Bill Bria
@billbria.bsky.social
He/Him. Staff Writer at /Film, contributor to Discussing Film, Dread Central, Crooked Marquee, The Wrap, Daily Grindhouse, others. Co-host of Bill & Ashley’s Terror Theater. An actor and comedian sometimes. A goofball all other times.
Good morning. I’ve seen #Keeper. Full review to follow on Thursday, but for now, have a non-spoilery taste:
www.slashfilm.com/2022955/osgo...
www.slashfilm.com/2022955/osgo...
Osgood Perkins' Keeper Will Delight Horror Buffs For One Major Reason - SlashFilm
Osgood Perkins' new horror film, Keeper, has been cloaked in secrecy, but we've seen it and are here to tell you why you should let it scare you.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Good morning. I’ve seen #Keeper. Full review to follow on Thursday, but for now, have a non-spoilery taste:
www.slashfilm.com/2022955/osgo...
www.slashfilm.com/2022955/osgo...
#RunningManMovie is like a man seething with anger finally mustering the courage to speak up: it’s uneven & all over the place (literally, in its country-hopping structure). Yet it’s also filled with such passion & righteous indignation that its vibrancy won me over.
a man in a white jacket is holding a glowing object
ALT: a man in a white jacket is holding a glowing object
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
#RunningManMovie is like a man seething with anger finally mustering the courage to speak up: it’s uneven & all over the place (literally, in its country-hopping structure). Yet it’s also filled with such passion & righteous indignation that its vibrancy won me over.
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Maestro Ennio Morricone was born on this day in 1928. @billbria.bsky.social looks at his most iconic trio of film scores: crookedmarquee.com/the-lush-bri...
The Lush Brilliance of Ennio Morricone’s Dollars Symphony
The recently departed Italian composer’s early and iconic work with director Sergio Leone remains a marvel of instrumental ingenuity – and thematic unity.
crookedmarquee.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Maestro Ennio Morricone was born on this day in 1928. @billbria.bsky.social looks at his most iconic trio of film scores: crookedmarquee.com/the-lush-bri...
So happy to share my exclusive #PredatorBadlands interview with Dan Trachtenberg for @slashfilm.bsky.social ! We get into the visual history of Genna, the video game references, the origin of the film's title, Dek's sword, and more!
www.slashfilm.com/2018059/pred...
www.slashfilm.com/2018059/pred...
Predator: Badlands Director Dan Trachtenberg On Making The Boldest Film In The Franchise So Far [Exclusive Interview] - SlashFilm
We spoke with Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg about adding new elements to the franchise, what video games influenced him, and much more.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
So happy to share my exclusive #PredatorBadlands interview with Dan Trachtenberg for @slashfilm.bsky.social ! We get into the visual history of Genna, the video game references, the origin of the film's title, Dek's sword, and more!
www.slashfilm.com/2018059/pred...
www.slashfilm.com/2018059/pred...
There was a livestream for DIE MY LOVE with a Q&A at AMC tonight, completely sold out for days. Folks showed up super late, missed a lot of the movie, and then half of them audibly groaned when they realized J. Law wasn’t actually gonna be there in person, and left. Embarrassing!
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
There was a livestream for DIE MY LOVE with a Q&A at AMC tonight, completely sold out for days. Folks showed up super late, missed a lot of the movie, and then half of them audibly groaned when they realized J. Law wasn’t actually gonna be there in person, and left. Embarrassing!
#Pluribus is easily the best new TV series of the year. Vince Gilligan slides back into X-FILES mode, bringing along BREAKING BAD’s verve and his irreverent satire. Rhea Seehorn creates a totally unique antiheroine: a mix of righteous, messy humanity and ugliness. It’s brilliant.
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
#Pluribus is easily the best new TV series of the year. Vince Gilligan slides back into X-FILES mode, bringing along BREAKING BAD’s verve and his irreverent satire. Rhea Seehorn creates a totally unique antiheroine: a mix of righteous, messy humanity and ugliness. It’s brilliant.
If any editors or producers who follow me are working on future physical media projects, I’m eager to find some new gigs! Booklet essays, commentary tracks (solo and w/Terror Theater)…let me know!
