i love how vocal curling is

Talked to Matt Johnson about lenticular storytelling, being annoying, and studying Norman McClaren in film class mubi.com/en/notebook/...

always a pleasure to chat sundance with @nicolasrapold.bsky.social — some fun films on deck this year. listen in here to learn how to make gatorade at home or make long distance calls for free: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

in @reverseshot.bsky.social two cents on some extremely unusual home cleaning behavior! scroll until you see him: reverseshot.org/reviews/entr...

The good people at Notebook asked me to write about the restored Fall of Otrar. Of course, I turned in an essay on the deep strangeness of past worlds: mubi.com/en/notebook/...

a dark day for public radio when brian lehrer is forced to say the word “grokipedia”

DYING to get in on conversation behind me at restaurant about “diegetic” / “non-diegetic” …………..

the neil hamburger to sinatra’s “trilogy: past present future” pipeline

don’t miss laura on the viennale!

man on subway platform with penn and teller ball cap and NIN varsity jacket……..

after the hunt youtu.be/pQS5TciZ5C0?...

happy to be back @reverseshot.bsky.social with a new installment of Event Horizon! i write on David Osit’s doc “Predators” and trace Chris Hansen’s influence on online predator hunters… reverseshot.org/features/338...

happy to be back @reverseshot.bsky.social with a new installment of Event Horizon! i write on David Osit’s doc “Predators” and trace Chris Hansen’s influence on online predator hunters… reverseshot.org/features/338...

ballots: mubi.com/en/notebook/...

was offered a seat on the subway bc i was cradling a personal pizza box as if it were a child

olympic-level snack wrapper crinkling was ongoing behind me for the final 40 minutes of the “last night i conquered the city of thebes” p&i

on the venice film festival, for mubi notebook: mubi.com/en/notebook/...

one thing about film festivals in 2025 is that so many people will have their ringer on

way to go grandpa

with the realization that i am recognizing more and more films in a festival preshow reel, my heart surges with Power…………

status update: rewinding NBA finals game commercial break to hear errol morris say “TELL ME ABOUT CHIPOTLE” in vo just one more time

please support me as i endeavor to become the most vocal astrid sonne fan on bluesky dot edu

pacers in 5

pacers in 4

this happened on wheel of fortune tonight

The woman wondered what she had gotten herself into.

pacers in 6

pacers in 5

PACERS IN 4

driven to the edge by the meta AI ad with the bulgari jingle

status update: watching buster keaton’s final feature film “spite marriage” in an embedded player on wikipedia, my favorite streaming service

applications are open for the locarno critics academy. doing this and meeting everyone involved in 2017 gave me the confidence to write and work in and around film. and now @celizotte.bsky.social is on board too, so it’s even better now. www.locarnofestival.ch/about/factor...

absolute geriatric squad in the Reade rolling up for RDV selection “French Locke” starring Vincent Lindon.

held captive by smoke alarm one floor below in end-of-life beeping mode

insisting through gritted teeth that the sunshine is beginning to make it “feel like spring!” despite no relief from bitter cold temps

billy corgan belongs on the court of the nba all-star celebrity game presented by ruffles

dennis schroder has had a hell of a year

status update: failing to recall & supply the name of a book and urging—unhelpfully—a loved one to read “the red Vigdis”

it’s the knockout

sephora doesn’t create an environment where you feel relaxed enough to learn

moved by the Sunday Countdown anchors’ gentle, upbeat analysis of the acting in the Hallmark Channel’s KC Chiefs–themed Christmas movie—film criticism is everywhere:

bonby portis

n as in nightmare

hearing “bigmouth strikes again” in the wine store and having a great time.

had a dream that rodrigo prieto was a featured guest at my family thanksgiving

the temptations were introduced as an artist behind “the song that’s been streamed more than one billion times,” “my girl,” which they then performed on the wonder bread float

john adams 2008.