ptklein
@ptklein.com
Film historian and cultural critic. Movie theaters, cinema spaces, and filmgoing cultures. Radically optimistic. Writing at www.howtoreadmovies.com, Metro Weekly, Film Atlas, and elsewhere. Cohost @ColdWarCinema.com. He/Him/His.
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· Nov 17
New episode is live!
This week we discuss Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, unpacking the complicated (and often contradictory) political allegories from both the left and the right. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-8-inva...
This week we discuss Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, unpacking the complicated (and often contradictory) political allegories from both the left and the right. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-8-inva...
Pod people pod! Pod people pod!!
I’m back on @coldwarcinema.com with @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @tonyjballas.bsky.social this month talking about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the blacklist, conformity, and communism. Give us a listen:
I’m back on @coldwarcinema.com with @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @tonyjballas.bsky.social this month talking about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the blacklist, conformity, and communism. Give us a listen:
good morning
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The Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke, 1934)
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The Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke, 1934)
December 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
good morning
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The Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke, 1934)
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The Thin Man (W. S. Van Dyke, 1934)
Everyone in Meet Me in St. Louis is actually dead and only Tootie can see them
December 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Everyone in Meet Me in St. Louis is actually dead and only Tootie can see them
Reposted by ptklein
Did you know that Christmas Day is one of the biggest filmgoing days of the year?
If you’re headed to a matinee today, remember that theater operators are working extra hard to make the movies magical for you and yours. Be sure to thank them and to treat them and your fellow filmgoers kindly!
If you’re headed to a matinee today, remember that theater operators are working extra hard to make the movies magical for you and yours. Be sure to thank them and to treat them and your fellow filmgoers kindly!
December 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Did you know that Christmas Day is one of the biggest filmgoing days of the year?
If you’re headed to a matinee today, remember that theater operators are working extra hard to make the movies magical for you and yours. Be sure to thank them and to treat them and your fellow filmgoers kindly!
If you’re headed to a matinee today, remember that theater operators are working extra hard to make the movies magical for you and yours. Be sure to thank them and to treat them and your fellow filmgoers kindly!
Okay now imagine some jazz in the background
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Okay now imagine some jazz in the background
Marty Supreme is an anxious, white-knuckle thrill. I couldn’t look away, even when I wanted to watch through my fingers. See this one BIG and see it LOUD! I can’t wait to go again.
December 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Marty Supreme is an anxious, white-knuckle thrill. I couldn’t look away, even when I wanted to watch through my fingers. See this one BIG and see it LOUD! I can’t wait to go again.
Windows open on Christmas hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
December 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Windows open on Christmas hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Did you know that Christmas Day is one of the biggest filmgoing days of the year?
If you’re headed to a matinee today, remember that theater operators are working extra hard to make the movies magical for you and yours. Be sure to thank them and to treat them and your fellow filmgoers kindly!
If you’re headed to a matinee today, remember that theater operators are working extra hard to make the movies magical for you and yours. Be sure to thank them and to treat them and your fellow filmgoers kindly!
December 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Did you know that Christmas Day is one of the biggest filmgoing days of the year?
If you’re headed to a matinee today, remember that theater operators are working extra hard to make the movies magical for you and yours. Be sure to thank them and to treat them and your fellow filmgoers kindly!
If you’re headed to a matinee today, remember that theater operators are working extra hard to make the movies magical for you and yours. Be sure to thank them and to treat them and your fellow filmgoers kindly!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Xmas (I’m getting up to microwave the mulled red wine)
December 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It’s beginning to look a lot like Xmas (I’m getting up to microwave the mulled red wine)
Saw a Christmas rainbow 🌈
December 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Saw a Christmas rainbow 🌈
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all you lovely people out there spreading cheer and making the world merry and bright 🎄
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The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)
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The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)
December 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all you lovely people out there spreading cheer and making the world merry and bright 🎄
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The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)
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The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)
Best of luck to everybody finishing up their holiday shopping right now, and beware the potassium benzoate!!
December 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Best of luck to everybody finishing up their holiday shopping right now, and beware the potassium benzoate!!
Tell me about your holiday menus (today, tomorrow, or otherwise if you observe or celebrate something else)!
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Tell me about your holiday menus (today, tomorrow, or otherwise if you observe or celebrate something else)!
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard, Alain Resnais, 1956)
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Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard, Alain Resnais, 1956)
December 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard, Alain Resnais, 1956)
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Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard, Alain Resnais, 1956)
Woody the dog is being so naughty today sandy paws is gonna skip our house omg
December 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Woody the dog is being so naughty today sandy paws is gonna skip our house omg
Post-gym pump pic pre-screeners couldn’t agree on the best image so I guess everyone’s just gonna have to use their imagination today!!!
December 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Post-gym pump pic pre-screeners couldn’t agree on the best image so I guess everyone’s just gonna have to use their imagination today!!!
New PT pic just dropped
awwe @viennabeef.social got me a cute lil wine topper that looks just like @ptklein.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New PT pic just dropped
Can we talk about how elite Ringo’s drumming is on Beatles for Sale
December 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Can we talk about how elite Ringo’s drumming is on Beatles for Sale
Wait NHL should do this ad but with the Heated Rivalry guys and with the tagline NEVER FAKE IT
The NHL’s new anti-AI ad offers one direction entertainment and media orgs will head as others push machine-generated images (so-called “AI”) on us: that we can’t replace the thrill, skill, and action of real life, and if you want to experience something meaningful, you better tune in, not out.
AI Can’t NHL
YouTube video by NHL
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Wait NHL should do this ad but with the Heated Rivalry guys and with the tagline NEVER FAKE IT
Good morning, if everyone goes back to sleep right now we can make it Christmas
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The Muppet Christmas Carol (Brian Henson, 1992)
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The Muppet Christmas Carol (Brian Henson, 1992)
December 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Good morning, if everyone goes back to sleep right now we can make it Christmas
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The Muppet Christmas Carol (Brian Henson, 1992)
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The Muppet Christmas Carol (Brian Henson, 1992)
The NHL’s new anti-AI ad offers one direction entertainment and media orgs will head as others push machine-generated images (so-called “AI”) on us: that we can’t replace the thrill, skill, and action of real life, and if you want to experience something meaningful, you better tune in, not out.
AI Can’t NHL
YouTube video by NHL
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The NHL’s new anti-AI ad offers one direction entertainment and media orgs will head as others push machine-generated images (so-called “AI”) on us: that we can’t replace the thrill, skill, and action of real life, and if you want to experience something meaningful, you better tune in, not out.
NYC! Go see @brightlightx2.bsky.social and @thequeerreview.com and the best Batman film on the big screen TONIGHT!
Come to @ifccenter.bsky.social tonight for a 9.15pm screening of Batman Returns where I’ll be introducing the film along with @thequeerreview.com and I cannot wait!!!
December 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
NYC! Go see @brightlightx2.bsky.social and @thequeerreview.com and the best Batman film on the big screen TONIGHT!