ptklein
@ptklein.com
Film historian and cultural critic. Movie theaters, cinema spaces, and filmgoing cultures. Radically optimistic. Writing at www.howtoreadmovies.com, Metro Weekly, Film Atlas, and elsewhere. Cohost @ColdWarCinema.com. He/Him/His.
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· Nov 17
New episode is live!
This week we discuss Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, unpacking the complicated (and often contradictory) political allegories from both the left and the right. Check it out!
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This week we discuss Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, unpacking the complicated (and often contradictory) political allegories from both the left and the right. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-8-inva...
Pod people pod! Pod people pod!!
I’m back on @coldwarcinema.com with @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @tonyjballas.bsky.social this month talking about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the blacklist, conformity, and communism. Give us a listen:
I’m back on @coldwarcinema.com with @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @tonyjballas.bsky.social this month talking about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the blacklist, conformity, and communism. Give us a listen:
Good morning to everyone fighting the good fight
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The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin, 1940)
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The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin, 1940)
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Good morning to everyone fighting the good fight
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The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin, 1940)
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The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin, 1940)
Need my go go juice (gay guy iced coffee)
January 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Need my go go juice (gay guy iced coffee)
Still here, tbh
Escaping *the existential horror of this prolonged assault on democracy by American fascists* with some heavy squats and Sabrina Carpenter
January 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Still here, tbh
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Fact check: true
January 11, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Fact check: true
“Seeing more and feeling less
Saying no but meaning yes
This is all I ever meant
That's the message that I sent
I can’t give everything away”
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Saying no but meaning yes
This is all I ever meant
That's the message that I sent
I can’t give everything away”
★
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
“Seeing more and feeling less
Saying no but meaning yes
This is all I ever meant
That's the message that I sent
I can’t give everything away”
★
Saying no but meaning yes
This is all I ever meant
That's the message that I sent
I can’t give everything away”
★
Raise your hand if you’re a Columbus oomf
January 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Raise your hand if you’re a Columbus oomf
I am struggling today. The vibes, as they say, are rancid. So, I’m taking this moment to remind myself, and maybe others, that one can be informed without scrolling, to consider one’s physiological responses to the feed, and that it’s okay (good even) to log off. Put on some Bowie and breathe.
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I am struggling today. The vibes, as they say, are rancid. So, I’m taking this moment to remind myself, and maybe others, that one can be informed without scrolling, to consider one’s physiological responses to the feed, and that it’s okay (good even) to log off. Put on some Bowie and breathe.
Tin soldiers and Donald’s coming
We’re finally on our own
This winter I hear the drumming
A mother dead in Minnesot’
Gotta get down to it, ICE is cutting us down
Should have been gone long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?
We’re finally on our own
This winter I hear the drumming
A mother dead in Minnesot’
Gotta get down to it, ICE is cutting us down
Should have been gone long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Tin soldiers and Donald’s coming
We’re finally on our own
This winter I hear the drumming
A mother dead in Minnesot’
Gotta get down to it, ICE is cutting us down
Should have been gone long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?
We’re finally on our own
This winter I hear the drumming
A mother dead in Minnesot’
Gotta get down to it, ICE is cutting us down
Should have been gone long ago
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?
Wake Up Dead Man is somehow still playing at my local cinema should I go see it a fourth time y/y
January 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Wake Up Dead Man is somehow still playing at my local cinema should I go see it a fourth time y/y
Refilling my salt cellar like
January 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Refilling my salt cellar like
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio kind of morning
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio kind of morning
Tonight on the Big Screen, Kurosawa’s new-to-me Throne of Blood:
January 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Tonight on the Big Screen, Kurosawa’s new-to-me Throne of Blood:
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every fascist intellectual is nothing more than an adolescent pseud with faux gravitas whose output is sophomoric fanfiction the sole purpose of which is to rationalize fascist barbarism
January 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
every fascist intellectual is nothing more than an adolescent pseud with faux gravitas whose output is sophomoric fanfiction the sole purpose of which is to rationalize fascist barbarism
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Need this but in gay guy wrestling singlet
This may be the greatest thing I've ever gotten from the thrift store
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Need this but in gay guy wrestling singlet
Escaping *the existential horror of this prolonged assault on democracy by American fascists* with some heavy squats and Sabrina Carpenter
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Escaping *the existential horror of this prolonged assault on democracy by American fascists* with some heavy squats and Sabrina Carpenter
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State fireworks on the National Mall on the eve of January 6th you simply can’t make this shit up
January 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
State fireworks on the National Mall on the eve of January 6th you simply can’t make this shit up
Three hour delay at the airport this morning but I’m back on the ground and now I’m ready to rock n roll (nap)
January 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Three hour delay at the airport this morning but I’m back on the ground and now I’m ready to rock n roll (nap)
The way I can tell we’re all in bad moods because everyone keeps trying to start discourse lmao
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The way I can tell we’re all in bad moods because everyone keeps trying to start discourse lmao
good morning, it begins
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The Playhouse (Buster Keaton/Eddie Cline, 1921).
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The Playhouse (Buster Keaton/Eddie Cline, 1921).
January 5, 2026 at 12:43 PM
good morning, it begins
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The Playhouse (Buster Keaton/Eddie Cline, 1921).
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The Playhouse (Buster Keaton/Eddie Cline, 1921).
💪 BROS BEFORE BOTS 💪
Let’s all be more Anti-AI in 2026
January 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
💪 BROS BEFORE BOTS 💪
Sunday scaries very real today
January 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Sunday scaries very real today
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