iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 46m

Starting a new month with a couple cities I’ve never heard of (but suspect @moderndaybartleby.bsky.social has, at least in one instance…) www.maptap.gg October 1 89🎉 91👑 100🎯 99🔥 88🎉 Final score: 941

maptap.gg

🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game

Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.

000

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 14h

I never needed to see Greta Garbo’s diaper but now I have.

030

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 14h

Fun to hear Jeremy talk about some 111-year-old movies (though he misses the Castro Theatre’s opening year by two- it opened June 1922 with Wallace Reid vehicle ACROSS THE CONTINENT & played Chaplin’s big release from that year PAY DAY during its first month open.)

020

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Any excuse to relisten to this is one I’ll take

030

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It was fun being in a crowd of several hundred people enjoying THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE but I have to admit to mixed feelings about John Wilson’s mainstream success, as a longtime George Kuchar fan.

110

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Seeing this in a packed theatre for FREE is certainly worth doing, if you live close enough to Cambridge…

050

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can’t believe they left out the IFC channel’s ULTIMATE FILM FANATIC…

020

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I believe SALVADOR ALLENDE, NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT, THE PEARL BUTTON and MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY are all currently on Hoopla and/or Kanopy so if you have access to those services through your library I would prioritize the other ones at the moment.

110

Reposted by Brian Darr

Scott Nye @railoftomorrow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Very sad to hear. Her work in Godard’s TWO OR THREE THINGS is astounding, especially when you read up on how they shot it. Also captivating in NUDE IN A WHITE CAR and ADORABLE LIAR.

123

Reposted by Brian Darr

Craig Walter @craigwalter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This guy makes up my list of Dems I won't vote for in the general election. I have no faith that he'll move policy forward and every confidence that he will damage the country and party in ways that would outlast his term. Do not nominate him.

022

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Los Angeles mark your calendars now!

021

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not even a Yes fan and wish I could be at the Roxie this Saturday for this PTERYPHLEGIA short that I’d never heard of before…

121

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No hip-hop yet because that was still my brother’s domain. So mine might have been: AC/DC, BACK IN BLACK Madonna, LIKE A PRAYER* Oingo Boingo, DEAD MAN’S PARTY Sisters of Mercy, VISION THING They Might Be Giants, FLOOD *I might not have admitted to this one publicly at the time, but I loved it.

050

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great looking weekend for San Francisco cinephiles…

030

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My mistake! Tomorrow’s screening is in Camden, Maine at the Camden Opera House, not in Rockland at the Strand…

001

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Would love to be able to visit this place when back in San Francisco this December!

030

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was able to briefly interview photographer-turned-director Pete Muller about his new Maine-made documentary playing tomorrow at @camdeniff.bsky.social in Rockland, Maine themaineplayweek.substack.com/p/listening-...

themaineplayweek.substack.com

Listening In at Bucks Harbor

CIFF ‘26: Brian Darr on “Bucks Harbor”

111

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Last 33 minutes to give The White Stripes a few more votes. Not likely for them to make a surprise come-from-behind victory, but maybe they could edge into losing by less than a ten percentage point margin? Prior final matches were in that range unless they involved Radiohead, Public Enemy or ODELAY

231

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wilco is a good band but I’ve long been more in the White Stripes camp, & think this is their best album. Also, if YHF keeps its lead this will become the 5th straight year poll where the top seed wins the tournament. The #3 seed is the highest to have NEVER won a bracket in 15 tries. It’s overdue.

091

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I bet Björk wouldn’t have lost to Wilco the other day if it hadn’t been for people using their prediction bracket to break a tie between 2 albums they didn’t have strong feelings about. She deserves to beat the Strokes in a non-bracket-binding match as recompense. (Also because VESPERTINE is better)

121

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Same score as my 9th and 10th best-ever! (I guess top ten ties go to the earlier achievements. Did you know that, @moderndaybartleby.bsky.social?) www.maptap.gg September 16 94🏅 100🎯 99🎯 100🎯 96🔥 Final score: 980

maptap.gg

🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game

Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.

