This story is horrific. Worth noting that Target is not the only retailer using AI for theft prevention. It’s an entire industry. And if you’re looking for alternatives that are safer to shop at in this regard, you’re very likely out of luck. Small, non-corporate businesses probably your best bet.

Heeler parents will recognize the look of one of these little bastards the moments following or just before delivering a loving, lunging bite to his human dad's face. Chin usually. Often jugular. Sometimes eye or mouth.

And did I mention the introduction by @mangiotto.bsky.social? Pre-order now, exclusively at PlumeriaPics.Co.uk

Sometimes I write in the style of the film I'm reviewing. Which is funny to me and perhaps only me. Funnier is when people respond to me making fun of their shit by saying it's shit. Anyway, I kind of just wish that if you liked the movie you say so without speculating about my bovine fetishes.

New in the Main Feed! ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT: PART TWO Picks #28 to #22 Drafted by @mangiotto.bsky.social & @markerryan625.bsky.social, with guest co-commish @aduralde.bsky.social Listen everywhere!

My gosh, this is a cathartic watch about the worst vehicle I've ever driven...which is also the worst vehicle Mr. Regular has ever driven: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3oO...

Nice surprise in the booklet for Vinegar Syndrome's release of Lam Nai Choi's Men From the Gutter @mangiotto.bsky.social

THE KING OF COMEDY is on. Thinking about how the same guy directed KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON; the idea that he's some kind of one-trick pony is actually deeply offensive.

If you don’t know about this, you need to read up. It’s the single bloodiest massacre in the history of Reconstruction, and it was perpetrated to overthrow the results of an election. It was emblematic of the sabotage of Reconstruction. And SCOTUS nullified the prosecution of those responsible.

The new Larry Fessenden flick is exactly my taste. What a gift.

I think Starship Troopers would be an essential film to study, being as how it takes a rightwing text absolutely literally and doesn't attempt to sand off the edges. It's not a rightwing film, but it allows you to see what a rightwing film might look like.

Bros.

The great @tvaziri.com came to talk to @ucdenver.bsky.social film students this weekend. Beyond blessed.

Spent the last few hours chatting and having a drink with my dear friend @tvaziri.com. I gotta say, I highly recommend having incredible friends and taking the time, every day, to sit with how lucky you are to have them. Life is so brutally short. It's a fortune and you only get to spend it once.

Just in terms of its depiction of depression and suicidal ideation, I will defend THE PITT to the fucking end.

What defines a movie theater is good programming, good location, and good in-theater experience (and more often than not, you really only get to pick two). The Alamo Drafthouse always had the third point on lockdown. Not anymore.

Insta-buy

Laufey gathering together a group of fellow pop culture apex predator biracial Asians for her new music video “Madwoman” is of-the-moment genius — an act of pride and provocation, and perhaps, an acknowledgment of boundary-crossing privilege. Eager to see the end result.

A very astute (and upsetting!) piece that touches on four scary cultural trends: 1) The demand for spelled-out moral clarity in stories 2) A growing inability to understand different types of narratives 3) The "customer's always right" version of fandom 4) The growth of fandom as a social identity.

Post from Texas to Wales! @mangiotto.bsky.social's book on Walter Hill, plus a lovely thanks from publisher @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social, including an always-handy popcorn receptacle.

HAMNET... because Shakespeare just wasn't dramatic enough.

Cat came up to me and buried her head in my chest and just stayed there, purring. Convinced her new sick game is seeing how fast she can make me weepy.

For my Film History II class tonight, the final cut of APOCALYPSE NOW. Every time I watch this film, I'm hard-pressed to think of a better film.

CHUCKY's Fiona Dourif will star alongside David Harbour and Rebecca Hall in the upcoming adaptation of Paul Tremblay's award-winning horror novel.

Treating myself to some unadulterated joy today @mangiotto.bsky.social @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social

Talking Aaron McGruder's BOONDOCKS today in my culture of television class. Should be a barn burner.

We elected an administration on the messaging that all of society’s ills were a result of DEI & immigration. So we’re left with no choice when we look at all this immediate & staggering abject failure, death & unnecessary suffering around you but to understand that it is a direct result of whiteness

I keep coming back to this.

I’m down to *3* Godzilla, Shane Black, and bagel prints, and *4* coffees! www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products

Revisiting BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS for the first time in at least 20yrs and it's so fucking good.

The fact that nobody seriously believes there is an institution in this country that will check the president—that we’re all just sitting here hoping that he gets distracted and fails to follow through on his genocidal threats—is the most damning indictment of our political system I’ve seen yet.

Incredibly humbled to share space in the ltd. edition booklet for this gorgeous @deafcrocodile.bsky.social release with the incomparable @horrornonna.com. I'm grateful for everything. What an extraordinary privilege. deafcrocodile.com/products/def...

Genuinely, one of the best insights anyone has given me on the US is that the rest of the world does not understand it is actually two countries. The first is a Western advanced liberal democracy. The other a theocratic, impoverished, violent and corrupt third world country.

Slam evil, y'all!

To the car full of dudes who pulled up next to me while I was scream-singing "Anti-Hero" with the windows down. I'm sorry. Or you're welcome. Depending.

The worst streaming platform in terms of reliability is Paramount+, right? Absolute dogshit.

Team Chappell Roan

Happy zombie savior resurrection day you weird motherfuckers.

Happy Easter, here's my review of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. filmfreakcentral.net/2021/05/the-...

Just wanna throw out there that whomever has the rights to THE 13TH WARRIOR and might be working on a 4K of it - I desperately want to write something for you for it. Or record something. Anything. If the best thing I can do for your release is stay far away from it, gladly. Just lemme know.

For the morning crowd.

The only thing missing is a counterpoint written by the cake. "Please Do Not Feed Me To A Horse"

Today I learned the singer Jennifer Warnes is not the actor Jennifer Warren. This joins my lingering, unresolved Tom Bosley is... David Doyle? problem.

Metrics as a substitute for thought has been catastrophic for the discussion of art

I teleported once to the Village Inn by which I mean I floated there on the squiggly scent trail of freshly-baked tuxedo pie.

NYT OPINION: FEMA Official Says He Teleported to Waffle House. Why This Is Bad For Biden.

From 2018: "Every once in a while, Twitter is great. Like the time a bunch of film directors dunked hard on an ignorant VFX take."

FFC review: PALESTINE '36, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2026/04/pale...

every single person that never understood the arts loves to say things like “why are there politics in my arts now??”

I am loath to do this, but I need your help. My 20+ year marriage has unexpectedly imploded. There's a kid involved. Aside from Lupus, Autism and a shitty 2009 Mazda, I have nothing. Things are fairly desperate right now, so if you can help out now in any way at all I'd be really grateful ❤️