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Paul Anthony Nelson

@cinemaviscera.bsky.social
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He/him. Co-creator (with my partner in love + art, Perri Cummings) of movies APPARITIONS and TRENCH, 8 shorts (with #9, RELEASE, in post), pod-com MOVING ON, webcomic THE OTHERS. Former co-host of RRR FM's Primal Screen and podcast Hell is for Hyphenates.

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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DIGGER is pretty much getting the early buzz I thought it would. Can’t wait to see it for myself, but, yeah, anyone who thought it was going to be some sort of Oscar-sweeping megahit are crazy. Those trailers all screamed “WTF” — whether it’s mad/fascinating or cringe/dull was always the question.
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Signed and seconded!
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Having witnessed the Brisbane “Bad News” Bears bumble thru their first 6 yrs in the league, it’s wild to think that Brisbane are now the most successful team of the AFL era. Many’ll say it was the Fitzroy merger & AFL push that did it, but the foundation was laid by that mid-90s Bears team. #AFLsky
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Love this comparison! Huge Ullmann vibes to the career Hüller has been steadily building over the last decade-plus.
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This should be the version of RINGU they show to kids
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shame the Rocketeer had to go and blast through the “LAND” letters just a few years later
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Newest Archibald entry just dropped
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Aaron Bossig @aaronbossig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Pickup artists” and “garbage men” are groups of people who should exchange titles
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
'Tis the season, so here's my two cents. Sucks that it's so U.S.-heavy, but hey, they've had a good run. A handful (FIREFLY, UNBELIEVABLE, JEKYLL, THE NIGHT OF) unlucky to miss, and I'm sure I've forgotten something, but these absolutely feel like my 10; all life/taste-shaping/changing in some way.
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here's a fun challenge for you horror film nerds this October: Build Your Own Slasher Franchise All-Nighter! letterboxd.com/cinemaviscer...
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Build-Your-Own Horror Franchise Marathon!
Program your own 7-film, 11-hour, all-night Horror Marathon for Halloween! Simply combine the big 6 slasher franchises into the ultimate Voltron of a slasher franchise, and close it out with a wildcar...
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17/09/2026
Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Curious to know the Venn diagram of folks going to see these two events this week. Look, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES
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Brian Saur @bobfreelander.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If my show @purecinemapod.bsky.social has ever meant anything to you or turned you onto some new films, now would be an amazing time to support via our Patreon: www.patreon.com/purecinemapod
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Get more from Pure Cinema on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $1/month. What's Pure Cinema you ask? It's another film podcast, BUT it's…
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@richharidy.bsky.social Are these people watching our BlueSky conversational timeline?? Fielder AND Oppenheim?!
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You Can See Everything | Official Teaser HD | A24
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Tom Savini is a fucking legend. And he lost everything. His home. His beloved pets. His life's work - work that served as the foundation of the horror we hold most dear. There isn't the character count to list his legacy here. If you can, please consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/support-to...
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Donate to Support Tom Savini After House Fire, organized by Jason Baker
Tom Savini, special makeup effects legend, is facing a heartbreaking loss after Tom’s … Jason Baker needs your support for Support Tom Savini After House Fire
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Heard this song on the end credits of an episode of THE BOROUGHS... and discovered it was recorded by a Halloween-obsessed doom-pop band called Dead Man's Bones... half of whom was, uh, Ryan Gosling? How am I only just learning of this?
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Dead Man' s Bones - Lose Your Soul
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Vale to a true icon and cultural queen, whose philanthropic footprint will be as profoundly felt and remembered as her music. Go well, Dolly. #RIPDollyParton
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
LOVE this piece! Encapsulates a lot of the feelings I have about Camp Miasma & online movie culture (and comes from someone who isn’t, like me, a cis-het man). (Though if Ms. Colangelo would permit me one reference, I love that a couple of passages here can be read like Renton’s “Choose Life” rap.)
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BJ ColanGIALLO @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I haven't looked at this in a few days because I am bad at accepting kindness, but we're under 8k from this being fully paid off, and even if we never reach that goal, everyone who donated or shared has legitimately saved my life. www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...
