Ben Sears
@benjsears.bsky.social
Hoosier and movie lover. Member IFJA. Owner & Editor TheMovieState.com and contributor elsewhere. Director of Life in Mars, a documentary about the neighborhood of Mars Hill, Indiana (coming soon)
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene
Now watching one of my most anticipated films of the year: IS THIS THING ON?
October 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Now watching one of my most anticipated films of the year: IS THIS THING ON?
Super excited for the Opening Night for the Heartland Film Festival tonight! One of my favorite times of the year in Indianapolis. If you’ll be there, flag me down and say hello (I look exactly like my profile photo)
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Super excited for the Opening Night for the Heartland Film Festival tonight! One of my favorite times of the year in Indianapolis. If you’ll be there, flag me down and say hello (I look exactly like my profile photo)
#ThirdPageThursday #ThurdPageThursday for a new feature I just started writing, THE EDITOR, about a family vlogger the and scars his kids inherit years later. It’s a little genre I’m inventing about generational trauma
October 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#ThirdPageThursday #ThurdPageThursday for a new feature I just started writing, THE EDITOR, about a family vlogger the and scars his kids inherit years later. It’s a little genre I’m inventing about generational trauma
#NowWatching. If the rapture happens in the next three hours I’m gonna be pissed
September 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
#NowWatching. If the rapture happens in the next three hours I’m gonna be pissed
The IndieWire editors sending Ehrlich to review another blockbuster
July 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The IndieWire editors sending Ehrlich to review another blockbuster
Them: how’s your 2025 so far?
Me:
Me:
July 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Them: how’s your 2025 so far?
Me:
Me:
*shrugs* my 10 best films of the 21st century
June 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
*shrugs* my 10 best films of the 21st century
Guess they only want DEI when it benefits them
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Guess they only want DEI when it benefits them
Finally get a ranking to display on Coverfly for the first time… right when it’s shutting down 🫠 #scriptsky
May 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Finally get a ranking to display on Coverfly for the first time… right when it’s shutting down 🫠 #scriptsky
#ThurdPageThirsday #scriptsky
Post a page 3 from any work in progress or work in abandonment.
From my silent horror film set during the California gold rush. Had to re-tool the opening scene and am pretty happy with the result.
Post a page 3 from any work in progress or work in abandonment.
From my silent horror film set during the California gold rush. Had to re-tool the opening scene and am pretty happy with the result.
May 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#ThurdPageThirsday #scriptsky
Post a page 3 from any work in progress or work in abandonment.
From my silent horror film set during the California gold rush. Had to re-tool the opening scene and am pretty happy with the result.
Post a page 3 from any work in progress or work in abandonment.
From my silent horror film set during the California gold rush. Had to re-tool the opening scene and am pretty happy with the result.
I didn’t care for Poker Face season one
May 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I didn’t care for Poker Face season one
Retooled the opening to my horror feature and I’m pretty happy with how it came out #scriptsky
February 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Retooled the opening to my horror feature and I’m pretty happy with how it came out #scriptsky
How your email finds me
February 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
How your email finds me
Haven’t been able to stop thinking of this moment since I first saw NICKEL BOYS. God damn.
February 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Haven’t been able to stop thinking of this moment since I first saw NICKEL BOYS. God damn.
I only got to see 4 of the 10 episodes before my screeners expired, but YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN is… kind of incredible??? Great animation & love the way it upends the overly established Spider-Man lore #filmsky #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodSpiderMan
January 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I only got to see 4 of the 10 episodes before my screeners expired, but YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN is… kind of incredible??? Great animation & love the way it upends the overly established Spider-Man lore #filmsky #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodSpiderMan
