Joshua Harold Wiebe
@joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social
course instructor in film+media studies | living in montréal
critical theory, labour, cinema, aesthetics
critical theory, labour, cinema, aesthetics
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Filming Capital
www.dukeupress.edu
our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
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bad news for haters of the good!
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now that i've wrapped up teaching the western, favorite films of the class have been tallied: johnny guitar is the winner with the most votes (8), then unforgiven (5), and meek's cutoff (4).
the kids are alright :)
the kids are alright :)
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
now that i've wrapped up teaching the western, favorite films of the class have been tallied: johnny guitar is the winner with the most votes (8), then unforgiven (5), and meek's cutoff (4).
the kids are alright :)
the kids are alright :)
if i were in toronto on december 3rd i would be at this event, instead i'll be in montreal, jealous
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
if i were in toronto on december 3rd i would be at this event, instead i'll be in montreal, jealous
nothing says "jason takes manhattan" like "jason takes the skytrain in vancouver"
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
nothing says "jason takes manhattan" like "jason takes the skytrain in vancouver"
Reposted by Joshua Harold Wiebe
The Weekly Read is "Lexicon for a Capitalist Image" by Pietro Bianchi and Joshua Harold Wiebe. The article introduces Filming Capital, a special issue of SAQ (124:4). Read it for free through 1/31/26: buff.ly/5naaEnu
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Weekly Read is "Lexicon for a Capitalist Image" by Pietro Bianchi and Joshua Harold Wiebe. The article introduces Filming Capital, a special issue of SAQ (124:4). Read it for free through 1/31/26: buff.ly/5naaEnu
every time a store closes near our house, it inevitably becomes a barber shop. we literally have four within one block of our house. we joke about this all the time. today i went out back and overnight crudely assembled signs have popped up in the alley advertising yet another one.
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
every time a store closes near our house, it inevitably becomes a barber shop. we literally have four within one block of our house. we joke about this all the time. today i went out back and overnight crudely assembled signs have popped up in the alley advertising yet another one.
unbearable world we've got going here
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
unbearable world we've got going here
having a good time prepping this lecture on meek's cutoff for my western class
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
having a good time prepping this lecture on meek's cutoff for my western class
so funny that people get mad and call eachother snowflakes--snowflakes are so beautiful!!
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
so funny that people get mad and call eachother snowflakes--snowflakes are so beautiful!!
all i'll say is that #1 is king of comedy
My top 5 Scorseses as of today
1. After Hours
2. Casino
3. The Irishman
4. The Age of Innocence
5. The King of Comedy
1. After Hours
2. Casino
3. The Irishman
4. The Age of Innocence
5. The King of Comedy
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
all i'll say is that #1 is king of comedy
just watched the long darkness (1972, kumei)--
wow... devastated! on a pitch-black saturday afternoon! cinema!
wow... devastated! on a pitch-black saturday afternoon! cinema!
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
just watched the long darkness (1972, kumei)--
wow... devastated! on a pitch-black saturday afternoon! cinema!
wow... devastated! on a pitch-black saturday afternoon! cinema!
i bought a gigantic pumpkin for halloween and now every day i make some random new pumpkin related dish. yesterday it was pumpkin + chickpea curry, the day before that it was a pumpkin crumble. today i think it'll be pumpkin gnocchi. october lives forever.
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
i bought a gigantic pumpkin for halloween and now every day i make some random new pumpkin related dish. yesterday it was pumpkin + chickpea curry, the day before that it was a pumpkin crumble. today i think it'll be pumpkin gnocchi. october lives forever.
between ran, samurai rebellion, kagemusha, harakiri, the human condition, kill, kwaidan, tatsuya nakadai was in a ton of my favs -- rest in peace!
variety.com/2025/film/ob...
variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
between ran, samurai rebellion, kagemusha, harakiri, the human condition, kill, kwaidan, tatsuya nakadai was in a ton of my favs -- rest in peace!
variety.com/2025/film/ob...
variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Reposted by Joshua Harold Wiebe
"Filming Capital," a special issue of SAQ, examines how Marxism can be used to illuminate the problem of the visual representation of contemporary global capitalism. View the TOC and read the introduction, freely available: buff.ly/am3ZXVx
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Filming Capital," a special issue of SAQ, examines how Marxism can be used to illuminate the problem of the visual representation of contemporary global capitalism. View the TOC and read the introduction, freely available: buff.ly/am3ZXVx
opening with a eugene debs' quote, damn
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
opening with a eugene debs' quote, damn
... so jealous
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
... so jealous
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Hello Bluesky,
Excited and grateful to be part of this fabulous issue of SAQ. Thank you @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social and @pietrobianch1.bsky.social !!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Excited and grateful to be part of this fabulous issue of SAQ. Thank you @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social and @pietrobianch1.bsky.social !!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Filming Capital
www.dukeupress.edu
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hello Bluesky,
Excited and grateful to be part of this fabulous issue of SAQ. Thank you @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social and @pietrobianch1.bsky.social !!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Excited and grateful to be part of this fabulous issue of SAQ. Thank you @joshuaharoldwiebe.bsky.social and @pietrobianch1.bsky.social !!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
and if you weren't enticed already, here's the TOC
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
and if you weren't enticed already, here's the TOC
the thing about the blue jays and the dodgers is that they "each gradually located a different karmic thermal… watching the other glide away into different fates. Does it ever end? Of course it does. It did."
November 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
the thing about the blue jays and the dodgers is that they "each gradually located a different karmic thermal… watching the other glide away into different fates. Does it ever end? Of course it does. It did."
Reposted by Joshua Harold Wiebe
it's here!
FILMING CAPITAL
special issue of SAQ
"Visual and film studies provide a distinctive lens through which to unravel and confront the complexities of capitalism’s elusive appearance."
read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...
FILMING CAPITAL
special issue of SAQ
"Visual and film studies provide a distinctive lens through which to unravel and confront the complexities of capitalism’s elusive appearance."
read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...
Volume 124 Issue 4 | South Atlantic Quarterly | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
it's here!
FILMING CAPITAL
special issue of SAQ
"Visual and film studies provide a distinctive lens through which to unravel and confront the complexities of capitalism’s elusive appearance."
read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...
FILMING CAPITAL
special issue of SAQ
"Visual and film studies provide a distinctive lens through which to unravel and confront the complexities of capitalism’s elusive appearance."
read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...
I taught Punishment Park in my Dystopian Visions class last semester, to great effect, and held a screening of La Commune for my critical theory friends, which has been on my top 4 on letterboxd ever since. RIP to one of the greats, Peter Watkins -- do yourself a favor and check out his website.
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I taught Punishment Park in my Dystopian Visions class last semester, to great effect, and held a screening of La Commune for my critical theory friends, which has been on my top 4 on letterboxd ever since. RIP to one of the greats, Peter Watkins -- do yourself a favor and check out his website.
Scientists, designing that game in a laboratory: "yes... make it even more excruciating!"
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Scientists, designing that game in a laboratory: "yes... make it even more excruciating!"
great blue jays defense is keeping my spirit alive
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
great blue jays defense is keeping my spirit alive
our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
Filming Capital
www.dukeupress.edu
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
our issue of SAQ on "filming capital" is up! contributions from @lingzhang.bsky.social, @ernestpjl.bsky.social, @benjamincrais.bsky.social, @annakornbluh.bsky.social, patrick marshall, cassandra guan, alberto toscano
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
bad news for haters of the good!
www.dukeupress.edu/filming-capi...
me at the gramsci conference: "so you see, his father played for the montreal expos, and so 1
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
me at the gramsci conference: "so you see, his father played for the montreal expos, and so 1