Paul Anthony Nelson
@cinemaviscera.bsky.social
He/him. Co-creator (with partner in love + art, Perri Cummings) of movies APPARITIONS and TRENCH, 8 shorts (latest is THREE SISTERS), pod-com MOVING ON, webcomic THE OTHERS. Former co-host of RRR FM's Primal Screen and podcast Hell is for Hyphenates.
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
The passing of Catherine O’Hara is such an awful shock. She was comedy fire in absolutely everything she was in (we had only just finished THE STUDIO — where she has a beautiful parting line to Rogen’s Matt Remick — the night before waking up to this sad news). Vale to a true great. 💔😔
January 31, 2026 at 12:19 PM
The passing of Catherine O’Hara is such an awful shock. She was comedy fire in absolutely everything she was in (we had only just finished THE STUDIO — where she has a beautiful parting line to Rogen’s Matt Remick — the night before waking up to this sad news). Vale to a true great. 💔😔
As Chandler Bing might say, could the titles of these AACTA award-nominated films *be* the most Australian titles ever?
January 22, 2026 at 12:34 PM
As Chandler Bing might say, could the titles of these AACTA award-nominated films *be* the most Australian titles ever?
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Today would have been the 80th birthday of the brilliant dreamer and filmmaker, David Lynch.
"No matter what the weather is, I wish for all of you blue skies and golden sunshine internally all along the way."
"No matter what the weather is, I wish for all of you blue skies and golden sunshine internally all along the way."
January 20, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Today would have been the 80th birthday of the brilliant dreamer and filmmaker, David Lynch.
"No matter what the weather is, I wish for all of you blue skies and golden sunshine internally all along the way."
"No matter what the weather is, I wish for all of you blue skies and golden sunshine internally all along the way."
The No. 1 global app for News? Well, *that's* terrifying.
January 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM
The No. 1 global app for News? Well, *that's* terrifying.
Love to see Lee Byung-Hun cosplaying as Wonder Man on @latenightseth.bsky.social earlier this week
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Love to see Lee Byung-Hun cosplaying as Wonder Man on @latenightseth.bsky.social earlier this week
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What’s a movie you think nobody but you and a handful of people have heard of, that you think is a fantastic film?
Trench (2018) by Paul Anthony Nelson & Perri Cummings.
& I! We made this micro budget b&w feminist comedy noir & I'm damn proud of it.
Trench (2018) by Paul Anthony Nelson & Perri Cummings.
& I! We made this micro budget b&w feminist comedy noir & I'm damn proud of it.
May 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
What’s a movie you think nobody but you and a handful of people have heard of, that you think is a fantastic film?
Trench (2018) by Paul Anthony Nelson & Perri Cummings.
& I! We made this micro budget b&w feminist comedy noir & I'm damn proud of it.
Trench (2018) by Paul Anthony Nelson & Perri Cummings.
& I! We made this micro budget b&w feminist comedy noir & I'm damn proud of it.
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Here is the fundraiser for Renee Good’s wife and son, from a very trusted source.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Here is the fundraiser for Renee Good’s wife and son, from a very trusted source.
Watched THE NEST again last night, and not only does it remain a great film about the fragile masculinity that lay at the heart of high finance bloodsuckers, but the way Carrie Coon’s pitch-perfect performance was completely blanked during the 2021 award season remains a blight on our society.
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Watched THE NEST again last night, and not only does it remain a great film about the fragile masculinity that lay at the heart of high finance bloodsuckers, but the way Carrie Coon’s pitch-perfect performance was completely blanked during the 2021 award season remains a blight on our society.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY! A day late but hopefully not a dollar short, here is my wrap-up of 2025 for Cinema Viscera and my year in film: www.cinemaviscera.com/blog/2025-in...
Wishing you all health and happiness for 2026!
Wishing you all health and happiness for 2026!
2025 in the rearview
Happy New Year, Viscerals! I know I say this every year, but this year seemed particularly exhausting. It's been kind of wild in many ways, with stuff I can talk about and stuff I can't, but it felt.....
