22. Old Jasper's Cake Walk (1899). Absolutely loved watching Reginald R. Robinson perform a piece composed by Saint Suttle (of Something Good--Negro Kiss fame) to this 1899 film of people dancing the cake walk.

Jesus christ. It's starting to feel like the lawlessness and sadism of Guantanamo Bay has spread across the whole country. The dogs have been unleashed.

Largely agree with what Bouie says here, but also think it's interesting that he's using the language of Baudrillard to make these points!

there's free pizza www.thetriennial.org/events/new-r...

Tomorrow the rapture will occur. All the innocent and oppressed will abscond to heaven. Only the wicked are left on Earth, which rapidly becomes indistinguishable from X the everything app.

It's November 2026. Democrats stand atop a hillside looking over a scorched landscape. Buildings are burning, gunfire and screaming can be heard in the background. Phalanxes of masked ICE agents march through the streets. Democrats: "We won a majority in the house!"

The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website! Join us in New Orleans this February! blackmedia.tulane.edu

new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity. "To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."

Tomorrow the rapture will occur. All the innocent and oppressed will abscond to heaven. Only the wicked are left on Earth, which rapidly becomes indistinguishable from X the everything app.

Actually the whole MOMA Film Vault Summer Camp series is amazing! If you want to see a breathtaking example of stencil-coloring, check this one out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLi...

Just a reminder that there is still time (10/1) to apply to SCMSSP's parallel conference, to be held "both virtually (online) and, simultaneously, in person in/from Chicago (exact physical location TBA) during the same dates as SCMS March 26-29, 2026.... contingent upon agreement not to attend SCMS"

(1/6) It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Jill Godmilow, acclaimed documentarian and Professor Emeritus of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame.

Largely agree with what Bouie says here, but also think it's interesting that he's using the language of Baudrillard to make these points!

21. The Infernal Cave (Gaston Velle, 1905). I love the way the stencil-coloring looks, especially in this HD upload from MOMA. I know these trick films seem sort of silly, but I also think there's something darkly beautiful about all the hedonism on display and their handmade, alchemical quality.

I have a syllabus for a class named "Family Films" that I've yet to teach, which is about how film gets integrated into family stories/memory/lore. For ex, I have 3 films that family members described before I saw them and the memory of their telling is as important to me as the films themselves.

It's November 2026. Democrats stand atop a hillside looking over a scorched landscape. Buildings are burning, gunfire and screaming can be heard in the background. Phalanxes of masked ICE agents march through the streets. Democrats: "We won a majority in the house!"

Know well the condition of your flocks … Georgia Walton & @dominicokey.bsky.social look at "multispecies motherhood and humanimal horror" in LAMB and BIRTH/REBIRTH in this unique medico-horror paper. #openaccess #MedicalHumanities @bmj.com doi.org/10.1136/medh...

I love this idea of films that live in people's heads (families/groups of, say, students, etc.) before they're seen. I do wonder if there are certain genres that attract this more: as a kid, the number of times I had discrete images of comedy moments in movies I hadn't seen, or gory deaths in horror

I have a syllabus for a class named "Family Films" that I've yet to teach, which is about how film gets integrated into family stories/memory/lore. For ex, I have 3 films that family members described before I saw them and the memory of their telling is as important to me as the films themselves.

Two things are true at once: 1) Christian Nationalism is deeply, singularly unpopular among Americans and 2) Democrats, its only possible opposition, have spent decades tripping over themselves to defer to Christian supremacy & are uniquely ill positioned to do anything about it whatsoever

20. Faust (F.W. Murnau, 1926). What a movie! It's as good as everyone says it is and I don't have much to add other than check out this production photo:

Sometimes being someone who joined Bluesky but was never active on Twitter feels like starting a 20-book fantasy series at book 15. There's so much lore to catch up on!

This happened under Biden. I need y’all to stop pretending like this is just a Team Red issue.

seems fair

it's always kind of funny to repost posts I wrote in the first place but I cannot know about everything cool people are doing out there (especially in the realm of video), and if I don't know about it I cannot share it with my boss, so please do not be shy about sharing!

