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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️

@kcfennessy.bsky.social
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Music and film writer. Northwest Film Forum board member and former Seattle Film Critics Society president. Unions: SAG-AFTRA and IBEW. Past/present contributor: KCMU/KEXP, KUOW, Rock and Roll Globe, Seattle Film Blog, The Stranger, and Video Librarian.

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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 7h
Alejandro Iñárritu already let us know what he thinks about critics.
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'Birdman' Extended Scene with Michael Keaton
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Feodor Chin @feochin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: Los Angeles being forced to suffer through record breaking triple digit temperatures in October this weekend clear sign that even God doesn’t want Paramount Warner Brothers merger going through.
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Scott Renshaw @scottrenshaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don’t feel like it’s a particularly crazy position to resist a technology that makes people dumber, makes it easy to manipulate the idea of what’s “real,” causes environmental damage and in return offers nothing of value for anyone who isn’t either talentless or trying to kill jobs.
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Bill Arceneaux (Down BY Law) @billarceneaux.com · 7h
Like in Todd Solondz' 'Wiener Dog', when film school professor/failed screenwriter played by Danny DeVito practically yells at a prospective student to name a movie. ANY MOVIE! And the kid just...can't.
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Deacon Blues @kaibutsu.bsky.social · 12h
"They will fear Grover's power: both NEAR... and FAR!!!"
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 11h
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 10h
I wouldn't mind that Lost Highway script. [hat tip: @esteven.bsky.social]
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Paul Reubens' Big Auction
Come on in and pull yourself up a chair! Julien's is honored to present Paul Reubens' Big Auction - a once-in-a-lifetime event celebrating the li...
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Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Earlier this year, I stated that I was working on something comprehensive about CAMP MIASMA. This is a video essay on the history of trans psycho killers and how CAMP MIASMA uses that history for subversion and reclamation. I hope you enjoy it. mubi.com/en/program-n...
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Loving the Monster
Watch truly great cinema. Wherever you are. From iconic, award-winning directors to emerging auteurs. Transformative films from all over the world. Stream Now. Download to watch Offline. Start your fr...
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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 11h
Tony Gilroy blasted the “tragic” nature of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger at the world premiere of his new film, Behemoth!
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Tony Gilroy Says Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Will ‘Destroy’ a ‘Healthy and Beautiful Business’ in ‘The Name of Venture Capital’: ‘It’s Tragic’
Tony Gilroy says the impending merger threatens to dismantle the very “healthy and beautiful business” he has worked in for over three decades
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Mike Barthel @mikebarthelauthor.com · 11h
The Grayson Currin Dino Jr. profile is great! Read it if you haven’t. pitchfork.com/story/how-di...
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How Dinosaur Jr. Learned to Tolerate One Another, Kind Of
For 40 years, J Mascis has quietly led his incredibly loud band into the annals of indie rock. But during his annual vacation in Cape Cod, he opened up about almost everything: interpersonal dynamics,...
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 10h
Genius.
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 11h
Now Sachs needs to make a Paul Thek film with George MacKay. [Image: Paul Thek, 1975, Peter Hujar Archives, Pace Gallery]
B&W photo: Paul Thek in t-shirt looking like George MacKay.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12h
I split the G (train) with the Prime Minister of Ireland, Michéal Martin. Sláinte!
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 11h
Sorry I missed the NYFF 2025 screening with Whishaw.
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63rd New York Film Festival Snapshot, Part 2: Ira Sachs' 1970s Reverie <i>Peter Hujar's Day</i>
PETER HUJAR'S DAY (Ira Sachs, 2025, USA, 76 minutes)  I may have missed The Mastermind , but I had no problem getting to the Walter Reade Th...
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 12h
For the most part, Ben Whishaw doesn't look like Peter Hujar, who he plays in Ira Sachs' Peter Hujar's Day. In this image, however, Hujar looks so much like Whishaw that I assumed it WAS him. From Andrew Durbin's review of The Wonderful World that Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek.
