Tobias Carroll
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social
Author: IN THE SIGHT; EX-MEMBERS; POLITICAL SIGN; REEL; TRANSITORY. Writes frequently about many things. There's a podcast called Framed & Bound and a comics review newsletter called Postcards From Komiksoj. NBCC Board.
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Kill List
A minute-by-minute analysis of Ben Wheatley's film, Kill List (2011).2011's Kill List, directed by Ben Wheatley and written by Wheatley and Amy Jump, provides a…
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Update: there's now a new page for my book on Kill List on @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's website! www.bloomsbury.com/us/kill-list...
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A 61-year-old Mets mystery: Who was Wilbur Huckle, and what's the deal with these buttons? defector.com/wilbur-huckl...
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A 61-year-old Mets mystery: Who was Wilbur Huckle, and what's the deal with these buttons? defector.com/wilbur-huckl...
Absolutely stunning book.
Happy Holidays! Every day until Christmas, I'll use this thread to rec a book to help you with your gift list. Let's start with THE TWENTY DAYS OF TURIN by Giorgio De Maria, translated by Ramon Glazov, and republished with a foreword by moi. Buy from your fav indie. (Alt text = more detail.) 1/?
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Absolutely stunning book.
The Second Safest Mountain comes highly recommended by, well, me.
it's creator day on itch today! it's my birthday tomorrow! i'm running a 48-hour sale in celebration of both, - you can get all my comics for 30% off: claystorks.itch.io
if you're new to my works, you can also buy them all as an even cheaper bundle, waow: itch.io/s/170844/bir...
if you're new to my works, you can also buy them all as an even cheaper bundle, waow: itch.io/s/170844/bir...
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Second Safest Mountain comes highly recommended by, well, me.
Terrific essay from @jasondiamond.bsky.social right here. www.thecut.com/article/find...
Finding Motherhood in Fatherhood
When I became a dad, I realized that to be the parent I wanted to be, I actually had to become a mom — my idea of what a mom is — first.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Terrific essay from @jasondiamond.bsky.social right here. www.thecut.com/article/find...
Enjoying the final season of STRANGER THINGS thus far, but I'm also kinda waiting for a character to utter the phrase "Hostile 17."
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Enjoying the final season of STRANGER THINGS thus far, but I'm also kinda waiting for a character to utter the phrase "Hostile 17."
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I think @rianjohnson.bsky.social made WAKE UP DEAD MAN just for people like me (angry exvangelicals who still find value in Jesus’ teaching even though the Church is really bad at living those teachings out, bonus points if you like U2). Paired it with CONCLAVE in my latest column @bwdr.bsky.social
Double Features: Wake Up Dead Man and Conclave
Wake Up Dead Man and Conclave depict faith at work in a world that’s dark and growing darker. Both films hold faith up to the light and ask: In times like these, what are the faithful to do?
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November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I think @rianjohnson.bsky.social made WAKE UP DEAD MAN just for people like me (angry exvangelicals who still find value in Jesus’ teaching even though the Church is really bad at living those teachings out, bonus points if you like U2). Paired it with CONCLAVE in my latest column @bwdr.bsky.social
Rotary gazebo! Rotary gazebo!
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Rotary gazebo! Rotary gazebo!
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I didn’t know Reg Bloor was running a Kickstarter campaign to fund an important Glenn Branca archival recording with Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo in the band until Robert Fripp (!!) shared the news on Facebook. Get yourself a piece of the action here. www.kickstarter.com/projects/reg...
Release of Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 4 (Physics)
Much anticipated release of a long lost recording.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I didn’t know Reg Bloor was running a Kickstarter campaign to fund an important Glenn Branca archival recording with Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo in the band until Robert Fripp (!!) shared the news on Facebook. Get yourself a piece of the action here. www.kickstarter.com/projects/reg...
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@tobiascarroll.bsky.social includes Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories (tr. @gayadorno.bsky.social) on the @wwborders.bsky.social November Watchlist! wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The Watchlist: November 2025 - Words Without Borders
Nonfiction, comics, poems, and fiction in translation: Tobias Carroll recommends a little of everything in this month's Watchlist.
wordswithoutborders.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social includes Sener Ozmen’s The Competition of Unfinished Stories (tr. @gayadorno.bsky.social) on the @wwborders.bsky.social November Watchlist! wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Nice to see the city's libraries represented here. hyperallergic.com/1059590/meet...
