Film critic. Author of DAVID CRONENBERG: CLINICAL TRIALS (Jan ‘25). My writing about film has appeared in the NYT, Art in America, Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Reverse Shot, and elsewhere. NYFCC member https://linktr.ee/violetvlucca
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i met anubis in the realm of the underworld, big strong guy by the way, had a dog’s head, i’m not so sure about that. and he said to me, mr president, you’ve got the heaviest soul we’ve ever weighed down here. can you believe it? they’ve never seen a soul that heavy in all of duat
AI is even fucking over the Gestapo: “officers on raids have gone to wrong addresses following leads that relied on artificial intelligence, increasing the chances of picking up the wrong person or putting an officer in danger.” www.yahoo.com/news/article...
No!!! Barry is right!!!
I think @machete.gay summed up the motivation of the recent mass shooter best with this line in a conversation: “The only "authentic" message in the whole pile is the "there is no message" written on a pistol.”
Trump and Michaels are the same person. Both -had a reality show on NBC where they shouted -are consumed with their own image -enforce socially conservative ideas while being cosmopolitan -love amphetamines
[someone who shares 99.9% of my political opinions] this thing you wrote in 15 seconds means you have bad intentions
I remember a Guardian article from ~12 years ago that was titled “Vegan Demand for Quinoa Ruining Bolivia” or some BS and it’s like first of all, not only vegans eat quinoa, and secondly, what about the centuries of underdevelopment? What about the farming techniques? Codswallop clickbait.
It's very telling that the far left refuses to support huge pieces of shit who everyone hates
Buddy ya broke your own posting covenant! bsky.app/profile/holy...
Ahhh the fantasy of saving the conservative wife! Time really is a flat circle!
No. We are not doing this anymore. It is 2025. Usha Vance stays with her husband because she agrees with him. There is no evidence that she loathes him at all. Yale-educated women can be fascist too.
So close to finishing writing something. And yet, every time I look, there are more posts to read!
1000% correct
That movie is incredible. I first watched it after listening to the @badgayspod.bsky.social episode about Orton and Halliwell.
Shut up this election is genuinely hilarious
You’d have to ask Rahm Emmanuel about that. (I also live in NYC but I love that deep-dish city!)
I know people who don’t live in NYC get annoyed by hearing about our politics, but this mayoral race has a guy who started a vigilante group and has 20 cats, a corrupt cop who was bought off by the Turks, a cranky and corrupt nepo baby, and a handsome socialist? It’s genuinely entertaining.
Yes he loves talking out of both sides of his mouth!
TBH I followed Johnson’s victory and the parallels are only there if you squint. Or if you’re stupid.
Because Brandon Johnson is a young “progressive” who doesn’t have much experience in government (his dad was not the governor)
Nothing, I just think it’s funny that Sailor Uranus enjoying a beer is being flagged
This image is flagged “intolerance”
I heard they got the SteakUms guy
I just posted this, but: Lynch animated DUMBLAND with Flash. (To see the dark side, look up “JibJab.”) Terrible software that led to some incredible things!
David Lynch animated DUMBLAND with Flash!
This is just deeply depressing: women who spoke up during #MeToo often found their lives upended, as powerful men used defamation suits to target them, e.g. Roy Moore is still suing many of his accusers. What Happened to the Women of #MeToo? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I would put money on this happening
if he picks up and says hello don't get freaked out. it's not a fax machine
I’m not adding the link to the publication because it will just encourage them.
From 2023: Andrew Cockburn’s shitty piece about Dem primary challengers, which included a lengthy section burnishing RFK Jr.’s reputation. Love it when people fall for gish gallop, especially from a fucking lawyer!
Thank you for posting about THE REAL Roman Empire!
Your first mistake: they don’t think
Future corvid historians will be perplexed by the seeming abruptness of the Silicon Age Collapse.
Do something physical. Maybe even sing. Just let the stress out of your body in a way that’s not just more thinking.
HE’S RIGHT
I wish people who didn’t have kids understood how important and daring Ms Rachel is for taking a stand on this. There are so many—more and less famous than her—who don’t. I don’t think posting makes you a hero (and I’m childless), but I’m aware of the place she holds in childrens’ hearts.
Or his record of incompetence!
Watching Trump answer questions about Epstein is like the part in a Looney Tunes cartoon when the character is in a giant stew pot and they’re cutting vegetables
“Lonnie Donegan” is so fucking brutal
Similarly the guys who make a big show of Not Knowing Why Everyone Is Upset when they discuss heritability of IQ. The reasons are really fucking obvious and well-founded, and if you were talking about that topic in good faith you would probably be willing to acknowledge that and assuage concerns!
...just like witches at black masses
▸ @violetlucca.bsky.social on David Cronenberg, Stan Douglas @nytimes.com, Agnès Varda @newyorker.com, Jeff Wall and Pedro Costa @ Electra, Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor @berlinartlink.bsky.social … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
If I were implicated for insane, debased crimes, I would simply *not* promise to release the files while running for president
I’m pretty sure he went for the wordplay and not the meaning, as op-ed dads are wont to do
You’re not imagining things: Elon Musk’s anime waifu is exactly like THE SHROUDS. I discuss the film, weapons contracts, and emoting on my Substack. violet.substack.com/p/wild-hunny...
It already is a political scandal. You don’t have to believe he was an intelligence asset to know that his connections—personal and institutional—are of the public’s interest. I’m tempted to add “and bring down the government.” That sounds histrionic, but it’s true!
Oh I have that zip file
Shoutout to Shane for creating a game-changing piece of software!
Oh my god I need this
You’re not imagining things: Elon Musk’s anime waifu is exactly like THE SHROUDS. I discuss the film, weapons contracts, and emoting on my Substack. violet.substack.com/p/wild-hunny...
