John Harden
@giantspecks.bsky.social
Film writer/director & visual artist living in the SF Bay Area. Please excuse/enjoy any profanity.
Making movies: http://johnfilms.com
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John Harden
@giantspecks.bsky.social
· Jun 5
What are four non-Criterion movies you'd add to the Criterion Collection?
Casino Royale (1968)
Frank Capra/Bell Labs 1950s educational films (Our Mr. Sun, Hemo the Magnificent, etc.)
Truly Madly Deeply (1990)
The Farmer’s Wife (1998 Frontline documentary)
#movies #film #documentary #YabtM #filmsky
Casino Royale (1968)
Frank Capra/Bell Labs 1950s educational films (Our Mr. Sun, Hemo the Magnificent, etc.)
Truly Madly Deeply (1990)
The Farmer’s Wife (1998 Frontline documentary)
#movies #film #documentary #YabtM #filmsky
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imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail
The Best Movie Posters of 2025
Our movie poster columnist unveils his favorite designs of the year.
mubi.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"A bestiary of Boston shitheads." (Tadd, nailing it.) I think most of us enjoyed THE INSTIGATORS (2024), this week's second wild and woolly entry from director Doug Liman. We discuss. #YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yDk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yDk...
The Instigators #YabtM Episode 251
YouTube video by YabtM
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December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"A bestiary of Boston shitheads." (Tadd, nailing it.) I think most of us enjoyed THE INSTIGATORS (2024), this week's second wild and woolly entry from director Doug Liman. We discuss. #YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yDk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yDk...
In many ways, Joachim Trier's last film THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD was about being young. SENTIMENTAL VALUE is, among many other things, about being old. It's about knowing you're almost out of chances to get it right: in your life, your relationships, and your art. #YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
December 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Every Frank Gehry building looks like a pile of cardboard boxes someone left out in the rain
#architecture #RIP #sorrynotsorry
#architecture #RIP #sorrynotsorry
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Every Frank Gehry building looks like a pile of cardboard boxes someone left out in the rain
#architecture #RIP #sorrynotsorry
#architecture #RIP #sorrynotsorry
"It's a fun lie based on a true story," was director Doug Liman's description of AMERICAN MADE (2017). It's one of two Liman films we watched this week for Yelling About Movies. Here's our discussion.
#YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQGx...
#YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQGx...
American Made - #YabtM Episode 251
YouTube video by YabtM
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December 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"It's a fun lie based on a true story," was director Doug Liman's description of AMERICAN MADE (2017). It's one of two Liman films we watched this week for Yelling About Movies. Here's our discussion.
#YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQGx...
#YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQGx...
I still believe in Gene Roddenberry's vision for the future.
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I still believe in Gene Roddenberry's vision for the future.
psst you can make playlists on #Bandcamp now
It's BEEN time to dump Spotify. Since this article, the music platform has also started running ICE recruitment ads. Is your Wrapped really worth it? https://bit.ly/44cgegy
Time to dump Spotify - Chicago Reader
Spotify was already a blight on music, and now CEO Daniel Ek is investing in AI weaponry. Chicagoans are joining an exodus from the platform.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
psst you can make playlists on #Bandcamp now
Blaine has wasted his time coming up with a stupid childish parody for the title of every single episode of all 3 seasons of TOS and I have to respect that
#StarTrek 🧵🖖
#StarTrek 🧵🖖
STAR TREK AFTER DARK: SEASON 1
It's Raining Man Traps
Charlie XXX
Where Every Man Has Gone Before
The Fully Clothed Time
It's Raining Man Traps
Charlie XXX
Where Every Man Has Gone Before
The Fully Clothed Time
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Blaine has wasted his time coming up with a stupid childish parody for the title of every single episode of all 3 seasons of TOS and I have to respect that
#StarTrek 🧵🖖
#StarTrek 🧵🖖
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i've named my fists Holmes and Yo-Yo because one of them is a robot played by John Schuck
I've named my fists Hall and Oates because whoa-oh here they come, watch out boy, they'll chew you up
I named my fists Pride and Prejudice, because it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of two fists must be in want of whupping ass
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
i've named my fists Holmes and Yo-Yo because one of them is a robot played by John Schuck
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YouTube Wrapped
You spent 2,186 minutes watching:
Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
We believe your reason for watching this was:
Not Sexual
You spent 2,186 minutes watching:
Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
We believe your reason for watching this was:
Not Sexual
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
YouTube Wrapped
You spent 2,186 minutes watching:
Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
We believe your reason for watching this was:
Not Sexual
You spent 2,186 minutes watching:
