Jen Myers
@antiheroine.bsky.social
Technologist/writer/grown-up film student in Chicago. she/her jenmyers.net
Taking a little social media break. I haven't been keeping up my newsletter or website much over the past few months, but I'm thinking of getting back to both so you can keep an eye out there if you are so inclined: jenmyers.net In the meantime, be excellent to each other. 🖤
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Taking a little social media break. I haven't been keeping up my newsletter or website much over the past few months, but I'm thinking of getting back to both so you can keep an eye out there if you are so inclined: jenmyers.net In the meantime, be excellent to each other. 🖤
The list is just ROAD HOUSE five times in a row
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The list is just ROAD HOUSE five times in a row
This past year I saw both YOJIMBO and HIGH AND LOW in the theater and it was astonishing to think about how that we still had a living link to that filmmaking era. No longer. But what a run.
Tatsuya Nakadai, who starred in films by Kurosawa, Kobayashi, Naruse, Teshigahara, Ichikawa, and Kinuyo Tanaka, has died at 92.
“The qualities that truly define him are those that seem sprung from electrifying forces deep within.” Chuck Stephens — www.criterion.com/current/post...
“The qualities that truly define him are those that seem sprung from electrifying forces deep within.” Chuck Stephens — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This past year I saw both YOJIMBO and HIGH AND LOW in the theater and it was astonishing to think about how that we still had a living link to that filmmaking era. No longer. But what a run.
Never has there been a case of more "good fucking riddance," but it's not unamusing that they're hightailing it right after the first snow storm hit. Chicago has a built-in defense against unserious jagoffs and it's called winter.
News: Feds are said to be on their way out of Chicago in the near future. Via @jmetr22b.bsky.social and me www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Never has there been a case of more "good fucking riddance," but it's not unamusing that they're hightailing it right after the first snow storm hit. Chicago has a built-in defense against unserious jagoffs and it's called winter.
I am 99.999% sure that every single one of these photos is from the Instagram account "hotdudesreading" which is literally nothing but photos of hot guys reading books in public (captioned with filthy puns). That is objectively the most hilarious way to illustrate this headline.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I am 99.999% sure that every single one of these photos is from the Instagram account "hotdudesreading" which is literally nothing but photos of hot guys reading books in public (captioned with filthy puns). That is objectively the most hilarious way to illustrate this headline.
I have a whole Letterboxd list for this, because of course I do. I'm going to go with the first one on it, Bergman's CRIES AND WHISPERS. A color-saturated, claustrophobic feminine nightmare. (Complimentary, obviously.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I have a whole Letterboxd list for this, because of course I do. I'm going to go with the first one on it, Bergman's CRIES AND WHISPERS. A color-saturated, claustrophobic feminine nightmare. (Complimentary, obviously.)
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
The new Luc Besson Dracula looks like literally everything I hate about evolved Dracula lore but it also stars Caleb Landry Jones so you see the conundrum.
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The new Luc Besson Dracula looks like literally everything I hate about evolved Dracula lore but it also stars Caleb Landry Jones so you see the conundrum.
All the love in the world to the people of Chicago
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
All the love in the world to the people of Chicago
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Protect RP, a rapid response immigrant support network started in 2017 by a group of Rogers Park neighbors, has compiled a list of GoFundMe’s for families in the neighborhood impacted by ICE / CBP abductions and presence in Chicago:
Rogers Park Immigrant Families Need Your Support
Please give as you are able AND share this page! If you have friends and family asking how they can support Chicago in this difficult time, this is a way to directly support families. Go FundMe Link...
docs.google.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Protect RP, a rapid response immigrant support network started in 2017 by a group of Rogers Park neighbors, has compiled a list of GoFundMe’s for families in the neighborhood impacted by ICE / CBP abductions and presence in Chicago:
Have we discussed how four incredibly accomplished film directors emerged from two nearby high schools on Chicago's far north side? Fosse and Mann from Amundsen and Harold Ramis and William Friedkin from Senn. Encourage your young filmmakers in the neighborhood, friends. The odds are in their favor.
