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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 1d

THE SMASHING MACHINE is an indie Oscar vehicle, not a franchise tentpole, and the idea that Johnson needs to come out and explain why it didn't have a massive opening weekend is a sign that both celebrity culture and entertainment journalism have reached new levels of delusion.

IGN @ign.com · 1d

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has issued a statement after The Smashing Machine became the Hollywood star's worst box office opening ever.

'You Can't Control Box Office Results' — Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Responds to The Smashing Machine's Disappointing Launch

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 100-page opinion -- says it is unequivocally, lopsidedly easy to determine that the Trump administration's view of birthright citizenship is wrong.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 4d

Damn, so our best writer on Trump & the nightmare we're all living through is _also_ superb at writing on movies? It's fine, I'm not jealous at all. David Roth on OBAA, 1970s paranoid political thrillers, & how revolution, by its very nature, is always a work in progress. flaminghydra.com/issue-416/

Struggle cinema

David Roth on 'One Battle After Another'

flaminghydra.com

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 4d

PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK deserves to be seen widely — all credit to Kino Lorber for giving it a threatrical release. I stand by every word of the review quoted on this poster, from Cannes earlier this year.

(h/t @marshallshaffer.bsky.social for spotting and sending)

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 4d

terrible things are happening outside. poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. families are torn apart. men, women, and children are separated. children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.

diary of anne frank, january 13, 1943.

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 4d

Oh. Oh my. This sounds like a “maybe not for everyone but definitely for me” film, particularly because THE SNOW QUEEN is my favorite H.C. Andersen story. What a compelling review.

Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Color me dazzled by Lucile Hadžihalilović's THE ICE TOWER, an unsettling hall-of-mirrors meditation on enchantment in the blinding lights of idolatry, cinema, and fantasy. One of the most dreamily arresting films you will see this year. My four-star review for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

The Ice Tower movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

This is not so much a film you watch as one you wake up from, shivering.

www.rogerebert.com

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tnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social · 4d

Essentials 1: Chantal Akerman's Toute Une Nuit, one of the few movies that reconceives the very nature of narrative and does so exquisitely—extensively, intensively, romantically; at 4 at @moma.bsky.social, introduced by Aurore Clément: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The Nocturnal Masterwork “Toute Une Nuit” Comes to Light

Chantal Akerman’s rarely screened, dance-like drama of lovers’ encounters, separations, and reunions is newly available to stream.

www.newyorker.com

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 4d

Best actor, to me: a two-person race between Benicio del Toro in THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME and Benicio del Toro in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

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Agata Fijalkowski @agatafijalkow.bsky.social · 4d

My morning read about Lucile Hadžihalilović’s “The Ice Tower” leaves me unsettled, intrigued, and wanting to see this movie. Great review @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social

Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Color me dazzled by Lucile Hadžihalilović's THE ICE TOWER, an unsettling hall-of-mirrors meditation on enchantment in the blinding lights of idolatry, cinema, and fantasy. One of the most dreamily arresting films you will see this year. My four-star review for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

The Ice Tower movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

This is not so much a film you watch as one you wake up from, shivering.

www.rogerebert.com

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 4d

Sounds like four-for-four, happy to hear Lucile Hadžihalilović continues to make my favourite films...

Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Color me dazzled by Lucile Hadžihalilović's THE ICE TOWER, an unsettling hall-of-mirrors meditation on enchantment in the blinding lights of idolatry, cinema, and fantasy. One of the most dreamily arresting films you will see this year. My four-star review for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

The Ice Tower movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

This is not so much a film you watch as one you wake up from, shivering.

www.rogerebert.com

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

As Netflix's new historical drama HOUSE OF GUINNESS makes its surprisingly compelling case as the heir apparent to PEAKY BLINDERS, I chatted with breakout star Anthony Boyle about playing another iconic son of Ireland after SAY NOTHING, physicality, mustaches, and more, for Men's Health Magazine.

Anthony Boyle Always Loved to 'Split the G.' 'House of Guinness' Made Him Dive Way Deeper.