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Donate to BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin'), organized by Amelia Emberwing
If you're reading this, you're not new to the fact that eventually the "pass … Amelia Emberwing needs your support for BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin')
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Do we know what was going on with the lack of subtitles for the Hungarian dialogue at Wednesday night's #MIFF2026 BLUE HERON screening at the Astor? I thought it was an annoying narrative choice, but others (who saw it at other screenings) have since told me the parents' conversations are subbed. 😤🤬
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I'm kind of obsessed with the visual look of this film and want to know all about the approach cinematographer David Bolen took to devise it and make it happen.
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Primetime | Official Trailer HD | A24
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Dave Lamb @lambstein.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I think the cat is several steps ahead of you and has already drafted a police complaint against you for invasion of privacy in case you buy them
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Related: Happy International Cat Day (northern hemisphere anyway, ours was yesterday)
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Those new camera 👓 are indeed a privacy nightmare and something needs to be done about them, BUT what if you wanted them for the sole purpose of recording your idiot of a cat, who immediately stops whatever clown shit he’s up to the second a phone camera is pointed in his direction, in your own home
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
HAPPY MIFFMAS! I’m hosting a Q&A for tomorrow night’s (Sat Aug 8) World Premiere of THE LATCHER at Kino Cinemas at 9pm! So if you want to see some Aussie indie horror and me chatting to director James Hunter and star Lucy Lovegrove about the film, grab tix fast! #MIFF2026 miff.com.au/program/film...
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The Latcher
Accelerator Lab alum James Hunter makes his feature debut with this psychological thriller about motherhood and the monstrous clutches of grief.
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
After roaring onto the screen with GATTACA and scripting THE TRUMAN SHOW, Andrew Niccol has led one of the most baffling careers of the 21st century: S1M0NE, LORD OF WAR, IN TIME, Stephenie Meyer's THE HOST, GOOD KILL, ANON and now I, OBJECT. Often well-intentioned fables, bewilderingly executed.
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Was listening to an old @screendrafts.bsky.social Coen Brothers ep and all the talk of O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (drafted far too low!) led me back to seeking out this clip. How many killer lines (and killer delivery) can you pack into 30 seconds?! God tier stuff. youtu.be/YZ4z0QhD92Y?...
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Two weeks from everywhere
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Amelia Emberwing @thatwitchmia.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hey babes 🖤 I know we all just paid rent, but we're officially just $10K away from paying off @bjcolangelo.bsky.social's surgery IN FULL. www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...
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Donate to BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin'), organized by Amelia Emberwing
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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night:
connect your family calendars and explain your kids' interests.
every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid's soccer game that afternoon, one kid's upcoming birthday, some news, etc.
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This box is crazy! EVERY Jodo film (with the big four now in 4K UHD!) + the doc Jodorowsky’s Dune + commentaries and essays from some of my favourite people! (Sorry, Arrow box and Severin Sangre… you’re off to eBay…)
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Love this reality TV show
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE is listed as “Unscripted TV” alongside reality and contest shows on the Amazon Prime menu page
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Can't wait to see Nas poll 2 Brownlow votes for yesterday's dominant display #AFLsky
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The correct answer.
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Chris Elena @chriselena.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Top 3 favourite films of the year and ABSOLUTELY one of the best horror films of the decade.
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The ads for this flick have been driving me insane, because of that question: WHY?? Why has premarital sex been outlawed in their world? The trailer shows no other signs of it being a dystopia! They just serve up "er, THE PURGE, but with sex," but THE PURGE actually has lore, a political POV, etc. 🤦‍♂️
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Can someone please explain to me why SPIDER-MAN: BRAN NUE DAE is just expected to be a giant hit? I thought we were all tired of this stuff, or the idea of Peter’s friends getting to know him again. We’ve even seen Peter battle self-doubt and depression before. Is it just the star power of Tomdaya?
