Will Sloan
@willsloanesq.bsky.social
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Will Sloan
@willsloanesq.bsky.social
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🛸 I WROTE A BOOK about ED WOOD 🐙
ED WOOD: MADE IN HOLLYWOOD USA is a sympathetic critical study about his whole career.
“Beautifully written, intelligently funny, packed with surprising facts on every page." - Guy Maddin
PRE-ORDER from @orbooks.bsky.social: orbooks.com/catalog/ed-w...
ED WOOD: MADE IN HOLLYWOOD USA is a sympathetic critical study about his whole career.
“Beautifully written, intelligently funny, packed with surprising facts on every page." - Guy Maddin
PRE-ORDER from @orbooks.bsky.social: orbooks.com/catalog/ed-w...
Next week on Wednesday, November 19, @declouxj.bsky.social and I will present Steven Seagal's only directorial effort, On Deadly Ground, at the beautiful Fox Theatre in Toronto. What does it take to change the essence of a man? Find out with us...
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Important Cinema Club: On Deadly Ground - Fox Theatre
When the blockbuster success of “Under Siege” propelled his stardom into the stratosphere, Steven Seagal cashed his chips on a big-budget environmentalist action movie…that he also directed. The resul...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Next week on Wednesday, November 19, @declouxj.bsky.social and I will present Steven Seagal's only directorial effort, On Deadly Ground, at the beautiful Fox Theatre in Toronto. What does it take to change the essence of a man? Find out with us...
www.foxtheatre.ca/movies/impor...
www.foxtheatre.ca/movies/impor...
François Truffaut’s review of Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Naked Dawn (1956)
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
François Truffaut’s review of Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Naked Dawn (1956)
I recently did something I almost never do - re-listen to one of my old podcast episodes - and need to issue a disavowal. On Important Cinema Club #323, I am bizarrely dismissive of Hisayasu Satō’s Celluloid Nightmares (aka Re-Wind). I saw it again recently and it’s very good.
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I recently did something I almost never do - re-listen to one of my old podcast episodes - and need to issue a disavowal. On Important Cinema Club #323, I am bizarrely dismissive of Hisayasu Satō’s Celluloid Nightmares (aka Re-Wind). I saw it again recently and it’s very good.
I’ve been very fortunate to get a lot of nice and thoughtful reviews/write-ups for my Ed Wood book, and I’ve noticed that there’s an interesting division emerging between those who kinda tap out when Ed reaches his porno years and those who like those sections best.
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I’ve been very fortunate to get a lot of nice and thoughtful reviews/write-ups for my Ed Wood book, and I’ve noticed that there’s an interesting division emerging between those who kinda tap out when Ed reaches his porno years and those who like those sections best.
One of the great trailers.
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
One of the great trailers.
The political conviction I hold most strongly - the belief that structures my life - is that the lemonade salesman from Duck Soup deserved everything he got. He was guilty of the worst crime of all, which is that he couldn't hang. He couldn't do bits.
November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The political conviction I hold most strongly - the belief that structures my life - is that the lemonade salesman from Duck Soup deserved everything he got. He was guilty of the worst crime of all, which is that he couldn't hang. He couldn't do bits.
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Humblebrag: as @junkfilterpod.bsky.social approaches it's 5th anniversary, the -second- episode of the pod was about Al Goldstein. And on the show @willsloanesq.bsky.social and I discussed Curtis Sliwa, who is featured prominently in the documentary about Goldstein "Screwed"
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Humblebrag: as @junkfilterpod.bsky.social approaches it's 5th anniversary, the -second- episode of the pod was about Al Goldstein. And on the show @willsloanesq.bsky.social and I discussed Curtis Sliwa, who is featured prominently in the documentary about Goldstein "Screwed"
Best movies of 1989? Great question. Obviously Do the Right Thing. Then there's Crimes & Misdemeanors, Roger & Me, The Killer, Les Sièges de l'Alcazar... oh, Batman, of course... let's see, Cyborg, Pedicab Driver... Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects and Hisayasu Satō's Muscle for certain moods...
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Best movies of 1989? Great question. Obviously Do the Right Thing. Then there's Crimes & Misdemeanors, Roger & Me, The Killer, Les Sièges de l'Alcazar... oh, Batman, of course... let's see, Cyborg, Pedicab Driver... Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects and Hisayasu Satō's Muscle for certain moods...
It seems Andrew Cuomo was unable to capitalize on the coveted Woody Allen endorsement.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It seems Andrew Cuomo was unable to capitalize on the coveted Woody Allen endorsement.
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The only justice in war criminal Dick Cheney's death is that he died knowing that a man far stupider than him stole everything he wished he could have stolen, and did so with zero guile, preparation, or thought.
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The only justice in war criminal Dick Cheney's death is that he died knowing that a man far stupider than him stole everything he wished he could have stolen, and did so with zero guile, preparation, or thought.
