Kevin McLenithan
@mclengthyname.bsky.social
Editor by day. Film critic by night. Internet Puddleglum 24/7.
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I’m saddened to hear of the death of Homayoun Ershadi, who gave one of the great performances in one of the greatest films, Taste of Cherry. english.alarabiya.net/amp/life-sty...
Iranian actor Ershadi dies at 78 after battle with cancer
Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi died at 78 on Tuesday after a battle with cancer, state news agency IRNA reported.Ershadi rose to international fame with
english.alarabiya.net
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’m saddened to hear of the death of Homayoun Ershadi, who gave one of the great performances in one of the greatest films, Taste of Cherry. english.alarabiya.net/amp/life-sty...
Going to preface this by noting it's not a prognostication (I'm lucky if I can predict a movie plot twist), but:
The Mamdani campaign + last night's Senate vote would make a very tidy chapter in a future history book about the final collapse of the DNC
The Mamdani campaign + last night's Senate vote would make a very tidy chapter in a future history book about the final collapse of the DNC
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Going to preface this by noting it's not a prognostication (I'm lucky if I can predict a movie plot twist), but:
The Mamdani campaign + last night's Senate vote would make a very tidy chapter in a future history book about the final collapse of the DNC
The Mamdani campaign + last night's Senate vote would make a very tidy chapter in a future history book about the final collapse of the DNC
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This week on the newsletter: a double feature!
Train Dreams | Predator: Badlands
Two searches for belonging from very different angles.
seeingandbelieving.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This week on the newsletter: a double feature!
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This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
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Other attorneys who spoke at the presser wished to remind the public that they can visit tinyurl.com/chicagotro to report when federal immigration agents in Chicagoland potentially violate District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order against abuse of press, protestors and religious practitioners.
Rev. Abby Holcombe of the River Forest Methodist Church, another plaintiff shot with pepper balls: "I have one more message for Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, the ICE agents who shot at me and all other ICE agents and president Trump: God is always on the side of the oppressed. So which side are you on?"
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Other attorneys who spoke at the presser wished to remind the public that they can visit tinyurl.com/chicagotro to report when federal immigration agents in Chicagoland potentially violate District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order against abuse of press, protestors and religious practitioners.
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I would like to hug and be hugged by Brendan Gleeson pls arrange this tyia
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I would like to hug and be hugged by Brendan Gleeson pls arrange this tyia
Meriadoc Brandybuck, Esquire of Theoden King of Rohan, didn't pierce the cursed, unseen sinews of the Witch-king of Angmar with his blade of Westernesse just so that a bunch of goose-stepping ding-dongs could invoke his words in support of subjugating free people. Get his name out of your mouth.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Meriadoc Brandybuck, Esquire of Theoden King of Rohan, didn't pierce the cursed, unseen sinews of the Witch-king of Angmar with his blade of Westernesse just so that a bunch of goose-stepping ding-dongs could invoke his words in support of subjugating free people. Get his name out of your mouth.
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If we try hard enough, I believe we can get the next Archbishop of Canterbury to be from Chicago.
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
If we try hard enough, I believe we can get the next Archbishop of Canterbury to be from Chicago.
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"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
Source:
old.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
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massive, spontaneous community resistance as residents link arms + march ice down the street behind the discount mall in little village and into their cars. "go! leave!"
the crowd erupts as suvs depart. a sea of whistles and cheers. one person yells, "everywhere ice goes, we'll be there!"
the crowd erupts as suvs depart. a sea of whistles and cheers. one person yells, "everywhere ice goes, we'll be there!"
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
massive, spontaneous community resistance as residents link arms + march ice down the street behind the discount mall in little village and into their cars. "go! leave!"
the crowd erupts as suvs depart. a sea of whistles and cheers. one person yells, "everywhere ice goes, we'll be there!"
the crowd erupts as suvs depart. a sea of whistles and cheers. one person yells, "everywhere ice goes, we'll be there!"
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Same jar- So- yes
@realgdt.bsky.social was it intentional for elizabeth's butterflies in Frankenstein to be the same butterflies as Lucille's in Crimson Peak?
October 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Same jar- So- yes
If you're having a hard time choosing which Mae West movie you want to stream first, it's va-va-voomscrolling.
If you’re obsessively reading about empiricism, skepticism, and the slavery of reason to the passions, it’s Humescrolling.
If you are in a graveyard, it's tombscrolling.
