frank falisi

frank falisi

@frankfalisi.bsky.social

"miscreant perpetrator of low burlesque" writing at: reverse shot, bright wall/dark room, larb, tiny mix tapes, etc.

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frank falisi
@frankfalisi.bsky.social

"the HEAD, by way of the EAR, to the SYLLABLE/ the HEART, by way of the BREATH, to the LINE"

Los Angeles Review of Books@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social

"The pleasures and practice of poetry exist in the world, even if our pens do not always draw lines around it." Frank Falisi reviews Kent Jones's film "Late Fame": https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/late-fame-kent-jones-willem-dafoe-poetry-manhattan

frank falisi
@frankfalisi.bsky.social

it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Bright Wall/Dark Room@brightwalldarkroom.com

New on the site! The Midlife Crisis issue kicks off with @frankfalisi.bsky.social on THE ‘BURBS www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2026/09/10/t...

brightwalldarkroom.comThe ‘Burbs (1989): I Hate Cul-de-SacsWhy does Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) choose to spend his vacation at home? It’s the great secret at the heart of The ’Burbs. I’d wager it’s the riddle at the heart of the American suburbs, too.
frank falisi
@frankfalisi.bsky.social

a good day to say: I spoke with Louise for IRO, where we got into Castration Movie as the most modern of literatures, a project with the same kind of infinite play and appetite for pleasure as Liz's work at Muscle. long live Castration Movie, long live Muscle inreviewonline.com/2026/06/19/u...

inreviewonline.substack.comUnlimited But Periodic: A Conversation with Louise Weard on "Castration Movie"Frank Falisi chats with Louise Weard about the language of the internet, her epic and ongoing "Castration Movie" project, and whether or not we can classify it as a real "movie".
Muscle Distribution@muscledistribution.bsky.social

We’re restoring four underseen and largely unavailable films, including two that have been out of circulation for decades and never released on home video — and we’re looking for your support. Check out the @kickstarter.com campaign here: www.muscle-distribution.com/kickstarter

frank falisi
@frankfalisi.bsky.social

on the continued pursuit of viewing Cooper generously or: "hey buddy, don't be afraid it won't be perfect—they only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be"

Los Angeles Review of Books@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social

"'Is This Thing On?' extends the chemistry to the camera itself, which shares with its subjects a closeness that you can lean on." @frankfalisi.bsky.social on "Is This Thing On?" https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/bradley-cooper-arnett-dern-is-this-thing-on/

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Bright Wall/Dark Room
@brightwalldarkroom.com

New today on the site: "In THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986), Connery does not present as capable but instead confident despite his incapabilities, a tendency that here feels like zen touched with zany, more Zardozy than Bonded, arresting in a tonsure." - @frankfalisi.bsky.social

brightwalldarkroom.comThe Name of the Rose (1986): The Mystery of FaithThe Name of the Rose calls itself, in its own opening credits, “a palimpsest of Umberto Eco’s novel”—a provocative, generative, and not altogether unpretentious appellation to lay claim to.
frank falisi
@frankfalisi.bsky.social

there is no definitive year, and so, what a joy to be among such a disparate set of interpretations and inclinations

Bright Wall/Dark Room@brightwalldarkroom.com

New today! Our reflections on the best movies and first watches of 2025, featuring @eccantwell.bsky.social, @frankfalisi.bsky.social, @franhoepfner.bsky.social, @dodgyboffin.com, @russellnichols.bsky.social @abigailoswald.bsky.social, @chadperman.bsky.social, @aheartofgould.bsky.social & more

brightwalldarkroom.comBW/DR Picks: The Best of 2025Bright Wall/Dark Room editors and contributors share their favorite movies, first watches, and movie moments of 2025.
frank falisi
@frankfalisi.bsky.social

thanks to @chadperman.bsky.social for tending a space for this kind of ramble, @eccantwell.bsky.social for copy edits based in care, and Ozzy Osbourne for teaching me how to sing

Bright Wall/Dark Room@brightwalldarkroom.com

New today on the site! Our Jonathan Demme issue continues, with @frankfalisi.bsky.social on the glories of community theater and WHO AM I THIS TIME?, a little seen, 53 minute movie Demme made for PBS based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, with Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken in 1982.

brightwalldarkroom.comWho Am I This Time? (1982): What We Did For LoveBetween the four lines that form a televisual frame, Jonathan Demme’s Who Am I This Time? is among the most romantic gestures ever set to film.

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Bright Wall/Dark Room
@brightwalldarkroom.com

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frank falisi
@frankfalisi.bsky.social

still stuck in the ballroom writing about The Caretaker, but imagine my delight when the film most suited to those crumbled sounds is this haunted goof

Bright Wall/Dark Room@brightwalldarkroom.com

New today on the site! A new issue—The Best of 2024—begins, with @frankfalisi.bsky.social on HERE: "There is no filmmaker working today whose instincts fuse more directly at the intersection of mad science and medically-induced emotionality quite like Bob Zemeckis."

brightwalldarkroom.comGibraltar May Crumble | Here (2024)In Robert Zemeckis’s Here, boomerism reveals itself as the most outdated technology of all, not by virtue of an elegant thesis, but simply because it executes the exact same experiment over and over a...

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