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Stranger Days
Russell Nichols on Strange Days (1995) and One Battle After Another (2025).
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New today on the site:
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
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New today on the site:
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
Stranger Days
Russell Nichols on Strange Days (1995) and One Battle After Another (2025).
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New today on the site:
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
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Over at @bwdrpod.bsky.social, we just republished a delightful audio essay of @ethanwarren.bsky.social's "A Grand Yuletide Theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol" for your holiday ears.
Written & read by Ethan himself, with music by Ryan Pollie!
Written & read by Ethan himself, with music by Ryan Pollie!
Rewind: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Podcast Episode · The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast · 12/08/2024 · 41m
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December 9, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Over at @bwdrpod.bsky.social, we just republished a delightful audio essay of @ethanwarren.bsky.social's "A Grand Yuletide Theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol" for your holiday ears.
Written & read by Ethan himself, with music by Ryan Pollie!
Written & read by Ethan himself, with music by Ryan Pollie!
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If I had a billion dollars, I’d open up a chain of theaters across the country devoted to only showing low to mid-budget comedies & dramas, so the CONFESS FLETCH & ROOFMANs & BLUE MOONs of the future would always have a place to play on a big screen for a few weeks. You know, how it was for decades!
1. Channing and Kirsten are right, and 2. ROOFMAN is great, and I wish more people had seen it in theaters.
I recently got to spend five minutes talking with Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst about the movie ROOFMAN, and I wrote up those five minutes as a print piece because I really needed everyone to know what movie Mr. Tatum was recommending to people in 2022. consequence.net/2025/12/chan...
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If I had a billion dollars, I’d open up a chain of theaters across the country devoted to only showing low to mid-budget comedies & dramas, so the CONFESS FLETCH & ROOFMANs & BLUE MOONs of the future would always have a place to play on a big screen for a few weeks. You know, how it was for decades!
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""We flock to IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE because it’s our therapy, a culturally endorsed, holiday-approved balm for all the miseries and disappointments that pile up around us with each passing year."
- @chadperman.bsky.social
- @chadperman.bsky.social
It's a Wonderful Life? - Bright Wall/Dark Room
We flock to 'It’s a Wonderful Life' because it’s our therapy, a culturally endorsed, holiday-approved balm for all the miseries and disappointments that pile up around us with each passing year.
buff.ly
December 15, 2024 at 3:30 PM
""We flock to IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE because it’s our therapy, a culturally endorsed, holiday-approved balm for all the miseries and disappointments that pile up around us with each passing year."
- @chadperman.bsky.social
- @chadperman.bsky.social
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Russell did a fantastic job (literally) putting these two characters in conversation and pushing them to think through the potential deficits of their own mediums and creators. Loved the chance to edit this piece (which I barely touched during the edit process!)
New today on the site:
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
Stranger Days
Russell Nichols on Strange Days (1995) and One Battle After Another (2025).
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Russell did a fantastic job (literally) putting these two characters in conversation and pushing them to think through the potential deficits of their own mediums and creators. Loved the chance to edit this piece (which I barely touched during the edit process!)
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All of this Jon Hamm talk has me thinking it’s time for a rewatch.
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
All of this Jon Hamm talk has me thinking it’s time for a rewatch.
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All first-time or returning subscribers can now purchase an annual subscription for $10 off their first year—which means just $19 for a full year of access to BW/DR and our entire 143 issue archive!
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November 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
FYI: Extending this sale through 12/26! Get a full year of Bright Wall/Dark Room for less than $20 - or gift it to your movie loving friend this holiday season :)
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New today on the site:
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
Stranger Days
Russell Nichols on Strange Days (1995) and One Battle After Another (2025).
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New today on the site:
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
An imagined conversation between Mace Mason (STRANGE DAYS) and Perfidia Beverly Hills (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) from @russellnichols.bsky.social
🎨 by @mosesleeart.bsky.social
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55 yr dads and me go HARD on this masterpiece movie
55 yr dads and me go HARD on this masterpiece movie
I'm just a normal girl who happens to think about the themes/performances/look of Miller's Crossing at least 7x a day
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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55 yr dads and me go HARD on this masterpiece movie
55 yr dads and me go HARD on this masterpiece movie
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
What is a movie that you love that would surprise most people who know you?
