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Michael Snydel

@snydel.bsky.social
1.1K followers 937 following 3.4K posts

He/him. Periodic writer about movies, regular musings about everything else. Former writer/podcaster; now i'm just trying to post through it.

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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 12h
I’m not too bothered by pixel art or more specifically pixel art de-make but it very quickly can become same-y. This does a great job varying the visual styles whether it’s the Anime character designs or the first person parts.
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 14h
Hi. I would very much like it if black gamers/devs (specifically those from Chicago) would get in touch for a story. You can get me here or on discord @adashtra
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 17h
It's definitely old school survival horror, but i've found it very rewarding even if the combat can be a little frustrating in the Silent Hill mold. Still, it's always evocative and the interplay of the sound design/ambient music/score is superb.
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Ant @agramuglia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 17h
Halloween game recommendation: I have finally gotten around to Signalis, a pixel-art dystopian survival horror game with a welcome abstract approach to questions of agency and duty in a fallen world. Available on PSN, and also available to buy everywhere else. www.playstation.com/en-us/games/...
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SIGNALIS
Classic survival horror in a dystopian retrotech future
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I also added about 25 new things to my ongoing streaming list. boxd.it/RPVTi
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A Curated List of 2026 Releases Available On Streaming Services (US Dates)
The world of streaming content is very challenging to follow, and increasingly dystopian, but you can discover interesting things if you dig deep enough. Streaming services not only withhold release d...
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Happy birthday, Michelle!! Sounds like it was a great night.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Finally caught up on this very good essay. Only a little bit ironic that there was a corner pop-up AI prompt that repeatedly asked me, "what I was looking for?". time.com/7293926/ai-t...
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If We Let AI Tell Our Stories, We'll Be Lost In The Dark
"It will be one more way for us not to know each other," writes Jayson Greene.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I also added about 25 new things to my ongoing streaming list. boxd.it/RPVTi
boxd.it
A Curated List of 2026 Releases Available On Streaming Services (US Dates)
The world of streaming content is very challenging to follow, and increasingly dystopian, but you can discover interesting things if you dig deep enough. Streaming services not only withhold release d...
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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Got to write about some weird stuff this week that I haven't seen anyone else covering, starting with some of the best animation of the year (which is somehow on Netflix!) www.avclub.com/mononoke-the...
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The trippy Mononoke trilogy is some of the most adventurous filmmaking Netflix has ever platformed
A feminist, period-piece crime anime unfolds over three overwhelmingly psychedelic parts in Netflix's Mononoke The Movie.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So funny watching the media try to write 2000's era Grand Theft Auto Outrage articles now that the whole country is a casino run by murderers.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am not a Baz person, but this is still one of my favorite things i've seen all year. Turn it off a minute before the end if you want to be spared Bono's poem.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Baz Luhrmann's 2026 documentary remix, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, is streaming on Kanopy. www.kanopy.com/en/product/j...
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Decided to hop on over to the video game beat for @ebertvoices.bsky.social with STAR WARS: GALACTIC RACER, which kicked my ass in all the best ways:
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Massive ymmv for YNWH Nailgun as a band. They evoke both dubby 70s avant-garde entities like The Pop Group and the more gothic end of industrial like Cabaret Voltaire and Coil. Liars at their most alienating and early Iceage with more art rock flourishes for more contemporary examples.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lane Stewart's 2026 short, Magazine, which is a video accompaniment to experimental NY band, YHWH Nailgun's latest album of the same name, is streaming on Criterion Channel. www.criterionchannel.com/films/ImxraM...
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Magazine
Bucolic isolation takes on a sense of impending doom in this full-album video for the blistering second album by experimental rock outfit YHWH Nailgun.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No room for a final metaphorical loop that ties everything together.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I like Dune 1/2 more than anything else I’ve ever seen from Denis V (I’ve seen 8 features and a few shorts).
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Eighty perfectly paced minutes. Changes gears every time the scenery starts to feel too familiar.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Watched Spielberg’s Duel last night, and there should be at minimum, five Duel rip-offs every year.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here are all those links!! bsky.app/profile/ettl...
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can’t believe i’m included with so many smart, insightful people here. You should absolutely listen to all of their respective episodes if you have a passing interest in Madonna, star studies, pop, or pop culture.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Favorite September First Watches Mysterious Skin (Araki, 2004) Straight Time (Grosbard, 1978) Home from the Hill (Minnelli, 1960) China Girl (Ferrara, 1987) Drive (Wang, 1997) The Legend of the Swordsman (Siu-Tung, 1992) Steel Magnolias (Ross, 1989)
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Godzilla Minus Zero "uses the monster as an avatar for collective wartime guilt, sublimated urges for revenge against those who dropped the bomb, and—finally—losing faith in our institutions’ power to protect us." — @clintworthing.bsky.social, kaiju connoisseur www.rogerebert.com/reviews/godz...
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Godzilla Minus Zero review: R-rated sequel follows in the first's cavernous footsteps