The star of Netflix's new hit historical drama talks fitting into Irish history, making the call for his own full-frontal nude scene, and the key to rocking a perfect Arthur Guinness mustache.

www.menshealth.com

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Color me dazzled by Lucile Hadžihalilović's THE ICE TOWER, an unsettling hall-of-mirrors meditation on enchantment in the blinding lights of idolatry, cinema, and fantasy. One of the most dreamily arresting films you will see this year. My four-star review for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

The Ice Tower movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

This is not so much a film you watch as one you wake up from, shivering.

www.rogerebert.com

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Excited to share that @kinolorber.com has reprinted my interview with Yorgos Lanthimos (first for @letterboxd.social) in a print booklet accompanying its 4K UHD release of DOGTOOTH. Among the most exciting films of its decade, a defining one in Lanthimos' career — an honor to be included in this.

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

He’s so great!

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Emma Fraser @frazbelina.bsky.social · 5d

An excellent convo with a fave

Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

As Netflix's new historical drama HOUSE OF GUINNESS makes its surprisingly compelling case as the heir apparent to PEAKY BLINDERS, I chatted with breakout star Anthony Boyle about playing another iconic son of Ireland after SAY NOTHING, physicality, mustaches, and more, for Men's Health Magazine.

Anthony Boyle Always Loved to 'Split the G.' 'House of Guinness' Made Him Dive Way Deeper.

The star of Netflix's new hit historical drama talks fitting into Irish history, making the call for his own full-frontal nude scene, and the key to rocking a perfect Arthur Guinness mustache.

www.menshealth.com

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 5d

"This is not so much a film you watch as one you wake up from, shivering,” writes @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social in his 4/4 star review of Lucile Hadžihalilović’s THE ICE TOWER. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...

The Ice Tower movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

This is not so much a film you watch as one you wake up from, shivering.

www.rogerebert.com

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Our long international nightmare (a serious dearth of Lads) is finally over

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 5d

this guy's a fucking baller

Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

As Netflix's new historical drama HOUSE OF GUINNESS makes its surprisingly compelling case as the heir apparent to PEAKY BLINDERS, I chatted with breakout star Anthony Boyle about playing another iconic son of Ireland after SAY NOTHING, physicality, mustaches, and more, for Men's Health Magazine.

Anthony Boyle Always Loved to 'Split the G.' 'House of Guinness' Made Him Dive Way Deeper.

The star of Netflix's new hit historical drama talks fitting into Irish history, making the call for his own full-frontal nude scene, and the key to rocking a perfect Arthur Guinness mustache.

www.menshealth.com

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

As Netflix's new historical drama HOUSE OF GUINNESS makes its surprisingly compelling case as the heir apparent to PEAKY BLINDERS, I chatted with breakout star Anthony Boyle about playing another iconic son of Ireland after SAY NOTHING, physicality, mustaches, and more, for Men's Health Magazine.

Anthony Boyle Always Loved to 'Split the G.' 'House of Guinness' Made Him Dive Way Deeper.

The star of Netflix's new hit historical drama talks fitting into Irish history, making the call for his own full-frontal nude scene, and the key to rocking a perfect Arthur Guinness mustache.

www.menshealth.com

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Color me dazzled by Lucile Hadžihalilović's THE ICE TOWER, an unsettling hall-of-mirrors meditation on enchantment in the blinding lights of idolatry, cinema, and fantasy. One of the most dreamily arresting films you will see this year. My four-star review for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

The Ice Tower movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

This is not so much a film you watch as one you wake up from, shivering.

www.rogerebert.com

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Loved contributing to the newest edition of @fangoria.bsky.social with a retrospective on 10 frightful years of @shudder.com, reflecting on the road so far and some horror highlights along the way.

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

This was such a blast — and my first interview feature for @letterboxd.social!

On @pranobaileybond.bsky.social's brilliant CENSOR, which dissects the video-nasty craze of ‘80s Britain as it distorts into a dizzy, giallo-inspired tale of repression and release. We talked format, VHS, and Fulci:

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Isaac Feldberg @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social · 5d

Excited to share that @kinolorber.com has reprinted my interview with Yorgos Lanthimos (first for @letterboxd.social) in a print booklet accompanying its 4K UHD release of DOGTOOTH. Among the most exciting films of its decade, a defining one in Lanthimos' career — an honor to be included in this.

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 26d

Bryn Chainey's RABBIT TRAP is out tonight, and the universe decided to recognize this by offering up a rare early-model LANDSCAPE HC-TT (left) at Perfect Circuit today!

the newer version (right) was my hero tool in making the sound design for the film.

go see it!!

two Landscape HC-TT's - old (left) newer (right)

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