Derek Operle
@doperle.bsky.social
Reporter. Film head. NBA + UK 🏀 fan.
News Director at @wkmsfm.bsky.social
Host of The Liquid Moment
Programmer, the Paducah Film Society
Formerly: The Paducah Sun
News Director at @wkmsfm.bsky.social
Host of The Liquid Moment
Programmer, the Paducah Film Society
Formerly: The Paducah Sun
If only you could have interviewed Hollywood’s finest carpenter turned actor for this’n
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If only you could have interviewed Hollywood’s finest carpenter turned actor for this’n
Massively underrated documentary. Funny and insightful.
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Massively underrated documentary. Funny and insightful.
bill brown’s life on the mississippi starts as an attempt to retrace mark twain’s journeys as a steam boat pilot and winds up grappling with how much a person can “know” a river and how its shores have changed with time because of all the things that people do. a real fun lil doc.
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
bill brown’s life on the mississippi starts as an attempt to retrace mark twain’s journeys as a steam boat pilot and winds up grappling with how much a person can “know” a river and how its shores have changed with time because of all the things that people do. a real fun lil doc.
spooky season in full effect
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
spooky season in full effect
Sign my petition to re-edit I Still Know What You Did Last Summer so that when Jennifer Love Hewitt thinks she sees the killer at the club it’s then revealed to be actually a silhouette of the dude from Jamiroquai in his “Virtual Insanity” get-up.
August 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sign my petition to re-edit I Still Know What You Did Last Summer so that when Jennifer Love Hewitt thinks she sees the killer at the club it’s then revealed to be actually a silhouette of the dude from Jamiroquai in his “Virtual Insanity” get-up.
What a stellar summer of Kentucky albums. Just today, Tyler Childers put out Snipe Hunter and Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band put out New Threats From The Soul. Plus, S.G. Goodman’s Planting By The Signs, Kelsey Waldon’s Every Ghost, and Grace Rogers’s Mad Dogs. The Bluegrass State is eating good.
July 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
What a stellar summer of Kentucky albums. Just today, Tyler Childers put out Snipe Hunter and Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band put out New Threats From The Soul. Plus, S.G. Goodman’s Planting By The Signs, Kelsey Waldon’s Every Ghost, and Grace Rogers’s Mad Dogs. The Bluegrass State is eating good.
In the evening, I’ll be hosting the Paducah Film Society screening of “Inherit the Wind,” a 1960 film that fictionalizes the events of the trial, at Maiden Alley Cinema. That starts at 7 and retired Kentucky Supreme Court Judge Bill Cunningham will speak about the case’s history beforehand.
July 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
In the evening, I’ll be hosting the Paducah Film Society screening of “Inherit the Wind,” a 1960 film that fictionalizes the events of the trial, at Maiden Alley Cinema. That starts at 7 and retired Kentucky Supreme Court Judge Bill Cunningham will speak about the case’s history beforehand.
Fave film discoveries/first watches for May 2025:
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Brewster’s Millions (1985)
Sherman’s March (1985)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Brewster’s Millions (1985)
Sherman’s March (1985)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
June 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Fave film discoveries/first watches for May 2025:
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Brewster’s Millions (1985)
Sherman’s March (1985)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Brewster’s Millions (1985)
Sherman’s March (1985)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
The emcee for the 145th St. Jerome Picnic in Fancy Farm will be Kentucky Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ashli Watts, the picnic planners announced today.
May 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The emcee for the 145th St. Jerome Picnic in Fancy Farm will be Kentucky Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Ashli Watts, the picnic planners announced today.
Fave film discoveries/first watches for April 2025:
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
My Night At Maud’s (1969)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
The Color Wheel (2011)
Low Tide: A Newly Restored Work by Thomas Wright (2022)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
My Night At Maud’s (1969)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
The Color Wheel (2011)
Low Tide: A Newly Restored Work by Thomas Wright (2022)
May 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Fave film discoveries/first watches for April 2025:
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
My Night At Maud’s (1969)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
The Color Wheel (2011)
Low Tide: A Newly Restored Work by Thomas Wright (2022)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
My Night At Maud’s (1969)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
The Color Wheel (2011)
Low Tide: A Newly Restored Work by Thomas Wright (2022)
Fave film discoveries/first watches for March 2025:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
Race with the Devil (1975)
Vice Squad (1982)
Jallikattu (2019)
Last Things (2023)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
Race with the Devil (1975)
Vice Squad (1982)
Jallikattu (2019)
Last Things (2023)
May 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Fave film discoveries/first watches for March 2025:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
Race with the Devil (1975)
Vice Squad (1982)
Jallikattu (2019)
Last Things (2023)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
Race with the Devil (1975)
Vice Squad (1982)
Jallikattu (2019)
Last Things (2023)
My Derby bet slip reads like it was Mad Libs’d from a think piece
May 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My Derby bet slip reads like it was Mad Libs’d from a think piece
enjoyed the film adaptation of charles portis' norwood. but the most important part was the presence of joann the college educated wonder chicken, who pulls a lil cord to answer people's yes or no questions like zoltar from big! i clapped when she got her own title card in the credits.
