Julian Singleton 🎃
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CODA. Bi/Polyam. #HorrorSky. 🍅-Approved Writer for @cinapse.bsky.social / @atxfilmcritics.bsky.social / GALECA. NOROI commentary for Arrow. Film creative. ❤️ Equitable Film Access. Doing well so far. Professional inquiries: [email protected]
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BACK OF THE SHELF | J-Horror After J-Horror Part Two: An Eye to the Past
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BACK OF THE SHELF - J-Horror After J-Horror PART TWO is finally here! In this episode, a new crop of Japanese horror films invoke a deeper appreciation for the country's rich folklore through The Inerasable, Howling Village, and Koji Shiraishi's Senritsu Kaiki series. Enjoy!
youtu.be/z3nCsIkBZlU
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It isn’t Shakespeare in Love, but Walketh Hardeth is such a screechingly apt turn of phrase here
ICYMI, Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social) on HAMNET from Telluride. filmfreakcentral.net/2025/09/tell...
Telluride '25: Hamnet - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
ZERO STARS/****starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwynscreenplay by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, based on O’Farrell’s noveldirected by Chloé Zhao by Walter Chaw There is so m...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It isn’t Shakespeare in Love, but Walketh Hardeth is such a screechingly apt turn of phrase here
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Father McKenzie
Traded his assets for crypto
But soon it went wrong
Apes are all gone
Traded his assets for crypto
But soon it went wrong
Apes are all gone
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Father McKenzie
Traded his assets for crypto
But soon it went wrong
Apes are all gone
Traded his assets for crypto
But soon it went wrong
Apes are all gone
Oh my everloving goodness, bless January
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Oh my everloving goodness, bless January
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This, a million times over. Please tell people when you like their work. Creatives can go a very long time without any outside input at all, positive or otherwise, so a gesture of appreciation often makes all the difference in the world.
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This, a million times over. Please tell people when you like their work. Creatives can go a very long time without any outside input at all, positive or otherwise, so a gesture of appreciation often makes all the difference in the world.
DID MOMMY VANISH?
Many special boys couldn’t see her when she covered her eyes. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
Many special boys couldn’t see her when she covered her eyes. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
DID MOMMY VANISH?
Many special boys couldn’t see her when she covered her eyes. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
Many special boys couldn’t see her when she covered her eyes. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
Oddly enough—this is almost the exact same issue I have with Wicked (which becomes the near entirety of Wicked: For Good!).
The more it starts to force its connections to the extant thing, the more the emotional puppetry disappointingly reveals itself.
The more it starts to force its connections to the extant thing, the more the emotional puppetry disappointingly reveals itself.
HAMNET: Stellar techs and an astonishing performance by Jessie Buckley. An engrossing first 2/3 that frays for me by the conclusion. The trust that Zhao and company have in both their material and their audience falters as we’re hand-held through its most melodramatic moments of historical fiction.
Feel like I’ve been waiting all year for this one! #NowWatching
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Oddly enough—this is almost the exact same issue I have with Wicked (which becomes the near entirety of Wicked: For Good!).
The more it starts to force its connections to the extant thing, the more the emotional puppetry disappointingly reveals itself.
The more it starts to force its connections to the extant thing, the more the emotional puppetry disappointingly reveals itself.
Using this opportunity to share an underrated Richter cut that more than deserves to be used as a swelling emotional climax (and could’ve very well been swapped out in Hamnet) youtu.be/3KP7e88Gba0?...
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Using this opportunity to share an underrated Richter cut that more than deserves to be used as a swelling emotional climax (and could’ve very well been swapped out in Hamnet) youtu.be/3KP7e88Gba0?...
HAMNET: Stellar techs and an astonishing performance by Jessie Buckley. An engrossing first 2/3 that frays for me by the conclusion. The trust that Zhao and company have in both their material and their audience falters as we’re hand-held through its most melodramatic moments of historical fiction.
Feel like I’ve been waiting all year for this one! #NowWatching
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
HAMNET: Stellar techs and an astonishing performance by Jessie Buckley. An engrossing first 2/3 that frays for me by the conclusion. The trust that Zhao and company have in both their material and their audience falters as we’re hand-held through its most melodramatic moments of historical fiction.
