Michael Zeigermann

He was a well-regarded acting teacher - this is how they knife you in front of a crowded room

Pure coincidence, of course.

China’s first AI-generated theatrical feature has flopped, earning just $181,000 in its first weekend. By contrast, the scrappy ‘Niu Lai’ turned its crude animation into a viral attraction, grossing nearly $10 million a couple of months ago. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...

Christopher (Gilmore Girls) and Bobby (Twin Peaks). Except Bobby doesn’t make me wanna throw the TV out of the window (my wife had to scold me last time we watched GG because I kept booing and shouting "Loser!" every time Christopher appeared).

England captain Harry Kane wins Ballon d’Or ft.trib.al/Dnuu3af

🆙 It’s the anniversary of the release of Up, the band’s 11th studio album (Oct. 26, 1998). Produced by Pat McCarthy and the band, Up included singles “Daysleeper,” “Lotus,” “At My Most Beautiful,” and “Suspicion.” Share your favorite track below.

People abroad don't understand the level of interference Meta & bots had in these elections. 5 days before the election a far-right politician posted a fake news video that got 157 MILLION views on Instagram in 24hs. For reference, GTA 6's reveal trailer got 90 million views on YouTube in 24hs.

Joy Division, Hulme, Manchester, late 1970s, photo by Kevin Cummins.

Finally they listened to me.

Carnaby Street, London (1967) Photo: John Donat / RIBA Collections

Every year the same. Clocks go back - *time itself* manipulated- ‘for farmer’. And every year the farmer next door stays in bed. Luxuriating in slumber; delighting in nod; feasting on lethargy. His fields? Fallow. His livestock unattended; his fine machines rusting. RISE MAN! Sew, gather *make hay*

Hana-Bi. Saw it late on Channel Four, had no idea who Takeshi Kitano was, it‘s an incredibly slow burner, and easily one of the best films I‘ve ever seen.

Guillermo Del Toro dropping another one liner that’s exactly how I feel about AI slop, the “punishment” is built in

Ah Peter, don’t go changing 👍

OBAMA: He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory. It's gold everywhere.

Happy 25th Birthday Wayback Machine! On October 24, 2001, The Internet Archive organization launched a free digital archive of websites for the general public called the Wayback Machine. The oldest pages stored in the archive date back to 1996.

Sgt. Pepper‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band On The Run

Upstairs Downstairs was made in part by people who were alive during WWI. (Angela Baddeley, b.1904, kept the writers honest; another actor was Rupert Brooke’s lover.) The long scene of Edward’s shellshock at armistice fireworks - & his employer’s sensitive response - sticks with me….

Suddenly remembered the existence of Kemp Folds kempfolds.blogspot.com

Feels like every day we are hearing bad news about the humanities, but this stat is pretty shocking. Graduate research production has roughly declined by half in 10 years.

if you ever write an article about a guy saying hes done with politics and then a month or so later hes making the largest political donation in history then you need to quit and find another line of work

It's everywhere

Seems a touch brutal.

Eraserhead. 😁

The first one I really remember was Starglider II, a fantastic game that was years ahead of its time. Difficult, but you didn’t need to bother with the missions and could just randomly cruise from planet to planet. Or find out what happens when you fly into the sun.

To counteract this we are going to rush-release a happy hardcore helium version of The Millennium Prayer and rerun the 1999 Xmas Chart Battle.

Still one of my favs from the last year

Is there no point at which opinion columnists get sacked on basis of being spectacularly shit with their opinions? Football management criteria applied would be great.

Also this Goldfish Job Interview by Christopher Burke in the same issue

I listened to the Underworld set at Boiler Room and love it, especially their reworking of Cowgirl. Thanks for the recommendation!

Can UK pop cut immigration and stop the boats? I suppose we’ll find out with GB News Music Radio | John Harris | The Guardian share.google/zdkmeWUVkYPI... Bless, exNME Britpop cheerleader doesn't like GB news radio. I don't like it either, but I didn't like Britpop. I thought it was jingoist shit.

Why can’t I have a cute sneeze? Why do I have to sneeze like a dad?

Not enough films start with an oily man banging a big gong these days.

[1977] Good Afternoon - Mavis Nicholson speaks to writer and novelist J. G. Ballard. He speaks about his style of writing and how he is not ashamed to be known as a sci-fi writer, he also speaks about his time in a Japanese internment camp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzoXzL5EP8E

#nowplaying Seems I just need to search any of my favourite electronic artists of the last 10-15 years + "boiler room", and it‘s the most amazing set I‘ve heard in ages.

This is a really beautiful piece written for such a sad reason. Check it out.

It's crazy because my parents *correctly* told me to get outside and touch grass vs rotting my brain all day on the TV & computer growing up; these days they have absolutely nuked their attention span, critical thinking, and grip on reality scrolling Facebook memes all day.

PSA if you see You Can See Everything at 10pm and then immediately go to bed, it makes the whole movie seem like even more of a dream than it already does, which is a lot

Blade Runner. First saw it when I was 12 and it‘s a big reason I ended up becoming a film editor.