cinematthew.bsky.social
@cinematthew.bsky.social
PhD candidate (Media, Cinema, & Digital Studies) & Grad Teaching Assistant at UW Milwaukee | Film exhibition, media technology, & American cinema | he/him
Still waiting on that next Playdead game
a group of people are standing in a dark room with the words so called free thinkers above them
ALT: a group of people are standing in a dark room with the words so called free thinkers above them
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Still waiting on that next Playdead game
When you're a pet owner (especially of two), there are days when it is more glaringly apparent that you're sharing your home with two animals. Today has been one of those days...
January 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM
When you're a pet owner (especially of two), there are days when it is more glaringly apparent that you're sharing your home with two animals. Today has been one of those days...
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No one mourns the "Wicked."
January 22, 2026 at 3:28 PM
No one mourns the "Wicked."
Ehrlich's videos are always joyful tributes to cinema in all its genres, modes, and national and industrial permutations. A great lunch break watch!
January 20, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Ehrlich's videos are always joyful tributes to cinema in all its genres, modes, and national and industrial permutations. A great lunch break watch!
Criticisms are warranted, but Kennedy endured viciously misogynistic attacks from "fans" over the course of her tenure at Lucasfilm. An important cornerstone of the so-called culture wars
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Criticisms are warranted, but Kennedy endured viciously misogynistic attacks from "fans" over the course of her tenure at Lucasfilm. An important cornerstone of the so-called culture wars
Worth remembering that despite many missteps, Kathleen Kennedy also shepherded one of the best big-budget studio films of the 2010s (The Last Jedi, a franchise best) and perhaps the single best television series to debut so far this decade (Andor)
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Lucasfilm Replacing Kathleen Kennedy With Dave Filoni, Lynwen Brennan as New ‘Star Wars’ Bosses
Lucasfilm has lined up replacements for Kathy Kennedy when she steps down from running the company behind "Star Wars" this year.
variety.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Worth remembering that despite many missteps, Kathleen Kennedy also shepherded one of the best big-budget studio films of the 2010s (The Last Jedi, a franchise best) and perhaps the single best television series to debut so far this decade (Andor)
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
This has a long history, from "safe zones" during the when cropping and pan-and-scan was common for TV broadcasts and home video to the 50s widescreen boom when projection equipment and screen dimensions varied wildly.
Once more, the material conditions of exhibition matter!
Once more, the material conditions of exhibition matter!
January 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This has a long history, from "safe zones" during the when cropping and pan-and-scan was common for TV broadcasts and home video to the 50s widescreen boom when projection equipment and screen dimensions varied wildly.
Once more, the material conditions of exhibition matter!
Once more, the material conditions of exhibition matter!
And right after a film dealing with the historical trauma of a dictatorship won International and got played off!
January 12, 2026 at 3:33 AM
And right after a film dealing with the historical trauma of a dictatorship won International and got played off!
The Golden Globes are a fun time because you have celebrities taking up airtime with unfunny comedic bits and cutaways to Polymarket ads while Jafar Panahi is sitting there about to be arrested by his government for making films
January 12, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The Golden Globes are a fun time because you have celebrities taking up airtime with unfunny comedic bits and cutaways to Polymarket ads while Jafar Panahi is sitting there about to be arrested by his government for making films
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GSO is planning a new webinar series—and we want your input.
Current topic ideas include:
Academic Freedom
Research Methods
Job and Career Pathways
We welcome additional suggestions and feedback. Please share your ideas using this form:
forms.gle/GtyCF5ZtEq6a...
Current topic ideas include:
Academic Freedom
Research Methods
Job and Career Pathways
We welcome additional suggestions and feedback. Please share your ideas using this form:
forms.gle/GtyCF5ZtEq6a...
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
GSO is planning a new webinar series—and we want your input.
Current topic ideas include:
Academic Freedom
Research Methods
Job and Career Pathways
We welcome additional suggestions and feedback. Please share your ideas using this form:
forms.gle/GtyCF5ZtEq6a...
Current topic ideas include:
Academic Freedom
Research Methods
Job and Career Pathways
We welcome additional suggestions and feedback. Please share your ideas using this form:
forms.gle/GtyCF5ZtEq6a...
The deadline to sign up for the #SCMS26 mentorship program (as either mentee or mentor) is next Friday!
The GSO is also looking to connect first-time attendees with more experienced grad students. A reminder email was sent out this morning with more info and sign-up links
The GSO is also looking to connect first-time attendees with more experienced grad students. A reminder email was sent out this morning with more info and sign-up links
SCMS-2026 GSO Mentorship
GSO is hosting one-on-one mentorship meetings (in person at SCMS or virtual) connecting grad students,recent grads, & precariously employed scholars with advanced academic & alt-ac mentors.
