V. Longshot (Vy Lenza)
@vylenza.bsky.social
🔞Writer. Director. Photographer. Performer. Documentarian. Erotic Film Historian. Lifter of heavy objects, Luddite. Connoisseur of fine sleaze. retro. physical media. wrestling. horror. Chaotic Naughty. The Dark Prince of Filth. Living Legend.
Starting my cut in earnest this week. Planning to hit my goal of looking like I did in 2012 by around XBIZ and AVN. Or at least close.
Technically started two weeks ago … but it was a slow easing into it till today when it’s kicking it into high gear time.
Technically started two weeks ago … but it was a slow easing into it till today when it’s kicking it into high gear time.
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Starting my cut in earnest this week. Planning to hit my goal of looking like I did in 2012 by around XBIZ and AVN. Or at least close.
Technically started two weeks ago … but it was a slow easing into it till today when it’s kicking it into high gear time.
Technically started two weeks ago … but it was a slow easing into it till today when it’s kicking it into high gear time.
A fantastic interview with a true legend.
Jeanna Fine: The Lost Interview
New Podcast Out Now!
TheRialtoReport.com
Jeanna Fine passed away last month.
The Rialto Report spoke to her regularly over the last decade - with surprising results.
With big thanks to Patrick Kindlon and @melusine2.bsky.social
New Podcast Out Now!
TheRialtoReport.com
Jeanna Fine passed away last month.
The Rialto Report spoke to her regularly over the last decade - with surprising results.
With big thanks to Patrick Kindlon and @melusine2.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A fantastic interview with a true legend.
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The new Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray release of Vice Academy 1-6 reviewed! @vinsyn.bsky.social #cultfilms #blurayreviews tinyurl.com/yppp4ajh
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The new Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray release of Vice Academy 1-6 reviewed! @vinsyn.bsky.social #cultfilms #blurayreviews tinyurl.com/yppp4ajh
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Sorry, films today aren't the same. I see people (myself included) being gaslit daily about this online but, no, sorry it has changed.
We've lost so much.
Btw, there are somedays that I think Paul Newman's performance in this is the GOAT in film history.
Today is one of those days...
We've lost so much.
Btw, there are somedays that I think Paul Newman's performance in this is the GOAT in film history.
Today is one of those days...
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Sorry, films today aren't the same. I see people (myself included) being gaslit daily about this online but, no, sorry it has changed.
We've lost so much.
Btw, there are somedays that I think Paul Newman's performance in this is the GOAT in film history.
Today is one of those days...
We've lost so much.
Btw, there are somedays that I think Paul Newman's performance in this is the GOAT in film history.
Today is one of those days...
New disc jumping straight to the head of my viewing queue.
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
New disc jumping straight to the head of my viewing queue.
Malice is a cool ass person and this is horrible to hear. I loved working with her for the AltPorn awards every year. If you can help her, please do.
Hey friends,
Malice McMunn was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She has stepped away from the industry which she has been a part of for many, many years - sharing her GFM for donations. This was created by her sister Christy.
gofund.me/7a4ddd4f3
Please share ❤️
Malice McMunn was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She has stepped away from the industry which she has been a part of for many, many years - sharing her GFM for donations. This was created by her sister Christy.
gofund.me/7a4ddd4f3
Please share ❤️
Donate to Support Alice's Journey Through Life-Altering Surgery, organized by Christy Fish
My name is Christy and I am writing this on behalf of my sister Ali… Christy Fish needs your support for Support Alice's Journey Through Life-Altering Surgery
gofund.me
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Malice is a cool ass person and this is horrible to hear. I loved working with her for the AltPorn awards every year. If you can help her, please do.
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
I saw discourse from another site where people were freaking out because it’s getting darker a little earlier every night.
I got nothing folks. Just *sigh*
I got nothing folks. Just *sigh*
December 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I saw discourse from another site where people were freaking out because it’s getting darker a little earlier every night.
I got nothing folks. Just *sigh*
I got nothing folks. Just *sigh*
Movie theaters forever.
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Movie theaters forever.
These people are diseased.
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
These people are diseased.
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Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Wandering Ginza Butterfly (銀蝶渡り鳥), 1972, directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (山口和彦). 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
December 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Wandering Ginza Butterfly (銀蝶渡り鳥), 1972, directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (山口和彦). 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
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In case you may have missed this vid in all the excitement over the last week, here's Steven Morowitz talking about the Distribpix & Something Weird David F. Friedman collaboration. Keep an eye out for the lovely Lisa Petrucci making a cameo as well!
youtu.be/Ai8PTEpgLI8?...
youtu.be/Ai8PTEpgLI8?...
Announcing the David F. Friedman collaboration between Distribpix & Something Weird!
YouTube video by Mélusine
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In case you may have missed this vid in all the excitement over the last week, here's Steven Morowitz talking about the Distribpix & Something Weird David F. Friedman collaboration. Keep an eye out for the lovely Lisa Petrucci making a cameo as well!
youtu.be/Ai8PTEpgLI8?...
youtu.be/Ai8PTEpgLI8?...
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"Patrons from Utah to Pennsylvania have apparently been buying Blu-Ray players and borrowing the Criterion Collection because they no longer have patience for the Disney-Hulu-Paramount-Netflix game of IP thrones." lithub.com/have-librari...
