if you want to watch an excellent film with strong Bataillean themes, watch Takashi Miike's '13 Assassins'

https://t.co/lE3P0rbJpE via @NYTimes

First piece of press about "The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford," which premieres Friday at @iffr.

@thedominiquej1 oracle/ellison (right wing tech company/billionaire) bought it and it officially changed hands on 1/22. new terms of service and privacy agreement (mental health, sexuality, location, politics) different algorithm, demonetization for creators. it’s basically not tiktok anymore.

Gotta give it to Bari Weiss - she sure does have her finger on the pulse of the nation.

I make no apology for posting this photo. I think it’s a photo that will haunt America in the years to come. This is what you have become. If you defend this, have a word with yourself.

"There will be no new episode of “60 Minutes” tonight. Instead, the ... news program is showing three archived movie star profiles with no relevance to anything current." And who says yearly awards coverage doesn't have evergreen content value?

The Nuremburg trials were obviously conducted by occupying foreign powers. A better parallel to aspire to is something like the trials of Argentine state terrorists as conducted by a democratic Argentina itself in the 80s and—after a disastrous amnesty—re-opened in the 2000s

If you look up “Marty Supreme” on Amazon there’s several dozen AI-written books about it with AI-generated cover art.

“Please get the truth out about our son.”

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

A favorite film writer on a favorite podcast. Great listen, as expected.

Over at my old, er, haunt, I wrap up some unfinished business by talking to Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley about their “Room Temperature,” one of John Waters’s best films of 2025.

Also love this (true) exchange. Nick: "But how many artists actually retire? So many of them are on their deathbeds and are still making plans." Rodrigo: "All of them. They only stop making plans after they die."

"When you have these types of films being made outside of the U.S., you ask: why is this happening outside of the U.S? For one reason: because we have freedom of speech, and you guys do not." Great convo w/ a producer not afraid to speak his mind.

Big news: David Linde has been named @sundanceorg's new CEO. Funny, just last week was having a convo about how he'd be a good pick. Previous stints include Good Machine, Focus, Participant. Congrats, David! https://t.co/2u8mvEICIY

One of my top 10 films of the year and a new ingenious model for ultra low budget filmmaking that uses the question of how to get a first feature made as its impulsive hook.

Proud to have Sean Dunn’s “The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford,” produced with Alex Polunin and Jennifer Monks and starring Peter Mullan, in the Big Screen Competition at @IFFR.

“Gummo” is #27! Honestly, when we were making it, we all thought it was quite sweet.

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