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IFC Center @ifccenter.bsky.social · 29d

DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING is more than just good life advice. It's business manager Christine Kecher's staff pick, and widely regarded today as one of Lucio Fulci’s greatest giallos, rivaling the best work of Dario Argento. See it this weekend at midnight!

IFC Center - Don’t Torture a Duckling

DON’T TORTURE A DUCKLING is a triumphant giallo from Italian horror legend Lucio Fulci (ZOMBIE, THE BEYOND). A sleepy rural village is rocked by the murders of young boys and superstitious locals are ...

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · 28d

Such trickiness, living in such times of polarity. As we go down this route we realise how much of culture (if not most things in daily life) are implicated to varying degrees in global atrocities. My question, is where does that leave us?

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 29d

⚡️The London premiere of “Tosca” starring Anna Netrebko went ahead despite protests, with dozens accusing the Royal Opera House of betraying Ukraine.

A petition against her has already gathered over 6,000 signatures.

danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Aug 29

Vibing this so far... at least from the artwork!

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · Aug 27

Official poster for Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons 🐝

The film will receive a special limited engagement on October 24, with a wider release on October 31 via Focus Features.

Trailer drops tomorrow.

danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Aug 22

I got to interview filmmaker Carter Smith for his queer body packing horror Swallowed for @phantasmagpress.bsky.social
A film not for the faint-hearted!

Director Carter Smith on the Queer Body Horror of "Swallowed" — PHANTASMAG

www.phantasmag.com

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Aug 14

One of the best…Embrace The Serpent (2015)

danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Aug 6

The rhythm of these tweets reminds me of that Aja Untucked moment... "Valentina, You are perfect, you are beautiful, you look like Linda Evangelista ..."

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 6

AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.

AI filmmaking and storytelling is punk rock. It’s hip hop. It’s counterculture. It’s a new type of creativity. It’s a new medium. It’s hated by the mainstream film and art establishment. It resists ideology. It ignores gate keeping. It’s uncomfortable. It’s scary. It’s viral. It’s accessible. It’s refreshing. It’s welcoming. It’s here.

danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Aug 6

A beautifully still film!

ICA | Viêt and Nam

The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Aug 4

I very much vibed with 'Bring Her Up' a sublimely earthy, hallucinatory type of horror that seeks to arouse all the senses, conjuring a heady immersive experience that lingers. And with a brilliantly unhinged Sally Hawkins, who is so unpredictable ramping up the anxiety!

danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Jul 28

I wrote an essay in the latest edition of @theboyisbeautiful.bsky.social about Queerwave. A film festival that takes place in the old walled city of Nicosia, where I grew up.

The Boy Is Beautiful @theboyisbeautiful.bsky.social · Jul 28

Issue #4 – Hold Me – is OUT NOW 🫦

Featuring: @florianhetz.bsky.social #AndreasAngelidakis @johnthomasxxx.bsky.social @manosxxx.bsky.social #NathanKorn #beautifulreaders #queerostraca #achillesandpatroclus and more

#TheBoyIsBeautiful #NewIssue #Magazine #Queer #QueerMagazine #Erotica #Greece

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Jul 22

Wow these wonderful gay moments in Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon

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The Boy Is Beautiful @theboyisbeautiful.bsky.social · Jul 22

6 days to launch with Daniel Theophanous sharing his experience of Queerwave Cyprus, a film festival that brings together alienated communities in celebration of everything queer and on film.

Photo by Angelos Charalambous

#QueerwaveCyprus #FilmFestival #Issue4 #TheBoyIsBeautiful

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Jul 11

My spiritual father 🙏

David Cronenberg's Closet Picks

YouTube video by CRITERION

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Jul 8

the Rehearsal S2 is equally, if not better, sharper than the 1st season. I refrain myself from labelling it reality TV, but it kinda sorta of is, but then so much more.

danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Jul 5

Such a delightful macabre Cronenbergian delicacy. I was all in!

Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social · Jul 1

“It isn’t necessarily about the horrors of the decaying body, but the horror of its no longer being there – which means that above all, Cronenberg has made a love story.”

@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, in UK cinemas this week. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

The Shrouds review: Cronenberg’s grave encounters

David Cronenberg’s macabre modern love story stars Vincent Cassel as a widowed cemetery owner who invents grave cams for the grieving as a way to make sense of his loss.

www.bfi.org.uk

danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Jul 5

Just to say whoever was a location scout for The Sandman S2, those bits with Orpheus head supposedly on a Greek island, look far too green and very old ye England not Mediterranean in the slightest. Attention to detail much?

danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Jul 1

Ofc plenty of stuff to poke at but I did, surprisingly, enjoy 28 Years Later. I was on board with its more dystopian take with just enough exposition but still had a bit of the frenzied energy akin to Boyle's films.

danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Jun 30

Yes I saw! I commend you for your efforts.

danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Jun 30

i love Albert Serra, but sorry watching animal cruelty is something I simply cant do!

Glenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · Jun 27

Albert Serra is at it again. My review of “Afternoons of Solitude,” for @ebertvoices.bsky.social

www.rogerebert.com/reviews/afte...

Afternoons of Solitude movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

Serra’s meticulous shooting and cutting relate to phenomenology; that is, it delivers an account of subjective experience.

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Jun 24

Not a dog person but this is cute

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Jun 23

This is Ando. He's been a high-risk explosives detection dog for 6 years, and last week he celebrated his final day on the job. His coworkers threw him a surprise retirement party by showering him with dummies, a special reward that detection dogs are trained to love. 14/10 congratulations Ando

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Queer East @queereast.bsky.social · Apr 3

The full programme of Queer East Festival 2025 is here!

Explore LGBTQ+ cinema, performances, literature, and arts from East and Southeast Asia and beyond.

23 April - 18 May in venues across London, discover the line-up: queereast.org.uk/festival-2025/

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · Feb 27

Man.

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Feb 25

Fave cat movie ever

That Darn Cat! (1965) Disney Home Video Australia Trailer

YouTube video by FilmwaysVTC

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Feb 25

Screening at True/ False and BFI Flare 'A Body I live In' is an incredibly pieced together meditative multi-media documentary around body-modification and its intersection with BDSM and performance art.

A Body to Live In (2025)

A Body to Live In is an intimate inquiry into the life and work of Fakir Musafar, an influential figure in the queer body-modification community. The film explores his outsized impact and the formatio...

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Feb 24

Dogme 95’s Festen at the Royal Opera House is superb. The theme and format works perfectly for opera. Accompanied by a befitting austere score. And to mention the incredibly stylish set filled with Danish-like furniture.

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danny_theo_ @danieltheophanous.bsky.social · Feb 24

Very true... also don't forget sci-fi Looker (1984)