Meet the Members of Mamdani’s Arts and Culture Transition Committee
Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander, curator Kimberly Drew, and The Kitchen Executive Director Legacy Russell are among the 28 members of the advisory team.
hyperallergic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Nice to see the city's libraries represented here. hyperallergic.com/1059590/meet...
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Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
Excellent @leahschnelbach.bsky.social piece on Wake Up Dead Man. reactormag.com/movie-review...
Wake Up Dead Man Is a Miraculous Film - Reactor
Faith AND Reason??? In THIS economy???
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November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Excellent @leahschnelbach.bsky.social piece on Wake Up Dead Man. reactormag.com/movie-review...
Did not realize until this week that the writer/director behind Sisu and its sequel is the same guy who gave us the brilliant Rare Exports.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Did not realize until this week that the writer/director behind Sisu and its sequel is the same guy who gave us the brilliant Rare Exports.
Did not realize that this production of All My Sons was also an In Fabric reunion of sorts, but I'm into it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
This ‘All My Sons’ Is Tragedy Done Right
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November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Did not realize that this production of All My Sons was also an In Fabric reunion of sorts, but I'm into it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
Very much here for the Garden State Parkway's cameo in this trailer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxBo...
How to Make a Killing | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Very much here for the Garden State Parkway's cameo in this trailer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxBo...
I have begun reading a novel for a review, and unfortunately my brain has decided that its narrator sounds exactly like Benedict Cumberbatch in this sketch. This is going to get weird, isn't it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Fd...
Blue Bunny - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I have begun reading a novel for a review, and unfortunately my brain has decided that its narrator sounds exactly like Benedict Cumberbatch in this sketch. This is going to get weird, isn't it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Fd...
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
...is this the real-world equivalent of the robot in Rick & Morty who has an existential crisis upon learning its entire purpose in life is slicing butter?
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
...is this the real-world equivalent of the robot in Rick & Morty who has an existential crisis upon learning its entire purpose in life is slicing butter?
Saw Wake Up Dead Man this evening! Very good, and very different from the two Benoit Blanc mysteries that preceded it. Also, seeing this and The Mastermind in the same week has convinced me that this Josh O'Connor fellow is pretty good at acting.
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Saw Wake Up Dead Man this evening! Very good, and very different from the two Benoit Blanc mysteries that preceded it. Also, seeing this and The Mastermind in the same week has convinced me that this Josh O'Connor fellow is pretty good at acting.
Finding myself thinking back on the show Insomniac, which has apparently not aired in 20-odd years. Loved that concept, and I ponder it a lot - especially in the way that a lot of late-night activity seems to have gone by the wayside post-2020.
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Finding myself thinking back on the show Insomniac, which has apparently not aired in 20-odd years. Loved that concept, and I ponder it a lot - especially in the way that a lot of late-night activity seems to have gone by the wayside post-2020.
Loved this @jayasaxena.com piece on the rise of hot honey in the US. slate.com/life/2025/11...
The American Condiment Hall of Fame Has a New Member. And It’s Unlike Anything That’s Been There Before.
Something to think about the next time you drizzle.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Loved this @jayasaxena.com piece on the rise of hot honey in the US. slate.com/life/2025/11...
Hey coffee eyes
You got me coughing up my cookie heart
Making promises to myself
Promises like seeds
Of everything I could be
You got me coughing up my cookie heart
Making promises to myself
Promises like seeds
Of everything I could be
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Hey coffee eyes
You got me coughing up my cookie heart
Making promises to myself
Promises like seeds
Of everything I could be
You got me coughing up my cookie heart
Making promises to myself
Promises like seeds
Of everything I could be
In the past week, I have had coffee at three different Variety Coffee locations. Really should've made a punch card.
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In the past week, I have had coffee at three different Variety Coffee locations. Really should've made a punch card.
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Swagger recognize swagger.
Yul Brynner arriving to the New York premeire of "The Ten Commandments" 1956
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Swagger recognize swagger.