Norm Wilner
@normwilner.bsky.social
Consultant! Writer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, ex-Secret Movie Clubber. I can probably help you with your movie. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
I just saw a supercut of Tracy Letts evangelizing physical media on The Big Picture and he mentioned tracking down the Twilight Time Blu-ray of THE HOT ROCK and GOD DAMMIT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY'D RELEASED THAT ONE
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I just saw a supercut of Tracy Letts evangelizing physical media on The Big Picture and he mentioned tracking down the Twilight Time Blu-ray of THE HOT ROCK and GOD DAMMIT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY'D RELEASED THAT ONE
I've purchased all of my region free BD and 4K players from 220. Great products, great prices. Treat yourself!
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November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I've purchased all of my region free BD and 4K players from 220. Great products, great prices. Treat yourself!
great googly moogly, this thing is WILD
Behold, the Sword of Power! Excalibur! For anyone waiting for things from me, this is why: my brain has been consumed by John Boorman and Excalibur, both of them dear to my heart. The restoration is stunning, and finally presents the film in the right aspect ratio on home video... 🧵1/8
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
great googly moogly, this thing is WILD
WAKE UP DEAD MAN, MEADOWLARKS and BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI are this week's What's Worth Watching recommendations in my SHINY THINGS newsletter -- but if you're a paid subscriber you already knew that, of course! Sign up for the 14-day free trial, and you'll be in the loop next week!
What's Worth Watching - November 28, 2025
Your weekly recommendations for stuff that's not on disc. Yet.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN, MEADOWLARKS and BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI are this week's What's Worth Watching recommendations in my SHINY THINGS newsletter -- but if you're a paid subscriber you already knew that, of course! Sign up for the 14-day free trial, and you'll be in the loop next week!
Weirdly enough, this is also how they get Trump in the MRI machine
You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Weirdly enough, this is also how they get Trump in the MRI machine
MEADOWLARKS is very good, and you should see it.
"It’s their coming home moment and they’re coming home to each other."
Tasha Hubbard and Michael Greyeyes tell us about adapting the acclaimed documentary BIRTH OF A FAMILY into the moving drama MEADOWLARKS povmagazine.com/how-meadowla...
Tasha Hubbard and Michael Greyeyes tell us about adapting the acclaimed documentary BIRTH OF A FAMILY into the moving drama MEADOWLARKS povmagazine.com/how-meadowla...
How Meadowlarks Reimagines an Acclaimed Documentary - POV Magazine
Meadowlarks director Tasha Hubbard and star Michael Greyeyes on reimagining the acclaimed documentary Birth of a Family about siblings uniting after the Sixties Scoop tore their family apart.
povmagazine.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
MEADOWLARKS is very good, and you should see it.
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Oh my god. She's 1000% right. This makes so much sense.
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Oh my god. She's 1000% right. This makes so much sense.
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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Not gonna lie, pretty proud of this one.
When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Not gonna lie, pretty proud of this one.
jaysus feck, as they say
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
jaysus feck, as they say
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
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SHE'S DOING IT SHE'S DOING IT EVERYONE WATCH THIS THREAD RIGHT NOW!!!!
ALERT: To respect centuries of tradition, today I shall be watching the dog show and renaming all the dogs. (Peacock won't let me take screenshots so I am literally taking pictures of my television. WHY DO YOU HATE HAPPINESS, PEACOCK?)
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
SHE'S DOING IT SHE'S DOING IT EVERYONE WATCH THIS THREAD RIGHT NOW!!!!
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The only bad part about rewatching 30 Rock is that everything Dr. Spaceman says is how RFK Jr. thinks medicine works
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The only bad part about rewatching 30 Rock is that everything Dr. Spaceman says is how RFK Jr. thinks medicine works
THE CONJURING: LAST RITES is on disc just in time for Black Friday, which I guess is a strategy? Anyway here's my SHINY THINGS review.
Nothing in the Dark
In which Norm spends Thanksgiving with the family. The CONJURING family.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
THE CONJURING: LAST RITES is on disc just in time for Black Friday, which I guess is a strategy? Anyway here's my SHINY THINGS review.
And now it's snowing.
For more than 10 years, @normwilner.bsky.social and I used to go to NYC for Thanksgiving. It was the highlight of our year. We would walk so much and eat at all our favourite places and drink too much coffee. We haven't been since 2019 and we both miss it terribly.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And now it's snowing.
Something to be thankful for, especially if you live near Palm Springs.
The historic Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs — closed since 2014 — reopens this week after a $34 million renovation.
CAMILLE (1936) w/ Greta Garbo screens Dec 12, on the 89th anniversary of its world premiere at the theatre.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/20/a... #FilmSky
CAMILLE (1936) w/ Greta Garbo screens Dec 12, on the 89th anniversary of its world premiere at the theatre.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/20/a... #FilmSky
After $34 million restoration, Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs is ready to shine
The 1936 theater will host comedy, music and more starting Dec. 2. “People are so moved to see it restored,” effort’s leader tells columnist David Allen.
www.pressenterprise.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Something to be thankful for, especially if you live near Palm Springs.
Since we all seem to be talking about SHATTERED GLASS tonight, here's my SHINY THINGS review of the Australian Blu-ray from earlier this year.
Keeping Secrets
In which Norm spins up Via Vision's new Imprint discs of MAN BITES DOG, IN THE BEDROOM and SHATTERED GLASS, every one of them a classic.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Since we all seem to be talking about SHATTERED GLASS tonight, here's my SHINY THINGS review of the Australian Blu-ray from earlier this year.
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This week, MEADOWLARKS director Tasha Hubbard talks about seeing Debra Granik's rural thriller WINTER'S BONE at the exact right time in her life -- and how its sense of authenticity informs her own work. Find it wherever you get your podcasts, or streaming here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/tas...
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This week, MEADOWLARKS director Tasha Hubbard talks about seeing Debra Granik's rural thriller WINTER'S BONE at the exact right time in her life -- and how its sense of authenticity informs her own work. Find it wherever you get your podcasts, or streaming here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/tas...
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Thread. This is a really good take.
AI is a prediction machine, choosing words and images based on probability. It can approximate an artist's style but cannot make an artist's choices, which is where art differentiates itself from homage and pastiche. It reminds me of a deleted scene in A History of Violence.
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Thread. This is a really good take.
NICE GUYS cinematic universe. One film every Christmas until I'm deposed.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
NICE GUYS cinematic universe. One film every Christmas until I'm deposed.
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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Stalking kills. I am, by every possible measurement, a statistical anomaly because few people survive being stalked for a decade like I was.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
Why Don’t We Take Stalking More Seriously? | The Walrus
The law makes it hard for victims of criminal harassment to prove they’re at risk
thewalrus.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Stalking kills. I am, by every possible measurement, a statistical anomaly because few people survive being stalked for a decade like I was.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
Hey, it's a brand new SHINY THINGS, featuring my reviews of @criterion.bsky.social's HELL'S ANGELS and @shoutstudios.bsky.social's SNOWDEN, both out now and newly restored!
(Also, why not subscribe already?)
(Also, why not subscribe already?)
Can We Be Heroes?
In which Norm spins up Criterion's HELL'S ANGELS and Shout! Select's SNOWDEN.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hey, it's a brand new SHINY THINGS, featuring my reviews of @criterion.bsky.social's HELL'S ANGELS and @shoutstudios.bsky.social's SNOWDEN, both out now and newly restored!
(Also, why not subscribe already?)
(Also, why not subscribe already?)