Wade Neal
@wadeneal.bsky.social
Enzian Theater and Florida Film Festival. Married to Kathlyn. Seaweed, lawyer too. Enzian.org
Please note that a UK friend of mine when asked argued, steadfastly, that Keanu Reeves’s accent in Age of Innocence was the best example of an American actor using a British accent. Yes I’m confused too.
December 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Please note that a UK friend of mine when asked argued, steadfastly, that Keanu Reeves’s accent in Age of Innocence was the best example of an American actor using a British accent. Yes I’m confused too.
That’s how copyright works. Industries sued many people for music downloads in the Napster era. As below, so above
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
That’s how copyright works. Industries sued many people for music downloads in the Napster era. As below, so above
My first thought too. Terrific performance
December 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
My first thought too. Terrific performance
No guilder emojis I could find
December 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
No guilder emojis I could find
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Nobody: “you know what I’m bored. I am going to the doctor for an unneeded checkup. I don’t care how much it costs because it’s only a copay”
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Nobody: “you know what I’m bored. I am going to the doctor for an unneeded checkup. I don’t care how much it costs because it’s only a copay”
especially when 35mm was all we had, which guaranteed a few presentation issues per screening. Seating was also pretty bad. And yet
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
especially when 35mm was all we had, which guaranteed a few presentation issues per screening. Seating was also pretty bad. And yet
Went to One Battle After Another at a nondescript AMC. Guess what, it was fine and looked and sounded good. The guy sitting next to me had a pretty decent looking pretzel. Seats weren’t bad. I think we have anti theater groupthink. Casting my mind back, I don’t recall caring as much about perfect…
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Went to One Battle After Another at a nondescript AMC. Guess what, it was fine and looked and sounded good. The guy sitting next to me had a pretty decent looking pretzel. Seats weren’t bad. I think we have anti theater groupthink. Casting my mind back, I don’t recall caring as much about perfect…
I haven’t really experienced all these horribles. Except shrinking theatrical windows. They put near beds in the theaters in many places! Here is what seats used to be. Here also is a theater from the 1970s
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I haven’t really experienced all these horribles. Except shrinking theatrical windows. They put near beds in the theaters in many places! Here is what seats used to be. Here also is a theater from the 1970s
ALT: the character Keith from Mike Leigh’s Nuts In May wielding a stick in the final and only physical battle of the film
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ALT: the character Keith from Mike Leigh’s Nuts In May wielding a stick in the final and only physical battle of the film
90 minute movies are the way
Although it is odd that many people will binge 20-30 hours of a series in one weekend but balk on the equivalent of 2.5 shows. Not explainable but hey December means 10th month.
Although it is odd that many people will binge 20-30 hours of a series in one weekend but balk on the equivalent of 2.5 shows. Not explainable but hey December means 10th month.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
90 minute movies are the way
Although it is odd that many people will binge 20-30 hours of a series in one weekend but balk on the equivalent of 2.5 shows. Not explainable but hey December means 10th month.
Although it is odd that many people will binge 20-30 hours of a series in one weekend but balk on the equivalent of 2.5 shows. Not explainable but hey December means 10th month.
I’ll get you some coffee!
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I’ll get you some coffee!
It’s pretty clear that the power culture is geared to act as a heat sink on one broad coalition and a conductor for the other
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It’s pretty clear that the power culture is geared to act as a heat sink on one broad coalition and a conductor for the other
They pushed out an incumbent in an election year. There is nothing that can’t be done
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
They pushed out an incumbent in an election year. There is nothing that can’t be done
You’d think an access person like Maggie haberman would be interested a little bit
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
You’d think an access person like Maggie haberman would be interested a little bit
Maybe we will get another run at the idea bsky.app/profile/cult...
Stellan Skarsgård agrees that Netflix films shouldn't qualify for the Oscars without a full theatrical run
"That’s the only way to make the theaters survive ... Without cinema, you don’t have any Netflix"
(via Variety)
"That’s the only way to make the theaters survive ... Without cinema, you don’t have any Netflix"
(via Variety)
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Maybe we will get another run at the idea bsky.app/profile/cult...
I never saw a rationale articulated how setting certain criteria to be eligible for the Oscars was anticompetitive.
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I never saw a rationale articulated how setting certain criteria to be eligible for the Oscars was anticompetitive.
Seems multifaceted. Having a DOJ that wielded antitrust power in favor of NF when the Academy sought to protect theaters and now likely won’t assert it against the merger is another policy choice that contemplates a preferred outcome.
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Seems multifaceted. Having a DOJ that wielded antitrust power in favor of NF when the Academy sought to protect theaters and now likely won’t assert it against the merger is another policy choice that contemplates a preferred outcome.
Also aren’t the narrowing of theatrical windows a factor in influencing consumer choice?
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Also aren’t the narrowing of theatrical windows a factor in influencing consumer choice?