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Following

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Directed by Christopher Nolan

Bill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when he crosses paths with a mysterious character. From TMDB

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Following is a 1999 drama thriller film, directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw and Lucy Russell.

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  • ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    17 years ago today, ‘Astro Boy’ released in theaters. The film received mixed reviews and struggled at the box office, grossing $42 million worldwide against a $65 million budget. Following its financial failure, Imagi Studios shut down on February 5, 2010.

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  • Autumn Ivy @autumnivy.netBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Live stream and release schedule for the week!! Tomorrow we’re doing a special AMA with Pace (film) star actor Beck~ come say hello! Following up with some Hellraiser!

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  • RadicalSquiddo🦑 @radicalsquiddo.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Following the Halloween costume contest and last month's "T-1000 Incident", Naomi has been been banned from attending lab movie night

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  • Richie @rickthestick83.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    We are here for screening of Scream for its 30th anniversary (knees crack). Following that David Arquette will be talking about the movie. Can't wait!

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  • ⛧𝖂𝖞𝖗𝖉 𝕭𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖂𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍⛧ @wyrdwordwitch666.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    Following @kweenytodd.monsterden.xyz's lead, HAPPY NATIONAL HORROR MOVIE DAY #HorrorSky! 💀 Come celebrate Canada & Cronenberg with us #MonsterBros tonight and join our DAVID CRONENBERG TRILOGY WATCH-PARTY! 🇨🇦 Join us. We're not that weird. Probably. 🖤

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  • Kerry Kennedy @kerrykennedy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    What an incredible film! FOLLOWING HARRY is out now. Harry Belafonte was my dear friend & a lifelong champion of justice. His courage & unwavering commitment to human rights continue to inspire me every day. 🔗 I hope you’ll watch this beautiful tribute to his life and legacy: www.followingharry.org

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  • It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2026

    Good suggestion by @champierth.bsky.social to put spoilers in the ALT text of an image. Following image has joke & plot spoilers for the Ghosts movie in the ALT text. Don't click it unless you've seen. (If you need ALT text for visual purposes, the picture is just of the ghosts & Alison outside)

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  • Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    #filmsky #moviesky #silents #TCM Following up on TCM’s FILMS ON FILM Hitchcock legacy, THE MANXMAN (1929) is free to stream online.

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  • SabinStargem @[email protected]Lemmy · Nov 2, 2026

    I think part of the problem with pardon power is that it can be freely done. I think a president should nominate someone for pardoning, then congress critters have to give a 51% vote in favor of pardoning for it to ultimately take effect. 30 days have to pass during the nomination period for them to review the pardon, the pardon to be public knowledge, and congress critters having their name attached to their vote. Particular crimes should be noted for the pardoning, and a pardon…

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  • FaunaHub @faunahub.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    Following the 'looks fierce' theme: great whites are apex predators, not movie villains on a schedule. Most encounters are brief. Respect the water; skip the fear porn.

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  • JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2026

    Following yesterday’s post about THE EAR, if you’re keen to watch this film, you can do so on YouTube (English subtitles included). Link here: youtu.be/aOF_v_95FvM

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  • DukeBadger @dukebadgerart.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    Following the success of the film, Triangolo Rosa Studios developed an animated series, progressing the story beyond Moriero’s original story. Meanwhile, Del Piero continued to engage in activism against the real world government’s lack of funding for HIV/AIDS research. (Video ⬇️)

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  • HunkyKubrick/♑♄ ZoSo/🇮🇪🇬🇧 @hunkykubrick.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #323 Following the outrage of Peeping Tom, the few remaining projects Michael Powell directed were constructed, & funded outside of British shores. #BluRay #FilmSky #PhysicalMedia

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  • Ade Taylor (shoot_dev_print_repeat) on instagram @ade-pano.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    Following on from the governments recommendations, I’m stockpiling film cameras, and I’ve probably two weeks supply of HP5 in the fridge.