October 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you're having a hard time choosing which Mae West movie you want to stream first, it's va-va-voomscrolling.
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If you are on ICE watch in the Rogers Park vicinity please have a buddy and exercise extreme caution. ICE has assaulted verifiers today and arrested at least one of our people. If you are vulnerable to ICE in this area, I recommend staying inside if possible.
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you are on ICE watch in the Rogers Park vicinity please have a buddy and exercise extreme caution. ICE has assaulted verifiers today and arrested at least one of our people. If you are vulnerable to ICE in this area, I recommend staying inside if possible.
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Helped two teens who were hiding from ICE this morning after a third had been snatched on Oakton in Evanston. They’re safe, half dozen community members responded. Adrenaline crash happening now.
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Helped two teens who were hiding from ICE this morning after a third had been snatched on Oakton in Evanston. They’re safe, half dozen community members responded. Adrenaline crash happening now.
ICE helicopters overhead again this morning. Faint sound of warning whistles somewhere in the distance. Feels dystopian, man!
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
ICE helicopters overhead again this morning. Faint sound of warning whistles somewhere in the distance. Feels dystopian, man!
Impossibly punk name for this bird in my kid's library book
October 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Impossibly punk name for this bird in my kid's library book
*Fred Schneider voice* i GOT some major unprocessed TRAUMa
October 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
*Fred Schneider voice* i GOT some major unprocessed TRAUMa
contemplating the fact that the diarrhea-bomber video is now a permanent part of the historical record. feeling the overwhelming urge to walk into a forest in Maine and just live there by myself for 20 years
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
contemplating the fact that the diarrhea-bomber video is now a permanent part of the historical record. feeling the overwhelming urge to walk into a forest in Maine and just live there by myself for 20 years
Animal count at this protest as of 2:00 pm: 1 unicorn, 1 raccoon, 1 hammerhead shark, and a guy dressed as Sully from MONSTERS INC.
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Animal count at this protest as of 2:00 pm: 1 unicorn, 1 raccoon, 1 hammerhead shark, and a guy dressed as Sully from MONSTERS INC.
Block all these accounts not only because you don't want any posts from fascists finding their way into your feed, but also because you might sprain something from how hard you cringe at their flaccid attempts to troll you bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Block all these accounts not only because you don't want any posts from fascists finding their way into your feed, but also because you might sprain something from how hard you cringe at their flaccid attempts to troll you bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Also as part of CIFF: I just wrapped up an interview with Mona Fastvold about her film The Testament of Ann Lee that I can’t wait to share with you all
October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Also as part of CIFF: I just wrapped up an interview with Mona Fastvold about her film The Testament of Ann Lee that I can’t wait to share with you all
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Reverend David Black is here shaming the cops.
"You're arresting us? Look at yourselves. Look at yourselves.
You know which side you're on and I don't think you want to be there.
And you have that choice."
"You're arresting us? Look at yourselves. Look at yourselves.
You know which side you're on and I don't think you want to be there.
And you have that choice."
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reverend David Black is here shaming the cops.
"You're arresting us? Look at yourselves. Look at yourselves.
You know which side you're on and I don't think you want to be there.
And you have that choice."
"You're arresting us? Look at yourselves. Look at yourselves.
You know which side you're on and I don't think you want to be there.
And you have that choice."
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A week ago, a federal judge forbade agents from using gas and other “riot control” weapons without warning in Chicago as they carried out President Donald Trump’s deportation blitz.
Judge hauling ICE official into court as aggressive tactics continue despite her order: 'I'm not blind'
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis wants the ICE official to explain "why I am seeing images of tear gas … and reading reports that there were no warnings given." A Trump lawyer says the reports are inaccurate.
trib.al
October 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A week ago, a federal judge forbade agents from using gas and other “riot control” weapons without warning in Chicago as they carried out President Donald Trump’s deportation blitz.
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I’ll be covering the Chicago International Film Festival for Seeing & Believing! The day job means I won’t be at too many in-person screenings, but I’ll post thoughts as I watch CIFF selections and of course the capsule reviews will be up around the end of the month over at:
Seeing & Believing | Sarah Welch-Larson | Substack
Searching for the sacred on screen. Click to read Seeing & Believing, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’ll be covering the Chicago International Film Festival for Seeing & Believing! The day job means I won’t be at too many in-person screenings, but I’ll post thoughts as I watch CIFF selections and of course the capsule reviews will be up around the end of the month over at:
Can confirm.
It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.
October 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Can confirm.