Donald Duck Eating Corn On The Cob (ASMR)
We believe your reason for watching this was:
Not Sexual
Under The Skin
Blue Ruin
Grand Budapest Hotel
The Worst Person in the World
Toni Erdmann
Caché
Paterson
No Country For Old Men
Etre et Avoir
Un Prophète
Aftersun
Perfect Days
Sing Street
Hunt For The Wilderpeople
A History of Violence
Margaret
Zodiac
Moonlight
Inside Llewyn Davis
Grizzly Man
Blue Ruin
Grand Budapest Hotel
The Worst Person in the World
Toni Erdmann
Caché
Paterson
No Country For Old Men
Etre et Avoir
Un Prophète
Aftersun
Perfect Days
Sing Street
Hunt For The Wilderpeople
A History of Violence
Margaret
Zodiac
Moonlight
Inside Llewyn Davis
Grizzly Man
Ah why not boxd.it/QtfZA
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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One Battle After Another takes its third Best Film prize this time from NBR as the organization makes some surprising picks on its top 10 list... Complete list:
'One Battle After Another' Is National Board Of Review's Best Film Of 2025
One Battle After Another was named National Board of Review's Top Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Breakthrough Performance of 2025
theplaylist.net
December 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
One Battle After Another takes its third Best Film prize this time from NBR as the organization makes some surprising picks on its top 10 list... Complete list:
We have the technology! Building the hero prop for my next film, ORIGINAL COPY. (Love Dell wearing two pairs of glasses in this pic; gives him the proper mad-science vibe.) #IndieFilm #scifi #solarpunk
www.johnfilms.com/post/the-fab...
www.johnfilms.com/post/the-fab...
The Fabricator: taking shape
Or, be careful what you wish forOur propbuilder extraordinaire, Dell McFadin, is currently printing and assembling the FABRICATOR, the hero prop from our film ORIGINAL COPY. I visited him recently to ...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We have the technology! Building the hero prop for my next film, ORIGINAL COPY. (Love Dell wearing two pairs of glasses in this pic; gives him the proper mad-science vibe.) #IndieFilm #scifi #solarpunk
www.johnfilms.com/post/the-fab...
www.johnfilms.com/post/the-fab...
Hey carbon sacks. A bit late for #GivingTuesday but I'm all in on this message from @ellecordova.bsky.social #science !
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Elle Cordova on Instagram: "Protect science! What nonprofit are you lifting up today for Giving Tuesday? I’m choosing @aaasorg, but let me know yours in the comments.
#givingtuesday #science #nonprof...
On Giving Tuesday, it's time to recognize the importance of science and its role in shaping our world. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a nonprofit organization dedica...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hey carbon sacks. A bit late for #GivingTuesday but I'm all in on this message from @ellecordova.bsky.social #science !
www.instagram.com/reel/DRxqkwF...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRxqkwF...
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schrödinger:
cat with a gun: I said get in the box
cat with a gun: I said get in the box
December 28, 2024 at 12:41 AM
schrödinger:
cat with a gun: I said get in the box
cat with a gun: I said get in the box
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Starting in 1994, James Cameron's movies became so huge and expensive that every single time he started a new one, the press wrote pieces speculating on whether they would end his career if they bombed. They were all massive international hits that redefined visual effects.
What happens if Avatar: Fire and Ash doesn’t make enough profit to convince Disney to bankroll Avatar 4 and 5? Creator James Cameron has said he’s ready to walk away from the franchise, adding he’ll write a book to resolve the one thread Avatar 3 leaves open. bit.ly/48QdDdN
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Starting in 1994, James Cameron's movies became so huge and expensive that every single time he started a new one, the press wrote pieces speculating on whether they would end his career if they bombed. They were all massive international hits that redefined visual effects.
wtaf
Rolling Stone didn't put Sinners on its top 20 list of films for this year and I'm appalled.
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
wtaf
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I remember as a little kid listening to "Pepper" by the Butthole Surfers and thinking "I don't really understand what's going on in this song I bet it's messed up grown up stuff I'll understand later" and now I'm nearly 40 and still have no idea what the song is supposed to be about.
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I remember as a little kid listening to "Pepper" by the Butthole Surfers and thinking "I don't really understand what's going on in this song I bet it's messed up grown up stuff I'll understand later" and now I'm nearly 40 and still have no idea what the song is supposed to be about.
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Doves fly. So do bullets. So. Many. Bullets. Action classic, or Hong Kong phooey? We watched THE KILLER (1989, D. John Woo).
#YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b91k...
#YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b91k...
喋血雙雄 (diéxuè shuāng xióng, The Killer) #YabtM Episode 250
YouTube video by YabtM
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November 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Doves fly. So do bullets. So. Many. Bullets. Action classic, or Hong Kong phooey? We watched THE KILLER (1989, D. John Woo).
#YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b91k...
#YabtM 🎥 #filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b91k...