Love this essay by @esmesays.bsky.social on a topic that gave me much cause for thought and questioning while writing my Ed Wood book
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lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
Ed Wood Jr and the pain of pronouns
Reclaiming the trash filmmaker and trans icon from an era that couldn’t comprehend his shape-shifting forms of self-identification.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Love this essay by @esmesays.bsky.social on a topic that gave me much cause for thought and questioning while writing my Ed Wood book
lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
🚨 Important Cinema Club - Live Event in Toronto 🚨
Leos Carax's mind-bending cinematic self-portrait IT'S NOT ME will be playing at Hot Docs on Sat, Nov 29. After the screening, my colleague @declouxj.bsky.social and I will be on hand for a live discussion. Come out!
Tix: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...
Leos Carax's mind-bending cinematic self-portrait IT'S NOT ME will be playing at Hot Docs on Sat, Nov 29. After the screening, my colleague @declouxj.bsky.social and I will be on hand for a live discussion. Come out!
Tix: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...
It's Not Me + The Important Cinema Club LIVE! | Hot Docs
Don’t miss this inimitable pairing as part of November’s Truth and Dare series!
hotdocs.ca
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨 Important Cinema Club - Live Event in Toronto 🚨
Leos Carax's mind-bending cinematic self-portrait IT'S NOT ME will be playing at Hot Docs on Sat, Nov 29. After the screening, my colleague @declouxj.bsky.social and I will be on hand for a live discussion. Come out!
Tix: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...
Leos Carax's mind-bending cinematic self-portrait IT'S NOT ME will be playing at Hot Docs on Sat, Nov 29. After the screening, my colleague @declouxj.bsky.social and I will be on hand for a live discussion. Come out!
Tix: hotdocs.ca/whats-on/fil...
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Brooklynites: with SNAP benefits expiring as of today, here are two ways you can help feed neighbors: donate to CHiPS, the food pantry/ women's shelter in Park Slope: www.chipsonline.org. Or leave food in the community fridge on 6th Street between 4th and 5th avenues, next to the Postmark Cafe.
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Brooklynites: with SNAP benefits expiring as of today, here are two ways you can help feed neighbors: donate to CHiPS, the food pantry/ women's shelter in Park Slope: www.chipsonline.org. Or leave food in the community fridge on 6th Street between 4th and 5th avenues, next to the Postmark Cafe.
Fuck, man. I need this so bad.
November 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Fuck, man. I need this so bad.
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That's one way to make a dedication to the novelization of DOOM.
November 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
That's one way to make a dedication to the novelization of DOOM.
I still occasionally think about “The Wacky Detective,” the fictional movie directed by Quentin Tarantino’s character in Four Rooms (1995)
November 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I still occasionally think about “The Wacky Detective,” the fictional movie directed by Quentin Tarantino’s character in Four Rooms (1995)
Happy autumn from Shemp
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Happy autumn from Shemp
My interview column about rep cinema culture in the City of Toronto returns, this time with beloved local horror series Nightmare Alley
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October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My interview column about rep cinema culture in the City of Toronto returns, this time with beloved local horror series Nightmare Alley
bsky.app/profile/toro...
bsky.app/profile/toro...
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For the season finale, @willsloanesq.bsky.social stops by to discuss his great new book about Ed Wood, how to approach cinematic reclamation, and the movie he's seen possibly more than any other: Tim Burton's BATMAN. You wanna get nuts? C'mon! Let's get nuts!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For the season finale, @willsloanesq.bsky.social stops by to discuss his great new book about Ed Wood, how to approach cinematic reclamation, and the movie he's seen possibly more than any other: Tim Burton's BATMAN. You wanna get nuts? C'mon! Let's get nuts!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
I have answered the cries of a nation and written my thoughts on Woody Allen's novel What's With Baum? willsloan.substack.com/p/whats-with...
What's With Baum?
On Woody Allen's novel
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October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I have answered the cries of a nation and written my thoughts on Woody Allen's novel What's With Baum? willsloan.substack.com/p/whats-with...
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this is the best podcast episode i’ve heard all year
I answered the cries of a nation and created an audio documentary about the great forgotten radio comedian Fred Allen soundcloud.com/michael-and-...
#664 - The Night They Censored Fred Allen
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October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
this is the best podcast episode i’ve heard all year
Everyone always says "I can't people people pick up the phone for Isaac Chotiner!" and "Wow, if Isaac Chotiner tried to interview me I would run!" and then you read his interviews and the questions that trip people up are "Could you explain?" and "What do you mean by that?"
October 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Everyone always says "I can't people people pick up the phone for Isaac Chotiner!" and "Wow, if Isaac Chotiner tried to interview me I would run!" and then you read his interviews and the questions that trip people up are "Could you explain?" and "What do you mean by that?"
RIP. Sybil Fawlty is the most misunderstood character in all of fiction. She deserved better than Basil. I would have treated her right.
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Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93
Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93
Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West
Prunella Scales, the actor best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in the classic comedy series Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93.
Scales, who was married to fellow actor Timothy West , was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2013 . Continue reading...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
RIP. Sybil Fawlty is the most misunderstood character in all of fiction. She deserved better than Basil. I would have treated her right.
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