Kyle Stevens
@cinementalist.bsky.social
Another film queer. Professor. Book on Mike Nichols. Ed. of The Oxford Handbook of Film Theory. Tons of essays. Boston.
Rewatching The Killers and, um, let this be your reminder to, too.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Rewatching The Killers and, um, let this be your reminder to, too.
And if you don’t think what she did in Something’s Gotta Give changed the game, go back and listen to her deliver “It’s just soap.”
October 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
And if you don’t think what she did in Something’s Gotta Give changed the game, go back and listen to her deliver “It’s just soap.”
Horses charging through the legs wins it for me.
August 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Horses charging through the legs wins it for me.
Me, preparing my arsenal.
August 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Me, preparing my arsenal.
Like I'm not gonna post this preview of the next season of Interview with the Vampire. I mean. (It's also the best series currently on TV.)
July 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Like I'm not gonna post this preview of the next season of Interview with the Vampire. I mean. (It's also the best series currently on TV.)
Of course A24 puts the final nail in metaphor’s coffin.
May 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Of course A24 puts the final nail in metaphor’s coffin.
Four that leapt first to mind!
May 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Four that leapt first to mind!
I was searching for a post (which is obvious) and OMG.
April 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I was searching for a post (which is obvious) and OMG.
SCMS Conferencers! Here’s a lil preview of my title slide! I’m on a roundtable discussion all about spectatorship and labor (and refusing that labor!) Thursday morning. It’s first session, but I hope to see you there!
April 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
SCMS Conferencers! Here’s a lil preview of my title slide! I’m on a roundtable discussion all about spectatorship and labor (and refusing that labor!) Thursday morning. It’s first session, but I hope to see you there!
Logged on to FB for the first time in a while and saw this response to a post from a former grad school professor. We are so, as they say, cooked.
March 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Logged on to FB for the first time in a while and saw this response to a post from a former grad school professor. We are so, as they say, cooked.
Oh, I love film history.
March 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Oh, I love film history.
Not proud of my sticker skills, but why does this seem so right?
February 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Not proud of my sticker skills, but why does this seem so right?
A propos of nothing (but striving to have a non-political skeet): Amy Irving would’ve been amazing in a Lauren Bacall biopic. It’s all there: the look; the Jewishness; the “cast cause you’re prettier than talented but still kinda great.”
February 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A propos of nothing (but striving to have a non-political skeet): Amy Irving would’ve been amazing in a Lauren Bacall biopic. It’s all there: the look; the Jewishness; the “cast cause you’re prettier than talented but still kinda great.”
Oh, sure. I have the mental and emotional capacity for this now. Oh, absolutely. Why wouldn't I?
February 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Oh, sure. I have the mental and emotional capacity for this now. Oh, absolutely. Why wouldn't I?
A Harris fundraising email for the DNC today??
February 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A Harris fundraising email for the DNC today??
Not even gonna pretend to be nonchalant about winning the @scmstudies.bsky.social award for Best Essay in an Edited Collection. Woo hoo!
January 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Not even gonna pretend to be nonchalant about winning the @scmstudies.bsky.social award for Best Essay in an Edited Collection. Woo hoo!
Struggling to “find the joy” today, then I saw this.
January 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Struggling to “find the joy” today, then I saw this.
Conservatives today.
January 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Conservatives today.
Kyle-coded characters. (Yes, both of them in Holiday)
January 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Kyle-coded characters. (Yes, both of them in Holiday)
Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source.
January 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source.
Post a picture of you that isn’t actually you
January 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Post a picture of you that isn’t actually you
I feel a bit insane suggesting anyone could really play Audrey Hepburn (and biopics really don’t have to do the looky-likey thing), but Ariana Grande, uh, could?
December 8, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I feel a bit insane suggesting anyone could really play Audrey Hepburn (and biopics really don’t have to do the looky-likey thing), but Ariana Grande, uh, could?