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Rodney Ascher

@rodneyascher.bsky.social

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'Thanks to' credit on Boorman & the Devil, The Adult Swim Yule Log, & Destroy All Neighbors. Edited Andy Kaufman's posthumous comedy album, Directed Rolling Stone's 10th Best Music Video of 2016. NOW PLAYING: GHOST BOY (SXSW 2025 Audience Award Winner)

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 5h

THANK YOU. I also find the idea of serving it on paper plates in an upscale apartment filled with Italian designer furniture a little suspect but there's only so many characters allowed for each post.

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 6h

Okay, I don’t mean to dogpile on poor Saul Bellow who is a heck of a writer by any standards (and to be fair, this may be a case of an unreliable narrator, in which case, apologies) but Evel rode a Harley and beer barrels are not listed in his jumps here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 23h

I had a great experience with VistaVision but this makes quite the case for 4DX (spoliery)

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I Saw ‘One Battle After Another’ Six Times in Six Formats in Six Days

We compare Paul Thomas Anderson's latest masterpiece in VistaVision, 70mm IMAX, digital IMAX, regular 70mm, DCP and 4DX to see which is best.

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 2d

The brief moments when he seems reachable are the most dangerous

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 2d

John Hurt’s Caligula is an all-timer, man oh man

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 2d

Not my kind of music but you're not wrong. And she wrote/directed it too? Hat's off.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 3d

The use of American Girl in One Battle After Another has been rattling around in my head since I saw it so I wrote about why the cue is so powerful www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/m...

How ‘American Girl’ Enhances a Scene in ‘One Battle After Another’

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 3d

Sitting down for some VistaVision

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 4d

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 4d

Can you believe this all-star super team representing EVERY HEAVY THING??

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 5d

The 1hr making-of-James Gunn’s Superman doc on Max is the Bizarro-Planet Megadoc full of good vibes (and features the same production designer tasked with impossible challenges!) I liked them both very much, recommended double feature.

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 5d

Likely

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 5d

Going through my VHS archives and I found this golden oldie

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 18d

Every time I watch ALIEN I am transfixed thinking to myself "there's no way they've left themselves enough room to get the third horizontal line in that E without it looking like a squashed-in mess!" but no, every single time there it is, and it's beautiful. Most tense part of the movie tbh.

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 6d

GHOST BOY is heading to PHILLY! We'll be screening October 18 & 25th at the 34TH PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL via @phillyfilmsociety.bsky.social.

tix/info: filmadelphia.org/movies/ghost...

Ghost Boy movie poster featuring Martin Pistorius

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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 6d

Don't miss this Yom Kippur reflection why President Trump's attempts to erase America's past sins is so troubling on a deep philosophical and spiritual level.

Political Triumphalism Is Contrary to the Spirit of Yom Kippur

The Jewish holiday’s emphasis on repentance requires confronting our past sins, not burying them

www.theunpopulist.net

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 7d

After that whole Mel Brooks imbroglio, I’m less inclined to give Saul Bellow the benefit of the doubt. This line implies that NYC pizza is delivered unsliced…New Yorkers, can you confirm that is not the case?

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 8d

anything bright enough to attract moths

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 8d

two men are standing in front of a large map that says great white north

ALT: two men are standing in front of a large map that says great white north

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 9d

V/H/S HALLOWEEN last night at @beyondfest.bsky.social, the funniest was obviously my man Casper Kelly’s ‘Fun-Size’ but the shocker was Alex Ross Perry’s heel-turn with ‘Kid-Print’ the most endurance challenging / evening-ruining, bleak-weeker I've seen since Looking For Mr Goodbar (complimentary.)

a warning from the federal bureau of investigation on a blue screen

ALT: a warning from the federal bureau of investigation on a blue screen

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 13d

I’ve seen two works-in-progress cuts of BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL, but tonite’s sold out screening of the real thing at @beyondfest.bsky.social was transcendent. Congrats to the whole team. I’ve always enjoyed The Exorcist 2 as spectacle but now I’ve finally got my head around what it’s trying to do.

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 13d

Countdown to BOORMAN and THE DEVIL. #beyondfest

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 15d

"You leave the carnival with your arm around your girl and climb behind the wheel of your car. It feels like nothing could go wrong."

Bruce Springsteen or Stephen King?

1. You take Mary out for a nice drive. Disaster ensues. 2. Bit by bit, this town is killing you. 3. Two remorseless killers careen acro...

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 14d

Holy shit holy shit holy shit they played Cherub!!