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Rodney Ascher

@rodneyascher.bsky.social

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'Thanks to' credit on Boorman & the Devil, Gallagher, and The Adult Swim Yule Log. Edited Andy Kaufman's posthumous comedy album, Directed Rolling Stone's 10th Best Music Video of 2016. NOW PLAYING: GHOST BOY (SXSW 2025 Audience Award Winner)

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 2h

I'm not sure TBH, but look at some of the teams that took it on!

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 10h

Holy cow! Looks like I'll get to see DEMON LOVER DIARY on Sunday at the Philadelphia Film Festival!
filmadelphia.org/movies/demon...

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 10h

AND they're gone

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 10h

got one!

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 11h

I think people underestimate the effect travel travel will play in making tickets impossible to find for certain plays and concerts.

1980/1985 News @40yearsago.bsky.social · 28d

[July 10th, 1980] "True West", a new play by the American playwright Sam Shepard, which follows the sibling rivalry between estranged brothers Austin and Lee, who have reconnected, premieres at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, California

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 1d

I like it

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 1d

I was the only member of my family to successfully sit through THE CHAIR COMPANY without fleeing the room in second-hand anxiety and I CANNOT wait for episode 2.

a man sits on a couch with a picture of a child on the wall above him

ALT: a man sits on a couch with a picture of a child on the wall above him

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 1d

GHOST BOY (and I!) are coming to PHILADELPHIA for the @phillyfilmfestival October 18th/25th (I'll be there for a QA at the first show) TIX/INFO at:

filmadelphia.org/movies/ghost...

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 2d

Dingbat Love?? Takemymoney.gif

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 2d

Solid film that goes really deep - in a way, it’s a sort of companion to the Pee Wee film. Like the best of these, hilarious until it becomes heartbreaking.

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 3d

We are about 1hr and 45 minutes away from the LA premiere of Josh Forbes’ GALLAGHER doc.

www.eventbrite.com/e/gallagher-...

Gallagher - Film Festival at Hollywood Park - LA Premiere!

Get to know Gallagher. You may know him as the iconic comedian of the 80's who smashed watermelons, but there is much more story to tell.

www.eventbrite.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 4d

A chat with @andyzax.bsky.social reminded me of a real late 1990s artifact, Vangelis's "Tegos Tapes," done for a Greek surgeon as background music for training videos because said surgeon figured just him talking would be boring as shit. 8 hours plus of spacelanes drift!

Vangelis - The Tegos Tapes (1998) : Annum Integrum : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Tegos Tapes is an interesting example of an obscure and heretofore unreleased Vangelis soundtrack unknown by many of even his most devoted fans.The...

archive.org

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Musicophilia @musicophilia.bsky.social · 5d

'One From the Heart' was a joy. Love the earnest artifice of it, the elemental simplicity of it. Visually my bag for sure. Would be a fun triple-feature with 'All That Jazz' and 'Pennies From Heaven,' arty not-musicals. Artificial dream-Vegas works, where the reality is a nightmare: all neon hopes.

Teri Garr bathed in red light, tearful, with out-of-focus neon signs behind her

A man bathed in blue-green light, backlit, his face half in shadow

A man close up with his face edge-lighted in silhouette; a woman silhouetted against city lights beyond

A circus woman walks on a large ball in an artificial desert lit like pre-dawn

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 6d

Late to the party, but listening to PLAY WITH FIRE on the radio and I finally figured out this is a song from the drug's point of view, right? You guys knew that all this time? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n-l...

Play With Fire (Mono)

YouTube video by The Rolling Stones - Topic

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 6d

THANK YOU. I also find the idea of serving it on paper plates in an upscale apartment filled with Italian designer furniture a little suspect but there's only so many characters allowed for each post.

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 6d

Okay, I don’t mean to dogpile on poor Saul Bellow who is a heck of a writer by any standards (and to be fair, this may be a case of an unreliable narrator, in which case, apologies) but Evel rode a Harley and beer barrels are not listed in his jumps here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 7d

I had a great experience with VistaVision but this makes quite the case for 4DX (spoliery)

www.indiewire.com/features/com...

I Saw ‘One Battle After Another’ Six Times in Six Formats in Six Days

We compare Paul Thomas Anderson's latest masterpiece in VistaVision, 70mm IMAX, digital IMAX, regular 70mm, DCP and 4DX to see which is best.

www.indiewire.com

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 8d

The brief moments when he seems reachable are the most dangerous

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 8d

John Hurt’s Caligula is an all-timer, man oh man

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 8d

Not my kind of music but you're not wrong. And she wrote/directed it too? Hat's off.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 9d

The use of American Girl in One Battle After Another has been rattling around in my head since I saw it so I wrote about why the cue is so powerful www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/m...

How ‘American Girl’ Enhances a Scene in ‘One Battle After Another’

www.nytimes.com

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Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 10d

Sitting down for some VistaVision

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 10d

!!!

Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.social · 10d

Can you believe this all-star super team representing EVERY HEAVY THING??

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