Nicolas Leblanc
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"Sometimes and always, with mixed feelings."
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Lucky Star is proud to present our Year in Review for 2025. Check out lists from our editors (
@cruyffbedroom.bsky.social @nrogershancock.bsky.social @charulata.bsky.social ) and some of our friends, with some thoughts on a few particular films.
theluckystarfilm.net/2026/01/20/y...
@cruyffbedroom.bsky.social @nrogershancock.bsky.social @charulata.bsky.social ) and some of our friends, with some thoughts on a few particular films.
theluckystarfilm.net/2026/01/20/y...
Year in Review: Best of 2025
During the last month of 2025 cinephiles were inundated with year end lists from every single possible source – from the most legendary publications to dudes posting their Letterboxd lists. F…
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January 20, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Lucky Star is proud to present our Year in Review for 2025. Check out lists from our editors (
@cruyffbedroom.bsky.social @nrogershancock.bsky.social @charulata.bsky.social ) and some of our friends, with some thoughts on a few particular films.
theluckystarfilm.net/2026/01/20/y...
@cruyffbedroom.bsky.social @nrogershancock.bsky.social @charulata.bsky.social ) and some of our friends, with some thoughts on a few particular films.
theluckystarfilm.net/2026/01/20/y...
Remember, Toronto. Tomorrow, Sunday 19 at 4pm, at the Paradise.
Dearest Toronto,
There is a Biette film showing here on Sunday. You would be, not only remiss, but a right cussèd arsehole not to show up. I know it is snowing! Make it to the Paradise on Sunday, or I will make you see Hell. That's not a threat. A promise.
paradiseonbloor.com/movies/far-f...
There is a Biette film showing here on Sunday. You would be, not only remiss, but a right cussèd arsehole not to show up. I know it is snowing! Make it to the Paradise on Sunday, or I will make you see Hell. That's not a threat. A promise.
paradiseonbloor.com/movies/far-f...
Far from Manhattan
Christian, an art critic, must write a study on the painter René Dimanche in order to understand why...
paradiseonbloor.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Remember, Toronto. Tomorrow, Sunday 19 at 4pm, at the Paradise.
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oh shit oh fuck
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theaterofthematters on Instagram: "The Theater of the Matters presents…JEAN-LUC GODARD x JERRY LEWIS: DOUBLE BILLS“…where the height of artifice blends at times with …"
The Theater of the Matters presents…JEAN-LUC GODARD x JERRY LEWIS: DOUBLE BILLS“…where the height of artifice blends at times with the nobility of true documentary.” -JLG on Jerry Lewis’ face.A series of double features pairing works by (and starring) Godard and Lewis. March 20-26 at @anthologyfilmarchives. Co-programmed by Ethan Spigland and Edward McCarry. Full lineup soon.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:31 AM
oh shit oh fuck
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Dearest Toronto,
There is a Biette film showing here on Sunday. You would be, not only remiss, but a right cussèd arsehole not to show up. I know it is snowing! Make it to the Paradise on Sunday, or I will make you see Hell. That's not a threat. A promise.
paradiseonbloor.com/movies/far-f...
There is a Biette film showing here on Sunday. You would be, not only remiss, but a right cussèd arsehole not to show up. I know it is snowing! Make it to the Paradise on Sunday, or I will make you see Hell. That's not a threat. A promise.
paradiseonbloor.com/movies/far-f...
Far from Manhattan
Christian, an art critic, must write a study on the painter René Dimanche in order to understand why...
paradiseonbloor.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Dearest Toronto,
There is a Biette film showing here on Sunday. You would be, not only remiss, but a right cussèd arsehole not to show up. I know it is snowing! Make it to the Paradise on Sunday, or I will make you see Hell. That's not a threat. A promise.
paradiseonbloor.com/movies/far-f...
There is a Biette film showing here on Sunday. You would be, not only remiss, but a right cussèd arsehole not to show up. I know it is snowing! Make it to the Paradise on Sunday, or I will make you see Hell. That's not a threat. A promise.
paradiseonbloor.com/movies/far-f...
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
New acquisitions of 2026
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
New acquisitions of 2026
Scott Adams. Jokes for precocious boys who are afraid of women. Used to be.
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Scott Adams. Jokes for precocious boys who are afraid of women. Used to be.
