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movies, socialism, occasionally history. newsletters on film, horror novel in progress. he/him https://peterraleigh.substack.com/

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of the season of the witch, I wrote about Suspiria, and about Argento's evolving vision of witchcraft as extraction. Hope you enjoy!
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Sighs From The Depths

Witchcraft and Capital in Argento's Suspiria

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November Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 1d

yeah it’s the Onion ‘Well, Well, Well, Not So Easy To Find a Mayor Who Isn’t A Piece of Shit, Huh?’ headline photoshopped to ‘De Blasio: Well, Well, Well, Not So East To Find Mayor De Blasio, Huh?’ and also the photo of De Blasio has been clumsily photoshopped to put him in Wally/Waldo’s outfit

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 1d

He's soooo funny in it. Crowd wasn't too giggly but he got some huge laughs and how can you blame people frankly.

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 1d

Winking, self-referential hokum in a lesser filmmaker's hands becomes a staging ground for some of Carpenter's most elementally strange and unsettling ideas and images. Despite its explicit reference points, too distinctive ever to collapse into pastiche, or even simple homage

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 1d

Now seated for a 35mm screening (umpteenth viewing)

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 1d

We in Chicago are occasionally blessed

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 1d

They're showing Carpenter trailers before the screening. Prince of Darkness is so sick man. That's one I need to see big pretty bad

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 1d

The Fog is climbing my rankings as well. I have traditionally thought this one was great but missed Cundey on it, we'll see where I land this time

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 1d

Now seated for a 35mm screening (umpteenth viewing)

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don't hug me I'm porksweats @porksweats.bsky.social · 1d

CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of the season of the witch, I wrote about Suspiria, and about Argento's evolving vision of witchcraft as extraction. Hope you enjoy!
peterraleigh.substack.com/p/sighs-from...

Sighs From The Depths

Witchcraft and Capital in Argento's Suspiria

peterraleigh.substack.com

1 6 27

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much for reading!

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

Last boost of the night - thanks for reading folks

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of the season of the witch, I wrote about Suspiria, and about Argento's evolving vision of witchcraft as extraction. Hope you enjoy!
peterraleigh.substack.com/p/sighs-from...

Sighs From The Depths

Witchcraft and Capital in Argento's Suspiria

peterraleigh.substack.com

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

Almost no "homework" is assigned in intro level university humanities classes. If I were to assign any less there would simply cease to be an assessed component to the course at all. It's that minimal

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

The third film doesn't exactly make it easy lol

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Tom McH @tommchenry.bsky.social · 2d

I have probably watched SUSPIRIA seven times and nothing like the "the witches are rapacious capitalists" reading that Peter suggests here (and supports thoroughly with many downright obvious textual examples) ever occurred to me. Just right over my head. Goddamn, I gotta watch it again.

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of the season of the witch, I wrote about Suspiria, and about Argento's evolving vision of witchcraft as extraction. Hope you enjoy!
peterraleigh.substack.com/p/sighs-from...

Sighs From The Depths

Witchcraft and Capital in Argento's Suspiria

peterraleigh.substack.com

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

I can assure you I was in this same boat for a good handful of viewings lmao. Thanks so much for reading dude, I'm very grateful

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

By the by, if you're not reading @petreraleigh.bsky.social's film criticism blog, Long Library, you should be.

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of the season of the witch, I wrote about Suspiria, and about Argento's evolving vision of witchcraft as extraction. Hope you enjoy!
peterraleigh.substack.com/p/sighs-from...

Sighs From The Depths

Witchcraft and Capital in Argento's Suspiria

peterraleigh.substack.com

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

I remember the first time I saw his name in opening credits and said "oh that's Vincent Cassel's dad. I wonder if I'll be able to tell which one he is." Lmao

Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 2d

Jean-Pierre Cassel in Jean-Pierre Melville's ARMY OF SHADOWS (1969)

Cassel was BOTD in 1932

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 2d

Suspiria is a film I've "been meaning to get to" for over five years at this point but I'm gonna watch it tomorrow just to read this piece. If you've already seen it or don't care about spoilers read this piece right now!!!!

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of the season of the witch, I wrote about Suspiria, and about Argento's evolving vision of witchcraft as extraction. Hope you enjoy!
peterraleigh.substack.com/p/sighs-from...

Sighs From The Depths

Witchcraft and Capital in Argento's Suspiria

peterraleigh.substack.com

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much man!

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of the season of the witch, I wrote about Suspiria, and about Argento's evolving vision of witchcraft as extraction. Hope you enjoy!
peterraleigh.substack.com/p/sighs-from...

Sighs From The Depths

Witchcraft and Capital in Argento's Suspiria

peterraleigh.substack.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6d

Pete Buttigieg endorses aid restrictions to Israel, Seth Moulton is running away from AIPAC at full speed, Mallory McMorrow says it's a genocide, meanwhile Cory Booker says that asking if Netanyahu is a war criminal is unfair.

What the hell is happening? I take a stab at it in the piece below.

Democrats Are Getting a Brutal Lesson in How Much the Politics on Israel Have Changed

From Pete Buttigieg to Gavin Newsom, party bigwigs are finding out the hard way that the old platitudes don’t work anymore.

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 7d

Without a serious change to the situation within a few years I would predict there will simply be no one teaching formal writing to non-majors at all

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 7d

I really thought I was never going to go down the "in-class writing assignments only" route but the AI situation is reaching the point where I may have no other choice. Hard to even describe how bad an outcome this would be pedagogically or how dire the situation has become for writing instruction

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 7d

They’re doing this because it’s so successful

Reuters @reuters.com · 7d

Meta is cutting around 600 roles in AI unit, Axios reports reut.rs/4opgmAI

Meta is cutting around 600 roles in AI unit, Axios reports

Meta is cutting roughly 600 positions out of the several thousand roles within its Superintelligence Labs artificial intelligence unit, Axios reported on Wednesday.

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 8d

Fun as hell thread here

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · May 16

I'm finally starting this project to watch the entire Touchstone Pictures filmography (every film associated with the Disney label whether through production or distribution) from 1984-2016 & share my thoughts on each release in this thread. Follow along as I revisit the hits, misses & obscurities.