New patron's choice poll will be up tomorrow, and it will be horror themed for the month of October.

i am joining the chorus in cheering for Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. This film is a small miracle considering the state of big budget American movies. www.patreon.com/posts/140015...

My TWIN PEAKS coverage continues. In this essay I look at Season 3, Episode 16, and say goodbye to Audrey Horne. www.patreon.com/posts/140188...

Getting ready to record a podcast on BULL DURHAM and I am extremely fucking excited about it, because I *love* BULL DURHAM.

Two posts I'm aiming on having up on Strawberry Penguin later this month: one on Bob Clampett's debut Bugs Bunny short Wabbit Twouble, and one highlighting the creepy and surreal Halloween-appropriate horror animated shorts of the distant past.

And this one on Tex Avery's other final Bugs cartoon, the racist All This and Rabbit Stew. An uncomfortable work of animation, I traced Warner's history of self-exiling its racially problematic cartoons, and the rare occasions in which they allow some of them be seen (home video is vital, folks).

September has ended. A productive month for me, I pivoted away from Substack and into old fashion blogging and I wrote what I think are my two strongest Bugs Bunny pieces to date, this one on The Heckling Hare and Tex Avery's subversiveness and the conditions that led to his WB exit.

I'm quite proud of how my Twin Peaks series has turned out, and it will be finishing up in December. There are three essays left Season 3, Episode 17: "The Three Deaths of Laura Palmer" Season 3, Episode 18, Part One: "Diane" Season 3, Episode 18, Part Two: "Laura"

My TWIN PEAKS coverage continues. In this essay I look at Season 3, Episode 16, and say goodbye to Audrey Horne. www.patreon.com/posts/140188...

Here’s our new trailer for FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR: THE FILMS OF MONIKA TREUT, which opens in New York at @anthologyfilmarchives on October 11th before expanding to other cities over the coming months. More info: www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...

Mine might look like this Fantasia The Canon of Looney Tunes shorts (a bunch of motherfuckers) Goodfellas (Scorsese) 2001 (Kubrick) Joan of Arc (Dryer) Suspiria (Argento) Evangelion (Anno) Meshes of the Afternoon (Deren) Eraserhead (Lynch) Pierrot Le Fou (Godard) Jeanne Dielman (Akerman)

Tomorrow I will be publishing the next essay in my Twin Peaks series (there's only 4 or 5 more left!!!!!), but in the meantime, here I am on ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. It's great

Trans people deserve the world. We have to put up with way too fucking much. We just want to live our lives.

Willow puts it in better words than i could ever say but yes see this movie. what a picture!

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)

i am joining the chorus in cheering for Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. This film is a small miracle considering the state of big budget American movies. www.patreon.com/posts/140015...

Rewatched the final episode of TWIN PEAKS the other night to prep for the end of my series, and I dreamed that my Grandfather (who passed away many years ago) was driving me around in an old storage van, and trying to take me home in the dead of night, but we kept getting lost. Curious.

Really sorry to hear about the sudden passing of Kaleb Horton, a fantastic writer. Only seems fitting to share what he wrote for David Lynch kalebhorton.ghost.io/death-is-jus...

PATREON PALS: My One Battle After Another review will likely drop on Monday

It's so amazing that I get to live my life with this little dude. He's just walking around the house chirping or dozing on the couch or longing for murder in a windowsill. Oh how I adore him.

It's been a little while since I've written a theoretical piece about Transness in cinema, or about transness in general. This one is about ghost stories, phantoms, and feeling embodied through disembodiment. It would be revealing to to screen FRAGMENT OF SEEKING in front of I SAW THE TV GLOW.

I've been sitting on this one for a while, but I am SO PROUD to have helped co-produce the critical extras and provide a brand new audio commentary (with @joshnelsonfilm.bsky.social) for Arrow's spectacular brand new 4k release of Pupi Avati's iconic 1976 giallo THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS 🏠🤣🔪🎨

It's been a little while since I've written a theoretical piece about Transness in cinema, or about transness in general. This one is about ghost stories, phantoms, and feeling embodied through disembodiment. It would be revealing to to screen FRAGMENT OF SEEKING in front of I SAW THE TV GLOW.