March 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
enjoyed the film adaptation of charles portis' norwood. but the most important part was the presence of joann the college educated wonder chicken, who pulls a lil cord to answer people's yes or no questions like zoltar from big! i clapped when she got her own title card in the credits.
my 2025 reads so far
adored trout fishing in america (my first brautigan) and charles portis’ norwood. mother night, a reread of a fave. chayka’s book on algorithms + their influence on culture was top notch. a captivating and centrifugal read. eager to explore so much he introduced me to in it.
adored trout fishing in america (my first brautigan) and charles portis’ norwood. mother night, a reread of a fave. chayka’s book on algorithms + their influence on culture was top notch. a captivating and centrifugal read. eager to explore so much he introduced me to in it.
March 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
my 2025 reads so far
adored trout fishing in america (my first brautigan) and charles portis’ norwood. mother night, a reread of a fave. chayka’s book on algorithms + their influence on culture was top notch. a captivating and centrifugal read. eager to explore so much he introduced me to in it.
adored trout fishing in america (my first brautigan) and charles portis’ norwood. mother night, a reread of a fave. chayka’s book on algorithms + their influence on culture was top notch. a captivating and centrifugal read. eager to explore so much he introduced me to in it.
rewatched Final Destination for the first time in many moons this weekend. the dvd had a death calculator that asks you lifestyle questions and projects your death date. soooo thankful it spat out a date that had passed. would have completely spiraled otherwise.
March 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
rewatched Final Destination for the first time in many moons this weekend. the dvd had a death calculator that asks you lifestyle questions and projects your death date. soooo thankful it spat out a date that had passed. would have completely spiraled otherwise.
Murray State's board of regents has authorized its board chair to negotiate a contract for Ron K. Patterson to be the school's 15th president. Patterson currently serves as the president of Chadron State College in Nebraska and has over 25 years of experience in higher education. @wkmsfm.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Murray State's board of regents has authorized its board chair to negotiate a contract for Ron K. Patterson to be the school's 15th president. Patterson currently serves as the president of Chadron State College in Nebraska and has over 25 years of experience in higher education. @wkmsfm.bsky.social
Fave film discoveries/first watches for February 2025:
Within Our Gates (1920)
Down With Love (2003)
Atonement (2007)
Perfect Days (2023)
Within Our Gates (1920)
Down With Love (2003)
Atonement (2007)
Perfect Days (2023)
March 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Fave film discoveries/first watches for February 2025:
Within Our Gates (1920)
Down With Love (2003)
Atonement (2007)
Perfect Days (2023)
Within Our Gates (1920)
Down With Love (2003)
Atonement (2007)
Perfect Days (2023)
We filled a theater for a 105-year-old silent film in Paducah, Kentucky. What a night.
February 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
We filled a theater for a 105-year-old silent film in Paducah, Kentucky. What a night.
Tonight, the Paducah Film Society is doing something I've wanted to do for years: a screening of Oscar Micheaux's "Within Our Gates," the oldest surviving feature directed by a Black American, with a live score from local musicians. Micheaux was born just across the river in Metropolis, Illinois.
February 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Tonight, the Paducah Film Society is doing something I've wanted to do for years: a screening of Oscar Micheaux's "Within Our Gates," the oldest surviving feature directed by a Black American, with a live score from local musicians. Micheaux was born just across the river in Metropolis, Illinois.
nw og extended cut
February 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
nw og extended cut
we’re just really in an interesting place right now in the soda flavor game, huh?
February 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
we’re just really in an interesting place right now in the soda flavor game, huh?
Fave film discoveries/first watches for January 2025:
A Woman Is A Woman (1961)
Fail Safe (1964)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Dogfight (1991)
Pecker (1998)
A Woman Is A Woman (1961)
Fail Safe (1964)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Dogfight (1991)
Pecker (1998)
February 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Fave film discoveries/first watches for January 2025:
A Woman Is A Woman (1961)
Fail Safe (1964)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Dogfight (1991)
Pecker (1998)
A Woman Is A Woman (1961)
Fail Safe (1964)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Dogfight (1991)
Pecker (1998)
new episode of the liquid moment fading out onto the airwaves for the next hour. tracks from bobbie gentry, tindersticks, galaxie 500, jessica ackerley, and more.
on-demand later on the @wkmsfm.bsky.social app.
wkms.streamguys1.com/WKMS1-mp3
on-demand later on the @wkmsfm.bsky.social app.
wkms.streamguys1.com/WKMS1-mp3
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
new episode of the liquid moment fading out onto the airwaves for the next hour. tracks from bobbie gentry, tindersticks, galaxie 500, jessica ackerley, and more.
on-demand later on the @wkmsfm.bsky.social app.
wkms.streamguys1.com/WKMS1-mp3
on-demand later on the @wkmsfm.bsky.social app.
wkms.streamguys1.com/WKMS1-mp3
Keith Gordon, director of the 1996 adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Mother Night: *zooms in on framed photograph of Sheryl Lee*
Me: Where have I seen this before?
Me: Where have I seen this before?
January 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Keith Gordon, director of the 1996 adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Mother Night: *zooms in on framed photograph of Sheryl Lee*
Me: Where have I seen this before?
Me: Where have I seen this before?