Christian Craig
@christch.bsky.social
Writer, editor, wacky guy. Chicago. Words in rogerebert.com, bright wall/dark room, Animus mag.
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Christian Craig
@christch.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Bright Wall/Dark Room March 2023: Something Wild: The Other Half of You by Christian Craig | Features | Roger Ebert
An essay by Christian Craig about Jonathan Demme's Something Wild, as excerpted from the latest issue of Bright Wall/Dark Room.
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Starting a thread for a few things I've written over the past couple years now that I'm getting my bluesky sea legs :-)
Starting off with a piece on Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD, my personal favorite rom com, for rogerebert.com / bright wall/darkroom
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Starting off with a piece on Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD, my personal favorite rom com, for rogerebert.com / bright wall/darkroom
www.rogerebert.com/features/bri...
God bless John Carpenter
June 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
God bless John Carpenter
Eric LaRue is sweaty, but I think there's something noble about taking a swing at something so unwieldy. I wrote about it for In Review:
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inreviewonline.com/2025/04/25/e...
Eric Larue — Michael Shannon [Review] | In Review Online
A new film review of Eric Larue, directed by Michael Shannon & released by Magnolia Pictures, for film review site In Review Online.
inreviewonline.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Eric LaRue is sweaty, but I think there's something noble about taking a swing at something so unwieldy. I wrote about it for In Review:
inreviewonline.com/2025/04/25/e...
inreviewonline.com/2025/04/25/e...
I'm about halfway through a read of Bleeding Edge and my biggest takeaway so far is that it's a tragedy Pynchon never wrote a video game
May 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm about halfway through a read of Bleeding Edge and my biggest takeaway so far is that it's a tragedy Pynchon never wrote a video game
I was blown away by MAD BILLS TO PAY! There's something about the current wave of low-budge filmmaking that recalls New Hollywood, and I think Vargas could be this iteration's Cassavetes. My review for In Review:
inreviewonline.com/2025/04/12/m...
inreviewonline.com/2025/04/12/m...
Mad Bills to Pay — Joel Alfonso Vargas [ND/NF '25 Review] | In Review Online
A new film review of Mad Bills to Pay, directed by Joel Alfonso Vargas, for film review site In Review Online.
inreviewonline.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I was blown away by MAD BILLS TO PAY! There's something about the current wave of low-budge filmmaking that recalls New Hollywood, and I think Vargas could be this iteration's Cassavetes. My review for In Review:
inreviewonline.com/2025/04/12/m...
inreviewonline.com/2025/04/12/m...
Very stoked and honored to be among CFCA’s writers to watch this year!
SPECIAL RECOGNITION / “Writer to Watch”
@christch.bsky.social is a writer/editor based in Chicago. His writing has been featured on @ebertvoices.bsky.social,
@bwdr.bsky.social, Animus Magazine, & Broad Sound.
@christch.bsky.social is a writer/editor based in Chicago. His writing has been featured on @ebertvoices.bsky.social,
@bwdr.bsky.social, Animus Magazine, & Broad Sound.
April 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Very stoked and honored to be among CFCA’s writers to watch this year!
Secret Mall Apartment is compelling, but it traces the limits of its subject (and its own ambitions) in moves that often feel like accidents. I wrote about it for In Review.
inreviewonline.com/2025/03/21/s...
inreviewonline.com/2025/03/21/s...
Secret Mall Apartment — Jeremy Workman [Review] | In Review Online
A new film review of Secret Mall Apartment, directed by Jeremy Workman, for film review site In Review Online.
inreviewonline.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Secret Mall Apartment is compelling, but it traces the limits of its subject (and its own ambitions) in moves that often feel like accidents. I wrote about it for In Review.
inreviewonline.com/2025/03/21/s...
inreviewonline.com/2025/03/21/s...
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There’s still a month left to submit ideas for our special edition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road!
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Call for Pitches: Exercises in Thunder Road
CALL FOR PITCHES BROAD SOUND SPOTLIGHTS: Exercises in Thunder Road In 1947, Raymond Queneau published the book Exercises in Style. In this remarkable work (available in full here), Queneau told the ...
