Peter Hall
@peterhallhuman.bsky.social
Senior SXSW Film & TV Festival Programmer.
Co-writer/director of MAN FINDS TAPE (out on 12/5). Co-author THE DEAD FRIENDS SOCIETY (out now).
Thoughts are reluctantly my own.
Co-writer/director of MAN FINDS TAPE (out on 12/5). Co-author THE DEAD FRIENDS SOCIETY (out now).
Thoughts are reluctantly my own.
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Also, on a purely craft level, the polish put on STRANGER THINGS is nuts. The sound mix alone tops not just other comparable streaming shows, but theatrical releases.
All for a YA horror show!!!
All for a YA horror show!!!
December 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Also, on a purely craft level, the polish put on STRANGER THINGS is nuts. The sound mix alone tops not just other comparable streaming shows, but theatrical releases.
All for a YA horror show!!!
All for a YA horror show!!!
Starting episode 6 and maaaaaan, STRANGER THINGS rules.
Y'all missing out.
Y'all missing out.
Idk guys, I think it's pretty damn cool the biggest thing on TV is a Stephen King-inspired, D&D themed horror show that looks like it cost a billion dollars, is eventized on holidays, and features spectacular creature FX.
Yuck that yum if you want, but that 4th ep of STRANGER THINGS is gnnnarrrrly.
Yuck that yum if you want, but that 4th ep of STRANGER THINGS is gnnnarrrrly.
December 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Starting episode 6 and maaaaaan, STRANGER THINGS rules.
Y'all missing out.
Y'all missing out.
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Last night’s rewatch of DIE HARD confirmed one thing for me: the shot where Al Powell walks out of the minimart and looks up at the skyline, only to see (and not hear) muzzle flashes above Nakatomi Plaza, is about as cool a piece of cinema as you could hope for.
December 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Last night’s rewatch of DIE HARD confirmed one thing for me: the shot where Al Powell walks out of the minimart and looks up at the skyline, only to see (and not hear) muzzle flashes above Nakatomi Plaza, is about as cool a piece of cinema as you could hope for.
My new favorite joke in CHRISTMAS VACATION is Clark putting lightbulbs in the shopping cart and Cousin Eddie immediately crushing them with more dog food.
Your turn.
Your turn.
December 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My new favorite joke in CHRISTMAS VACATION is Clark putting lightbulbs in the shopping cart and Cousin Eddie immediately crushing them with more dog food.
Your turn.
Your turn.
MARTY SUPREME is a blast, btw. Dunno if you've heard. If you haven't, now you have. With this post. That's how words work. Why am I still typi
December 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
MARTY SUPREME is a blast, btw. Dunno if you've heard. If you haven't, now you have. With this post. That's how words work. Why am I still typi
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Madisynn will return. (But not where you thiiiiiiiIIIINNNnkkkkk.)
December 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Madisynn will return. (But not where you thiiiiiiiIIIINNNnkkkkk.)
Be selfish like me, buy yourself a subscription, keep forgetting you bought one, and then be pleasantly surprised each month.
Did you forget to order a Christmas present and now it's fuckin' Christmas Eve? Are you boned six ways to Sunday? Fucked beyond belief?
Good news! You can get them an Onion subscription! They'll get a year of papers in the mail AND an emailed PDF certificate to print out instantly. Christmas saved!
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Join The Onion
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December 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Be selfish like me, buy yourself a subscription, keep forgetting you bought one, and then be pleasantly surprised each month.
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Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
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just heard that my old friend Lawrence Raffel has died. I used to review horror films for his site and then later he hired me at FEARnet. we drifted apart after that site went under, and I wish we hadn't. my heart goes out to his wife and his son.
December 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
just heard that my old friend Lawrence Raffel has died. I used to review horror films for his site and then later he hired me at FEARnet. we drifted apart after that site went under, and I wish we hadn't. my heart goes out to his wife and his son.
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omg this is deeply accurate
December 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
omg this is deeply accurate
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When the title card showed up 17 minutes in I was confident I was in for a banger. Terrifying, heart-breaking, and maddening showcase of existential woe in a world gone insane and seemingly lacking reason or answers. Vitamin C’s “Graduation (Friends Forever)” meets Blair Witch Project for Gen Z.
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When the title card showed up 17 minutes in I was confident I was in for a banger. Terrifying, heart-breaking, and maddening showcase of existential woe in a world gone insane and seemingly lacking reason or answers. Vitamin C’s “Graduation (Friends Forever)” meets Blair Witch Project for Gen Z.
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It was a big scary year for me and I could not have done it alone. There are so many people who showed up and this one’s for Mallory Rubin.
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0IZp...
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0IZp...
December 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It was a big scary year for me and I could not have done it alone. There are so many people who showed up and this one’s for Mallory Rubin.
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0IZp...
🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0IZp...
Love that this trailer for NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE doesn't give up the game at all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKlf...
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE - Official Teaser - In Select Theaters February 13
YouTube video by NEON
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Love that this trailer for NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE doesn't give up the game at all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKlf...
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about to record a conversation with @benrock.com, @peterhallhuman.bsky.social, and @paulgandersman.bsky.social. can anyone think of one thing we all have in common? besides being men?
December 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
about to record a conversation with @benrock.com, @peterhallhuman.bsky.social, and @paulgandersman.bsky.social. can anyone think of one thing we all have in common? besides being men?
Spielberg's AGE OF DISCLOSURE sequel looks fantastic.
First trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day 👀
In theaters on June 12, 2026.
In theaters on June 12, 2026.
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Spielberg's AGE OF DISCLOSURE sequel looks fantastic.
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Yet another reason Late Night with Seth Meyers should be protected at all costs. youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...
Seth Remembers Rob Reiner
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Yet another reason Late Night with Seth Meyers should be protected at all costs. youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...
Yet another reason Late Night with Seth Meyers should be protected at all costs. youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...
Seth Remembers Rob Reiner
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Yet another reason Late Night with Seth Meyers should be protected at all costs. youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...
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“Stand By Me ends with one of the most iconic one-liners: ‘I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?’ And it's bittersweet to hear in light of Reiner's death. I would argue one doesn't have friends or movies like the ones they had when they were 12.” 💔
Wrote a celebration of Rob Reiner's features through tears this morning. I talked about how his movies taught a generation of film lovers how to feel while reminding us why life is worth living. It's free over at The Film Maven.
thefilmmaven.com/rob-reiner-t...
thefilmmaven.com/rob-reiner-t...
Rob Reiner Taught a Generation What Movie Magic Was
I shouldn't be writing this post now, under these circumstances, but I am
thefilmmaven.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Stand By Me ends with one of the most iconic one-liners: ‘I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?’ And it's bittersweet to hear in light of Reiner's death. I would argue one doesn't have friends or movies like the ones they had when they were 12.” 💔
First person to send us a selfie with a baby watching MAN FINDS TAPE at the Baby Day screening wins... Something. I don't know what, but it'll be special!
MAN FINDS TAPE’s final theatrical screening (as currently scheduled) is a baby day show tomorrow at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. This is fitting as babies are our target audience. Shout out to babies. Hope you dig it.
December 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
First person to send us a selfie with a baby watching MAN FINDS TAPE at the Baby Day screening wins... Something. I don't know what, but it'll be special!
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“You must have been tired,” said Toad.
“I was tired,” said Frog, “and it started to rain.”
“I was tired,” said Frog, “and it started to rain.”
December 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“You must have been tired,” said Toad.
“I was tired,” said Frog, “and it started to rain.”
“I was tired,” said Frog, “and it started to rain.”
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.