Aki Vainio
@akivain.bsky.social
I'm a senior lecturer of IT, used to be an entrepreneur and a software engineer. Here's I'm just going to post about movies I've liked, but also I would rather talk about weird indie films.
He/him, but as a Finn, I don't really care, so any/all is fine.
He/him, but as a Finn, I don't really care, so any/all is fine.
Weird that in The House of Dynamite, the POTUS would use for his entrance a song that was described by the author like this: "I'm not quite sure what the song is about, but there's a lot of anger, a lot of despair and a lot of frustration."
(In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins)
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(In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins)
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December 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Weird that in The House of Dynamite, the POTUS would use for his entrance a song that was described by the author like this: "I'm not quite sure what the song is about, but there's a lot of anger, a lot of despair and a lot of frustration."
(In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins)
#filmsky
(In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins)
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My poor leftist nonexistent soul shivers at how much my barely existing brain loves this.
December 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
My poor leftist nonexistent soul shivers at how much my barely existing brain loves this.
It is so nice that the Photos app chooses to remind me of memories from the current year. Like that time I needed to take a photo of my friend's Wi-Fi password, because I couldn't read the small print otherwise. Oh, what golden memories I will cherish forever.
December 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
It is so nice that the Photos app chooses to remind me of memories from the current year. Like that time I needed to take a photo of my friend's Wi-Fi password, because I couldn't read the small print otherwise. Oh, what golden memories I will cherish forever.
I was at a One Battle After Another screening. There was a fire alarm. It took ages before snyone realized it wasn’t just something in the movie. (No actual fire though.) #filmsky
September 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I was at a One Battle After Another screening. There was a fire alarm. It took ages before snyone realized it wasn’t just something in the movie. (No actual fire though.) #filmsky
I finally watched all the movies on the Sight & Sound Critics' Poll of 2022. It took only two and half years. And change. So, I decided to write about it. blog.guildredemund.net/2025/07/28/i...
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I Have Finally Seen All the Movies on the Sight & Sound Critics’ Poll of 2022
That’s 264 movies. I have seen quite a few before I started this almost three years ago when the list was published, but since many of the movies are not readily available, it took me this lo…
blog.guildredemund.net
July 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I finally watched all the movies on the Sight & Sound Critics' Poll of 2022. It took only two and half years. And change. So, I decided to write about it. blog.guildredemund.net/2025/07/28/i...
#filmsky
#filmsky
Letterboxd put Coralie Fargeat's (you know, the Oscar-nominated director of The Substance) version of Star Wars she made when she was 17 on their channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVBY...
July 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Letterboxd put Coralie Fargeat's (you know, the Oscar-nominated director of The Substance) version of Star Wars she made when she was 17 on their channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVBY...
Witches (2024).
Found this on MUBI and also found it very compelling. As a cishet man, I will never experience this, but I have been reading a lot about witch hunts and trials lately and this was a very different and interesting way to look at those. Also, just devastating.
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Found this on MUBI and also found it very compelling. As a cishet man, I will never experience this, but I have been reading a lot about witch hunts and trials lately and this was a very different and interesting way to look at those. Also, just devastating.
#filmsky
June 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Witches (2024).
Found this on MUBI and also found it very compelling. As a cishet man, I will never experience this, but I have been reading a lot about witch hunts and trials lately and this was a very different and interesting way to look at those. Also, just devastating.
#filmsky
Found this on MUBI and also found it very compelling. As a cishet man, I will never experience this, but I have been reading a lot about witch hunts and trials lately and this was a very different and interesting way to look at those. Also, just devastating.
#filmsky
Atun-Shei, who directed the great little micro-budgeted folk horror film The Sudbury Devil a few years back, has announced a new project, which sound intriguing.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMdf...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMdf...
The Big Announcement
YouTube video by Atun-Shei Films
www.youtube.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Atun-Shei, who directed the great little micro-budgeted folk horror film The Sudbury Devil a few years back, has announced a new project, which sound intriguing.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMdf...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMdf...
Kim Gordon updated her song Bye Bye with lyrics consisting of words banned by the current US administration in grant applications. "Peanut allergy"? I did not know that was a thing they had a problem with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkyu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkyu...