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Em Hogan · Canned Soup and Canapés: Hujar and Thek
Almost in exchange for the trustingness of his subjects, Peter Hujar became a different person when he was behind the...
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Micah Rickard @micahrickard.bsky.social · 12h
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
Milton Rockwell from 'Marty Supreme'
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 12h
A WOMANS BODY IS NOT YOUR TESTING GROUND FOR LEARNING BOUNDARIES OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
possession subway scene
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 12h
That soaring violins! Those heavenly harmonies! "It's magic!"
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Electric Light Orchestra - Livin' Thing (Official Video)
YouTube video by ELOVEVO
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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · 23h
DIGGER is very much the sensation of a very dim person talking to you as though you were the very dim person. It is, in other words, a classic Iñárritu joint.
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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 21h
Dear crikey. The photographer Walter Miller at work in 1912-13 while balanced precariously on a plank of wood from New York’s Woolworth Building. (I was curious about the photo’s authenticity, because we live in a world of lies, but its provenience is perfect & the likes of MOMI attests to that.)
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Alex Kittle @alexxkittle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Starting work on one of the most important cinematic cats of all 😎
In-progress digital illustration of The Cat Who Wore Sunglasses.
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Bruce Levenstein @brucelevenstein.bsky.social · 17h
“Back to Ben's to listen to Durutti Column."
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 17h
Bumpin’ that youtu.be/lI4fy4XrfvY?...
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Toni Erdmann - Greatest Love of All
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 17h
In the captivating new Netflix adaptation of “East of Eden,” only one note rings false: the softening of John Steinbeck’s most evil character, Cathy Ames. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Let Cathy Ames Be a Monster
In the captivating new Netflix adaptation of “East of Eden,” only one note rings false: the softening of John Steinbeck’s most evil character, Cathy Ames.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 23h
1. Tonight at Gillette Stadium, Zach Bryan, one of the biggest country music artists in the world, wore a Free Palestine shirt onstage. Gillette Stadium is owned by Robert Kraft, who pushed Ed Sheeran and his promoter to drop Macklemore from his tour. Bryan isn’t just a major country artist.
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 13h
One of the best Nazi Punks Fuck Off films ever made. @seattlecritics.bsky.social present Green Room, fourth in our SFCS at 10 series, Oct 14 at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social. Featuring a live virtual interview with Jeremy Saulnier, who's prepping a new film for '27. Tix and info: tinyurl.com/yc4wf35e
Image of Alia Shawkat and Anton Yelchin with info about the screening.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18h
The NYT dropped 5 major Senate polls this morning — and they tell you exactly why the GOP is freaking out about the Senate. Alaska: Peltola up 50/43 Texas: Talarico up 51/45 Ohio: Brown up 49/46 Kansas: a 45/45 tie Iowa: Hinson up 48/47.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 16h
what in the WHAT
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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 15h
I realize we are far from God's gift but that moment when her face briefly lights up as she realizes which way the conversation's NOT going is pretty fun for us. Yes girl let's talk about reality television instead
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.blacksky.app · 15h
Sometimes, I really love the algorithm. This precious photo of P.P. Arnold popped up in my Pinterest feed, and what a pretty woman. And what a life she's led! Yes, Arnold is still with us. In fact, today is her 80th birthday! 💐 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._P._A... #MusicHistory #BlackHistory #BlackWomen
A May 1967 color photograph of P.P. Arnold, taken by Tony Gale. Arnold is wearing a vibrant, multicolored, floral mini-dress with long sleeves. She is sitting on wood steps, and green heeled shoes are on her feet. She's smiling at the camera.
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Guy Lodge @guylodge.bsky.social · 15h
Something I just realised about this year’s three Best Actor frontrunners:
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exciting way to make strangers approach you at airports like, "So you're a fascist or have insane gambling debt, huh"
Danny Trejo, Harvey Keitel and Henry Thomas to star in Daily Wire‘s new pro-ICE movie

