Walter Chaw
@mangiotto.bsky.social
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I write about movies. Sometimes I talk about them. Usually just write.
http://walterchaw.com
Been terribly, terrifyingly ill for a couple weeks now. Came on here and saw someone saying Jennifer Beals got her big break in DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS and I'm going to go right back to bed.
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In addition to all the stuff that's not legal here, recall that law enforcement is not allowed to kneel on necks in Minneapolis anymore post-George Floyd. Meanwhile: someone should probably figure out who's getting checks from private prisons housing these hostages. (hint: everybody)
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Love this for Rodgers.
about 19 hours ago
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PRIMATE is just a mean little piece of shit.
3 days ago
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It seems kinda like chimps aren't great house pets.
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Bill Chambers
3 days ago
For the evening crowd.
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Dan Hassler-Forest
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The most devastating effect of this Trump administration is how it tells the very worst people that there will be no consequences for their actions.
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ACLU
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If you're taking to the streets to protest, know your rights.
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For the morning crowd.
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MidCenturyCinema
3 days ago
HBD Walter Hill!! W/D 48 Hrs, Driver; W
#70s
Mackintosh, Getaway, Drowning Pool, Hard Times (+ D), Hickey/Boggs More
@matt-thrift.bsky.social
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book via MZS Press:
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A Walter Hill Film by Walter Chaw (Paperback, NEW)
A Walter Hill Film is a critical study of Walter Hill , the legendary writer-director producer whose filmography includes the 48 HRS . films, The Warriors , The Long Riders, Southern Comfort , Geronim...
https://mzs.press/A-Walter-Hill-Film-by-Walter-Chaw-Paperback-NEW-p507350453
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Bill Chambers
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FFC Patreon exclusive: "The 50 Best Films of 2025," by Walter Chaw (
@mangiotto.bsky.social
). Patreon subscribers only until January 16.
filmfreakcentral.net/2026/01/the-...
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“The 50 Best Films of 2025,” by Walter Chaw - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
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https://filmfreakcentral.net/2026/01/the-50-best-films-of-2025-by-walter-chaw/
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Happiest of birthdays to my brother,
@flmfrkcentral.bsky.social
. I'd be lost without him.
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Reuters
5 days ago
The ICE officer involved in the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis, fired the first of three shots as the car moved past him, a Reuters analysis of the available visuals shows
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How the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis unfolded in 20 seconds
The ICE officer involved in the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis fired the first of three shots as the car moved past him, a Reuters analysis of the available visuals shows.
https://reut.rs/49s6WyN
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The Tennessee Holler
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“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.”
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Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
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Ryan Eichten
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Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good
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Aaron Rupar
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I’ve heard from multiple friends today about daycares being raided and parents being ripped out of cars (in one case with a child left behind in the backseat). Grim times here.
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Mike Bracken
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My new favorite thing is every dipshit chucklefuck thinking literally everything is written by AI. I mean, it only stole all of our work to get where it is. but sure. I was writing professionally when AI was still a fantasy of dystopian sci-fi, but sure.
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Fuck. Yeah.
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Just turned in my annual best of list. 14pgs. If you've ever considered contributing to the
@flmfrkcentral.bsky.social
fund, just the smelling salt budget at HQ is outrageous.
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Dan Przygoda
5 days ago
They didn’t care about police officers when they were being beaten with American flags outside of the Capitol. They cheered it on when it happened. And they cheered it on when Trump pardoned them.
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I liked IS THIS THING ON? A lot more when it was a talking horse.
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Me on
@npr.org
.
www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...
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'No Other Choice' is the perfect movie for our moment : Pop Culture Happy Hour
No Other Choice is a new bleak comedy about a man (Lee Byung-hun) at a crossroads. After losing his job at a paper company, he resorts to desperate, unhinged measures to get a new job. He tracks down ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/07/nx-s1-5662521/no-other-choice-is-the-perfect-movie-for-our-moment
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Mehdi Hasan
7 days ago
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
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8 days ago
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Peter Ramsey
9 days ago
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Bill Chambers
8 days ago
For the Monday crowd.
