Benny Zelkowicz
@leetlepeegveeg.bsky.social
Sand animator, writer, lyricist, bunch of other stuff
Like The Iron Giant, it’s a movie that lands every emotional beat and earns each cheer and tear. The rare perfect 10 IMHO.
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Like The Iron Giant, it’s a movie that lands every emotional beat and earns each cheer and tear. The rare perfect 10 IMHO.
KOL NIDREI, V’ESARAI…
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
KOL NIDREI, V’ESARAI…
And the first 45 min of WallE. I spend time in my Animation class & my Concept Devel classes talking about the importance of visual communication, rather than dialogue or text. Hitchcock is great to illustrate that (obv started in silents) but I also use meeting the blind girl in City Lights.
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
And the first 45 min of WallE. I spend time in my Animation class & my Concept Devel classes talking about the importance of visual communication, rather than dialogue or text. Hitchcock is great to illustrate that (obv started in silents) but I also use meeting the blind girl in City Lights.
Bob Roberts doesn’t get enough love.
Also, there are two closeups of my 15 year old face at the end of the movie. My one experience being an extra.
Also, there are two closeups of my 15 year old face at the end of the movie. My one experience being an extra.
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Bob Roberts doesn’t get enough love.
Also, there are two closeups of my 15 year old face at the end of the movie. My one experience being an extra.
Also, there are two closeups of my 15 year old face at the end of the movie. My one experience being an extra.
I don’t understand— why don’t they just go on to Spotify and choose music at random? They want music they haven’t heard without doing any work… that exists already!
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I don’t understand— why don’t they just go on to Spotify and choose music at random? They want music they haven’t heard without doing any work… that exists already!
I assume you would pick Girl Shy For Lloyd?
Which would be your Chaplin choice? I’d probably go Gold Rush but I think one could justify any of his silent features.
Which would be your Chaplin choice? I’d probably go Gold Rush but I think one could justify any of his silent features.
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I assume you would pick Girl Shy For Lloyd?
Which would be your Chaplin choice? I’d probably go Gold Rush but I think one could justify any of his silent features.
Which would be your Chaplin choice? I’d probably go Gold Rush but I think one could justify any of his silent features.
And not even a silent Chaplin!!
And def not his best.
And def not his best.
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
And not even a silent Chaplin!!
And def not his best.
And def not his best.
Wait— there is Lizza, a Nuzzi, and an Izzi in this story?
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Wait— there is Lizza, a Nuzzi, and an Izzi in this story?
Yes! I was disappointed by the Bayard Rustin movie. This is the balm I seek.
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Yes! I was disappointed by the Bayard Rustin movie. This is the balm I seek.
It reminds me of Spencer's Gifts in the mall. They had keychain fart machines and "your mama" joke machines. Now imagine if you could just keep hitting the "insult them harder!" button.
"But Grok goes to 11..."
"But Grok goes to 11..."
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It reminds me of Spencer's Gifts in the mall. They had keychain fart machines and "your mama" joke machines. Now imagine if you could just keep hitting the "insult them harder!" button.
"But Grok goes to 11..."
"But Grok goes to 11..."
The opening lines of this song are masterful:
They hung a sign up in our town
If you live it up you won’t live it down.
So she left Monte Rio, son
Just like a bullet leaves a gun…
Tom Waits is a king.
They hung a sign up in our town
If you live it up you won’t live it down.
So she left Monte Rio, son
Just like a bullet leaves a gun…
Tom Waits is a king.
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The opening lines of this song are masterful:
They hung a sign up in our town
If you live it up you won’t live it down.
So she left Monte Rio, son
Just like a bullet leaves a gun…
Tom Waits is a king.
They hung a sign up in our town
If you live it up you won’t live it down.
So she left Monte Rio, son
Just like a bullet leaves a gun…
Tom Waits is a king.
For me it’s Sucralose. Awful aftertaste.
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
For me it’s Sucralose. Awful aftertaste.
I thought she was a lousy candidate in 2020 but she had clearly done a lot of work by 2024, came across as more natural, more charismatic, more credible. I do wonder if she might have done better with a less rushed campaign. Or maybe she would have never mustered the juice.
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I thought she was a lousy candidate in 2020 but she had clearly done a lot of work by 2024, came across as more natural, more charismatic, more credible. I do wonder if she might have done better with a less rushed campaign. Or maybe she would have never mustered the juice.
As a director of a Jewish film festival,
I cannot believe I am applauding the Pope’s articulation of what matters in film!
I cannot believe I am applauding the Pope’s articulation of what matters in film!
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As a director of a Jewish film festival,
I cannot believe I am applauding the Pope’s articulation of what matters in film!
I cannot believe I am applauding the Pope’s articulation of what matters in film!
One of the best film adaptations of a great book, IMO
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
One of the best film adaptations of a great book, IMO
Seabiscuit. Couldn’t care less about horse racing, and yet I have never been so absorbed and riveted by a book. Incredible.
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Seabiscuit. Couldn’t care less about horse racing, and yet I have never been so absorbed and riveted by a book. Incredible.
Sounds like the credits on a Tom Waits album.
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sounds like the credits on a Tom Waits album.
AmazonAI- we de-liver for you.
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
AmazonAI- we de-liver for you.
Prometheus’ parcel service. We de-Liver
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Prometheus’ parcel service. We de-Liver
Come on. Give her a hand.
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Come on. Give her a hand.
Thile is IMHO one of the rarest breed of musicians who can play anything, any genre brilliantly. YoYo Ma in that category too. Not too many others.
These Bach recordings are breathtaking.
These Bach recordings are breathtaking.
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Thile is IMHO one of the rarest breed of musicians who can play anything, any genre brilliantly. YoYo Ma in that category too. Not too many others.
These Bach recordings are breathtaking.
These Bach recordings are breathtaking.
Gotcha. Thank you for explaining.
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Gotcha. Thank you for explaining.
Why would a longer term have a higher rate? I would assume (having never taken an econ class) that the lender would want to entice people into the longer term since they will make more overall, and hence would offer a comparatively lower rate. Why is that wrong?
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Why would a longer term have a higher rate? I would assume (having never taken an econ class) that the lender would want to entice people into the longer term since they will make more overall, and hence would offer a comparatively lower rate. Why is that wrong?
Epstein news is important of course, but can we pause to admire the Tucker Carlson demonic possession story?
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Epstein news is important of course, but can we pause to admire the Tucker Carlson demonic possession story?
I just watched The Human Condition a few months ago. He was so magnetic and what an actor.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I just watched The Human Condition a few months ago. He was so magnetic and what an actor.