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January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY! A day late but hopefully not a dollar short, here is my wrap-up of 2025 for Cinema Viscera and my year in film: www.cinemaviscera.com/blog/2025-in...
Wishing you all health and happiness for 2026!
Wishing you all health and happiness for 2026!
Merry Christmas (or whatever way you feel like celebrating), everyone! 🎄🎅🤶🎁 Wishing you all love, health and good cheer! Probably not as much “good cheer” as this guy, though…
a man with a beard is wearing a red santa claus outfit
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a red santa claus outfit
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December 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Merry Christmas (or whatever way you feel like celebrating), everyone! 🎄🎅🤶🎁 Wishing you all love, health and good cheer! Probably not as much “good cheer” as this guy, though…
Does anyone else ever wonder why, in the music video for the Backstreet Boys' "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)", everyone looks like a giant dork except the vampire, whose shots and makeup look genuinely good and are actually lit like a horror movie? It's always puzzled me.
No? Just me? Okay, then.
No? Just me? Okay, then.
December 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Does anyone else ever wonder why, in the music video for the Backstreet Boys' "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)", everyone looks like a giant dork except the vampire, whose shots and makeup look genuinely good and are actually lit like a horror movie? It's always puzzled me.
No? Just me? Okay, then.
No? Just me? Okay, then.
The only word that's wrong in this post is "basically".
THIS IS SPINAL TAP is the perfect comedy film. As he goes on to say, it has every kind of comedy inside it - it's smart/dumb, verbal/visual, character/situational, slapstick/witty - and somehow remains relevant to every band, before & since.
THIS IS SPINAL TAP is the perfect comedy film. As he goes on to say, it has every kind of comedy inside it - it's smart/dumb, verbal/visual, character/situational, slapstick/witty - and somehow remains relevant to every band, before & since.
Watching the best of the Rob Reiner filmography over the weekend and started with TIST because of course I did. It's basically a perfect comedy. You already knew this but I think it's worth repeating. It's basically a perfect comedy.
December 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The only word that's wrong in this post is "basically".
THIS IS SPINAL TAP is the perfect comedy film. As he goes on to say, it has every kind of comedy inside it - it's smart/dumb, verbal/visual, character/situational, slapstick/witty - and somehow remains relevant to every band, before & since.
THIS IS SPINAL TAP is the perfect comedy film. As he goes on to say, it has every kind of comedy inside it - it's smart/dumb, verbal/visual, character/situational, slapstick/witty - and somehow remains relevant to every band, before & since.
Gutted by the senseless murder of Rob and Michele Reiner. The guy made the best ever comedy film, my #1 rom-com, 2 of the top 5 @stephenking.bsky.social adaptations, 2 of the 3 best Sorkin films and THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Not to mention his tireless activism, and he seemed like a lovely man. Vale. 💔😔
December 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Gutted by the senseless murder of Rob and Michele Reiner. The guy made the best ever comedy film, my #1 rom-com, 2 of the top 5 @stephenking.bsky.social adaptations, 2 of the 3 best Sorkin films and THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Not to mention his tireless activism, and he seemed like a lovely man. Vale. 💔😔
Perhaps it’s just that I’m locked in the POV of my own working-hard-but-hardly-working life as an indie filmmaker, but the thing I find most fascinating about auteurs like Hong Sang-Soo (and his going back further, RW Fassbinder) is… where do they get their financing? Who’s paying for all that work?
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Perhaps it’s just that I’m locked in the POV of my own working-hard-but-hardly-working life as an indie filmmaker, but the thing I find most fascinating about auteurs like Hong Sang-Soo (and his going back further, RW Fassbinder) is… where do they get their financing? Who’s paying for all that work?
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Well well well... I wonder if there's anybody we know doing the audio commentary on this 1980s curio...? 🤔
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Coming on February 3rd on Blu-ray in the US from @kinolorber.com: #ADayInTheLifeOfJimmyReardon (1988)!
