Aleš Kot
@aleskot.bsky.social
An Eastern-European immigrant screenwriter-producer-director-mutant
Projects at: HBO / Blumhouse
Pronouns: they/them
Rep: Verve
Projects at: HBO / Blumhouse
Pronouns: they/them
Rep: Verve
All right, Bluesky. Do your thing. I've got two cats – a kitten and a young cat – clearly strays, bonded, incredibly sweet, and of course cautious. I want to help collect them, do the whole spay/neuter/whatever else they need thing, can foster them, can't keep them. Recs for LA?
September 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
All right, Bluesky. Do your thing. I've got two cats – a kitten and a young cat – clearly strays, bonded, incredibly sweet, and of course cautious. I want to help collect them, do the whole spay/neuter/whatever else they need thing, can foster them, can't keep them. Recs for LA?
HAPPYEND (2024, dir. Neo Sora): A deeply tender, funny, bittersweet engagement with the dystopia of state surveillance & violence, grounded within the themes of friendship & collective action. So aurally youthful & vulnerable, a film about transitions, a successor to Edward Yang.
September 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
HAPPYEND (2024, dir. Neo Sora): A deeply tender, funny, bittersweet engagement with the dystopia of state surveillance & violence, grounded within the themes of friendship & collective action. So aurally youthful & vulnerable, a film about transitions, a successor to Edward Yang.
Ten new favorites I watched for the first time in August.
August 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Ten new favorites I watched for the first time in August.
Watched some recent, excellent, and under-seen films this past week– Fremont and Sister Midnight are both delightfully funny and emotionally complex, directed with clear and precise points of view, anchored by fully inhabited performances. You'd do well to rent/buy both.
July 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Watched some recent, excellent, and under-seen films this past week– Fremont and Sister Midnight are both delightfully funny and emotionally complex, directed with clear and precise points of view, anchored by fully inhabited performances. You'd do well to rent/buy both.
via Greta Thunberg on her Ig--
June 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
via Greta Thunberg on her Ig--
THE BRUTALIST (2024, dir. Brady Corbet): Every film a building, both but parts of nature. Two names that come to mind the most are Kubrick and Visconti; a fine and deserved company to keep.
May 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
THE BRUTALIST (2024, dir. Brady Corbet): Every film a building, both but parts of nature. Two names that come to mind the most are Kubrick and Visconti; a fine and deserved company to keep.
Tonight's double screening. The second one is the Czech poster for Damiano Damiani's 'The Case is Closed, Forget It"
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tonight's double screening. The second one is the Czech poster for Damiano Damiani's 'The Case is Closed, Forget It"
Yi Yi (2000, dir. Edward Yang)
January 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Yi Yi (2000, dir. Edward Yang)
Four book recommendations for the month.
January 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Four book recommendations for the month.
PALE RIDER (1985, dir. Clint Eastwood)
December 27, 2024 at 7:28 AM
PALE RIDER (1985, dir. Clint Eastwood)
xmas double screening. 1992 went hard.
December 25, 2024 at 6:38 PM
xmas double screening. 1992 went hard.
THE BRUTALIST (2024, dir. Brady Corbet)
December 24, 2024 at 5:23 AM
THE BRUTALIST (2024, dir. Brady Corbet)
ZERO #17, words by me, art by Robert Sammelin
December 19, 2024 at 4:03 AM
ZERO #17, words by me, art by Robert Sammelin
Four books about filmmaking I returned to maybe the most this year. In case anyone else may find some use in it.
December 19, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Four books about filmmaking I returned to maybe the most this year. In case anyone else may find some use in it.
from new Devlin Waugh... with much respect to Mr. Ben Mendelsohn
December 17, 2024 at 9:13 PM
from new Devlin Waugh... with much respect to Mr. Ben Mendelsohn
QUEER (2024, dir. Luca Guadagnino, cinematography by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom)
December 14, 2024 at 6:22 AM
QUEER (2024, dir. Luca Guadagnino, cinematography by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom)
anyway thinking about this more than usual in relation to QUEER coming out, the Burroughs narrative within ZERO (who really forgives him there?), and the dedication at the end of the series, for obvious reasons.
December 2, 2024 at 7:45 PM
anyway thinking about this more than usual in relation to QUEER coming out, the Burroughs narrative within ZERO (who really forgives him there?), and the dedication at the end of the series, for obvious reasons.
just a thought but maybe that final rural image of an idealized heteronormative respite from the world isn't all it seems... I gave you all the clues...
December 2, 2024 at 7:44 PM
just a thought but maybe that final rural image of an idealized heteronormative respite from the world isn't all it seems... I gave you all the clues...
About a decade after wrapping it up, thinking about ZERO– I always considered the ending as clearly ambiguous in light of what the fungal intelligence offers to the protagonist, so it's still odd to encounter readings that treat the ending as some sort of an ultimate relief
December 2, 2024 at 7:37 PM
About a decade after wrapping it up, thinking about ZERO– I always considered the ending as clearly ambiguous in light of what the fungal intelligence offers to the protagonist, so it's still odd to encounter readings that treat the ending as some sort of an ultimate relief
OPPENHEIMER (2023, dir. Christopher Nolan)
November 30, 2024 at 6:51 AM
OPPENHEIMER (2023, dir. Christopher Nolan)