What happened?  

I thought that Harvey Keitel starred in too few films in recent years... and now this?

"A call sheet seen by Deadline lists Danny Trejo, Harvey Keitel and Henry Thomas among the cast."

[https://deadline.com/2026/10/montana-protest-daily-wire-pro-ice-production-renee-good-1237145614/](https://deadline.com/2026/10/montana-protest-daily-wire-pro-ice-production-renee-good-1237145614/)
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 03/10/2026
Zach Bryan came out saying FREE PALESTINE in the first show at Gillette Stadium since Ed Sheeran and Robert Kraft silenced Macklemore, AND he played a new, still unreleased anti-AI song and some of y’all are still sleeping on the liberatory potential of Americana
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Josh @josh-c.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The personal specificity of NO OTHER LAND made me so angry I wanted to throw rocks. NAZA is a whole different level: chillingly casual rooftop admissions from war criminals sketch an ongoing atrocity and indict modern warfare itself. There aren't consequences, let alone ones severe enough.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Matthew Maher has become one of those sturdy character actors who is totally recognizable as himself in every role but makes you believe he's someone different just because he has mad skills and commits 100%. Gene Hackman and Jack Warden had that gift as well.
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Last night I dreamt I went to Trenque Lauquen again. 🐊
The amazing Laura Paredes ("Laura") wearing headphones, and saying, "Meanwhile, everything was love between the three of us."
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
People have been misspelling and mispronouncing my surname for as long as I can remember. I would imagine it happens to Sean Fennessey, too, like in this Reddit post. As for the pronunciation, just recall that immortal line, "I drink up all the Hennessy ya got on ya shelf," and you'll be golden.
SmokinJoeSpinell <-I approve of this screen name!

On the Rewatchables ep for this movie, Fennessy makes the point that working with Ballhaus and having Schoonmaker on the team for After Hours basically invents the Scorsese style as we understand it today, and rewatching it this time I was struck by how different it feels stylistically from his earlier stuff. The camera and editing are so much faster!
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Steady State Sounds @steadystate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I generally avoid Generation discourse, but the overuse of “the Gen Z Stare” and “the Millennial Pause” is all old people punching down, so I propose the following for balance: - The Gen X Derp - The Boomer Rictus You’re welcome.
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Evelyn Waughluigi @mattressisland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hill reading this and immediately getting to work on Streets of Fire
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SIFF @siffnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
An enduring masterpiece, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption. This is the uncut, unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored in 4K. Opens 10/16 @ the Uptown. ⏰+🎟️: siff.info/devils-bs
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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We feel it may be helpful for you to pause your day and take a look at Lee Pace attending the Paris shows tomandlorenzo.com/2026/10/pari...
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Paris Fashion Week Style File: Lee Pace at the Schiaparelli and Tom Ford Spring 2027 Fashion Shows - Tom + Lorenzo
We feel like you all might need something soothing, pleasant and pretty to look at, like perhaps Lee Pace hitting the Parish shows. He's far too much man
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Man, the '70s were *weird.*
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Classic Kool-Aid Man Commercial Compilation (OH YEAH!)
YouTube video by RealityVirtual
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Agreed with Charles and the OP and recommend The Mayor of Castro Street for some deep Jonestown-in-SF background. Side note, but I feel sorry for Kool-Aid's mistaken association with this awful event, regardless as to my thoughts about the product (which mostly involve the Hulk-Smash Pitcher Man).
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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm so sad to hear of Andrea's passing. A lovely person and gifted, committed writer who gave us a lot.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
do I hate Harold Bloom? yes. do I think he's an awful snob, and that King has some unacknowledged literary merit? absolutely. does he have a point? yeah, man. he has a point.
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Humble Novice @humblenovice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I will never understand so-called leftists who are outraged at Mamdani for wanting to combat antisemitism.
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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sliding in just before the weekend, I wrote about why Zoe Kazan and Florence Pugh's reinterpretation of Cathy from East of Eden is so brilliant—and so much better than the typical 'subversive' feminist rewrite.
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Netflix's 'East of Eden' Brilliantly Reinterprets 'Evil' Cathy—Without Betraying Steinbeck
Zoe Kazan's series grounds its feminist perspective on one of literature's most maligned characters in a shrewd reading of the novel
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil.
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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If I wasn't in London at the time, I'd go to this screening.
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L’AMOUR FOU W/ A.S. HAMRAH — The Beacon
Confined to decades of oblivion after its original celluloid elements were damaged in a fire, Jacques Rivette’s formally brilliant and psychologically…
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