SNL UK: cornball political cold open (an admittedly faithful US import), but a funny, scrappy debut. It was messy in a way that actually felt live, like early Saturday Night's rawer edge (I heard a few fucks and at least one "cunty"). Plus Wet Leg!

Birthday Boy 🎈

It’s Akira Kurosawa’s birthday. This is what it’s all about.

Had no memory of writing this Letterboxd review and find it surprisingly on point.

Hotel Panorama in Strbske Pleso, Slovakia, 1974, designed by Zdenek Rihak.

Good morning, Bluesky.

Sam Kieth has passed. There are so many great comics creators I love, but Sam is on my Mount Rushmore. The Maxx was a revelation when I first read it. What a sad loss. What a great creator. I will miss your light in this world intensely.

Sam Kieth did not bend for comics. Comics bent to him. I won't call his manner of drawing merely a style because that implies some level of artifice. Maybe not since Kirby had mainstream comics seen an artist with less filter between his imagination and the printed page.

Happy Birthday, Clare Grogan 💖

Happy Birthday, Clare Grogan 💖

An important reminder ☘️💚

Michael B. Jordan with his In-N-Out after winning his Oscar 🏆

“There is no best among them. There is just what the mood might be that day.”

Now release Hard Eight, Criterion.

A big takeaway this year has to be that Sinners and One Battle After Another were big, artist driven, swings bankrolled by WB whose future is ultimately unclear. I like living in a world where people like PTA and Ryan Coogler get to make the films they want to make with those resources.

Not including Bud Court is a crime but not including this specifically is a real missed opportunity. Wes Anderson has gotten a million great line readings in his work, and I think Cort’s “We fuckin’ stole it, man” has to be towards the top.

There's been a handful, but last time for short film was 1995 for Trevor, and oddly, Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life— NOT It's A Wonderful Month, Kumail.

Forgot to post this on Bluesky this morning. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie and my favorite films for 2025. If the Academy can wait til March, so can I. 📽️ #oscars #filmsky

There's been a handful, but last time for short film was 1995 for Trevor, and oddly, Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life— NOT It's A Wonderful Month, Kumail.

Forgot to post this on Bluesky this morning. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie and my favorite films for 2025. If the Academy can wait til March, so can I. 📽️ #oscars #filmsky

only 9 hours to go!

Chef’s kiss timing

I wonder how all the vendors from the bootleg Bart Simpson shirt craze of 1990 are doing. Probably somewhere relaxing on the beach

letterboxd.com/lukehackney 📽️ #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky

letterboxd.com/lukehackney 📽️ #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky

Are you the Gatekeeper??

The Four Rules for a Good Walk. "There needs to be a proper reason to walk, the walk has to be safe and feel safe, the walk has to be comfortable, and the walk has to be interesting." [kottke.org]

LICZ! is BACK! 💥 The Lansing Independent Comics and Zine Fest is a FREE-TO-ATTEND one-day celebration of all kinds of printed matter--hosting over 50+ self-published creators with paper, staplers, and moxie!

The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Orson Welles, 1996).

What is this? Can I come?

Eight movies to get to know me by: 1. Magnolia 2. Mulholland Drive 3. Chungking Express 4. Rushmore 5. His Girl Friday 6. Kill Bill 7. The Shining 8. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

Let’s pretend this was at last night’s game and not Friday’s 🏒 #GoGreen

Eight movies to get to know me by: 1. Magnolia 2. Mulholland Drive 3. Chungking Express 4. Rushmore 5. His Girl Friday 6. Kill Bill 7. The Shining 8. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

Let’s pretend this was at last night’s game and not Friday’s 🏒 #GoGreen

The Full Moon this month is known as the Worm Moon. The Spring soil is warmer & earthworms start to appear. (Astronomical diagram of the Worm Moon in orbit, by Richard Scarry, 1970s)

"Do you have any chapst—" "THERE'S LIP BALM IN MY CAR!"

"Do you have any chapst—" "THERE'S LIP BALM IN MY CAR!"

letterboxd.com/lukehackney 📽️ #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky

letterboxd.com/lukehackney 📽️ #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky

Seinfeld is a ’90s sitcom about four New York friends—Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer—caught up in everyday annoyances. Called a “show about nothing,” it spins petty problems into tightly woven plots, where separate storylines collide, exposing selfish behavior and the absurdity of ordinary life.

Friends is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

Geese, Max Jaffe, Femcels, Sharp Pins, Joyce Manor, Twisted Teens, etc. 🎧 #musicsky #nowlistening

Not sure these five films are my biggest “I saw it in the theater” flexes, but they do stand out. Each blew me away and played a part in making movies, without question, my biggest passion.

I won’t pretend television was better as a whole in the 90s than its been in the twentieth century. That notion is absurd and wholly rooted in nostalgia. We didn’t have Mad Men or Breaking Bad or The Wire. But MTV was.

Seinfeld is a ’90s sitcom about four New York friends—Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer—caught up in everyday annoyances. Called a “show about nothing,” it spins petty problems into tightly woven plots, where separate storylines collide, exposing selfish behavior and the absurdity of ordinary life.

Friends is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

Geese, Max Jaffe, Femcels, Sharp Pins, Joyce Manor, Twisted Teens, etc. 🎧 #musicsky #nowlistening

Not sure these five films are my biggest “I saw it in the theater” flexes, but they do stand out. Each blew me away and played a part in making movies, without question, my biggest passion.