Noel Thingvall
@noelct.bsky.social
Podcaster. Blogger. Collects far more comics, books, scripts, tv, and movies than I'll ever get to. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/noelct
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NEW SCHUMACAST! In the latest episode, @phoenixanew.bsky.social and I are joined by Tim and Agatha of @cinemaspection.bsky.social to discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime biopic Veronica Guerin, staring Cate Blanchett. #Filmsky #Podcast
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Julie tried to get me to go braless for this one but I have too much respect for her!
And John Boorman!
And John Boorman!
Lilly Wachowski is my guest on the new ep of How Was your Week and we discuss the motion picture ZARDOZ and it's really special howwasyourweek.com @lillywachowski.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Julie tried to get me to go braless for this one but I have too much respect for her!
And John Boorman!
And John Boorman!
In the latest episode of Schumacast, we discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime drama Veronica Guerin! Check it out at the link below or the podcast service of your choice. #Filmsky #Podcast
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In the latest episode of Schumacast, we discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime drama Veronica Guerin! Check it out at the link below or the podcast service of your choice. #Filmsky #Podcast
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
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1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
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December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
#NowReading a September 2004 draft of the screenplay for Rent (2005) by Stephen Chobsky and Chris Columbus. #Filmsky
December 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#NowReading a September 2004 draft of the screenplay for Rent (2005) by Stephen Chobsky and Chris Columbus. #Filmsky
Mother Goose in Prose (1987 story collection) by L Frank Baum.
4 stars. Wasn't sure what to expect from this, but it's a very impressive work, as Baum takes familiar simple nursery rhymes and concocts a full parable for each to retroactively be based on... www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #Booksky
4 stars. Wasn't sure what to expect from this, but it's a very impressive work, as Baum takes familiar simple nursery rhymes and concocts a full parable for each to retroactively be based on... www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #Booksky
December 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Mother Goose in Prose (1987 story collection) by L Frank Baum.
4 stars. Wasn't sure what to expect from this, but it's a very impressive work, as Baum takes familiar simple nursery rhymes and concocts a full parable for each to retroactively be based on... www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #Booksky
4 stars. Wasn't sure what to expect from this, but it's a very impressive work, as Baum takes familiar simple nursery rhymes and concocts a full parable for each to retroactively be based on... www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #Booksky
Physical today. My weight struggles of the last couple years has summoned the return of fatty liver disease. Time for some changes whether I want to or not.
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Physical today. My weight struggles of the last couple years has summoned the return of fatty liver disease. Time for some changes whether I want to or not.
Mr Arkadin (1955 film, aka Confidential Report)
3 stars. A mad film, with badly synced audio and varying quality from the grafted together cuts and outtakes. At its core is a compelling thriller where a blackmailer tries to swindle the wealthy titular Mr... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
3 stars. A mad film, with badly synced audio and varying quality from the grafted together cuts and outtakes. At its core is a compelling thriller where a blackmailer tries to swindle the wealthy titular Mr... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Mr Arkadin (1955 film, aka Confidential Report)
3 stars. A mad film, with badly synced audio and varying quality from the grafted together cuts and outtakes. At its core is a compelling thriller where a blackmailer tries to swindle the wealthy titular Mr... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
3 stars. A mad film, with badly synced audio and varying quality from the grafted together cuts and outtakes. At its core is a compelling thriller where a blackmailer tries to swindle the wealthy titular Mr... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
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On the 100th episode(!) of The File Room (a fact we completely forgot to mention in the episode itself) we discuss “Elegy”, a deeply flawed episode which still provides an interesting model for a more gracefully serialized approach to The X-Files.
overcast.fm/+ABGHvrF4-9Q
overcast.fm/+ABGHvrF4-9Q
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
On the 100th episode(!) of The File Room (a fact we completely forgot to mention in the episode itself) we discuss “Elegy”, a deeply flawed episode which still provides an interesting model for a more gracefully serialized approach to The X-Files.
overcast.fm/+ABGHvrF4-9Q
overcast.fm/+ABGHvrF4-9Q
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In the first part of a sort of crossover with @adventcalendar.house, @makewistful.com joins @michaelmay.bsky.social and @spidey004.bsky.social to talk about a version of A Christmas Carol with Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, and bunch of questionable songs.
www.afterlunchpodcast.net/2025/12/405-...
www.afterlunchpodcast.net/2025/12/405-...
December 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In the first part of a sort of crossover with @adventcalendar.house, @makewistful.com joins @michaelmay.bsky.social and @spidey004.bsky.social to talk about a version of A Christmas Carol with Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, and bunch of questionable songs.
www.afterlunchpodcast.net/2025/12/405-...
www.afterlunchpodcast.net/2025/12/405-...
There's a new episode of Schumacast today!
NEW SCHUMACAST! In the latest episode, @phoenixanew.bsky.social and I are joined by Tim and Agatha of @cinemaspection.bsky.social to discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime biopic Veronica Guerin, staring Cate Blanchett. #Filmsky #Podcast
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
There's a new episode of Schumacast today!
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Check this out; we had the chance to discuss Joel Schumacher's ripped-from-the-headlines crime drama Veronica Guerin on Schumacast!
NEW SCHUMACAST! In the latest episode, @phoenixanew.bsky.social and I are joined by Tim and Agatha of @cinemaspection.bsky.social to discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime biopic Veronica Guerin, staring Cate Blanchett. #Filmsky #Podcast
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Check this out; we had the chance to discuss Joel Schumacher's ripped-from-the-headlines crime drama Veronica Guerin on Schumacast!
