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Film historian and cultural critic. Movie theaters, cinema spaces, and filmgoing cultures. Radically optimistic. Writing about why we watch movies at www.howtoreadmovies.com. Cohosting @ColdWarCinema.com. He/Him/His.

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ptklein @ptklein.com · 23d

Speaking of film formats, I recently published an article on Pola-Lite, a largely unnoticed and under-researched single-strip 3-D format, in Film Atlas, an encyclopedia of every film format ever.

I had a blast researching this. It has everything! Monsters, Douglas Sirk, questionable origin stories!

The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) brings together institutions dedicated to rescuing of films both as art and as historical documents

www.filmatlas.com

ptklein @ptklein.com · 3h

Based on forensic analysis this is the last thing you tweeted before you got married and I think that is so beautiful

ptklein @ptklein.com · 9h

LETS GOOOOOO

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Saw a chipmunk 🥰

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Saw a chipmunk

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Saw a chipmunk

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Well yeah but that’s for different reasons

ptklein @ptklein.com · 16h

Supporting oomfs by liking all the thirsty replies to their selfies

ptklein @ptklein.com · 17h

This club is for the waking up folks!

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Let’s gooooo

ptklein @ptklein.com · 18h

Jordan brought donuts, everyone! 🍩

Jordan @jordansmix.bsky.social · 18h

Hi @ptklein.com where do I sign in for the can’t sleep in club? I brought donuts.

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I checked his Instagram they were just sweatpants Jon’s a dirty goddamn liar

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Overalls at 12:30 in the afternoon

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🫂🫂🫂 I love this so much, my man. Thank you!!

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Candy cuck got it

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I was thinking about this last night. Like what a jump!

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Do it immediately they’re so good

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This was almost my good morning clip but then I thought maybe that was the wrong foot to step off the ledge with this morning

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You are all of these things!!!!

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Wait this is truly so nice and now I am sobbing???? 😭

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Severely disrespected but always fun

ptklein @ptklein.com · 1d

He’s got taste, ladies and gentlemen!

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And that’s why you’re such a handsome boy

ptklein @ptklein.com · 1d

At the movies I mean lol

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I had a box last night

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Me coded

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Gosh they’re soooooo good frozen

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A beautiful genealogy