Michael A. Van Kerckhove

Fave Feb First Watches - letterboxd.com/michaelavk/

A ★★★½ review of Friendship (2024) Hater Club Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 9: Tim Robinson-core Week. Tim Robinson stresses me the fuck out. There, I said it. Or maybe it's just the character? But it's also kinda Tim? I've liked Tim sin...

My latest @letterboxd.social review.

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Essays — March Sadness 90s Edition

My @marchxness.bsky.social #MarchSadness extra curricular essay on #TheCure is live! 🥰

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My Cure essay is live! #marchsadness #TheCure

A ★★★★½ review of Pillion (2025) It’s hard and soft; sexy and sensual; terrifying and exhilarating. It’s discovering ourselves; navigating our boundaries; adjusting accordingly. It’s both warm camaraderie and cold sleeping alone on t...

Yeah, it's been a minute since I've posted here. So here's my @letterboxd.social review.

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Thanks! Looking forward to reading yours. 😊

This one was on my own long list if I got a slot. Fingers crossed for the second half of the lotto!

Michael’s profile Michael uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 1,175 films watched. Favorites: Dead Poets Society (1989), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Heathers (1989), The Empire Strikes Back (1980...

Anyone else here on @letterboxd.social ? Follow me at letterboxd.com/MichaelAVK/. 🍿🎥

I've recently refreshed my #StoryGraph profile. Connect with me at app.thestorygraph.com/profile/mich....

“If the early AIDS movement and our ACT UP veterans taught us anything, it is how to collectively and fiercely fight for each other and never give up in times of despair.” #WorldAIDSDay

Let’s continue fighting stigma, educating ourselves, & ensuring those living with HIV don’t feel shame.

We’ve come a long way, but there’s still a lot of work to do. Together we can achieve that.

Solidarity with all who are living with HIV. You are not the problem, ignorance is!

#WorldAidsDay

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Thank you! 😊

Me with hosts Jon Schneider and Sammy Kay.

On Monday, I joined the fun on @thesnlnetwork.bsky.social's Feedback Show. Had an awesome time! Watch me nerd out about #SNL just past the 1:51 mark. But also follow & support the SNN! Cheers. #SaturdayNightLive #SNL50 #podcasts

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#RobertSmith photographed by Tom Pallant at Troxy, London. 01.01.2024.

Celebrating all things #SNL with my photo with James Austin Johnson and his strike beard. 😊

My little collection of print pubs I’ve contributed to or coedited. 😊

Regulations exist to protect what cannot protect itself—our parks, wildlife, and cultural heritage.

Right Here. Here. Originally written for and performed at Is This a Thing? — I Just Can’t Quit You at O’Shaughnessy’s Public House, Chicago, February 14…

Here's my #SaturdayNightLive essay originally written for Is This a Thing? here in Chicago. Theme: I Just Can't Quit You, Valentine's Day 2022. #SNL #ChicagoWriters #storytelling

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It's ok to not always feel ok.
It's ok to take a day off with tea & books.
It's ok to wear a tiara of ancient goblin bones.
It's ok to wander into the forest and commune with moss and gloom.

Essays — March Second Chanceness

Sharing more of my writing links here on the Sky....Here's my essay "Weights & Pulleys" about Cry Cry Cry's (Dar Williams, @lucykaplansky.bsky.social, & Richard Shindell) cover of @remhq.bsky.social's "Fall On Me" for @marchxness.bsky.social. #essays #music #cnf

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Today is Christopher Tolkien 100th anniversary, without whom we would never have known Tolkien's work in such a depth, thanks to his incredible work in his father's archives, and protecting his legacy as long as he lived. 🤍
"RIP Christopher Tolkien" 🙏 #lordoftherings #tolkien #lotr

Ah, yes, the legendary Badlands Tweets!

Having fun revisiting Sidney Sheldon’s The Other Side of Midnight on audiobook. I still have my mom’s print copy I permanently borrowed in high school. #BookSky

This got a ton of likes and new followers. It's a greatest hit from the other site but I stand by it because: I started a lit mag for no reason. I made friends. I got some bylines. It gave me confidence. I began transitioning. I kept writing. I got a book deal and accomplished my dream. Yes, do it.

Oathbreakers The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones—the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that wou...

"Like all empires, this one rested on a foundation of lies." #Oathbreakers, out from @harpercollins.bsky.social on 12/10. The story of how Charlemagne's grandsons fought a brutal civil war and shattered the Frankish Empire.

SIGNED COPY GIVEAWAY. Repost to enter. First drawing 7 pm CST USA. /1