Stephanie Bencin
@stephbencin.bsky.social
Director of award winning short film GREETINGS,: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVDonpKxhEw. Don't follow me if you can't tell the difference between Bill Paxton and Bill Pullman.
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
December 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
I just have trouble believing that the couple who made one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and that I have gone so far as to call it "evil," has actually made one of the best movies of the year.
December 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I just have trouble believing that the couple who made one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and that I have gone so far as to call it "evil," has actually made one of the best movies of the year.
Rewatching THE MASTERMIND the day after rewatching WAKE UP DEAD MAN and realizing that Josh O'Connor is doing two completely distinctive American dialects without them being overtly regional. Can we give acting awards in aggregate?
December 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Rewatching THE MASTERMIND the day after rewatching WAKE UP DEAD MAN and realizing that Josh O'Connor is doing two completely distinctive American dialects without them being overtly regional. Can we give acting awards in aggregate?
Maybe it's because it's Christmas, but I'm suddenly thinking about the football team from Beetlejuice and the survivor's guilt their coach must have felt.
December 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Maybe it's because it's Christmas, but I'm suddenly thinking about the football team from Beetlejuice and the survivor's guilt their coach must have felt.
Top ten cinematic moment.
a muppet wearing a top hat is standing in front of a door and saying `` and tiny tim ... '' .
ALT: a muppet wearing a top hat is standing in front of a door and saying `` and tiny tim ... '' .
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December 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Top ten cinematic moment.
Fanny and Alexander is the ultimate Christmas movie.
December 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Fanny and Alexander is the ultimate Christmas movie.
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For Christmas Eve, enjoy a supercut of my favorite tradition — Darlene Love on Letterman
Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Supercut | Letterman
YouTube video by Letterman
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December 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For Christmas Eve, enjoy a supercut of my favorite tradition — Darlene Love on Letterman
Annual reminder: this guy fucked.
December 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Annual reminder: this guy fucked.
We're living in the Streisand Effect.
December 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
We're living in the Streisand Effect.
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Road movie, these two, immediately!!!
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Road movie, these two, immediately!!!
We need to talk about split diopter shots in SOAPDISH.
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We need to talk about split diopter shots in SOAPDISH.
Crazy that garbage bags that don't smell like baby powder have become a niche item.
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Crazy that garbage bags that don't smell like baby powder have become a niche item.
Road movie, these two, immediately!!!
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Road movie, these two, immediately!!!
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Underrated funny detail that Ace Rothstein and Phillip Green are eating blueberry muffins in the first place
December 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Underrated funny detail that Ace Rothstein and Phillip Green are eating blueberry muffins in the first place
I need to commission a photo shoot of Josh O'Connor reenacting the Elliott Gould/Grover picture.
December 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I need to commission a photo shoot of Josh O'Connor reenacting the Elliott Gould/Grover picture.
Kid at my daughter's sleepover: let's watch Christmas Vacation.
Everyone: Never heard of it
(I put it on)
Two kids, separately: Oh, you mean NATIONAL LAMPOON'S Christmas Vacation.
Everyone: Never heard of it
(I put it on)
Two kids, separately: Oh, you mean NATIONAL LAMPOON'S Christmas Vacation.
December 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Kid at my daughter's sleepover: let's watch Christmas Vacation.
Everyone: Never heard of it
(I put it on)
Two kids, separately: Oh, you mean NATIONAL LAMPOON'S Christmas Vacation.
Everyone: Never heard of it
(I put it on)
Two kids, separately: Oh, you mean NATIONAL LAMPOON'S Christmas Vacation.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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the best scene of the year
The Mastermind devotes what feels like a full 15 minutes of screen time to a guy carrying stuff up a ladder. Truly mind numbing.
December 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
the best scene of the year
“I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.”
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.”
"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."
Going into 2026 like.
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Going into 2026 like.
I hadn't planned on writing about Rob Reiner, but then I couldn't stop myself.
Rob Reiner and His Case Against The Sure Thing
I thought I had outgrown Rob Reiner - I’d long moved onto more cynical and worldweary cinema, but since his death, I have a running dialogue of his films going through my head.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I hadn't planned on writing about Rob Reiner, but then I couldn't stop myself.
Sorry, Baby was miraculous.
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Sorry, Baby was miraculous.
Jesus, he also gave us this!
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Jesus, he also gave us this!