One of the most hilariously telling things with all of this, especially in comments on Twitter, is how shocked right wingers are that libs aren't rallying around people like Clinton and Summers. They think because they have lockstep loyalty to their leaders, Dems must as well. Absolute idiots.

“Interested in my commentary on her outfits.” I absolutely guarantee she was not.

Poppy pondering pulling plastic plug #caturday

I rewatched THE SENTINEL for the first time in years and using people with facial body abnormalities as the demons from Hell made me feel kinda gross. Like, in Freaks, it's about people in a side show, and they're treated as human beings. In THE SENTINEL, they're used to save on the makeup budget.

When oh when oh fucking when is this goddamn AI bubble going to burst?!?!! I'm beyond sick of it. I have entered the "in a rage every day" stage of AI hatred. futurism.com/artificial-i...

What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?

What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?

My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash

"You know, there are only two things more beautiful than a good gun: a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere."

Godspeed You! Black Emperor has removed their entire catalog from all music streaming platforms. Well, I've still got functioning CDs so that's good. Honestly surprised they were ever on them to begin with. F♯ A♯ ∞ remains a cherished favorite.

Today for @thebulwark.com I take a look at two undersung folk horror classics, Masahiro Shinoda's UNDER THE BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES, and Lindsey C. Vickers's THE APPOINTMENT! www.thebulwark.com/p/an-interna...

I think this is finally going to be the year for @faceyouhate.bsky.social

That'll show 'em, Venezuela! Bet those Norwegians are quaking in their boots.

Goddess. Cutup. Role model. Fashion original. And a fine filmmaker too. She directed “Unstrung Heroes” 30 years ago. R.I.P. 💔 www.nytimes.com/1995/09/15/m...

Noooo!!!! Love her so much!!! variety.com/2025/film/ne...

I decided to have a nostalgia hit this morning and watch an episode of Ultraman (episode 23, My Home is Earth) and quickly realized it had more interesting shot setups and lighting than almost any studio movie of today.

It has now been over 8 years since my seminal TCM article on The Hound that Thought He was a Raccoon. When is the Nobel Literature committee going to recognize me?

I decided to have a nostalgia hit this morning and watch an episode of Ultraman (episode 23, My Home is Earth) and quickly realized it had more interesting shot setups and lighting than almost any studio movie of today.

When you're building a channel, it's definitely reassuring to have new viewers watch the older stuff as well. Also, sharing the videos they watch. That's always encouraging too.

Hey, anybody know when U.S.A. for Africa is going to release its next album? It's been 40 years. What's taking them so long?!

The Many (artificial) Faces of Horror

After all these years, these possible responses from The Terminator still work for just about any question.

The backseat of the 1967 Oldsmobile Barris 70-X Toronado, concept car designed by George Barris, just blows my mind. I have never seen one of these in person but I would so love to.

Look, we're not using this as an excuse, and we really are so sorry, but the truth is, Uncle Albert, we haven't done a bloody thing all day.

I have posted the first two books of horror fiction to be covered in my October Reading Project. These posts will be exclusive to free subscribers, but you can read more about it, and find out which two books, by clicking this free post! billryan64.substack.com/p/the-octobe...

Sunstein: "And so Adolph was really sweet to dog-sit for us that summer." Chotiner: "But he was Hitler." Sunstein: "Yes but he was generous to dog-sit." Chotiner: "Well the next time someone brings up the Holocaust, I'll tell them the dog sitting story."

I'm hoping to hit 30k subscribers soon at Unexplained Cinema Presents. So please, if you are a male, aged 25 to 34, and live in the USA or India, do your duty.

My neighbor's dad had a two door Lincoln Continental that was shiny burgundy. I miss the days when cars weren't afraid to look like wild west whorehouses.

My neighbor's dad had a two door Lincoln Continental that was shiny burgundy. I miss the days when cars weren't afraid to look like wild west whorehouses.

7 for a buck. Idk. It'd be tough to whittle this selection down to 7.

If it's good enough for Wendell Corey, it's good enough for me.

Reposting this one. Had to take it down and repost after a visual glitch ran through the whole thing. So, it's had to re-find an audience. My brief history of Hollywood's darkest periods of racism and how badly it infests classic cinema. youtu.be/01ycHx2Bbfw?...

Reposting this one. Had to take it down and repost after a visual glitch ran through the whole thing. So, it's had to re-find an audience. My brief history of Hollywood's darkest periods of racism and how badly it infests classic cinema. youtu.be/01ycHx2Bbfw?...

New to paid subscribers, my post on MILDRED PIERCE by James M. Cain, and WAR WITH THE NEWTS with Karel Capek. I am terrible at self-promotion, but I do think this is one of the best things I've written in a while. #booksky billryan64.substack.com/p/the-monkey...

Congrats to my friend @faceyouhate.bsky.social on his award winning White Lotus score.

Found this on a site where people discuss job difficulties and not one person seems to recognize it as a parody of Bartleby, the Scrivener. I don't want to burst their bubble.

WSJ running an opinion piece on work-life balance by a soulless, 22 year old, walking caricature of a human being pretty much sums up the world we live in quite nicely.

Bare minimum for holding a conversation: William Gaines, peanut butter, 1950s and 60s sci-fi movies, bourbon, 1970s t-shirt designs, pre-code Hollywood, peanut butter, Chuck Jones, Shazam Isis Hour, books with more famous movie adaptations, Joan Crawford, why my knees always hurt, Coke Zero

"Terence Stamp appeared in only one film, Superman II, as Zod. But with that single performance, he created what many say is the best Zod ever. Let me correct that. He may have been in other films, but I'm not sure and I'm not going to look it up because I know him as Zod." - Online "cinephiles"

RIP Terence Stamp The Limey’s ending is beautifully melancholic & all the more poignant today as Soderbergh uniquely uses footage from Ken Loach’s Poor Cow where Terence Stamp played a tender yet violent criminal thus linking the 2 films in a loop that plays on the themes of memory, regret & ageing.

Terence Stamp, who made his name as an actor in 1960s London and went on to play the arch-villain General Zod in the Hollywood hits "Superman" and "Superman II", has died aged 87, his family said on Sunday.

I always intend to stay longer when I check in every six months and then I see all the performative bullshit clogging up my feed and I opt out again.

Hi everyone. I haven't said anything here for six months so it's time for my bi-annual check in. So, um, hi. Okay, check in's over. See you in six months.

I call this the Woody Harrelson painting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

How has writing gotten this bad? I saw this and started frantically searching for De Niro obituaries. Instead, it's a piece on how he got his start. That's not a memoriam you fucking idiots!

Myrna Loy

"Constitutionality? What's that?" - Thomas and Alito before bursting into laughter.

Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?

Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?

Another Year, Topsy Turvy, Hard Truths... The Oscars keep up their tradition of completely dropping the ball with Mike Leigh.