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Mike D’Angelo @gemko.bsky.social · 3d

First time I’ve seen this particular marketing ploy, employing something that in the old days only people who actually attended Cannes were even aware of.

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J Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.social · 19h

Going through my Ken Jacobs file I found this 2012 conversation. It was organized by Violet Lucca who was also responsible for the pedagogical projection alluded to in our talk. (The picture below is so far as I know the only record of the event.)

www.filmcomment.com/blog/heretic...

Heretical Heuristics: J. Hoberman and Ken Jacobs Explain the Movi-verse

Film Comment Selects Interview: J. Hoberman and Ken Jacobs on multiple projections.

www.filmcomment.com

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Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing @swenryan.bsky.social · 21h

Completely understand if absolutely no one decides to join this, and I have no plans for any exclusive content aside from paid subscriber-only comments and the Substack chat, but if you'd like a steady way to support me I'd greatly appreciate it!

Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing @swenryan.bsky.social · 21h

Finally caved and decided to make my Substack: welcome to Stray Comrades, which will serve as a paid newsletter for those who prefer to receive my reviews (which will remain on Taipei Mansions) by that method. open.substack.com/pub/straycom...

Welcome to Stray Comrades!

In which I decide to branch out once more...

open.substack.com

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 23h

Mariners hitters carving through the Blue Jays like they’re succulent Thanksgiving turkeys.

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Joel Smith @joelsmith.blog · 23h

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 1d

Hoping my Mariners fan friends live the dream (sweep every series, win world championship, pop champagne as meteor erases humanity, die on top and freed from Mariners baseball forever)

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Michael Sicinski @msicism.bsky.social · 1d

For the "real heads know" file: There's a new Dominga Sotomayor film on Netflix, fresh from the Donostia/San Sebastian IFF. It's called LIMPIA.

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 1d

Never in doubt

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 1d

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1d

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 1d

Mariners, imo

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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 1d

My kid informs me that at the first game he ever saw, a Mariners-Blue Jays game in the summer of 2022, the Blue Jays also hit a home run on the first pitch.

The Mariners won the game though.

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Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing @swenryan.bsky.social · 2d

Happy belated birthday @dcairns.bsky.social!!

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R. Emmet Sweeney @robert-emmet.bsky.social · 6d

Vadim Rizov gets the full picture of Ken Jacobs in his memorial for @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy:

Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)

Ken Jacobs wasn’t just a single (albeit huge) formative force in experimental film, but a river through which an array of streams flowed to their own artistic destinations. For New Yorkers…

filmmakermagazine.com

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R. Emmet Sweeney @robert-emmet.bsky.social · 5d

That time Ken Jacobs wrote about The Polar Express for Film Comment: www.filmcomment.com/blog/ken-jac...

Ken Jacobs on The Polar Express, 3D, and Religion

Robert Zemeckis’s 2004 3D Santa-scape film yields a teachable moment

www.filmcomment.com

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Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 3d

Here's my review of IS THIS THING ON?, Bradley Cooper's third straight film as a director that could have been titled WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?

‘Is This Thing On?’ review: Bradley Cooper’s bittersweet third feature stars Will Arnett and Laura Dern

Arnett and Dern impress as a couple navigating divorce in Cooper's latest awards contender

www.screendaily.com

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Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing @swenryan.bsky.social · 3d

Arnett and Dern are both tremendous, especially in how vividly the latter's own quest comes to complement the main narrative; can't quite get a handle on the wildly different stoner role Cooper occupies here, and there's an unbelievably lovely scene involving "Amazing Grace."

Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing @swenryan.bsky.social · 3d

IS THIS THING ON?: Cooper cannily switches up his style for a more relaxed but no less kinetic mode, as his hero's overt confessions are incorporated into a wider set of middle-age frustrations and hopes; very sentimental and sneakily off-kilter, often delightfully so.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 3d

Best team.

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 3d

mariners fans are my favorite bunch of fans of any team in any sport. i watched the bottom half of the last seven innings standing up in my living room. thanks for letting me hitch a ride

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A K (Bone Coloring, Silian Rail Font) @aklingus.bsky.social · 3d

The History of the Seattle Mariners owns on its creative merits, and because it teaches us two important lessons: 1) the Republican Party sucks ass, and 2) fuck the motherfucking Yankees

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A K (Bone Coloring, Silian Rail Font) @aklingus.bsky.social · 3d

featuring commentary with Jon, Alex, Ken Griffey Jr., Felix Hernandez, and Mr. Jello bsky.app/profile/aaro...

Aaron Hammond @aaronhammond88.bsky.social · 3d

If the Mariners win the World Series Criterion needs to put out a 4K of HISTORY OF THE SEATTLE MARINERS

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Aaron Hammond @aaronhammond88.bsky.social · 3d

If the Mariners win the World Series Criterion needs to put out a 4K of HISTORY OF THE SEATTLE MARINERS

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Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing @swenryan.bsky.social · 3d

Caught a few innings of Game 1, no chance I was risking it

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