Matt
@cinematt.bsky.social
I came here to talk about movies and chew bubblegum. And I’m all out of bubblegum.
I watch *a lot* of movies but particularly Japanese cinema, and I’m slowly learning the language in hope of being able to seek out new discoveries.
I watch *a lot* of movies but particularly Japanese cinema, and I’m slowly learning the language in hope of being able to seek out new discoveries.
What’s that? You’re doing The Exorcist again? Hope you’re not letting David Gordon Green near it this time. No? Mike Flanagan? Doctor Sleep Mike Flanagan?
a man in a blue jacket with the word bbc on the bottom
ALT: a man in a blue jacket with the word bbc on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
What’s that? You’re doing The Exorcist again? Hope you’re not letting David Gordon Green near it this time. No? Mike Flanagan? Doctor Sleep Mike Flanagan?
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
Also how old are the people that remember better times 50 years ago? Because there is basically nobody who was both working a job with real expenses like kids and a mortgage in 1975 and is still doing so today.
Also how old are the people that remember better times 50 years ago? Because there is basically nobody who was both working a job with real expenses like kids and a mortgage in 1975 and is still doing so today.
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.
Also how old are the people that remember better times 50 years ago? Because there is basically nobody who was both working a job with real expenses like kids and a mortgage in 1975 and is still doing so today.
Also how old are the people that remember better times 50 years ago? Because there is basically nobody who was both working a job with real expenses like kids and a mortgage in 1975 and is still doing so today.
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As transgender awareness week begins I just want to say something to my Ally followers.
The fight for trans rights is and has always been entirely about whether you let cruelly abusive puritans treat us as freaks.
We just want to exist in public in peace. We need your help.
Please
The fight for trans rights is and has always been entirely about whether you let cruelly abusive puritans treat us as freaks.
We just want to exist in public in peace. We need your help.
Please
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
As transgender awareness week begins I just want to say something to my Ally followers.
The fight for trans rights is and has always been entirely about whether you let cruelly abusive puritans treat us as freaks.
We just want to exist in public in peace. We need your help.
Please
The fight for trans rights is and has always been entirely about whether you let cruelly abusive puritans treat us as freaks.
We just want to exist in public in peace. We need your help.
Please
Letterboxd tells me I have seen a mere 32 of Tatsuya Nakadai’s films. Can’t think of one that wasn’t worth the time. I hope I get to see many many more of them. RIP to a legend.
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Letterboxd tells me I have seen a mere 32 of Tatsuya Nakadai’s films. Can’t think of one that wasn’t worth the time. I hope I get to see many many more of them. RIP to a legend.
This might be the release of the year for me. Truly an amazing time to be a movie lover, and I doubt there has ever been a better time to be a Japanese movie lover. Radiance in particular are bringing us wonders.
Available as part of our Nine Film Oshima boxset, RADICAL JAPAN: CINEMA AND STATE, open for orders now and shipping very soon:
Radical Japan: Cinema and State - Nine Films by Nagisa Oshima (LE)
This first volume in an ongoing series explores the films of new wave icon Nagisa Oshima (Cruel Story of Youth, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence).
www.radiancefilms.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This might be the release of the year for me. Truly an amazing time to be a movie lover, and I doubt there has ever been a better time to be a Japanese movie lover. Radiance in particular are bringing us wonders.
I’m over the moon about this one. Absolute bangers, and parts 2 and 3 have only been available with extremely dodgy auto translated subtitles. Radiance picking them up is an incredible result.
UK/US: Long unavailable outside of Japan, Sadao Nakajima’s sprawling THE JAPANESE GODFATHER TRILOGY is based on the true story of the country’s largest crime syndicate.
All Blu-ray world premieres, special features include a new filmed interview with screenwriter Koji Takada.
All Blu-ray world premieres, special features include a new filmed interview with screenwriter Koji Takada.
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I’m over the moon about this one. Absolute bangers, and parts 2 and 3 have only been available with extremely dodgy auto translated subtitles. Radiance picking them up is an incredible result.
@theguardian.com can’t believe you set the year boundaries so it was impossible to do a Wes Anderson clean sweep on this, because Tilda hadn’t yet worked with him in 2010.
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM
@theguardian.com can’t believe you set the year boundaries so it was impossible to do a Wes Anderson clean sweep on this, because Tilda hadn’t yet worked with him in 2010.
Going to see Frankenstein next week. Will have to work hard to leave me more horrified than I was upon discovering that a Tuesday afternoon screening now costs fifteen English pounds.
