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This started as an essay on Oliver Laxe's Sirat, until in my research I came across this Thomas Merton quote, and my worldview changed. When you read or watch or listen to something dull and lifeless, ask yourself: What does it aspire towards? Where's the angel?
February 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
This started as an essay on Oliver Laxe's Sirat, until in my research I came across this Thomas Merton quote, and my worldview changed. When you read or watch or listen to something dull and lifeless, ask yourself: What does it aspire towards? Where's the angel?
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Over at @thebaffler.com, some thoughts on spiritual cinema, medieval mystics, Shaker chairs, dance music, and what it might mean for modern art to yearn for the divine. thebaffler.com/latest/wild-...
Wild Facts | Robert Rubsam
Spiritual cinema is fundamentally an aspiration: it must reach out toward something it cannot ultimately depict.
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February 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Over at @thebaffler.com, some thoughts on spiritual cinema, medieval mystics, Shaker chairs, dance music, and what it might mean for modern art to yearn for the divine. thebaffler.com/latest/wild-...
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One of my favorite movies of last year, HAPPYEND, is now on @criterionchannl.bsky.social. First got to see it at the Chicago Critics Film Fest + @daniellamazzio.bsky.social talked to director Neo Sora for @chicagoreader.com when it was at the Siskel last fall.
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Neo Sora: ‘I feel like we might be living in a turning point right now’ - Chicago Reader
Neo Sora, director of Happyend (2024), spoke to the Reader about Japanese history, fascism, and how near the film's “near future” really is.
chicagoreader.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 AM
One of my favorite movies of last year, HAPPYEND, is now on @criterionchannl.bsky.social. First got to see it at the Chicago Critics Film Fest + @daniellamazzio.bsky.social talked to director Neo Sora for @chicagoreader.com when it was at the Siskel last fall.
chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...
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had a cup of coffee at 7:30pm
February 11, 2026 at 3:39 AM
had a cup of coffee at 7:30pm
Cassavetes, too
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Cassavetes, too
Well it’s no Working Girl but what is?
February 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Well it’s no Working Girl but what is?
I just didn’t get that vibe at all I dunno
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I just didn’t get that vibe at all I dunno
Well my point isn’t that it’s a great film, I liked it but I don’t think it’s a misunderstood masterpiece or anything. My point is that the reactions I saw online were along the lines of ‘what the fuck is this insane object it makes no sense?!?!’ and I think it’s a pretty normal movie
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Well my point isn’t that it’s a great film, I liked it but I don’t think it’s a misunderstood masterpiece or anything. My point is that the reactions I saw online were along the lines of ‘what the fuck is this insane object it makes no sense?!?!’ and I think it’s a pretty normal movie
Really? It’s just a funny little sitcom style movie
February 10, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Really? It’s just a funny little sitcom style movie
Fascinating that America was presented with a perfectly acceptable, often charming 90s comedy like Ella McCay and resoundingly reacted like it was an unknowable alien object
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Fascinating that America was presented with a perfectly acceptable, often charming 90s comedy like Ella McCay and resoundingly reacted like it was an unknowable alien object
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"Intellectual freedom" zealotry has always & only been about suppressing voices that oppose the violence & cruelty of whiteness/capitalism.
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In her latest column, @bakerdphd.bsky.social looks at the history of AAU regarding campus free speech. If they took a stance on many key issues today, some status-obsessed public universities would face very difficult membership decisions.
How Elite Colleges Aided Censorship During the Red Scares
Powerful organizations during the Red Scares crafted a world where “academic freedom” was conditional on political allegiance.
www.insidehighered.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"Intellectual freedom" zealotry has always & only been about suppressing voices that oppose the violence & cruelty of whiteness/capitalism.
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Sentimental Value has a lot of acting but is otherwise inoffensive so it’s pretty easy to let it slide
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Sentimental Value has a lot of acting but is otherwise inoffensive so it’s pretty easy to let it slide
I’ll play:
The Secret Agent
One Battle
Sinners
Sentimental Value
Marty Supreme
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Train Dreams
F1
Bugonia
The Secret Agent
One Battle
Sinners
Sentimental Value
Marty Supreme
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Train Dreams
F1
Bugonia
This is where I'm at:
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Bugonia
The Secret Agent
Hamnet
Train Dreams
Frankenstein
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Bugonia
The Secret Agent
Hamnet
Train Dreams
Frankenstein
F1
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I’ll play:
The Secret Agent
One Battle
Sinners
Sentimental Value
Marty Supreme
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Train Dreams
F1
Bugonia
The Secret Agent
One Battle
Sinners
Sentimental Value
Marty Supreme
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Train Dreams
F1
Bugonia
Wait what’s Last Winter doing on here?
February 10, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Wait what’s Last Winter doing on here?
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CALL FOR PITCHES
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
CALL FOR PITCHES
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I are at work on a new version of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century aimed at a more general audience.
We’re looking for new contributions: your model close readings of texts, canonical and not, from literary studies and not.
Details below!
this in-progress pile is doing things to my brain
February 10, 2026 at 2:23 AM
this in-progress pile is doing things to my brain
when you listen to too much @suspensekills.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM
when you listen to too much @suspensekills.bsky.social
My all-time fave
February 10, 2026 at 1:08 AM
My all-time fave
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM
This is exactly what I say to my wife when she yells at me for blasting grindcore while I do housework
my opinion on the Bad Bunny halftime show, and non-English music in general, is that i think a need to “be able to understand the lyrics” displays an embarrassing shallowness of the speaker to appreciate the voice as an instrument & to appreciate music as something other than a lyric delivery system
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM
This is exactly what I say to my wife when she yells at me for blasting grindcore while I do housework
When the entire album is just one long track: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3-...
February 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
When the entire album is just one long track: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3-...
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i went into Iron Lung, a horror video game adaptation directed by a YouTuber, with rock-bottom expectations. i came out convinced i'd just seen the debut of a filmmaking savant. my review:
I Think We're Alone Now
A slow cinema horror home run by a gaming YouTuber is 2026's unlikeliest film
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
i went into Iron Lung, a horror video game adaptation directed by a YouTuber, with rock-bottom expectations. i came out convinced i'd just seen the debut of a filmmaking savant. my review:
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Nobody but @msicism.bsky.social does this kind of intellectual bridging work on a regular basis, opening green pastures and blowing minds.
Today's installment: the only review of a video game movie that discusses Michael Snow's WAVELENGTH at length, and contrasts Mike Judge with Yoko Ono.
Today's installment: the only review of a video game movie that discusses Michael Snow's WAVELENGTH at length, and contrasts Mike Judge with Yoko Ono.
Exit 8 (Genki Kawamura, 2025) | Michael Sicinski
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February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Nobody but @msicism.bsky.social does this kind of intellectual bridging work on a regular basis, opening green pastures and blowing minds.
Today's installment: the only review of a video game movie that discusses Michael Snow's WAVELENGTH at length, and contrasts Mike Judge with Yoko Ono.
Today's installment: the only review of a video game movie that discusses Michael Snow's WAVELENGTH at length, and contrasts Mike Judge with Yoko Ono.
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Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club!
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
The A.V. Club hiring Film Critic in Greater Chicago Area | LinkedIn
Posted 8:42:22 PM. The A.V. Club is seeking an experienced Film Critic to join our team of trenchant writers and…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club!
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...