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Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Tesseract Cinema & Cafe - Chicago, IL

Support Tesseract Cinema, a theater/event space/cafe/bar/community spot coming to Pilsen in 2026 | Check out 'Tesseract Cinema & Cafe - Chicago, IL' on Indiegogo.

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Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 9h

thrilled to have @jmrivera.bsky.social with this brilliant look at religious terror and prayer in FIRST REFORMED and THE EXORCIST

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 9h

excited to share this one. For the good people at @tesseractcinema.bsky.social , I wrote about The Exorcist, First Reformed, and forms of prayer

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ENTER THE HYPERCUBE: FIRST REFORMED + THE EXORCIST - TESSERACT CINEMA

Joshua Rivera ties together the religious terror of The Exorcist and First Reformed.

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Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 1d

the album title alone made my heart sink, this is gonna wreck me

Joyce Manor Announce New Album 'I Used To Go To This Bar': Hear "Well, Whatever It Was"

In August, Joyce Manor returned with the Smiths-indebted earworm “All My Friends Are So Depressed.” Now, the Torrance band is announcing their new album I Used To Go To This Bar and sharing “Well, Wha...

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Davis Theater @davistheater.bsky.social · 2d

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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 2d

Schedule permits! I will be there there to introduce this film, which gains so much from the theatrical experience. Those alien voids just don't devour Glaswegian bachelors quite the same at home.

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 2d

join us & New Cult Canon author @scotttobias.bsky.social (schedule permitting) at @davistheater.bsky.social on Thursday 10/23 at 9PM

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Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 2d

join us & New Cult Canon author @scotttobias.bsky.social (schedule permitting) at @davistheater.bsky.social on Thursday 10/23 at 9PM

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Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 6d

one of the best film critics talking to one of the best filmmakers working today. can't wait!

Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 6d

A heads up: Oct 11 I’ll be doing a virtual Q&A with Raoul Peck at the Gene Siskel Film Center about ORWELL: 2+2=5.

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 6d

PTA is has that little edgelord in him that pulls shit like that Asian restaurant scene in LICORICE PIZZA.

it's really the response from people, who i thought i trusted, when they hear "this hurts me & threatens lives". some people who can hear that re: race & sexuality, etc just don't get it here

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 6d

the resurgence of the r-slur, as i'm dealing with my autism diagnosis, is super fun. love reliving my childhood trauma while people i respect go "it's fine actually". even the best movie of the year (OBAA) uses it as a punchline. it just feel like "well we have to be able to punch down at SOMEONE"

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 10d

loved everything about ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - a major studio release so brazenly about today, propulsive and yet patient - but Benicio del Toro's Sensei is the whole thing for me. A steady presence, with a beer in hand, who isn't looking out for glory but for his fellow man. ocean waves.

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 10d

to me, Pete and Aziz are the most bizarre names on the list not because i expected better of either of them, but because you'd think their publicists would realize that the grift is waning and nobody wants to be seen on Ghoul's Island with Louis + Dave. evil people helping out other evil people.

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 10d

also Aziz seems to be getting a real nice pass from people because they like his new movie? but this is pretty damning evidence that he is hasn't worked on himself and would still do anything for a buck! we don't need these people anymore!

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 10d

if anyone wants to see where Pete Davidson is these days on the MAGA scale, google him and Th*o V*n talking about Jason Mantzoukas. from this same interview. sorry to his fans but him on this line-up, among this vile group, seems to fit pretty well!

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 11d

"[Pete] Davidson defended his decision, telling podcaster Theo Von that he agreed to the performance after seeing the amount he was being paid."

Uhhhhhh is that really a"defense" tho

Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 11d

I should no longer be surprised by what some people will do for money, and yet I am.

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 13d

when i finally watched the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD i had this exact thought - despite decades of rip-offs & homages i was just like "whoa. this rips so hard."

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 13d

Join us for the first feature from Jane Schoenbrun, the creepypasta video essay A SELF-INDUCED HALLUCINATION. There will be free beer from Hopewell Brewing, and proceeds go to Transformative Justive Law Project IL - join us for our first Chicago event on 10/22!

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Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 14d

support our indiegogo in the final week for some great perks!

and join us in Avondale for our pop-up space The Outpost - opening NOV 2025

all for the goal of opening a proper movie theater in Pilsen in 2026

please give if you can & share if you're able! 🙏

www.indiegogo.com/projects/tes...

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 14d

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 17d

TESSERACT OUTPOST
a pop-up shop + screening space

Opening this November, The Outpost will provide a space for us to show our favorite movies, highlight our favorite artists + raise money for a dedicated Pilsen theater next year.

see you on 11/11

Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 18d

it's just wild what some people are capable of

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Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 18d

new Wednesday record...AOTY...what is this 2023?

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🎃Kristen “Crypt Keeper” Lopez🎃 @kristenklopez.bsky.social · 20d

I got to work with the great folks at @tesseractcinema.bsky.social where I talked about my mutual love for Billie Dawn from BORN YESTERDAY and Ani from ANORA. They share a lot more than ya think.

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ENTER THE HYPERCUBE: ANORA + BORN YESTERDAY - TESSERACT CINEMA

BY KRISTEN LOPEZENTER THE HYPERCUBE is a column at Tesseract Dispatch that finds the best voices on film exploring unexpected double features that span time, genre + more.There’s a moment towards the ...

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Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 20d

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Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 20d

HI!!! check us out: the-flytrap.ghost.io

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 20d

I own a local publication called @thetriibe.com and we literally just need new subscribers to stay independent and sustainable. Starve the fascists and support local journalists and creatives. You can sign up or give a contribution here. thetriibe.com

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Tesseract Cinema @tesseractcinema.bsky.social · 21d

TWO WEEKS LEFT! Support our Indiegogo to get some sick perks like free tickets, discounted memberships and venue rentals!

also any rich, aspiring benefactors: 10K gets you a bathroom named after you 👀

poster by the 🐐 Michael Pottle

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TESSERACT CINEMA - Following film through time - Donate to the Indiegogo for our Theater in Pilsen, Chicago. Against a background that highlights Buster Keaton, as well as performers he inspired like Jackie Chan, Lucille Ball and Johnny Knoxville