Once again have returned back from up north attending the Toronto International Film Festival to my home country where everything is completely fine. Thus, here are some of the best films I saw at the festival this year, many of which touch on the current state of things. Thread 📽️

This is exactly what I want from an interview with an artist--a probing, thoughtful questioner and a completely game subject. David Marchese's Q&A makes me want to revisit all of Cameron Crowe's film work. (It's Sunday--I'm taking a day off from fury.) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/m...

Trans rights are human rights. All humans should be for them.

throughout this month we'll finally drop SCORIGAMI on youtube, free to watch for everybody. first episode premieres live tomorrow night at 9 p.m. eastern www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHNw...

Outsider art is for the greater good and that couldn’t be more true when it comes to The Toxic Avenger — The Twin Geeks review about Troma and what it means when a rebellious DIY brand seeks mainstream distribution. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

Every year, The Twin Geeks covers the Penny Arcade Expo West’s selection of innovative new indie games, and this year, the selection is deeply inspired, from vibey rollerblading games to perplexing abstract designs, there’s something for everyone.

Cannot tell whether it’s a good or awful idea, but it’s one of those.

Always own your own work, wherever you can. ♥️

The first time I watched IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT I loved it. Upon rewatch I think Jafar Panahi’s Hitchcockian stained odyssey is damn near perfect. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social

A delightful aspect of the novelization is that Jonesy gets a fair amount of internal reflection.

Today is Lynn Shelton’s birthday & she would have turned 60. Lynn is my favorite filmmaker & I will take an opportunity to talk about how much her work means to me. I wrote about her & you can check out the piece below. And go watch one of her films today! www.femalegazefilmclub.com/blog/remembe...

This is fucking cool. www.fangoria.com/the-toxic-av...

The direct pipeline from getting rid of your film critic to boosting a fascist administration

#WheelWorld is a richly aesthetic vibe-based game about a world consumed by its love for cycling. A lovely expression of style and mechanical balance by @messhof.bsky.social

A Moveable Feast is where I first learned about Ezra Pound, who I named my daughter after. Books are so important. Just read Vineland by Thomas Pynchon and accumulated more Pynchon to read.

Most of the critics writing about FIT FOR TV were not subjected to the culture of cruelty toward fat people affirmed and encouraged by THE BIGGEST LOSER. But I was. So I wrote about it. www.slashfilm.com/1945855/netf...

“I think ideally an audience can look at a film, emotionally get the whole thing, and not necessarily be able to explain it to somebody else.” - Robert Altman on The Dick Cavett Show, 1972

The Sounders are crazy because it’s like…ah the Alaska-native Mexico international converted & the cocky, Russia-born goalkeeper with the Stanford education who looks like he was a Sons of Anarchy extra has made a save to send them through. Of course.

"Among wrestling fans, Hauser is admired for his ability to take big hits. A few weeks after our interview, he will square off with Q.T. Marshall at a Ring of Honor match in South Philly. 'We’re going to beat the shit out of each other,' he says enthusiastically." www.vulture.com/article/how-...

In less than 24 hours, you've helped us offset nearly 30% of our lost revenue, and given us our single best subscription day in 12+ years (and a way to see the light at the end of the tunnel). We're not even sure what to say except, humbly: thank you thank you thank you.

I hope I get to hear more agonizing today from Quentin Tarantino about what his last ever movie will be. Every day I wake up and check if he's said anything more about his last ever movie. I can't wait for Quentin's last ever movie to come out so I can die.

Real talk (reel talk?): BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.

Today is Nicolas Roeg's birthday. When he died, I wrote a tribute for @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy : www.filmcomment.com/article/in-m...

Spike Lee says ‘SINNERS’ is his favorite movie of the year. “I was jumping up and down, my mind was blown especially that musical sequence… that film was transformative, that film took me to another place” (Source: @ringer)

BOYS GO TO JUPITER: Julian Glander’s feature debut is the best animated movie of the year thus far that's also the best new movie to see this week. Seattle, go take a bite out of all the immaculate vibes it has to offer Friday @siffnews.bsky.social 📽️ My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

A shame what's going on in cultural journalism right now. Too many of us have lost jobs at a time when this work is desperately needed. Without it, the less curious people will become, and the less motivated they will be to challenge the culture they're consuming. That could be by design right now.