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I don’t know @bjcolangelo.bsky.social personally, but her writing & @screendrafts.bsky.social spots always bring me joy & insight, and I’m sad to hear of her current health issues, losing her smile to the ravages of cancer. If you’re able, please donate to help her get a new one: gofund.me/b0d87347a
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@jasmineandthyme.bsky.social Hayley I need to hear your shouted thoughts on that DIGGER trailer (and TC’s press tour thus far, starting early and in earnest and so far seemingly totally concerned with “cut lenses from the 1970s”) — please, for your people, issue forth
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Is it blasphemous to contemplate seeing Nolan’s first all-IMAX movie in plain ol’ 70mm film at the Astor Theatre? ‘Cos that’s what I’m contemplating.
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Vale to the O.G. homegrown Kiwi movie star. Go well, Sir Sam. 😔❤️
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
RIP
Sam Neill on why 'The Piano' (1993) is an important movie in cinema history: 

"I don't think I can overestimate how important 'The Paino' is for me in hindsight. it sits on my funny old CV like a medal on my chest. It wasn't my film. It Jane Campion's. I wasn't the star of the film. That was Holly Hunter. But there is honour to be found in the second fiddle. Or fopurth. No one notices you much, you don't get nominated for things. But you served. I was there in an important feminist film. I was there on the front line in an important New Zealand film. Neither of those labels does the film justice. It's a work of art. And look, that tiny little figure in the fabric—see down there on the right—that's me. It's a film that will always have a place in cinema history. And I served in it."

("Did I ever Tell You This: A Memeoir", Sam Neill)
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 14/07/2026
More & more of our culture now exists only in digital form … but libraries can’t preserve what they don’t own. As books 📚, music 🎵, film 🎞️, and news 📰 shift from ownership to licensing, long-term access is becoming harder to guarantee. 🔗 www.currentaffairs.org/news/who-wil... 🧵⬇️
Current Affairs quote card with black masthead at top reading "CURRENT AFFAIRS / A Magazine of Politics and Culture." Below, large serif text reads: "Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?" Current Affairs wordmark appears at the bottom in pink.Current Affairs quote card with black masthead at top reading "CURRENT AFFAIRS / A Magazine of Politics and Culture." Below, Chris Freeland is quoted in large serif text that reads: "Yes, the news used to be a public good. It has a lot of protections in the Constitution. Now it's treated as just another commodity." Current Affairs wordmark appears at the bottom in pink.Current Affairs quote card. Mark Graham is quoted in large serif text that reads:  "So social media platforms replace the prior primary news sites as destinations, and now AI is quickly becoming an important source, and I think in the near term, the dominant way that we're going to be informed. And so, if these AI systems are only getting their material from these non-paywalled sites that are publicly available, a significant percentage of that material will be produced by authoritarian governments, outright mis- and disinformation, produced by corporate interests that have a particular and strongly biased perspective, hyperpartisan, and it's not going to provide us with a depth and a breadth of an understanding of the balance of perspectives that is required for us to be able to have a true understanding of the world that we live in." Current Affairs wordmark appears at the bottom.Current Affairs quote card. Chris Freeland is quoted in large serif text that reads: "Yes, the news used to be a public good. It has a lot of protections in the Constitution. Now it's treated as just another commodity." Current Affairs wordmark appears at the bottom in pink.
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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Please help one of our best through her worst time. ❤️
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Time for a Top 20 of 2026 (ie. AU release dates) half time vibe check: 1. THE ICE TOWER 2. PILLION 3. ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU 4. OBSESSION 5. BACKROOMS 6. THE SHEEP DETECTIVES 7. 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE 8. THE SECRET AGENT 9. THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE 10. GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE
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Paul Anthony Nelson @cinemaviscera.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Happy 💯 to this glorious madman. #Happy100thBirthdayMelBrooks
Comedian/auteur extraordinaire Mel Brooks — dressed in a suit, laughing and lounging on a couch — who turns 100 on June 28, 2026.
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Michael Varrati @michaelvarrati.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
At 100, there's no question that Mel Brooks is foundational. His films and comedy have quite literally shaped pop culture. Just as important, I feel, was his work producing films for artists like Lynch and Cronenberg. Championing those with visions different than his own to the benefit of us all.
Mel Brooks with David Lynch on the set of The Elephant ManMel Brooks and David Cronenberg on the set of THE FLY.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
Pumpkin hoop
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Sitcom People @sitcompeople.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
James Burrows 1940-2026 RIP
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