Daniel Carlson
@danielwcarlson.bsky.social
Lapsed film critic. Writer, reader, bearder. Seen at Crooked Marquee, Musings, Bright Wall Dark Room, Plex, several others. Sucker for ’90s country. Hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
Another banger for the Michael Shannon file: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Another banger for the Michael Shannon file: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
8:14 a.m.: a full day ahead, plenty of time to get my work done
11:02 a.m.: well, I tried
11:02 a.m.: well, I tried
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
8:14 a.m.: a full day ahead, plenty of time to get my work done
11:02 a.m.: well, I tried
11:02 a.m.: well, I tried
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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This helped me today. Small Kindnesses, by Danusha Laméris
August 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This helped me today. Small Kindnesses, by Danusha Laméris
In winter I walk the dog while wearing the custom pajama pants my wife got me featuring pics of my dog’s face—I’m 43
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In winter I walk the dog while wearing the custom pajama pants my wife got me featuring pics of my dog’s face—I’m 43
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i parachute into X/Twitter a lot for my job and obviously have chronicled the devolution but today it feels that, even outside of the realm of groyperposting the broad culture there is just like *i have lead poisoning*
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
i parachute into X/Twitter a lot for my job and obviously have chronicled the devolution but today it feels that, even outside of the realm of groyperposting the broad culture there is just like *i have lead poisoning*
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Hey everybody. Let's Schumer* the hell out of this day!
*capitulate to everyone we see, until we get home, knowing that we completely failed the day, our families, and our friends, and go into our bedroom closet and cry ourselves to a troubled sleep, huddled among the dirty clothes in humiliation
*capitulate to everyone we see, until we get home, knowing that we completely failed the day, our families, and our friends, and go into our bedroom closet and cry ourselves to a troubled sleep, huddled among the dirty clothes in humiliation
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hey everybody. Let's Schumer* the hell out of this day!
*capitulate to everyone we see, until we get home, knowing that we completely failed the day, our families, and our friends, and go into our bedroom closet and cry ourselves to a troubled sleep, huddled among the dirty clothes in humiliation
*capitulate to everyone we see, until we get home, knowing that we completely failed the day, our families, and our friends, and go into our bedroom closet and cry ourselves to a troubled sleep, huddled among the dirty clothes in humiliation
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Very pleased that @rollingstone.com is running an excerpt of WITHOUT CONSENT today, focusing on the making and impact of a 1980 television movie on the Rideout case featuring a young Linda Hamilton and Mickey Rourke.
Inside the 1980 Made-For-TV Movie That Tackled Marital Rape -- Before It Was a Crime Nationwide
In this excerpt from 'Without Consent,' Sarah Weinman explores a ripped-from-headlines movie starring Mickey Rourke and Linda Hamilton.
www.rollingstone.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Very pleased that @rollingstone.com is running an excerpt of WITHOUT CONSENT today, focusing on the making and impact of a 1980 television movie on the Rideout case featuring a young Linda Hamilton and Mickey Rourke.
It’s 10:06 a.m.—do you know where your TCT is?
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It’s 10:06 a.m.—do you know where your TCT is?
Parents: do today’s young kids still Have Feelings about the animated Robin Hood and/or Maid Marian from Disney’s 1973 version? It seemed like a rite of passage for a while there.
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Parents: do today’s young kids still Have Feelings about the animated Robin Hood and/or Maid Marian from Disney’s 1973 version? It seemed like a rite of passage for a while there.
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I love getting thoughts on AI from people who don’t know how to attach PDF’s
The director believes we're only two years from an all-AI movie.
Paul Schrader claims to have the "perfect script" for an AI-generated feature
Paul Schrader claims to have the "perfect script" for an AI-generated feature
www.avclub.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I love getting thoughts on AI from people who don’t know how to attach PDF’s
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES. An absolute masterpiece: focused, gentle, elegiac. Such love amid such loss.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES. An absolute masterpiece: focused, gentle, elegiac. Such love amid such loss.
- This guy doesn’t actually believe these things
- He knows Republicans and their donors do
- He is shamelessly making a play to fascists so he can stay funded
- His only belief is in his self-interest
- Tech bros are soulless oligarchs and should be deposed
- He knows Republicans and their donors do
- He is shamelessly making a play to fascists so he can stay funded
- His only belief is in his self-interest
- Tech bros are soulless oligarchs and should be deposed
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
- This guy doesn’t actually believe these things
- He knows Republicans and their donors do
- He is shamelessly making a play to fascists so he can stay funded
- His only belief is in his self-interest
- Tech bros are soulless oligarchs and should be deposed
- He knows Republicans and their donors do
- He is shamelessly making a play to fascists so he can stay funded
- His only belief is in his self-interest
- Tech bros are soulless oligarchs and should be deposed
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You might enjoy these quotes from Falk talking in general about Columbo's "reaching into pockets" business. (In that same interview he told me about directing "Blueprint for Murder" and getting help from Cassavetes and Spielberg.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
You might enjoy these quotes from Falk talking in general about Columbo's "reaching into pockets" business. (In that same interview he told me about directing "Blueprint for Murder" and getting help from Cassavetes and Spielberg.)
PLURIBUS is great so far for many reasons, not least of which you can practically feel Vince Gilligan’s excitement at getting to remind people he was responsible for some of the best stuff on THE X-FILES
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
PLURIBUS is great so far for many reasons, not least of which you can practically feel Vince Gilligan’s excitement at getting to remind people he was responsible for some of the best stuff on THE X-FILES
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vince gilligan shaved his moustache and i can tell you right now it would take me like ten years to figure out clark kent is superman. who the fuck is that
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
vince gilligan shaved his moustache and i can tell you right now it would take me like ten years to figure out clark kent is superman. who the fuck is that
Happy 18th anniversary to NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, one of the best movies of the century. In a world where happiness is distinctly disconnected from action (i.e., bad things happen to good people), true morality means trying to do the right thing anyway, even knowing that you might pay for it.
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy 18th anniversary to NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, one of the best movies of the century. In a world where happiness is distinctly disconnected from action (i.e., bad things happen to good people), true morality means trying to do the right thing anyway, even knowing that you might pay for it.
He respects the classics
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
He respects the classics
Years of Proven Experience
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Years of Proven Experience
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
The real trouble is that a significant portion of those 77 million people agree that he is incompetent—hell, they never even thought he was competent to begin with—but they would rather willingly vote for a fool than a Democrat.
Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The real trouble is that a significant portion of those 77 million people agree that he is incompetent—hell, they never even thought he was competent to begin with—but they would rather willingly vote for a fool than a Democrat.
Pretty excited about the day I’ve got planned:
- staying home
- staying inside
- sitting still
- staying home
- staying inside
- sitting still
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Pretty excited about the day I’ve got planned:
- staying home
- staying inside
- sitting still
- staying home
- staying inside
- sitting still
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The greatest moment in broadcast television history.
February 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The greatest moment in broadcast television history.