David Wilson
@kinofist.bsky.social
Co-founder of Ragtag Cinema & True/False Film Fest. Maker of movies, podcasts, puzzles. poker enthusiast. Builder of events. Intoxicated by riddles.
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David Wilson
@kinofist.bsky.social
· Jan 29
I guarantee my posts here will careen from nonfiction film to poker and other esoterica and if that gives you cognitive whiplash, well, same.
I hope that somewhere out there a Native Alaskan filmmaker is writing an indie film about a group of teenage friends centered on Cali Swag District’s 2010 performance at Club Millennium in Anchorage.
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I hope that somewhere out there a Native Alaskan filmmaker is writing an indie film about a group of teenage friends centered on Cali Swag District’s 2010 performance at Club Millennium in Anchorage.
Kicking off my new treasure hunt in Ithaca, NY this Saturday. We’ve hidden $10k in jewels somewhere in Tompkins County. Be the first to solve the puzzles and claim the prize. Sign up at www.thehistorycenter.net/tompkins-tre... - first clue is $100, your team can be as large or small as you like.
historycenter.net
September 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Kicking off my new treasure hunt in Ithaca, NY this Saturday. We’ve hidden $10k in jewels somewhere in Tompkins County. Be the first to solve the puzzles and claim the prize. Sign up at www.thehistorycenter.net/tompkins-tre... - first clue is $100, your team can be as large or small as you like.
I’m not normally one for four dimensional chess theories, but if I wanted to decimate a whole raft of arts and media nonprofits, forcing public media to raise billions of dollars would sure do the trick
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I’m not normally one for four dimensional chess theories, but if I wanted to decimate a whole raft of arts and media nonprofits, forcing public media to raise billions of dollars would sure do the trick
This interview actually contains a lot of great info about proper care and protocols for doc subjects - even in as weird and as manufactured a setting as THE REHEARSAL www.decodingtv.com/p/an-intervi...
An Interview with the Winner of 'Wings of Voice' on Nathan Fielder's 'The Rehearsal' (feat. Isabella Henao)
David speaks with Isabella Henao about untangling Nathan Fielder's web of intrigue.
www.decodingtv.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This interview actually contains a lot of great info about proper care and protocols for doc subjects - even in as weird and as manufactured a setting as THE REHEARSAL www.decodingtv.com/p/an-intervi...
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A sad one! R.I.P. Robert Wilson. "Einstein on the Beach" was a canonical work for me as a teenager, long before I saw the piece at its first BAM revival. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/t...
Robert Wilson, Provocative Playwright and Director, Is Dead at 83
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A sad one! R.I.P. Robert Wilson. "Einstein on the Beach" was a canonical work for me as a teenager, long before I saw the piece at its first BAM revival. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/t...
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Cats are and always have been cyberpunks
July 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Cats are and always have been cyberpunks
In our slide towards a fascist state, this is what a Missouri legislator said as he rejected the will of 58% of Missourians to raise the minimum wage. “Of course the people voted for it. It’d be like asking your teenager if he wanted a checkbook. You know, they’re going to vote for it every time.”
July 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In our slide towards a fascist state, this is what a Missouri legislator said as he rejected the will of 58% of Missourians to raise the minimum wage. “Of course the people voted for it. It’d be like asking your teenager if he wanted a checkbook. You know, they’re going to vote for it every time.”
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Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
This could have been 20 films. It could have been all docs. It could have been all genre films. But it’s not. At this exact moment here are 10 films that I want to celebrate and will return to for another 25 years.
June 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This could have been 20 films. It could have been all docs. It could have been all genre films. But it’s not. At this exact moment here are 10 films that I want to celebrate and will return to for another 25 years.
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Israel isn't in control of the United States. This is just who the US is and has always been.
Saying we're controlled is just a way of saying we're victims. We're not. We're an imperial power that likes war because it's profitable and enriches our oligarchs.
That's it.
Saying we're controlled is just a way of saying we're victims. We're not. We're an imperial power that likes war because it's profitable and enriches our oligarchs.
That's it.
June 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Israel isn't in control of the United States. This is just who the US is and has always been.
Saying we're controlled is just a way of saying we're victims. We're not. We're an imperial power that likes war because it's profitable and enriches our oligarchs.
