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Ariel 아리엘
@archivistariel.bsky.social
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Seoul-based writer & media archivist w/focus on: gender, sexuality, & disability in Korean classic films. Kim Ki-young fan ❤️ & enthusiastic physical media contributor. Still claim Angeleno as a personality trait. She/Her.
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · Aug 28
I accidentally deleted this so I’m reposting & pinning it. Eventually I will update it. Hopefully soon. Until then…here’s some fun classic Korean cinema. moviesaremyboyfriend.com/2020/12/24/h...
Holiday Helpings from Seoul, 2020
So, here it is. December 24th, 2020. Christmas Eve. I’m finally living in Seoul, I’ve left Paju, it’s a year and change since I left the United States and the entire world is ENTI…
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 3h
I like being Jewish and all but boy do I hate being attacked by my mom's friends for posting things that I believe. Look, all genocide is REAL genocide mmmkay?
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 20h
I just watched this video, bought more booze, & showed my friends who run the bar I’m at here in Korea what has become of my hometown. I’m devastated.
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LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 1d
Had a great day with my friend Jennifer! Went to the Taste of Seoul event on Nodeul Island, then studied at a cafe, then delicious 만두 for dinner and some beers after!!!! Time for home!!!!
Local wine taste Local kimchi taste Shrimp mandu Soupy mandu
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Kim Newman @annodracula.bsky.social · 2d
Peter Watkins has died - perhaps the least-appreciated great British filmmaker (and you sense he wouldn't have wanted it any other way). www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Peter Watkins, Oscar-winning director of The War Game, dies aged 90
Radical English director who clashed with the BBC over his ‘horrifying’ film about nuclear war, was forced to look abroad to continue working
www.theguardian.com
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 2d
Gonna do a rewatch of The Wire and remember when the world was good
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 2d
Halloween: it’s for being terrified that you won’t pass this test that is in less than a month that you only need 60% on.
I’ve never been so anxious in my life.
My Korean is so bad it’s ridiculous.
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Harry Stephen Keeler @harryskeeler.bsky.social · 5d
[Lyn Venable, author of "Time Enough at Last" (If Magazine 1953) and “The Missing Room” (Weird Tales 1953), died on March 31, 2025, at the age of 97. Lyn was surely the last living person to have contributed to both the original Twilight Zone and the original Weird Tales. Last leaf on the bough.]
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 5d
random reminder: Janet Jackson's Escapade is a killer song.
I wish they had it (or Black Cat, for that matter) at 노래방.....
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 5d
Forgot that I was going to be in Itaewon during the sirens.
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Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 5d
Weirdly enough, I did have this on my 2025 Bingo card
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BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
www.independent.co.uk
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 6d
So sorry to hear this 🥲
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 6d
Thank you!!!!
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 6d
In better news, it looks like I have “officially” hit the 10lb mark of weight loss. The scale goes up/down sometimes (I weigh on kg) and it really seems to depend on lady hormones (wheee!) and how much water I drink, but…this number seems pretty consistent. So yay?
a black bird is standing on top of a fence with the words `` yes '' written on it .
ALT: a black bird is standing on top of a fence with the words `` yes '' written on it .
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 6d
Watching all the baseball fans on my list here makes me really sad I haven’t indulged in Korean baseball game attendance yet. I know it’s 💯 different and soooooo fun. And I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ baseball.
I had a Kirk Gibson baseball card, ffs.
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 6d
So I went somewhere between KILL BILL and giallo at the ophthalmologist this morning.
I got something lanced in my damn eye (sans black gloves) and had to walk home with this patch which was…interesting.
Last night I had double vision in my left eye which SUCKED & made me v dizzy. Things=ok now
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 6d
Thrilled to have a video essay on Umbrella's just-announced SUICIDE CLUB 4k alongside a commentary from J-pop idol @archivistariel.bsky.social and a booklet essay by enigmatic hacker Kat Ellinger. Produced by Nicole McControversey, this is a thoughtful, fearless release that tackles The Hard Stuff
Suicide Club (2001) 4K & Blu-ray Collector's Edition
A wave of unexplainable suicides sweeps across Tokyo after 54 smiling high school girls join hands and throw themselves from a subway platform into an oncoming train. Detective Kuroda (Ryo Ishibashi, ...
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 7d
a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .
ALT: a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 7d
Totally. Absolutely brilliant film.
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 8d
My team (28 Questions Later, thx @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social) won trivia last night!!!! Year 2 of being a horror trivia winner! I think it was my Karyn Kusama answer that put us over the top!!!
Me on the way to Halloween Trivia at Dice Comics in Seoul My winning sheet for trivia. Team 28 Questions Later Me and one of my ghosty prizes Me and my K-pop Demon Hunter prizes
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matteoB @matteob.bsky.social · 10d
After 25 years of operation, Cine Libre Ikebukuro will close its doors on January 31, 2026.
The cinema is part of Theatre Cinema Group (own by Nikkatsu) which manages 7 cinemas between Kanto and Osaka.
テアトル株式会社 「シネ・リーブル池袋」 閉館のお知らせ 当社が運営する映画館 「シネ・リーブル池袋」は契約満了に伴い、2026年1月31日(土)の営業をもちまして閉館いたします。 「シネ・リーブル池袋」は2000年にオープンし、2009年より当社が運営を行い、エンターテインメント作品からアート作品まで世界中の良質な作品を上映し、地域のお客様にご愛顧いただいてまいりました。 長きに亘り、「シネ・リーブル池袋」をご支援・ご愛顧いただきましたことを従業員一同心より御礼申し上げます。誠に有難うございました。 尚、閉館にあたって、これまでの感謝の意をこめましてクロージング企画を予定しております。詳細につきましては決定次第、テアトルシネマグループHP等にてお知らせいたします。 今後ともテアトルシネマグループを何卒宜しくお願い申し上げます。 施設概要 施設名 シネ・リーブル池袋 所在地 東京都豊島区西池袋1-11-1 ルミネ池袋 8F
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 10d
😭😭😭😭 I miss you and our film chats more than anything!
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 10d
I first saw it in the early 00's when I started really getting into J-horror and Asian cinema in general. Blew my mind! I have soooo many thoughts!
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Ariel 아리엘 @archivistariel.bsky.social · 10d
I had a great time doing the commentary! I've loved this film for so long. Working on it was really a joy!
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 10d
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

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Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."
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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 10d
"an Alpine traveler possessed by a previous hotel guest’s dark despair": 'Ghost story for Christmas' THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM (2025) screens 6.45pm today at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social, with writer/director @kierlajanisse.bsky.social in conversation projectedfigures.com/2025/10/23/t...
The Occupant of the Room (2025) - Projected Figures
Kier-La Janisse's haunting longish short THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM sees an Alpine traveler possessed by a previous hotel guest's dark despair
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