November 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If any editors or producers who follow me are working on future physical media projects, I’m eager to find some new gigs! Booklet essays, commentary tracks (solo and w/Terror Theater)…let me know!
#Eternity is amazing. A 21st century Old Hollywood melodrama, David Freyne's film is Capra by way of John Patrick Shanley, with dashes of Powell & Pressburger, Kaufman/Gondry & Gilliam. Olsen, Teller, & Turner are quirky & touching in equal measure. My favorite surprise of 2025!
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
#Eternity is amazing. A 21st century Old Hollywood melodrama, David Freyne's film is Capra by way of John Patrick Shanley, with dashes of Powell & Pressburger, Kaufman/Gondry & Gilliam. Olsen, Teller, & Turner are quirky & touching in equal measure. My favorite surprise of 2025!
I went to see #BackToTheFuture in 4DX earlier this week, and I was literally and figuratively blown away. Read more about it on @slashfilm.bsky.social :
www.slashfilm.com/2011533/4dx-...
www.slashfilm.com/2011533/4dx-...
I've Seen The Future Of 4DX Movie Screenings Thanks To An Unlikely Classic Film - SlashFilm
4DX remains a polarizing way to watch movies in the theater, but the recent release of a classic sci-fi comedy has us thinking this could be the future.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I went to see #BackToTheFuture in 4DX earlier this week, and I was literally and figuratively blown away. Read more about it on @slashfilm.bsky.social :
www.slashfilm.com/2011533/4dx-...
www.slashfilm.com/2011533/4dx-...
#IsThisThingOn continues Bradley Cooper’s earnest look at finding catharsis through performance through the lens of a crumbling marriage where the dead ends & new beginnings start to blur together. Arnett & Dern help make it all attractively real, refreshingly averting cliches.
October 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
#IsThisThingOn continues Bradley Cooper’s earnest look at finding catharsis through performance through the lens of a crumbling marriage where the dead ends & new beginnings start to blur together. Arnett & Dern help make it all attractively real, refreshingly averting cliches.
Dan Trachtenberg ingeniously subverts the series yet again with #PredatorBadlands, doing for the Yautja what T2 did for the T-800. Elle Fanning is a delight in her dual role, Jeff Cutter makes Genna look as deadly gorgeous as Pandora, all within a killer action/adventure film.
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Dan Trachtenberg ingeniously subverts the series yet again with #PredatorBadlands, doing for the Yautja what T2 did for the T-800. Elle Fanning is a delight in her dual role, Jeff Cutter makes Genna look as deadly gorgeous as Pandora, all within a killer action/adventure film.
#InYourDreams does something a lot of recent family films hope to do but fail at: recapturing that magic feeling of the heartwarming, thoughtful, and a little bit edgy animated movies of all our childhoods. Consistently inventive, frequently funny, impressively mature!
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 AM
#InYourDreams does something a lot of recent family films hope to do but fail at: recapturing that magic feeling of the heartwarming, thoughtful, and a little bit edgy animated movies of all our childhoods. Consistently inventive, frequently funny, impressively mature!
just put Tabasco on grilled whitefish with garlic butter
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
just put Tabasco on grilled whitefish with garlic butter
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October 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Vegetables are TERRIFYING
If I didn't know better, I would say this just looks like a bunch of carrots.
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Vegetables are TERRIFYING
You’re very welcome! We’re so happy to have you as a fan.
My favorite podcast sent me a shirt! They don’t have a Bluesky account but had to say thank you so much to one of the hosts @billbria.bsky.social. I strongly recommend horror fans check them out for great in-depth conversations, news and reviews! Thanks again!
October 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
You’re very welcome! We’re so happy to have you as a fan.
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I am just a little bit of a media historian, but I've read enough to say that I think this has a pretty easy explanation: there was a time where if you wanted to be a movie exec you had to socially succeed with other movie people; now you have to socially succeed with finance and tech bros.
last 15 years feel like an experiment in putting individuals who don't know why people see movies in charge of getting people to see movies
David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus:
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I am just a little bit of a media historian, but I've read enough to say that I think this has a pretty easy explanation: there was a time where if you wanted to be a movie exec you had to socially succeed with other movie people; now you have to socially succeed with finance and tech bros.
