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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 5h

Sometimes I listen to Kate Bush's "Suspended in Gaffa" and I don't know how everyone else didn't just pack it up and go home. Like, shit, she solved it. What do we do now?

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 7h

... Jesus Christ.

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 9h

I mean, in addition to being a world class asshole, Landis is also a motherfucking murderer.

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Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 12h

I hate how good AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON is.

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 19h

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 23h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
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ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 15h

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 19h

Watched Honda Ishiro's MATANGO for the first time to find a haunted little body snatchers-type flick with hallucinogenic imagery and a creeping sense of real dread. Thanks, @criterion.bsky.social.

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 19h

Well. A couple of people might have missed it. Like elderly Oscars voters, say.

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Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 1d

One last time, ICYMI.

Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 2d

FFC #TIFF25 reviews: THE SUN RISES ON US ALL and OBSESSION, by Bill Chambers. Yes, these are hella late. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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TIFF '25: The Sun Rises on Us All + Obsession - FILM FREAK CENTRAL

日掛中天***½/****starring Zhilei Xin, Songwen Zhang, Shaofeng Fengwritten by Shangjun Cai, Nianjin Handirected by Shangjun Cai OBSESSION***/****starring Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson...

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Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 1d

FFC #TIFF25 review: MIROIRS NO. 3, by Angelo Muredda (@amuredda.bsky.social). Also playing at NYFF. filmfreakcentral.net/2025/10/tiff...

TIFF '25: Miroirs No. 3 - FILM FREAK CENTRAL

Mirrors No. 3***/****starring Paula Beers, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebswritten and directed by Christian Petzold by Angelo Muredda Not content to have already put his stamp on Vertigo wit...

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 1d

Precisely the Oscar clip.

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 1d

That noise you heard was my eyes rolling into my head when Dwayne "The Smashing Machine" Johnson, as a tragically opioid-addicted wrestler, picks up a piece of Japanese wabi-sabi crockery and feels a mystical spiritual kinship with it.

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 1d

If you ever make it out to Denver, would love to buy you a beer. I bet we can even lure @sgj.bsky.social out of Chipotle for the occasion.

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Paul Etheredge @pauletheredge.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Walter! I’m honestly stunned by your continued generosity toward my movie. I’m eternally grateful HELLBENT popped up on your radar twenty years ago - a review from you is a coveted thing in my circle of directors. I still keep your analysis handy.

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 1d

🙏❤️

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 1d

Heard @realgdt.bsky.social's FRANKENSTEIN sneaked at BeyondFest. Here's my review of it from Telluride: filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tell...

Telluride '25: Frankenstein - FILM FREAK CENTRAL

****/****starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltzscreenplay by Guillermo del Toro, based on the book Frankenstein; or: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelleydirected by Guillermo d...

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Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI, @amuredda.bsky.social reviewed THE SMASHING MACHINE, which I had no idea was already in theatres, which might explain why it flopped this weekend. Anyhoo. filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tiff...

TIFF '25: The Smashing Machine - FILM FREAK CENTRAL

**/****starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Ruttenwritten and directed by Benny Safdie by Angelo Muredda The early narrative on Dwayne Johnson’s starring role as veteran mixed-martial...

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Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 2d

Not beautiful images but necessary ones.

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Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 2d

FFC #TIFF25 reviews: THE SUN RISES ON US ALL and OBSESSION, by Bill Chambers. Yes, these are hella late. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
filmfreakcentral.net/2025/10/tiff...

TIFF '25: The Sun Rises on Us All + Obsession - FILM FREAK CENTRAL

日掛中天***½/****starring Zhilei Xin, Songwen Zhang, Shaofeng Fengwritten by Shangjun Cai, Nianjin Handirected by Shangjun Cai OBSESSION***/****starring Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson...

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 2d

So many wonderful people die all the time and yet...

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 2d

That thing where I realize I'm using working on a 5,000 word transcription of some complexity as the carrot for grading 60 papers before I teach a class tomorrow. Like "Here, if you do this tough and time-consuming thing, you can go ahead and do this tough and time-consuming thing."

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 2d

This Friday? The great @kumail.bsky.social zooms in to talk to my film students @ucdenver.bsky.socia.

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