J_Dwyer
@l3fthandpath.bsky.social
Writing about art, cult, and horror cinema, etc.
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Currently open to commissions for new writing and video essays!
https://lefthandpath.substack.com/
Currently open to commissions for new writing and video essays!
In a way, we start at the beginning of the Cronenberg alphabet as the two movies are about a couple of his favorite subjects: capital "A" Art and capital "B" Body.
#cronenberg #theshrouds #crimesofthefuture #filmsky #moviesky #myartkeepsmesane
#cronenberg #theshrouds #crimesofthefuture #filmsky #moviesky #myartkeepsmesane
State of The Art
…Crimes of the Future (2022) and The Shrouds (2024)
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November 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
In a way, we start at the beginning of the Cronenberg alphabet as the two movies are about a couple of his favorite subjects: capital "A" Art and capital "B" Body.
#cronenberg #theshrouds #crimesofthefuture #filmsky #moviesky #myartkeepsmesane
#cronenberg #theshrouds #crimesofthefuture #filmsky #moviesky #myartkeepsmesane
Looking at Cronenberg’s adaptation of Naked Lunch as the central core of his career. It is the beginning of his mature period and feels much like an artistic manifesto. Not a movie about movies, but a work of art about the artistic process.
#cronenberg #nakedlunch #burroughs #filmsky #moviesky
#cronenberg #nakedlunch #burroughs #filmsky #moviesky
Cronenberg's ambivalent, cinematic evil
...Naked Lunch (1991)
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October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Looking at Cronenberg’s adaptation of Naked Lunch as the central core of his career. It is the beginning of his mature period and feels much like an artistic manifesto. Not a movie about movies, but a work of art about the artistic process.
#cronenberg #nakedlunch #burroughs #filmsky #moviesky
#cronenberg #nakedlunch #burroughs #filmsky #moviesky
Thrilled that I got to contribute an essay to this release of Daughters of Darkness, one of my favorite films! Happy to be included among work by many other great writers including Lindsay Hallam, Virginie Sélavy, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Martyn Conterio, and Kat Ellinger.
#filmsky #radiance
#filmsky #radiance
October 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New capsule up! The movie gives me some hope for American cinema.
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#onebattleafteranother #french75 #dicaprio #chaseinfiniti #filmsky #moviesky
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#onebattleafteranother #french75 #dicaprio #chaseinfiniti #filmsky #moviesky
Viva la French 75
Capsule #12: One Battle After Another (2025)
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October 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
New capsule up! The movie gives me some hope for American cinema.
lefthandpath.substack.com/p/viva-la-fr...
#onebattleafteranother #french75 #dicaprio #chaseinfiniti #filmsky #moviesky
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#onebattleafteranother #french75 #dicaprio #chaseinfiniti #filmsky #moviesky
In which I coin the term "art school beauty"
#filmsky #moviesky #decoder #liquidsky #williamsburroughs #beatniks #beatnikpictures
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#filmsky #moviesky #decoder #liquidsky #williamsburroughs #beatniks #beatnikpictures
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“Information is like a bank..."
Beatnik Pictures #3: Liquid Sky (1982) and Decoder (1984)
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September 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
In which I coin the term "art school beauty"
#filmsky #moviesky #decoder #liquidsky #williamsburroughs #beatniks #beatnikpictures
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#filmsky #moviesky #decoder #liquidsky #williamsburroughs #beatniks #beatnikpictures
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I started the substack a couple years ago with a few essays on Buñuel, and I am back with some more thoughts on Uncle Luis in the latest capsule. Not to mention Uncle Jean-Luc stopping by to poke the bear as well.
#lefthandpath #filmsky #moviesky #satire #surrealism
#lefthandpath #filmsky #moviesky #satire #surrealism
The Longevity of Satire and Surrealism
Capsule #11: Weekend (1967) and The Exterminating Angel (1962)
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September 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I started the substack a couple years ago with a few essays on Buñuel, and I am back with some more thoughts on Uncle Luis in the latest capsule. Not to mention Uncle Jean-Luc stopping by to poke the bear as well.
#lefthandpath #filmsky #moviesky #satire #surrealism
#lefthandpath #filmsky #moviesky #satire #surrealism
The first in a small series of essays about Beat and Beatsploitation cinema!
#beatnik #beatsploitation #filmsky #moviesky #bucketofblood #dickmiller #rogercorman #andmore
#beatnik #beatsploitation #filmsky #moviesky #bucketofblood #dickmiller #rogercorman #andmore
Hollywood Beatniks
Beatnik Pictures #1
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August 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The first in a small series of essays about Beat and Beatsploitation cinema!
