nylon hose.
Radio DJ/producer of Haunted Jukebox: red-hot, swingin’ rock’n’roll/R&B/doo-wop/rockabilly, & Snakes and Roundabouts: eclectic music for mixed-up people.
https://www.mixcloud.com/RockinRachelRoll/
Roger C. Memos @rcmemos.bsky.social Film Researcher-Producer. Anti hunger activist. Character counts. Kindness counts. Live in Los Angeles but always homesick for New England. Directed feature documentary "Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity" (streaming & on blu-ray/DVD) Let's lift each other up.
Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social Author A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, The Victorian Book of the Dead, 10 books on ghostlore. Death, mourning, dress history, Forteana. No politics. Podcast: Boggart and Banshee
Blog: https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com
Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social Dr Sam George, Open Graves Open Minds Project. Gothic Enchantment. Books on Vampires, Wolves, Fairies, Unruly Plants, Shadows. https://herts.academia.edu/SamGeorge
Spooky Sara (endless summer) @pashion.bsky.social Music is my Life ✌ she/ her *warning* I post Doctor Who stuff this is the warning. Advocate for Universal Health Insurance. No Gen AI. Please use Alt Text. Non Binary. Disability Advocate. Some Horror. CPTSD.
Robert De Niro Alter Ego @robertdeniroaltego.bsky.social Robert De Niro's Alter Ego. Screenwriter. Radio host on KSCU. celluloid is indispensable. Not gonna post much but i will promote my stuff!
https://nicmoviehour.substack.com/
Ducky Krup @duckykrup.bsky.social Politics and glitter. BU alum. Bluesky elder. Wanna be film critic and also wanna be figure skater.
Occasional writer of @cpsc.gov fan fiction
S. Kramer @libraryephemera.bsky.social Librarian, gleaner, energy seeker. Love calls us to the things of this world.
Victoria Redfern @victoriaredfern.bsky.social Current location: St. Leonards-on-Sea, England
Made in Scotland from girders.
Any pronouns. Gender is a spectrum.
Blocklists are for Nazis.
https://toriaredfern.wordpress.com
(photo: me & Foz Foster @ the 100 Club by Isabelle Adam)
Lucy Milburn @lucymilburnart.bsky.social Artist, illustrator, parent carer.
Simon Wheeler @simonwheeler.bsky.social Health information specialist working for leading UK #dementia charity | Loves good science that changes lives | Interested in history, international relations and conflict (previous career).
Sorry, I only engage with real people and block uncivil replies.
Aquilegia Hybrida @eccentricflower.com Extremely stubborn and suspicious.
Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social I make films and comics in Wellington,
New Zealand. BLACK SHEEPS out soon!
Skydog Sanctuary @skydogsanctuary.bsky.social Skydog is a non-profit Mustang Sanctuary in Oregon and Malibu, which rescues wild horses, burros, and reunites equine families torn apart during Bureau of Land Management roundups.
Julia Cowley @jcow1969.bsky.social Retired FBI agent and profiler. Host of the true crime podcast The Consult. I think best when I’m running. 
Allison Pregler 📼🎃 @allisonpregler.bsky.social Enjoying so-bad-it's-good movies, I make silly videos on YouTube. (She/Her)
YouTube.com/@AllisonPregler
patreon.com/movienights
columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social just a little account for a little guy. curated screengrabs, etc. now in bluesky flavor
for more information: http://columboscreens.carrd.co
@joanield.bsky.social @joanield.bsky.social Love classic movies, books, Broadway/theater, history, Philadelphia Phillies, road trips,and animals. Progressive and Christian. Middle aged +
Doug Jones @dougjones.bsky.social Louise's husband. Father of three. Granddad of two. Scout & Dakota’s buddy. Former U.S. Senator, former U.S. Attorney and candidate for governor of Alabama in ‘26. Author of ”Bending Toward Justice.”
Sam @makeupfxarchive.bsky.social I run Makeup Effects Archive at makeupeffectsarchive.blogspot.com (18+)
Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia @aithpodcast.bsky.social The official feed of the podcast - AND THE BOOK - that tells the deep and fascinating History of Theater in the city of Philadelphia.
www.aithpodcast.com
(On the former Bird Site we were "@schmeterpitz")
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Mitchell Gang @mitchellgang.bsky.social Avid listener of music, reader of books, and watcher of films. Looking for new sounds in classical, jazz, and electronica.
Drop Site @dropsitenews.com Independent news on politics and war. No paywall - subscribe for free.
dropsitenews.com
Mteague @mteague.bsky.social Sic transit gloria mundi.
In Georgia.
