“Have you seen Rashomon?”
“I’ve only seen clips.”

One of the most quietly unhinged things I’ve overheard at the Academy Museum

Doing internet research in the early-2000s: "Don't just trust what you read on Wikipedia."

Doing internet research now: "Wikipedia is the only website you can trust."

Back when Alan Moore did his Legaue Of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1999 issue, I thought he was being a bit harsh deconstructing and violently parodying Harry Potter. Now, he was not harsh enough.

b&w photo - Kurosawa slightly out of focus in the background, wearing a cap, sunglasses, and bomber jacket, looking at Mifune in the foreground in his Yojimbo fit, katana visible at the bottom of the frame

in honor of Akira Kurosawa's birthday, here's another photo of the director admiring Toshiro Mifune on the set of Yojimbo

It really is! A wonderful RPG for kids. Also helped teach me the importance of blocking in ensemble scenes

Oh this is a fun prompt. Top GBA games!

(Among the first video games I played, a few of which I actually took filmmaking lessons from)

I can’t get over “pensively, out of the blue, one afternoon”

Found myself wondering how many variations of "Sam Loomis" have been used in modern horror stories... and how many of them know that the name didn't originate with John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN...

For anyone craving spooks this weekend, here’s a brilliant piece of short horror writing courtesy of @hanmarin.bsky.social!

Marin is *so* good at weaving an atmosphere.

The epic handshake meme, showing what Queer People and Global companies can agree on: The straights (straits) are not okay.

Has anyone done this yet

Jamie Lee Curtis, circa 1977

Was watching an episode of Columbo the other day and suddenly pre-Halloween Jamie Lee Curtis appeared as a cranky diner waitress!

MAKEUP - Frankenstein
COSTUME DESIGN - Sinners
FILM EDITING - One Battle After Another
VISUAL EFFECTS - Avatar: Fire and Ash

... I think that's everything? 2025 was a decent year for movies, vanishingly few stuff I'd be mad to see win.

ANIMATED SHORT - The Girl Who Cried Pearls
ORIGINAL SCORE - Sinners
ORIGINAL SONG - Sinners
CASTING - Marty Supreme
SOUND - Frankenstein
PRODUCTION DESIGN - Frankenstein
CINEMATOGRAPHY - One Battle After Another

SUPPORTING ACTOR - Benicio del Toro
SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Wunmi Mosaku (sorry, Gladys)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - It Was Just An Accident
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - One Battle After Another
ANIMATED FILM - Arco
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE - It Was Just An Accident
LIVE ACTION SHORT - Two People Exchanging Saliva

Since it's March, I feel like going through the Oscar Nominees and picking my favorites in each category! These aren't predictions, these are what I personally would like to win:

PICTURE - One Battle After Another
DIRECTOR - Ryan Coogler!
ACTOR - Wagner Moura
ACTRESS - Renate Reinsve

Flash sale - we have no integrity! We just want money!

The Washington Post should face legal consequences for sending this email the morning after axing one-third of their staff

Intrusive thought: Peter Jackson and the Olympians.

This is nothing. ICE and DHS need to be outright abolished. Call Schumer's offices and make it known.

part 2: soundcloud.com/astrangemani...

HHR 493: We talk with (No Slasher Here & The Sangria Murders) Filmmaker Robert Tiemstra (Pt. 1) HHR 493: We talk the creative process and impact with (No Slasher Here & The Sangria Murders) Filmmaker Robert Tiemstra. In part 1, we talk the inspiration, dedication to the film craft, why submit

After FilmQuest, I was interviewed on Horror Happens Radio about writing, filmmaking, and the genre in general!

Listen to part 1 here: soundcloud.com/astrangemani...

Heard someone on a podcast describe the state of the internet by saying "the truth is paywalled by the lies are free" and I think that saying is living rent free in my head now

It’s an awards season sandwich, with a random documentary I watched for work in the middle!

low angle black & white photo of Jack Lemmon in profile with a cigarette in his mouth, smoke curling upward, his coat collar is popped and he's wearing a hat. Lemmon's in the bottom right corner of the photo looking up at three windows of an apartment in the upper left corner, and the rest of the photo is dominated by black.

Jack Lemmon photographed by Gjon Mili on the set of The Apartment

Celebrating the end of 2025 with a $6.95 royalty check from an indie film I helped cut almost 2 years ago

Every holiday season for the last half-decade, I’ve been on a quest to convince my friends who don’t regularly watch movies to watch TOKYO GODFATHERS

They love PAPRIKA, so this should be a slam dunk

And yet

Make a Bond Film Casual

The Man with the Golden Gum

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go

Rob Reiner is so much more than just a director, but I am struck at his ability to be so versatile during that great span of movies he made. Rather than dwell on the constant, horrible conversations, I want to celebrate someone who I hope will be remembered as an artist for real human emotions 🧵

a couple schnabelperchten havin' a gossip and a cig

Season's Greasons

I was gonna argue for the Prestige, but I could see it