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Had to hospitalize one of my cats because she wouldn't stop throwing up. Still waiting on some test results. Everyone wish Ursula well, please.

She's home

hyperallergic.comTo Be Alone With Your Thoughts in '70s New YorkFred Camper's contemplative film "Suicide Note" was born out of grief and a city in collapse.

Wrapping up my coverage of this year's NYFF (@filmlinc.bsky.social) with a review of Suicide Note for @hyperallergic.com

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The invincible airplane

<watching You Can See Everything, a film about how it can be difficult to know people because of their deceptions, performances, and delusions, which constantly reveals its own construction and artifices> "Okay, but *I* perfectly understand all these people"

hyperallergic.comArtavazd Pelechian’s Distant ConnectionsThrough his “distance montage” technique, the Armenian filmmaker’s masterpieces are built around impressions, not stories.

My @filmlinc.bsky.social NYFF coverage continues with a look at the great Pelechian restorations for @hyperallergic.com

Immediately enamored with Reacher, a program that asks "What if Sherlock Holmes was the largest man in the world?"

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As a child, Jack Reacher's mother called him Reacher

Reacher spends half of season 4 wearing this

reverseshot.orgI Rarely Wake Up DreamingThis second collaboration between married director Isabelle Stever and screenwriter Anna Melikova turns the Ukrainian home front of the Russian invasion into a crucible of daunting choices for a trans...

NYFF coverage continues with my review of I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming for @reverseshot.bsky.social

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VHS Vault

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Ford-Sponsored Schindler's List Intermission NBC/WKYC 3 1997-02-23 : 74s

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Brandon Sheffield

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Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

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everything about the jacob geller allegations is deeply upsetting and traumatising, from the details themselves to their being publicised on twitter by third party texts seemingly without any consultation with the victim to the armchair detective posting that followed

Immediately enamored with Reacher, a program that asks "What if Sherlock Holmes was the largest man in the world?"

Jack Reacher acts exactly like I would if I were 5 inches taller, terrifyingly jacked, and had an eidetic memory and decades of military training and experience

danschindel.substack.comA Classy Curation of Shorts at NYFF 64New works by Kevin Jerome Everson, Peggy Ahwesh, Adam Piron, and more.

Did a roundup of great shorts you can catch at this year's NYFF at @filmlinc.bsky.social

defector.comPaula González-Nasser Gives Location Scouts Their Due | DefectorSofia rises early to drive from Brooklyn to the Manhattan production office where she works as a location scout. She’s tasked with finding spots in which to film an upcoming television pilot: a few ap...

Back at @defector.com, interviewing Paula González-Nasser on her great new film The Scout

danschindel.substack.com‘What It’s Like to Be There’ - A Conversation with Sky HopinkaThe filmmaker talks about ‘Powwow People’ and the relationship between powwows and cinema.

For the Substack, I talked to the great Sky Hopinka about his lovely new documentary Powwow People

documentary.orgSolid Foundation: Filmmaker John Wilson Talks About Shooting Solo and the Many Plot Threads That Make Up His Feature Debut, ‘The History of Concrete’In this interview, The History of Concrete director, John Wilson, talks about impermanence, shooting solo and repurposing cut scenes into B-roll

21 Sept

For @documentary.org, I spoke with John Wilson about his first feature, The History of Concrete. Read on for updates on select How To characters!

danschindel.substack.comResident Evil Is So Much Fun lolZach Cregger’s cinematic take on the game franchise is all killer, no filler.

18 Sept

Had a blast with Resident Evil danschindel.substack.com/p/resident-e...

reverseshot.orgHopeAmidst the nonstop chaos, the film finds something close to real pathos in using the communication gulf between the humans and aliens to excoriate xenophobia and ignorance.

11 Sept

Reviewed Hope

danschindel.substack.com‘Paranormal Activity’ on Broadway is... good?The found-footage franchise has somehow spun off quite a fun stage show.

10 Sept

Newest Substack is on the Paranormal Activity play. Yes, they made a found-footage horror movie into a play. And it's pretty fun!

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Mike X. Nichols

@mikexnichols.bsky.social

8 Sept

Thinking about this exchange today

danschindel.substack.comProtect Niu LaiI have great affection for the poorly animated Chinese cows.

3 Sept

I love Niu Lai danschindel.substack.com/p/niu-lai

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hollywoodreporter.comKate O’Flynn Broke Out in ‘Widow’s Bay.’ Just Wait Until Mike Leigh’s Final FilmThe Emmy nominee is poignant and achingly funny in 'Tender Loving Care,' which marks the culmination of her 20-year partnership with Mike Leigh. She unveils the project in-depth for the first time.

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youtube.comTim Curry as Premier Cherdenko - Space!YouTube video by Athrun Talan

Goodnight sweet prince www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_U5...

vice.comAn Oral History of Tim Curry’s Escape to the One Place Uncorrupted by CapitalismHow an unforgettable performance in Red Alert 3 became legend.

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Xploshi

@xploshi.bsky.social

19 Aug

the Mario Galaxy planet off in the distance with a boss waiting on it

hyperallergic.comBarbara Hammer Through Her Own Lens“Barbara Forever” is both a biography and a conversation the late filmmaker has with herself.

For @hyperallergic.com I wrote about the really lovely Barbara Hammer bio-doc

25 Aug

The "Gay Dean" song from Community isn't on this list. Fake news.

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13 Aug

If I were a citizen of the MCU I'd want them to oppress the fuck out of those freaks

Asher HELLbein@asherelbein.bsky.social

Okay, I'm genuinely throwing this out to people: what are your mildly shit-stirring takes on X-Men comics and characters?

13 Aug

oh my god, I wrote "MCU" as a reflex instead of "Marvel Universe." Feige won

13 Aug

Thirty-six today

screenslate.comWet Hot American SummerWatching Wet Hot American Summer (2001) as it returns to theaters could be a "What the hell is water?” experience for newcomers. When it first came out, this was a film with a cast and crew of nearly ...

11 Aug

Fulfilled my life's purpose and wrote about Wet Hot American Summer for @screenslate.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/wet...

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5 Aug

New profile portrait by @alexxkittle.bsky.social! Check out her work! linktr.ee/panandscan

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Diego Nicolás Argüello

@diegoarguello.bsky.social

30 July

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Hideaki Anno’s iconic anime masterpiece Neon Genesis Evangelion is officially coming to the Criterion Channel this September. https://bit.ly/3TuAlnB

29 July

You are using The Odyssey as a pretext to explain the Sea Peoples to any captive audience. I am using it as a pretext to explain the theory of bicameral mentality. We are not the same

29 July

First screening of this is Saturday! Come thru!

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Folks, have you heard about the hot new adaptation of The Odyssey hitting theaters? That's right, Franco Piavoli's 1989 masterpiece NOSTOS! You have three chances to catch it at @spectaclenyc.bsky.social in August! Get your tickets now! spectacletheater.com/nostos-the-r...

danschindel.substack.comEpisodes of 'The Odyssey,' RankedOUT: Lotus eaters. IN: Large armored guys. ZEUS' LAW: Frequently violated. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN: Extremely himself.

29 July

Finally got my Substack out about The Odyssey, putting up a ranking I know we can all agree on danschindel.substack.com/p/the-odysse...

secondsightfilms.co.ukThe Killing Fields Limited Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray: Pre-order Available 28th SeptemberRoland Joffé's landmark debut film arrives in 4K and loaded with new bonus material!

24 July

Completing my round of recent booklet essay announcements, I did one for @secondsightfilms.bsky.social's upcoming release of The Killing Fields. Available now for preorder!