Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 22/09/202618 days. 113 films. This year’s New York Film Festival lineup is so invitingly rich that you’ll actually want to see everything. tinyurl.com/4hzcefby 042
Reposted by Derek SmithSara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He imposed Shania Law 14975221450
Reposted by Derek SmithDrew Powell @drewpowell123.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The name’s Bond, Ward Bond… 041
Reposted by Derek SmithMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 22/09/20269/21/55: Stanley Kubrick's Killer's Kiss Early, micro-budget effort boasts excellent #filmnoir moments, great shots of old Penn Station & brilliant extended denouement More: @positivelytonsils.bsky.social: www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/killers-... Geoffrey O’Brien: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4DV... 24211
Reposted by Derek SmithPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In light of everything that’s going on 0985106
Reposted by Derek SmithMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 18/09/20269/18/69: Marcel Ophüls' Staggering The Sorrow and The Pity Dictators are nothing w/o willing collaborators More @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... @positivelytonsils.bsky.social: www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-sor... @dgraham.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comThe Film That Explains Contemporary America“The Sorrow and the Pity” has lessons for how authoritarianism takes root—and how to fight against it. 2209
Reposted by Derek SmithJacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 17/09/2026Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this 191149484046
Reposted by Derek SmithRichard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Good grief, thanks to a video on Instagram, I've just discovered that the Criterion edition of Lone Wolf & Cub (that I've had on my shelf for about 9 years) has a secret compartment in the spine containing the blueprint for the weaponised babycart..! 27744195
Reposted by Derek SmithMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 15/09/20269/15/64: Lumet's Fail Safe w/Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau ++ Fascinating twin-bill w/Strangelove More: @positivelytonsils.bsky.social: www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/blu-ray-... @jasonchristian.bsky.social / @tonyjballas.bsky.social / @ptklein.com via @coldwarcinema.com: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... 2185
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 12/09/2026Noah Segan’s low-key character study THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK fully immerses us in its milieu. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's #TIFF26 review.slantmagazine.com'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York' Review: A Crook Out of TimeMostly, the film isn't burdened by the question of whether the old times were purer or more authentic, only that they were different. 031
Reposted by Derek SmithCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I had this idea from reading the elizabeth holmes mouse post and then I couldn't do anything else until i painted the idea to completion 6570641946
Reposted by Derek SmithThe Onion @theonion.com · 10/09/2026Trump Claims He Was Falling Man theonion.com/trump-claims-he-was-fa… 873388577
Reposted by Derek SmithJen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Brilliant www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...hollywoodreporter.comDear Tilly Norwood: Some Blunt Advice, Actress to “Actress,” From Betty GilpinThe Emmy-nominated actor and author pens an open letter to the AI avatar that's got Hollywood in a tizzy. 1247
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 09/09/2026NOUVELLE VAGUE, Richard Linklater’s paean to the spirit and spontaneity of Godard and the French New Wave, is outfitted with a sparkling transfer and an impressive slate of extras. Available from Criterion on 9/22. tinyurl.com/4ymbvejx 021
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 06/09/2026Sidney Lumet’s classic has never looked better than it does on Criterion's 4K UHD Blu-ray (available Tuesday), and while the extras here aren’t new, they remain satisfyingly intellectual and entertaining. tinyurl.com/mmh8dw7n 022
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 04/09/2026BY ANY MEANS gestures toward interrogating state-sanctioned violence, but dubiously so, as it’s mostly content to celebrate revenge as justice. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.slantmagazine.com'By Any Means' Review: A Celebration of Revenge as JusticeIt gestures toward interrogating state-sanctioned violence, but dubiously so, as it's mostly content to celebrate revenge as justice. 011
Reposted by Derek SmithAlex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This one’s my favourite 755851403
Reposted by Derek SmithAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me 2071280413777
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 02/09/2026For anyone who’s ever wished that a Fukasaku Kinji yakuza film were more nihilistic and violent, Nakajima Sadao’s AESTHETICS OF A BULLET is here to oblige. Now available on Radiance Blu-ray limited edition (standard edition out next month). bit.ly/4x6cNUd 031
Reposted by Derek SmithAbby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Apologies, Oriental Trading Company, I was not familiar with your game. 34214
Reposted by Derek SmithPeter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 28/08/2026TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (David Lynch, 2017) 08016
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 27/08/2026Radiance’s Blu-ray release of TEN WOMEN IN BLACK, thanks in part to the inclusion of a feature-length documentary by Iwai Shinji, sheds welcome light on Ichikawa Kon’s work outside of his anti-war classics. tinyurl.com/3cre8rf3 011
Reposted by Derek Smithjuan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 25/08/2026new mike leigh movie??? 0172