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
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I am not one of those "musicals are terrible" bros but even I was kind of thrown by how much I enjoyed 'Summer Stock'
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I am not one of those "musicals are terrible" bros but even I was kind of thrown by how much I enjoyed 'Summer Stock'
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Anchorman
What is a movie that you love that would surprise most people who know you?
November 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Anchorman
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Far and Away
It’s one of Ron Howard’s most mediocre efforts (that’s saying something) with a lackluster script and totally unremarkable performances, and I’m a sucker for it.
It’s one of Ron Howard’s most mediocre efforts (that’s saying something) with a lackluster script and totally unremarkable performances, and I’m a sucker for it.
What is a movie that you love that would surprise most people who know you?
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Far and Away
It’s one of Ron Howard’s most mediocre efforts (that’s saying something) with a lackluster script and totally unremarkable performances, and I’m a sucker for it.
It’s one of Ron Howard’s most mediocre efforts (that’s saying something) with a lackluster script and totally unremarkable performances, and I’m a sucker for it.
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Total Recall.
Not a big action movie guy or Verhoeven guy generally but I think that movie is *perfect*
Not a big action movie guy or Verhoeven guy generally but I think that movie is *perfect*
What is a movie that you love that would surprise most people who know you?
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Total Recall.
Not a big action movie guy or Verhoeven guy generally but I think that movie is *perfect*
Not a big action movie guy or Verhoeven guy generally but I think that movie is *perfect*
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Turtles 2 Secret of the Ooze
What is a movie that you love that would surprise most people who know you?
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Turtles 2 Secret of the Ooze
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This is the most embarrassing thing I've read today. "Has been sending millennial cinephiles into critical paroxysms" followed by “mumblecore Shakespeare for the TikTok generation.” Generational mad-libs.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The new film “Hamnet” offers up a vision of William Shakespeare as “Marlon Brando in Elizabethan drag,” writes Drew Lichtenberg. While this character may appeal to some, it “played to me like mumblecore Shakespeare, conceived for the TikTok generation.”
The new film “Hamnet” offers up a vision of William Shakespeare as “Marlon Brando in Elizabethan drag,” writes Drew Lichtenberg. While this character may appeal to some, it “played to me like mumblecore Shakespeare, conceived for the TikTok generation.”
Opinion | ‘Hamnet’ Reimagines Shakespeare for the TikTok Generation
Our love of his plays have led to a centuries-long fascination with the writer. So why does each new fictional iteration get his life so wrong?
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This is the most embarrassing thing I've read today. "Has been sending millennial cinephiles into critical paroxysms" followed by “mumblecore Shakespeare for the TikTok generation.” Generational mad-libs.
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Everyone who orders from our bookstore gets a free whistle. Everybody! Even if all you order is a $2 used paperback, you get a whistle. It's the perfect accessory for the winter months. You know—because of all the ice.
If you're looking for something delightful and unexpected for that film, TV, or music lover in your life (who may in fact be you!) check out the recently opened, ever-growing MZS.press magazine section. It includes some vintage titles & recent special issues. mzs.press/Magazines-c1...
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Everyone who orders from our bookstore gets a free whistle. Everybody! Even if all you order is a $2 used paperback, you get a whistle. It's the perfect accessory for the winter months. You know—because of all the ice.
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where the heart is
(the one where Natalie Portman has a baby in a Wal-Mart)
(the one where Natalie Portman has a baby in a Wal-Mart)
What is a movie that you love that would surprise most people who know you?
November 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
where the heart is
(the one where Natalie Portman has a baby in a Wal-Mart)
(the one where Natalie Portman has a baby in a Wal-Mart)
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I hate sci-fi. I love this.
November 30, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I hate sci-fi. I love this.
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Not only do I now mostly get all the jokes and references in the Dungeons & Dragons movie, but I genuinely think we should have a dozen of these by now. What have I become
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Not only do I now mostly get all the jokes and references in the Dungeons & Dragons movie, but I genuinely think we should have a dozen of these by now. What have I become
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I don’t even like Elvis or Baz but I can almost get high off of this chaotic messterpiece
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I don’t even like Elvis or Baz but I can almost get high off of this chaotic messterpiece
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10 things I Hate About You
What is a movie that you love that would surprise most people who know you?
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
10 things I Hate About You
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