#beatnik #beatsploitation #filmsky #moviesky #bucketofblood #dickmiller #rogercorman #andmore
#beatnik #beatsploitation #filmsky #moviesky #bucketofblood #dickmiller #rogercorman #andmore
Moving Forward...
Hello readers, I am back after a brief writing hiatus.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Wish I had time to write part 3 to this, but for now I'm settling with this essay focusing on Psycho, Last Year at Marienbad, and The Silence!
#filmsky #moviesky #hotelpictures #psycho #lastyearatmarienbad #thesilence
#filmsky #moviesky #hotelpictures #psycho #lastyearatmarienbad #thesilence
“12 cabins, 12 vacancies”
…Hotel Pictures #2
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May 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Wish I had time to write part 3 to this, but for now I'm settling with this essay focusing on Psycho, Last Year at Marienbad, and The Silence!
#filmsky #moviesky #hotelpictures #psycho #lastyearatmarienbad #thesilence
#filmsky #moviesky #hotelpictures #psycho #lastyearatmarienbad #thesilence
"It is easy to call the events an urban legend, but unlike most of those, the mall apartment is actually a true story."
#filmsky #moviesky #secretmallapartment #providence
#filmsky #moviesky #secretmallapartment #providence
“A barnacle on a whale”
Capsule #9: Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
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May 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"It is easy to call the events an urban legend, but unlike most of those, the mall apartment is actually a true story."
#filmsky #moviesky #secretmallapartment #providence
#filmsky #moviesky #secretmallapartment #providence
Reposted by J_Dwyer
Before the world made sense, Mariana Enriquez told stories — where the vampires looked a little too much like family.
In the newest episode of #FIRSTWORDONHORROR, the best-selling author leads us back to those haunted beginnings — where survival meant storytelling, and monsters were always close.
In the newest episode of #FIRSTWORDONHORROR, the best-selling author leads us back to those haunted beginnings — where survival meant storytelling, and monsters were always close.
April 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Before the world made sense, Mariana Enriquez told stories — where the vampires looked a little too much like family.
In the newest episode of #FIRSTWORDONHORROR, the best-selling author leads us back to those haunted beginnings — where survival meant storytelling, and monsters were always close.
In the newest episode of #FIRSTWORDONHORROR, the best-selling author leads us back to those haunted beginnings — where survival meant storytelling, and monsters were always close.
New essay up! I’m writing about hotel pictures this month. This edition primarily covers Touch of Evil (1958), Dirty Pretty Things (2002), and Daughters of Darkness (1971).
#hotelpictures #daughtersofdarkness #touchofevil #dirtyprettythings #filmsky #moviesky
#hotelpictures #daughtersofdarkness #touchofevil #dirtyprettythings #filmsky #moviesky
“a hundred doors leading to one hall”
…Hotel Pictures #1
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May 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
New essay up! I’m writing about hotel pictures this month. This edition primarily covers Touch of Evil (1958), Dirty Pretty Things (2002), and Daughters of Darkness (1971).
#hotelpictures #daughtersofdarkness #touchofevil #dirtyprettythings #filmsky #moviesky
#hotelpictures #daughtersofdarkness #touchofevil #dirtyprettythings #filmsky #moviesky
April 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
2025 continuously reminds me of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, and while it's a great movie, that can't be healthy.
#investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion #eliopetri #gianmariavolonté #florindabolkan #filmsky #moviesky
#investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion #eliopetri #gianmariavolonté #florindabolkan #filmsky #moviesky
“Reality is caricature”
…Unmaking Fascism #2
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April 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
2025 continuously reminds me of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, and while it's a great movie, that can't be healthy.
#investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion #eliopetri #gianmariavolonté #florindabolkan #filmsky #moviesky
#investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion #eliopetri #gianmariavolonté #florindabolkan #filmsky #moviesky
Continuing my series of capsule reviews about movies seen in theaters, we have--
#filmsky #moviesky #davidlynch #wildatheart #nicolascage #lauradern
#filmsky #moviesky #davidlynch #wildatheart #nicolascage #lauradern
Lynch’s Party Movie
…Capsule #8: Wild at Heart (1990)
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April 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Continuing my series of capsule reviews about movies seen in theaters, we have--
#filmsky #moviesky #davidlynch #wildatheart #nicolascage #lauradern
#filmsky #moviesky #davidlynch #wildatheart #nicolascage #lauradern
“Haven’t you realized that we’re tricking them?” That sinking feeling in The Silence of the Sea when Howard Vernon realizes he is an actual Nazi.