Jimmy’s about to change his entire life in just one night. It’s the eve of high school graduation, the beginning of the rest of his life. But for Jimmy Reardon,
Coming on February 3rd on Blu-ray in the US from @kinolorber.com: #ADayInTheLifeOfJimmyReardon (1988)!
Jimmy’s about to change his entire life in just one night. It’s the eve of high school graduation, the beginning of the rest of his life. But for Jimmy Reardon,
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Well well well... I wonder if there's anybody we know doing the audio commentary on this 1980s curio...? 🤔
The lords at AGFA are doing what once seemed impossible: bringing Joe Dante's incredible found footage mix reel THE MOVIE ORGY to Blu-ray!!! If you want one, you better get in quick; they only printed 3000 copies and, after just a few hours, less than half remain: vinegarsyndrome.com/products/the...
The Movie Orgy
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December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The lords at AGFA are doing what once seemed impossible: bringing Joe Dante's incredible found footage mix reel THE MOVIE ORGY to Blu-ray!!! If you want one, you better get in quick; they only printed 3000 copies and, after just a few hours, less than half remain: vinegarsyndrome.com/products/the...
So thrilled to be working with @arrowvideo.bsky.social again, this time on a booklet essay (my first!) for the Michael Crichton sci-fi/western cult classic WESTWORLD, and sharing disc space with Queen @horrornonna.com and a host of brilliant movie minds! Pre-order: www.arrowfilms.com/p/westworld-...
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
So thrilled to be working with @arrowvideo.bsky.social again, this time on a booklet essay (my first!) for the Michael Crichton sci-fi/western cult classic WESTWORLD, and sharing disc space with Queen @horrornonna.com and a host of brilliant movie minds! Pre-order: www.arrowfilms.com/p/westworld-...
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One of the reasons why EYES WIDE SHUT has become such an unlikely Christmas movie is that it’s basically the IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE of fucking. www.vulture.com/2019/06/eyes...
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
One of the reasons why EYES WIDE SHUT has become such an unlikely Christmas movie is that it’s basically the IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE of fucking. www.vulture.com/2019/06/eyes...
As someone who’s known a few folks who’ve ran, or worked at, indie bookshops, this is absolutely true.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
As someone who’s known a few folks who’ve ran, or worked at, indie bookshops, this is absolutely true.
So my car has a CD player, and I keep just one disc in there, 24/7, for moments when I don’t have a podcast cued up, or don’t feel like one, or if Bluetooth’s glitchy.
This CD’s job is to be the NFL Kicker of albums; it’s rarely on field, but whenever it’s required, it hits with deadly accuracy.
This CD’s job is to be the NFL Kicker of albums; it’s rarely on field, but whenever it’s required, it hits with deadly accuracy.
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So my car has a CD player, and I keep just one disc in there, 24/7, for moments when I don’t have a podcast cued up, or don’t feel like one, or if Bluetooth’s glitchy.
This CD’s job is to be the NFL Kicker of albums; it’s rarely on field, but whenever it’s required, it hits with deadly accuracy.
This CD’s job is to be the NFL Kicker of albums; it’s rarely on field, but whenever it’s required, it hits with deadly accuracy.
Somewhere, I like to imagine, there’s a nice parallel universe where ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER did OPPENHEIMER money at the global box office.
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Somewhere, I like to imagine, there’s a nice parallel universe where ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER did OPPENHEIMER money at the global box office.
I can vouch for this! Drew gave excellent feedback and was generous with his time, all for very reasonable rates, esp. considering the man’s written and read more scripts than you’ve had hot dinners. If you’re after thoughtful, incisive notes on your script with an eye to industry, give him a hire!
Earlier this year, I decided to offer script notes and consultations for the first time. Why would anyone pay me for that? Well, I've spent the last 35 years in LA as a writer, and I've worked all sides of this equation.
October 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I can vouch for this! Drew gave excellent feedback and was generous with his time, all for very reasonable rates, esp. considering the man’s written and read more scripts than you’ve had hot dinners. If you’re after thoughtful, incisive notes on your script with an eye to industry, give him a hire!