Dana Stevens

She’s the entire Village People

Give the people their goose

The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.

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Adding an indirect way of murdering Minnesotans to the more direct method of shooting people in the street.

"all me Ishmael" would be a very different opener.

Close reading is a powerful method.

This particular snowfall is so soft it's like being pelted with meringue. They just want something to whine about/retaliate to.

It's just good stuff! & every time I read about him I find new titles I want to watch. Have never seen Aspen or the movie about Maine.

Really excellent analysis of what made Wiseman's work so special, and what it meant that he rejected such documentary clichés as "cinéma vérité" or being a "fly on the wall."

Watching his silents is interesting on this score--there's actually a lot of mobile camera, along with other elements of classic film grammar (dissolves, closeups) that he discards later on.

Congratulations to Dr. Öztürk! (PS, we are going to win)

Thank you! Loved reading you on Wuthering Heights & Hamnet (& you're right that the nadir of the latter is the "to be or not to be" speech. Whyyyyyy?). Now I need to see Abismos de Pasión.

I think it was a perfect phone call? Anyway they all are

Series of tubes, baby!

Rare is the day when someone in my home doesn't lay claim to being a "stable genius" who has just written a "perfect email."

This is also a missed comedic opportunity. Show some hustle!

What he gets at so well is that the problem isn't that this adaptation isn't faithful to the novel or is a fanfic-style riff on it or whatever. It's that this version of the book doesn't offer any alternate interpretations or points of view on the material. It isn't _about_ anything.

OK, the title is hilarious, but this is seriously a brilliant takedown of Fennell's film that doubles as a passionate appreciation of Emily Brontë. My review gave this movie an "eh, not for me" shrug bc at least it was not as actively evil as Promising Young Woman. But it really is stupid as hell.

Emerald Fennell’s Quote-Unquote Wuthering Heights Is Total Fanfic Is Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” enough of a compound of vulgar depravity and unnatural horrors?

Tormented romances with @thehighsign.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net on this week's Slate Culture Gabfest:

Heathcliff and Cathy
JFK Jr. and Carolyn
And the Kermit/Miss Piggy/Sabrina Carpenter love triange

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I’m a subscriber and a big fan of Wired, but I may have to visit the Eternal Sunshine doctor just to get this image erased from my brain.

This is the coolest film-programming idea ever!

fantastic work by @carlzoilus.bsky.social. will add: a big reason folk & protest became entwined is 'cause it was the local sound of the 1931 harlan county coal strikes & socialists more or less decided that it applied to all workers' movements, regardless of what music those workers actually liked.

The fact there is human sacrifice being committed daily in the kitchen of this Red Lobster has nothing to do with me. I'm just here for the Cheddar Bay biscuits.

When none of the three original hosts are on we call it a "Bizarrofest," & that seems like a dream lineup for one!

As I think I say in our conversation, it captures the spirit of the original show without seeming retro or nostalgic. I can imagine the writing getting sharper, but I definitely welcome the idea of it returning & it's fun to brainstorm future guest stars. Pedro Pascal? Natasha Lyonne? Ryan Gosling?

Emerald Fennell’s Quote-Unquote Wuthering Heights Is Total Fanfic Is Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” enough of a compound of vulgar depravity and unnatural horrors?

This week's Slate Culture Gabfest was a fun one: I discussed Wuthering Heights, the JFK Jr./Carolyn Bessette Ryan Murphy joint Love Story, & the maybe-pilot for a new Muppet Show with @theamynicholson.bsky.social & @jamellebouie.net.

Fantastic remembrance of a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. The clips Sam posts in the thread beneath are also all gems. RIP Fred.

This Barbie sequel sucks

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