#filmsky #moviesky #silenceofthesea #howardvernon #jeanpierremelville #theunmakingoffascistaesthetics
#filmsky #moviesky #silenceofthesea #howardvernon #jeanpierremelville #theunmakingoffascistaesthetics
“compliance, compromise, and survival”
…Unmaking Fascism # 1
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April 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Haven’t you realized that we’re tricking them?” That sinking feeling in The Silence of the Sea when Howard Vernon realizes he is an actual Nazi.
#filmsky #moviesky #silenceofthesea #howardvernon #jeanpierremelville #theunmakingoffascistaesthetics
#filmsky #moviesky #silenceofthesea #howardvernon #jeanpierremelville #theunmakingoffascistaesthetics
Next month I am writing about a couple movies in context to one of my favorite academic books, The Unmaking of Fascist Aesthetics by Kriss Ravetto.
#filmsky #moviesky #unmakingfascism #silenceofthesea #investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion
#filmsky #moviesky #unmakingfascism #silenceofthesea #investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion
Coming in April
...Unmaking Fascism
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March 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Next month I am writing about a couple movies in context to one of my favorite academic books, The Unmaking of Fascist Aesthetics by Kriss Ravetto.
#filmsky #moviesky #unmakingfascism #silenceofthesea #investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion
#filmsky #moviesky #unmakingfascism #silenceofthesea #investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion
Happy to get my contributor copy of Dirty Arthouse #4, in which I had the pleasure of contextualizing ANORA within the historic, dirty arthouse spirit! Available from @filmsradiance.bsky.social !!!
#dirtyarthouse #radiancefilms #filmsky #moviesky #anora #seanbaker #mikeymadison
#dirtyarthouse #radiancefilms #filmsky #moviesky #anora #seanbaker #mikeymadison
March 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Happy to get my contributor copy of Dirty Arthouse #4, in which I had the pleasure of contextualizing ANORA within the historic, dirty arthouse spirit! Available from @filmsradiance.bsky.social !!!
#dirtyarthouse #radiancefilms #filmsky #moviesky #anora #seanbaker #mikeymadison
#dirtyarthouse #radiancefilms #filmsky #moviesky #anora #seanbaker #mikeymadison
Extended interview: Werner Herzog
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
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March 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Part 2! This covers the melding of genres with Room 13 (1964), Creature with the Blue Hand (1967), Double Face (1969), and What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
#krimi #giallo #filmsky #moviesky #genrecinema #kinski #camillekeaton #andmore
#krimi #giallo #filmsky #moviesky #genrecinema #kinski #camillekeaton #andmore
From Krimi to Giallo
Smooth Kriminals #2
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March 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Part 2! This covers the melding of genres with Room 13 (1964), Creature with the Blue Hand (1967), Double Face (1969), and What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
#krimi #giallo #filmsky #moviesky #genrecinema #kinski #camillekeaton #andmore
#krimi #giallo #filmsky #moviesky #genrecinema #kinski #camillekeaton #andmore
New capsule review up! This movie won the Jury and Performance prizes at Cannes last year.
#souleymanesstory #filmsky #moviesky #frenchcinema
#souleymanesstory #filmsky #moviesky #frenchcinema
Desperation in Paris
Capsule #7: L'histoire de Souleymane (2024)
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March 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
New capsule review up! This movie won the Jury and Performance prizes at Cannes last year.
#souleymanesstory #filmsky #moviesky #frenchcinema
#souleymanesstory #filmsky #moviesky #frenchcinema
New Writing Up! I talk about the difference between Kinski’s work in the krimi vs the New German CInema era, before focusing on Dead Eyes of London (1961), The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962), The Inn on the River (1962), and The Strange Countess (1961).
#filmsky #moviesky #klauskinski #krimi
#filmsky #moviesky #klauskinski #krimi
Klaus Kinski and The Krimi
Smooth Kriminals #1
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March 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New Writing Up! I talk about the difference between Kinski’s work in the krimi vs the New German CInema era, before focusing on Dead Eyes of London (1961), The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962), The Inn on the River (1962), and The Strange Countess (1961).
#filmsky #moviesky #klauskinski #krimi
#filmsky #moviesky #klauskinski #krimi
This is worth a read-- newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is worth a read-- newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...