Feel like I’ve been waiting all year for this one! #NowWatching
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Feel like I’ve been waiting all year for this one! #NowWatching
Another night writing about a pretty great film
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Another night writing about a pretty great film
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Niche post for critics and movie-awards-season nerds: Don't sleep on The Plague, a superb, excruciatingly tense American debut film--not horror, but in its way terrifying--about being a 12- or 13-year-old boy among other 12- or 13-year-old boys. Opens next month; it's haunted me since I saw it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Niche post for critics and movie-awards-season nerds: Don't sleep on The Plague, a superb, excruciatingly tense American debut film--not horror, but in its way terrifying--about being a 12- or 13-year-old boy among other 12- or 13-year-old boys. Opens next month; it's haunted me since I saw it.
See a tortie, post a tortie
(Bean!)
(Bean!)
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
See a tortie, post a tortie
(Bean!)
(Bean!)
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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Udo Kier was a delight to work with, and he loved telling shocking stories to see how you'd react. When he filmed "that moment" in CIGARETTE BURNS, there was a lot of laughter on set because he was enjoying himself too much. Dude was a straight-up icon. Those eyes. Those eyes. #RIP and much love.
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Udo Kier was a delight to work with, and he loved telling shocking stories to see how you'd react. When he filmed "that moment" in CIGARETTE BURNS, there was a lot of laughter on set because he was enjoying himself too much. Dude was a straight-up icon. Those eyes. Those eyes. #RIP and much love.
You can’t piss on hospitality, I won’t allow it, Charlie Brown!
I like simple pleasures, like butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth, Charlie Brown
He Was Some Kind of Man, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
You can’t piss on hospitality, I won’t allow it, Charlie Brown!
…this is the Animatrix
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
…this is the Animatrix
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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Exclusive first look at the poster for Charlie Polinger’s The Plague 📽️
In theaters December 24.
In theaters December 24.
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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A movie that takes place where you’re from
(One of my childhood corner stores is in the Criterion Collection.)
(One of my childhood corner stores is in the Criterion Collection.)
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
(One of my childhood corner stores is in the Criterion Collection.)
(One of my childhood corner stores is in the Criterion Collection.)
I wasn’t expecting Train Dreams and No Other Choice to be as great of a double feature as it is. Natural instincts, the natural world, and the choices we make to survive this singularly bizarre and cruel life.
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I wasn’t expecting Train Dreams and No Other Choice to be as great of a double feature as it is. Natural instincts, the natural world, and the choices we make to survive this singularly bizarre and cruel life.
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One BATTLEFIELD EARTH After Another
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
One BATTLEFIELD EARTH After Another
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1) @washingtonpost.com reported Thursday on a controversial policy downgrading how nooses and swastikas are labeled in the Coast Guard.
2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."
3) The CG said it would review policy language.
4) The CG reversed course.
2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."
3) The CG said it would review policy language.
4) The CG reversed course.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
1) @washingtonpost.com reported Thursday on a controversial policy downgrading how nooses and swastikas are labeled in the Coast Guard.
2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."
3) The CG said it would review policy language.
4) The CG reversed course.
2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."
3) The CG said it would review policy language.
4) The CG reversed course.
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Google removes a variety of longstanding GMail features if you try to withdraw your default consent (!) to having all your content read and used by Google Gemini via "Smart Features." That's an obvious attempt to coerce consent for privacy violations. Legislatures must act to make this illegal.
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Google removes a variety of longstanding GMail features if you try to withdraw your default consent (!) to having all your content read and used by Google Gemini via "Smart Features." That's an obvious attempt to coerce consent for privacy violations. Legislatures must act to make this illegal.
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is rich with jaw-dropping grandeur. Primal, undulating choreography effortlessly joined to exuberant renditions of traditional Shaker hymns. A religious epic that wholly emphasizes the choice involved in faith and devotion. Seyfried and Pullman are quite breathtaking.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is rich with jaw-dropping grandeur. Primal, undulating choreography effortlessly joined to exuberant renditions of traditional Shaker hymns. A religious epic that wholly emphasizes the choice involved in faith and devotion. Seyfried and Pullman are quite breathtaking.
