Elman Steven
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"I said, 'I don't know how to act.' He said, 'Leave that to us.'"
Udo Kier, Familiar Movie Villain and Fixture of the Offbeat, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"I said, 'I don't know how to act.' He said, 'Leave that to us.'"
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Patrick McGoohan on the set of THE PRISONER.
One of the greatest TV shows of all time is now streaming on Kanopy, free w/ a library card.
You can watch all 17 episodes w/ *no ads* for a week w/ a single borrow. A perfect holiday weekend binge.
www.kanopy.com/en/product/1... #ClassicTV #Streaming
One of the greatest TV shows of all time is now streaming on Kanopy, free w/ a library card.
You can watch all 17 episodes w/ *no ads* for a week w/ a single borrow. A perfect holiday weekend binge.
www.kanopy.com/en/product/1... #ClassicTV #Streaming
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Patrick McGoohan on the set of THE PRISONER.
One of the greatest TV shows of all time is now streaming on Kanopy, free w/ a library card.
You can watch all 17 episodes w/ *no ads* for a week w/ a single borrow. A perfect holiday weekend binge.
www.kanopy.com/en/product/1... #ClassicTV #Streaming
One of the greatest TV shows of all time is now streaming on Kanopy, free w/ a library card.
You can watch all 17 episodes w/ *no ads* for a week w/ a single borrow. A perfect holiday weekend binge.
www.kanopy.com/en/product/1... #ClassicTV #Streaming
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Udo in my living room circa 2001, holding the blow-up doll from Jorg Buttgereit's SCHRAMM (that's Ant Timpson on his right) Thanks to my friend Dave Pikker for unearthing the pic
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Udo in my living room circa 2001, holding the blow-up doll from Jorg Buttgereit's SCHRAMM (that's Ant Timpson on his right) Thanks to my friend Dave Pikker for unearthing the pic
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New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.
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MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I opens this weekend in Los Angeles, Seattle, Oklahoma City and Cleveland. For the @latimes.com, I made the case for one of the year's singular films.
Review: 'My Undesirable Friends' puts us front row as a real-life Russian TV channel unravels
Filmmaker Julia Loktev was in Moscow following her journalist friends as Russian forces invaded Ukraine. She captured a changing media climate for reporters.
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I opens this weekend in Los Angeles, Seattle, Oklahoma City and Cleveland. For the @latimes.com, I made the case for one of the year's singular films.
This is fantastic.
EYES WIDE SHUT: Recreating New York with Stanley Kubrick
YouTube video by CRITERION
youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is fantastic.
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the only “train dreams” i am having are of high speed rail connecting all national metro areas with tickets available to all of the public, subsidized entirely by one fraction a billionaire’s annual income
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
the only “train dreams” i am having are of high speed rail connecting all national metro areas with tickets available to all of the public, subsidized entirely by one fraction a billionaire’s annual income
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Somehow, not The Onion....
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Somehow, not The Onion....
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THE FUTURE IS CANCELLED! Check out this cool bundle you can get with the @severinfilms.bsky.social blu ray/UHD of THE FINAL PROGRAMME plus @pulpcurry.bsky.social + Iain McIntyre's essential Radical SF lit companion DANGEROUS VISIONS AND NEW WORLDS - Black Friday at severinfilms.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
THE FUTURE IS CANCELLED! Check out this cool bundle you can get with the @severinfilms.bsky.social blu ray/UHD of THE FINAL PROGRAMME plus @pulpcurry.bsky.social + Iain McIntyre's essential Radical SF lit companion DANGEROUS VISIONS AND NEW WORLDS - Black Friday at severinfilms.com
Best to stop before you dig any deeper.
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Best to stop before you dig any deeper.
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A while back I was on @severinfilms.bsky.social BluRay of “Viy”, talking about Russian/Soviet horror & scifi. Here’s a @letterboxd.social list of the films I mentioned, plus more. It’s still very incomplete, so I might expand it, but it’s a sort of starter pack to the subject. boxd.it/QjiKI/detail
Russian/Soviet Folk Horror/Sci-Fi
A while back I was an extra to Severin’s Blu-Ray of Viy, talking about Russian and Soviet horror and sci-fi. Some people were nice about it, especially the number of titles I mentioned. So I thought I...
boxd.it
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A while back I was on @severinfilms.bsky.social BluRay of “Viy”, talking about Russian/Soviet horror & scifi. Here’s a @letterboxd.social list of the films I mentioned, plus more. It’s still very incomplete, so I might expand it, but it’s a sort of starter pack to the subject. boxd.it/QjiKI/detail
share a '90s movie that you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
share a '90s movie that you think deserves more love
Nouvelle Vague (2025)
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Nouvelle Vague (2025)
Watched Nouvelle Vague and now I want to see a film about the making of Slacker that incorporates a recreation of Les Amis Café.
