Joshua Harold Wiebe
@joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social
course instructor in film+media studies | living in montréal
critical theory, labour, cinema, aesthetics
critical theory, labour, cinema, aesthetics
just watched the long darkness (1972, kumei)--
wow... devastated! on a pitch-black saturday afternoon! cinema!
wow... devastated! on a pitch-black saturday afternoon! cinema!
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
just watched the long darkness (1972, kumei)--
wow... devastated! on a pitch-black saturday afternoon! cinema!
wow... devastated! on a pitch-black saturday afternoon! cinema!
i bought a gigantic pumpkin for halloween and now every day i make some random new pumpkin related dish. yesterday it was pumpkin + chickpea curry, the day before that it was a pumpkin crumble. today i think it'll be pumpkin gnocchi. october lives forever.
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
i bought a gigantic pumpkin for halloween and now every day i make some random new pumpkin related dish. yesterday it was pumpkin + chickpea curry, the day before that it was a pumpkin crumble. today i think it'll be pumpkin gnocchi. october lives forever.
between ran, samurai rebellion, kagemusha, harakiri, the human condition, kill, kwaidan, tatsuya nakadai was in a ton of my favs -- rest in peace!
variety.com/2025/film/ob...
variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
between ran, samurai rebellion, kagemusha, harakiri, the human condition, kill, kwaidan, tatsuya nakadai was in a ton of my favs -- rest in peace!
variety.com/2025/film/ob...
variety.com/2025/film/ob...
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"Filming Capital," a special issue of SAQ, examines how Marxism can be used to illuminate the problem of the visual representation of contemporary global capitalism. View the TOC and read the introduction, freely available: buff.ly/am3ZXVx
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Filming Capital," a special issue of SAQ, examines how Marxism can be used to illuminate the problem of the visual representation of contemporary global capitalism. View the TOC and read the introduction, freely available: buff.ly/am3ZXVx
opening with a eugene debs' quote, damn
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
opening with a eugene debs' quote, damn
... so jealous
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
... so jealous
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Hello Bluesky,
Excited and grateful to be part of this fabulous issue of SAQ. Thank you @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social and @pietrobianch1.bsky.social !!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Excited and grateful to be part of this fabulous issue of SAQ. Thank you @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social and @pietrobianch1.bsky.social !!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Filming Capital
www.dukeupress.edu
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hello Bluesky,
Excited and grateful to be part of this fabulous issue of SAQ. Thank you @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social and @pietrobianch1.bsky.social !!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Excited and grateful to be part of this fabulous issue of SAQ. Thank you @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social and @pietrobianch1.bsky.social !!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
and if you weren't enticed already, here's the TOC
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
and if you weren't enticed already, here's the TOC
the thing about the blue jays and the dodgers is that they "each gradually located a different karmic thermal… watching the other glide away into different fates. Does it ever end? Of course it does. It did."
November 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
the thing about the blue jays and the dodgers is that they "each gradually located a different karmic thermal… watching the other glide away into different fates. Does it ever end? Of course it does. It did."
Reposted by Joshua Harold Wiebe
it's here!
FILMING CAPITAL
special issue of SAQ
"Visual and film studies provide a distinctive lens through which to unravel and confront the complexities of capitalism’s elusive appearance."
read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...
FILMING CAPITAL
special issue of SAQ
"Visual and film studies provide a distinctive lens through which to unravel and confront the complexities of capitalism’s elusive appearance."
read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...
Volume 124 Issue 4 | South Atlantic Quarterly | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
it's here!
FILMING CAPITAL
special issue of SAQ
"Visual and film studies provide a distinctive lens through which to unravel and confront the complexities of capitalism’s elusive appearance."
read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...
FILMING CAPITAL
special issue of SAQ
"Visual and film studies provide a distinctive lens through which to unravel and confront the complexities of capitalism’s elusive appearance."
read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...
I taught Punishment Park in my Dystopian Visions class last semester, to great effect, and held a screening of La Commune for my critical theory friends, which has been on my top 4 on letterboxd ever since. RIP to one of the greats, Peter Watkins -- do yourself a favor and check out his website.
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I taught Punishment Park in my Dystopian Visions class last semester, to great effect, and held a screening of La Commune for my critical theory friends, which has been on my top 4 on letterboxd ever since. RIP to one of the greats, Peter Watkins -- do yourself a favor and check out his website.
Scientists, designing that game in a laboratory: "yes... make it even more excruciating!"
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Scientists, designing that game in a laboratory: "yes... make it even more excruciating!"
great blue jays defense is keeping my spirit alive
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
great blue jays defense is keeping my spirit alive
our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Filming Capital
www.dukeupress.edu
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
me at the gramsci conference: "so you see, his father played for the montreal expos, and so 1
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
me at the gramsci conference: "so you see, his father played for the montreal expos, and so 1
god obviously feels the same way
every slight against the blue jays feels like an institutional betrayal of the true, the good, and the beautiful
October 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
god obviously feels the same way
gonna need someone to check this umpire's laptop for a draftkings account
October 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
gonna need someone to check this umpire's laptop for a draftkings account
every slight against the blue jays feels like an institutional betrayal of the true, the good, and the beautiful
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
every slight against the blue jays feels like an institutional betrayal of the true, the good, and the beautiful
supremely fun to have a look at
I made my students a little “book” (just using Google slides) to show them how you all answered my question about how you take notes for research. Just to show the variety.
How Do Scholars Take Notes?
How do scholars take notes? I like seeing examples of different people’s notetaking, so I asked scholars to show me how they take notes for research.
docs.google.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
supremely fun to have a look at
now THAT is a face
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
now THAT is a face
i havent been so invested in a blue jays run since i was a literal child
October 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
i havent been so invested in a blue jays run since i was a literal child
devastated to learn that exercise is in fact good for depression
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
devastated to learn that exercise is in fact good for depression
my mom loves doubles by the blue jays, so she's having quite the evening
October 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
my mom loves doubles by the blue jays, so she's having quite the evening
weird that none of the recent job postings in media studies are in my desired subfield of ruthless criticism of all that exists, but i'll keep looking
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
weird that none of the recent job postings in media studies are in my desired subfield of ruthless criticism of all that exists, but i'll keep looking