I wrote about Curtis Harrington's short film FRAGMENT OF SEEKING. I argue that if we can agree that the anxieties of young gay men and trans women are linked through disruptions of masculinity then it opens us to the possibility of a shared queer cinema www.patreon.com/posts/139808... (no paywall)

I am very excited to announce that I worked on @arrowvideo.bsky.social upcoming 4K release of the Italian Gothic classic THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS. I contributed an essay to the booklet. The film is now available for pre-order for a December release. diabolikdvd.com/product/4k-t...

A few words on The Master letterboxd.com/catelyn/film...

I'm super excited for y'all to hear me talk about the one and only BULL DURHAM. Look for that episode down the line on this very cool podcast.

My new essay is up. It's on Bugs Bunny's most infamous short, the Censored Eleven, and Warner Bros' inconsistency with regards to allowing its racially problematic animation be seen by modern audiences. It's the longest and nerdiest Bugs essay to date (I talk A LOT about Blu-rays).

I'm super excited for y'all to hear me talk about the one and only BULL DURHAM. Look for that episode down the line on this very cool podcast.

Genre filmmakers—this one’s for you. Transgender Film Center and Duplass Brothers Productions are proud to announce the Found Footage Feature Fund. Thank you, @markduplass.bsky.social. ❤️ Applications will open on Oct. 23. Submissions close on Nov. 7 and a grantee will be selected in December.

I'm halfway done with the Lynch calendar! I'm pretty proud of this illustration tbh, it just feels right. If you'd like a calendar please pre-order within the next month or so - it really helps me gauge how many to print overall, as well as cover upfront costs. Thanks! www.etsy.com/listing/4366...

It is time to rewatch Paul Morrissey's FLESH

Accidentally made myself really sad by thinking "I miss getting the weather report from David Lynch".

🎬 "Eva Man & Return of Eva Man" comes to Blu-ray from @mondomacabro.bsky.social Nov 11! Featuring a new 4K restoration with Dolby Digital 5.1 & DTS-HD MA 2.0. Extras: interviews with the lead, commentary, alternate ending & short film by director! 💿 Pre-Order! bit.ly/42xUOtd #FilmSky

Terrific essay on George Romero's Day of the Dead from @willowcatelyn.bsky.social "Romero’s apocalypse is not romantic. It is nihilistic, and thrashing about at the short-comings of intelligence and decency of the human race." A film for these times! www.patreon.com/posts/139482...

For the morning crowd. Read about Day of the Dead before the rapture happens

What's the best movie to watch on Rapture day? Through a Glass Darkly? Fire Walk with Me? The Rapture??? Dogma??????????

Melancholy of a Beautiful Day (Giorgio di Chirico, 1913) DEEP RED (Dario Argento, 1975)

This may be the strongest essay of this ongoing Bugs Bunny series.

This post is doing numbers. Shout out to Day of the Dead and the great George A. Romero. If you like my voice as a critic then subscribing to my patreon is the best way to support what I do. It's my main source of income. Thank you. xoxo 💙

An underrated part of the trilogy. I saw it at a young age and it was a vital component of my education. Anti militarism started for me with this primary text.

We are celebrating films that are turning 40 years old on my website this month. This one is on DAY OF THE DEAD. "Romero’s apocalypse is not romantic. It is nihilistic, and thrashing about at the short-comings of intelligence, and decency of the human race." www.patreon.com/posts/139482...

Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick—I've just posted another edition of Sunday Scaries! buttondown.com/daviddemchuk...

THE LONG WALK is a strong horror film, and does a fine job at adapting one of King's more desolate stories by smartly imbuing it with anxieties that feel modern. You should watch it if you haven't. www.patreon.com/posts/139274...

What if I become the baseball queen? The season goes on basically all year. It would give my life so much structure. No thoughts. Just baseball.

Gonna share this one again. I like how it came out. Also, I just finished writing the next one - on All This and Rabbit Stew - which will be up in a few days.

I'm so happy Eddie Kingston is back. There is no one in wrestling who makes me believe as much as he does.

The exquisite, deeply moving SUNSET SONG today at 4 p.m. at Museum of the Moving Image with star Agyness Deyn in person! This big-screen must-see closes out the series Terence Davies: Time Present and Time Past. movingimage.org/event/sunset...

If you’re canceling subscription services with giant companies with ties to terrible people, you should think about replacing them with a library card. Many library systems give you access to physical media (some of which you can’t find on streaming!) as well as other great stuff.

THE LONG WALK is a strong horror film, and does a fine job at adapting one of King's more desolate stories by smartly imbuing it with anxieties that feel modern. You should watch it if you haven't. www.patreon.com/posts/139274...