110

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sad to hear about the passing of Chilean documentary filmmaking titan Patricio Guzmán at 85 today. Here’s my old tweet from almost exactly four years ago when I saw his last completed feature (now available on Kanopy) at the Camden International Film Festival, which begins its 22nd edition tomorrow.

050

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fun episode! Even though they misidentify a Clampett cartoon as an Avery at one point, I doubt I could talk about cartoons for two straight hours without making a similar misstep…

031

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Wilco ahead by a few votes at the moment. If that holds over the next 45 minutes say hello to the second-ever final match in one of these between two American rock acts. (The first was Magnetic Fields vs. Fiona Apple in 1999.)

021

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“There’ll be no hospital then, I’ll tell the children.”

040

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just realized what a minefield selecting a 1986 Cameo track for the next @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social is. Pick “Word Up!” and the “Candy” faction will be highly offended and vice versa.

010

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Wrapping up, for now, my writing about the films of 1914, tied to my guest spot on @ettletodd.bsky.social’s year-by-year cinematic history podcast. Excited to be in the listener’s chair for his 1915 episodes, which should start dropping soon… boxd.it/gilwH9

boxd.it

A review of Fantômas: The False Magistrate (1914)

This post will finally close out discussion of one of my summer 2026 highlights: discussing five of my favorite films from the year 1914 with Tristan Ettleman on one of his The 5 Best Films of Every Y...

122

Reposted by Brian Darr

SF Artists Alumni (SFAA) @sfartistsalumni.org · 12/09/2026

SFAI Alumni, faculty and staff. Don't forget to submit your docu films for the festival!! Deadline is September 15! sfaa.art

Studio 8 Film Festival Call for Entries graphic

023

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi’s omnibus UNDERGROUND ZERO

020

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Somehow Missy has not even broken 100 votes yet, which is ridiculous.

141

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

4 of the 5 collective picks were released before WWI broke out- including all three that overlapped with my own choices. I suspect the war will get more mention in the 1915 episodes, which I’m excited to start listening to next week!

021

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I’ve voted against both of these more than for them, but I can’t deny they’re both good. And it’s fitting that the album with “Everything Is Free” gets to face one of the highest-profile use cases of that song’s philosophical manifesto. I voted for the song (& album), not the use case.

051

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Coming to Maine next week- should I try to squeeze it into my CIFF schedule if I can?

130

Reposted by Brian Darr

Andrew @killerslant.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I love so much of Schrader’s work but I really hope he dies before he makes this movie

096

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

San Francisco State University professor for many years as well.

092

Reposted by Brian Darr

Tristan Ettleman @ettletodd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Indeed it is til tomorrow morning! Vote at www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list or just reply here with your top five films of 1914 to be counted in the overall list, Chaplin or no Chaplin!

the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com

The List — The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever

002

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Speculating on whether any Charlie Chaplin films might make it onto @ettletodd.bsky.social’s The Best 5 Films Of Every Year Ever list for 1914, or whether that might have to wait for a future year when he’s out of his roustabout Keystone phase. Voting is still open, I believe: boxd.it/gcRvSb

boxd.it

A review of The Masquerader (1914)

Between cementing my five selections for my appearance on Tristan Ettleman’s 5 Best Films Of Every Year Ever podcast and recording the episode, I rewatched all but one of my choices (I didn’t revisit ...

020

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This would be accurate,if not for one short and a not-quite finished 17-episode TV series I haven’t logged yet and probably won’t by the end of the evening.

Letterboxd posters for SULLIVAN’s TRAVELS (1941, a rewatch), COYOTE VS. ACME (2026), THREE AND A GIRL (1920, a non-poster, really, as it’s just the film title) & JANE RESCUES (1910)

140

Brian Darr @hellonfriscobay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

You can guess which three of these pictured I put on my own list, or you could just listen to the episode I recorded for Tristan’s show. Or you can guess which one of these I’ve never seen.

040