Odie Henderson
@odienator.bsky.social
Author of BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Still the Boston Globe's chief film critic for now :) Former RogerEbert.com critic. Also former IT Diva (reformed). Black, bi, badass. View are my own! NSFC and GALECA member.
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Odie Henderson
@odienator.bsky.social
· Feb 19
I wrote a book on Blaxploitation Cinema! Ya damn right! It's called BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Available at bookstores, libraries and even an audiobook (read by moi). If you want to get a copy, ask yo' mama!
Reposted by Odie Henderson
I love all the KNIVES OUT movies, but WAKE UP DEAD MAN is my favorite of the three. It's an ode to mystery writers and the folks who read their books. Josh O'Connor is the film's MVP. Glenn Close is great as a crazy church lady. She can smell your happy pulpit!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
Benoit Blanc draws a blank in ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ - The Boston Globe
In the latest "Knives Out" movie, Daniel Craig’s supersleuth gets stuck on his darkest case. Josh O’Connor and an all-star cast are the usual suspects.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I love all the KNIVES OUT movies, but WAKE UP DEAD MAN is my favorite of the three. It's an ode to mystery writers and the folks who read their books. Josh O'Connor is the film's MVP. Glenn Close is great as a crazy church lady. She can smell your happy pulpit!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
Last night I dreamt about Sister Grace. She tormented me in writing class, made me think I was the worst writer ever, ripped up my bluebook in front of the entire class--and then gave me an A. I hated her for that. In my dream, I went to Hell. It was Sister Grace's classroom. I woke up screaming.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Last night I dreamt about Sister Grace. She tormented me in writing class, made me think I was the worst writer ever, ripped up my bluebook in front of the entire class--and then gave me an A. I hated her for that. In my dream, I went to Hell. It was Sister Grace's classroom. I woke up screaming.
Cary Grant deserved that Oscar, not you, Jimmy! RALLY HE DID!
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) — 2:15 pm ET — 1h 51m
(TCM Daytime: Directed by George Cukor)
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart; directed by George Cukor
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
#TCM #TCMParty
(TCM Daytime: Directed by George Cukor)
Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart; directed by George Cukor
Tabloid reporters crash a society marriage.
#TCM #TCMParty
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
www.tcm.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Cary Grant deserved that Oscar, not you, Jimmy! RALLY HE DID!
Last week, I angered the MY DINNER WITH ANDRE hive. This week, it's the Miles Teller hive! I'm a bad critic because I wouldn't want to spend eternity with him, according to some White girl who wrote me, and who clearly has been hit in the head with a bat. Because her fucking common sense is missing.
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Last week, I angered the MY DINNER WITH ANDRE hive. This week, it's the Miles Teller hive! I'm a bad critic because I wouldn't want to spend eternity with him, according to some White girl who wrote me, and who clearly has been hit in the head with a bat. Because her fucking common sense is missing.
Tom Hanks branded payday loan companies called "He Knows You're A Loan."
Tom Hanks branded road maps for old school drivers called Cloud Atlases
Tom Hanks branded push up bras called Bosom Buddies
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tom Hanks branded payday loan companies called "He Knows You're A Loan."
Once again, I am NUMBER ONE!
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Once again, I am NUMBER ONE!
I love all the KNIVES OUT movies, but WAKE UP DEAD MAN is my favorite of the three. It's an ode to mystery writers and the folks who read their books. Josh O'Connor is the film's MVP. Glenn Close is great as a crazy church lady. She can smell your happy pulpit!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
Benoit Blanc draws a blank in ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ - The Boston Globe
In the latest "Knives Out" movie, Daniel Craig’s supersleuth gets stuck on his darkest case. Josh O’Connor and an all-star cast are the usual suspects.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I love all the KNIVES OUT movies, but WAKE UP DEAD MAN is my favorite of the three. It's an ode to mystery writers and the folks who read their books. Josh O'Connor is the film's MVP. Glenn Close is great as a crazy church lady. She can smell your happy pulpit!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
🎶Gimme gimme gimme
A cat after midnight
Won't some kitty help me chase the sandman away?
Gimme gimme gimme
A cat after midnight
Take me through the zoomies to the break of the day! 🎶
A cat after midnight
Won't some kitty help me chase the sandman away?
Gimme gimme gimme
A cat after midnight
Take me through the zoomies to the break of the day! 🎶
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🎶Gimme gimme gimme
A cat after midnight
Won't some kitty help me chase the sandman away?
Gimme gimme gimme
A cat after midnight
Take me through the zoomies to the break of the day! 🎶
A cat after midnight
Won't some kitty help me chase the sandman away?
Gimme gimme gimme
A cat after midnight
Take me through the zoomies to the break of the day! 🎶
Reposted by Odie Henderson
What we’re seeing is a repeated and increasingly explicit offer of white reconciliation over a shared commitment to preserving white supremacy.
James Carville a few months ago: "Roll over and play dead."
