James Leo Cahill
@jamesleocahill.bsky.social
Neither Dog nor Master. Author of Zoological Surrealism. Co-editor with Luca Caminati of Cinema of Exploration: Essays in an Adventurous Film Practice.
What if book reviews didn't operate under the 2 years of never logic? A very generous and critically incisive review of Zoological Surrealism penned by Erin Shevaughn Schlumpf is in the latest issue of SubStance, 54.3 (2025): 133-38. muse.jhu.edu/article/975571
Project MUSE - <i>Zoological Surrealism: The Nonhuman Cinema of Jean Painlevé</i> by James Leo Cahill (review)
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November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What if book reviews didn't operate under the 2 years of never logic? A very generous and critically incisive review of Zoological Surrealism penned by Erin Shevaughn Schlumpf is in the latest issue of SubStance, 54.3 (2025): 133-38. muse.jhu.edu/article/975571
The episode in which Minga recalls the disheveled man she met at Niagara Falls who begged her: "let me stay dead."
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The episode in which Minga recalls the disheveled man she met at Niagara Falls who begged her: "let me stay dead."
It's here! Think carefully about which car seat you choose.
This is not a drill. We are one week away from Rebecca Black Friday! youtu.be/kfVsfOSbJY0
Rebecca Black - Friday
YouTube video by rebecca
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's here! Think carefully about which car seat you choose.
The dinner table is the first barricade!
Remember kids, the Thanksgiving Dinner table is the perfect time to convert your parents to ANTIFA.
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The dinner table is the first barricade!
Remember kids, the Thanksgiving Dinner table is the perfect time to convert your parents to ANTIFA.
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Remember kids, the Thanksgiving Dinner table is the perfect time to convert your parents to ANTIFA.
Reposted by James Leo Cahill
Sandwich puns are the highest form of low humor
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sandwich puns are the highest form of low humor
Reposted by James Leo Cahill
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 21,1952
November 21,1952
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 21,1952
November 21,1952
A century of Strike and Battleship Potemkin.
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A century of Strike and Battleship Potemkin.
Lily Allen's West End Girl.
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Lily Allen's West End Girl.
The episode in which Prickle begins to suspect he might be a gear horder.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The episode in which Prickle begins to suspect he might be a gear horder.
One Meeting After Another. Now in Vistavision.
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One Meeting After Another. Now in Vistavision.
Toronto... kind of a big deal! Carol Mavor at CSI Friday December 5th 3-5 pm!
www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/lake-...
www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/lake-...
Like a Lake, Like the Sea
Carol Mavor will present her two new books, Like a Lake and Like the Sea. More information to come.
www.cinema.utoronto.ca
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Toronto... kind of a big deal! Carol Mavor at CSI Friday December 5th 3-5 pm!
www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/lake-...
www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/lake-...
Up and comer Marguerita Moro (post-doc at Concordia) at the University of Toronto, Dec 4!
www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/makin...
www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/makin...
The Making of Roberto Rossellini – Più di una vita: From Archives to Screen
The lecture traces the journey from archival research to the creative process behind Roberto Rossellini – Più di una vita (B&B Film, 2025), winner of the Audience Award at the Rome Film Festival. Draw...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Up and comer Marguerita Moro (post-doc at Concordia) at the University of Toronto, Dec 4!
www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/makin...
www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/makin...
This is not a drill. We are one week away from Rebecca Black Friday! youtu.be/kfVsfOSbJY0
Rebecca Black - Friday
YouTube video by rebecca
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is not a drill. We are one week away from Rebecca Black Friday! youtu.be/kfVsfOSbJY0
So excited for Emily’s book. Its publication will be an event for the field.
My book has a cover! Inventing Nadar will be out in April 2026 from @dukepress.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
So excited for Emily’s book. Its publication will be an event for the field.
Reposted by James Leo Cahill
Cat reading Christine by Stephen King
(Cats would find it scarier if it were about a vacuum)
(Cats would find it scarier if it were about a vacuum)
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Cat reading Christine by Stephen King
(Cats would find it scarier if it were about a vacuum)
(Cats would find it scarier if it were about a vacuum)
Reposted by James Leo Cahill
My book has a cover! Inventing Nadar will be out in April 2026 from @dukepress.bsky.social.
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My book has a cover! Inventing Nadar will be out in April 2026 from @dukepress.bsky.social.
Reposted by James Leo Cahill
I’m demoniac, I am madness maddened!
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I’m demoniac, I am madness maddened!
Has anybody asked the pope yet about his favourite Liz Phair album? Early SST? He seems on a roll.
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Has anybody asked the pope yet about his favourite Liz Phair album? Early SST? He seems on a roll.
The Holy See A Movie.
"Cinema is not just moving pictures; it sets hope in motion!”
Pope blesses the religion of cinephilia. 🙏🎞️ www.indiewire.com/news/general...
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Holy See A Movie.
Had a dream last night that started in medias res with me on stage with the nü metal group Evanescence holding a microphone and looking out at a huge and rowdy festival crowd. Decided it was my job to rap alongside them... I take this as a delayed response to Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal.
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Had a dream last night that started in medias res with me on stage with the nü metal group Evanescence holding a microphone and looking out at a huge and rowdy festival crowd. Decided it was my job to rap alongside them... I take this as a delayed response to Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal.
Clams posed with his portrait, a gift from a nephew.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Clams posed with his portrait, a gift from a nephew.