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We had a great time discussing this interesting entry in Joel Schumacher's diverse filmography! Check out this episode and the back catalog of this great show!
NEW SCHUMACAST! In the latest episode, @phoenixanew.bsky.social and I are joined by Tim and Agatha of @cinemaspection.bsky.social to discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime biopic Veronica Guerin, staring Cate Blanchett. #Filmsky #Podcast
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We had a great time discussing this interesting entry in Joel Schumacher's diverse filmography! Check out this episode and the back catalog of this great show!
NEW SCHUMACAST! In the latest episode, @phoenixanew.bsky.social and I are joined by Tim and Agatha of @cinemaspection.bsky.social to discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime biopic Veronica Guerin, staring Cate Blanchett. #Filmsky #Podcast
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW SCHUMACAST! In the latest episode, @phoenixanew.bsky.social and I are joined by Tim and Agatha of @cinemaspection.bsky.social to discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime biopic Veronica Guerin, staring Cate Blanchett. #Filmsky #Podcast
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...
The Last Winter (2006 film)
3 stars. My second Fessenden film, and I find myself steadily becoming a fan even as this wasn't the strongest outing for me. I love the build, great cast, ambitious thematic ideas and conflicts, high tension with drawn-out... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
3 stars. My second Fessenden film, and I find myself steadily becoming a fan even as this wasn't the strongest outing for me. I love the build, great cast, ambitious thematic ideas and conflicts, high tension with drawn-out... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Last Winter (2006 film)
3 stars. My second Fessenden film, and I find myself steadily becoming a fan even as this wasn't the strongest outing for me. I love the build, great cast, ambitious thematic ideas and conflicts, high tension with drawn-out... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
3 stars. My second Fessenden film, and I find myself steadily becoming a fan even as this wasn't the strongest outing for me. I love the build, great cast, ambitious thematic ideas and conflicts, high tension with drawn-out... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
Stuff I Read and Watched from November 30 - December 6, 2025. How many of these have you checked out?
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Stuff I Read and Watched from November 30 - December 6, 2025. How many of these have you checked out?
Currently have no working audio devices on my computer. Thanks Realtek, which keeps crashing my computer whenever I try to reinstall it.
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Currently have no working audio devices on my computer. Thanks Realtek, which keeps crashing my computer whenever I try to reinstall it.
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Warner Bros, in all its flailing incarnations and buyouts, is up there with General Electric and RCA in the "Great American Corporate Bed Shittings" annals and will be studied for centuries to come. But it's JUST a corporate entity. The priority should be preserving the great art the came from it.
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Warner Bros, in all its flailing incarnations and buyouts, is up there with General Electric and RCA in the "Great American Corporate Bed Shittings" annals and will be studied for centuries to come. But it's JUST a corporate entity. The priority should be preserving the great art the came from it.
5 stars. A perfect script. Flowing and moving. Brutal, yet engrossing. A clever and rich mix of slavery saga and legal drama at a key turning point for American identity, with even the victorious notes nuanced by bittersweet realities. #Filmsky #Screenplay
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
5 stars. A perfect script. Flowing and moving. Brutal, yet engrossing. A clever and rich mix of slavery saga and legal drama at a key turning point for American identity, with even the victorious notes nuanced by bittersweet realities. #Filmsky #Screenplay
Coming Monday: Schumacast returns with a brand new episode!
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Coming Monday: Schumacast returns with a brand new episode!
I grew up with so many family vacations to this lodge. Was crushed when it burned down. Now I'm fuming over the selfish negligence of why.
The historic lodge, which claimed to be the oldest in Minnesota, burned to the ground on Feb. 6, 2024. No cause for the fire has ever been revealed.
Suspect arrested and charged in Lutsen Resort Lodge arson
The historic lodge, which claimed to be the oldest in Minnesota, burned to the ground on Feb. 6, 2024. No cause for the fire has ever been revealed.
www.kare11.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I grew up with so many family vacations to this lodge. Was crushed when it burned down. Now I'm fuming over the selfish negligence of why.
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On The File Room this week we discuss “Zero Sum”, which is a great showcase for both Mitch Pileggi, who gets to be the centre of an episode, and director Kim Manners, who gets some bravura sequences. overcast.fm/+ABGHvpBMyrQ
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
On The File Room this week we discuss “Zero Sum”, which is a great showcase for both Mitch Pileggi, who gets to be the centre of an episode, and director Kim Manners, who gets some bravura sequences. overcast.fm/+ABGHvpBMyrQ
#NowReading Mother Goose in Prose (1897 collection) by L Frank Baum. Reading an ebook version, but I remember us having a hardcover with the cover below when I was a kid. #Booksky
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#NowReading Mother Goose in Prose (1897 collection) by L Frank Baum. Reading an ebook version, but I remember us having a hardcover with the cover below when I was a kid. #Booksky
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A discussion of The Langoliers (1995) with interviews from Tom Holland and Timekeepers of Eternity creator Aristotelis Maragkos. www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/12/epis...
The Projection Booth Podcast
The Ultimate Movie Podcast. Every week The Projection Booth podcast offers up a new episode about a film, its context, influences, and creation.
www.projectionboothpodcast.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A discussion of The Langoliers (1995) with interviews from Tom Holland and Timekeepers of Eternity creator Aristotelis Maragkos. www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/12/epis...
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America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.