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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's so good! 🎩 tip to @aaronhillis.bsky.social for the introduction.

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Eric Freeman @freemaneric.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I probably won’t see Digger but it would’ve been an A+ Letterman topic. “Hey Paul, uh, you seen Digger?” etc.

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Secret Screening (September 25) is live: a dream film job that’s anything but, rocking out with mis-shapes, Leeds dance-punk, plus my #NYFF 64 (@filmlinc.bsky.social) highlights. Do you remember the first time? thesecretscreening.com/i-wanna-gig-like-common-people

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I Wanna Gig Like Common People

People-watching in New York, poking around gorgeous apartments... location scouting must be a dream job, no? First-time filmmaker Paula González-Nasser spent six years knocking on strangers' doors and...

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Acting the Fulemin @actingthefulemin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

there are 70 million people for whom this is the biggest song in the world. they watch comedies called like "Wives of Jim" that have run for nine seasons. they're usually pretty affable in person. in 2024 they severed the fate of humanity because of egg prices

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Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Whenever Gerrit Graham showed up in anything, you knew you were in for a good time. RIP legend and thank you for all the memories.

Gerrit Graham in PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE.

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Secret Screening (September 18) is live: free-associative profundity under our feet, a jangly indie supergroup debut, and the post-history of concrete. Plus, the OBSESSION Effect is a myth. Brick up! thesecretscreening.com/thick-as-a-brick

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Thick as a Brick

The eponymous mastermind of HBO's "How To with John Wilson," who turned quotidian NYC observation into some of the funniest, most sneakily profound TV of the decade, now explores permanence, fragility...

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Filmmakers & Producers! Through the end of September, I'm opening a few rush consulting slots: * 48-hour script/cut notes — $300 * Festival strategy call (45 min) — $150 * Distribution/marketing gut-check — $200 Same depth as my usual consulting, just prioritized turnaround. Reply or message me!

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Consulting for Filmmakers, Producers & Writers

The film industry is a never-ending Wild West full of impenetrable gatekeepers and corporate ghouls. Let me save you time, money, and bad decisions. [Schedule your consultation with Aaron.] What yo...

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Juicy Fruits have dropped out of their Ed Sheeran tour dates

The Juicy Fruits from The Phantom of the Paradise

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Consulting for Filmmakers, Producers & Writers

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10/09/2026

The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit.

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Secret Screening (September 11) is live: Korea tells Hollywood “hold my beer,” underrated dystopian surrealism, and warm instrumentals with frogs. Plus, the best films about 9/11 aren’t about 9/11. Need a HUG? thesecretscreening.com/never-forget-the-cyber-witch

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Never Forget the Cyber Witch

South Korean writer-director Na Hong-jin's Hope is a monster movie that refuses to behave. His long-awaited follow-up to 2015's shamanic folk-horror The Wailing takes us to a rural village near the DM...

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Secret Screening (September 4) is live: unusual noir thrills in academia, celebrating a queer cinema pioneer, and long-lost Detroit rock. Plus, a brief chat with Vaishali Sinha. Give it a shot! thesecretscreening.com/going-to-movies-to-read-books

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Going to Movies to Read Books

What if you could photograph the past? That's the vertiginous premise of Jack Auen and Kevin Walker's Chronovisor, a singular spellbinder turning the act of research into a riveting noir conspiracy. A...

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Any NYC folks have recommendations for affordable storage spaces? (No CubeSmart!)

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Marielle Hellraiser 💀 @mags.colvett.online · 02/09/2026

God help me I don’t want to have to think about Harry Potter anymore

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Liam & Noel Gallagher, 1993

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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 01/09/2026

News cycle so packed we found out who killed Tupac and it didn't even register.

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Guy Lodge @guylodge.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Freaks only, sorry

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Secret Screening (August 28) is live: visually witty microaggressions, knuckleheads gone wild, and creepy-cute maximalism for your ears. Plus, I love a fake happy ending! Don’t be an idiot: thesecretscreening.com/eat-the-rich-even-when-gamey

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Eat the Rich, Even When Gamey

Class war is just another day at the country club in Rafael Manuel's visually witty, quietly devastating debut Filipiñana—my absolute fave from Sundance this year. At an exclusive golf course outside ...

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

When I say you’re the GOAT I mean that you’re an ancient malevolence who asks me if I wouldst like to live deliciously. Which I really appreciate! And that’s why you’re the greatest of all time.

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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thank you Empire State Building. NYC ❤️ Dolly.

Empire State Building lit up in bright pink in honor of Dolly Parton. Beautiful.

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Secret Screening (August 21) is live: performative morality is hilarious, horny folk-horror, and a Kendrick Lamar collaborator expands her range. Plus, change your title! Hit it: thesecretscreening.com/midlife-directors-block

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Midlife Director's Block

Lithuanian filmmaker Andrius Blaževičius' Sundance-winning dramedy How to Divorce During the War is a bitterly comic portrait of brittle relationships and bourgeois complacency that reminded me of For...

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Thunderdome apologist @spencerwparsons.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Goodbye, Screaming Mad George.