If you ask the new Grok (via grok.com without any custom instructions) for opinions on controversial topics it runs a search on X to see what Elon thinks I know this sounds like a joke but it's not. This genuinely happens: x.com/jeremyphowar...
Austin friends! Please keep your city weird come through to see me discussing my book at a screening of CRASH at @austinfilm.bsky.social on the 27th. The event is co-sponsored by the venerable First Light Books so you know it’s good! www.firstlightaustin.com/events/viole...
“Good Luck!”
Same. I also feel obligated to post writing and podcast stuff on there because it gets more engagement. Again, not yapping so much about “the bad place” might make it more appealing—like, why rely on a middle man for Twitter “news” when you can just look at it yourself?
Yes! Nothing makes me want to use Bluesky less than that shit.
I wish Bluesky had less discourse about Twitter.
Three reporters share a byline on this story. Three!
I don’t want people in Gaza, the West Bank, Iran, or Iraq to die. I don’t want Israelis or guest workers in Israel to die. I already lived through 2002 once and it was horrible. Fuck the media’s complacency, fuck the bootlicking Republicans, fuck the Holden Bloodfeasts.
Groimes we hev to git to Mars roight NYEOW
He wanted more women to be Italian with
From your lips to god’s ears
I didn’t! I turned into Timlin from Crimes of the Future
Spent last night canvassing the Upper East Side in the rain for this guy—and I wouldn’t have it any other way. (I’ve also been to Inwood, Parkchester, and Norwood.) We’ve got a chance to make life easier for millions of New Yorkers! Sign up: www.zohranfornyc.com/volunteer/si...
Were you confused by THE SHROUDS? Unsettled? Outraged? Hungry? I attempt to explain what the fuck is happening in the year’s most beautiful and bizarre film: defector.com/the-shrouds-...
Also seeing how people remember/get misty-eyed for GWB makes me want to tear my hair out. It will just keep happening over and over unless we correct the record.
No you’re good. I want people to know who set this shit up.
Yeah I worry that he will be remembered as a bumbling old man and not a racist genocidaire
The chattering teeth were the best
Congrats for making the worst people imaginable upset
You’re a Russian bot!!!
I know I shouldn’t worry about things I can’t control, but I really wish I knew who the Sea People of our era will be.
I’m canvassing this Saturday! www.zohranfornyc.com/volunteer/ev...
Ahhh thank you!!
Ahhh thanks Jenni! Don’t read too far in! Many spoilers abound. Even though I’m opposed to the idea of spoilers this movie is…different.
I went long on THE SHROUDS because Cronenberg and his (actually surprising) movie are worth it. defector.com/the-shrouds-...
Grok just got really excited after he read the wiki entry on white genocide. Give him some grace.
Thanks, Tim! Hope you enjoy.
Get this book!
I’ll also be introducing THE SHROUDS at the Seattle International Film Festival at 7pm on Saturday!
SEATTLE! I’ll be at Third Place Books tomorrow at 7 talking about my book about David Cronenberg. I promise it’ll help you understand/enjoy THE SHROUDS more. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/violet-luc...
They are not. We have maybe the worst political system in the developed world, one that makes an unrepresentative sliver of voters with no principles who aren't really paying attention decisive. Every few months, they get profiled like a set of jangling keys and folks want to throw democracy away.
Let’s see…random 40s white lady in front of the flag, astronaut in front of the flag, civil rights leader harassed and assassinated by the CIA, and the Iwo Jima guys. Gotta say none of these pictures are reinforcing the idea that the USA is worth fighting for or even good
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve got a microscope and a dream
I have a book out on David Cronenberg that’s getting great reviews. I never thought it would be a huge hit or get any praise but there’s no fucking way it can even register in film culture whilst a Kennedy is worried about teen boy cum
No one does hideous quite like David Cronenberg. Here, author @violetlucca.bsky.social explores how the director’s newest work revisits the themes that made him infamous: thewalrus.ca/david-cronenberg...
Today's Weekend Read is an essay by @violetlucca.bsky.social—adapted from her terrific new book—on David Cronenberg's legacy of provocation and how his latest film, The Shrouds, could be the achievement that defines his late career. thewalrus.ca/david-cronen...
From the essential new book by @violetlucca.bsky.social
His name is as funny and absurd as passionately debating the definition of injury
Yes, I said people watched it via satellite. 2.5 million sounds like a lot but only 5 percent of Americans saw it live. As for false memories forming quickly, I feel compelled to point out another touchstone of Gen X: the McMartin Preschool.
Ok so you were an outlier. You didn’t watch it in your school and then went back to class, as the original poster said.
This was a study of 146 children. Some of that group watched at Cape Canaveral. This is not the gotcha you think it is.
I knew someone who said the principal announced it over the intercom. I’m sure hearing that was shocking and they imagined what it looked like, which would probably be more horrifying than watching the actual footage.
Yes! I’m a millennial and we had TVs in every classroom provided by Channel One. I saw 9/11 happen on one of those 🙃
I posted this elsewhere, but very few people saw the Challenger explosion live as the launch was only available to watch via satellite. So when Gen Xers say that, it’s either a false memory or they went to some insanely expensive private school.
The vast majority of people did not watch the Challenger explosion as it was only available to watch live via satellite. So when Gen Xers say that, it’s either a false memory or they went to some insanely expensive private school.
David Cronenberg is Canada’s grand old man of cinema—albeit, reluctantly. Author @violetlucca.bsky.social charts how the iconic filmmaker became respectable in the country that censored him: thewalrus.ca/david-cronenberg...