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Going to see Frankenstein next week. Will have to work hard to leave me more horrified than I was upon discovering that a Tuesday afternoon screening now costs fifteen English pounds.
This should be a surprise to nobody. What is more of a surprise is how few filmmakers are being vocal AI haters. Any director that has had to fight a fucking stupid note from a studio head or been forced to reshoot after test screenings should be terrified of it.
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This should be a surprise to nobody. What is more of a surprise is how few filmmakers are being vocal AI haters. Any director that has had to fight a fucking stupid note from a studio head or been forced to reshoot after test screenings should be terrified of it.
Does America realise it is actively in a civil war already?
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Does America realise it is actively in a civil war already?
I used to run a video store. It was a good space. We had years long relationships with customers, could make recommendations, talk about the movies to explain why they were good, cut your decision paralysis down to a couple of titles to pick from. The algorithm could never.
Yeah, I think I see the problem here - it's not that the video store was good, it's that you miss being a teenager
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I used to run a video store. It was a good space. We had years long relationships with customers, could make recommendations, talk about the movies to explain why they were good, cut your decision paralysis down to a couple of titles to pick from. The algorithm could never.
Can’t believe another Jared Leto film bombed. He was such a box office draw in…
a man with white hair and a beard is standing in front of a green wall .
ALT: a man with white hair and a beard is standing in front of a green wall .
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Can’t believe another Jared Leto film bombed. He was such a box office draw in…
Apparently RFK Jr said “I think it looks frightening when it’s cut off. It’s a Doberman— let it have its ears.”
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Apparently RFK Jr said “I think it looks frightening when it’s cut off. It’s a Doberman— let it have its ears.”
Nobody had autism back in the day. They just had changelings left by demons that stole their real baby and left them with one that looked exactly like theirs but had no emotions.
October 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Nobody had autism back in the day. They just had changelings left by demons that stole their real baby and left them with one that looked exactly like theirs but had no emotions.
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AI actress Tilly Norwood has tragically passed away while filming her first movie with director A Hologram of John Landis
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
AI actress Tilly Norwood has tragically passed away while filming her first movie with director A Hologram of John Landis
Ooh fun, I bought the Nightmare on Elm St digital collection on sale about a week ago and now they’ve upgraded them all (bar the 2010 effort) to 4K. Spooky season off to a good start.
(I love physical media but not everything deserves precious shelf space, and the discs are literally 10x the price)
(I love physical media but not everything deserves precious shelf space, and the discs are literally 10x the price)
September 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ooh fun, I bought the Nightmare on Elm St digital collection on sale about a week ago and now they’ve upgraded them all (bar the 2010 effort) to 4K. Spooky season off to a good start.
(I love physical media but not everything deserves precious shelf space, and the discs are literally 10x the price)
(I love physical media but not everything deserves precious shelf space, and the discs are literally 10x the price)
Same energy as ‘Snoop dogg has bought some prime real estate in the metaverse’
Multiple talent agents are reportedly in talks to sign AI “actress” Tilly Norward, created by AI talent studio Xicoia.
(https://deadline.com/2025/09/talent-agent-ai-actress-tilly-norwood-studios-1236557889/)
(https://deadline.com/2025/09/talent-agent-ai-actress-tilly-norwood-studios-1236557889/)
September 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Same energy as ‘Snoop dogg has bought some prime real estate in the metaverse’
They did so much fuckin' with neurotypical women, huh? That they changed the whole bloodline forever. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked an autistic, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-autistic kid... now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying?”
September 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
They did so much fuckin' with neurotypical women, huh? That they changed the whole bloodline forever. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked an autistic, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-autistic kid... now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying?”
Yeah we used to be 1 in 20,000. Now we’re 1 in 30. It’s called natural selection, bitches. The number 1 reason for the rise in autism is that nerds are sexy now, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
September 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Yeah we used to be 1 in 20,000. Now we’re 1 in 30. It’s called natural selection, bitches. The number 1 reason for the rise in autism is that nerds are sexy now, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Also how the fuck are you going to identify autistic people in the Amish community? They already wear the same clothes every day, have the same haircuts, live by rigid rules, and hyper focus on barn building.
September 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Also how the fuck are you going to identify autistic people in the Amish community? They already wear the same clothes every day, have the same haircuts, live by rigid rules, and hyper focus on barn building.
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If autism is outlawed, only outlaws will have autism.
September 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If autism is outlawed, only outlaws will have autism.
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IT'S TOO MUCH LIQUID. THINK ABOUT ALL OUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS
September 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
IT'S TOO MUCH LIQUID. THINK ABOUT ALL OUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS