Riley Womack
@rileywomack.bsky.social
Words @ Bright Wall/Dark Room and Optic Nerve Magazine.
well I quite literally just finished this book, so if Frank is writing about the adaptation that means I should probably watch it
New today on the site:
"In THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986), Connery does not present as capable but instead confident despite his incapabilities, a tendency that here feels like zen touched with zany, more Zardozy than Bonded, arresting in a tonsure."
- @frankfalisi.bsky.social
"In THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986), Connery does not present as capable but instead confident despite his incapabilities, a tendency that here feels like zen touched with zany, more Zardozy than Bonded, arresting in a tonsure."
- @frankfalisi.bsky.social
The Name of the Rose (1986): The Mystery of Faith
The Name of the Rose calls itself, in its own opening credits, “a palimpsest of Umberto Eco’s novel”—a provocative, generative, and not altogether unpretentious appellation to lay claim to.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:59 AM
well I quite literally just finished this book, so if Frank is writing about the adaptation that means I should probably watch it
For @bwdr.bsky.social’s “What Is to be Done?” issue, I wrote about HIGH NOON—a film whose political voltage still hums in our own time. The film is a parable of civic abandonment, the fragility of conscience, and what happens when good people wait for someone else to act.
New today:
"At its core, HIGH NOON is a parable about civic abandonment, the inherent danger in waiting for the moment to act & discovering that no one will stand beside you—a quality which makes it an apt tale for our current political moment."
- Riley Womack
(🎨 by @studioralston.bsky.social)
"At its core, HIGH NOON is a parable about civic abandonment, the inherent danger in waiting for the moment to act & discovering that no one will stand beside you—a quality which makes it an apt tale for our current political moment."
- Riley Womack
(🎨 by @studioralston.bsky.social)
High Noon (1952): Wait Along, Wait Along…
At its core, High Noon is a parable about civic abandonment, the inherent danger in waiting for the moment to act and discovering that no one will stand beside you.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For @bwdr.bsky.social’s “What Is to be Done?” issue, I wrote about HIGH NOON—a film whose political voltage still hums in our own time. The film is a parable of civic abandonment, the fragility of conscience, and what happens when good people wait for someone else to act.
Many thanks to the folks over at @bwdr.bsky.social for letting me go long on John Sayles’s earnest investigation deep in the heart of Texas. So let’s hit the trail.
New today on the site:
The community issue continues, with @rileywomack.bsky.social on John Sayles' LONE STAR (1996)
(art by @mosesleeart.bsky.social)
The community issue continues, with @rileywomack.bsky.social on John Sayles' LONE STAR (1996)
(art by @mosesleeart.bsky.social)
Lone Star (1996): No Wild and Aberrant Star
The driving force of Lone Star isn’t the suspense of discovery, but the moral weight of what’s already known—and what people choose to do with it.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Many thanks to the folks over at @bwdr.bsky.social for letting me go long on John Sayles’s earnest investigation deep in the heart of Texas. So let’s hit the trail.
A face that reveals a lifetime of regret. A man realizing too late what he’s done, what he’s lost.
May 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A face that reveals a lifetime of regret. A man realizing too late what he’s done, what he’s lost.