“Minus Zero” doesn’t quite reach the miraculous highs of its predecessor, but the old boy still has plenty of bite.
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 01/10/2026
Gaming show MinnMax has removed YouTuber Jacob Geller following a recently surfaced allegation of past sexual misconduct. "Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax," the show announced. "He won't be on conte... kotaku.com/jacob-geller-minnmax-you…
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Gaming Show Minnmax Removes YouTuber Jacob Geller After Recently Surfaced Allegation Of Past Sexual Misconduct
Geller is known for his video game essays on YouTube
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Favorite September First Watches Mysterious Skin (Araki, 2004) Straight Time (Grosbard, 1978) Home from the Hill (Minnelli, 1960) China Girl (Ferrara, 1987) Drive (Wang, 1997) The Legend of the Swordsman (Siu-Tung, 1992) Steel Magnolias (Ross, 1989)
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This has also been available on criterion channel for most of this year, but this is the only place that it’s been streaming for free.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bi Gan’s acclaimed 2025 film, Resurrection, is streaming on Kanopy. www.kanopy.com/en/product/j...
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I hadn’t heard anything about this until Juan’s post here. This is incredibly damning and should be discussed more. remezcla.com/film/carlos-...
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Carlos Reygadas' Directing Master Class Canceled After Protests Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations
At the beginning of the class, protestors chanted, "Violador, violador, no te vas a escapar, violador."
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Justine Peres Smith @redroomrantings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For those who missed it, I've launched a newsletter on Substack to write about movies and other stray thoughts. If you like my writing, I'd love if you could subscribe! afilmdiary.substack.com
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Red Room Rantings | Substack
Justine Smith is a writer who has been published in Little White Lies, Roger Ebert and Ultra Dogma. She programs the Underground Section at the Fantasia International Film Frstival. Click to read Red ...
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Devan Scott @dagscott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My latest: a defense of piracy in the name of film preservation. It's not often one gets commissioned to write one's dream piece, yet here we are! Featuring @damnfoolcrusade.bsky.social @jamesflowerfilm.bsky.social and @willaharlowross.bsky.social
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Pirating the Pirates
Notes from the underground of film preservation.
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Scott Nye @railoftomorrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MIAMI VICE, MARIE ANTOINETTE, and SPEED RACER all getting splashy 4K editions this year….don’t tell me millennials haven’t ascended to positions of power.
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Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It is one of the greatest honors of my life to say that I helped with @arrowvideo.bsky.social upcoming 4k release of BLUE VELVET. I wrote an essay to accompany the film. www.arrowfilms.com/p/blue-velve...
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Blue Velvet Limited Edition 4K UHD | Arrow Films
Shop Blue Velvet Limited Edition 4K UHD at Arrow Films. Free UK Delivery
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just skimmed, but did zero non-English shows made the cut?
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You all realize that this is based on 500 voters. There are quite a few bizarre choices, but It's a popularity contest to determine this ranking.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NTM #230-#254. Twenty-five more recent albums/eps that i've listened to. Highlights that came out in 2026 are the albums/eps from La Estrategia Del Caracol, Perennial, Batu/Nick León, Tatyana, DJ Gomes Original, and Maquina.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It seems like this might be limited to US and Canada.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In honor of Patricio Guzmán, all of his available filmography is streaming for free on Ovid, Docuseek, and Icarus Films until the end of tomorrow. www.ovid.tv/patricio-guz...
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Patricio Guzmán - OVID.tv
Patricio Guzmán (1941-2026) was born in Santiago, Chile. As an adolescent in the late 1950's he became drawn to documentary filmmaking when he had the opportunity to see some of the films of Chris Mar...
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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Casting a very narrow line, but... Are you a historian/filmmaker/artist/academic with a deep interest/expterise in any of the Universal Monster Movies... Who also lives in SoCal and would be interested in attending an event in October?
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s well-deserved!!
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Subway Cinema @subwaycinema.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy 80th, John Woo!
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Jonah is consistently one of my favorite writers about action movies. It’s incredible to see him so deftly contextualize The Raid series’ massive impact on both the way action filmmaking is discussed and as a gateway for many to Southeast Asian genre cinema.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm tired of seeing the existence of things I love threatened by things that are completely out of my control.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’ll make sure to tell them that they’re wrong. While I have you here, can you force Dan to make these sour patch cookies? I’m afraid to try them.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@giantbomb.com @grubb.wtf I think I watch too much of your content. I mispronounced Kojima’s name the other day, and I didn’t even realize it until my friend called me out.
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Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
KK coming to The Channel
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I really need to see this thing haha. Way too many interesting conversations out there about it. I might also be overdue for a rewatch of The Wailing. I know so many people who love that one.
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Michael Snydel @snydel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Wailing did very little for me, but I did think The Chaser was slickly propulsive. Haven’t seen Hope yet, but I wonder if the polarized reactions broadly hinge on whether you believe the cg?
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