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God love Ryan Coogler for taking his clout from Black Panther and David Zaslav’s money to make a horny, gory, morally grey, politically complicated, very funny original adult art movie shot on IMAX 65mm for real—that a bunch of industry insiders were rooting for to fail.

Okay, I think we need a silent film refresher because my replies have been weird: 1. Censorship was not okay and was used to protect institutional power under the guise of "save the children" 2. Heroines were considerably tougher than their sound counterparts, regularly partaking in the action.

If you’re so sure he’s a gang member, then you should WANT due process, as it will vindicate you and shut everyone else up

I don’t think some people get the cops/feds can just make up shit about you and it sticks. One of the times I’ve been cuffed, cops said I was some lady w/ a similar name wanted for check fraud trying to score drugs—in reality I was ME walking out of a Time’s Up legal defense meeting and into a Lyft.

the best part of the Bible is when jesus trashes the mall lmao

excited for the trade reporting on SINNERS to evolve into “sure, it’s a big hit with great reviews and an A Cinemascore…but what if it HADN’T been? the only movies that should exist are sequels to the Cod Shit franchise”

Just one small piece of the best interview I’ve read all year

HE IS RISEN.

My favorite weird factoid

This is a lesson on not giving the benefit of the doubt to those that don’t deserve it

LIZZIES OF THE FIELD (1926), an auto race comedy, features a villain with an extendable seat in his car, used to abduct young women. But...

Breakthrough for ZaSu kitty! ZaSu was raised on canned food and treats and has never eaten anything that wasn't from a can, bag or tube. We tried everything! Today... she ate a shred of turkey! The first healthy food she accepted! (Fully cooked, don't worry.)

Easter morning. 8:40 AM and 8:46 AM.

Such a sign of the times to see how many businesses have closed today for 4/20

You think this is the only case, that there probably aren’t a couple dozen US citizens being held by ICE right now?

letterboxd member Charli XCX has spoken 👀 what summer are you going to have? #Coachella

Did I love it? It’s a f*cking vampire musical. What do you think?

What's next, Wester?

A little Easter brunch at LA’s own Clark Street Diner. Love to you and yours.

I once again recommend REEL CIVIL WAR by Bruce Chadwick, which digs into the deliberate and successful campaign by Lost Cause fanatics beginning in the silent era to hijack the movies (aided and abetted by the nascent studio system)

Happy Easter, big boy

Just to be clear, we are not doing pro-Hays Code stuff in my mentions, mm-kay?

Lotte Reiniger was a one-woman show and her hands-only director cameo in CINDERELLA showcases both her animation technique and tools.

Oh no, we're back to the low information "Mary Shelley invented science fiction" factoid. All power to Shelley, who was a potent talent, but she wasn't the first person to write sci-fi. She wasn't even the first WOMAN to write sci-fi. Stop erasing pioneers with bad information.

<coffin flop sketch ends> Youth Pastor Voice: you know who else didn’t stay where they put him after he died,

Happy Surprise The New Person You Met Is Religious Day

Marco Rubio is the worst kind of bullshit Christian

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) ✨

Yeah so.. it *doesn’t* live on, is what you’re saying

Merciful devils I loved the fuck out of SINNERS, a movie about messed up oppressed antiheroes trying to survive America through transactions & machismo finding out you can’t get away from it spiritually unscarred. It’s also a horror comedy about the inherent evil of listening to Mumford & Sons.

While sex was always a concern for censors, early censorship efforts in American film actually focused on violence and portrayals of crime, arguing for a ban on pictures portraying robberies, burglaries and other nefarious doings.

pretty sure “the pope refused to meet with me and sent a deputy to lecture me about compassion on Holy Saturday, the hardest day in the entire liturgical calendar” means you burst into flames if you attempt to enter a church ever again

How modern people write silent film titles: "Forsooth! Will you not come with me to the soda emporium, maiden fair?" How real silent movies wrote silent film titles:

Growing up on a diet of fairy tales and folk tales unfortunately led me to believe the main obstacle I would face in adulthood would be riddles

Lol Van Hollen saying that if Newsom doesn’t want to stand up for the constitution then he shouldn’t lead is not a circular firing squad. I’ve lived through several Democratic circular firing squads and this is just banishing an ass to the wilderness.

