Bryan Loomis
banner
whatapicturepod.com
Bryan Loomis
@whatapicturepod.com
Self-proclaimed Fun Uncle of Filmsky. I watch too many movies. I write film reviews for ScreenAge Wasteland and host the What a Picture Podcast. https://whatapicturepod.com/ and https://letterboxd.com/bryan_whatapic/
Pinned
That's a wrap on the Sight and Sound 2022 Greatest Films of AlI Time Critics' Poll, and Season 1 of What a Picture! This week, we and friends are going through some favorites and superlatives, and announcing our Season 2 plans! Check it out
What a Picture Podcast
What a Picture is a movie podcast that goes through the Sight and Sound 100 Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll week by week and discusses what makes a great film great.
www.whatapicturepod.com
Reposted by Bryan Loomis
Let's Talk About 'The Thin Man' - featuring the one and only @whatapicturepod.com

open.spotify.com/episode/0g9I...
Let's Talk About 'The Thin Man' (1934)
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'll take my seat atop the Brooklyn Bridge with a coke and a bag of chips to watch a thousand lemmings plummet just because the first one slipped
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Train dreams? Trains can do that?
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Yeah the jump scares in Weapons are good but what about when Jesse Plemons says "YouTube scholars" in Bugonia
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Recutting House of Dynamite to end with the last five minutes of Dr Strangelove
October 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What a fuckin year for Benicio Del Toro
October 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
New PTA is great and the cubs are on the playoffs, we're so back
September 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Bryan Loomis
Back with the boys @jacobholmes.bsky.social and @whatapicturepod.com talking latest buzz in the Oscars race

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nphh...
Major Festival Shakeups See One Battle After Another's Oscars 2026 Stock Rise | Poll Position S1E4
YouTube video by ScreenAge Wasteland
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Everybody is seeing obaa and I have to wait until tomorrow
a man is standing in front of a red doghouse
Alt: Michael cera Charlie Brown walk
media.tenor.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Review up for the new restoration of Four Nights of a Dreamer.

screenagewasteland.com/four-nights-...
'Four Nights of a Dreamer' (1971) Review - ScreenAge Wasteland
Bryan Loomis reviews Janus Films' new restoration of Robert Bresson’s tenth feature film, Four Nights of a Dreamer.
screenagewasteland.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
fit check for my napalm era
September 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Bryan Loomis
The Canon Podcast | ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (1939)

We're excited to announce ScreenAge Wasteland's The Canon: An Essential Movies Watchlist is back for Season 6. Everyone's favorite movie podcast returns to discuss why The Wizard of Oz is a classic. We hope you enjoy listening, screenagers! Episode 90:…
The Canon Podcast | ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (1939)
We're excited to announce ScreenAge Wasteland's The Canon: An Essential Movies Watchlist is back for Season 6. Everyone's favorite movie podcast returns to discuss why The Wizard of Oz is a classic. We hope you enjoy listening, screenagers! Episode 90: The Wizard of Oz (1939) Follow the Canon brick road! Season 6 is off and running with an absolute classic. SAW contributor Jacob Holmes joins Raf on a wonderful trip to they magical land of Oz.
screenagewasteland.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The only conspiracy theory I believe is that Rubik's cubes are unsolvable and anyone who claims to solve them is actively trying to trick you
August 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Venice documentary lineup is every bit as interesting and packed as the Venice competition lineup, which is quite good
August 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
You should never give your phone number out to people because you never know when they might decide to become a real estate agent
July 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Some thoughts on Dr. Strangelove and the end of the world. boxd.it/aft9Ab
A ★★★★★ review of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.
boxd.it
July 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Reposted by Bryan Loomis
New episode of @coldwarcinema.com just dropped! I'm pretty proud of this one, so please do give it a listen.
New episode is live!
This week we discuss Mikhaill Romm’s THE RUSSIAN QUESTION, a 1948 Soviet drama set in the United States that presents a brilliant critique of mass media bias and offers a nuanced critique of US culture more broadly.
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-3-the-...
Cold War Cinema: S2 Ep. 3: The Russian Question (Mikhail Romm, 1948)
“I used to think there was one America, but there are two. There's no place for me in McPherson's and Hearst's America, but there is in Lincoln's and Roosevelts!”  This week on Cold War Cinema, w...
coldwarcinema.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
On this the hottest day of summer, it's a great time to read my first writeup for the Thousand Suns project on Do the Right Thing's climax. boxd.it/a5HDwr
A ★★★★★ review of Do the Right Thing (1989)
This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.
boxd.it
June 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Starting a new movies project over on Letterboxd, here's a very long explanation boxd.it/a4MX5L
A review of Paint Drying (2016)
I’ve learned that my brain works in a strange way. This has come to a head recently because Hannah and I wrapped up Season 1 of our podcast, What a Picture, a few months back, where we covered every m...
boxd.it
June 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The only anti-science take I support youtu.be/0t7VhE5koJQ?...
Bring Back Pluto
YouTube video by Aesop Rock - Topic
youtu.be
June 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
On this week's What a Picture, @rafstitt.bsky.social joined us to talk shady business deals, the price of rivets, Michael Cera's surprising hotness, and more. It's Wes Anderson's latest, the Phoenician Scheme!
What a Picture Podcast
What a Picture is a movie podcast that goes through the Sight and Sound 100 Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll week by week and discusses what makes a great film great.
www.whatapicturepod.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My big bang theory spinoff ideas that could run for 7+ seasons:

Old Sheldon
Gay Sheldon
Two Sheldons
Sheldon Pope
Jock Sheldon
Girl Sheldon
June 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I heard that all the CGI in the new lilo and stitch movie is actually hand-painted watercolor, can anyone confirm
May 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Reposted by Bryan Loomis
Another fun Poll Position vid. Shoutout to @jacobholmes.bsky.social for having me and @whatapicturepod.com on to chat Cannes reactions youtu.be/l7vulDJQE3k?...
Poll Position: Cannes Sentimental Value win Best Picture at the Oscars?
YouTube video by ScreenAge Wasteland
youtu.be
May 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM