Tristan Ettleman

Here is an excerpt from my conversation with Kathy Feeley about CUPID AND THE COMET for The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever: 1911. Links in quoted post!

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1911 E2 of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever is live! Professor Kathy Feeley fittingly selects a couple of Mary Pickford films, considering she wrote a book on the film icon, but expands her selections to talk more broadly about women before and behind the camera in this transitional era. Links 👇

On NOTHING’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME, nearly Mitski’s “worst” album (very much a relative statement, it’s not even close to bad, and is in fact very good!)

The Mitski Albums Ranked Mitski’s indie-popular cred has grown steadily in the 14 years she’s released her eight albums so far. Her fusion of so many influences…

I listened to Mitski's new album NOTHING'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME quite a bit. I added my thoughts on it to my piece on her entire discography.

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Here is an excerpt from my conversation with Gabe Gurwin about THE WIND RISES for The Complete Catalog: Studio Ghibli. Links in quoted post!

The Wind Rises w/ Gabe Gurwin (Studio Ghibli, Episode 25)

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Studio Ghibli E25 of The Complete Catalog is live! GameSpot editor Gabe Gurwin and I talk about THE WIND RISES, which for a while seemed like it would Miyazaki's final film. While it ended up not being so, the movie does feel like the end of something, and we discuss that and much more. Links 👇

Here is an excerpt from my brief intro to The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever: 1911. Links in quoted post!

Awesome! I’ve been watching the classic run of the show and I’m into the Fifth Doctor but Leela is certainly fresh in my mind

Also could your username possibly be a reference to Doctor Who???

At the risk of being repetitive, well put. I definitely relate to the change of fun of it. I teach high schoolers and know that energy is still out there but even they are aware something’s changed, hence the romanticization of MySpace and the like (which has plenty of problems itself haha)

Well put

I have to remember there are sometimes literal teenagers posting these takes but also an embarrassing number of adults.

Anyways, this is not a new thought or phenomenon, but it just keeps growing and algorithms keep pushing it to me because I’m rage baited and view for more than three seconds. I’ve gotta be vigilant I guess.

I just don’t get it because I’ve never had the instinct to make my dislike of something into some smug point about how those that do are stupid or pretentious or whatever. OK, with maybe an exception or two, but I keep it to myself.

I’m talking TikTok slideshows of “the most overrated movies of all time” and articles about how movies from before 1980 or whatever are conservative and/or boring trash. I guess it’s part of the wave to proudly proclaim you don’t think too much about most anything.

I’m trying to wrap my head around just how goddamn negative people are online. In general of course, but I mean in the film space. And I don’t mean legitimate criticism, I can like takedowns even if I disagree with them.

1911 E1 - The Feature Begins?

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1911 E1 of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever is live! I give a bit of historical context in my brief season intro, making the case that the feature begins...or does it? Links 👇

On THE MOUNTAIN, the Gorillaz’ new album

The Gorillaz Albums Ranked I remember the Gorillaz being pretty cool in elementary and middle school. The novel project (note: not novelty) formed in 1998, and Blur…

The Gorillaz' new album THE MOUNTAIN is quite good. I added my thoughts on it to my piece on their whole discography.

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Here is an excerpt from my conversation with Yuki Irikura about FROM UP ON POPPY HILL for The Complete Catalog: Studio Ghibli. Links in quoted post!

From Up on Poppy Hill w/ Yuki Irikura (Studio Ghibli, Episode 24)

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Studio Ghibli E24 of The Complete Catalog is live! Professor Yuki Irikura and I discuss FROM UP ON POPPY HILL, sorting out how this figures into Japanese nostalgia for the '60s and its production and release in the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (and more). Links 👇

I’ve already been saying I never want to go to an AMC again (and I used to work there). This is insane. The new model for every company is “pay us more money or we’ll actively make your experience worse!”

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

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot"

HELL. YES.

1910 #1 - Frankenstein (J. Searle Dawley) 1910 #2 - The Abyss (Urban Gad) 1910 #3 - The White Slave Trade (August Blom) 1910 #4 - Le Rembrandt de la Rue Lepic (Jean Durand) 1910 #5 - Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest (unknown)

And here are the five top films of 1910 (plus one from 1909) as selected by guests and listeners! The full list of submissions is at www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list

Here is an excerpt from the season finale of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever: 1910. Links in quoted post!

Thank you to the 1910 season's guests!

Ned Thanhouser
David Morton
@laurah.bsky.social
Kynan Dias
Kathy Rose O'Regan