A “hoppy” Easter to all who celebrate, especially the risen Christ, who was just “hopping” mad about money changers in the temple!

don’t forget to leave a donnie darko vhs out for the easter bunny

Silhouette wedding in the Russian emigre-French production HOUSE OF MYSTERY (1926). It's an elevated serial with chases, escapes, romance and a literal cliffhanger, along with big acting moments and artistic flourishes from director Alexandre Volkoff.

You know how all these weirdos with Gilded Age notions are crawling out of the woodwork? Those types have been pustules on the backside of the classic film fandom for decades. Now they're your problem too, I guess. Sorry.

pope francis, back on the infallible track

I love this guy, I’m happy he has momentum, and I hope it doesn’t become a milkshake duck thing because we really need a win in the messaging wars

easter treat: a vhs rip of donnie darko from the good folks of @archive.org

True: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

So the NY Times got a story about a second Signal chat because two people in that group of Hegseth's closest personal associates were willing to drop a dime on him? The eventual story about the story about the first story will be quite a read as well.

Courage is contagious

I got to see Soul Coughing at their last show in Austin in 1999. Tonight I got to see the first time they’ve played here in 26 years. Time is a mother fucker, but sometimes it has its own sweet rewards.

There is life after death

RIP Jesus, you would have loved absolutely none of this

After almost a week, negative responses to my 7k+ word investigation into DOGE's access at NLRB relies on a statement on there being no "official record" of DOGE's visit. Berulis never alleged DOGE funneled sensitive data to Russia. His disclosure relies on forensic evidence.

Pete Hegseth is the human equivalent of stubbed toe in the middle of the night.

There was a massive fire across the street from us this morning and it was terrifying and a few families lost everything and I know there are a lot of asks but if you have anything to spare it’d be so great www.gofundme.com/f/astoria-fi...

Stylish Alice Joyce was among the first wave of film stars. A leading lady as a teen in the 1910s, her casting fluctuated between leads and moms in the 1920s.

My two favorite silent film actresses are Pola Negri and Marion Davies. This shows that I have a penchant for talented performers with a flair for comedy who have been diminished by history due to their sex lives, and were born on January 3, 1897

Possibly the ideal way to watch this film

That. Fucking. Ruled. Soul Coughing is having so much fun being back together and playing standing room only crowds. They are even tighter than they were last year. Now to get them into the studio for a new album! What a show!

Looking like, moving like, and sounding like something doesn’t make it the actual thing. Which is why we have courts. And “probably” is not enough to convict - let alone send someone away for life. I’d say I rest my case, but clearly “the law and order President” doesn’t know what that means.

Went to a very USA Supercross race in New Jersey today and I swear one rider won a $2000 extra cash prize and when they asked him what he’d use it for he said up on the stadium Jumbotron with total sincerity ‘I really need to pay off some medical debt’- & they cut it out of the tv broadcast.

Historical footage of Jesus rising from the grave on Easter morning

Felipe Esparza was 6 going on 60

Watch a new preview for Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou’s Bring Her Back 👀 The film will be released in theaters on May 30 via A24.

My wish for the weekend was that Sinners would do boffo box office & IT CAME TRUE. Thank you Easter Bunny & Obama

no better way to spend easter / hitler's birthday than by listening to the 4-hour episode of @blankcheck.bsky.social i did on Schindler's List: blankcheck.podcastpage.io/episode/schi...

Ryan Coogler explains how & why Sinners was shot with IMAX 65mm & differences watching it, very cool

One of the great movie newspaper ads (a lost art) for Easter

Ugh. Don’t you hate it when you get the worst spot at the concert?

I interviewed David Cronenberg www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/m...