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David Michael Nolan
8 days ago
@mangiotto.bsky.social
Your booklet for the
@filmsradiance.bsky.social
Hossein boxset is excellent. Some nice insights and ideas. Great package all round as usual from Radiance. And the movies!
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FFC review: ANACONDA (2025), by Walter Chaw (
@mangiotto.bsky.social
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Anaconda (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
*/****starring Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newtonwritten by Tom Gormican & Kevin Ettendirected by Tom Gormican by Walter Chaw The pitch must’ve sounded like: “Picture it! Tropic Thunde...
https://filmfreakcentral.net/2026/01/anaconda-2025/
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Bill Chambers
9 days ago
The deleted post quoted above was, no surprise, a Palestinian fundraiser. Leaving it up to say, Bluesky moderators, please stop being Zionist pieces of shit.
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GOP: "Hey, we just unilaterally and extra-judiciously kidnapped a foreign leader! LOL!" DEMS: "... that's illegal" GOP: "We *said* LOL!"
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National Society of Film Critics
10 days ago
Best Picture: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (57 points) Runners-up: SINNERS (29 points) THE SECRET AGENT (27 points)
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National Society of Film Critics
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Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (54 points) Runners-up: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (48 points) Richard Linklater, BLUE MOON and NOUVELLE VAGUE (39 points)
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National Society of Film Critics
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Best Film Not in the English Language: THE SECRET AGENT (58 points) Runners-up: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (57 points) SENTIMENTAL VALUE (38 points)
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Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, BLUE MOON (57 points) Runners-up: Wagner Moura, THE SECRET AGENT (43 points) Michael B. Jordan, SINNERS (36 points)
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Best Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (54 points) Runners-up: Delroy Lindo, SINNERS (37) Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (30 points)
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Best Screenplay: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (53 points) Runners-up: Robert Kaplow, BLUE MOON (50 points) Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT (40 points)
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Best Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, SINNERS (50 points) Runners-up: Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS (36 points) Michael Bauman, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (29 points)
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Best Supporting Actress: Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (56 points) Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (47 points) Wunmi Mosaku, SINNERS (41 points)
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Best Actress: Kathleen Chalfant, FAMILIAR TOUCH (45 points) Runners-up: Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (39 points) Renate Reinsve, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (37 points)
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ANACONDA... I just don't know, you guys.
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Decembers are always tough. Some cramming, grading finals, illness... Only managed 69 screenings for a final 2025 total of 1021. Best first time watches last month? WINTER IN SOKCHO (2025), THE PLAGUE (2025), FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (2025), OBEX (2025).
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What an incredible year for movies.
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Working on my Best of 2025 list and hate to tell you, your favorite movie is down in the 40s somewhere.
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What does it mean when your doctors want to give you the same cognitive test three times in a year? That's good, right?
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12 days ago
If you're curious, here's my top 10 of 2025 courtesy of a TFCA Instagram story. Alt text provided.
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13 days ago
END OF DAYS rules. Schwarzenegger makes a coffee/Pepto Bismol/Chinese takeout/pizza smoothie for breakfast and gets his ass kicked in hand-to-hand combat with Miriam Margolyes, and Gabriel Byrne punches a hole through Udo Kier's head, and Mark Margolis plays the Pope.
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This year was awful and exhilarating and utterly bizarre, but getting to see my collaboration with
@seantroversy.bsky.social
(and
@barsukrecords.bsky.social
and
@latentprintrecords.bsky.social
!) in my favorite local record store was a golden, glowing, highlight.
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Asher Elbein
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I was thrilled to come back to
@defector.com
to write about "Alligator Alcatraz," the vicious folklore of "gator bait," and the long history of white supremacists trying to recruit alligators as enforcers of racial terror
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Why Do Fascists Dream Of Alligators? | Defector
In June, Florida’s attorney general James Uthmeier extolled the benefits of the concentration camp they were rushing to build in the wetlands of the Big Cypress Nature Reserve, west of Miami and just ...
https://defector.com/why-do-fascists-dream-of-alligators
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Here's that comic I did with
@lanedraws.bsky.social
for
@maconblair.bsky.social
's TOXIC AVENGER. What an honor.
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