Waiting for the Damen bus — Amundsen High School, Designed by architect Paul Gerhardt. Bob Fosse and Michael Mann are alumni.
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Have we discussed how four incredibly accomplished film directors emerged from two nearby high schools on Chicago's far north side? Fosse and Mann from Amundsen and Harold Ramis and William Friedkin from Senn. Encourage your young filmmakers in the neighborhood, friends. The odds are in their favor.
This is a pretty impressive list, but I believe that we can and should do more, be the ruination of uptight weirdos that you want to see in the world
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is a pretty impressive list, but I believe that we can and should do more, be the ruination of uptight weirdos that you want to see in the world
On school patrol yesterday I met a neighbor who moved with his polycule from Texas to Rogers Park last year and whose father once taught the current director of the Grant Park Music Festival. We discussed the Leather Archives & Museum and Christkindlmarket. My community is the best.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On school patrol yesterday I met a neighbor who moved with his polycule from Texas to Rogers Park last year and whose father once taught the current director of the Grant Park Music Festival. We discussed the Leather Archives & Museum and Christkindlmarket. My community is the best.
10/10, would follow into battle
Miss World Chile did is in a metal band. This was her talent portion at Miss World
www.instagram.com/reel/DQuI2W7...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQuI2W7...
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
10/10, would follow into battle
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Columbo
August 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Columbo
I think this hits us all in cycles, but over the past week I've really been struggling with the emotional dissonance of going to work meetings, keeping up with tasks and spending time with my kid while also patrolling to try to prevent people from being grabbed and disappeared from the place I live.
Congratulations to my friends in New York. Now can we please shift the focus to Chicago? (These items are all from today.)
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I think this hits us all in cycles, but over the past week I've really been struggling with the emotional dissonance of going to work meetings, keeping up with tasks and spending time with my kid while also patrolling to try to prevent people from being grabbed and disappeared from the place I live.
Congratulations to Mira Nair and I suppose the rest of you but mostly Mira Nair
Mira Nair, in addition to being a brilliant filmmaker, is now officially the mom of the MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY!
Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, in a historic victory for progressives
Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
www.npr.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Congratulations to Mira Nair and I suppose the rest of you but mostly Mira Nair
A reasonable and correct stance—but I also think it's not enough to ask men the same work/life balance questions; we should explicitly be asking them why they aren't doing more to change expectations and improve opportunities.
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A reasonable and correct stance—but I also think it's not enough to ask men the same work/life balance questions; we should explicitly be asking them why they aren't doing more to change expectations and improve opportunities.
Good election news AND the announcement of a new Mummy movie with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz on the same day, how does one even handle it
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Good election news AND the announcement of a new Mummy movie with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz on the same day, how does one even handle it
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Tom Humphrey www.flickr.com/tomhumphrey/
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Tom Humphrey www.flickr.com/tomhumphrey/
I just checked and turns out Chicago is still the best city.
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I just checked and turns out Chicago is still the best city.
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If you’re in the Edgewater/Rogers Park area, we need people with their whistles on visibly out on patrol. Even if it’s just a walk on your lunch break or while you walk your dog, it matters. This is an all hands on deck day. Whatever you can do. ICE is heavily present in the area. Hope I see you.
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you’re in the Edgewater/Rogers Park area, we need people with their whistles on visibly out on patrol. Even if it’s just a walk on your lunch break or while you walk your dog, it matters. This is an all hands on deck day. Whatever you can do. ICE is heavily present in the area. Hope I see you.
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We lost something as a culture when kids stopped doing weird as fuck Universal Monsters puzzles. #FilmSky #Halloween
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
We lost something as a culture when kids stopped doing weird as fuck Universal Monsters puzzles. #FilmSky #Halloween
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
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Annual reminder, for an easy Halloween craft, stack your candy corn to resemble a vagina dentata.
October 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Annual reminder, for an easy Halloween craft, stack your candy corn to resemble a vagina dentata.