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Watched Nouvelle Vague and now I want to see a film about the making of Slacker that incorporates a recreation of Les Amis Café.
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So sad to lose this absolute legend and friend. No one ever was or ever will be like him. A great loss to cinema and to the world. But he will live on to me and to everyone who loved him -- and so many loved him -- and he still shines bright. Udo Forever.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
So sad to lose this absolute legend and friend. No one ever was or ever will be like him. A great loss to cinema and to the world. But he will live on to me and to everyone who loved him -- and so many loved him -- and he still shines bright. Udo Forever.
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My day and discussion with beloved Udo from 2014 when we drove around the desert and talked ... and went to thrift stores. And more: thesunsetgun.com/2025/11/25/t...
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My day and discussion with beloved Udo from 2014 when we drove around the desert and talked ... and went to thrift stores. And more: thesunsetgun.com/2025/11/25/t...
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I may be the only person on earth, among the billions, who's sitting in a coffee shop* listening, on headphones, to George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell play the music of Cole Porter.
The thought pleases me. As does the album. 😄 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
The thought pleases me. As does the album. 😄 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I may be the only person on earth, among the billions, who's sitting in a coffee shop* listening, on headphones, to George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell play the music of Cole Porter.
The thought pleases me. As does the album. 😄 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
The thought pleases me. As does the album. 😄 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
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Udo Kier, a German actor who played eccentric villains and bloodthirsty monsters over a six-decade career that included parts in films by the directors Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, has died at 81.
Udo Kier, German Actor Who Played Eccentric Villains, Dies at 81
Over a six-decade career, he appeared in films by the directors Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, and in music videos by Madonna.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Udo Kier, a German actor who played eccentric villains and bloodthirsty monsters over a six-decade career that included parts in films by the directors Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, has died at 81.
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it's monday night, it's blossoms shanghai night www.criterionchannel.com/blossoms-sha...
Blossoms Shanghai - The Criterion Channel
In 1990s Shanghai, fortunes are waiting to be made—but not everyone can be a winner. In his first-ever television series, legendary director Wong Kar Wai (IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE) orchestrates a sprawlin...
www.criterionchannel.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
it's monday night, it's blossoms shanghai night www.criterionchannel.com/blossoms-sha...
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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I wrote about DOG DAY AFTERNOON and its complicated legacy among trans viewers for my reader's choice series. My co-writer Caden Mark Gardner will be discussing many of these same topics tonight on TCM before this film is shown. Please tune in!
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I wrote about DOG DAY AFTERNOON and its complicated legacy among trans viewers for my reader's choice series. My co-writer Caden Mark Gardner will be discussing many of these same topics tonight on TCM before this film is shown. Please tune in!
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
www.patreon.com/posts/144308...
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New essay by yours truly on one of the film’s of the year… for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...
A Visceral Look at the Impossible Task of Mothering
Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is at once harrowing and mesmerizing.
www.thenation.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
New essay by yours truly on one of the film’s of the year… for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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I was thrilled to be invited onto the SUPPORTING CHARACTERS podcast to talk about numerous topics including Trans film images, Corpses, Fools and Monsters and our appearance on TCM. Tune in tonight for @cadenmgardner.bsky.social 's program!
www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingch...
www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingch...
Episode 70: Willow Catelyn Maclay
Bill talks to author and podcaster Erica Shultz about her endeavors in film culture, from creating shows like Unsung Horrors to writing and publishing her book THE SWEETEST TABOO and contributing spec...
www.nowplayingnetwork.net
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I was thrilled to be invited onto the SUPPORTING CHARACTERS podcast to talk about numerous topics including Trans film images, Corpses, Fools and Monsters and our appearance on TCM. Tune in tonight for @cadenmgardner.bsky.social 's program!
www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingch...
www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingch...