Lies Lanckman
@aladyofchance.bsky.social
Lecturer in Film, would-be time traveller & ever-aspiring Yiddishistke. Film history, fan studies, movie magazines & Norma Shearer.
The Lanckman Archive and Cinémathèque has once again expanded its collections...
June 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Lanckman Archive and Cinémathèque has once again expanded its collections...
I had a magnificent time at Il Cinema Ritrovato - many films, many friends, many drinks, slight hysteria throughout - but now I'm back and have to deal with things like unpacking my suitcase, getting some research done over summer (lol), and also a house move. Ahhhhhhhh.
June 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I had a magnificent time at Il Cinema Ritrovato - many films, many friends, many drinks, slight hysteria throughout - but now I'm back and have to deal with things like unpacking my suitcase, getting some research done over summer (lol), and also a house move. Ahhhhhhhh.
It is a day full of ACADEMIC EXISTENTIAL DREAD, for a change. Aaaaaaaaaaa.
a cup of coffee with a smiley face on the top of it
ALT: a cup of coffee with a smiley face on the top of it
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It is a day full of ACADEMIC EXISTENTIAL DREAD, for a change. Aaaaaaaaaaa.
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If I was going to make an innocent victim read one Lovecraft short story, which one should I pick? (Story, not victim.) My instinct says Call of Cthulhu but I will take alternative suggestions...!
February 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
If I was going to make an innocent victim read one Lovecraft short story, which one should I pick? (Story, not victim.) My instinct says Call of Cthulhu but I will take alternative suggestions...!
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The Prince Charles Cinema is the best cinema IN THE WORLD. A true indie with the greatest audience. Bringing movies new and old to the big screen. Regularly showing films on 35mm and 70mm. Please sign this petition to protect the @princecharlescinema.com ❤️
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Prince Charles Cinema is the best cinema IN THE WORLD. A true indie with the greatest audience. Bringing movies new and old to the big screen. Regularly showing films on 35mm and 70mm. Please sign this petition to protect the @princecharlescinema.com ❤️
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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'Announced on Holocaust Memorial Day, the Wiener Holocaust Library’s new online platform includes more than 150,000 items collected over nine decades. Users can view letters, pamphlets and photographs that record the rise of fascism in Britain and Europe.' Link: www.whlcollections.org/index/
‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online
Exclusive: Wiener Holocaust Library has digitised more than 150,000 items including letters, pamphlets and photos
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
'Announced on Holocaust Memorial Day, the Wiener Holocaust Library’s new online platform includes more than 150,000 items collected over nine decades. Users can view letters, pamphlets and photographs that record the rise of fascism in Britain and Europe.' Link: www.whlcollections.org/index/
The paperback version of our glorious fan magazine ed coll is coming out soon! A pleasingly affordable £24.99 and in full colour - hurrah!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-stars-f...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-stars-f...
January 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The paperback version of our glorious fan magazine ed coll is coming out soon! A pleasingly affordable £24.99 and in full colour - hurrah!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-stars-f...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-stars-f...
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David Lynch knew the essential secret of storytelling: you can do whatever the fuck you want as long as you’re also trying to solve a murder
January 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
David Lynch knew the essential secret of storytelling: you can do whatever the fuck you want as long as you’re also trying to solve a murder
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I have taken
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
January 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I have taken
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
A bit of lovely news. We have always been here, and we always will.
January 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A bit of lovely news. We have always been here, and we always will.
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this is probably not the most important thing to know about the Panama Canal this week, but if you travel east through the Panama Canal you go from the Atlantic to the Pacific
January 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
this is probably not the most important thing to know about the Panama Canal this week, but if you travel east through the Panama Canal you go from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon.
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
People Have Had Non-Binary Genders for Thousands of Years
It's nothing new.
www.teenvogue.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon.
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
This is some appalling shit.
🚨 Trump will instruct the federal government tomorrow via an executive order to not recognize that transgender people exist and exclusively recognize people as their sex assigned at birth.
www.thefp.com/p/trumps-day...
www.thefp.com/p/trumps-day...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Day One Executive Order on ‘Male and Female’
The White House strikes out at gender ideology and pronouns. Also: ends housing of biological men in women’s prisons; self-ID on passports; and more.
www.thefp.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is some appalling shit.
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Bloody hell, David Lynch! That's genuinely a tough one for me.
two women are holding hands while sitting in a theater watching a movie .
ALT: two women are holding hands while sitting in a theater watching a movie .
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Bloody hell, David Lynch! That's genuinely a tough one for me.
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The Telegraph who hate illegal immigrants, advising Brits how to be illegal immigrants.
January 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Telegraph who hate illegal immigrants, advising Brits how to be illegal immigrants.
Any good conferences coming up this year? Film history, star studies, fan studies, etc? Ideally in the UK or EU somewhere?
January 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Any good conferences coming up this year? Film history, star studies, fan studies, etc? Ideally in the UK or EU somewhere?
Saw Maria, as a person who's been in love with Maria Callas for the past twenty years - and I LOVED it. I felt like the exact target audience for this rather lovely and mildly unhinged film.
January 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Saw Maria, as a person who's been in love with Maria Callas for the past twenty years - and I LOVED it. I felt like the exact target audience for this rather lovely and mildly unhinged film.
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"Not only did you share a thoughtless, cruel recipe, but you also had the audacity to call it the 'best chili recipe in the world.' Really? Have you tried every chili recipe? How do you think this makes the creators of other recipes feel?"
Did You Even Consider Every Possible Lived Experience Before Recklessly Posting Your Chili Recipe on Social Media?
Look, I get it. You thought what you posted was innocuous. Still, did you stop to think about everyone who has ever lived and how it could make the...
buff.ly
January 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Not only did you share a thoughtless, cruel recipe, but you also had the audacity to call it the 'best chili recipe in the world.' Really? Have you tried every chili recipe? How do you think this makes the creators of other recipes feel?"
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Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
Very much thinking of my California friends. I hope you're all safe and well. What a nightmare.
January 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Very much thinking of my California friends. I hope you're all safe and well. What a nightmare.