Sean Redlitz
@theredlitz.bsky.social
Marketing & Comms exec, cowriter #TheSacrificeGame
Past: @Shudder, @CNN, @FoodNetwork
He/Him/His
~all views expressed are my own~
Past: @Shudder, @CNN, @FoodNetwork
He/Him/His
~all views expressed are my own~
@moryan.bsky.social’s excellent BURN IT DOWN makes me think it’s not just about rehabbing talent but about a desire of some to return to the culture of the bad old days….
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@moryan.bsky.social’s excellent BURN IT DOWN makes me think it’s not just about rehabbing talent but about a desire of some to return to the culture of the bad old days….
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I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
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No professional reviews for POPCORN DISABILITIES sadly but just checked the Goodreads score and it's high! I don't normally read these reviews but every criticism so far is valid. If you read the book PLEASE consider dropping a review there or on Amazon.
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
No professional reviews for POPCORN DISABILITIES sadly but just checked the Goodreads score and it's high! I don't normally read these reviews but every criticism so far is valid. If you read the book PLEASE consider dropping a review there or on Amazon.
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
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The standoff over the B.Q.E. has become, more broadly, a symbol of the power that local communities wield over critical infrastructure projects around the nation.
New York’s BQE Is Falling Apart. The City Can’t Agree on How to Fix It. (Gift Article)
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has exceeded its life span. Clashing visions have hindered a solution.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The standoff over the B.Q.E. has become, more broadly, a symbol of the power that local communities wield over critical infrastructure projects around the nation.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Mitch & Mickey
The Fabulous Stains
The Carrie Nations
The Riverbottom Nightmare Band
Buckaroo Bonzai & the Hong Kong Cavaliers
Mitch & Mickey
The Fabulous Stains
The Carrie Nations
The Riverbottom Nightmare Band
Buckaroo Bonzai & the Hong Kong Cavaliers
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Mitch & Mickey
The Fabulous Stains
The Carrie Nations
The Riverbottom Nightmare Band
Buckaroo Bonzai & the Hong Kong Cavaliers
Mitch & Mickey
The Fabulous Stains
The Carrie Nations
The Riverbottom Nightmare Band
Buckaroo Bonzai & the Hong Kong Cavaliers
NYC: Come see our little holiday horror on the big screen w/ intro by @jennwexler.bsky.social!
This Christmas, raise a little hell.
@thefofif.bsky.social gets into the seasonal spirit with a special screening of Jenn Wexler’s new home invasion holiday horror classic THE SACRIFICE GAME!
Tuesday 12/9 at Nitehawk Williamsburg with a director intro.
@thefofif.bsky.social gets into the seasonal spirit with a special screening of Jenn Wexler’s new home invasion holiday horror classic THE SACRIFICE GAME!
Tuesday 12/9 at Nitehawk Williamsburg with a director intro.
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
NYC: Come see our little holiday horror on the big screen w/ intro by @jennwexler.bsky.social!
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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In what may be my opus, I present my list of movies I consider to be, spiritually speaking, Thanksgiving movies.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
A Guide to Thanksgiving Movies
Films to watch while you cook for, or hide from, family this year
houseofmirrors.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In what may be my opus, I present my list of movies I consider to be, spiritually speaking, Thanksgiving movies.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/a-guide-to...
Andrew “Only I Can Handle Trump” Cuomo must be so mad right now. 😂
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Andrew “Only I Can Handle Trump” Cuomo must be so mad right now. 😂
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The annual Ho-Ho-Holiday Sale is underway at MZS.Press arts bookstore. we've chosen items for maximum gift-ability. We *automatically* upgrade USPS shipping one level (yes, you read that right!). All orders packed with obsessive care. And we put little extras in there, too! mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The annual Ho-Ho-Holiday Sale is underway at MZS.Press arts bookstore. we've chosen items for maximum gift-ability. We *automatically* upgrade USPS shipping one level (yes, you read that right!). All orders packed with obsessive care. And we put little extras in there, too! mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
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Just a reminder that Trump had his attorney general preempt the Mueller Report with a self-serving “summary” and the media ran with it and it defined everything that came after.
Something to remember as we wait for a probably doctored and scrubbed “Epstein Files” report.
Something to remember as we wait for a probably doctored and scrubbed “Epstein Files” report.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Just a reminder that Trump had his attorney general preempt the Mueller Report with a self-serving “summary” and the media ran with it and it defined everything that came after.
Something to remember as we wait for a probably doctored and scrubbed “Epstein Files” report.
Something to remember as we wait for a probably doctored and scrubbed “Epstein Files” report.
“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves. If…late 20th century fakers were looking for the prestige and power that came with journalism in that moment, then this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment.“
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves. If…late 20th century fakers were looking for the prestige and power that came with journalism in that moment, then this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment.“
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Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
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Classic NY Times: powerless underage victim is actually the scheming perp; much-older member of the US Congress is actually a passive victim
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Classic NY Times: powerless underage victim is actually the scheming perp; much-older member of the US Congress is actually a passive victim
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#ThrowbackThursday
On this episode, Rick welcomes writer/director, Jenn Wexler, back on the podcast along with writer, @theredlitz.bsky.social, to talk about their film The Sacrifice Game.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
On this episode, Rick welcomes writer/director, Jenn Wexler, back on the podcast along with writer, @theredlitz.bsky.social, to talk about their film The Sacrifice Game.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spooky Doings: Jenn Wexler & Sean Redlitz
Podcast Episode · The Spooky Doings Podcast · 12/23/2023 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#ThrowbackThursday
On this episode, Rick welcomes writer/director, Jenn Wexler, back on the podcast along with writer, @theredlitz.bsky.social, to talk about their film The Sacrifice Game.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
On this episode, Rick welcomes writer/director, Jenn Wexler, back on the podcast along with writer, @theredlitz.bsky.social, to talk about their film The Sacrifice Game.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Christiane F. (Bleak Week screening) and The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (on Criterion Channel) were each a revelation.
I guess this is my year to fill in 70s/80s German cinema blind spots (with many more to go).
I guess this is my year to fill in 70s/80s German cinema blind spots (with many more to go).
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Christiane F. (Bleak Week screening) and The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (on Criterion Channel) were each a revelation.
I guess this is my year to fill in 70s/80s German cinema blind spots (with many more to go).
I guess this is my year to fill in 70s/80s German cinema blind spots (with many more to go).
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Neo-noir horror? Horny serial killers? Egregious AI?
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Neo-noir horror? Horny serial killers? Egregious AI?
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
Neo-noir horror? Horny serial killers? Egregious AI?
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Neo-noir horror? Horny serial killers? Egregious AI?
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
All that and more as I join Jarrod & Steve to dive into Charles Band's VR nightmare-meets-Jack the Ripper thriller QUADRANT (2024) on the latest episode of the Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks podcast!
podcasts.apple.com/tz/podcast/p...
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People thinking they’re inventing network television after 10 years of destroying network television, I am going to walk into the fucking ocean.
Okay, who told every exec to start using "white space" as their new buzzword?
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
People thinking they’re inventing network television after 10 years of destroying network television, I am going to walk into the fucking ocean.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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New Yorkers should be able to protest with safety and dignity.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New Yorkers should be able to protest with safety and dignity.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
But the NYPD’s SRG - a violent unit trained in military-style crowd control tactics - consistently violates that right. That’s why we need the City Council to pass the CURB Act -- and the first step is getting a hearing on the books.
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I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.