This podcast - on the impact of immigration raids, ICE brutality and racial profiling on Chicago kids - is heart rending - and an indictment on the President and all who support him: As immigration raids continue, how safe are Chicago students? podcastaddict.com/in-the-loop-...

More CPL in the news, this time with a local author, an alderman and the head of their union: www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...

New WTF just dropped.

“The haters on the Internet are the loudest, he says. “A lot of the people complaining last year were from the creative industry who were just afraid — afraid for their jobs, afraid for what it did.” Imagine being such a wealthy piece of shit that you call people who need work “haters”

He was just mad because someone else was getting the attention due to him.

BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting. If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.

The United States is currently suing the United States to prevent the United States from feeding American citizens.

Please amplify if you have the capacity: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/l... @heykellyjensen.bsky.social @librarycolleen.bsky.social

Finally, a no parking sign I can get behind

The feds raided an East Chicago home, arrested a mother and her 26-year-old schizophrenic daughter. She's been here since she's 2. In ICE custody, she had no meds and chose to leave the country. Now she's in Mexico, barely speaks Spanish, and her family can't find her.

Get in on the ground floor.

The talented @directorsclub.substack.com was just on Not Scared podcast chatting about his favorite horror movie, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). It’s a great double feature with my episode of Director’s Club pod, where we discuss Mike Flanagan! chloesnotscared.substack.com/p/9-the-texa...

JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."

Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.

Did you know that in the proposed 2026 budget, Chicago Public Library is getting 89 quiet layoffs and a 50% reduction in their collection budget? Yeah. Book budget slashed in half… at a LIBRARY. Show your support for CPL by contacting your alders: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...

All 8 of these books were released by Echo On Publications in October. You're welcome #HorrorMovies #horrorbook #novelization

Trump administration to end gender-affirming care for trans youth nationally, leaks suggest https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/31/trump-trans-healthcare-youth-npr/?utm_content=1762114800&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Now available to preorder on #4K and shipping after their #BlackFriday #Sale in the US from @vinsyn.bsky.social as part of their @cine-matographe.bsky.social line: #AtCloseRange (1986)! Bradford “Big Brad” Whitewood Sr. (Christopher Walken, King of New York) is the leader of a

Oh, hell yes. I did a commentary track for this new release alongside mentor and friend Bill Ackerman. Pre-order today and cannot wait for everyone to see this special film in 4K!

Outside Chicago— State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear. A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection. Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.

a few small beers

The talented and amazing @chloesnotscared.bsky.social a yearly guest on my podcast, now has her own show and its a part of the Now Playing Network. Please welcome NOT SCARED: A HORROR MOVIE PODCAST. Everyone subscribe! Congrats Chloe, loving this pod so far! chloesnotscared.substack.com/podcast

Much to announce starting w/this bonus podcast that resulted as a marathon we did on Thurs (after a stressful day) thanks to my dear friend Patrick. We binged on the box set of 7 Elm Street films in 4K; after each film recorded our reactions to each experience. directorsclub.substack.com/p/elmstreet

Happy Halloween from Bob! I really need to charge my phone (if you know, you know). Stay tuned for a really scary bonus Halloween podcast posting tonight too. Stay safe everyone!

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

Where's Waldo? (2013)

Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2025, Jafar Panâhi's IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT opens this Friday at the Music Box. One Week Only -- Seating is Limited, Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

ICE is in Edgewater. Stay safe if you’re vulnerable on the far North Side. They’ve already been run off with whistles at least once today. Patrolling matters. That’s what I’m doing. Buy out the street vendors, fam.

Hey #Ravenswood #Chicago keep an eye out for #ICE today - apparently they're all over #lincolnsquare today

New: Progressive congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh has been indicted over protests outside Chicago-area ICE facility after videos of confrontations with federal agents have fueled right-wing calls for her arrest. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...

Dozens of Little Village high schoolers walked out of class today to protest immigration raids. Students held signs reading “My parents fought for my future, now I will fight for theirs,” and “We speak for those who can’t.” blockclubchi.co/431dfqy

Universities must cut ties with OpenAI. And no, "cocaine is available on the streets, there's no reason we shouldn't dispense it in the dorms" is not a good argument. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

June Squibb coming in as a strong contender for Criterion Hottie of 2025. @criterion.bsky.social

I edited footage, music and sound effects from four “Halloween” films to construct a seamless chronological timeline of the night Michael Myers came home. video: vimeo.com/1130367912?s...

Grateful to the Chicago Shorts Fest for hosting a cool event at FACETS and for showing my experimental short film, THE SWITCHING DIVISION. Did my first Q&A, was not prepared to answer questions at all. I had a great time despite being nervous. Now onto a feature film in 2026, so much more to come!

Take a listen to my episode of Director’s Club where we talk about Mike Flanagan (Hush, Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Hill House). I have some hot takes!! As always, @directorsclub.substack.com, thank you for having me on. directorsclub.substack.com/p/mikeflanagan

A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.

ice and border patrol and continuing their terror campaign across chicagoland this morning. masked agents are active and making abductions in waukegan, des planes, and along the northwest side of the city. abductions from windy city produce and yet more tear gas near schurz high school.

Video from today's first gas attack. Saturday morning in Chicago.

Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.

All morning was spent chasing ICE out of my neighborhood in Chicago (Avondale) and meeting other neighbors who were out patrolling on foot, on bikes, and in cars. A caravan of ICE SUVs got within a half block of my house. I finally had to use my whistle. It works. It drew others out to the street.

Well this invite was sent to me last minute. A nice way to spend a Sunday night for sure. Excited to see my film on the big screen over at FACETS tomorrow night after work, yay!

When ICE abducts people from Belmont Ave and Broadway no one anywhere in Chicago is safe. This area, E Lakeview, is predominantly white and relatively affluent.

What I realize is that my mom never learned to love herself and therefore, has a difficult time loving other women. Or her version of what love is askew/unhealthy. At age 83, there’s no changing that with someone whose mind is both closed & unsound. So conversations become more of an endurance test.

One of my favorite times of year is Director’s Club time! I love talking horror with Jim. If you don’t know anything about Flanagan, read my spoiler-free Hall of Fame… and then listen to the pod!: open.substack.com/pub/chloesno...

Stoked to share this month’s Director’s Club feat my friend, writer and librarian @chloesnotscared.bsky.social talking about the work of Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Doctor Sleep, and personal fav Hush). Stay tuned for a new episode of B-Side Me later this month! directorsclub.substack.com/p/mikeflanagan

So proud of my fiancee Sharon and her incredible talent as an artist for getting into an art gallery in Chicago! Three times no less!

This level of collective action/defiance against ICE is a refusal to allow our communities to be terrorized. An important narrative of solidarity and resistance is unfolding despite a growing fear of being detained and persecuted. Proud of ALL of the people here in the city of Chicago.

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

BREAKING: Dodge Co sheriff is transporting migrants to and from a controversial Illinois ICE facility @isiahholmes.bsky.social and @henry-redman.bsky.social report wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/21/d...