I would strongly argue that you will understand what the New York Times has become much better if you understand that they soft launched the new NYT with their trans coverage, and have been building and expanding from there. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Sometimes being someone who joined Bluesky but was never active on Twitter feels like starting a 20-book fantasy series at book 15. There's so much lore to catch up on!

Excited to share some good news: I’ve been honored with the best book award from NCA’s International and Intercultural Communication Division. This recognition means so much to me and I’m deeply grateful for the support and inspiration of so many friends and colleagues 🙏

Trump's policies have hurt such broad swaths of people that it's tough to keep track, this article does a nice job explaining how they've impacted disabled people & disability rights. www.newyorker.com/news/deep-st...

I promise you that E. Klein doesn't have a clue as to how to get anyone out of this current fascist predicament. He really doesn't and he is demonstrating it in public for any sentient being being to see. You follow his lead at your peril and everyone else's. Don't be misled.

Why is the Chronicle platforming Chris Rufo? We desperately need a serious higher ed media outlet.

There have been *so many* Academia[dot]edu warning signs over the past decade; I’m glad these new terms of service — claiming world rights to your work, your voice, your likeness, your signature, etc — are driving even more people away. May it advance the Ed Tech Luddite Revolution ✊

Okay, I think I have my final list for this. Thank you to everyone who commented on the original post. I'm still open to new suggestions! Here they are in chronological order: 1. Pierrette's Escapades (Alice Guy, 1900) 2. The Dumb Girl of Portici (Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, 1916)

See now if the democrats were an organized party or say had any desire to ever win they’d take an issue like this (honestly anything but something easy like not taking bribes) and use the senate to shut down the whole government until this guy leaves. Take the W and move on to the next one

I support progressive economic policies but struggle to see much evidence that recent election results match economic conditions. (Inflation killed Dems in 2024 but not 22, when price increases were much sharper. Really?) A strong economy didn't help Obama/Clinton in 2016 or Trump in 2018.

Paul Verhoeven has been tapped to direct reality itself now, I see

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Is it possible to get carpal tunnel syndrome in your eyes? If it isn't yet, it soon will be. The march of progress! www.wired.com/story/meta-s...

Flunky, Work Hard (Mikio Naruse, 1931). Very reminiscent of Ozu's I Was Born But... (1932), focusing on families, fathers and sons, and careers w/in the context of Japan's capitalist expansion of the 30s. Both films actually feature a bunch of the same child actors!

Also, Democrats have run many pro-life candidates in the South over the last 20 years. They almost always lose. This is not some novel idea! The fact that leading figures in the party are suggesting this is an original thought further illustrates the problem. abcnews.go.com/Politics/mis...

The stock going down is almost certainly concerns of losing advertisers by having to cancel Kimmel entirely, or more concerns over the Fubo and NFL antitrust issues Disney will need to get through the government. The boycott may be having an effect but it wouldn't show up in the stock that quickly.

The list of countries that are confirmed to be set to recognize the State of Palestine on Sunday and Monday, September 21st and 22nd. The United Kingdom France Canada (conditional, gradual) Australia Belgium (gradual) Portugal Luxembourg Malta Andorra San Marino

Sensing a pattern www.reuters.com/investigates...

I was delighted to contribute a short piece on the fabulous *Ossi Oswalda* to the fall issue of WeimarCinema.org!!! (A German version translated by Philipp Stiasny will be out in FILMBLATT later this year.) 🎞🎊 www.weimarcinema.org/page/essays www.weimarcinema.org/essay/Hennef...

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

“The images were all of schoolgirls in short skirts with either bare legs or stockings….The post of her child attracted nearly 7,000 views, 90% from non-followers, half of whom were over 44 and 90% of whom were men.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"On September 21, the movement’s organizers will debut a collection of 329 short films from over 50 countries, an unprecedented gesture of artistic solidarity with the people of Gaza." www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/to-ga...

Also, I don't believe them. Trying to sidestep the Kirk resolution fits perfectly with their strategy of calling everything but their boring talking points on health care and the economy a "distraction." They ducked the Kirk resolution in a very predictable, uncourageous way.

They aired a Steve Harvey hosted Family Feud rerun instead. So far the Kirk special has under 2500 views on YouTube (views as a metric on YT are worth about 2% of a broadcast viewer). So someone flinched here and I am *very* curious to find out who and why.