Michael Hull
@fifthcolumnfilms.bsky.social
Director/editor of BETRAYAL AT ATTICA (HBOMax 2021), producer of WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES (Independent Lens 2024)
I make GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC with Jason Bailey and BLACK DIPLOMATS with Terrell Starr
Let's make a movie!
I make GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC with Jason Bailey and BLACK DIPLOMATS with Terrell Starr
Let's make a movie!
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My contract with HBOMax is fulfilled and I got the rights to my movie back. It's the hardest thing I've ever worked on and the best thing I've ever done.
All profits from sales on my website go to support the surviving Attica Brothers and our ongoing work with the Attica Brothers Foundation.
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All profits from sales on my website go to support the surviving Attica Brothers and our ongoing work with the Attica Brothers Foundation.
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you will be visited by three spirits
December 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
you will be visited by three spirits
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We looked it up and learned that humbug was a word the kids made up in the 1750s so essentially what Scrooge was saying was “Bah, 6-7”
December 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
We looked it up and learned that humbug was a word the kids made up in the 1750s so essentially what Scrooge was saying was “Bah, 6-7”
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Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
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They were just kids. He’d only be 61 today. The past is not even past.
December 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
They were just kids. He’d only be 61 today. The past is not even past.
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SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE is pure exploitation lunacy.
December 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE is pure exploitation lunacy.
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If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
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This is one of my favorite things that @splicedpersonality.bsky.social has ever written for us.
A more-personal-than-usual reflection on the holiday perennial ‘White Christmas’: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
Classic Corner: White Christmas — Crooked Marquee
A more-personal-than-usual reflection on the holiday perennial, now streaming on Amazon Prime.
crookedmarquee.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is one of my favorite things that @splicedpersonality.bsky.social has ever written for us.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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Something I say every winter as though it’s an original thought I’ve just had and not something that’s been hammering me over the head for most of my life: Misery is one of the greatest films ever made.
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Something I say every winter as though it’s an original thought I’ve just had and not something that’s been hammering me over the head for most of my life: Misery is one of the greatest films ever made.
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EMMETT OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS (1977, YouTube, #film)
Unbearably wholesome and elaborately wrought muppet made-for-TV musical special about an impoverished mother and son trying to bring Christmas magic to each other. Fully ensouled, fully wonderful.
Now up for free on YT thanks to Shout!
Unbearably wholesome and elaborately wrought muppet made-for-TV musical special about an impoverished mother and son trying to bring Christmas magic to each other. Fully ensouled, fully wonderful.
Now up for free on YT thanks to Shout!
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
EMMETT OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS (1977, YouTube, #film)
Unbearably wholesome and elaborately wrought muppet made-for-TV musical special about an impoverished mother and son trying to bring Christmas magic to each other. Fully ensouled, fully wonderful.
Now up for free on YT thanks to Shout!
Unbearably wholesome and elaborately wrought muppet made-for-TV musical special about an impoverished mother and son trying to bring Christmas magic to each other. Fully ensouled, fully wonderful.
Now up for free on YT thanks to Shout!
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Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
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A film like no other
can be watched for free at archive.org/details/swim...
Swimming To Cambodia (1987) : Spalding Gray : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A film adaptation of the Spalding Gray monologue, where Gray recounted his experiences in Cambodia during the making of the 'The Killing Fields' (1984), in...
archive.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A film like no other
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Wasteful Fonts sounds like a middle-aged cover band made up of the college English department faculty.
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Wasteful Fonts sounds like a middle-aged cover band made up of the college English department faculty.
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This is no different than Trump saying Chuck Schumer isn't Jewish anymore, fuck off Hillary
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is no different than Trump saying Chuck Schumer isn't Jewish anymore, fuck off Hillary
poverty kills, yaheard?
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
poverty kills, yaheard?
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I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ
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12/1/71: Ivan Passer's Born to Win
w/George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black + 70s NYC
NB @funcityeditions.bsky.social blu w/ @jasondashbailey.com & @fifthcolumnfilms.bsky.social
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@jlalibs.com: www.screenslate.com/articles/bor...
@trailersfromhell.bsky.social: trailersfromhell.com/born-to-win/
w/George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black + 70s NYC
NB @funcityeditions.bsky.social blu w/ @jasondashbailey.com & @fifthcolumnfilms.bsky.social
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@jlalibs.com: www.screenslate.com/articles/bor...
@trailersfromhell.bsky.social: trailersfromhell.com/born-to-win/
Born To Win | Trailers From Hell
Ivan Passer's first American film and his first in the English language is a core life-with-a-junkie tale in a cold Manhattan winter. George Segal is the 'habituated, not addicted' (he says) user whos...
trailersfromhell.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
12/1/71: Ivan Passer's Born to Win
w/George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black + 70s NYC
NB @funcityeditions.bsky.social blu w/ @jasondashbailey.com & @fifthcolumnfilms.bsky.social
More
@jlalibs.com: www.screenslate.com/articles/bor...
@trailersfromhell.bsky.social: trailersfromhell.com/born-to-win/
w/George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black + 70s NYC
NB @funcityeditions.bsky.social blu w/ @jasondashbailey.com & @fifthcolumnfilms.bsky.social
More
@jlalibs.com: www.screenslate.com/articles/bor...
@trailersfromhell.bsky.social: trailersfromhell.com/born-to-win/
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Completely forgot to share my favorite Black Friday carol yesterday www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN4j...
Mojo Nixon - Burn Down The Malls
YouTube video by Radial by The Orchard
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Completely forgot to share my favorite Black Friday carol yesterday www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN4j...
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I feel like not enough folks know that Alf's real name, canonically, is Gordon Shumway...and for some reason, despite this, he let these dismissive humans continue to refer to him by a moniker that's just an abbreviation for "Alien Life Form."
Also, why am I getting retroactively mad about it?
Also, why am I getting retroactively mad about it?
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I feel like not enough folks know that Alf's real name, canonically, is Gordon Shumway...and for some reason, despite this, he let these dismissive humans continue to refer to him by a moniker that's just an abbreviation for "Alien Life Form."
Also, why am I getting retroactively mad about it?
Also, why am I getting retroactively mad about it?
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I have a new disc and streaming guide up and this time I'm not going to apologize for how INSANELY LONG it is. I will not! I can't control when this many good things come at once! It's free to read! Enjoy! crookedmarquee.com/the-best-mov...
The Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: Train Dreams, Splitsville, Caught Stealing, and More — Crooked Marquee
Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage and original movies on any number
crookedmarquee.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I have a new disc and streaming guide up and this time I'm not going to apologize for how INSANELY LONG it is. I will not! I can't control when this many good things come at once! It's free to read! Enjoy! crookedmarquee.com/the-best-mov...
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Today is Holodomor Memorial Day
holodomor mini doc
YouTube video by - hrec
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Today is Holodomor Memorial Day
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Headline of the year competition closed. https://queenseagle.com/all/2025/11/21/queens-men-meet
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Headline of the year competition closed. https://queenseagle.com/all/2025/11/21/queens-men-meet
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Very fun roundup. Also read Matt's book Opposable Thumbs, an anecdote-packed tribute to the small-screen critical titans who changed lives--certainly those of us future movie critics.
50 years ago this week, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert made the first pilot for their TV show. In honor of this huge anniversary, I created my definitive “Best of Siskel & Ebert” article - 50 of their best reviews from across their entire career. 👍🏻👍🏻
The 50 Best Siskel & Ebert Reviews
screencrush.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Very fun roundup. Also read Matt's book Opposable Thumbs, an anecdote-packed tribute to the small-screen critical titans who changed lives--certainly those of us future movie critics.