That's it.
Saying we're controlled is just a way of saying we're victims. We're not. We're an imperial power that likes war because it's profitable and enriches our oligarchs.
That's it.
This is gorgeous. Happy Juneteenth!
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This is gorgeous. Happy Juneteenth!
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RT if you ever bought Vintage Contemporary paperbacks just because they looked so cool
June 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
RT if you ever bought Vintage Contemporary paperbacks just because they looked so cool
Roughly 5000 people filled downtown Columbia, MO today. All ages, all walks of life. Biggest rally/protest I can remember seeing here. Gave me some small hope for our future. No kings.
June 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Roughly 5000 people filled downtown Columbia, MO today. All ages, all walks of life. Biggest rally/protest I can remember seeing here. Gave me some small hope for our future. No kings.
Thinking about relative pain of different endings to a poker tournament and here’s my ranking (from least to most painful)
5. 4th
4. 3rd
3. 10th
2. Bubble
1. 2nd
5. 4th
4. 3rd
3. 10th
2. Bubble
1. 2nd
June 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thinking about relative pain of different endings to a poker tournament and here’s my ranking (from least to most painful)
5. 4th
4. 3rd
3. 10th
2. Bubble
1. 2nd
5. 4th
4. 3rd
3. 10th
2. Bubble
1. 2nd
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Every live action remake of an animated film should follow all the rules of Dogme 95
June 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every live action remake of an animated film should follow all the rules of Dogme 95
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Waiting for a flight in Chicago I watched one pilot approach another and ask “hi, are you Lou DiPietro?”* to which the other responded “No” without looking up.
Then I boarded my plane and watched the season finale of The Rehearsal.
*not actual name
Then I boarded my plane and watched the season finale of The Rehearsal.
*not actual name
May 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Waiting for a flight in Chicago I watched one pilot approach another and ask “hi, are you Lou DiPietro?”* to which the other responded “No” without looking up.
Then I boarded my plane and watched the season finale of The Rehearsal.
*not actual name
Then I boarded my plane and watched the season finale of The Rehearsal.
*not actual name
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Paul Rudd career reset alert! He’s once again a 30-something indie film actor. We can count on a trajectory of great choices and good performances, leading to some starring roles in tentpole franchise films before he resets again in 15-20 years. Long live infinite Rudd.
May 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Paul Rudd career reset alert! He’s once again a 30-something indie film actor. We can count on a trajectory of great choices and good performances, leading to some starring roles in tentpole franchise films before he resets again in 15-20 years. Long live infinite Rudd.
I’ve got poker on the brain because I read the first line and thought it was gonna be a thread about card games
Realest fake hand in movie history?
I’m going with the one the dog carries in his mouth in Yojimbo
So real that every time I wonder if they got it from a morgue
I’m going with the one the dog carries in his mouth in Yojimbo
So real that every time I wonder if they got it from a morgue
May 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’ve got poker on the brain because I read the first line and thought it was gonna be a thread about card games
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eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
Who needs dystopian fiction when this is an actual (if somewhat metaphorical) headline
April 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Who needs dystopian fiction when this is an actual (if somewhat metaphorical) headline
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Hamdan Ballal, one of 2 Palestinian directors of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” (with 2 Israeli directors), was beaten bloody near his home by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank on Monday, witnesses said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/w...
Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian Director of ‘No Other Land,’ Is Attacked in West Bank, Witnesses Say
Hamdan Ballal was assaulted by masked attackers in his home village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, witnesses said. The Israeli military said he had been detained for questioning.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hamdan Ballal, one of 2 Palestinian directors of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” (with 2 Israeli directors), was beaten bloody near his home by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank on Monday, witnesses said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/w...
Any American Jew who supports, materially or otherwise, settlers in occupied Palestine, can go fuck themselves. To flip from victims of pogroms to perpetrators makes me sad and furious.
March 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Any American Jew who supports, materially or otherwise, settlers in occupied Palestine, can go fuck themselves. To flip from victims of pogroms to perpetrators makes me sad and furious.
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obviously the category is “Settings for Frederick Wiseman Documentaries”
March 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
obviously the category is “Settings for Frederick Wiseman Documentaries”