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  • Fondor Haulcraft @dayuan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2026

    Following up You Can See Everything with another film featuring an inventor, the inventor’s family, and another improbable, nigh-unbelievable, invention with poorly-explained working

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  • DMG🏳️‍🌈 @gouldenator.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Now watching: It Comes at Night (2017). Following up on another horror movie recommendation

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  • Kane Blaise @kaneblaise.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Following up the watch by reading reviews, so many people talking about moments that felt very obvious to me like they were strokes of literary masterpieces. Very odd Wife suggested remaking the movie but with all the Swedish being replaced with The Swedish Chef, I'd be down lmao

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  • Pseudandry @pseudandry.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    I'm FOLLOWING a silent film account, as well as accounts about crab science, a man in Japan who only posts photos of goats every day and the bot that reposts old roadside attraction photos from that subreddit. Relevant I am not either

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  • TR Dark23 @trdark23.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2026

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  • Antenna Releasing @antennareleasing.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    Another drop today, this one courtesy of @thefilmstage.com! Following their narrative feature Poser, directors Noah Dixon and Ori Segev returned to Ohio with The Bulldogs, a documentary that premiered at Slamdance Film Festival earlier this year and will now be arriving this month from Antenna.

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  • S @mx-s-314.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    S Watches ?? Horror and Halloween Movies In 31 Days Movie #36: Army of Darkness (1993) Following the cliffhanger ending of Evil Dead 2, Final Boy Ash Williams is sent back in time 700 years and lands in a different genre entirely!

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  • DaddyDoesRope 🔜 CineKink @daddydoesrope.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    My erotic short film Cockloft will have its world premiere Saturday November 14 at 5:30pm at The Center, 218 13 St NYC! Following the debut, I've been invited to a Q&A, and a rope demo has also been suggested. This is all just beyond exciting for me!

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  • Paul Hikari @paulhikari.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2026

    #pretendpanel Following the release of King of Blades as a novella, I'm trying to get it picked up as a show or a movie. Meanwhile, I'm working on my next book, Knights of the Kingdom. After that, I'm trying to decide on my next story to publish because I have so many under way.

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  • Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing! @sleepykittypaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

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  • UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    "Following the Tla’amin seasonal cycle, the film observes how communities change slowly through listening, disagreement, repair, and time. Whose stories live in the place we call home? What happens when a place is asked to remember differently?"

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  • 🌵 prickly specimen 🌺 @wodnesse.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    Following in the same vein as "Dark Angel" we have "Night Watch" (2004); like a live action X/1999 this movie uses every visual/sfx trick in the book that existed in 2004 and invents some new ones I've never seen attempted since. It's worth gathering some friends to shout over this wild movie.

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  • Hermes-vector.buzz @hermesvector.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    Capcom Reaffirms Movie Strategy Following Street Fighter Box Office Performance Despite a reported $80-82 million budget and a significant second-week revenue drop, Capcom remains committed to its Single Content Multiple Usage strategy.

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    One in a Million review – deeply moving film about displacement, freedom and the upheaval of starting again Following a Syrian mother and daughter over a decade, Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes capture a family transformed www.theguardian.com/film/2026/no...

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  • Sancar Seçkiner @orwe24.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) • The Tribute: Following Marilyn Monroe’s death in August 1962, Pasolini dedicated the emotional climax of his half of the film La rabbia (1963) to her memory. www.cittapasolini.com/post/marilyn...

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  • Dead Kennedys Center @matcatastrophe.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Intensify a horror film: Friday the 13th, and the Entire Following Week For Good Measure

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  • David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    Following a politics poster from a small country whose politics you're not very familiar with is like being thrown into a movie halfway through--lots of references everyone else seems to get, characters you're not familiar with, and deep-seated grudges whose causes are invisible to you. Kinda fun.