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i’d like to issue a formal apology….i read dilbert a lot as a kid because i liked that there were jokes about email and computers….it was the 90s it was a different time
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
i’d like to issue a formal apology….i read dilbert a lot as a kid because i liked that there were jokes about email and computers….it was the 90s it was a different time
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⚫ Mort de Jean-Max Causse, pionnier parisien de l’exploitation de cinéma de patrimoine. Proche de la Nouvelle Vague, il a cofondé les cinémas Action et la Filmothèque du Quartier latin.
➡️ bit.ly/3LwpVAa
➡️ bit.ly/3LwpVAa
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
⚫ Mort de Jean-Max Causse, pionnier parisien de l’exploitation de cinéma de patrimoine. Proche de la Nouvelle Vague, il a cofondé les cinémas Action et la Filmothèque du Quartier latin.
➡️ bit.ly/3LwpVAa
➡️ bit.ly/3LwpVAa
First movie of the year: a rewatch of Naruse's LIGHTNING.
January 4, 2026 at 2:08 AM
First movie of the year: a rewatch of Naruse's LIGHTNING.
The Books finished in 2026
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
The Books finished in 2026
Actually, the only thing keeping me from killing squirrels is that Boon Hogganbeck already staked his claim on them.
January 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Actually, the only thing keeping me from killing squirrels is that Boon Hogganbeck already staked his claim on them.
I don't know about best, but my partner tipped me off to this very clever po-mo exercise:
youtu.be/xR5xGHPUEew
youtu.be/xR5xGHPUEew
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I don't know about best, but my partner tipped me off to this very clever po-mo exercise:
youtu.be/xR5xGHPUEew
youtu.be/xR5xGHPUEew
"Talent imitates, genius steals," they said.
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Talent imitates, genius steals," they said.
So I Detest Your Favourite Movie... (Nicolas Leblanc, 1989-?)
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
So I Detest Your Favourite Movie... (Nicolas Leblanc, 1989-?)
All the slang the young used until fairly recently. Sentences like "the tea is low-key serving." Picture a golden era Hollywood star saying them, like Nixon on Laugh-In, or John Wayne on Laugh-In. Or reacting to them. Frank Sinatra ordering you killed for yammering on about his flop era.
December 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
All the slang the young used until fairly recently. Sentences like "the tea is low-key serving." Picture a golden era Hollywood star saying them, like Nixon on Laugh-In, or John Wayne on Laugh-In. Or reacting to them. Frank Sinatra ordering you killed for yammering on about his flop era.
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I have a critical introduction to the work of the American writer Gilbert Sorrentino in the final stages of completion (might be finished in a month or so--no publisher lined up, however). There is no widely available biographical writing about Sorrentino, (1)
December 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I have a critical introduction to the work of the American writer Gilbert Sorrentino in the final stages of completion (might be finished in a month or so--no publisher lined up, however). There is no widely available biographical writing about Sorrentino, (1)
"We're all drowning in good taste" is a funny little phrase in that it signals that terminally you're disconnected from the real world.
December 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"We're all drowning in good taste" is a funny little phrase in that it signals that terminally you're disconnected from the real world.
Harry Mathews' Collected Poems 1946-2016. A trove of ingenuity of expression in a lovely object.
What was your favorite book of the year?
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Harry Mathews' Collected Poems 1946-2016. A trove of ingenuity of expression in a lovely object.
What's your favorite concept that's currently completely dead in the water? Mine's parrhesia.
![In rhetoric, parrhesia (Greek: παρρησία) is candid speech, speaking freely.[1] It implies not only freedom of speech, but the obligation to speak the truth for the common good, even at personal risk.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tc44t3aztrrqwndtnfv3yx53/bafkreifubjpkhw3uqhunrmngufklc6ecqnixbjv5uryutepiitz3zeqgke@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What's your favorite concept that's currently completely dead in the water? Mine's parrhesia.
Bari Weiss is *not* a fading Swiss Barry White impersonator touring the saddest coastal towns of the Mediterranean, as in Ulrich Seidel's RIMINI, and I think that is sad.
December 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Bari Weiss is *not* a fading Swiss Barry White impersonator touring the saddest coastal towns of the Mediterranean, as in Ulrich Seidel's RIMINI, and I think that is sad.
"Haversack" via Being Boring, Pet Shop Boys.
Here's a question I've enjoyed asking on various social media platforms. What are vocabulary words you have learned from songs? For example, I learned the word "raze" from REM's World Leader Pretend.
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Haversack" via Being Boring, Pet Shop Boys.
Pas à pas jusqu'au dernier (Louis-René des Forêts)
What are you reading this weekend?
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Pas à pas jusqu'au dernier (Louis-René des Forêts)