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Derek Smith

@positivelytonsils

Film critic @slantmagazine.com & @spectrumculture.bsky.social, Guide @cinejourneys.bsky.social. Blu-ray extras at New Wave Video and Cult Epics. Upcoming David Lynch online class, starting 3/9!

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L'Enfer/Torment (Claude Chabrol, 1994)

The aesthetics of jealousy and abuse.

06.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
David Lynch Online Class – Details and Registration | CineJourneys

One week 'til my online class on the early films of David Lynch kicks off over at @cinejourneys.bsky.social ! Video presentations sent ahead of time and discussions are Monday nights at 6pm PST/9pm EST. Details here:

cinejourneys.com/david-lynch-...

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Otakar VΓ‘vra’s KRAKATIT, A deeply strange and unsettling sci-fi mystery about a world hellbent on self-destruction, rings as true today as it surely did in the wake of World War II. Available soon on Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile. tinyurl.com/2abn56vn

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Evergreen

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Evergreen

03.03.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Andrea! I can't tell you what a thrill it was to talk to him!

02.03.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
David Lynch Online Class – Details and Registration | CineJourneys

One week 'til my online class on the early films of David Lynch kicks off over at @cinejourneys.bsky.social ! Video presentations sent ahead of time and discussions are Monday nights at 6pm PST/9pm EST. Details here:

cinejourneys.com/david-lynch-...

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Still processing this, but what a pleasure it was to chop it up with a true master for a bit.

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The history of VistaVision β€” from WHITE CHRISTMAS to STAR WARS to ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER β€” and why it’s β€œcoming back from the dead”.

A great listen from NPR:
www.npr.org/2026/02/22/n... #FilmSky

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Counterpoint: get fucked

02.03.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

read all about it and watch GUGUSSE ET L'AUTOMATE (1897) on the @librarycongress.bsky.social website!! 😍

blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/...

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Ah yes, who can forget all Iranian bombs constantly being dropped on the United States over my entire lifetime?

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Still processing this, but what a pleasure it was to chop it up with a true master for a bit.

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Nakajima Sadao’s THE JAPANESE GODFATHER TRILOGY, available today on Radiance Films Blu-ray, broke new ground in the yakuza film just as the genre’s death knell was tolling loudly. tinyurl.com/mr3fkhcx

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'Ghost Elephants' Review: Werner Herzog Chases a Dream in Angola 'Ghost Elephants' shows that Herzog is determined to capture the poetic phenomena of nature and the dreams it continues to instill in us.

GHOST ELEPHANTS shows that iconoclastic German filmmaker Werner Herzog is fiercely determined to explore new frontiers. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.

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National Beef Council Debuts New β€˜You’re Supposed To Feel Like That’ Campaign

National Beef Council Debuts New β€˜You’re Supposed To Feel Like That’ Campaign

National Beef Council Debuts New β€˜You’re Supposed To Feel Like That’ Campaign https://theonion.com/national-beef-council-debuts-new-youre-supposed-to-feel-like-that-campaign/

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Would happily cut off Sam Altman's food supply in the name of energy conservation.

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β€œThe Board of Peace should be spelled B-O-R-E-D”

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Performing the magic trick of transforming $30K into unwatchable garbage?

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Frederick Wiseman was perhaps the best chronicler of Modern America in any medium, full stop. RIP.

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here is how you get into Wiseman

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Opinion | Affordability and the β€˜Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics

β€œWhen Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles β€”to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:

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get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship

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We have openings for writers to review music, film and/or books. DM for more info.

13.02.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am going to turn this into a daily inspiration calendar.

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"Sadie may not realize it."

"Sadie may not realize it."

"but whether or not she thinks she's listening, she's being penetrated."

"but whether or not she thinks she's listening, she's being penetrated."

"Good thing she didn't hear you say that."

"Good thing she didn't hear you say that."

Joe Breen asleep at the wheel watching A Letter to Three Wives

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