Kevin Bertolero
@kevinbertolero.bsky.social
📍Portland, ME • boxd.it/nNQH
Editor @andchangepoetry.bsky.social
Publisher @ghostcitypress.bsky.social
Editor @andchangepoetry.bsky.social
Publisher @ghostcitypress.bsky.social
Favorite first watches, October 2025:
• Rich and Famous (Cukor, 1981)
• How to Get Ahead in Advertising (Robinson, 1989)
• The Sheltering Sky (Bertolucci, 1990)
• The Best Intentions (August, 1992)
• Rich and Famous (Cukor, 1981)
• How to Get Ahead in Advertising (Robinson, 1989)
• The Sheltering Sky (Bertolucci, 1990)
• The Best Intentions (August, 1992)
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Favorite first watches, October 2025:
• Rich and Famous (Cukor, 1981)
• How to Get Ahead in Advertising (Robinson, 1989)
• The Sheltering Sky (Bertolucci, 1990)
• The Best Intentions (August, 1992)
• Rich and Famous (Cukor, 1981)
• How to Get Ahead in Advertising (Robinson, 1989)
• The Sheltering Sky (Bertolucci, 1990)
• The Best Intentions (August, 1992)
Four favorites from September:
• On the Beach (Kramer, 1959)
• Elmer Gantry (Brooks, 1960)
• Emperor of the North (Aldrich, 1973)
• Dr. T & the Women (Altman, 2000)
• On the Beach (Kramer, 1959)
• Elmer Gantry (Brooks, 1960)
• Emperor of the North (Aldrich, 1973)
• Dr. T & the Women (Altman, 2000)
October 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Four favorites from September:
• On the Beach (Kramer, 1959)
• Elmer Gantry (Brooks, 1960)
• Emperor of the North (Aldrich, 1973)
• Dr. T & the Women (Altman, 2000)
• On the Beach (Kramer, 1959)
• Elmer Gantry (Brooks, 1960)
• Emperor of the North (Aldrich, 1973)
• Dr. T & the Women (Altman, 2000)
Four favorites from August:
• LAST SUMMER (Perry, 1969)
• MOMMIE DEAREST (Perry, 1981)
• O.C. AND STIGGS (Altman, 1985)
• AFTER LUCIA (Franco, 2012)
• LAST SUMMER (Perry, 1969)
• MOMMIE DEAREST (Perry, 1981)
• O.C. AND STIGGS (Altman, 1985)
• AFTER LUCIA (Franco, 2012)
September 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Four favorites from August:
• LAST SUMMER (Perry, 1969)
• MOMMIE DEAREST (Perry, 1981)
• O.C. AND STIGGS (Altman, 1985)
• AFTER LUCIA (Franco, 2012)
• LAST SUMMER (Perry, 1969)
• MOMMIE DEAREST (Perry, 1981)
• O.C. AND STIGGS (Altman, 1985)
• AFTER LUCIA (Franco, 2012)
Honored to have my career-spanning essay on Ron Schreiber—undoubtedly my favorite poet—included in the newest issue of spoKe! Thank you to Mark Pawlak for asking me to be a part of this festschrift for Ron and to Kevin Gallagher for putting together this beautiful issue.
June 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Honored to have my career-spanning essay on Ron Schreiber—undoubtedly my favorite poet—included in the newest issue of spoKe! Thank you to Mark Pawlak for asking me to be a part of this festschrift for Ron and to Kevin Gallagher for putting together this beautiful issue.
Feel very fortunate to have met Edmund White back in 2018, he was so kind. His books mean a great deal to me.
June 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Feel very fortunate to have met Edmund White back in 2018, he was so kind. His books mean a great deal to me.
Excited to announce that my new collection of poems, IN PASSING, is now available for preorder! Coming 7.25.25
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/in-p...
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/in-p...
May 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Excited to announce that my new collection of poems, IN PASSING, is now available for preorder! Coming 7.25.25
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/in-p...
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/in-p...
My new author photos!
