So proud if my friend David Kittredge, debuting his labor of love Boorman and the Devil this week at Venice. #filmsky 📽 @davidkittredge.bsky.social
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So proud if my friend David Kittredge, debuting his labor of love Boorman and the Devil this week at Venice. #filmsky 📽 @davidkittredge.bsky.social
People complain but I love the AMC intro where the guy flips the popcorn towards his mouth and gets transported to all three film genres (dancing, driving, Coca-Cola)
This is going to be about Mexican Coke NFTs or something incredibly stupid, isn't it
I wish there was a companion movie just about Tuesday Weld's character
Watching this documentary about heterosexuality
Nelvana, one of Canada’s most biggest animation studios has reportedly shut down after 54 years. (1974-2025). Workers are saying the studio has closed down its doors last Friday.
CLEAR CUT (1991)-RIP Graham Greene
Y'all like wild behind the scenes stories, huh? How about one involves marital drama, a fanboy dictator, kidnapping, and kaiju? Buckle up for the tale of director Shin Sang-Ok, actress Choi Eun-hee, Kim Jong Il, and Pulgasari. (Nine skeets, so keep clicking if Bluesky cuts the thread.)
In case you missed it, we animated a music video for STEVEN UNIVERSE CREATOR REBECCA SUGAR!!! Check out Ice Water NOW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J77y...
As significant a contributor to the landscape and visual language of modern horror as his co-conspirators, Spiegel’s whimsical sense of splatter was aspirational. INTRUDER remains regional fright flick perfection and his FROM DUSK TILL DAWN sequel is the right kind of unhinged.
I feel Vivian is the better bet for this, but Constance would work too. And there's a third, isn't there?
No Crimson Fox? Zut alors!
BREAKING: President Trump leaves the White House this morning
Last month I asked friends and colleagues to tell me about an OVA they loved. I've compiled all their responses in a new article. It's a pretty fascinating cross-section of the OVA format across three decades, but no one had the guts to say Pop Chaser. bit.ly/ovaswelove
This is the first compelling reason I've seen to get this, because I've seen SCREAM and... it is not something I would purchase on 4k
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
Important note from yesterday's Chicago stream, which part of the triangle are you
Video would still be claymatiom though
This week Allan and I released our most relevant @cinemashame.bsky.social episode yet! 60-min about which SUPERMAN was more "woke" - SUPERMAN ('25) or SUPERMAN & THE MOLE-MEN ('51). THE ANSWER WILL SURPRISE YOU. ...or it might not. Listen, sub, comment, cherish podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
this is why I pay for photoshop
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
Starting shortly! Grab your malõrt, overwhelmingly messy pizza, and thriving comedy scene and stop on by!
Tonight! Join me for a stream celebrating the crime-ridden hellhole known as Chicago! Try not to get murdered repeatedly as you bask in Windy City culture, history, and.. er, other stuff! Two features! Shorts! Music! Commercials! Trailers! Starting at 7pm Central at app.kosmi.io/room/@dekkop...!
And finally, your fifth inductee into the RCS Commercial Hall of Fame, with 106 votes, the woman who uttered perhaps the most well-known line in commercial history, "Where's the beef?", Clara Peller!
Is it? Oh nice!
For day 241 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I went with the fun and curious 1973 pilot Poor Devil, which stars Sammy Davis Jr. as a minion of the devil (Christopher Lee!) attempting to get his first soul. Enter Jack Klugman and hilarity ensues
Tonight! Join me for a stream celebrating the crime-ridden hellhole known as Chicago! Try not to get murdered repeatedly as you bask in Windy City culture, history, and.. er, other stuff! Two features! Shorts! Music! Commercials! Trailers! Starting at 7pm Central at app.kosmi.io/room/@dekkop...!
Thirded
I can
For a limited time, we're having a BRAVE NEW WEIRD eBook SALE! Get all 3 Volumes of the Best New Weird Horror (+ More) of 2022, 2023 & 2024; for just $9.99. That's 70+ stories, & some of the finest independently published Weird Horror you'll find anywhere: store.tenebrouspress.com/products/bra...