Black Lives Matter.
Audiophile with misophonia.
Books! Movies! Music!
Earnest AF.
PFP by @geraldinepiche.bsky.social
Erin Keating @drerinnerung.bsky.social Associate professor (Restoration secret history, celebrity, fantasy fiction, and fan cultures), haphazard gardener, dog and cat parent, AuDHD, she/her 🖤🩶🤍💜
Samia Ali Salama @samiaalisalama.bsky.social NYer living in PA, Democratic-Socialist, mother, veteran -24th Infantry Div., BLM, LGBTQ-ally, poet, soap maker, Star Trek 🖖🏼 #FBPE #Resistance
#WomanResistanceFreedom
TJ D. @dallasshaldune.bsky.social Movies. Other things. I think the Wizards could make the playoffs this year.
Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social Debut poetry book “In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls” Wandering Aengus Book Award (April 2025). Two Sylvia’s chapbook prize winner for The Call of Paradise (‘23). Graybeal-Gowen prize. ‘24 Gregory Djanikian Scholar. https://www.majdagama.com
Kim D @kimd.bsky.social I make costumes and run wardrobe for theatre. Film noir and OTR aficionado. Occasional D&D player.
Stephen Winer @rowrbazzle.bsky.social Former Writer for David Letterman, Robert Klein, Dick Van Dyke and The Disney Channel All New Mickey Mouse Club. Writer of film essays for The Criterion Collection 
Nathan needs to put down the phone @feralharp.bsky.social I live in the borders between. Total nerd & crackpot. Musician (electric harp, synth, etc.) interested in too many things: food, drink, nature, astronomy, history, languages, anthro-archaeo-paleontologies, movies (SFF-horror-comedy-arthouse), books, etc.!
intrusive xi jinping thought @craigrangoon.bsky.social On the innernet🇵🇸
Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social I make these moving pictures sometimes (he/him)
𝑲𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 @kassandraseven.bsky.social 
the palestinian they warned u about @tsungtsunami.bsky.social he/him ִ ࣪𖤐 palestinian, pagan, queer
im just here to yap into the digital ether
Gerry Priesing @altonmann.bsky.social Music (especially Jazz), Movies, Good Food, Wine, Malt Whisky, Travel (especially France) & Non-Fiction.
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@altonmann
Recommended Movie Lists: https://www.imdb.com/user/ur0439885/lists/?sort=name%2Casc
- M Thomas Mitchell 🖕🐸🖕 @meezookeewee.bsky.social Movie buff, left-winger, anti-MAGA.
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Cressa Moore @cressidamoore.bsky.social viewer of the cultural panopticon, girl in gold, freelance poet, muse in the making. 📧:cressidamoore@protonmail.com
Slate @slate.com ~ ~ *brb visiting the 90s* ~ ~
You, you, you oUghTa KnOw: slate.com/party96
Peter Smeets @petersmeets.bsky.social Humanities, focus op Nederlandse literatuur (geschiedenis)
Beheerder www.nadertotreve.nl
Tara Isabella Burton @notorioustib.bsky.social Ruins & rites/more poetry!!! Author: Social Creature, Strange Rites, The World Cannot Give; Self-Made; Here in Avalon
Marissa Skudlarek @marissaskud.bsky.social Writes playscripts & computer scripts in English, French, & Python. Proof that there are still artists in San Francisco. She/her.
Playboy @playboy.com Welcome to Playboy's official Bluesky page, and yes, we have articles too. Find us at www.Playboy.com.
paris martineau @paris.nyc investigative journalist @consumerreports.org • tech podcastin’ @twit.tv • previously @ The Information & Wired • @parismartineau on the other site
send tips: paris@cr.org, or securely via Signal (267.797.8655) or Proton (tips@paris.nyc)
👩💻 paris.nyc
Peter Martin @peteramartin.bsky.social Film & TV: editor, reviewer, feature writer. Managing Editor: @screenanarchy.bsky.social. Editor: DallasFilmNow.com. Creator: EverythingButHorror.com.
No Room for Gloom @noroomforgloom.bsky.social He/Him.
Discussing all things related to TV and film.
Love hot weather so Winter is my Kryptonite.
