Aaron Hillis
@aaronhillis.bsky.social
My life is a film festival. Cucalorus curator. Bleecker Street consultant: Genre Acquisitions & Outreach. #playtimewithHillis forever. (Previously: Fandor) https://linktr.ee/aaronhillis
Some MFers are always trying to ice skate uphill.*
(* post their weekend @letterboxd.social recap just for the pop-art BLADE posters.)
(* post their weekend @letterboxd.social recap just for the pop-art BLADE posters.)
October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Some MFers are always trying to ice skate uphill.*
(* post their weekend @letterboxd.social recap just for the pop-art BLADE posters.)
(* post their weekend @letterboxd.social recap just for the pop-art BLADE posters.)
200 screenings later... Anson Williams ("Potsie" himself!) joins us for tonight's FINAL #playtimewithHillis 📽:
ALL-AMERICAN MURDER (1991): Williams directs this giallo-esque thriller, in which a college student is given 24 hours to find the blowtorch-wielding lunatic who killed his girlfriend. 🎓
ALL-AMERICAN MURDER (1991): Williams directs this giallo-esque thriller, in which a college student is given 24 hours to find the blowtorch-wielding lunatic who killed his girlfriend. 🎓
July 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
200 screenings later... Anson Williams ("Potsie" himself!) joins us for tonight's FINAL #playtimewithHillis 📽:
ALL-AMERICAN MURDER (1991): Williams directs this giallo-esque thriller, in which a college student is given 24 hours to find the blowtorch-wielding lunatic who killed his girlfriend. 🎓
ALL-AMERICAN MURDER (1991): Williams directs this giallo-esque thriller, in which a college student is given 24 hours to find the blowtorch-wielding lunatic who killed his girlfriend. 🎓
Co-sign, extended cut is a yearly Thanksgiving watch!
June 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Co-sign, extended cut is a yearly Thanksgiving watch!
getting this as a tramp stamp
June 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
getting this as a tramp stamp
Me, finally catching up with the mind-melting S2 finale of “The Rehearsal”
May 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Me, finally catching up with the mind-melting S2 finale of “The Rehearsal”
Jafar Panahi’s excellent IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT was my 5th place wild-card Cannes pick… which actually won the Palme d’Or! (All the other four films were still prize winners.)
May 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Jafar Panahi’s excellent IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT was my 5th place wild-card Cannes pick… which actually won the Palme d’Or! (All the other four films were still prize winners.)
It’s gotta be an “S” film from #Cannes2025 for the Palme d’Or, no? SOUND OF FALLING, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, THE SECRET AGENT… but, for my money, I’m rooting for SIRÂT.
May 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It’s gotta be an “S” film from #Cannes2025 for the Palme d’Or, no? SOUND OF FALLING, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, THE SECRET AGENT… but, for my money, I’m rooting for SIRÂT.
If I end up at the beach during Cannes, folks will see A PALE VIEW OF HILLIS.
May 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If I end up at the beach during Cannes, folks will see A PALE VIEW OF HILLIS.
A tribute to Wings Hauser and Nicky Katt. Tonight’s #playtimewithHillis 🎥:
SKINS (1994): Returning from a self-imposed exile in Mexico, an alcoholic ex-cop (Hauser, who directs) reunites with his separated wife (Linda Blair) for vengeance against the L.A. Neo-Nazi gang who murdered their son. 🤬
SKINS (1994): Returning from a self-imposed exile in Mexico, an alcoholic ex-cop (Hauser, who directs) reunites with his separated wife (Linda Blair) for vengeance against the L.A. Neo-Nazi gang who murdered their son. 🤬
April 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A tribute to Wings Hauser and Nicky Katt. Tonight’s #playtimewithHillis 🎥:
SKINS (1994): Returning from a self-imposed exile in Mexico, an alcoholic ex-cop (Hauser, who directs) reunites with his separated wife (Linda Blair) for vengeance against the L.A. Neo-Nazi gang who murdered their son. 🤬
SKINS (1994): Returning from a self-imposed exile in Mexico, an alcoholic ex-cop (Hauser, who directs) reunites with his separated wife (Linda Blair) for vengeance against the L.A. Neo-Nazi gang who murdered their son. 🤬
Already a sucker for the diabolical art of Polish movie posters, I just discovered a new blind spot... Anyone familiar with the work of Lódz-born filmmaker Barbara Sass (1936-2015)?