QUEENS OF THE DEAD is a total delight. Forget about whether it carries on the Romero legacy (it does) or adds new lore to the zombie (nah); none of that matters thanks to just how endearingly hilarious this movie is. A zombie film that doesn’t even need zombies to be great!
October 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
QUEENS OF THE DEAD is a total delight. Forget about whether it carries on the Romero legacy (it does) or adds new lore to the zombie (nah); none of that matters thanks to just how endearingly hilarious this movie is. A zombie film that doesn’t even need zombies to be great!
Just got my contributor copy of @vinsyn.bsky.social ‘s release of TROMEO & JULIET, and what a thing of beauty it is! So honored to be included in this milestone release. Hope you all enjoy it!
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just got my contributor copy of @vinsyn.bsky.social ‘s release of TROMEO & JULIET, and what a thing of beauty it is! So honored to be included in this milestone release. Hope you all enjoy it!
Had an absolute blast at #NerdNiteLA last night, yapping about my kooky HALLOWEEN theory. Thanks so much to all who came out (including @aaronsps4.bsky.social and @hunterboldingvideo.bsky.social ) and all who participated (including @bjcolangelo.bsky.social and @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social !)
October 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Had an absolute blast at #NerdNiteLA last night, yapping about my kooky HALLOWEEN theory. Thanks so much to all who came out (including @aaronsps4.bsky.social and @hunterboldingvideo.bsky.social ) and all who participated (including @bjcolangelo.bsky.social and @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social !)
Holy smokes, what a lineup!!
This November the New Bev spotlights Burt Lancaster, highlights the work of Bill Forsyth, presents a special 35mm first-run engagement of Osgood Perkins’ new film Keeper, plus family matinees, midnights, and more! Let us know what you’re most excited to see!
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Holy smokes, what a lineup!!
While it doesn’t transcend every biopic trope, #Springsteen DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE subverts the subgenre in a way that really got to me. Its approach — a character study of a man with depression, only he’s The Boss — allows Jeremy Allen White to give a remarkably rich performance.
October 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
While it doesn’t transcend every biopic trope, #Springsteen DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE subverts the subgenre in a way that really got to me. Its approach — a character study of a man with depression, only he’s The Boss — allows Jeremy Allen White to give a remarkably rich performance.
Went in on the short-sighted cancellation of the Adam Driver/Steven Soderbergh Ben Solo movie for @slashfilm.bsky.social :
www.slashfilm.com/2002709/why-...
www.slashfilm.com/2002709/why-...
Why Disney Scrapped A Kylo Ren Star Wars Sequel Directed By An Oscar Winner - SlashFilm
Kylo Ren is one of the best characters of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, but Disney squashed a possible spin-off film directed by an Oscar-winning director.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Went in on the short-sighted cancellation of the Adam Driver/Steven Soderbergh Ben Solo movie for @slashfilm.bsky.social :
www.slashfilm.com/2002709/why-...
www.slashfilm.com/2002709/why-...
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Recent pic of Etsuko “Sue” Shihomi (The “Sister Streetfighter” series, “The 13 Steps of Maki,” & “ The Great Chase”) taken from her Instagram. I ask again, can someone please convince her to come out of retirement for one last movie? Look at her! Killing it!
October 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Recent pic of Etsuko “Sue” Shihomi (The “Sister Streetfighter” series, “The 13 Steps of Maki,” & “ The Great Chase”) taken from her Instagram. I ask again, can someone please convince her to come out of retirement for one last movie? Look at her! Killing it!
#TheMastermind is pure Kelly Reichardt, in that it demands your patience in order to deliver a delightfully astute character study. Its satire is representative of its early-‘70s setting, regarding Josh O’Connor’s would-be art thief with equal parts bemusement and embarrassment.
October 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
#TheMastermind is pure Kelly Reichardt, in that it demands your patience in order to deliver a delightfully astute character study. Its satire is representative of its early-‘70s setting, regarding Josh O’Connor’s would-be art thief with equal parts bemusement and embarrassment.