"Time exists and the mechanisms to produce art change as time moves on" is not in itself an interesting observation. "This art wouldn't exist now" isn't a thing, but "here is how this art could be made to react to current sensibilities and be made using current development structures" could be
I have been trying to figure out how to work it into a stream sometime
This is just Sebastian Stan showing what a committed actor he is, I've seen A DIFFERENT MAN, I know what he can do
You couldn't make MADBALLS: GROSS JOKES today, or really any time other than a specific week in 1987
Super important piece on how states can help fill the gaps created by RFK's anti-vax policies. We desperately need RFK out of the job, where he's doing immense damage to public health, but Dem Governors can take effective steps here if they want to. (So can R Governors! Not sure they'll want to.)
One-pager from YOUNG ROMANCE #203, DC Comics, 1975. Hey girls! Here's a poem if your high school teacher is molesting you! Clip and save! Yike. No info on the writer. Jerry Grandenetti art, of course.
He could also tell us what was happening at the Hall of Justice
Going to call back Emily Prager after finding a note in her contact that she still owes them one show
What the hell is up with that guy, i hope he has to watch THE ROSES trailer 40 more times
The fourth volume of the BFI’s ‘Short Sharp Shocks’ series is due shortly and it has ‘Black Angel’, the 1980 film by Roger Christian that played before ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in UK cinemas. hmv.com/Store/Film-T...
My film HACKING AT LEAVES is now free to watch on the wonderful Internet Archive (@archive.org), hi-res download included. After too many talks with risk-averse distributors, I chose the open route -- free for all, everywhere: www.monochrom.at/hacking-at-l...
Happy No More Trailers for THE ROSES Day for those who celebrate (AMC Stubs members)
Images from films directed by Ron Ormond - BOTD in 1910 Please Don't Touch Me! (1959) The Exotic Ones (1968) If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? (1971) The Burning Hell (1974)
It is surprisingly sincere in its emotional moments!
The weird thing about these Meta AI celebrity likeness things is that it's all celebrities that I don't necessarily think I'd have a really compelling conversation with. Where's the Nina Hagen or Brother Theodore chatbots, give these things a real challenge
I enjoyed THE TOXIC AVENGER! Not as manic as I was expecting, and even the jokes that don't land (and many do not!) the delivery is affable enough that I couldn't help but enjoying it
Our latest @newbeverly.bsky.social calendar episode is up! We are joined by returning guest Actor/cinephile Pat Healy to talk about the films playing the theater in September! Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1xg6... @elrickane.bsky.social
he's right, the violent crime rate of Chicago is getting to be almost as high as the violent crime rate of Louisiana. Say, where's this guy from again?
Saturday! Join me for a stream celebrating the crime-ridden hellhole that is so dangerous that it has a subway! It's 6 hours of stuff all about Chicago, with 2 feature films, shorts, music, commercials, Rich Koz, and that sort of nonsense! 7pm central on 8/30 at app.kosmi.io/room/@dekkop...
Oh neat! It does seem to be a very Chicago production
Obscure YT of the day: Gary Coleman's theatrical breakout after DIFFERENT STROKES success, ON THE RIGHT TRACK (1981)! Maureen Stapleton, Lisa Eilbacher (B.H. COP), Norman Fell, Jami Gertz, Bill Russell costar! Directed by TV vet Lee Phillips! It's not terrible! youtu.be/7PdF2ihL760?...
they mock him but the critter made a terrific shampoo
Will always take a Star Trek guy over a Star Wars guy in legislature
Today marks the first time I'll have seen a Troma movie in the theater since... TERROR FIRMER? Been a while, anyway
'90s genre films are all "you can have a little Brad Dourif, as a treat"
And now I have movie locations to visit when I go there next month! It's interesting, it's either the best bad Argento or the worst good Argento
I know this is a bold new take but I think Dario may have some weird thing about his daughter
That's an AI meal
Watching TRAUMA, which is thought of as lower-mid-range Argento, but i can't dislike any movie where Piper Laurie holds a seance
Big Bird Sushi and Little Lark Pizza are among the latest NW Side restaurant openings. blockclubchi.co/4611iSv
At least an oral history of THE WHAT NOW? CAPER
An interesting mini-doc on Comico (and they pronounce the name correctly!)...a customer pointed this out to me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNv_...