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April 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There’s still a month left to submit ideas for our special edition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s Thunder Road!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
THE ACTOR has been flying under the radar, but I thought it was profoundly affecting—you can feel Kaufman in the fabric of the work, but this is Duke Johnson's own thing. I wrote about it for In Review Online.
inreviewonline.com/2025/03/14/t...
inreviewonline.com/2025/03/14/t...
The Actor — Duke Johnson [Review] | In Review Online
A new film review of The Actor, directed by Duke Johnson & released by NEON, for film review site In Review Online.
inreviewonline.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
THE ACTOR has been flying under the radar, but I thought it was profoundly affecting—you can feel Kaufman in the fabric of the work, but this is Duke Johnson's own thing. I wrote about it for In Review Online.
inreviewonline.com/2025/03/14/t...
inreviewonline.com/2025/03/14/t...
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New today on the site:
@ethanwarren.bsky.social on Marielle Heller’s A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
@ethanwarren.bsky.social on Marielle Heller’s A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019): People Like Me
In A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Mr. Rogers enacts the opening costume-change ritual. There’s something mythic about the transformation, something primal.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
New today on the site:
@ethanwarren.bsky.social on Marielle Heller’s A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
@ethanwarren.bsky.social on Marielle Heller’s A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
This essay was a joy to write, even if it meant watching Disaster Movie
"Entertainment lets us down all the time, but it’s rare to consume something rank enough to break out the soapbox. CinemaScore is there when that need arises." - @christch.bsky.social
broadsoundmag.com/2024/07/31/t...
broadsoundmag.com/2024/07/31/t...
The Failing Class (Christian Craig)
In the year 2000, a male gynecologist at the end of his rope is sucked into the sky by a tornado; he lands across the border, in Mexico, in the home of a woman giving birth and in need of an OBGYN.…
broadsoundmag.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This essay was a joy to write, even if it meant watching Disaster Movie
Reposted by Christian Craig
One of the co-directors of NO OTHER LAND, Hamdan Ballal was beaten by Israeli settlers and seized by Israeli soldiers from the ambulance Ballal called, per co-director Yuval Abraham. No one knows where Ballal is. (Ballal is second from right in the below photo.)
March 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
One of the co-directors of NO OTHER LAND, Hamdan Ballal was beaten by Israeli settlers and seized by Israeli soldiers from the ambulance Ballal called, per co-director Yuval Abraham. No one knows where Ballal is. (Ballal is second from right in the below photo.)
Reposted by Christian Craig
"Entertainment lets us down all the time, but it’s rare to consume something rank enough to break out the soapbox. CinemaScore is there when that need arises." - @christch.bsky.social
broadsoundmag.com/2024/07/31/t...
broadsoundmag.com/2024/07/31/t...
The Failing Class (Christian Craig)
In the year 2000, a male gynecologist at the end of his rope is sucked into the sky by a tornado; he lands across the border, in Mexico, in the home of a woman giving birth and in need of an OBGYN.…
broadsoundmag.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Entertainment lets us down all the time, but it’s rare to consume something rank enough to break out the soapbox. CinemaScore is there when that need arises." - @christch.bsky.social
broadsoundmag.com/2024/07/31/t...
broadsoundmag.com/2024/07/31/t...
Wrote about VIRTUOSITY and Francine Jamison-Tanchuck’s fantastic costuming for @bwdr.bsky.social
Big thanks to Frank Falisi and @eccantwell.bsky.social for their edits and to @studioralston.bsky.social for the incredible artwork!
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/03/10/s...
Big thanks to Frank Falisi and @eccantwell.bsky.social for their edits and to @studioralston.bsky.social for the incredible artwork!
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/03/10/s...
Virtuosity's Fashion of a Failed Future
'Virtuosity' may be uneven, but its style is decidedly assured; it quietly endures by the strength of the clothes on its back.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Wrote about VIRTUOSITY and Francine Jamison-Tanchuck’s fantastic costuming for @bwdr.bsky.social
Big thanks to Frank Falisi and @eccantwell.bsky.social for their edits and to @studioralston.bsky.social for the incredible artwork!
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/03/10/s...
Big thanks to Frank Falisi and @eccantwell.bsky.social for their edits and to @studioralston.bsky.social for the incredible artwork!
