Eric Henderson
@ephender.bsky.social
Twin Cities. I am a man who is married to a man. 🏳️🌈
Letterboxd snark: https://letterboxd.com/ephender/
Letterboxd snark: https://letterboxd.com/ephender/
I get that TOWERING INFERNO is practically a forgotbuster circa 2025, but I never realized it was in “one-third as well-remembered as DUNSTON CHECKS IN” territory.
Then again, I did remember DUNSTON CHECKS IN.
Then again, I did remember DUNSTON CHECKS IN.
December 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I get that TOWERING INFERNO is practically a forgotbuster circa 2025, but I never realized it was in “one-third as well-remembered as DUNSTON CHECKS IN” territory.
Then again, I did remember DUNSTON CHECKS IN.
Then again, I did remember DUNSTON CHECKS IN.
Mostly, I just miss YMDB and comparing top 20 lists against other obsessive movie nuts.
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Mostly, I just miss YMDB and comparing top 20 lists against other obsessive movie nuts.
One slightly deflating downstream effect of how strong this year's international candidates for best picture are against the domestic product (outside of ONE BATTLE and SINNERS) is that it's pretty much turned this category into a fait accompli. Not complaining, it's just a little rote now.
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
One slightly deflating downstream effect of how strong this year's international candidates for best picture are against the domestic product (outside of ONE BATTLE and SINNERS) is that it's pretty much turned this category into a fait accompli. Not complaining, it's just a little rote now.
What the hell, here’s 5 more:
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
What the hell, here’s 5 more:
Top 5 film genres:
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Top 5 film genres:
Looks like we’re building up to an all-timer of a lineup for Oscar gays whose truer sexuality is Best Supporting Actress.
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Looks like we’re building up to an all-timer of a lineup for Oscar gays whose truer sexuality is Best Supporting Actress.
btw, chef’s kiss for what I am gonna assume is deliberate metadata sabotage on @vinegarsyndro.me’s part
October 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
btw, chef’s kiss for what I am gonna assume is deliberate metadata sabotage on @vinegarsyndro.me’s part
I dunno, my most recent movie library acquisitions suggest I may have a problem loving bad movies too much.
August 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I dunno, my most recent movie library acquisitions suggest I may have a problem loving bad movies too much.
These two alone, I mean ...
February 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
These two alone, I mean ...
If only Jesse E. could’ve found some way to muscle up over gay Bond, we might’ve had a 5-for-5 picture-actor correlation. Alas, I think we get parity this year, with Kidman being the odd one out in her corner. (To underline, I still have no idea who’s winning actress this year.)
January 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If only Jesse E. could’ve found some way to muscle up over gay Bond, we might’ve had a 5-for-5 picture-actor correlation. Alas, I think we get parity this year, with Kidman being the odd one out in her corner. (To underline, I still have no idea who’s winning actress this year.)
Come to think of it, it DOES feel like probably about 10 years ago when I realized QUIZ SHOW was robbed.
December 26, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Come to think of it, it DOES feel like probably about 10 years ago when I realized QUIZ SHOW was robbed.
After strongly aligning last year, @slantmagazine.com and @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy’s year-end polls are far more divergent in 2024.
December 13, 2024 at 3:43 PM
After strongly aligning last year, @slantmagazine.com and @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy’s year-end polls are far more divergent in 2024.
Not the NYT layout team subtly shading Netflix’s notably pink-and-green EMILIA PEREZ “for your consideration” ad.
December 8, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Not the NYT layout team subtly shading Netflix’s notably pink-and-green EMILIA PEREZ “for your consideration” ad.
I know the end of this skueet is likely an autopost/metadata fail, but it with astonishing accuracy mimics the exact point in movie awards season when the mid-to-uberlocal corners start tripping over themselves to say the same 7 titles over and over again
December 7, 2024 at 5:00 AM
I know the end of this skueet is likely an autopost/metadata fail, but it with astonishing accuracy mimics the exact point in movie awards season when the mid-to-uberlocal corners start tripping over themselves to say the same 7 titles over and over again
Nobody does it better (the "it" being making fun, interesting, infuriating, engaging lists, which is of course extremely meaningless)
December 5, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Nobody does it better (the "it" being making fun, interesting, infuriating, engaging lists, which is of course extremely meaningless)
AMERICAN MOVIE (Chris Smith, 1999) “I'm thankful I won 50 bucks the other day, thankful that I won another ten dollars today, and I'm thankful for all the food that I've been eating, you know, around Thanksgiving time.”
November 28, 2024 at 5:35 PM
AMERICAN MOVIE (Chris Smith, 1999) “I'm thankful I won 50 bucks the other day, thankful that I won another ten dollars today, and I'm thankful for all the food that I've been eating, you know, around Thanksgiving time.”
THE HOLE (Tsai Ming-Liang, 1998) Strange to feel so nostalgic on this waning side of a pandemic (and waxing side of climate calamity), but art-gay flexes are both timeless and eternal.
November 28, 2024 at 4:39 PM
THE HOLE (Tsai Ming-Liang, 1998) Strange to feel so nostalgic on this waning side of a pandemic (and waxing side of climate calamity), but art-gay flexes are both timeless and eternal.
THE GIRL FROM CHICAGO (Oscar Micheaux, 1932) I suspect WITHIN OUR GATES is the "correct" choice when it comes to Micheaux, but I can't help but be inspired by every single uncanny aspect of his early talkie.
November 26, 2024 at 10:53 PM
THE GIRL FROM CHICAGO (Oscar Micheaux, 1932) I suspect WITHIN OUR GATES is the "correct" choice when it comes to Micheaux, but I can't help but be inspired by every single uncanny aspect of his early talkie.
3 WOMEN (Robert Altman, 1977) It's become less controversial to say this of late, but I prefer this immensely to either PERSONA or MULHOLLAND DR. (And to pretty much just about every other movie.)
November 26, 2024 at 5:28 PM
3 WOMEN (Robert Altman, 1977) It's become less controversial to say this of late, but I prefer this immensely to either PERSONA or MULHOLLAND DR. (And to pretty much just about every other movie.)
LONG-HAIRED HARE (Chuck Jones, 1949) [s] Like one of my favorite tw**ts said, there's no way at least ONE of them didn't know that wasn't Leopold.
November 26, 2024 at 3:55 PM
LONG-HAIRED HARE (Chuck Jones, 1949) [s] Like one of my favorite tw**ts said, there's no way at least ONE of them didn't know that wasn't Leopold.
NEWS FROM HOME (Chantal Akerman, 1976) Like Stevie sang in "As," there's a lot of "in it but not of it" floating around in this one.
November 26, 2024 at 3:48 PM
NEWS FROM HOME (Chantal Akerman, 1976) Like Stevie sang in "As," there's a lot of "in it but not of it" floating around in this one.