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Film historian and cultural critic. Movie theaters, cinema spaces, and filmgoing cultures. Radically optimistic. Writing at www.howtoreadmovies.com, Metro Weekly, Film Atlas, and elsewhere. Cohost @ColdWarCinema.com. He/Him/His.

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Go blue!!

11.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay I’m really good at that

11.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A silent film intertitle that reads β€œcorrect stroke technique”

A silent film intertitle that reads β€œcorrect stroke technique”

The Lubitsch Touch is also the

11.03.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait hear me out what about Tudor tort reform

11.03.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait hang on I’m on my way with popcorn

11.03.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white portrait of Ernst Lubitsch in a heavy wool coat and hat.

Black and white portrait of Ernst Lubitsch in a heavy wool coat and hat.

11.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the most important part of the Lubitsch Touch

11.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

r u effin kiddin me

10.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You might look at the chapter β€œUpscale: Fine Line Features and the Indie Boom of the 1990s” in Dan Herbert’s Maverick Movies: New Line Cinema and the Transformation of American Film

10.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cuz muscles are life, bud!

10.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

*heavy breathing*

09.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Me and whoomf

09.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not Shane

09.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happiest of days, @hunterpippin.bsky.social!!

09.03.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yes let’s go bro!!!

09.03.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My guyyyyy

09.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Swear by it for sleep!

08.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah

08.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honeymoon in Vegas and Some Like It Hot are on repeat here often.

08.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Marge Simpson holding up a little jar of Or-eh-gahno.

Marge Simpson holding up a little jar of Or-eh-gahno.

What the hell?

08.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bought for and sold back to us by our tax dollars 😍

08.03.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay narc

08.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happiness is an active process, and it’s the best work you can ever do with your day.

08.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œYou know, this is never going to happen again quite this way. You should try to allow yourself to enjoy this more. Take a minute a day, and then add a minute the next day, and another minute. Pretty soon, you’ll have hours of happiness.”

08.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it the sweat squeezed out of my shorts or

08.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay but when diva

08.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lolololol

08.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay, fish boy

08.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
08.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

The correct approach to some days!

08.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0