Alex Fields
@afields9.bsky.social
Socialist, Appalachian, union steward, I write about formalist/experimental film and horror. they/them
Film noir was “a kind of modernism in the popular cinema: it used unorthodox narration; it resisted sentiment and censorship; it reveled in the ‘social fantastic’; it demonstrated the ambiguity of human motives; and it made commodity culture seem like a wasteland.”
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Film noir was “a kind of modernism in the popular cinema: it used unorthodox narration; it resisted sentiment and censorship; it reveled in the ‘social fantastic’; it demonstrated the ambiguity of human motives; and it made commodity culture seem like a wasteland.”
I wrote briefly about this year’s Light Matter experimental film program
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I wrote briefly about this year’s Light Matter experimental film program
Far and away the best fiddle-accordion duo album I’ve heard this year, and that would probably still be true if I had heard any others
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Far and away the best fiddle-accordion duo album I’ve heard this year, and that would probably still be true if I had heard any others
On that note here are ten films screening at the fest this weekend that I recommend:
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
On that note here are ten films screening at the fest this weekend that I recommend:
we made a pumpkin-caramelized onion risotto with fried sage and hazelnuts
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
we made a pumpkin-caramelized onion risotto with fried sage and hazelnuts
Michael Baxandall describes a form of cultural knowledge that was lost for over four centuries after the Italian Renaissance, until the films of Straub-Huillet:
June 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Michael Baxandall describes a form of cultural knowledge that was lost for over four centuries after the Italian Renaissance, until the films of Straub-Huillet:
Emerson on social media: “their every post chagrins us”
May 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Emerson on social media: “their every post chagrins us”
I no longer have access to an academic library and can’t afford to buy every scholarly book I want to reference. If anyone has PDFs of any of the following I would be very grateful
April 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I no longer have access to an academic library and can’t afford to buy every scholarly book I want to reference. If anyone has PDFs of any of the following I would be very grateful
I’ve been casually working on an all time favorite albums list, posting this rough top 12 now in honor of the goat Michael Hurley. RIP
April 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I’ve been casually working on an all time favorite albums list, posting this rough top 12 now in honor of the goat Michael Hurley. RIP
all the sets I saw at Big Ears ranked
March 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
all the sets I saw at Big Ears ranked
Gillian Rose summarizes Ernst Bloch on Utopia and fascism. Seems familiar/relevant
March 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Gillian Rose summarizes Ernst Bloch on Utopia and fascism. Seems familiar/relevant
Brecht privately making fun of Stalinism in 1938, according to a memory from Walter Benjamin:
March 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Brecht privately making fun of Stalinism in 1938, according to a memory from Walter Benjamin:
I made a thoroughly half assed (but ranked) list of my favorite comedies.
I will not defend this list if anyone questions whether these are really comedies or why I didn’t include other stuff, but I do think these are all good movies
I will not defend this list if anyone questions whether these are really comedies or why I didn’t include other stuff, but I do think these are all good movies
March 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I made a thoroughly half assed (but ranked) list of my favorite comedies.
I will not defend this list if anyone questions whether these are really comedies or why I didn’t include other stuff, but I do think these are all good movies
I will not defend this list if anyone questions whether these are really comedies or why I didn’t include other stuff, but I do think these are all good movies
As a public sector union officer I think it’s bad that the federal government is just declaring public sector union contracts void and canceling their grievances
March 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
As a public sector union officer I think it’s bad that the federal government is just declaring public sector union contracts void and canceling their grievances
I made a Letterboxd list of films produced by the Barcelona School, a group of experimental and underground dissident filmmakers working in the later years of the Franco dictatorship.
Might be regrettably relevant for Americans before long!
Might be regrettably relevant for Americans before long!
February 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I made a Letterboxd list of films produced by the Barcelona School, a group of experimental and underground dissident filmmakers working in the later years of the Franco dictatorship.
Might be regrettably relevant for Americans before long!
Might be regrettably relevant for Americans before long!
Statement from APWU president Mark Dimondstein on Trump’s plans for a hostile takeover of the Postal Service
February 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Statement from APWU president Mark Dimondstein on Trump’s plans for a hostile takeover of the Postal Service
I bet the Lacanians lined up for Carpenter’s film in Germany
February 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I bet the Lacanians lined up for Carpenter’s film in Germany
I don’t care if people watch 16mm films on scans or cam rips or whatever but I’m organizing a movement to boycott 2D screenings of 3D films
Perhaps I’m the only person willing to die on this hill; so be it, I’ll die alone
Perhaps I’m the only person willing to die on this hill; so be it, I’ll die alone
February 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I don’t care if people watch 16mm films on scans or cam rips or whatever but I’m organizing a movement to boycott 2D screenings of 3D films
Perhaps I’m the only person willing to die on this hill; so be it, I’ll die alone
Perhaps I’m the only person willing to die on this hill; so be it, I’ll die alone
Lenin weighs in on recent events at karagarga
February 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Lenin weighs in on recent events at karagarga
Incredible things happening on the other site
February 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Incredible things happening on the other site
The current horror film landscape desperately needs a revival of Woodite genre criticism
February 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The current horror film landscape desperately needs a revival of Woodite genre criticism
Great film that ought to be known among the best films actively addressing the 1968 moment.
Link (with English subs) in comment
Link (with English subs) in comment
January 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Great film that ought to be known among the best films actively addressing the 1968 moment.
Link (with English subs) in comment
Link (with English subs) in comment
I made a list of the 75 best avant garde films of the first quarter of the 21st century, according to me at this particular moment
Substack post: notreconciled.substack.com/p/the-21st-c...
Google Drive folder with all the films I can share digitally: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Substack post: notreconciled.substack.com/p/the-21st-c...
Google Drive folder with all the films I can share digitally: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
January 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I made a list of the 75 best avant garde films of the first quarter of the 21st century, according to me at this particular moment
Substack post: notreconciled.substack.com/p/the-21st-c...
Google Drive folder with all the films I can share digitally: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Substack post: notreconciled.substack.com/p/the-21st-c...
Google Drive folder with all the films I can share digitally: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I’m a big fan of revisionist westerns and elevated horror
January 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I’m a big fan of revisionist westerns and elevated horror