Robert Joseph
@robertgjoseph.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication at the University of Dayton. Focus on cinematic geography, American independent cinema, mediations of hell and the apocalypse, and other things. On Letterboxd at https://boxd.it/iB7b.
Pinned
Rust belt grindhouse: Deadbeat at Dawn and the gentrification of East Dayton’s warehouse district
The deindustrialization of the Dayton, Ohio warehouse district, now known as Webster Station, preceded the area’s gradual conversion into a space of consumption marketed to the so-called ‘creative ...
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For my second Bluesky post, more shameless self-promotion: an article about the gentrification of my home city of Dayton and how it’s mediated by the 1988 exploitation classic Deadbeat at Dawn www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Favorite first-time viewings of films in January:
Bones and All (Luca Guadagnino, 2022)
The Cameraman (Edward Sedgwick and Buster Keaton, 1928)
The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier, 2021)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta, 2026)
Bones and All (Luca Guadagnino, 2022)
The Cameraman (Edward Sedgwick and Buster Keaton, 1928)
The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier, 2021)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta, 2026)
February 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Favorite first-time viewings of films in January:
Bones and All (Luca Guadagnino, 2022)
The Cameraman (Edward Sedgwick and Buster Keaton, 1928)
The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier, 2021)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta, 2026)
Bones and All (Luca Guadagnino, 2022)
The Cameraman (Edward Sedgwick and Buster Keaton, 1928)
The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier, 2021)
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta, 2026)
I know this isn’t the most glaring reason this is a poor analogy, but..yes, you do! The Titanic wouldn’t have taken an entire night to turn around!
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 23, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I know this isn’t the most glaring reason this is a poor analogy, but..yes, you do! The Titanic wouldn’t have taken an entire night to turn around!
I’m late to the party, but The Worst Person in the World is a special film
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
January 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I’m late to the party, but The Worst Person in the World is a special film
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
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This is wonderful
TUBI or not TUBI? lolzzzzzz that's right THE PEOPLE'S JOKER is now available to watch for FREE on TUBI! We also just dropped a bunch of new merch at the yeyostore (check it below). It's the best day of your life!
January 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
This is wonderful
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I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂
January 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂
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"But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci. As a matter of fact, I'm there right now."
"What do you mean? You're where right now?"
"At the Pagliacci show."
"That's fuckin' crazy, man."
"Call me. Dial the venue. Go ahead."
"<I TOLD YOU I WAS PAGLIACCI.>"
"[laughs] It's been a pleasure talking to you."
"What do you mean? You're where right now?"
"At the Pagliacci show."
"That's fuckin' crazy, man."
"Call me. Dial the venue. Go ahead."
"<I TOLD YOU I WAS PAGLIACCI.>"
"[laughs] It's been a pleasure talking to you."
Has anyone stopped to consider that the Pagliacci in the doctor's office is a doppelgänger or tulpa
January 17, 2026 at 3:29 AM
"But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci. As a matter of fact, I'm there right now."
"What do you mean? You're where right now?"
"At the Pagliacci show."
"That's fuckin' crazy, man."
"Call me. Dial the venue. Go ahead."
"<I TOLD YOU I WAS PAGLIACCI.>"
"[laughs] It's been a pleasure talking to you."
"What do you mean? You're where right now?"
"At the Pagliacci show."
"That's fuckin' crazy, man."
"Call me. Dial the venue. Go ahead."
"<I TOLD YOU I WAS PAGLIACCI.>"
"[laughs] It's been a pleasure talking to you."
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
The 2025 Rams and the 2025 Panthers
January 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
The 2025 Rams and the 2025 Panthers
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“and the Plato readings that may include these.”
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 9:49 PM
“and the Plato readings that may include these.”
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2020: Lovers Rock
2021: West Side Story
2022: Tár
2023: Showing Up
2024: Dune: Part 2
2025: One Battle After Another
2021: West Side Story
2022: Tár
2023: Showing Up
2024: Dune: Part 2
2025: One Battle After Another
2020: The Kid Detective
2021: The Power of the Dog, The Matrix Resurrections
2022: Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King
2023: Perfect Days, Godzilla Minus One, Oppenheimer
2024: Queer
2025: 28 Years Later
2021: The Power of the Dog, The Matrix Resurrections
2022: Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King
2023: Perfect Days, Godzilla Minus One, Oppenheimer
2024: Queer
2025: 28 Years Later
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?
2020: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
2021: Memoria
2022: Pacifiction
2023: Eureka
2024: Queer
2025: The Ice Tower
2020: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
2021: Memoria
2022: Pacifiction
2023: Eureka
2024: Queer
2025: The Ice Tower
January 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
2020: Lovers Rock
2021: West Side Story
2022: Tár
2023: Showing Up
2024: Dune: Part 2
2025: One Battle After Another
2021: West Side Story
2022: Tár
2023: Showing Up
2024: Dune: Part 2
2025: One Battle After Another
Favorite first-time viewings of films in December:
Riefenstahl (Andres Veiel, 2024)
Running on Empty (Sidney Lumet, 1988)
The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt, 2025)
Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie, 2025)
Riefenstahl (Andres Veiel, 2024)
Running on Empty (Sidney Lumet, 1988)
The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt, 2025)
Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie, 2025)
January 1, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Favorite first-time viewings of films in December:
Riefenstahl (Andres Veiel, 2024)
Running on Empty (Sidney Lumet, 1988)
The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt, 2025)
Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie, 2025)
Riefenstahl (Andres Veiel, 2024)
Running on Empty (Sidney Lumet, 1988)
The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt, 2025)
Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie, 2025)
No telling how many times I watched the file of this I downloaded from Kazaa back in the day, but it was a lot
December 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
No telling how many times I watched the file of this I downloaded from Kazaa back in the day, but it was a lot
December 31, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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i had to drop what i was doing to make this
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
i had to drop what i was doing to make this
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Bonus:
Charles Hutchins as Scrooge in the I Think You Should Leave sketch ‘The Night Scrooge Saved Christmas’. Sadly Scrooge doesn’t have any dialogue out of his window, but he does kill bone monsters from the future, which is some compensation.
youtu.be/Dt-L6BfpYrc
Charles Hutchins as Scrooge in the I Think You Should Leave sketch ‘The Night Scrooge Saved Christmas’. Sadly Scrooge doesn’t have any dialogue out of his window, but he does kill bone monsters from the future, which is some compensation.
youtu.be/Dt-L6BfpYrc
December 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Bonus:
Charles Hutchins as Scrooge in the I Think You Should Leave sketch ‘The Night Scrooge Saved Christmas’. Sadly Scrooge doesn’t have any dialogue out of his window, but he does kill bone monsters from the future, which is some compensation.
youtu.be/Dt-L6BfpYrc
Charles Hutchins as Scrooge in the I Think You Should Leave sketch ‘The Night Scrooge Saved Christmas’. Sadly Scrooge doesn’t have any dialogue out of his window, but he does kill bone monsters from the future, which is some compensation.
youtu.be/Dt-L6BfpYrc
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#LetterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched Three films about criminals (two of them on the run), and two indies set in Massachusetts
December 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#LetterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched Three films about criminals (two of them on the run), and two indies set in Massachusetts