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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 08/06/2026

It's screening in various theaters this summer (starting 6/12-6/19 in NYC) for its 25th anniversary, and we have a new interview with the filmmakers running later this week! www.alteredinnocence.net/film/hook

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 07/06/2026

via the indispensable Cigarettes & Red Vines: cigsandredvines.blogspot.com/2013/01/watc...

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 23/05/2026

"THE FABELMANS is not a coming-of-age story. There is no answer. It isn’t a parable or lesson or meditation. Instead it reflects, renders in real time, its creator’s relationship to his memories." www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/01/17/a...

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 16/05/2026

to be clear, not taking about the very good 2001 movie AI

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 08/05/2026

Posters illustrated for our 2019 Elaine May issue by Tony Stella

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 28/04/2026

A wonderful read in every possible way…

“I said in an earlier interview that I did with you that Roger was not just a man, and he was not just a critic; he was an idea. He is an idea. He exists in the present tense. And Roger's core idea is that the world doesn't begin and end with you. Other people exist, and you should care about them, even if you've never met them. You should try to understand them even if you didn't know they existed five minutes ago.

That's the basic building block of civilization. There are many people, including many colleagues in my profession, who think that's sentimental.
They think it's corny. They think it's cringe. And it's not. It's the purpose of art, and it's the purpose of life.”

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 19/04/2026

Confess, Fletch you owe it to yourself to watch it, you deserve it

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 14/04/2026

A movie couple that would definitely have a podcast

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 11/04/2026

Clementine: This is it, Joel. It’s going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy it. www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2016/04/04/e... (art by @briannaduggan.bsky.social)

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 04/04/2026

walking to the gas station video store on friday night hoping they had their one copy of this available and then finding and renting it for 99 cents > streaming

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 16/03/2026

Paul meets his best director oscar (!!!) for the first time

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 16/03/2026

Thinking about GDT saying this to us ten years ago and how happy he must be right now as his team wins these awards 🥹 www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/02/15/d...

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 15/03/2026

if ethan hawke doesn’t win the oscar can we at least give him the thank you for being alive award?

ethan hawke in an interview saying “Go to Pullman City, Germany. It's like a zoo set for Earthlings.” we’d give you more context but there really isn’t any, other than that ethan hawke is wonderful

ethan hawke explaining something by making a holding-a-video-camera motion with his hands and saying “All right, we start in the cat. We're going to come off the cat and then…”

ethan hawke playing air guitar and saying “This is like I’m Gen X, so this is like…”

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 20/02/2026

4 feature films, all amazing in different ways, and then nothing since 2013

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 18/02/2026

“I’ve gotten interested in these very little, subtle things you usually don’t see in movies, very quiet, tiny, little moments that you see in life and which are very difficult to put into a movie. I watch people a lot and look for those moments.” - Tom Noonan, R.I.P.

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 14/02/2026

gen z you’re almost there you can do it

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 14/02/2026

A year after its release, Conrad Veidt would become famous for a different film, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920)

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 06/02/2026

OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The world is a lot right now, so we’re going a different direction for our next issue & are looking for essays on films you go to when the world overwhelms you, the one you can count on, your comedy happy place. Deadline: 2/21 Details: brightwalldarkroom.com/submissions

Comedy Happy Place (Actual Title TBD) -
Ends on Sat, Feb 21, 2026

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“Humor is just another defense against the universe.”
- Mel Brooks

For our upcoming March/April issue, in full recognition of the fact that the universe is a LOT right now, we're going full-on defense mechanism; we're going escapism; we're going coping; we're going with medicine; we're going funny.

We want to hear about what makes you laugh, the movie or actor or director you go to when the world overwhelms you, the one you can count on, your

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 31/01/2026

Guillermo del Toro: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2017/02/15/d...

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 16/01/2026

Pre-code perfection coming to Criterion in April: Ernst Lubitsch’s TROUBLE IN PARADISE

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 14/01/2026

In honor of Steven Soderbergh's 63rd birthday today, we've unlocked our 2018 Soderbergh issue and it's now entirely free to read! (🎨 by Tony Stella) www.brightwalldarkroom.com/magazine/iss...

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 29/12/2025

also, @briannaduggan.bsky.social’s art for those first several years, come on

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 26/12/2025

if you think “winning” in life is about acquiring money or power, you’ve already lost the whole ballgame

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 01/11/2025

Happy Noirvember (🎨 by @briannaduggan.bsky.social) www.brightwalldarkroom.com/magazine/iss...

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 29/10/2025

“Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience…than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poetry.” -Carl Dreyer

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 28/10/2025

Will this game last longer than Ken Burns BASEBALL y/n?

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 27/09/2025

OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: For our next issue (Nov/Dec), the theme will be: What Is to Be Done? www.brightwalldarkroom.com/submissions Deadline: 10/19/25 Details:

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