Kevin Lau
@ktothelau.bsky.social
Writer/Filmmaker/Producer of @thefilmographers.bsky.social/Reflections Critic @cinefiedcom.bsky.social.
I'm what hipsters think they are and it's such a burden.
https://www.kevinlaufilm.com/
I'm what hipsters think they are and it's such a burden.
https://www.kevinlaufilm.com/
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The shift from “art” to “content” really has been the tech industry’s greatest contribution to the downfall of humanity.
God I’m so relieved that we don’t have art anymore. We just have content and content distribution systems.
You know, like a trough for barnyard animals. Yum yum.
God I’m so relieved that we don’t have art anymore. We just have content and content distribution systems.
You know, like a trough for barnyard animals. Yum yum.
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The shift from “art” to “content” really has been the tech industry’s greatest contribution to the downfall of humanity.
God I’m so relieved that we don’t have art anymore. We just have content and content distribution systems.
You know, like a trough for barnyard animals. Yum yum.
God I’m so relieved that we don’t have art anymore. We just have content and content distribution systems.
You know, like a trough for barnyard animals. Yum yum.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Is this all just a shameless plug for the book I wrote about Siskel & Ebert that is still available and tells the story of how that 1st episode came together 50 years ago this week?
I mean it’s not *all* just that...
I mean it’s not *all* just that...
Opposable Thumbs by Matt Singer: 9780593540152 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it “two thumbs up.”...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Is this all just a shameless plug for the book I wrote about Siskel & Ebert that is still available and tells the story of how that 1st episode came together 50 years ago this week?
I mean it’s not *all* just that...
I mean it’s not *all* just that...
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DOUBLE INDEMNITY is a big movie, and we've got a big episode to match it!
We dig into how it got made, the behind-the-scenes drama between Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and more.
Find us wherever you get your podcasts, YouTube, or best of all, Patreon.
We dig into how it got made, the behind-the-scenes drama between Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and more.
Find us wherever you get your podcasts, YouTube, or best of all, Patreon.
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
DOUBLE INDEMNITY is a big movie, and we've got a big episode to match it!
We dig into how it got made, the behind-the-scenes drama between Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and more.
Find us wherever you get your podcasts, YouTube, or best of all, Patreon.
We dig into how it got made, the behind-the-scenes drama between Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and more.
Find us wherever you get your podcasts, YouTube, or best of all, Patreon.
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is Now Playing at the Music Box, presented in 70MM!
Showtimes & Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
Showtimes & Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
October 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is Now Playing at the Music Box, presented in 70MM!
Showtimes & Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
Showtimes & Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
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we can all get back to not watching this show while also giving our lives for its right to exist
September 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
we can all get back to not watching this show while also giving our lives for its right to exist
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On this episode of Cinefied - Connor, Peter, Dempsey, Kyle, and Trevor discuss their limits with body horror, how #Together ranks on their favorites of the year, and the mixed reaction to the third act...
Watch or Listen @ Cinefied.com: cinefied.com/thecinefiedpodcast
Watch or Listen @ Cinefied.com: cinefied.com/thecinefiedpodcast
August 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
On this episode of Cinefied - Connor, Peter, Dempsey, Kyle, and Trevor discuss their limits with body horror, how #Together ranks on their favorites of the year, and the mixed reaction to the third act...
Watch or Listen @ Cinefied.com: cinefied.com/thecinefiedpodcast
Watch or Listen @ Cinefied.com: cinefied.com/thecinefiedpodcast
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soon: "this bird can run Doom"
Can’t wait to introduce bird-based storage into my backup system
July 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
soon: "this bird can run Doom"
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On this episode of The Cinefied Podcast, Connor, Kevin, Cassie, and John discuss Ari Aster’s fourth film: EDDINGTON.
Listen or Watch @ Cinefied.com: www.cinefied.com/thecinefiedp...
Listen or Watch @ Cinefied.com: www.cinefied.com/thecinefiedp...
July 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
On this episode of The Cinefied Podcast, Connor, Kevin, Cassie, and John discuss Ari Aster’s fourth film: EDDINGTON.
Listen or Watch @ Cinefied.com: www.cinefied.com/thecinefiedp...
Listen or Watch @ Cinefied.com: www.cinefied.com/thecinefiedp...
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Being a filmmaker is such an up and down journey. So many ideas just devolve into fragmented pieces of your original sculpture.
And while it’s true there is the “movie you write, movie you shoot & movie you make” What we ultimately made in #Revival Ep 6 is perhaps my favorite thing I’ve ever done 🖤
And while it’s true there is the “movie you write, movie you shoot & movie you make” What we ultimately made in #Revival Ep 6 is perhaps my favorite thing I’ve ever done 🖤
July 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Being a filmmaker is such an up and down journey. So many ideas just devolve into fragmented pieces of your original sculpture.
And while it’s true there is the “movie you write, movie you shoot & movie you make” What we ultimately made in #Revival Ep 6 is perhaps my favorite thing I’ve ever done 🖤
And while it’s true there is the “movie you write, movie you shoot & movie you make” What we ultimately made in #Revival Ep 6 is perhaps my favorite thing I’ve ever done 🖤
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READ Our Movie Review @ Cinefied.com: www.cinefied.com/supermanmovi...
July 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
READ Our Movie Review @ Cinefied.com: www.cinefied.com/supermanmovi...