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/03/10/s...
Reposted by Christian Craig
New today on the site!
Our brand new issue ("Fashion") kicks off with @christch.bsky.social on VIRTUOSITY
(art by @studioralston.bsky.social)
Our brand new issue ("Fashion") kicks off with @christch.bsky.social on VIRTUOSITY
(art by @studioralston.bsky.social)
Virtuosity's Fashion of a Failed Future
'Virtuosity' may be uneven, but its style is decidedly assured; it quietly endures by the strength of the clothes on its back.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New today on the site!
Our brand new issue ("Fashion") kicks off with @christch.bsky.social on VIRTUOSITY
(art by @studioralston.bsky.social)
Our brand new issue ("Fashion") kicks off with @christch.bsky.social on VIRTUOSITY
(art by @studioralston.bsky.social)
Reposted by Christian Craig
There have been essays on...
The F cinemascore (by @christch.bsky.social)
The Indiana Pacers (by @danklain.bsky.social)
Twilight and nostalgia rewatches (by @tashajagger.bsky.social)
And a defense of teaching The Catcher in the Rye (by @roninonempty.bsky.social)
The F cinemascore (by @christch.bsky.social)
The Indiana Pacers (by @danklain.bsky.social)
Twilight and nostalgia rewatches (by @tashajagger.bsky.social)
And a defense of teaching The Catcher in the Rye (by @roninonempty.bsky.social)
March 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
There have been essays on...
The F cinemascore (by @christch.bsky.social)
The Indiana Pacers (by @danklain.bsky.social)
Twilight and nostalgia rewatches (by @tashajagger.bsky.social)
And a defense of teaching The Catcher in the Rye (by @roninonempty.bsky.social)
The F cinemascore (by @christch.bsky.social)
The Indiana Pacers (by @danklain.bsky.social)
Twilight and nostalgia rewatches (by @tashajagger.bsky.social)
And a defense of teaching The Catcher in the Rye (by @roninonempty.bsky.social)
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"Like the absurdists, David Lynch brings us to the void to remind us it’s there—and to invite us to laugh into it."
- @ethanwarren.bsky.social
- @ethanwarren.bsky.social
On the Absurdity of David Lynch
Like the absurdists, David Lynch brings us to the void to remind us it’s there—and to invite us to laugh into it.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Like the absurdists, David Lynch brings us to the void to remind us it’s there—and to invite us to laugh into it."
- @ethanwarren.bsky.social
- @ethanwarren.bsky.social
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Rest In Peace, David Lynch🌹
January 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Rest In Peace, David Lynch🌹
Haven’t stopped thinking about Red Rooms since watching it a few days ago. Also loved @judysquirrels.bsky.social‘s essay for the blu-ray—speaks so precisely to how the lead’s poker-face draws you in like a whirlpool.
“A person can only watch pain for so long before the pain looks back at them.”
“A person can only watch pain for so long before the pain looks back at them.”
January 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Haven’t stopped thinking about Red Rooms since watching it a few days ago. Also loved @judysquirrels.bsky.social‘s essay for the blu-ray—speaks so precisely to how the lead’s poker-face draws you in like a whirlpool.
“A person can only watch pain for so long before the pain looks back at them.”
“A person can only watch pain for so long before the pain looks back at them.”
Wrote about some good stuff from this year! (No Kr*sinski). Miranda July, Kim Gordon, Radu Jude, etc etc
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bloodjump.substack.com/p/blood-jump...
Blood Jump #27: Best of the Rest
Covering some good stuff from 2024 we haven't yet featured.
bloodjump.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Wrote about some good stuff from this year! (No Kr*sinski). Miranda July, Kim Gordon, Radu Jude, etc etc
bloodjump.substack.com/p/blood-jump...
bloodjump.substack.com/p/blood-jump...
Third-quarter report: This was a great idea. I’m extremely draculapilled. Love the guy, great hang all things considered.
All things Drac are a blindspot for me, so I threw together a lil syllabus for December leading up to Eggers’s new flick. Please let me know what I’m missing!!
December 20, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Third-quarter report: This was a great idea. I’m extremely draculapilled. Love the guy, great hang all things considered.