#Weapons is unique and great horror coming directly from the subconscious and awareness of audience psychology of filmmaker Zach Cregger, but as a result, the film doesn’t fully explore the interiority or psychology of its characters through its themes. See in theaters! @seattlecritics.bsky.social

(Pops head up) The worst thing about this “Bezos wants to make his wife a star and a Bond girl” thing is that you just know someone is going to drag Marion Davies into this and she was so talented, Hearst’s meddling probably did more harm than good to her career So, like, the opposite of this

Come back to Seattle challenge!

Weapons is unique, but also understand why Peele’s people, or anyone, would pass on the script itself. It doesn’t resolve most of what it spends the movie setting up, apart from the core concept, lots of time with characters who come together, but most do not have complete arcs etc etc.

If there were another shot in the movie they would release it but there’s not so they don’t

Gonna need to watch an old B&W horror soon. Gonna need that strong light and shadow. The cobwebbed manse. The ground fog. The eerie silences and haunted faces. Someone outside at night and a wolf howls. That’s the stuff, baby. That’s the business.

I love this idea that the people making filming decisions wished, deep down inside, they didn't get to frame the shot a particular way, and technology is now making up for that failing

It keeps getting harder and harder for me to not watch this movie

Sure doesn’t feel like I’ve seen 100 movies from 2025 already but it’s all gone by in a blur anyway. Where are y’all at starting August? #Sinners, #BlackBag, & #BLKNWS feel like locks for my end of year list / awards season, see what else may come!

How I type all my reviews

When we repeatedly rewatch things on @letterboxd.social, everyone should see how many times we have rewatched it on the review, want to wear a badge of shame. Also, Black Bag gets better each time 10/10.

“Where is Leftist Joe Rogan, Where is Leftist Andrew Tate? Where is Leftist Stephen Miller? How can we make all the worst people Leftists and make sure they’re not lonely? Where is the Leftist version of direct fascism?” Does not and should not exist. But, careful what you wish for.

idk it’s kinda unfair that Pynchon can be that well read and that great of a writer while clearly watching a lot of tv and smoking a lot of weed….it’s unfair to the rest of us in the community

Look Outside is an essential cosmic horror RPG by @frankiepixel.bsky.social with immersive design and gorgeously grotesque pixel art. One of the year’s must-play videogames. You can look outside if you want to but there are just so many ways to die, what’s your hurry?

Still Twin Peaks.

FACT CHECK: False. At most there are about six angry men. John "Piglet" Fiedler is at most an annoyed man, E.G. Marshall is a calculated man, Martin Balsam is a beleaguered man, and in a real surprise for those who know Oscar Madison and Quincy, Jack Klugman is a rather considerate man.

It’s so wild that the face of the organization that defiantly proudly said they would never accept colorization and ran a piece for decades about how pan and scan ruins the art of cinema is just doing this

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Peter Falk and Leslie Neilson were a year apart in age. Which means that, canonically, Columbo and Frank Drebin were at the Los Angeles Police Academy at the same time. They probably both committed massive civil rights violations at the direction of Chief Parker in the late 40s and early 1950s.

royalty free, exactly

The Materialists: Impossible this is the follow up to Past Lives… what? Watching Past Lives yet again as a sanity check and to wash the taste of Capitalist Love Stories out, and yes, it’s still ideal.

The Twin Geeks 192: @wyethwashere.bsky.social joins the show for a spirited exploration of what makes a good Zombie Movie, focusing on the modern blueprint: The 28 Days Later franchise. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

It was a delight to be invited onto @calvinkemph.bsky.social’s podcast to talk about one of my all time favorite films so naturally I spent it discussing fun things like, “Carrie & Lowell,” death of the internet, and being embarrassed by Oklahoma. thetwingeeks.com/2025/07/26/t...