Have libraries have become the new Blockbuster?
Streaming is over. The magazine is back. And everyone who’s too online is apparently getting off again. The time is ripe for an analog revolution. And where better to start than the stacks? A…
lithub.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Patrons from Utah to Pennsylvania have apparently been buying Blu-Ray players and borrowing the Criterion Collection because they no longer have patience for the Disney-Hulu-Paramount-Netflix game of IP thrones." lithub.com/have-librari...
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It's not a pyramid scheme, it's a triangular workflow.
Not a 'bubble,' but maybe an 'air pocket': Wall Street says it's time to reset the AI narrative
Not a 'bubble,' but maybe an 'air pocket': Wall Street says it's time to reset the AI narrative
Two of Wall Street’s biggest firms say the AI boom isn’t a bubble, arguing real spending and earnings support the stock market rally even as near-term risks emerge.
yhoo.it
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's not a pyramid scheme, it's a triangular workflow.
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Reminder: This vast consolidation of wealth and power at the top has not been due to neutral market forces.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reminder: This vast consolidation of wealth and power at the top has not been due to neutral market forces.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
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Gave this list a little update, may add some more later.
Films that need a physical media release/upgrade
An ongoing list of films I would like to see released or upgraded on disc formats, with notes on the kind of edition I'd like to see.
letterboxd.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Gave this list a little update, may add some more later.
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Who controls what IP isn't what's at play with this new merger: it's about who gets your attention & dollars. It means fewer shows & fewer movies as not to step on each other's dicks.
1/3 of Hollywood is already out of work from past consolidation. How many more voices will they run out of town?
1/3 of Hollywood is already out of work from past consolidation. How many more voices will they run out of town?
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Who controls what IP isn't what's at play with this new merger: it's about who gets your attention & dollars. It means fewer shows & fewer movies as not to step on each other's dicks.
1/3 of Hollywood is already out of work from past consolidation. How many more voices will they run out of town?
1/3 of Hollywood is already out of work from past consolidation. How many more voices will they run out of town?
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After a banner year of Warner Bros putting unique, filmmaker driven original movies into theaters and getting giant audience turn out for them, the corporation that now owns them would like you to know that actually you didn’t like this and that what you really wanted was to watch at home.
As Netflix confirms plans to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion, the streaming service has said it expects shorter theatrical runs for movies in future "to meet the audience where they are, quicker." https://bit.ly/3XCvY8M
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
After a banner year of Warner Bros putting unique, filmmaker driven original movies into theaters and getting giant audience turn out for them, the corporation that now owns them would like you to know that actually you didn’t like this and that what you really wanted was to watch at home.
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The movie studio that backed the DVD is being purchased by a streamer.
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The movie studio that backed the DVD is being purchased by a streamer.
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“Consumer friendly” is just Ted’s way of saying that he wants people to subscribe to his services and avoid giving theaters a significant piece of the pie. Absolute garbage that he’s trying to spin as a positive for anyone but Netflix.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says the streamer has no "opposition" to releasing Warner Bros. movies in theaters, but hints that "windows will evolve to be much more consumer friendly."
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“Consumer friendly” is just Ted’s way of saying that he wants people to subscribe to his services and avoid giving theaters a significant piece of the pie. Absolute garbage that he’s trying to spin as a positive for anyone but Netflix.
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I shot this image of Kumi circa 2000 in Las Vegas outside of some small fetish convention close to the airport. This wasn’t a planned shoot; it was just her and I going outside during her cigarette break and taking some shots. Photographed with natural light with my Mamiya 645.
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I shot this image of Kumi circa 2000 in Las Vegas outside of some small fetish convention close to the airport. This wasn’t a planned shoot; it was just her and I going outside during her cigarette break and taking some shots. Photographed with natural light with my Mamiya 645.
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So, look, given the WB / Netflix thing,
now may be a good time for you to scoop up any and all Warner Brothers movies you like on Blu or 4K.
now may be a good time for you to scoop up any and all Warner Brothers movies you like on Blu or 4K.
WarnerBros.com | Warner Archive | Collections
<p>Thousands of film and TV series direct from the studio vaults.</p>
www.warnerbros.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So, look, given the WB / Netflix thing,
now may be a good time for you to scoop up any and all Warner Brothers movies you like on Blu or 4K.
now may be a good time for you to scoop up any and all Warner Brothers movies you like on Blu or 4K.
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So the reward for a company having an almost miraculously aspirational commercial and artistic year at the box office is to be bought by the one company with the most incentive (and seeming desire) to wipe movie theaters off the map? We’d almost be better off if Warner Bros.’s 2025 slate had tanked.
The Cold, Cruel Logic Behind Netflix Potentially Buying Warner Bros.
Buying one of the five remaining theatrical heavyweights for the purpose of removing the most aspirational theatrical distributor from the board would be in line with the streamer's recent history.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So the reward for a company having an almost miraculously aspirational commercial and artistic year at the box office is to be bought by the one company with the most incentive (and seeming desire) to wipe movie theaters off the map? We’d almost be better off if Warner Bros.’s 2025 slate had tanked.
Fuck David Zaslav forever.
Congratulations, David Zaslav, on being the most destructive force in US entertainment in the entire history of show business
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Fuck David Zaslav forever.