Chuck Pickerill
@chuckpickerill.bsky.social
Classic & current films. Avid TCM & Film Noir Foundation fan. Chicago sports.
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For this week’s Silents Sundays I wrote about when HUAC came for Charlie Chaplin after he spoke up about fascism.
The Great Dictator, Or How (Capitalist) Greed Has Poisoned Men's Souls
Silent Sundays: Silent Film Streaming Picks
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January 25, 2026 at 4:31 PM
For this week’s Silents Sundays I wrote about when HUAC came for Charlie Chaplin after he spoke up about fascism.
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They know they are lying but they also know that enough Americans watching this will believe them so it doesn’t matter if they lie
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 9:43 PM
They know they are lying but they also know that enough Americans watching this will believe them so it doesn’t matter if they lie
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no one should be paying their federal taxes this year considering how much of it has gone to fund ICE, the genocide in Palestine, the coup in Venezuela, instead of funding schools or healthcare. fuck the imperialist war machine.
January 24, 2026 at 9:04 PM
no one should be paying their federal taxes this year considering how much of it has gone to fund ICE, the genocide in Palestine, the coup in Venezuela, instead of funding schools or healthcare. fuck the imperialist war machine.
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Listen to me talk about why WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING is my favorite, and in my opinion one of the best, Chicago movies (I also gave a shout out to the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social’s cameo in THE VOW lmao) and @812filmreviews.com talk about WIDOWS.
Full convo as a podcast will post tomorrow.
Full convo as a podcast will post tomorrow.
From ‘The Fugitive’ to ‘The Dark Knight,’ what’s the best movie filmed in Chicago?
It’s awards season. Time to look at the best movies ever filmed in Chicago.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Listen to me talk about why WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING is my favorite, and in my opinion one of the best, Chicago movies (I also gave a shout out to the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social’s cameo in THE VOW lmao) and @812filmreviews.com talk about WIDOWS.
Full convo as a podcast will post tomorrow.
Full convo as a podcast will post tomorrow.
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Conrad Veidt was an actor and committed anti-Nazi, the strange, stylish and freewheeling spirit of the Weimar era personified.
January 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Conrad Veidt was an actor and committed anti-Nazi, the strange, stylish and freewheeling spirit of the Weimar era personified.
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I've been dying to tell people I wrote the essay for TROUBLE IN PARADISE, a true Lubitsch masterpiece, and now I can. It's hilarious, it's gorgeous, there's nothing like it, and spending time with Trouble last year soothed my soul. www.criterion.com/films/723-tr....
January 16, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I've been dying to tell people I wrote the essay for TROUBLE IN PARADISE, a true Lubitsch masterpiece, and now I can. It's hilarious, it's gorgeous, there's nothing like it, and spending time with Trouble last year soothed my soul. www.criterion.com/films/723-tr....
This is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. I drive to see a film in another town on a weekly basis.
"You’re not going to get in the car and go to the next town to see a movie," says Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
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January 16, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. I drive to see a film in another town on a weekly basis.
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Gird your loins! Robert and I will be ranking the Hawke/Linklater collabs on Screen Drafts next month 👀
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Gird your loins! Robert and I will be ranking the Hawke/Linklater collabs on Screen Drafts next month 👀
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The only thing that can get me through the bleakness of this winter is Nordic Noir on the @criterionchannl.bsky.social
Not only the first Norwegian noir but the first Norwegian film directed by a woman, Edith Carlmar’s dark, simmering psychological drama DEATH IS A CARESS (1949). Now playing in our Nordic Noir collection on the Criterion Channel
January 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The only thing that can get me through the bleakness of this winter is Nordic Noir on the @criterionchannl.bsky.social
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Get a load of Elmer Gantry here.
New CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil closing the broadcast from MN last night.
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Get a load of Elmer Gantry here.
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Hey let’s all get up and go to work like shit is normal!
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Hey let’s all get up and go to work like shit is normal!
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Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.
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2025
How it started / How it's going
How it started / How it's going
December 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
2025
How it started / How it's going
How it started / How it's going
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How we feel about most of 2025.
January 1, 2026 at 4:04 AM
How we feel about most of 2025.
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A New Year's Toast from Patricia Highsmith (and me) 🥂🥂
December 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A New Year's Toast from Patricia Highsmith (and me) 🥂🥂
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My final Directed By Women Viewing Guide of the year features 70 new releases (and restorations) that I have recommended throughout the year that you can now watch on streaming or rent, just in case you missed them during their theatrical release (plus some streaming films that bear repeating).
I feel like I've been here forever.
Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide
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December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My final Directed By Women Viewing Guide of the year features 70 new releases (and restorations) that I have recommended throughout the year that you can now watch on streaming or rent, just in case you missed them during their theatrical release (plus some streaming films that bear repeating).
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Merry Christmas, friends! Hope you had a wonderful day. We're watching A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1946) beginning in two hours. Hope you can join us :)
#TCMParty ^JW
#TCMParty ^JW
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Merry Christmas, friends! Hope you had a wonderful day. We're watching A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1946) beginning in two hours. Hope you can join us :)
#TCMParty ^JW
#TCMParty ^JW
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🌲☕ MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (1969) Now playing on the Criterion Channel!
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🌲☕ MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (1969) Now playing on the Criterion Channel!
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Reminder that Warner Archive put out a beautifully restored version of “The Man I Love” (1947) last year on blu-ray, with six minutes of footage that hadn’t been seen in decades.
December 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Reminder that Warner Archive put out a beautifully restored version of “The Man I Love” (1947) last year on blu-ray, with six minutes of footage that hadn’t been seen in decades.
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Breakfast à la Elle Fanning 🍽️☕💕 Sofia Coppola's SOMEWHERE (2010) Now playing on the Criterion Channel!
December 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Breakfast à la Elle Fanning 🍽️☕💕 Sofia Coppola's SOMEWHERE (2010) Now playing on the Criterion Channel!