Kim Gordon - "BYE BYE 25!"
YouTube video by Kim Gordon
www.youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Kim Gordon updated her song Bye Bye with lyrics consisting of words banned by the current US administration in grant applications. "Peanut allergy"? I did not know that was a thing they had a problem with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkyu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkyu...
A request: Back in late '22, when the latest Sight & Sound Critics' Poll dropped, I decided to try to watch them all. Now out of the 264, I've seen 261 and located 2 more. The missing one is The Intruder (L'intrus) by Claire Denis. Any ideas where one could find it?
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June 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A request: Back in late '22, when the latest Sight & Sound Critics' Poll dropped, I decided to try to watch them all. Now out of the 264, I've seen 261 and located 2 more. The missing one is The Intruder (L'intrus) by Claire Denis. Any ideas where one could find it?
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Steve Albini was a fascinating guy and now all of his personal possessions are available for sale.
www.stevealbiniscloset.com
Even though I have no plans to buy anything, it is just fun to look at all the weird stuff he had accumulated.
www.stevealbiniscloset.com
Even though I have no plans to buy anything, it is just fun to look at all the weird stuff he had accumulated.
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May 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Steve Albini was a fascinating guy and now all of his personal possessions are available for sale.
www.stevealbiniscloset.com
Even though I have no plans to buy anything, it is just fun to look at all the weird stuff he had accumulated.
www.stevealbiniscloset.com
Even though I have no plans to buy anything, it is just fun to look at all the weird stuff he had accumulated.
What am I supposed to be getting out of Warfare? I just kept thinking that these people are invaders in this country and they are keeping two families imprisoned for reasons we are not made aware of while obviously causing the attack they suffer through their own incompetence. #filmsky
May 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
What am I supposed to be getting out of Warfare? I just kept thinking that these people are invaders in this country and they are keeping two families imprisoned for reasons we are not made aware of while obviously causing the attack they suffer through their own incompetence. #filmsky
www.imdb.com/title/tt3217...
In the current state of the world, this might not be the movie you want, but it is the movie you need.
In the current state of the world, this might not be the movie you want, but it is the movie you need.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
www.imdb.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
www.imdb.com/title/tt3217...
In the current state of the world, this might not be the movie you want, but it is the movie you need.
In the current state of the world, this might not be the movie you want, but it is the movie you need.
I don't really mind that Schrader feels that ChatGPT can help him, but how does he feel entitled to say that other filmmakers, who are much better than him, could benefit as well? I would hope directors make movies out of passion.
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Paul Schrader Says He Asked ChatGPT for Film Ideas and They Were All ‘Original’ and ‘Fleshed Out’: ‘Why Should Writers Sit Around for Months’ When ‘AI Can Provide One in Seconds?’
Paul Schrader is sounding off in support of using ChatGPT to come up with ideas for films.
variety.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I don't really mind that Schrader feels that ChatGPT can help him, but how does he feel entitled to say that other filmmakers, who are much better than him, could benefit as well? I would hope directors make movies out of passion.
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I don't know how many people actually follow 366WeirdMovies but they are a website with a weird movie for every day of the year.
Seven of those are from David Lynch.
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Seven of those are from David Lynch.
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January 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I don't know how many people actually follow 366WeirdMovies but they are a website with a weird movie for every day of the year.
Seven of those are from David Lynch.
#filmsky
Seven of those are from David Lynch.
#filmsky
After a recent discussion on movie ratings I thought that maybe I should look into the different approaches different countries take on their ratings. Then I remembered that I already did this a couple of years ago. blog.guildredemund.net/2021/10/28/m...
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MPAA’s Impact on Mainstream Culture
Let’s talk about movie ratings.
blog.guildredemund.net
January 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
After a recent discussion on movie ratings I thought that maybe I should look into the different approaches different countries take on their ratings. Then I remembered that I already did this a couple of years ago. blog.guildredemund.net/2021/10/28/m...
#filmsky
#filmsky
A question regarding People's Joker: There's a shirt that says Hicks & Carlin & Pryor & Travalen. I know the first three names, but "Travalen"? Who or what is that? Is that an in-joke cishet me is not even supposed to understand?
