Nathanael T. Booth (he/him)
@nathanaeltbooth.bsky.social
Pretty damn queer.
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Author, GOD AND THE GREAT DETECTIVE: ELLERY QUEEN’S STRUGGLE WITH THE DIVINE, 1945-1965 (McFarland 2023)
Co-host, THE PROJECTIONIST’S LENDING LIBRARY
Academic
nathanaeltbooth.com
Author, GOD AND THE GREAT DETECTIVE: ELLERY QUEEN’S STRUGGLE WITH THE DIVINE, 1945-1965 (McFarland 2023)
Co-host, THE PROJECTIONIST’S LENDING LIBRARY
Academic
The day you-know-who kicks it should be a national holiday.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The day you-know-who kicks it should be a national holiday.
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Thank you, @elongreen.bsky.social. It’s one I am especially proud of.
"Do you ever want to just pick up a knife and stab him in the neck? Poison his food?"
Because I mentioned this during a phone call today, I ought to share my favorite essay, which is by @alexanderchee.bsky.social. longreads.com/2015/06/18/m...
Because I mentioned this during a phone call today, I ought to share my favorite essay, which is by @alexanderchee.bsky.social. longreads.com/2015/06/18/m...
Mr. and Mrs. B - Longreads
When Alexander Chee was a struggling young writer, working as a cater-waiter for William F. and Pat Buckley.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Thank you, @elongreen.bsky.social. It’s one I am especially proud of.
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A Fistful of Dollars is one of the most influential films of all time, particularly in its depiction of violence. However, it's often credited with innovating a specific way of filming gun violence that it didn't pioneer at all.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
A Fistful of Dollars is one of the most influential films of all time, particularly in its depiction of violence. However, it's often credited with innovating a specific way of filming gun violence that it didn't pioneer at all.
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JOHN CARTER
oh, wait, I thought you typed “martian arts”
oh, wait, I thought you typed “martian arts”
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
oh, wait, I thought you typed "marital arts"
oh, wait, I thought you typed "marital arts"
Name your fav martial arts film
December 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
JOHN CARTER
oh, wait, I thought you typed “martian arts”
oh, wait, I thought you typed “martian arts”
50 years ago was 1975. That was not only five years after *two* movies featured a trans character (as a villain or as an antihero); that was around twenty years after Christine Jorgensen became a celebrity. (For that matter, she had a biopic in 1970, as well)
says no one knew about transgenderism 50 years ago
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
50 years ago was 1975. That was not only five years after *two* movies featured a trans character (as a villain or as an antihero); that was around twenty years after Christine Jorgensen became a celebrity. (For that matter, she had a biopic in 1970, as well)
This movie could do with a bit more grit; even the dirt streaks feel aesthetic here. But it’s quite a bit better than either the 1985 movie or the CONAN reboot to which this was supposed to be a spinoff at one point.
Since I did the new DEATHSTALKER, I might as well do the new RED SONJA.
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This movie could do with a bit more grit; even the dirt streaks feel aesthetic here. But it’s quite a bit better than either the 1985 movie or the CONAN reboot to which this was supposed to be a spinoff at one point.
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I’m thrilled that Dick Van Dyke made it to 100 years old, and I also find it hilarious that he’s apparently too old to play with LEGO. Him specifically.😆
December 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’m thrilled that Dick Van Dyke made it to 100 years old, and I also find it hilarious that he’s apparently too old to play with LEGO. Him specifically.😆
Since I did the new DEATHSTALKER, I might as well do the new RED SONJA.
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Since I did the new DEATHSTALKER, I might as well do the new RED SONJA.
Actually, I’ve got an example: the Emily Dickinson movie A QUIET PASSION, a bad movie that inexplicably gets praise.
It’s remarkable how the actors here make such idiosyncratic dialogue sound so natural when actors in other shows (no real example) struggle with more conventional 19th C dialogue.
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Actually, I’ve got an example: the Emily Dickinson movie A QUIET PASSION, a bad movie that inexplicably gets praise.