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 23/08/2026Hara Kazuo’s documentaries, produced by his wife Kobayashi Sachiko, are as fearless and combative as the human subjects at their center. ECLIPSE SERIES 49 is available Tuesday on Blu-ray from Criterion. tinyurl.com/fcsxeuy4 031
Reposted by Derek SmithMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 22/08/20268/21/53: 99 River Street Phil Karlson #filmnoir w/John Payne, Evelyn Keyes Crowther: Slips "some objectionable scenes past the production code" More: @kinolorber.com blu w/ @eddiemuller.bsky.social: kinolorber.com/product/99-r... @positivelytonsils.bsky.social: www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/99-river... 291
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 19/08/2026MUTINY delivers enough lean, mean action to almost distract from the fact that it’s another in a long line of Die Hard rip-offs with little of that classic’s wit, verve, or charm. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.slantmagazine.com'Mutiny' Review: Jean-François Richet 'Die Hard' Rip-OffJean-François Richet has positioned himself as a go-to director for sturdy, mostly unremarkable actioners set largely in a confined location. 011
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 18/08/2026THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE is a cheery trifle amounts to little more than a collection of quirky character interactions. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.slantmagazine.com'The Magic Faraway Tree' Review: A Hardly Fruitful AdaptationThe film, adapted from the second book in the 'Faraway Tree' series, is little more than a collection of quirky character interactions. 001
Reposted by Derek SmithMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Programmers for repertory, foreign, independent, and other types of non-mainstream fare: if you tag me in announcements of specific programs, and I happen to be online to see it, I WILL AUTOMATICALLY REPOST. Let's build up the audience together! 04311
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 12/08/2026COUP DE TORCHON, Bertrand Tavernier’s sly and darkly comical anti-colonialist adaptation of Jim Thompson’s Pop. 1280, is now available on Criterion Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/4w9r6pyn 001
Reposted by Derek SmithBenjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 11/08/2026On this day I learned that Jean-Luc Godard made a Nike commercial in 1991. youtu.be/TbqaWUH9cYo?...youtu.beNike Air Max 180 by Jean Luc Godard (1991)YouTube video by absurde 32813
Reposted by Derek Smithjourdain searles @judysquirrels.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I feel embarrassed. I feel like a failure. and it’s fine if you think I am too. I just honestly have no other options. paypal.me/jourdainsearlespaypal.mePay Jourdain Searles using PayPal.MeGo to paypal.me/jourdainsearles and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries. 6127144
Reposted by Derek SmithMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 04/08/20268/4/71: Doc Of interest 70s curio, D/P: Frank Perry/W: Pete Hamill w/Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin More: Ebert: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/doc-... Ariel Schudson/ @newbeverly.bsky.social: thenewbev.com/blog/2017/03... @positivelytonsils.bsky.social: www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review-f...slantmagazine.comReview: Frank Perry’s Doc Gets KL Studio Classics Blu-ray Edition - Slant MagazinePerry’s cynical western receives an impressive transfer and an illuminating commentary by Alex Cox. 1124
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 04/08/2026Despite its title, Jane Schoenbrun’s TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA is less about sex and death than sex and cinema. In theaters Friday. tinyurl.com/u77mehm3 011
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 04/08/2026Read our chat with Jane Schoenbrun and Hannah Einbinder about TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, balancing the intellectual and the physical, Einbinder’s approach to her character, and more.slantmagazine.comJane Schoenbrun and Hannah Einbinder on 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma'Jane Schoenbrun and Hannah Einbinder discuss balancing the intellectual and the physical across the film. 031
Reposted by Derek SmithBright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 26/07/2026Almost a year later, we've been able to make up over half of this loss — thanks *entirely* to new subscriptions 🙏— but we still need some help to make up the rest. All it takes to support BWDR is a $29 annual subscription, and in exchange you get full access to everything we've published since 2013! 07454
Reposted by Derek SmithBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I admire our government's new commitment to honesty. 563150012078
Reposted by Derek SmithFarran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Ava Gardner in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. 1210111
Reposted by Derek Smithweinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026"My Neighbor Is a Cannibal Who Screams Throughout the Night," sounds like the English title of a forgotten Fulci movie from 1979. 13949
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 23/07/2026Criterion’s box set of Mike Mills’s last three films comes with sparkling new transfers and a wonderful assortment of extras full of insights into the director’s working methods. tinyurl.com/4cd4b6u6 054
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 21/07/2026Neil Jordan’s landmark film THE CRYING GAME, now available on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray, is a strikingly humane and insightful examination of two troubled souls navigating the physical, social, and racial barriers that stand between them. tinyurl.com/y552xkuy 011
Reposted by Derek SmithBirds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The Odyssey (2026, dir. Chris Nolan) 31206259
Reposted by Derek SmithSlant @slantmagazine.com · 17/07/2026Martin Ritt’s HUD, now available on the Criterion Collection, is a mournful lament for a passing of a way of life and a meditation on the possible ways forward. tinyurl.com/ycdrudyc 063