Doug Dillaman
@dillamonster.bsky.social
American in Aotearoa New Zealand. Filmmaker (Gut Instinct [2024], Jake [2014], etc), musician (The Sea Plus), helpful guy.
Well, I know what I'm watching and/or rewatching the rest of the year. Just his work with Kobayashi would make him a titan. Ditto Kurosawa. And yet THE FACE OF ANOTHER was the first thing to spring to mind. And he has, like, 150 other films.
R.I.P. Nakadai Tatsuya, one of the giant figures in history of Japanese cinema news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6558551
俳優・仲代達矢さん死去 92歳 - Yahoo!ニュース
映画「人間の条件」や黒沢明監督の「影武者」などに主演し、主宰する「無名塾」で後進を育てた俳優で文化勲章受章者の仲代達矢（なかだい・たつや、本名元久＝もとひさ）さんが死去したことが11日、分かった。9
news.yahoo.co.jp
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Well, I know what I'm watching and/or rewatching the rest of the year. Just his work with Kobayashi would make him a titan. Ditto Kurosawa. And yet THE FACE OF ANOTHER was the first thing to spring to mind. And he has, like, 150 other films.
If you love yourself, watch TAOISM DRUNKARD.
I have finally seen TAOISM DRUNKARD and I wish to apologize to myself for waiting so god damn long.
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
If you love yourself, watch TAOISM DRUNKARD.
A NEW LEAF is a strong contender but everyone's heard of it, so that tips the scales to NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL, Masaaki Yuasa's wildly overlooked "one crazy night" anime that's drenched in young love, liquor, bibliophilia, crazy conspiracies, & just kept me smiling its entire bloody runtime.
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A NEW LEAF is a strong contender but everyone's heard of it, so that tips the scales to NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL, Masaaki Yuasa's wildly overlooked "one crazy night" anime that's drenched in young love, liquor, bibliophilia, crazy conspiracies, & just kept me smiling its entire bloody runtime.
If for some reason you haven't already heard the conceit for PLURIBUS, just go in knowing nothing and enjoy the most invigorating pilot in ages and ages.
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If for some reason you haven't already heard the conceit for PLURIBUS, just go in knowing nothing and enjoy the most invigorating pilot in ages and ages.
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I think ChatGPT has some advice for you
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I think ChatGPT has some advice for you
Editing is magic.
When you're Til Schweiger in a forgotten '90s action movie by the director of Halloween 5 and terrorists car bomb your wife the fuck up
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Editing is magic.
A very good read that helped to clarify some inchoate ideas I had about these turbulent times.
Union man Tom Smucker, my friend for 57 years and upstairs neighbor for pushing 50, read a lot of books about the 2024 election and then wrote 4000 words about them. A politically savvy overview you shouldn't skip. And he melded some music in there too. www.firstofthemonth.org/author/tom-s...
Tom Smucker – First of the Month
www.firstofthemonth.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A very good read that helped to clarify some inchoate ideas I had about these turbulent times.
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Kendra Smith went to her cabin with her chickens and solar panels thirty years ago. She made her record, stepped away, and the culture forgot to mythologize her. That lack of mythology may be her most valuable legacy. #4ad #opal #thedreamsyndicate #kendrasmith
Kendra Smith and the Sixth Way of Disappearing
In 1995, Kendra Smith released Five Ways of Disappearing on 4AD and then did something that seemed quaint even then: she vanished. Not into rehab or a comeback tour postponed indefinitely, but into a ...
www.greyledger.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Kendra Smith went to her cabin with her chickens and solar panels thirty years ago. She made her record, stepped away, and the culture forgot to mythologize her. That lack of mythology may be her most valuable legacy. #4ad #opal #thedreamsyndicate #kendrasmith
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ChatGPT is doing everything 80s parents thought heavy metal and D&D did and I wish this was hyperbole
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
ChatGPT is doing everything 80s parents thought heavy metal and D&D did and I wish this was hyperbole
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This Tiny Desk Concert by clipping., who I enjoy but have never seen live and assumed would be "one guy presses buttons and another guy turns knobs while Daveed Diggs raps", is insane in an entirely unexpected register.
That is meant as my highest praise.
youtu.be/h0-k7vW9Xek?...
That is meant as my highest praise.
youtu.be/h0-k7vW9Xek?...
clipping.: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This Tiny Desk Concert by clipping., who I enjoy but have never seen live and assumed would be "one guy presses buttons and another guy turns knobs while Daveed Diggs raps", is insane in an entirely unexpected register.
That is meant as my highest praise.
youtu.be/h0-k7vW9Xek?...
That is meant as my highest praise.
youtu.be/h0-k7vW9Xek?...
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If you're planning to spend some of your weekend listening to Numero Group's fantastically furious new Hüsker Dü live collection, you should also take some time to read this excellent career-spanning Quietus piece about the band. thequietus.com/interviews/h...
Plans That They Made: Hüsker Dü Interviewed | The Quietus
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about Grant Hart, American punk and paving the road for Nirvana
thequietus.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you're planning to spend some of your weekend listening to Numero Group's fantastically furious new Hüsker Dü live collection, you should also take some time to read this excellent career-spanning Quietus piece about the band. thequietus.com/interviews/h...
