iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congrats to my college across-the-hall housemate Maaza Mengiste on winning a MacArthur! Sorry I sucked at doing the dishes! 🤪

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A quick note to my friends and colleagues at the Hamptons International Film Festival on the occasion of your Opening Night tonight... Break legs and have a great festival! Inspired by your work and hope you have a wonderful fest!

010

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When I personally say "no oxygen for fascist propaganda" this is exactly what I mean, only I mean always and everywhere, not just when self-interest is at stake.

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One of the absolute greatest, my entire worldview has been endlessly transformed by his work. I am so sad to learn of his loss. RIP to the great Chilean resistance artist and documentarian Patricio Guzmán.

povmagazine.com

There Is No History of Cinema Without Patricio Guzmán - POV Magazine

Remembering Patricio Guzmán, the Chilean documentary master who gave voice to the voiceless in films like The Battle of Chile and The Pearl Button.

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Proud to announce our 2026 Montclair Film Festival Honorees! Breakthrough Director Award to Beth de Araújo Screenwriter Award to Stephen Beresford Performer Award to Jack O’Connell Documentary Filmmaker Award to Ava DuVernay Filmmaker Tribute to Tony Gilroy Excited to welcome them to the fest!

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Huh. 🤔 #GoBlue (📸 Patrick Barron, MGoBlog)

Michigan QB Bryce Underwood scoring a touchdown by running past the pylon in Michigan's 17-10 win against Oklahoma.

010

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New post up at The Back Row Manifesto, featuring an update on my work on The Montclair Film Festival, Monsterpieces, and the loss of my High School. Give a read and thanks!

backrowmanifesto.substack.com

Scrapbook #10

An Irregular Series Wherein I Take My Personal Interests Personally

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Proud to share the Opening, Closing, and Centerpiece Films of the 2026 Montclair Film Festival!

200

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Shut out of Stevie Wonder tickets in NYC, and he is playing on my birthday. Ah well. Congrats to the AI bots who will be attending, you earned those seats. 👏

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

As a music lover who grew up in Michigan in the 1970s and 80s, it was impossible not to literally feel the influence of Dave Marsh. Truly someone who helped shape and build the culture he wanted to see in the world. His loss feels like the true end of an era. I am so sorry to hear we have lost him.

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The new episode of @andrewhickey.500songs.com 's @500songspodcast.bsky.social , #185 on PEACHES EN REGALIA by Frank Zappa, is such a especially valuable episode for me. As a kid in the 1980s, a friend's dad turned us on to Zappa's music and it was a very important part of my development as both 1/7

1102

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

...at last. ❤️ Coming in October Into my collection forever

010

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In order to beat an elite team, you either have to be elite yourself or play an elite match. The US made multiple catastrophic mistakes at the back & the gulf in class between Belgium & the US was made absolutely clear. No way back from those against a superior team, & this is nothing new for USMNT.

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Folks here in the USA losing their minds over a red card that was predicated on the misuse of VAR by officials who have one job and should know better means we may finally have arrived as a footballing nation. 🤣

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

THE DIRECTOR- Unsparing portrait of the way in which art seeks to subvert fascism by “getting by” as the world descends into authoritarianism. A devastating fictionalization of the filmmaking career of G.W. Pabst after a series of catastrophic miscalculations finds him and his family co-opted…

100

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Congrats to Brad Lander here in NY-10

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Wow, it looks like the Chancellor of the Exchequer has called a Parliamentary vote of no confidence in the matter of this Amendment, which seems to require a 2/3 majority in order to surpass the conscripted minimum of the Prime Minister's proposal, which his own cabinet has-- *dies in American*

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Congrats to our Graduate! so proud of you, Nico! #Classof2026

010

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Congrats to Spike Lee, our 2025 Montclair Film Festival Honoree, on this Knicks title! He called it back in October at our festival! You define Knicks fandom... enjoy, king! 👑 (📸 by Neil Grabowsky for Montclair Film)

120

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Congrats New York City! Love this city, loving the joy that brought everyone together tonight. Knicks deserve this one, Knicks fans deserve it, Brunson GOATed in NYC 4ever. 🧡💙

0103

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Best #USMNT performance that I have ever seen? Certainly in a World Cup! Tactics, positional discipline, circulating the ball quickly, passing forward into space, tackles, runs, finishing... what team was this? Amazing game, I've waited forever to see that, did not expect it! Poch delivered! 🙌

050

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

My 2026 World Cup Fantasy team Prediction: Portugal? Why is no one talking about them?

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The city is absolutely buzzing. You love to see it!

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

First time out of the house in 2.5 weeks? New knee brace? Bought a seat just for my leg? Must be another Joe McGinty & The Losers Lounge show Joe's Pub, this time celebrating the music of Duran Duran! Amazing performances & arrangements, an absolutely great show! See you again soon, Losers!