And now HOUSE OF ASHUR. I had my doubts, but this show is holding up.
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
And now HOUSE OF ASHUR. I had my doubts, but this show is holding up.
FALLOUT is back! I generally liked the first season, so I’m looking forward to this.
December 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
FALLOUT is back! I generally liked the first season, so I’m looking forward to this.
I had a prof give me this advice my first year of grad school and it stuck with me so much I give it to every student now.
Yeah I don’t imagine studying Roman military history is any less employable than any other history PhD.
I’ll repeat my standard advice to anyone considering a PhD: would you still want it if you knew, with absolute certainty, that you would not find a job in your field? If not, don’t get one.
I’ll repeat my standard advice to anyone considering a PhD: would you still want it if you knew, with absolute certainty, that you would not find a job in your field? If not, don’t get one.
This is 100% incorrect as the explanation for why someone obsessed with Roman *military* history is not being hired.
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I had a prof give me this advice my first year of grad school and it stuck with me so much I give it to every student now.
Occasionally I find myself revisiting BLACK ON BOTH SIDES and am once again floored by how good it is.
December 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Occasionally I find myself revisiting BLACK ON BOTH SIDES and am once again floored by how good it is.
It’s not good, but I can’t help but admire a movie that in 2025 feels so very handmade.
There’s a DEATHSTALKER remake! Those are some terrible movies, so of course I’m going to watch this one.
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It’s not good, but I can’t help but admire a movie that in 2025 feels so very handmade.
There’s a DEATHSTALKER remake! Those are some terrible movies, so of course I’m going to watch this one.
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
There’s a DEATHSTALKER remake! Those are some terrible movies, so of course I’m going to watch this one.
It’s that time of year again. youtu.be/uW5vGf17yaU?...
Christmas trees are not pagan
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
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December 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It’s that time of year again. youtu.be/uW5vGf17yaU?...
Love to get onto a website and be told all the reasons I should or shouldn’t be on a totally different website that I’m literally trying to avoid.
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Love to get onto a website and be told all the reasons I should or shouldn’t be on a totally different website that I’m literally trying to avoid.
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THE MULE (1985)
Acrylic on Canvas 32” x 20”
For book two of the Foundation series, there was once again a clear choice for the central subject. 1/4
Acrylic on Canvas 32” x 20”
For book two of the Foundation series, there was once again a clear choice for the central subject. 1/4
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
THE MULE (1985)
Acrylic on Canvas 32” x 20”
For book two of the Foundation series, there was once again a clear choice for the central subject. 1/4
Acrylic on Canvas 32” x 20”
For book two of the Foundation series, there was once again a clear choice for the central subject. 1/4
I’ve now reached the Alabasta arc in ONE PIECE. I’ve heard that this is a good one, so I’ve been looking forward to it.
December 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’ve now reached the Alabasta arc in ONE PIECE. I’ve heard that this is a good one, so I’ve been looking forward to it.
I like WELCOME TO DERRY, but I *hate* this “pillars” stuff.
December 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I like WELCOME TO DERRY, but I *hate* this “pillars” stuff.
Watched 3 GODFATHERS. It’s been years since I saw it last and I only remembered the stuff with the baby.
December 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Watched 3 GODFATHERS. It’s been years since I saw it last and I only remembered the stuff with the baby.
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this is true and, by my lights, Wake Up Dead Man is the first entry in this franchise where you could say Blanc has any sort of character arc. he’s still not the “main character,” but he is a *slightly* different person by the end of the movie. good stuff.
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
this is true and, by my lights, Wake Up Dead Man is the first entry in this franchise where you could say Blanc has any sort of character arc. he’s still not the “main character,” but he is a *slightly* different person by the end of the movie. good stuff.
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
Johnson says he’s been digging deep into Golden Age detective fiction, so if he sends Blanc to a small New England town to investigate a murder in the founding family, you know who to call.
December 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Johnson says he’s been digging deep into Golden Age detective fiction, so if he sends Blanc to a small New England town to investigate a murder in the founding family, you know who to call.