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  • Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    "It took a while for Donnie Darko to catch on. In fact, its theatrical release was a mere weeks after 9/11..." 25 Years Later, This Offbeat Movie Still Has a Devoted Following | @mensjournal.com @yahoonews.com

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  • Abbott and Costello meet Jenny Dracenstein @kingriptor.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2026

    Ratatouille 2 Following the events of the first film The CIA is kidnapping and training sleeper agent rats to perform assassinations that look like suicide. Remy must come out of retirement to defeat this new threat

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  • DC Updates @updates4dc.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    Following the overwhelmingly positive response to ‘CLAYFACE,’ DCU fans are calling for director James Watkins to helm ‘THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD,’ the DCU’s Batman movie! #JamesWatkins #TheBraveAndTheBold #DCU

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  • Betsy @betsy0316.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2026

    uugghh I'm #reading aka #listening to "The Day of the Locust" which is unrelentingly ugly & downbeat in characters & scenes. Following my accustomed habit of "watching the #movie" after #reading the #book, I'm not looking forward to revisiting the film which I saw in its original release & loathed.

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  • Classic Movies Today @classicfilms.appBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    40 years ago: The Beekeeper (FR,GR,IT) Original title: Ο Μελισσοκόμος Following the wedding of his daught... 1986-10-23 #ClassicMovies #MarcelloMastroianni #NadiaMourouzi #SergeReggiani https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/48210

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  • Kent🎃Steine @kentsteine.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2026

    If not mistaken, Killdozer sprang from the popularity of Speilberg's TV movie, Duel. Following that, a whole crop of movies/stories about "scary" inanimate objects were conceived. Branded was an okay series. Everyone wanted more Lucas McCain and that was the answer. And Walker was Cheyenne Bodie.

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  • Cardiff Animation Festival @cardiffanimfest.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    See a fantastic line-up of independent animated short films on the big screen at Cellb this Sunday 25th October 4:30pm! Following the screening go behind-the-scenes with director Paddy Merrigan and hear all about the making of short film Y Coed Papur! 🎟️ bit.ly/CAF-On-Tour-26

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  • J Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    Following a screening of short films, which Hoberman first saw screened by Jacobs, Hoberman will talk about his time programming the Harpur Film Society, his experiences with Gottheim, and the lasting and life-changing influence of Jacobs.

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  • I'mNotAHRHitter @imnotahrhitter.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2026

    Following @brendelbored.bsky.social and keeping it Star Trek, First Contact, while I love it as a movie, is definitely overrated for many reasons and Search for Spock is underrated cause while the genesis/Spock stuff is weird, it's the most visually beautiful Trek movie & brought us so many designs.

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  • nilesessanay.bsky.social @nilesessanay.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Following the presentation and movie screening, Ms. Jerrolds will sign copies of her book, Marian Nixon: The Nicest Girl In Hollywood.

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  • zei 🍓 @strawberry-pockii.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    NO ABSOLUTELY, I LOVED THE MOVIE SOOO MUCH. i love how it paid homage to the games in such a loving way in my opinion, the herbs, the shooting the locks, EVEN THE CAMERA FOLLOWING the actor did a phenomenal job too. i love how he portrayed bryan and how just. real everything felt in a way,

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  • ඞFTM Fantasy Origins: Chaser of Paradise/21 Daysඞ @crossange.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    33. Tales from the Hood 10/10 Least Subtle Peace of Cinema in History from Start to Finish It goes from Fuck Police Brutality to "Being a Gangbanger is as Bad as Being in the Klan" Following the Ones with a Klan Member getting Big Haunted also The Monster Story was Hype as Fuck. Real Good Movie.

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  • thetimes678.bsky.social @thetimes678.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    THIS SCENE WAS SOMETHING OUT OF A MARX BROTHERS MOVIE. DONNY T WALKING AROUND THE REFLECTING POOL WITH HIS FINGER UP HIS ASS WITH THE PRESS FOLLOWING HIS EVERY MOVE WHILE CHINA AND PUTIN ARE REARMING THEIR CLIENT STATE IRAN. ONLY IN AMERICA AS THEY SAY

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  • Chris @chroniclesofe.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    #NiaLong Gets Her Flowers With Major Film Festival Honor Following 'Michael'💐💐💐Details HERE also get More news! efremsdailychronicles.blogspot.com/2026/11/the-...