000

Reposted by Tom Hall

Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

NASA Perseverance rover captures what a Martian night really looks like from the ground

37965751552

Reposted by Tom Hall

Robert Edwards @robertsedwards.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

WIRED FOR CONNECTION, an hour-long doc by producer/director Kiran Kapany, which I co-wrote and co-directed, is streaming tonight on PBS. The film explores the physiological (as well as psychological) health impacts of social disconnection in the modern world. Check it out if you can!

pbs.org

Wired For Connection | Trailer

Scientists now link friendship to a remarkable range of benefits—both physical and mental.

011

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

New post up at The Back Row Manifesto, my final Notebook from this year's #Cannes Film Festival. Come for the glamour, stay for the unexpected ending! Give a read, share, subscribe, whatever you see fit. Thanks for reading!

backrowmanifesto.substack.com

Cannes 2026: Notebook #3

An Unexpected Wrap For My 2026 Cannes Experience

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?" youtu.be/Z8TqOTe3ODc?...

youtu.be

Sesame Street: Operatic Orange

YouTube video by Sesame Street

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So my #Cannes ended early as I tore my quad tendon on the exit steps of the Lumière Theater just as I was about to exit. Surgery yesterday, lovely Drs and staff, pain, weeks in a cast, months of rehab ahead. But I am grateful for all of the support & kindness. Back home Friday… can’t wait for home.

100

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

legend ❤️ ... too young. Rest In Peace.

010

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My (last!) Day 8 at the 2026 #Cannes Film Festival: THE UNKNOWN by Arthur Harari FJORD by Cristian Mungiu MINOTAUR by Andri Zvyagintsev & if I am feeling up to it LAND AND FREEDOM by Ken Loach on the beach, simply because that is a one time opportunity for cognitive dissonance I cannot pass up.

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

My Day 7 at the 2026 #Cannes Film Festival: GARANCE (ANOTHER DAY) by Jeanne Herry HOPE by Na Hong-Jin HER PRIVATE HELL by Nicolas Winding Refn 🤵‍♂️ Busting out the tux for a 10:15 pm screening of a Nicolas Winding Refn film? Bien sur!

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

New post up at The Back Row Manifesto, with a second round of notes from The Festival de Cannes on a few films and some thoughts on the festival vibes as people stop being polite and start getting, uh, really entitled. Give a read at the link and thanks! #Cannes #Cannes2026 #CannesFilmFestival

backrowmanifesto.substack.com

Cannes 2026: Notebook #2

An Update From The Streets and Screens of Cannes

010

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Victoria Luengo is excellent in THE BELOVED, or as I will now be calling her, España Taylor-Joy. Dad joke brain aside, she is terrific in the film & should be in the conversation for the award here. #Cannes2026

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

My Day 6 at the 2026 #Cannes Film Festival: PAPER TIGER by James Gray THE BELOVED by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and I am going to try to rush a film or two... let's see how we do as it has been a year of overwhelming demand and not a lot of access on Last Minute ticket line...

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Cannes, where literally everyone believes lines are for other people. 🤪

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

My Day 5 at the 2026 #Cannes Film Festival: SHANA by Lila Pinell GENTLE MONSTER by Marie Kreutzer SHEEP IN THE BOX by Hirokazu Koreeda HEIMSUCHUNG (VISITATION) by Volker Schlöndorff Halfway through my festival time, and love being here with so many film loving people from around the world.

020

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

My Day 4 of the 2026 #Cannes Film Festival: FATHERLAND by Pawel Pawlikowski ALL OF A SUDDEN by Ryusuke Hamaguchi JOHN LENNON: THE LAST INTERVIEW by Steven Soderbergh Cool, grey day in Cannes, perfect for film going!

010

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

My Day 3 of the 2026 #CannesFilmFestival : A WOMAN’S LIFE by Charline Bourgeoise-Tacquet GABIN by Maxence Voiseux PARALLEL TALES by Asghar Farhadi 🤵‍♂️ Tuxedo is ready for tonight! Very enjoyable festival so far…

010

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My Day 2 of the 2026 #CannesFilmFestival: BUTTERFLY JAM by Kantemir Balagov NAGI NOTES by Koji Fukada I might rush something else, we'll see...

100

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I am headed to France tomorrow night for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. A few short notes on what to expect from me while I am there:

backrowmanifesto.substack.com

Cannes 2026: A Quick Bande-Annonce

I Am Headed To Cannes. Expect Coverage. -Ish.

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Finally saw the #Cannes schedule today and am bereft that I will be missing at least 3 of the films I was most eager to see. There is no way I can stay the entire festival, but was hoping they would play early. Alas.

000

Tom Hall @tomhall.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

New post up on the Back Row Manifesto, recounting this weekend's Sugar reunion and my history with the music of Bob Mould. Give a read and subscribe if you're inclined... Thanks so much!

open.substack.com

Notebook: Sugar, Live in NYC, May 2026

Bob Mould Has Reunited Sugar. Here's What That Means To Me.

010