Jacob Oller
@jacoboller.bsky.social
Film Editor at @avclub.com
Video Game Movie Expert
Southerner in Chicago
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Southerner in Chicago
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Jacob Oller
@jacoboller.bsky.social
· Oct 17
This is the hardest I've ever known someone didn't watch the thing they were writing about
this is the kind of country and era and genre-spanning completionism I live for
I watched (and ranked) every single adaptation of WUTHERING HEIGHTS I could get my hands on. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
The 32 Best (and Worst) Wuthering Heights Adaptations
Is there another novel that crosses borders and eras as smoothly as Emily Brontë’s 1847 classic does?
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February 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
this is the kind of country and era and genre-spanning completionism I live for
a guy who could somehow play Boo Radley and Tom Hagen and THX and Eisenhower and Stalin and Eichmann and Robert E. Lee
Robert Duvall, the firm screen presence that brought authority and soul to some of the greatest movies ever made, has died.
R.I.P Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor of unlimited range
R.I.P Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor of unlimited range
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February 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM
a guy who could somehow play Boo Radley and Tom Hagen and THX and Eisenhower and Stalin and Eichmann and Robert E. Lee
Pew polled Americans and they all said, in unison, “no take only throw”
"Eighty percent of Americans said voters have a responsibility to keep up with the news, but just 8% said they had a responsibility to pay for it." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
February 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Pew polled Americans and they all said, in unison, “no take only throw”
happy anniversary to a great movie and a great movie phone
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
happy anniversary to a great movie and a great movie phone
RIP Jean Gorin you would’ve loved Super Smash Bros
Jean Gorin, Relief-Composition, 1937
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136830
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136830
February 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM
RIP Jean Gorin you would’ve loved Super Smash Bros
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What’s striking about this clip, not even mentioning the content and substance of the message, is that I can’t remember the last time I saw a contemporary tv political talk show allow a guest to speak uninterrupted for this long
Although he's been gone almost 28 years, brother Kwame Ture aka Stokely Carmichael is still teaching
you just gotta listen
you just gotta listen
February 14, 2026 at 3:58 PM
What’s striking about this clip, not even mentioning the content and substance of the message, is that I can’t remember the last time I saw a contemporary tv political talk show allow a guest to speak uninterrupted for this long
Chimed in here to say you should go swoon over His Motorbike, Her Island
Love is a many-splendored thing in our first AVQ&A of 2026.
AVQ&A: What's your pop culture valentine to the world?
AVQ&A: What's your pop culture valentine to the world?
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February 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Chimed in here to say you should go swoon over His Motorbike, Her Island
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I'm ready
Me on the first great movie of the year, My Father's Shadow: www.avclub.com/my-fathers-s...
Daydreams and memories shine through My Father's Shadow
In the sweet and arresting debut My Father's Shadow, Nigerian brothers spend a day in the city with their estranged father.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I'm ready
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Been watching Gangs Of London S3, I'm ready for the Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù supremacy
Me on the first great movie of the year, My Father's Shadow: www.avclub.com/my-fathers-s...
Daydreams and memories shine through My Father's Shadow
In the sweet and arresting debut My Father's Shadow, Nigerian brothers spend a day in the city with their estranged father.
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February 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Been watching Gangs Of London S3, I'm ready for the Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù supremacy
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Me on the first great movie of the year, My Father's Shadow: www.avclub.com/my-fathers-s...
Daydreams and memories shine through My Father's Shadow
In the sweet and arresting debut My Father's Shadow, Nigerian brothers spend a day in the city with their estranged father.
www.avclub.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Me on the first great movie of the year, My Father's Shadow: www.avclub.com/my-fathers-s...
I almost crashed out over this in slack
Really been feeling like I'm on shaky ground ever since learning it's "Nick Cage" and not "Nic Cage"
February 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I almost crashed out over this in slack
idk, if I was an actor or a filmmaker or some kind of "artist" who respected my "work" I might chafe against "we'll fix it in post" quickly becoming "we'll have an LLM steal it in post"
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
idk, if I was an actor or a filmmaker or some kind of "artist" who respected my "work" I might chafe against "we'll fix it in post" quickly becoming "we'll have an LLM steal it in post"
Me on the first great movie of the year, My Father's Shadow: www.avclub.com/my-fathers-s...
Daydreams and memories shine through My Father's Shadow
In the sweet and arresting debut My Father's Shadow, Nigerian brothers spend a day in the city with their estranged father.
www.avclub.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Me on the first great movie of the year, My Father's Shadow: www.avclub.com/my-fathers-s...
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we've already gotten 300 applications for this! Please get yours in by the end of the week so I can know how much of my life will be devoted to reading cover letters
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 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
we've already gotten 300 applications for this! Please get yours in by the end of the week so I can know how much of my life will be devoted to reading cover letters
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Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
Disney's live-action Chicken Little remake is going to make $3 billion
February 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Disney's live-action Chicken Little remake is going to make $3 billion
getting a custom live laugh love sign that says "I am languid & bedeviled & hate writing & hate everybody"
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM
getting a custom live laugh love sign that says "I am languid & bedeviled & hate writing & hate everybody"
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I have maybe never anticipated a movie more. I need it now
Let me reassure everyone that The History Of Concrete is a great episode of How To but also More www.avclub.com/the-history-...
The History Of Concrete is the best episode of How To With John Wilson that never was
Those looking for more of the same from HBO's bone-dry documentarian will find exactly that in The History Of Concrete.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I have maybe never anticipated a movie more. I need it now
It's a crime that Nicolas Cage so rarely gets to work with filmmakers who can match his freak
February 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It's a crime that Nicolas Cage so rarely gets to work with filmmakers who can match his freak
heartbreaking: the worst person you know just made the exact point you'd expect
February 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
heartbreaking: the worst person you know just made the exact point you'd expect
we asked the people inside the snake oil factory about their potions and elixirs - they say even THEY can't predict all their wonderful effects
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
we asked the people inside the snake oil factory about their potions and elixirs - they say even THEY can't predict all their wonderful effects
For this month's Criterion column, I wrote about a beautifully bleak Coen brothers joint: The Man Who Wasn't There www.avclub.com/cult-of-crit...
Cult Of Criterion: The Man Who Wasn't There
With The Man Who Wasn't There, the Coen brothers tell one of their bleakest cosmic jokes in the language of film noir.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:36 PM
For this month's Criterion column, I wrote about a beautifully bleak Coen brothers joint: The Man Who Wasn't There www.avclub.com/cult-of-crit...
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That’s about what my calculations were
we crunched some numbers www.avclub.com/melania-budg...
Melania's budget could've paid the salaries of every fired Washington Post employee, three times over
An incomplete breakdown of Jeff Bezos' financial priorities, weighing one piece of propaganda (Melania) against 300 journalists.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
That’s about what my calculations were
we crunched some numbers www.avclub.com/melania-budg...
Melania's budget could've paid the salaries of every fired Washington Post employee, three times over
An incomplete breakdown of Jeff Bezos' financial priorities, weighing one piece of propaganda (Melania) against 300 journalists.
www.avclub.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
we crunched some numbers www.avclub.com/melania-budg...