Got to do some photo work on this story over the weekend - check it out! www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

HIV community faces a double whammy: Medicaid reductions and CDC funding cuts www.sideeffectspublicmedia.org/public-healt...

The broad romantic-drama strokes of MATERIALISTS are predictable enough, but there's a weight to the proceedings that really makes Celine Song's latest film work. Check out Ben Thorp's (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) review of the film, now in theatres. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/06/13/m...

Wes Anderson's latest — an action-adventure tale that feels like his interpretation of Indiana Jones — feels less self-conscious of what it's doing (for better & for worse). Ben Thorp (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) reviews THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, now in theatres. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/06/07/t...

As with "Talk to Me," the latest film from siblings Michael and Danny Philippou doesn't totally hold together. But the core conflict, and Sally Hawkins' performance, makes everything else work. Ben Thorp (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) reviews BRING HER BACK. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/06/02/b...

FRIENDSHIP takes all the elements of a sketch from star Tim Robinson's "I Think You Should Leave" series and largely manages to make them cohere as a cogent story across 97 minutes. Ben Thorp (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) reviews the film, now in theatres. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/05/24/f...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Deep Downey — our monthlong ode to Robert Downey, Jr. in honor of his 60th birthday — continues with Ben Thorp's (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) reflection on Downey's pre-MCU lead role in KISS KISS BANG BANG. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/04/21/d...

ER boarding, or keeping patients for longer than 4 hours, disproportionately affects elderly people. The experience can be especially harrowing for those with dementia. As the U.S. grays, experts say things are poised to worsen. More from me and @sadradiolad.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/er-w...

Pulsing w/ anger made all the more potent by the lack of release it offers, ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL becomes more of a horror story as it unspools. Ben Thorp's (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) review of the film, opening Friday at the Kan-Kan Cinema & Restaurant (@kankancinema.bsky.social) in the reply.

Perfect movie ty

Can someone tell me where to go I eat everything www.devourindy.com/restaurants/

Love seeing my tortured coworkers again

As BABYGIRL writer-director Halina Reijn has said her film is partially inspired by Nicole Kidman's character from EYES WIDE SHUT chasing her own fantasies, Ben Thorp (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) compares & contrasts the 1999 film w/ Reijn's late-2024 release. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/01/15/t...

A visually innovative adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, NICKEL BOYS will make you feel, however briefly, that Nickel Academy's ghosts become your own. Ben Thorp's (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) review of the film, expanding tomorrow. midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/01/15/n...

Love this reflection from Ben Thorp (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) on PAPRIKA, which you can catch at a special 4K-remaster screening tomorrow.

Eyes Wide Shut what a vibe

I think I have a parasocial relationship with Willem Dafoe. He shows up in stuff and I'm like "that's my BOY, my perfect SON, I've never met him but I KNOW him." The K-pop megastans have been on to something this hits

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Indianapolis tried to foreclose on two young adults because their mother died. The most shocking fact? Habitat was ignoring a federal law meant to protect families. Great work from @samanthahorton.bsky.social @wfyi.bsky.social www.wfyi.org/news/article...

finished Intermezzo this weekend and m8s I'm sorry it's really, really good. Rooney pilled

Wild that 41 degrees after walking around in sub-twenty feels this good

oh wow

new rapparu!!!!

After several strong outings by Marielle Heller, I was disappointed in how NIGHTBITCH shifts its premise of Amy Adams as a toddler mom turning into a dog into a story of stale, stodgy lessons. My Midwest Film Journal (@midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social) review: midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/12/02/n...

FLOW has a few lyrical moments, but it mostly plays like an artsy-fartsy version of MADAGASCAR. There comes a point where the film needs to move it, move it and just never does. My review for Midwest Film Journal (@midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social). midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/12/02/f...

Winning my folks over on Indianapolis (ty to Newfields)

I'm having too much fun at work

Trump’s health pick wants to remove protective fluoride from our water. Does science back this effort? www.sideeffectspublicmedia.org/public-healt...

Former VP Mike Pence calls Trump’s HHS nomination 'deeply concerning' www.sideeffectspublicmedia.org/policy-polit...

Dogposting

Caught at this year's Heartland Film Festival and it's now opening locally. A REAL PAIN is a lovely examination of debilitating displacement & lifelines of little movements to pull you from it. My Midwest Film Journal (@midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social) review. midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/11/11/a...

They live in their cars and can't find safe parking. Advocates want to change that www.sideeffectspublicmedia.org/public-healt...

Some health experts want to ask patients about their spiritual needs. Here’s why www.sideeffectspublicmedia.org/policy-polit...

Ben Thorp (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) says SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, in theaters Friday, is an intimate, character-driven drama about the weight of moral choices, with an ending that may stick in your craw long after the credits roll. midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/11/07/s...

No Sleep October, our monthlong ode to horror films, continued with the Midwest Film Journal debut of Ben Thorp (@sadradiolad.bsky.social), who considers the contemporary analogs to David Cronenberg's 1983 horror opus, VIDEODROME. midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/10/11/n...

Although WE LIVE IN TIME & MY OLD ASS come at stories of time slipping away from different angles, you may be surprised at which will have you reaching for the pack of tissues. Ben Thorp (@sadradiolad.bsky.social) reviews both films: midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/10/15/w...

You can find @ostyghosty.bsky.social website here: thejoeyawards.com

With @ostyghosty.bsky.social writing some film reviews in an effort to get press passes for next year's TIFF. COME READ US midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/10/15/w...

Writing film reviews over at the Midwest Film Journal now - having a blast midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/10/11/n...

do you SEE that cover??

Can someone please read the sailor who fell from grace with the sea so I can scream at them about the ending

Elevators should have a button that just sets them loose

I know what I have to do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it

The weird little freaks are gathering

Witch from Mercury needed another season imo. Still, one of the all-time OSTs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwdv8Vq0BQ

Went to a record store with a girl and she asked if I liked Neutral Milk Hotel and then started uncontrollably laughing because she already knew. I’ve never felt such deep shame before