📸 Cole Phillips
📸 Cole Phillips
May 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My new author photos!
📸 Cole Phillips
📸 Cole Phillips
The Illiac Passion (1967) dir. Gregory J. Markopoulos
April 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The Illiac Passion (1967) dir. Gregory J. Markopoulos
April 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
wait Stan Brakhage was so cuteee
March 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
wait Stan Brakhage was so cuteee
Now watching The War Wagon (1967)
March 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Now watching The War Wagon (1967)
“To study John Ford, to know John Ford, is to keep at least two ideas in your head at once because they happen to be about the same man. What worries me just enough is we’re losing the will to do that.”
Love love love this book @honorszombie.bsky.social
Love love love this book @honorszombie.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“To study John Ford, to know John Ford, is to keep at least two ideas in your head at once because they happen to be about the same man. What worries me just enough is we’re losing the will to do that.”
Love love love this book @honorszombie.bsky.social
Love love love this book @honorszombie.bsky.social
(cont.)
• RIO LOBO (Hawks, 1970)
• DROWNING BY NUMBERS (Greenaway, 1988)
• MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Zhang-ke, 2015)
• THE DEMONS (Lesage, 2015)
• RIO LOBO (Hawks, 1970)
• DROWNING BY NUMBERS (Greenaway, 1988)
• MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Zhang-ke, 2015)
• THE DEMONS (Lesage, 2015)
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
(cont.)
• RIO LOBO (Hawks, 1970)
• DROWNING BY NUMBERS (Greenaway, 1988)
• MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Zhang-ke, 2015)
• THE DEMONS (Lesage, 2015)
• RIO LOBO (Hawks, 1970)
• DROWNING BY NUMBERS (Greenaway, 1988)
• MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Zhang-ke, 2015)
• THE DEMONS (Lesage, 2015)
Favorite First Watches of February 2025:
• HUD (Ritt, 1963)
• NOTHING BUT A MAN (Roemer, 1964)
• IN HARM'S WAY (Preminger, 1965)
• NORMA RAE (Ritt, 1979)
• HUD (Ritt, 1963)
• NOTHING BUT A MAN (Roemer, 1964)
• IN HARM'S WAY (Preminger, 1965)
• NORMA RAE (Ritt, 1979)
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Favorite First Watches of February 2025:
• HUD (Ritt, 1963)
• NOTHING BUT A MAN (Roemer, 1964)
• IN HARM'S WAY (Preminger, 1965)
• NORMA RAE (Ritt, 1979)
• HUD (Ritt, 1963)
• NOTHING BUT A MAN (Roemer, 1964)
• IN HARM'S WAY (Preminger, 1965)
• NORMA RAE (Ritt, 1979)
My director stats for Jan + Feb
March 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My director stats for Jan + Feb
My copy of Visage finally arrived in the mail today, and at long last, my Tsai Ming-liang collection is complete 🙌🏼
February 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My copy of Visage finally arrived in the mail today, and at long last, my Tsai Ming-liang collection is complete 🙌🏼
So excited to have three poems in the new issue of @hangingloosepress.bsky.social!!
January 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
So excited to have three poems in the new issue of @hangingloosepress.bsky.social!!
Here's my BEST FILMS OF 2024 list! This year I've included my top-50, acting nominations, a new category for cutest boys, favorite new-to-me movies, and I wrote a short(?) essay about my top-10. Enjoy!
www.kevinbertolero.net/2024
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www.kevinbertolero.net/2024
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January 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Here's my BEST FILMS OF 2024 list! This year I've included my top-50, acting nominations, a new category for cutest boys, favorite new-to-me movies, and I wrote a short(?) essay about my top-10. Enjoy!
www.kevinbertolero.net/2024
(note: looks best on desktop)
www.kevinbertolero.net/2024
(note: looks best on desktop)
Some movies I'm looking forward to (hopefully) in 2025
December 18, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Some movies I'm looking forward to (hopefully) in 2025
December 5, 2024 at 10:59 PM