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“Information is like a bank..."

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Sep 18

In which I coin the term "art school beauty"

#filmsky #moviesky #decoder #liquidsky #williamsburroughs #beatniks #beatnikpictures

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Beatnik Pictures #3: Liquid Sky (1982) and Decoder (1984)

The Longevity of Satire and Surrealism

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Sep 5

I started the substack a couple years ago with a few essays on Buñuel, and I am back with some more thoughts on Uncle Luis in the latest capsule. Not to mention Uncle Jean-Luc stopping by to poke the bear as well.

#lefthandpath #filmsky #moviesky #satire #surrealism

Capsule #11: Weekend (1967) and The Exterminating Angel (1962)

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J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Aug 8

The first in a small series of essays about Beat and Beatsploitation cinema!

#beatnik #beatsploitation #filmsky #moviesky #bucketofblood #dickmiller #rogercorman #andmore

Hollywood Beatniks

Beatnik Pictures #1

Hello readers, I am back after a brief writing hiatus.

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Jul 31

Things to come.

#filmcriticism #filmsky #moviesky #somuchmore #beatnikpictures #dewaere

Moving Forward...

Parking Lot of Forgotten Dreams

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Jun 12

One of the best Cage movies in years.

#filmsky #moviesky #thesurfer #nicolascage #capsulereview

Capsule #10: The Surfer

lefthandpath.substack.com/p/summer-break

#filmsky #moviesky #comingsoon #summerbreak

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · May 29

Summer Break

Hello Readers,

“12 cabins, 12 vacancies”

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · May 15

Wish I had time to write part 3 to this, but for now I'm settling with this essay focusing on Psycho, Last Year at Marienbad, and The Silence!

#filmsky #moviesky #hotelpictures #psycho #lastyearatmarienbad #thesilence

…Hotel Pictures #2

Capsule #9: Secret Mall Apartment (2024)

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · May 8

"It is easy to call the events an urban legend, but unlike most of those, the mall apartment is actually a true story."

#filmsky #moviesky #secretmallapartment #providence

“A barnacle on a whale”

“a hundred doors leading to one hall”

Reposted by J_Dwyer

Etch @etchfilm.bsky.social · Apr 26

Before the world made sense, Mariana Enriquez told stories — where the vampires looked a little too much like family.

In the newest episode of #FIRSTWORDONHORROR, the best-selling author leads us back to those haunted beginnings — where survival meant storytelling, and monsters were always close.

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J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · May 2

New essay up! I’m writing about hotel pictures this month. This edition primarily covers Touch of Evil (1958), Dirty Pretty Things (2002), and Daughters of Darkness (1971).

#hotelpictures #daughtersofdarkness #touchofevil #dirtyprettythings #filmsky #moviesky

…Hotel Pictures #1

#letterboxd #intruder #filmsky #moviesky

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Apr 18

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J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Apr 17

2025 continuously reminds me of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, and while it's a great movie, that can't be healthy.

#investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion #eliopetri #gianmariavolonté #florindabolkan #filmsky #moviesky

“Reality is caricature”

…Unmaking Fascism #2

…Capsule #8: Wild at Heart (1990)

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Apr 10

Continuing my series of capsule reviews about movies seen in theaters, we have--

#filmsky #moviesky #davidlynch #wildatheart #nicolascage #lauradern

Lynch’s Party Movie

“compliance, compromise, and survival”

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J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Apr 3

“Haven’t you realized that we’re tricking them?” That sinking feeling in The Silence of the Sea when Howard Vernon realizes he is an actual Nazi.

#filmsky #moviesky #silenceofthesea #howardvernon #jeanpierremelville #theunmakingoffascistaesthetics

…Unmaking Fascism # 1

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Mar 27

Next month I am writing about a couple movies in context to one of my favorite academic books, The Unmaking of Fascist Aesthetics by Kriss Ravetto.

#filmsky #moviesky #unmakingfascism #silenceofthesea #investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion

Coming in April

...Unmaking Fascism

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Mar 27

Happy to get my contributor copy of Dirty Arthouse #4, in which I had the pleasure of contextualizing ANORA within the historic, dirty arthouse spirit! Available from @filmsradiance.bsky.social !!!

#dirtyarthouse #radiancefilms #filmsky #moviesky #anora #seanbaker #mikeymadison

Extended interview: Werner Herzog

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Mar 23

New Herzog interview. Always captivating.

#herzog #filmsky #moviesky

YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning

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J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Mar 20

Part 2! This covers the melding of genres with Room 13 (1964), Creature with the Blue Hand (1967), Double Face (1969), and What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)

#krimi #giallo #filmsky #moviesky #genrecinema #kinski #camillekeaton #andmore

From Krimi to Giallo

Smooth Kriminals #2

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Mar 17

Thanks for sharing!

Capsule #7: L'histoire de Souleymane (2024)

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Mar 13

New capsule review up! This movie won the Jury and Performance prizes at Cannes last year.

#souleymanesstory #filmsky #moviesky #frenchcinema

Desperation in Paris

Klaus Kinski and The Krimi

J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Mar 6

New Writing Up! I talk about the difference between Kinski’s work in the krimi vs the New German CInema era, before focusing on Dead Eyes of London (1961), The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962), The Inn on the River (1962), and The Strange Countess (1961).

#filmsky #moviesky #klauskinski #krimi

Smooth Kriminals #1

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism

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J_Dwyer @l3fthandpath.bsky.social · Mar 6

This is worth a read-- newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

newsocialist.org.uk