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@ptklein.com

Film historian and cultural critic. Movie theaters, cinema spaces, and filmgoing cultures. Radically optimistic. Writing about why we watch movies at www.howtoreadmovies.com. Cohosting @ColdWarCinema.com. He/Him/His.

created May 16, 2023

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I always forget about the time that he trapped Mary Todd Lincoln on his boat

2/9/2025, 3:15:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Very real!

2/9/2025, 3:13:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have never wanted anything more in my life than this right now

2/9/2025, 3:03:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was panicking

2/9/2025, 3:02:21 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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šŸ˜‰

2/9/2025, 3:00:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Okay my Venmo is also @ptklein

2/9/2025, 3:00:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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DECADES

2/9/2025, 2:59:48 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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YEAH

2/9/2025, 2:51:46 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Incredible writing to sustain that for so long

2/9/2025, 2:51:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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NO?!

2/9/2025, 2:50:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ā˜¹ļø

2/9/2025, 2:50:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Precisely

2/9/2025, 2:49:39 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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More like daddio amirite

2/9/2025, 2:49:25 PM | 96 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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These gays are trying to murder us 😭

2/9/2025, 2:47:53 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Such a cheaper production to put on too without all those pizzas being delivered every day

2/9/2025, 2:47:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is a purple red alert!!!

2/9/2025, 2:43:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Foaming at the GD mouth

2/9/2025, 2:42:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I want this stupid show to run forever

2/9/2025, 2:41:54 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I know it does look exactly like Irma Lurhman-Merman

2/9/2025, 2:41:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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WAAAAAAAIIITTTT

2/9/2025, 2:38:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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LOVED her in ā€œSing Dem Blues, White Girl: The Jackie Jormp-Jomp Storyā€

2/9/2025, 2:36:59 PM | 48 6 | View on Bluesky | view

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RIGHT

2/9/2025, 2:32:53 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jane Krakowski Oh Mary I am hyperventilating

Jane Krakowski as Mary Todd Lincoln in a black and white promotional photo for Oh, Mary!
2/9/2025, 2:30:56 PM | 239 16 | View on Bluesky | view

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They have a new big one going in though so I’m stoked for that

2/9/2025, 2:20:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They’re all just different fragrances of Axe

2/9/2025, 1:46:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not far off tbh

2/9/2025, 1:44:47 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Swiped into the campus gym with an ā€œyou’re all set sirā€ I really am daddy now

2/9/2025, 12:58:39 PM | 186 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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gm mirror

2/9/2025, 11:34:30 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Some days are like that, and it’s okay because the important thing is that you showed up!

2/9/2025, 11:32:17 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh yeaaaaaaaaaah

2/9/2025, 2:07:03 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Go the movies with friends:

2/9/2025, 1:45:08 AM | 90 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lmaooooooo

2/9/2025, 1:29:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have such doubts!

2/9/2025, 1:28:19 AM | 70 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh my god I would love to watch this for the first time again

2/9/2025, 1:21:00 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s pretty accurate

2/9/2025, 1:02:56 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You’re so handsome, which is what is important here šŸ«‚

2/9/2025, 1:00:36 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh honey

2/9/2025, 12:55:27 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tonight’s feature presentation: Sergei Eisenstein’s Strike.

Poster for Sergei Eisenstein’s Strike (1925), featuring photos of massive industrial wheels and men standing in front against a black background and orange graphics.
2/9/2025, 12:33:30 AM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Let’s gooooooo

1/9/2025, 11:24:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ve come for the rent, I must have the rent!!

1/9/2025, 10:35:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah I’m fancy

1/9/2025, 10:08:05 PM | 89 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Really you’re only spending $320k plus with 4x points on Amex you’re practically printing money!!!

1/9/2025, 7:55:04 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Showing up to the bar with my $10,000 coupon

A screenshot of a loyalty program FAQ: How it works Order in app or in stores using a linked credit card Earn 4 points for every $1.32 spent. Unlock $9,999.99 off every 999999 points.
1/9/2025, 7:42:23 PM | 41 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Today we don’t go to work, but we go to WERK.

1/9/2025, 6:19:06 PM | 87 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hey friends, if you are a listener of @coldwarcinema.com, please do us a huge favor and rate and/or review the podcast. It really helps! Thanks.