👉 Mentor & mentee sign-up forms are linked and available via QR codes in the flyer.
GSO is hosting one-on-one mentorship meetings (in person at SCMS or virtual) connecting grad students,recent grads, & precariously employed scholars with advanced academic & alt-ac mentors.
👉 Mentor & mentee sign-up forms are linked and available via QR codes in the flyer.
January 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The deadline to sign up for the #SCMS26 mentorship program (as either mentee or mentor) is next Friday!
The GSO is also looking to connect first-time attendees with more experienced grad students. A reminder email was sent out this morning with more info and sign-up links
The GSO is also looking to connect first-time attendees with more experienced grad students. A reminder email was sent out this morning with more info and sign-up links
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No, be productive with your time: JRPGs!!
January 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
No, be productive with your time: JRPGs!!
Ideal headspace to word vomit some truly galaxy brain ideas to return to and refine later in a better state of mind!
January 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Ideal headspace to word vomit some truly galaxy brain ideas to return to and refine later in a better state of mind!
Let's get to work 👏
January 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Let's get to work 👏
I had Fleischer too from watching all the old Superman shorts over the summer
January 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I had Fleischer too from watching all the old Superman shorts over the summer
Happy birthday! Make sure to celebrate with some good cinema 🎉
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Happy birthday! Make sure to celebrate with some good cinema 🎉
Unfortunately I was not enamored by the new film, which I found to be a clumsy retread of the same action beats and visual spectacle that Cameron already knocked out of the park in the previous two outings: boxd.it/c77vX7
A review of Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
Avatar: Fire and Ash is the longest entry in the series, but it's the first I hesitate to classify as an epic. James Cameron's third trip to Pandora feels uncharacteristically clumsy, flailing from be...
boxd.it
December 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Unfortunately I was not enamored by the new film, which I found to be a clumsy retread of the same action beats and visual spectacle that Cameron already knocked out of the park in the previous two outings: boxd.it/c77vX7
Avatar: Fire and Ash is now in theaters, so it's as good a time as any to re-plug my article on high frame rate projection
Now available digitally: muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Avatar: Fire and Ash is now in theaters, so it's as good a time as any to re-plug my article on high frame rate projection
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GSO Spotlight Program
We’re thrilled to introduce a new initiative! If you’ve recently been published, completed your dissertation, received an award, or have other exciting news to share, we want to highlight you.
Submissions can be made here:
forms.gle/dpyQDLCoNKtL...
We’re thrilled to introduce a new initiative! If you’ve recently been published, completed your dissertation, received an award, or have other exciting news to share, we want to highlight you.
Submissions can be made here:
forms.gle/dpyQDLCoNKtL...
December 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GSO Spotlight Program
We’re thrilled to introduce a new initiative! If you’ve recently been published, completed your dissertation, received an award, or have other exciting news to share, we want to highlight you.
Submissions can be made here:
forms.gle/dpyQDLCoNKtL...
We’re thrilled to introduce a new initiative! If you’ve recently been published, completed your dissertation, received an award, or have other exciting news to share, we want to highlight you.
Submissions can be made here:
forms.gle/dpyQDLCoNKtL...
This. I just saw a 3:30 screening of Hamnet, got home by 6:30, and I feel like it's 9.
December 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This. I just saw a 3:30 screening of Hamnet, got home by 6:30, and I feel like it's 9.
Mostly just Cary Grant
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Mostly just Cary Grant
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Seven straight Warner Bros. pictures earned over $40 million on their opening weekends. Warner Bros. led the Golden Globes noms. It's having one of the best years critically and financially in its history.
Why is it auctioning itself off?
The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.
Why is it auctioning itself off?
The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.
Why Is Warner Bros. for Sale at All? - The American Prospect
Its product has never been more critically or financially successful. Why is it auctioning itself off?
prospect.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Seven straight Warner Bros. pictures earned over $40 million on their opening weekends. Warner Bros. led the Golden Globes noms. It's having one of the best years critically and financially in its history.
Why is it auctioning itself off?
The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.
Why is it auctioning itself off?
The answer explains a lot about the modern economy.
Greatly enjoyed reading Ramzi Fawaz's essay on Andor in the new issue of Film Quarterly, where he shrewdly argues that the series "sits resolutely within the history of global revolutionary media." doi.org/10.1525/fq.2...
December 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Greatly enjoyed reading Ramzi Fawaz's essay on Andor in the new issue of Film Quarterly, where he shrewdly argues that the series "sits resolutely within the history of global revolutionary media." doi.org/10.1525/fq.2...