Great movie, btw.
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Great movie, btw.
#filmsky
December 25, 2024 at 9:29 AM
A question regarding People's Joker: There's a shirt that says Hicks & Carlin & Pryor & Travalen. I know the first three names, but "Travalen"? Who or what is that? Is that an in-joke cishet me is not even supposed to understand?
Great movie, btw.
#filmsky
Great movie, btw.
#filmsky
For Finnish Independence Day, I went to see a Bhutanese movie about their ambivalence towards voting (The Monk and the Gun). Reminded me of a Finnish novel from 1909 (just a few years after the first elections in Finland) called Punainen viiva (The Red Line), a very different approach.
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December 6, 2024 at 3:12 PM
For Finnish Independence Day, I went to see a Bhutanese movie about their ambivalence towards voting (The Monk and the Gun). Reminded me of a Finnish novel from 1909 (just a few years after the first elections in Finland) called Punainen viiva (The Red Line), a very different approach.
#filmsky
#filmsky
For Finnish Independence Day I am going to celebrate the inclusion of Valkoinen Peura (1952, The White Deer) in All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror: Volume Two. It's a little cautionary tale of what not to do when your husband is a deer herder and hus often away for work.
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December 6, 2024 at 8:15 AM
For Finnish Independence Day I am going to celebrate the inclusion of Valkoinen Peura (1952, The White Deer) in All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror: Volume Two. It's a little cautionary tale of what not to do when your husband is a deer herder and hus often away for work.
#filmsky
#filmsky
My top 10 fave (feature) animations
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Akira
Sita Sings the Blues
Belladonna of Sadness
Allegro non Troppo
Princess Mononoke
The Triplets of Belleville
Your Name.
Mary and Max.
Kirikou et la sorciere
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It's Such a Beautiful Day
Akira
Sita Sings the Blues
Belladonna of Sadness
Allegro non Troppo
Princess Mononoke
The Triplets of Belleville
Your Name.
Mary and Max.
Kirikou et la sorciere
#filmsky
December 3, 2024 at 11:13 AM
My top 10 fave (feature) animations
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Akira
Sita Sings the Blues
Belladonna of Sadness
Allegro non Troppo
Princess Mononoke
The Triplets of Belleville
Your Name.
Mary and Max.
Kirikou et la sorciere
#filmsky
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Akira
Sita Sings the Blues
Belladonna of Sadness
Allegro non Troppo
Princess Mononoke
The Triplets of Belleville
Your Name.
Mary and Max.
Kirikou et la sorciere
#filmsky
Went to see Shadowland yesterday. Full frontal Richard Stanley, anyone? Anyone? Huh.
While I am atheist, I am interested in occult practices, so the movie hit in that regard, but it also ends up discussing the grifting around these topics, although from an unxpected (to me) perspective.
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While I am atheist, I am interested in occult practices, so the movie hit in that regard, but it also ends up discussing the grifting around these topics, although from an unxpected (to me) perspective.
#filmsky
December 2, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Went to see Shadowland yesterday. Full frontal Richard Stanley, anyone? Anyone? Huh.
While I am atheist, I am interested in occult practices, so the movie hit in that regard, but it also ends up discussing the grifting around these topics, although from an unxpected (to me) perspective.
#filmsky
While I am atheist, I am interested in occult practices, so the movie hit in that regard, but it also ends up discussing the grifting around these topics, although from an unxpected (to me) perspective.
#filmsky
In general, a movie with a high critic score but low audience score is basically a must-watch for me, but what about when a movie has 10 user reviews on IMDb, 9 of which are very positive, but they have all been ratiod while the only negative review is the one people like?
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November 21, 2024 at 9:18 PM
In general, a movie with a high critic score but low audience score is basically a must-watch for me, but what about when a movie has 10 user reviews on IMDb, 9 of which are very positive, but they have all been ratiod while the only negative review is the one people like?
#filmsky
#filmsky
Winter is here. On a totally unrelated note, go see Kneecap.
November 21, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Winter is here. On a totally unrelated note, go see Kneecap.