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  • Paul Darroch @pauldarroch.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    Following a short break on the film festival front, I’m delighted to share that our fantasy film, “Land of the Sea”, has been officially selected for the Florence Film Awards in Italy 🇮🇹 Winners to be announced over the coming days. Written, Produced & Directed by Paul Darroch

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  • Film Ireland @filmireland.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    "This documentary is an absolute inspiration." Following the film’s opening of last year’s Irish Film Institute (IFI) Documentary Festival, Rachel Melita reflects on the acclaimed documentary How to Build a Library and the story behind it. www.filmireland.net/review-how-t...

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  • The Lunar Library Scripts & Short Stories @xlunarlibraryx.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    Saw "Godzilla: Minus Zero" tonight in IMAX for Godzilla Day! Spoiler-free thoughts! This is a true and direct sequel to "Minus One" in every way. Following themes and journeys from the first film, while expanding the universe and maintaining the tone. Acting and SFX are all still S-tier.

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  • Antenna Releasing @antennareleasing.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    Ahead of a national roadshow starting on November 19, The Film Stage had an exclusive trailer premiere. Here’s the synopsis for the film: “Following a catastrophic train derailment, The Bulldogs follows the residents of a small rural community in East Palestine, Ohio, as they navigate an uncertain

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  • It's Halloween 🎃 (in my head) @doomgenesis.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2026

    Following regular folks is probably the best thing to do. The movie followings the main characters would be either bad (hello previous movie or way too much cheesy like the animation movie.) Ethan is maybe the exception, where a film won't feel to absurd. 😅

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  • Alysee Rosé [Pre-Debut Vtuber] @alyseewrenrose.eurosky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2026

    WHY ARE SO MANY BOT FILM FESTIVAL ACCOUNTS FOLLOWING ME Is ANYBODY else getting this? I feel like I’m going mad

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  • Respawnwire Gaming @respawnwire.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2026

    Taika Waititi Blasts Critics as 'Irrelevant, Out of Touch, Obsolete' Following Klara and the Sun's Negative Reviews Thoughts? 1. Hyped 🔥 2. Skeptical 🤨 3. Neutral 😐 4. Don't care 💤 #VideoGames

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  • KioskNews @kiosknews.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Christopher Nolan's "remarkable" debut movie lands new UK streaming home Before The Odyssey was Following. https://go.kiosknews.app/l/xyq7cnz

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  • Varsha Yajman @varshayajman.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    A horror movie is playing out in real time because, as of today, NSW Police are armed with MILITARY RIFLES. Following the Bondi terror attack, NSW Police have launched a permanent unit with officers armed with rifles in tourist areas, crowded public spaces, places of worship and sporting events.

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  • Logan Pendragon @loganpendragon.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Favorite movie of all time. Following up to my last post, I want to mention that the exception in movies is Pulp Fiction. I've seen that probably 5 times and that's my all time favorite movie.

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  • Kieran Judge ✍️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @kjudgemental.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    In Paperbacks from Hell, Grady Hendrix says that ghost stories are just legal disputes. Following the idea that the slasher film is a ghost story, Michael Myers returns to Haddenfield precisely because Laurie’s dad is selling the house, and attacks her because he’s away. In this TED talk I will…

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  • crab rangooner @spawnofsagan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    i love the movie It Follows and its sequel It Do Be Following

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  • Suj / culture @sujculture.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2026

    Where was I last Friday night?/Within the forest of dark dreams/Following a form of shadowy white/With my own wild face it seems 📽️ #Wildwood 🇺🇸 #LAIKAStudios 🎬 #TravisKnight 💻Review www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so... 💻Interview www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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  • YARDCG @yardcg.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    Following you just so that I can say The Last Showgirl was better and that in general, the (American) movie selection from the Academy that year was so poor, they might as have given the BP to Wicked. : P

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