March 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Already a sucker for the diabolical art of Polish movie posters, I just discovered a new blind spot... Anyone familiar with the work of Lódz-born filmmaker Barbara Sass (1936-2015)?
What's black and white and feminist all over? Tonight's #playtimewithHillis 🎥:
THE GOLD DIGGERS (1983): Enigmatic film star Julie Christie and bank clerk Colette Laffont sense a link between capitalism + beauty in this avant-garde sci-fi musical, the directorial debut from Sally Potter (ORLANDO). 👠
THE GOLD DIGGERS (1983): Enigmatic film star Julie Christie and bank clerk Colette Laffont sense a link between capitalism + beauty in this avant-garde sci-fi musical, the directorial debut from Sally Potter (ORLANDO). 👠
March 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What's black and white and feminist all over? Tonight's #playtimewithHillis 🎥:
THE GOLD DIGGERS (1983): Enigmatic film star Julie Christie and bank clerk Colette Laffont sense a link between capitalism + beauty in this avant-garde sci-fi musical, the directorial debut from Sally Potter (ORLANDO). 👠
THE GOLD DIGGERS (1983): Enigmatic film star Julie Christie and bank clerk Colette Laffont sense a link between capitalism + beauty in this avant-garde sci-fi musical, the directorial debut from Sally Potter (ORLANDO). 👠
Regardless of this colorful bio detail on Chuck Schumer's website, I have it on good authority (my late father-in-law, who grew up in Brooklyn) that he was also a shit basketball player.
March 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Regardless of this colorful bio detail on Chuck Schumer's website, I have it on good authority (my late father-in-law, who grew up in Brooklyn) that he was also a shit basketball player.
Yeah, we did.
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March 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Yeah, we did.
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Congrats to Sean Baker's unprecedented four Oscars for a single film, ANORA. Entirely deserved but c’mon, I called this win to him back in October…
#anora #seanbaker #bestpicture #mikeymadison #theamazingkreskin #neon @neon-rated.bsky.social
#anora #seanbaker #bestpicture #mikeymadison #theamazingkreskin #neon @neon-rated.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Congrats to Sean Baker's unprecedented four Oscars for a single film, ANORA. Entirely deserved but c’mon, I called this win to him back in October…
#anora #seanbaker #bestpicture #mikeymadison #theamazingkreskin #neon @neon-rated.bsky.social
#anora #seanbaker #bestpicture #mikeymadison #theamazingkreskin #neon @neon-rated.bsky.social
“You are the best thing on the radio!” Oops, wrong movie. Tonight’s #playtimewithHillis 🎥:
DEAD AIR (1994): Terror finds a nighttime DJ (Gregory Hines) after hearing a call-in murder. Extinct since laserdisc, an underrated thriller from the director of WHEN A STRANGER CALLS and APRIL FOOL’S DAY. 🎙️🎧
DEAD AIR (1994): Terror finds a nighttime DJ (Gregory Hines) after hearing a call-in murder. Extinct since laserdisc, an underrated thriller from the director of WHEN A STRANGER CALLS and APRIL FOOL’S DAY. 🎙️🎧
February 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“You are the best thing on the radio!” Oops, wrong movie. Tonight’s #playtimewithHillis 🎥:
DEAD AIR (1994): Terror finds a nighttime DJ (Gregory Hines) after hearing a call-in murder. Extinct since laserdisc, an underrated thriller from the director of WHEN A STRANGER CALLS and APRIL FOOL’S DAY. 🎙️🎧
DEAD AIR (1994): Terror finds a nighttime DJ (Gregory Hines) after hearing a call-in murder. Extinct since laserdisc, an underrated thriller from the director of WHEN A STRANGER CALLS and APRIL FOOL’S DAY. 🎙️🎧
Look, the legendary John Waters didn't have hair & makeup so this was always going to be an audio-only interview...
