Abby Olcese
@abbyolcese.bsky.social
Film critic/writer at The Pitch, Paste, Sojourners, rogerebert.com, others. Author of FILMS FOR ALL SEASONS: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hre5e
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Abby Olcese
@abbyolcese.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies a book by Abby Olcese and Josh Larsen
The Spiritual Practice of Watching MoviesWhat's your favorite Christmas movie? Easter movie? Pentecost movie? Casual viewers and movie buffs alike have favorite movies to watch at certain times of the...
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Since I have a big crop of new followers: Hi! I'm Abby! I write about movies and sometimes other things. I went viral once for posting a photo of an Abe Lincoln impersonator. I wrote a book that just came out, and you should read it!
My article on Wake Up Dead Man is live at @sojo.net! I have been completely annoying about this movie to people for the last two weeks, so read my piece to find out why.
‘Wake Up, Dead Man’ Takes Benoit Blanc to Church
Rian Johnson's new ‘Knives Out’ movie finds Daniel Craig’s detective getting caught up in a battle for the soul of the Christian faith.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My article on Wake Up Dead Man is live at @sojo.net! I have been completely annoying about this movie to people for the last two weeks, so read my piece to find out why.
Smitten Kitchen forever and ever amen: smittenkitchen.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Smitten Kitchen forever and ever amen: smittenkitchen.com
So, uh...Poopywise, huh?
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
So, uh...Poopywise, huh?
This is very much correct. Now I want to see someone do this for books.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is very much correct. Now I want to see someone do this for books.
Would read this Dave Eggers novel.
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Would read this Dave Eggers novel.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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In my 20s, I frequented Lawrence's Burger Stand, where you typically have to use a weird order name to hear it over the crowd when it's ready. My go-tos were MST3K names because picking up an order for "Rowsdower" or "Big McLargeHuge" always got a laugh from our regular server.
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In my 20s, I frequented Lawrence's Burger Stand, where you typically have to use a weird order name to hear it over the crowd when it's ready. My go-tos were MST3K names because picking up an order for "Rowsdower" or "Big McLargeHuge" always got a laugh from our regular server.
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Never forget the time Udo starred in a Sparks music video about compulsive spanking, directed by Guy Maddin:
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Sparks - The Final Derriere (Official Video)
YouTube video by S P A R K S
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November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Never forget the time Udo starred in a Sparks music video about compulsive spanking, directed by Guy Maddin:
youtu.be/8YQw6KLJGf8?...
youtu.be/8YQw6KLJGf8?...
This is a real bummer. Kier was one of those guys who made everything he was that much better. You could always count on him being interesting.
so sad to hear Udo Kier has died. one of the great working actors, and i was so happy to be reminded at TIFF, seeing him deliver a pretty astonishing little performance in The Secret Agent.
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is a real bummer. Kier was one of those guys who made everything he was that much better. You could always count on him being interesting.
Lord, give me the confidence of Nina Hoss' dress in HEDDA.
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Lord, give me the confidence of Nina Hoss' dress in HEDDA.
In my 20s, the price of admission to a party was a sixer or a bottle of wine. Now, in my 30s, it's toys and/or books for my friends' kids.
My party schedule is...different now.
My party schedule is...different now.
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In my 20s, the price of admission to a party was a sixer or a bottle of wine. Now, in my 30s, it's toys and/or books for my friends' kids.
My party schedule is...different now.
My party schedule is...different now.
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sorry to Wizard of Oz post, but I was raised on the Midwestern cut of the film where Oz is in black and white and Kansas is in color so that we would be discouraged from flights of fancy and excited to return to farm work
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
sorry to Wizard of Oz post, but I was raised on the Midwestern cut of the film where Oz is in black and white and Kansas is in color so that we would be discouraged from flights of fancy and excited to return to farm work
Look, I'm a tepid Osgood Perkins appreciator most of the time (The Monkey excepted, that thing owns), and even *I* think most of y'all are being too harsh on KEEPER. It's fun!
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Look, I'm a tepid Osgood Perkins appreciator most of the time (The Monkey excepted, that thing owns), and even *I* think most of y'all are being too harsh on KEEPER. It's fun!
I've never been happier to spend most of the day offline. Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time to watch my KEEPER screener.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I've never been happier to spend most of the day offline. Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time to watch my KEEPER screener.
Huckabee (not that one) 2028: Let's watch more movies
when i am president we will watch movies
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Huckabee (not that one) 2028: Let's watch more movies
Is there a speed-dating option for active churchgoers who regularly skip the gym and may or may not want kids? Or is this *just* a thing for fit pro-natalists?
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Is there a speed-dating option for active churchgoers who regularly skip the gym and may or may not want kids? Or is this *just* a thing for fit pro-natalists?
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So now that I've heard TCW labeled "Wa-Luigi Coates" I'll never think of him any other way.
Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So now that I've heard TCW labeled "Wa-Luigi Coates" I'll never think of him any other way.
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"From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible."
Who Said It: The Hell Priest Pinhead or Olivia Nuzzi?
“Olivia Nuzzi did it all for love. The former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump, and the scandal w...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible."
There was a woman next to me at WICKED: FOR GOOD tonight who I think had only seen the first movie and didn't know the show, so every reveal was a delight to her, and that was (for me) maybe the best way to watch this movie.
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
There was a woman next to me at WICKED: FOR GOOD tonight who I think had only seen the first movie and didn't know the show, so every reveal was a delight to her, and that was (for me) maybe the best way to watch this movie.
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Wicked Part Two: Forlectric Goodaloo.
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Wicked Part Two: Forlectric Goodaloo.
Also circling: Me, in the front row of a theater, waiting.
Josh Hutcherson and Caleb Landry Jones are eyeing lead roles in an upcoming A24 horror from THE FIRST OMEN's Arkasha Stevenson, which centers on a bachelor party gone horribly wrong.
Josh Hutcherson And Caleb Landry Jones In Talks For A24 Bachelor Party Horror
Josh Hutcherson and Caleb Landry Jones are eyeing lead roles in an upcoming A24 horror from THE FIRST OMEN's Arkasha Stevenson, which centers on a bachelor party gone horribly wrong.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Also circling: Me, in the front row of a theater, waiting.
I finally got to the Thomas Paine bits in The American Revolution, and would like to politely request that Matthew Rhys read me a bedtime story.
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I finally got to the Thomas Paine bits in The American Revolution, and would like to politely request that Matthew Rhys read me a bedtime story.
Y'all, I screamed.
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Y'all, I screamed.