1/9/2025, 3:32:27 PM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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When you hit the inner ring >>>

1/9/2025, 4:53:00 PM | 18 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This looks terrific!

1/9/2025, 12:20:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It looks like a black and white cookie

1/9/2025, 3:34:02 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So yes or no Evan

1/9/2025, 2:50:55 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hot dog!

1/9/2025, 2:33:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Haven’t made it that far yet!

1/9/2025, 2:31:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And if I want the answer?

1/9/2025, 2:30:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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šŸ‘‹

1/9/2025, 2:30:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There are truly so many of you out there

1/9/2025, 2:29:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Baltimore more like

1/9/2025, 1:43:21 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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šŸ˜–

1/9/2025, 1:42:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Missed you guys

1/9/2025, 1:42:07 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Got those cooked potatoes out here tho

1/9/2025, 1:41:51 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Back in the Midwest who want me

1/9/2025, 1:34:28 AM | 137 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So family vacation

1/9/2025, 1:31:34 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My thought on notifications and texting more broadly is that if someone wants my time, they get it on my terms, which means I get to them when it is convenient for me, not necessarily convenient for them. Our society is asynchronous now. If you really need me you can find me!

1/9/2025, 1:18:12 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I even have human communication notifications turned off except for one person. It’s awesome and I suggest everyone do it.

1/9/2025, 1:08:22 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I feel like I know someone who spent a summer doing this…

1/9/2025, 12:52:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I love this mirror

1/9/2025, 12:23:12 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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FREE HOT DOGS?!

31/8/2025, 11:56:57 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Best score Oscar guaranteed

31/8/2025, 11:20:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lmao hell yeah

31/8/2025, 11:20:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The lessons they would learn together 🄰

31/8/2025, 11:20:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Screaming at this

31/8/2025, 11:20:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m sat

31/8/2025, 11:19:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They would get nowhere but i would watch all 9 hours

31/8/2025, 11:17:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I consider myself a macroplastic these days

31/8/2025, 11:13:06 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Meta ✨ the illusion of a useful product ✨

31/8/2025, 11:06:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Absolutely bizarre

31/8/2025, 11:01:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So so silly

31/8/2025, 11:01:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Glass bottle Topo Chico in an airport is cruel and unusual

31/8/2025, 10:56:49 PM | 38 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Guys this isn’t a drill they have honey deuces in the centurion lounge

31/8/2025, 9:45:30 PM | 34 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You know and you hate it

31/8/2025, 6:56:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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šŸ“at the greatest bar on earth

31/8/2025, 5:42:16 PM | 56 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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YES

31/8/2025, 2:59:11 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I would watch this so fast

31/8/2025, 2:58:53 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Okay, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the one ring to Mordor:

31/8/2025, 2:42:47 PM | 58 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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HYB

31/8/2025, 2:32:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Happy day my man!

31/8/2025, 2:07:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It can be

31/8/2025, 2:07:08 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Optimism is contagious

31/8/2025, 2:02:43 PM | 110 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lmaoooo

31/8/2025, 1:59:08 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Optimism is contagious!!!!!

31/8/2025, 1:58:46 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Reposted an Instagram reel? I didn’t realize you could repost an Instagram reel? Where did it repost to? What does that even mean?

31/8/2025, 1:53:03 PM | 60 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Earnestness is always the answer

31/8/2025, 1:47:20 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ā€œPolitics is not something that you have, it’s something that you doā€ is such a beautifully concise line.

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here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road

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🄰🄰🄰

31/8/2025, 1:08:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Okay sure

A screenshot of a tweet from @notabigjerk that reads, ā€œi'm not falling for that hot take. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversionā€
31/8/2025, 1:07:47 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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gmbgb

31/8/2025, 12:58:19 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Finally at Camp Walden!

PT holding the playbill for Ginger Twinsies, now playing off Broadway!!
31/8/2025, 1:00:51 AM | 78 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Buying your friends’ merch >>>

31/8/2025, 12:53:05 AM | 69 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is Lemonboy’s catchphrase???

30/8/2025, 10:40:32 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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No I deserve everyone mentioning it because I am an idiot apparently

30/8/2025, 10:03:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shane can u pick up some lemonade on ur way

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