Matt Simon
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Matt Simon
@mattsimon.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Saw Donkey Skin over the weekend and I am thinking about the cat throne.
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“Its visual beauty gives it parallel emotional registers—induces a desire to look and not look. Glamour and gloom together …”
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October 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Its visual beauty gives it parallel emotional registers—induces a desire to look and not look. Glamour and gloom together …”
www.deadofnightletter.com/glamour-gore...
www.deadofnightletter.com/glamour-gore...
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“Jacob’s Ladder feels, at different moments, like a drama about post-war PTSD, a horror movie about demons among us, a paranoid thriller about a secret military program, and a spiritual tale about the afterlife.”
www.deadofnightletter.com/erotic-demon... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
www.deadofnightletter.com/erotic-demon... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
October 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Jacob’s Ladder feels, at different moments, like a drama about post-war PTSD, a horror movie about demons among us, a paranoid thriller about a secret military program, and a spiritual tale about the afterlife.”
www.deadofnightletter.com/erotic-demon... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
www.deadofnightletter.com/erotic-demon... #filmsky #horrorsky #horror #cinema
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Nation of Language at The Fonda Theatre last night.
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Nation of Language at The Fonda Theatre last night.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Took the #noirvember opportunity to recommend my favorite movie—which I’ve written about at greater length here: www.deadofnightletter.com/sisters/
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Took the #noirvember opportunity to recommend my favorite movie—which I’ve written about at greater length here: www.deadofnightletter.com/sisters/
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November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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“… its quiet surrealism makes a hypnotic, hypnagogic (soporific for some) experience.” - On Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“… its quiet surrealism makes a hypnotic, hypnagogic (soporific for some) experience.” - On Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
“… its quiet surrealism makes a hypnotic, hypnagogic (soporific for some) experience.” - On Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“… its quiet surrealism makes a hypnotic, hypnagogic (soporific for some) experience.” - On Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This week thinking about
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This week thinking about
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
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November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This week thinking about
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This week thinking about
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
- Village of the Damned (1960) &
- Keeper
and recommending
- Jean Rollin’s Iron Rose
www.deadofnightletter.com/village-cabi... #filmsky #horrorsky
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Comprehensive Carlos Saura retrospective in Los Angeles when?
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Comprehensive Carlos Saura retrospective in Los Angeles when?
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It's a small gesture but this year I decided to prioritise watching microbudget self-distributed horror films in my relaxo time as a way of not supporting gross major corporate economic models. It's one of the best things I've ever done, and has fundamentally rewired what I think of as "good" film.
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It's a small gesture but this year I decided to prioritise watching microbudget self-distributed horror films in my relaxo time as a way of not supporting gross major corporate economic models. It's one of the best things I've ever done, and has fundamentally rewired what I think of as "good" film.
Comprehensive Carlos Saura retrospective in Los Angeles when?
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Comprehensive Carlos Saura retrospective in Los Angeles when?
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God, I love this movie. Bernard Herrmann outdoes himself with the “Concerto Macabre”. youtu.be/lp5fCcAM-s8?...
Concerto Macabre for Piano and Orchestra (From "Hangover Square")
YouTube video by Charles Gerhardt - Topic
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
God, I love this movie. Bernard Herrmann outdoes himself with the “Concerto Macabre”. youtu.be/lp5fCcAM-s8?...
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Today’s strike isn’t just about Starbucks. It’s about a broken system where billionaires & CEOs keep getting richer while the politicians they bankroll gut our wages, healthcare & rights.
Baristas are fighting for a fair contract and for a more just society. #NoContractNoCoffee
Baristas are fighting for a fair contract and for a more just society. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Today’s strike isn’t just about Starbucks. It’s about a broken system where billionaires & CEOs keep getting richer while the politicians they bankroll gut our wages, healthcare & rights.
Baristas are fighting for a fair contract and for a more just society. #NoContractNoCoffee
Baristas are fighting for a fair contract and for a more just society. #NoContractNoCoffee
Took the #noirvember opportunity to recommend my favorite movie—which I’ve written about at greater length here: www.deadofnightletter.com/sisters/
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Took the #noirvember opportunity to recommend my favorite movie—which I’ve written about at greater length here: www.deadofnightletter.com/sisters/
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November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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"Hangover Square, when it comes to these genres, inhabits them fully and equally." -- On horror noir and Hangover Square.
www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Hangover Square, when it comes to these genres, inhabits them fully and equally." -- On horror noir and Hangover Square.
www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember
www.deadofnightletter.com/noirvember-h... #horrorsky #filmsky #noirvember