James Carville now: "The Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression."
Genius! If only someone had thought of this before!
James Carville now: "The Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression."
Genius! If only someone had thought of this before!
Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What we’re seeing is a repeated and increasingly explicit offer of white reconciliation over a shared commitment to preserving white supremacy.
I remember having dinner with Udo Kier in Poland back in 2013. He invited me and Michal to dine with him at his table. He ordered steak tartare, which seemed appropriate. And he told us such great stories about movies he worked on, and the folks he worked with, none of which I can tell you here.
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I remember having dinner with Udo Kier in Poland back in 2013. He invited me and Michal to dine with him at his table. He ordered steak tartare, which seemed appropriate. And he told us such great stories about movies he worked on, and the folks he worked with, none of which I can tell you here.
My favorite reggae song, and a damn good movie. The piece I wrote on THE HARDER THEY COME is lost to the internet ether, alas. RIP Jimmy Cliff.
Man, this song and You Can Get It If You Really Want It and the movie kind of rocked my world when I first came across them. RIP Jimmy Cliff.
Gotta have this youtu.be/pmc5H6zAi6M?...
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My favorite reggae song, and a damn good movie. The piece I wrote on THE HARDER THEY COME is lost to the internet ether, alas. RIP Jimmy Cliff.
In honor of Udo Kier, here's the time we shared a logo with a bunch of other famous people.
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In honor of Udo Kier, here's the time we shared a logo with a bunch of other famous people.
Someday I will have to tell the story of how Elvis Mitchell and I helped Udo Kier buy killer bee honey online while chilling in the Lufthansa first class lounge in the Krakow airport. For now, RIP to a legend.
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Someday I will have to tell the story of how Elvis Mitchell and I helped Udo Kier buy killer bee honey online while chilling in the Lufthansa first class lounge in the Krakow airport. For now, RIP to a legend.
Reposted by Odie Henderson
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
"You can't spell damnation without A and I."
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth reut.rs/48tKTYY
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth
Artificial intelligence may be a useful tool for learning, but don't use it for your homework, Pope Leo told about 15,000 U.S. youth during a question-and-answer session on Friday.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"You can't spell damnation without A and I."
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
if you were gonna get a tramp stamp of a line from a horror movie what would you get?
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
My Siskel & Ebert tribute brought out the MY DINNER WITH ANDRE hive! They were not happy that I think it's is an unwatchable bore.
WTF? Are there MY DINNER WITH ANDRE cosplay events? Do people dress up like Wallace Shawn?
Roger was amused that I hated MDWA but "glad Gene and I got you to watch."
WTF? Are there MY DINNER WITH ANDRE cosplay events? Do people dress up like Wallace Shawn?
Roger was amused that I hated MDWA but "glad Gene and I got you to watch."
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My Siskel & Ebert tribute brought out the MY DINNER WITH ANDRE hive! They were not happy that I think it's is an unwatchable bore.
WTF? Are there MY DINNER WITH ANDRE cosplay events? Do people dress up like Wallace Shawn?
Roger was amused that I hated MDWA but "glad Gene and I got you to watch."
WTF? Are there MY DINNER WITH ANDRE cosplay events? Do people dress up like Wallace Shawn?
Roger was amused that I hated MDWA but "glad Gene and I got you to watch."
You can be the President
I'd rather be the Pope!
You can be the side effect
I'd rather be the dope.
I'd rather be the Pope!
You can be the side effect
I'd rather be the dope.
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
You can be the President
I'd rather be the Pope!
You can be the side effect
I'd rather be the dope.
I'd rather be the Pope!
You can be the side effect
I'd rather be the dope.
We had a great turnout for CLAUDINE. The audience loved the movie, I didn't botch my intro AND somebody bought my book at the MoMI bookstore! I signed it, of course.
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We had a great turnout for CLAUDINE. The audience loved the movie, I didn't botch my intro AND somebody bought my book at the MoMI bookstore! I signed it, of course.
I'm reposting my @vulture.com tribute to Diahann Carroll because I'm introducing CLAUDINE today at 2 at the Museum of the Moving Image.
www.vulture.com/2019/10/diah...
www.vulture.com/2019/10/diah...
The Trailblazing Power of Diahann Carroll
A celebration of the Dynasty star, her indelible six-decade career, and the ‘70s rom-com Claudine.
www.vulture.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'm reposting my @vulture.com tribute to Diahann Carroll because I'm introducing CLAUDINE today at 2 at the Museum of the Moving Image.
www.vulture.com/2019/10/diah...
www.vulture.com/2019/10/diah...
This looks like they should be singing "there's a light...over at the Frankenstein's Place..."
New Poster for 'Wuthering Heights' starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.
In theaters Valentineʼs Day. #WutheringHeights
In theaters Valentineʼs Day. #WutheringHeights
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This looks like they should be singing "there's a light...over at the Frankenstein's Place..."