therealchriswei
@therealchriswei.bsky.social
phd student @ iowa; author; editor; teacher; musician; artist; post-mormon; socialist. my books, articles, podcasts, albums, & videos are @ http://chriswei.com
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"Why not fine the companies for endangering kids or create new rules they have to follow? Why not introduce competition into a monopolized market space? Why not put consumer safety standards on the algorithms, the software, the devices themselves?"
now is not the time to ban phones
why Jonathan Haidt sucks
howtodothingswithmemes.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Why not fine the companies for endangering kids or create new rules they have to follow? Why not introduce competition into a monopolized market space? Why not put consumer safety standards on the algorithms, the software, the devices themselves?"
for january 2025, my lil CINEMA SATURDAY movie club is gonna watch four david lynch films:
january 4th — BLUE VELVET (1986)
january 11th — LOST HIGHWAY (1997)
january 18th — MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001)
january 25th — INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
join us! DM me for an invite to the discord server!
january 4th — BLUE VELVET (1986)
january 11th — LOST HIGHWAY (1997)
january 18th — MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001)
january 25th — INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
join us! DM me for an invite to the discord server!
January 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
for january 2025, my lil CINEMA SATURDAY movie club is gonna watch four david lynch films:
january 4th — BLUE VELVET (1986)
january 11th — LOST HIGHWAY (1997)
january 18th — MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001)
january 25th — INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
join us! DM me for an invite to the discord server!
january 4th — BLUE VELVET (1986)
january 11th — LOST HIGHWAY (1997)
january 18th — MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001)
january 25th — INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
join us! DM me for an invite to the discord server!
my CINEMA SATURDAY online movie club is in its fifty-eighth consecutive month now! for december 2024, we decided we'll watch:
december 7:
THE ORGANIZER (mario monicelli, 1963)
december 14:
AUGUST IN THE WATER (gakuryu ishii, 1995)
december 21:
LIMBO (soi cheang, 2021)
DM me for a discord invite!
december 7:
THE ORGANIZER (mario monicelli, 1963)
december 14:
AUGUST IN THE WATER (gakuryu ishii, 1995)
december 21:
LIMBO (soi cheang, 2021)
DM me for a discord invite!
December 2, 2024 at 4:18 PM
my CINEMA SATURDAY online movie club is in its fifty-eighth consecutive month now! for december 2024, we decided we'll watch:
december 7:
THE ORGANIZER (mario monicelli, 1963)
december 14:
AUGUST IN THE WATER (gakuryu ishii, 1995)
december 21:
LIMBO (soi cheang, 2021)
DM me for a discord invite!
december 7:
THE ORGANIZER (mario monicelli, 1963)
december 14:
AUGUST IN THE WATER (gakuryu ishii, 1995)
december 21:
LIMBO (soi cheang, 2021)
DM me for a discord invite!
ok i’m back on bluesky, looks like i made an account forever ago but people weren’t really using this thing yet. are y’all actually here this time?
November 21, 2024 at 3:43 PM
ok i’m back on bluesky, looks like i made an account forever ago but people weren’t really using this thing yet. are y’all actually here this time?
happy birthday to william k. l. dickson (#botd 1860), one of the earliest pioneers of cinema!
if u wanna watch 50+ films in less than an hour (many of which are dickson's), check out the bfi's 2020 project "the brilliant biograph" for free: https://player.eyefilm.nl/en/films/the-brilliant-biograph
if u wanna watch 50+ films in less than an hour (many of which are dickson's), check out the bfi's 2020 project "the brilliant biograph" for free: https://player.eyefilm.nl/en/films/the-brilliant-biograph
player.eyefilm.nl
August 3, 2023 at 1:02 PM
happy birthday to william k. l. dickson (#botd 1860), one of the earliest pioneers of cinema!
if u wanna watch 50+ films in less than an hour (many of which are dickson's), check out the bfi's 2020 project "the brilliant biograph" for free: https://player.eyefilm.nl/en/films/the-brilliant-biograph
if u wanna watch 50+ films in less than an hour (many of which are dickson's), check out the bfi's 2020 project "the brilliant biograph" for free: https://player.eyefilm.nl/en/films/the-brilliant-biograph
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Pom's fit during the train sequence in Dead Reckoning feels very Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West imho
August 2, 2023 at 12:46 AM
Pom's fit during the train sequence in Dead Reckoning feels very Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West imho
my barbie review https://boxd.it/4yTz91
my oppenheimer review https://boxd.it/4yWnSf
overall: mixed/positive about both. similar misgivings. both represent the admirable effort of auteurs whose best strengths are, i think, not as well-suited to these particular projects as they might be elsewhere.
my oppenheimer review https://boxd.it/4yWnSf
overall: mixed/positive about both. similar misgivings. both represent the admirable effort of auteurs whose best strengths are, i think, not as well-suited to these particular projects as they might be elsewhere.
July 22, 2023 at 9:39 PM
my barbie review https://boxd.it/4yTz91
my oppenheimer review https://boxd.it/4yWnSf
overall: mixed/positive about both. similar misgivings. both represent the admirable effort of auteurs whose best strengths are, i think, not as well-suited to these particular projects as they might be elsewhere.
my oppenheimer review https://boxd.it/4yWnSf
overall: mixed/positive about both. similar misgivings. both represent the admirable effort of auteurs whose best strengths are, i think, not as well-suited to these particular projects as they might be elsewhere.
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July 12, 2023 at 2:31 AM
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icymi: a month ago, my latest (sixth!) (and maybe best!?) annual movie montage dropped on vimeo—plz watch it at vimeo.com/832366106 or at chriswei.com/videos if u haven't already!!
222 in 2022
I made a montage of clips from each movie I watched during 2022, trying to play around with interesting rhythms, themes, and associations while editing. I organized…
vimeo.com
July 11, 2023 at 5:11 PM
icymi: a month ago, my latest (sixth!) (and maybe best!?) annual movie montage dropped on vimeo—plz watch it at vimeo.com/832366106 or at chriswei.com/videos if u haven't already!!
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"George Cukor's HOLIDAY was neither the first nor last Hepburn/Grant pairing, but here it feels as if they're inventing a new type of relationship—one marked not only by flirtation or witty repartee, but also deeply infused with loss."
- @franhoepfner.bsky.social
- @franhoepfner.bsky.social
Holiday (1938): Holiday, Oh, Holiday (And the Best One of the Year)
'Holiday' was neither the first nor last Hepburn and Grant pairing, but here it feels as if they’re inventing a new type of relationship, one marked not only by fizzling flirtation or witty repartee...
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July 6, 2023 at 11:56 PM
"George Cukor's HOLIDAY was neither the first nor last Hepburn/Grant pairing, but here it feels as if they're inventing a new type of relationship—one marked not only by flirtation or witty repartee, but also deeply infused with loss."
- @franhoepfner.bsky.social
- @franhoepfner.bsky.social