It is! Kind of crazy that it's become so obscure
For day 240 of my year long retrospective on made for TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, chose 1983's Summer Girl. This is Fatal Attraction for the teen-set, with forever adorable Diane Franklin seducing a married man, kidnapping his kids, and making out with Hunt Block on the couch. Luv it
Hey y'all - so everything has now been set up on Ghost officially. I'm sending an email to all current subscribers soon about what the happs are. And for those who would like to sub, I have paid & free tiers: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io (you can even tip too instead! LOL)
New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
On the latest @junkfilterpod.bsky.social, the film writer Del Winters (@absolutereality.blog) joins me for a deep (and spoiler-filled) dive into Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON. Watch the movie first! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
Done, with examples from the pieces. Hallow Road is the one seemingly invented wholecloth.
Today I talk to Regina King on the show! Sadness and happiness, Caught Stealing, directing, her wines and why she makes them. Great talk! Listen up! wtfpod.com
1800 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago
this is also why I left that church I really thought was going to be more interactive
New Beyond the Algo over at @nytimes.com bbs! Wrote about EEPHUS, not one but two stop-motion animation efforts that are very much *not* for kids, some underrated indies, and more. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/m...
Had a great time talking with Otto Bruno and Tim Madigan about Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte: www.spreaker.com/episode/epis...
Another "had to add some stuff to Letterboxd" night
Make it a triple with OH, HI! to start
Remember this fake-out? Well, not a fake-out in that Superman and Lois don't get married -- they do -- but *which* Superman and Lois is the question! (Big clue in the fact you can't see Superman's chest logo.) I talk a little about it here: www.progressiveruin.com/2022/07/25/w...
Everything Put Together is technically a drama that feels like a horror movie but may qualify with an asterisk
Happy birthday Tuesday Weld 🎂 A great photograph by Lawrence Schiller, 1963 "The problem was never that Weld 'didn’t get the parts she deserved,' nor even that she turned so many of them down. The problem was that the movies barely deserved *her*." - Matthew Specktor
Saturday! Join me for a stream celebrating the crime-ridden hellhole that is so dangerous that it has a subway! It's 6 hours of stuff all about Chicago, with 2 feature films, shorts, music, commercials, Rich Koz, and that sort of nonsense! 7pm central on 8/30 at app.kosmi.io/room/@dekkop...
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most. Learn more:
This is why AI is anti-human garbage, no machine is ever going to get you the phrase "Starring Mary Tyler Moore as Angel, Devil, and Woman..." only human ingenuity and a large popcorn bucket of cocaine will.
Least shocking revelation of a queer Hemsley since Sherman
Our flagship podcast, CINEPUNX, is back with a round up of the summer in cinema. What did they love? What did they hate? What did Josh declare the movie of the year that Liam only kind of liked? Gotta listen to find out! cinepunx.com/cinepunx-epi...
Just imagine the RUN experience, it sells itself
My little Q&A with Diane DiMassa, creator of the cult classic comics zine, Hothead Paisan, is up and at em on Publishers Weekly: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Is it thought of as lesser? It's charming as hell and my kiddo loves it.
I like them both but I would've love to see a world where THE DEAD ZONE and CHRISTINE swapped directors
Jesus Christ. If your credit isn’t frozen at all three bureaus, I would strongly consider doing that now
I got to meet one of my childhood heroes, Roberta Williams, and talk to her for hours and it's one of the coolest experiences of my life. That will only make sense to a narrow band of you, but I'm fine with that. Big thanks to @gameinformer.com for asking me to do this. Roberta Williams. The legend.
Kevin and the chili though
The great-grandson of Jean Renoir owns a video store in Burbank.
It may be a combo of style and speed!
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Once, Sesame Street was a lifeline for indie animators. It offered money and incredible freedom to create. This built an indie animation boom that powered MTV, Nickelodeon and much more. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-golden...
This movie is just Ryan Phillippe's character's journey into discovering his identity as a chaos bisexual
A Baz Luhrmann Studio 54 movie would be incredible and awful and I would love it and despise myself for it
The thing is that i don't know how you'd make a really wild, entertaining film about Studio 54 unless it was just 2 hours of the party scene from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Half hour in notes: > Easy to forget that Mike Myers can act, it may be the best showcase for him > 90s Salma Hayek is the prettiest lady ever > This was clearly pitched as Boogie Nights but disco, but does not have the energy