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Watched WEAPONS last night, and the most unsettling thing for me was the PERFECTLY full and faced-up shelves of the liquor store tacking shot.
Not sure if it's was intentional, but for a wine store veteran, it's Uncanny Valley stuff.
Not sure if it's was intentional, but for a wine store veteran, it's Uncanny Valley stuff.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Watched WEAPONS last night, and the most unsettling thing for me was the PERFECTLY full and faced-up shelves of the liquor store tacking shot.
Not sure if it's was intentional, but for a wine store veteran, it's Uncanny Valley stuff.
Not sure if it's was intentional, but for a wine store veteran, it's Uncanny Valley stuff.
MAXIMUM BOB (1998)
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
MAXIMUM BOB (1998)
Just learned some valuable lessons about family, like you do at a Predator movie.
(It's fun!)
(It's fun!)
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Just learned some valuable lessons about family, like you do at a Predator movie.
(It's fun!)
(It's fun!)
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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Every day is Godzilla Day if you embrace the Godzilla inside yourself.
a black bird is standing on top of a mountain
ALT: a black bird is standing on top of a mountain
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Every day is Godzilla Day if you embrace the Godzilla inside yourself.
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STOP ASKING MIKE JOHNSON ABOUT THE NEWS! HE IS PROTECTING HIS MENTAL SPACE!
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
STOP ASKING MIKE JOHNSON ABOUT THE NEWS! HE IS PROTECTING HIS MENTAL SPACE!
Oh shucky darn I was going to watch something else but it's Godzilla Day so I guess I *have* to watch a Godzilla movie. What suffering.
November 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Oh shucky darn I was going to watch something else but it's Godzilla Day so I guess I *have* to watch a Godzilla movie. What suffering.
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I swear to god, AI has turned people into Clippy.
“It looks like you’re talking about movies! A movie is defined as a series of images that, when projected or played, produce the illusion of movement! … why am I blocked?”
“It looks like you’re talking about movies! A movie is defined as a series of images that, when projected or played, produce the illusion of movement! … why am I blocked?”
a paper clip with a face on it is sitting on top of a piece of paper .
ALT: a paper clip with a face on it is sitting on top of a piece of paper .
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I swear to god, AI has turned people into Clippy.
“It looks like you’re talking about movies! A movie is defined as a series of images that, when projected or played, produce the illusion of movement! … why am I blocked?”
“It looks like you’re talking about movies! A movie is defined as a series of images that, when projected or played, produce the illusion of movement! … why am I blocked?”
This Tiny Desk Concert by clipping., who I enjoy but have never seen live and assumed would be "one guy presses buttons and another guy turns knobs while Daveed Diggs raps", is insane in an entirely unexpected register.
That is meant as my highest praise.
youtu.be/h0-k7vW9Xek?...
That is meant as my highest praise.
youtu.be/h0-k7vW9Xek?...
clipping.: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This Tiny Desk Concert by clipping., who I enjoy but have never seen live and assumed would be "one guy presses buttons and another guy turns knobs while Daveed Diggs raps", is insane in an entirely unexpected register.
That is meant as my highest praise.
youtu.be/h0-k7vW9Xek?...
That is meant as my highest praise.
youtu.be/h0-k7vW9Xek?...
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You can now watch black comedy Kiwi gem Millie Lies Low for free on Whakaata Māori. And I implore you do. It's so damn good and we, as a nation, should be talking about it more. www.flicks.co.nz/movie/millie...
Millie Lies Low | Where to watch streaming and online in New Zealand | Flicks
How to watch online, stream, rent or buy Millie Lies Low in New Zealand + release dates, reviews and trailers. When a would-be intern misses her big flight to New York City, she lies low in her hometo...
www.flicks.co.nz
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
You can now watch black comedy Kiwi gem Millie Lies Low for free on Whakaata Māori. And I implore you do. It's so damn good and we, as a nation, should be talking about it more. www.flicks.co.nz/movie/millie...
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RIP Adam Greenberg
He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:
He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
RIP Adam Greenberg
He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:
He was the superb cinematographer who shot Near Dark (watch it!), Terminator 2: Judgment Day and, of course, The Terminator, which means he’s responsible for one of my favourite shots in cinema that also coined a new genre for its film:
The limited edition UHD of PHASE IV is on sale today at Vinegar Syndrome. Desert island disc.
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31 Days of Syntober – Vinegar Syndrome
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October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The limited edition UHD of PHASE IV is on sale today at Vinegar Syndrome. Desert island disc.
vinegarsyndrome.com/pages/31-day...
vinegarsyndrome.com/pages/31-day...
Today is the one year anniversary of GUT INSTINCT premiering at the Terror-Fi Film Festival after a seven year gestation. Grateful for everyone that's helped bring it into the world, hosted it at their cinema, or praised it on Letterboxd.
It still awaits an international festival premiere, btw...
It still awaits an international festival premiere, btw...
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Today is the one year anniversary of GUT INSTINCT premiering at the Terror-Fi Film Festival after a seven year gestation. Grateful for everyone that's helped bring it into the world, hosted it at their cinema, or praised it on Letterboxd.
It still awaits an international festival premiere, btw...
It still awaits an international festival premiere, btw...