Pola Negri, shy and demure in THE WILDCAT. Negri was an actor with a wide range, equally at home in comedy and drama, commanding attention but also working well in ensembles. She was a superstar in her native Poland, Germany, and the USA.

one of my favorite Aussie things that my weak American mind struggles to comprehend is that the long easter weekend is a public holiday, so all the open restaurants have a 15% surcharge to cover their overtime labor costs

I do feel like maybe I could have learned 30 percent more about tariffs and 30 percent less about the Bermuda Triangle in school

Here comes Peter Cottontail Hoppin’ down the bunny trail Hippity Hoppity Said a hip-hop, the hippie to the hippie The hip, hip-a-hop and you don't stop rockin' To the bang, bang the boogie, say up jump the boogie To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

Have a talk with your kids about the plan in case somebody in the family gets picked up—or if a friend or relative who doesn’t have a lawyer gets picked up. There are millions of Americans who’ve already had these conversations already! I just had mine.

[The risen Jesus sneaks up behind Peter and puts His hands over his eyes.] JESUS: Guess who! PETER: Jesus? JESUS: How could you tell it was me? PETER: … JESUS: Seriously how’d you know? PETER: … JESUS: Come on what- PETER: I COULD STILL SEE OK JESUS: Ah. Right. Yes. PETER: HOLES, BRO

Hahahaha. Not quite, but I’ll take it.

A familiar problem for anyone who shares a single family war-streaming account

Too bad we will never be able to solve this impossible mystery.

When I was kid I was always so mad every Easter service that after Mary Magdalene is weeping her face off for him, Jesus shows up and is like “woman, why are you crying” READ THE ROOM JESUS

Barely 10 am on the East Coast and already the madness means I gotta haul out my second bunny picture. Here, have a shot of young Lana Turner with her natural hair color, a cute little sweater and four (one just barely visible on the right) white Easter Bunnies.

My bullshit: Back on it.

The team behind The Wedding Banquet — stars Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, and writer-director Andrew Ahn — share their favorite queer films and influences. Watch the full interview: boxd.it/9We

Definitely a scam account. Not sure if it’s the same one, but there is a scam account on Instagram @fimognariworks that we’ve been trying to take down for years. Because Michael doesn’t actually have ANY social media accounts, it’s been much harder to get these removed.

Based Easter holy shit

yes. loving it but also feel so stupid

Imagine what a chode you must be to convert to Catholicism, become vice president of the US, go to Rome for Easter, get ghosted by the pope then dunked on to your face by a supporting character from Conclave. Even his religion doesn’t like him lol.

On May 30, an angel will rise... Watch the new preview trailer for BRING HER BACK, A24's horror movie from Talk to Me directors Danny & Michael Philippou.

the three words every woman wants to hear

Political satire 1907-style as Goldilocks robs the three bears and then runs to Teddy Roosevelt, who merrily shoots them in THE TEDDY BEARS. This was the second time director Edwin S. Porter portrayed Roosevelt as a bloodthirsty, hunt-happy publicity hound.

Charlie Chaplin picks the wrong theater seat for a nap in A NIGHT IN THE SHOW, one of his non-Tramp pictures.

love it when I stumble on something cool that I completely forgot I had

One-star post. Attempt at victimhood rings false, misspells “streaming.”

If you're up this late and haven't seen THE DARE perform live at Coachella yet, he's on in moments and he's like LCD Soundsystem had a baby with THE PRODIGY. It's a wild, high energy set perfect for late night Saturday rocking out. Melted my brain last week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKm3...

Took my friends out to my favorite Austin cocktail spot which was near the venue and had to go BUCK! TO THE FUTURE! It’s fucking delicious.

Kat Ellinger is a name a lot of film nerds will know from her decades of work as a film critic and director of docs on Jean Rollin, etc. She's using her real name - Kat Wood - to write about her experience of neurodiversity, and it is likewise ferociously smart and deeply emotionally intelligent

This week's review covers JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (1912), the Edison company's remake of its 1902 hit. The film features remarkable special effects and a charismatic turn from Gladys Hulette as Jack. Hulette was the tween fantasy queen of the early star system. moviessilently.com/2025/04/20/j...

Entire field of meteorology replaced by Aunt Barb's rheumatiz

hello from an australian grocery store

Listen to this week’s OTM in which @brookegladstone.bsky.social and @micahloewinger.bsky.social spent 12 hours in the MAGA media-verse. Spoiler alert: it’s a weird place. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Whyyyyyyy? Texas' solar industry was doing great, creating jobs, operating without onerous rules, you know, stuff Republicans like? The sheer unbridled SPITE of conservative governing passeth all understanding.