February 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Look, the legendary John Waters didn't have hair & makeup so this was always going to be an audio-only interview...
"People see me all the time and they just can’t remember how to act / Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts" - Bob Dylan, "Idiot Wind"
"Blood on the Tracks" turns 50 today, holy schmoly.
"Blood on the Tracks" turns 50 today, holy schmoly.
January 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"People see me all the time and they just can’t remember how to act / Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts" - Bob Dylan, "Idiot Wind"
"Blood on the Tracks" turns 50 today, holy schmoly.
"Blood on the Tracks" turns 50 today, holy schmoly.
Wearing this shirt today reminded me of a beautiful @cucalorus.bsky.social moment, Nov. 2022. It was the first time Isabella Rossellini had been back to Wilmington, NC since shooting David Lynch’s BLUE VELVET, to perform her new one-person show “Darwin’s Smile.” 💙☕️💔
January 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Wearing this shirt today reminded me of a beautiful @cucalorus.bsky.social moment, Nov. 2022. It was the first time Isabella Rossellini had been back to Wilmington, NC since shooting David Lynch’s BLUE VELVET, to perform her new one-person show “Darwin’s Smile.” 💙☕️💔
Did a virtual screening of this last summer with Pamela Adlon doing a live intro (she speaks very fondly of this film). Low-key kinda great?
January 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Did a virtual screening of this last summer with Pamela Adlon doing a live intro (she speaks very fondly of this film). Low-key kinda great?
I got yr NYE playlists below 🎵🎸🥵
December 31, 2024 at 3:21 AM
I got yr NYE playlists below 🎵🎸🥵
My BEST MUSIC OF 2024 mix is now available on Spotify, a hair over 14 hours. Two hundred songs! No artist repeated! Six vibey playlists, support bands, links in thread:
DISC 1: "Universal Lozenge" include my top ten albums
open.spotify.com/playlist/1eE...
DISC 1: "Universal Lozenge" include my top ten albums
open.spotify.com/playlist/1eE...
December 23, 2024 at 4:27 PM
My BEST MUSIC OF 2024 mix is now available on Spotify, a hair over 14 hours. Two hundred songs! No artist repeated! Six vibey playlists, support bands, links in thread:
DISC 1: "Universal Lozenge" include my top ten albums
open.spotify.com/playlist/1eE...
DISC 1: "Universal Lozenge" include my top ten albums
open.spotify.com/playlist/1eE...
Why do so many great bands have the most accursed names these days? Tropical Fuck Storm, cumgirl8, ShitKid, FEMME FUGAZI, Viagra Boys, Amyl and the Sniffers, Couch Slut, Pissed Jeans, et al...
December 16, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Why do so many great bands have the most accursed names these days? Tropical Fuck Storm, cumgirl8, ShitKid, FEMME FUGAZI, Viagra Boys, Amyl and the Sniffers, Couch Slut, Pissed Jeans, et al...
Not just a Thanksgiving delicacy!
December 1, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Not just a Thanksgiving delicacy!
Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you.
November 19, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you.
Workaholic/sexaholic criminal lawyer Virginie Efira struggles with the absurdities of life and love.
ANATOMY OF A FALL auteur Justine Triet's elegantly chaotic romantic farce IN BED WITH VICTORIA (2016) sees a woman at a crossroads & courtroom drama with a dog witness—go figure!
ANATOMY OF A FALL auteur Justine Triet's elegantly chaotic romantic farce IN BED WITH VICTORIA (2016) sees a woman at a crossroads & courtroom drama with a dog witness—go figure!
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March 11, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Workaholic/sexaholic criminal lawyer Virginie Efira struggles with the absurdities of life and love.
ANATOMY OF A FALL auteur Justine Triet's elegantly chaotic romantic farce IN BED WITH VICTORIA (2016) sees a woman at a crossroads & courtroom drama with a dog witness—go figure!
ANATOMY OF A FALL auteur Justine Triet's elegantly chaotic romantic farce IN BED WITH VICTORIA (2016) sees a woman at a crossroads & courtroom drama with a dog witness—go figure!