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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Doing rewatch of Evil Dead (2013) on BluRay. What a masterpiece. Top 5 horror films of the 2010s. I have seen this like 10 times; it never gets old or loses its edge, so to speak!

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My current Films of 2026 ranked list. The Drama is really going to be hard to beat. Just did a rewatch; even better, pushing towards 5-star Letterboxd level.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Kash Patel always makes me think of this meme:

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

He is a classic textbook GRIFTER. They have existed since the beginning of humankind. People are dumb enough to fall for it, just like they were 1000 years ago. If we want the world to be a better place, we need to assume there is always someone singing "Monorail"

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This is the lowest reading ever, going back to 1950s when survey started. Trump has destroyed America.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I don't ever want to hear any political opinion from any trump voter ever again.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Good luck GOP. No, we don't forgive you.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Going through Letterboxd official top 250 horror films. I had never seen Seconds (1966) before. Wow. The story is wonderful, but the cinematpgrhay feels groundbreaking for the time. DP was James Wong Howe who also did Sweet Smell of Success.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Déjà vu all over again. If you were of age, and you supported the second war Iraq, and you haven’t repented. I don’t ever wanna hear your political opinion about anything ever again.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

For all you Zoomers and GenA folks watching this amoral bullshit play out right now... You can fight back against this traitorous trash and criminal psychopathy. Vote in 2026 for the right people.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I was a bit skeptical heading into Sentimental Value. I was blown away by it. Very rarely do we see mental illness and generational dislocation done well on the big screen. This is one of the best. If you are a sensitive soul, get ready to cry for an hour straight. Somehow better than Worst Person.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Never too late to learn The Internationale

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Happy Noirvember! They Live By Night (1948) dir by Nicholas Ray

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Great, Liverpool spends like 500 million just to end up in a banter era season. Kanate didn't even jump. The hunger is gone from this team. Very sad to see after last year's glorious heights.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Make sure to bring up the BBB with everyone at your 4th of July festivities. Make sure they know how awful and disgusting the bill is. Tax cuts for billionaires, taking food away from starving children and healthcare from the disabled. Just repeat it over and over and over. Don't back down.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Doge breaking social security now?

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Hitting the top 20 of my favorite songs of the year... 20 - "Trip Me Up" by Bryony Williams

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The Set-Up (1949) dir by Robert Wise I have never been a fan of boxing but it certainly makes for a great metaphor. Time slips away and dreams dissolve over the horizon. “Just one punch away”

Robert Ryan as Bill Stoker Thompson lays on the ring floor in a boxing match during the film The Set-Up from 1949.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Scarlet Street (1945) dir by Fritz Lang Dan Duryea as Johnny really makes this film. A good noir needs an enigmatic huckster. It makes the con both plausible and inevitable.

Dan Duryea as Johnny Price in the film Scarlet Street from 1949

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Gun Crazy (1950) dir by Joseph H. Lewis There is something distinctly American about this film. The interplay of violence and lust is unsettling if only because it is alluring.

John Dall plays Bart Tate. He is holding back Peggy Cummins who is playing Annie Laurie Starr. She is aiming a gun in the film Gun Crazy from 1950

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Celebrating #noirvember with my fav noir films: The Third Man (1949) dir by Carol Reed I recently did a rewatch. I must say the opening hour is so disorienting. Where is this going? Then Harry shows up and it is pure perfection til the final frame.

Joseph Cotton in the Vienna sewer system in The Third Man from 1949

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Yeah, I’m religious. I believe in the holy trinity.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

In A Lonely Place (1950) dir by Nicholas Ray What could have been an insider baseball melodrama about the business, instead becomes a runaway train of adult naivety. Defensiveness is overcome by desire which is decimated by the fear of abandonment. Too real.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Gilda (1946) dir by Charles Vidor How anyone human being can watch this film and not fall in love with Rita Hayworth is beyond me. The beguiling vibe of the film is intoxicating, blurring the line between lust and hate.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Sweet Smell of Success (1957) dir by Alexander MacKendrick One of the definitive New York City films. Unchecked ambition creates jackals who devour everything in sight until they finally destroy the only thing that matters.

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Night and the City (1950) dir by Jules Dassin Harry Fabian is probably my favorite noir protagonist. Richard Widmark is slick, slippery, and drenched in desperation. But he never loses that sparkle in his eye, until the final frame.

Richard Widmark in Night and the City (1950)

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Daniel Wipert @daniel-wipert.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I have been doing a noir survey for the last few years. Here are some of my favorites to celebrate #noirvember They Live by Night (1948) dir by Nicholas Ray Doomed romance was not a noir trope. But it’s perfect for the genre. Fate brings people together and rips them apart.

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