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The Secret Screening (August 14) is live: a hellacious mystery trapped in a moving camper, my favorite band in outer space, and Japan’s reason for the season. Plus, contained inspiration! So may we start? thesecretscreening.com/this-trailer-aint-big-enough-for-both-of-us/

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This Trailer Ain't Big Enough For Both of Us

Contained thrillers are a staple of modest-budget filmmaking, those tense stories built around an economical, manageable setting... but who needs another cabin in the woods? A lean, mean chamber myste...

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Have we considered Adam Driver is joining X-Men to help Francis fund Megalopolis 2?

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Adam Hart @adamhart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

1962: Car driven by novice David Cronenberg of Toronto leaps bails after spinning off track at Harewood Saturday.

A very young David Cronenberg's race car FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. From The Globe and Mail.

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Secret Screening (August 7) is live: A man of letters meets a manic pixie cabaret singer, a tragicomedy wandering Colombia’s streets, and a horror master turns metalhead. Plus, why adaptations needn’t be faithful. Eat it up! thesecretscreening.com/late-stage-poetry

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Late Stage Poetry

In his tender, deeply New York sophomore feature Late Fame, former NYFF director and critic Kent Jones adapts Arthur Schnitzler's 1895 novella (from a ruthlessly funny script by May December's Samy Bu...

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

“The new rom-com ONE NIGHT ONLY opens this weekend, and it’s set in a Christian America where only married people can have sex. Folks, as a political satire of the current moment this one makes Nate Bargatze’s THE BREADWINNER look like Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT”

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

finally, some music that I can dance to

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.

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U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)

Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Secret Screening (July 31) is live: resuscitated Afrofurist rage, an orange-eyed NYC celebrity, and transhumanist IDM to melt your mind. Plus, what I learned from the Zellner brothers in 2008. Bird up! 🦉 www.thesecretscreening.com/the-owl-is-n...

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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 30/07/2026

buddy, they don’t even let me fuck in the whale

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

An absolutely fantastic "here's a person who didn't get the credit they deserved in their time, and now we will explain in great detail all the ways they were awesome" miniseries.

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Secret Screening (July 24) is live: a black-balloon birthday for a serial-killer classic, a laugh-out-loud magic trick, and owing a lot to a dead man’s c*ck. Plus, a live dispatch from the 30th Fantasia. Try this on! www.thesecretscreening.com/so-buffalo-b...

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Andrew Todd 🔜 IAWG @andrewtodd.co.nz · 20/07/2026

(whispering to date) that’s crappie

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 20/07/2026

if i was casting helen of troy i simply would have cast [lowers sunglasses] my wife

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This isn’t vandalism, it’s art – and reminds me I must watch They Live again

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The Secret Screening (July 17) is now live: Italian eccentricity, Chicano artistry, and genre-fiddling Americana with a film noir connection. Plus, why documentaries need to be cinema. Jump in, the water’s swell: thesecretscreening.com/2026-07-16

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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

this new diarrhea really makes the old diarrhea look like shit

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STARLOG Da7e Gonzales @da7e.com · 16/07/2026

This is Taco Bell slander, and I will not stand for it. Taco Bell does not grow their produce. Taco Bell pulled their produce publicly. This is how some of my friends figured out there was an outbreak BECAUSE THE CDC INFORMATION IS SHIT BECAUSE WE PULLED THE FUNDING.

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Taco Bell Chihuahua: Yo Quiero Taco Bell!

Alt: Taco Bell Chihuahua: Yo Quiero Taco Bell!

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

120 MINUTES was an absolute oasis in pre-internet pop culture. So many bands that you could ONLY find there (TV-wise) became ubiquitous online later (and relatively recently). A pioneer. consequence.net/2026/07/dave...

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Dave Kendall, Creator and Host of MTV's 120 Minutes, Has Died

Dave Kendall, creator and former host of MTV’s 120 Minutes, has died.

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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Aww, my previous @aaronhillis.bsky.social tag didn't work. He shared Rufus Butler Seder's Screamplay with the Playtime crew. It was originally released by Troma in 1984 before falling out of print. George Kuchar alert! Full list of Playtime films here.

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playtime with HILLI$

(Click "Read Notes" for Special Guests.) a private screening series in the time of quarantine and beyond, hosted by this jerk. Zoom parties with your friends help keep the saddies away, as long as you...

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Aaron Hillis @aaronhillis.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The Secret Screening (July 10) is live: A Colombian debut worthy of Harmony Korine’s company name, guitar-driven R&B reinvention, and 25 years of Asian cinema discoveries. Plus, can we talk about films with more nuance? We’ll be waiting for you! www.thesecretscreening.com

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Zac Whittenburg @trailerpilot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If you’ve never heard Justin Vivian Bond and Kenny Mellman — as cabaret act Kiki and Herb — cover “Total Eclipse of the Heart” at Carnegie Hall, there’s never been a better day to rectify that than today.

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Total Eclipse of the Heart

Kiki And Herb · Will Die For You · Song · 2001

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