☔️Shannon Gardner @pnwshannongardner.bsky.social ☔️Lifelong fan of show tunes and Seattle sports. UW alum with Husky Fever. Nerd at heart. Briscoe & Green are my Dream Team. Known to remove misused apostrophes from menu boards. #PurpleReign
CynInEmbra | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social Cinéaste cat-sitter into nostalgia. Pesky vegan, breast cancer-er, ADHDr, dyspraxic, tofu wokerati, volunteer, humanist. Wanderer & wonderer. Edinburgh via Brussels/Brighton/Hitchin/NRW/London/LA/OC. Fix your heart or die 🇺🇦🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🕊️🟢 https://ko-fi.com/cyninbxl
Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social Programmer, infosec, co-founder of TurtleSec, parent, bi 🏳️🌈, NB, she/they, Norwegian 🇳🇴 dyslexic with no edit
Anti-Fascist ✊
Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
Giving up is collaboration.
🐘: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Patricia
🏡: https://patricia.no
Hermione Gingold @hermionegingold.bsky.social Sharp-tongued, eccentric character. (Actually a delicately aging AZ girl who faked my way into every job I ever had & still working my ass off in tech. Mainly a re-poster with occasional wild life stories to tell.)
Mick Brooks @mick666.bsky.social No pasarán. Poole-based, retired from NHS, birdy, movie, music and politics interests 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 Ex-Labour now Green. Ex-union rep (Unite). Ex-SAFC. PhD in neutron physics.
Full list on eBird (https://ebird.org/profile/MzUwOTAxOA)
Films: https://boxd.it/mBT
@sisterofeve.bsky.social @sisterofeve.bsky.social 
@maxinefaulk.bsky.social @maxinefaulk.bsky.social 
Carol Churchill @cechurchill.bsky.social Twitter expat, finally making the leap :)
James Callan @scarequotes.com Moviegoer, movie lover. PNW denizen. Word nerd. Ich spreche ein wenig Deutsch. Handy on a trivia team. he/him, cis
Writing about movies to write about me: The Kinogänger newsletter. https://buttondown.com/thekinoganger
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/xrv
Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com Contributing editor @newrepublic.com Co-host of Space the Nation (sci-fi meets politics) + @pastduepodcast.com (gig economy, culture, survival). I lead The Third Story Workshop, helping writers tell the(ir) truth. Matthew 25:35 voter.
anamariecox.com
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Pedro Jimenez @pedropeterperico.bsky.social Huge movie and music nut. Classical music and Sinatra feeds my soul. Brian Wilson, Stones, Elvis, Dylan, Fleetwood Mac and Louis and Ella are my obsessions. David Lynch is my God and Robert Altman is my dad.
Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social Film & theatre maker, PhD candidate, film programmer.
Against: fascism, corporate rule, AI boosting, cynicism. For: old movies, ideas for the future & pretzels.
Tasmanian & citizen of the world.
Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social Formerly Scottish ex-engineer ex-banker ex-portfolio manager ex-risk dude. Now an African Viking 🤔🤭
UK expat since ‘82 😬, South Africa, Washington DC and now (finally?) Cape Town.
MilAv, MotoGP, F1 & Movie (classic horror/gangster) Hist, terrible puns
Jesse Hicks @jessehixxx.bsky.social Roving writer and editor in The New Republic, The Verge, Vice, Atlas Obscura, Men's Health, Politico, Harper's, etc.
brother, I have seen some things
Emily Yoshida @emilyyoshida.bsky.social cherished idiot / writer on SHŌGUN and KENNEDY (2027) and POINT BREAK (2027)
MJS @themovievampire.bsky.social I’m a film buff who runs a modest movie review blog called The Movie Vampire.
https://letterboxd.com/TheMovieVampire
Mary S Hake @maryhake.bsky.social Blue through and through
Girl mom
Underdog ally
Indivisible
Van Stanwyck @vanstanwyck.bsky.social Classic movie-obsessed Voltron of the era's two greatest actors.
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com Founder of ONEST | Global Affairs Analyst
Fact-first reporting on diplomacy, geopolitics & global affairs.
Read: onestnetwork.com
Videos: youtube.com/@onestnetwork
Support my work: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cw7QS8Wy4kM04Le3e01?ref=onestnetwork.com
Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social Perpetually tired award winning writer. Queer. Disabled. Always asks for the aux. Horror, humour, craft beer, fragrance and photography. America's sweetheart 1984-1992.
She/Her
The Lamps of Film Noir @noirlamps.bsky.social Jean Arthur is my girlfriend
Rob Humanick @rhumanick.bsky.social Projection manager @mahoningdit.bsky.social, that guy in those movies (AT THE DRIVE-IN, UNDER THE STARS), retired OFCS. A.I. images are blocked
@dramamamafama.bsky.social @dramamamafama.bsky.social Breast Cancer Survivor who loves her dog, the NJ Devils, classic movies, theater, opera, and all animals. Proud LGBTQ ally. Bette Davis is my Lord and Savior. Long live #TCMParty.