feds have been all over the northwest side today. at least six people snatched so far by masked federal agents—one person from in front of a school, another from outside a convenience store, and one person near a public park.

NEW: Chicago has a so-called 'conviction integrity unit' that's meant to identify and free the innocent. Since the new prosecutor came into office, it's all gone south—cases are not being reviewed, and allegations of police coercion are left unaddressed: boltsmag.org/chicago-cook...

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re working towards a theory of Porch Cinema™ as we kick back some Lone Stars with Eagle Pennell and try to make it in Hollywood with Sondra Locke soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 178 - Porch Cinema

could have hired a real highway artist. bring back WEED WOLF

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re celebrating the cut as we take aim at power with the minimalist deadpan of Roy Andersson and the maximalist montage of Everything is Terrible! soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 177 - In The Blink of an Eye

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re going down to Buenos Aires as we defend the city with Hugo Santiago’s army of shadows and tango through the terrible past with Fernando Solanas soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 176 - Argentina

i've said this before but i won a signed chris cunningham dvd set at a schubas christmas party 20 years ago and he had drawn a hitler mustache on the bjork robot

Wrote about one of my favorite films, and the woman behind it, for @indiewire.com '70s week. Tried to capture the spirit of the thing. www.indiewire.com/features/bes...

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re putting plays on screen as we stage a mythic rebellion with Miklós Jancsó and crash out at a desert motel with Robert Altman and Sam Shepard soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 175 - From Stage to Screen

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re taking the chopper as we battle zombies and the EPA with Nico Mastorakis and try not to get blown up hunting for top secret microfilm with Arizal soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 174 - 80s Action

first views July '25: Apache Rifles (1964) Hour of the Gun (1967) Three Cheers for the Whale (1972) Shogun's Samurai (1978) City of Lost Souls (1983) Eight Taels of Gold (1989) The Hidden Blade (2004) Klimt (2006) National Gallery (2014)

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re pitching a big tent as we rise to power with Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg’s hallucinatory historical pageant and try to make it in Berlin in Rosa von Praunheim’s trans new wave musical soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 173 - Summer Camp

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re bucking the bushido code with a pair of disreputable ronin as we go on a killing spree with Hideo Gosha and go to hell with Toshio Matsumoto soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

my new album Future National Sports is out today, on Tuesday, god's chosen release day. i took the photo myself. i always take the photo myself patrickcosmos.bandcamp.com/album/future...

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re bucking the bushido code with a pair of disreputable ronin as we go on a killing spree with Hideo Gosha and go to hell with Toshio Matsumoto soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 172 - Samurai

Forced to break the street date due to unauthorized leaks on file sharing services. Patrick Cosmos - Future National Sports. Mastered by @fire-toolz.bsky.social at @angelhairaudio.bsky.social who did an incredible job. Streaming soon. Thanks for listening. patrickcosmos.bandcamp.com/album/future...

And hey while you're at it: I (Corbin, a real piece of shit) forgot to promote out episode about CHE PART ONE with @marshlands.bsky.social. PROCESS ORIENTED REVOLUTIONARY DRAMA: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Back on my trailer grind✂️🎞️ check it out and go see all the Kurosawas

first views June '25: Floating Clouds (1955) The Bitter Stems (1956) Savage Pampas (1966) The Land (1970) Demons (1971) The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived (1974) Hunter in the Dark (1979) Tribulation 99 (1991) Vulcanizadora (2024) Evil Puddle (2025)

We are dismantling American higher education & scientific research & health care & all the other things to fund concentration camps

reverse BAND OF THE HAND (1986)

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re feeling restored as we move to NYC with Holly Woodlawn’s lost and found star vehicle and say goodbye to the old West(ern) with Sam Peckinpah’s contested cuts soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re feeling restored as we move to NYC with Holly Woodlawn’s lost and found star vehicle and say goodbye to the old West(ern) with Sam Peckinpah’s contested cuts soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 171 - Restoration Celebration

iran has given the world a wealth of great cinema which refutes the barbarous image painted by american media. everyone should see the koker trilogy.

Fred Ward's 1990 (l) the dirtbag equivalent of Thomas Mitchell's 1939 (r)

Caring about behavior on college campuses that aren’t yours or your kids’ is the same thing as caring about how many babies other people who aren’t your family are having: it’s fucking creepy and only creeps do it. I mean this very literally. It is bizarre behavior only creeps and perverts exhibit.

You spoke, and we listened: the 2 hour, 16 minute conversation about Continuity Editing in the digital era you have been DYING to hear has just dropped on your podcast app of choice. Listen to us on Tony Scott's DEJA VU, David Bordwell, and @sshaviro.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

What's funny is this tells me that executives are the real ones replaceable by AI more than actual creative workers.

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re embracing the powers of the false as we cheat our way through life with Sacha Guitry and get lost in layers of lies in Federico Fellini’s Cinecittà carnival soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 170 - The Powers of the False

Head over to @screenslate.bsky.social for my Scene Report from this year's notorious Nitrate Picture Show! www.screenslate.com/articles/how...

it should be illegal for the nitrate picture show to end. why can’t I watch old movies with my pals forever

Newly restored, weeklong run starts today: An underground quasi-ethnographic movie made by a feminist filmmaker in defiance of Iranian law. Illegal before the Islamic Revolution, most likely impossible after. Opens w quote from Camus's The Rebel.

Yes, it is a tragedy for our land, waters, and wildlife and a victory for those who want to make it easier to harm them.

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re hitting the hardwood as we dunk on the past and look to the future with Xie Jin while Chris Eyre teaches us how to run-and-gun on the reservation soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 169 - Real Hoops

*tomorrow* on THE GAUNTLET Episode 169 - Real Hoops

In case anyone is looking for long weekend viewing recommendations, Frank V. Ross' 2010 classic 'Audrey the Trainwreck' is free to watch on his new website: frankvross.com/audrey-the-t...

“I always wanted to go to a school like Northwestern. That way I would always know where I was.” -joke he told at Northwestern, 2004

I know everything is designed to make everybody feel crazy right now but here is something helpful you can actually do action.transequality.org/a/stopmedica...

This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re talking threesomes as we make a propaganda pilgrimage with Powell & Pressburger and try to stop a genocidal plot with Gordon Parks Jr.’s action supergroup soundcloud.com/gauntletmovi...