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There's still time to snag the ROCHE LIMIT hardcover, collecting the entire series!
Patrick Rotfuss calls it: "One part detective story, one part sci-fi space adventure, one part uncanny, Lovecraftian horror...an interesting concept for a book, and solid execution in the storytelling."
Patrick Rotfuss calls it: "One part detective story, one part sci-fi space adventure, one part uncanny, Lovecraftian horror...an interesting concept for a book, and solid execution in the storytelling."
Roche Limit: The Complete Series Deluxe Hardcover
"Our destiny is the stars, and I will lead us there." Twenty years after this promise, billionaire Langford Skaargard's dream of cosmic exploration is no more. Roche Limit, a colony situated on the cu...
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July 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
There's still time to snag the ROCHE LIMIT hardcover, collecting the entire series!
Patrick Rotfuss calls it: "One part detective story, one part sci-fi space adventure, one part uncanny, Lovecraftian horror...an interesting concept for a book, and solid execution in the storytelling."
Patrick Rotfuss calls it: "One part detective story, one part sci-fi space adventure, one part uncanny, Lovecraftian horror...an interesting concept for a book, and solid execution in the storytelling."
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Excited to help fund the beautiful hardcover omnibus edition of ROCHE LIMIT by my pal @michaelmoreci.bsky.social & friends! zoop.gg/c/rochelimit
Roche Limit: The Complete Series Deluxe Hardcover
"Our destiny is the stars, and I will lead us there." Twenty years after this promise, billionaire Langford Skaargard's dream of cosmic exploration is no more. Roche Limit, a colony situated on the cu...
zoop.gg
July 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Excited to help fund the beautiful hardcover omnibus edition of ROCHE LIMIT by my pal @michaelmoreci.bsky.social & friends! zoop.gg/c/rochelimit
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Episode 3 of REVIVAL airs tonight on SYFY, while Episode 2 has now dropped on Peacock! If you haven't already, please check us out. Every view counts and they are watching week to week right now very closely.
And thank you so much to all the support so far!
And thank you so much to all the support so far!
June 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Episode 3 of REVIVAL airs tonight on SYFY, while Episode 2 has now dropped on Peacock! If you haven't already, please check us out. Every view counts and they are watching week to week right now very closely.
And thank you so much to all the support so far!
And thank you so much to all the support so far!
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Oh wow, the Revival series nailed it (so far).
Thank fuck.
Thank fuck.
June 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Oh wow, the Revival series nailed it (so far).
Thank fuck.
Thank fuck.
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Missed REVIVAL ep 1 last night? Well, here ya go. Full ep on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXfY...
FULL EPISODE: Don't Tell Dad | Revival (S1 E1) | SYFY
YouTube video by SYFY
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June 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Missed REVIVAL ep 1 last night? Well, here ya go. Full ep on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXfY...
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I loved this conversation! (And I love that picture of Beman--iconic!)
In 1897, the structure at 410 S. Michigan Ave. was extensively remodeled by architect Solon Beman, who removed the building's eighth (top) story and added three new stories.
Episode 809 - Chicago's Fine Arts Building with author @keirgraff.bsky.social
bit.ly/4jHgbhG
#ChicagoHistory #ChicagoAuthors
Episode 809 - Chicago's Fine Arts Building with author @keirgraff.bsky.social
bit.ly/4jHgbhG
#ChicagoHistory #ChicagoAuthors
June 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I loved this conversation! (And I love that picture of Beman--iconic!)
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I'm thrilled that @restofworld.org has excerpted one of my favorite passages from EMPIRE OF AI. It's not about Sam Altman or OpenAI directly. It's about what their vision of scale is costing us—and how we could dare to dream for a different conception of progress. 1/
restofworld.org/2025/ai-reso...
restofworld.org/2025/ai-reso...
The real cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley
In Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao writes about the rise of OpenAI and the impacts of AI around the world. Below is an extract from the book on the effects on Chile's mineral reserves and water res...
restofworld.org
May 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm thrilled that @restofworld.org has excerpted one of my favorite passages from EMPIRE OF AI. It's not about Sam Altman or OpenAI directly. It's about what their vision of scale is costing us—and how we could dare to dream for a different conception of progress. 1/
restofworld.org/2025/ai-reso...
restofworld.org/2025/ai-reso...
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We not only review MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING in our latest episode, but we also ranked all the movies in the franchise!
Watch us on YouTube, find us wherever you get your podcasts, or join our Patreon--the best place to find all our episodes!
patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast
Watch us on YouTube, find us wherever you get your podcasts, or join our Patreon--the best place to find all our episodes!
patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast
May 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We not only review MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING in our latest episode, but we also ranked all the movies in the franchise!
Watch us on YouTube, find us wherever you get your podcasts, or join our Patreon--the best place to find all our episodes!
patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast
Watch us on YouTube, find us wherever you get your podcasts, or join our Patreon--the best place to find all our episodes!
patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast
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Netflix keeps ruining action movies: defector.com/netflix-keep...
Netflix Keeps Ruining Action Movies | Defector
Gareth Evans is the patron saint of people getting their shit wrecked. In films like Merantau, Apostle, and The Raid diptych, people get chopped by machetes, whacked with broom handles, tossed…
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May 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Netflix keeps ruining action movies: defector.com/netflix-keep...