John Feeley
@realjohnfeeley.bsky.social
Loyola University Chicago Public History/LIS MA Student • UIUC Alumnus • Runner • Can recall the most random historical anecdotes
Great anecdote from director John McNaughton, when filming the parts in lower wicker drive all of the lighting equipment was from a crew member who was also shooting commercials for the Bears. At the end of the day he would just take all of his equipment and bring it to them.
October 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Great anecdote from director John McNaughton, when filming the parts in lower wicker drive all of the lighting equipment was from a crew member who was also shooting commercials for the Bears. At the end of the day he would just take all of his equipment and bring it to them.
Gonna recommend Peter Hyams The Relic. A solid monster horror movie that is like Jurassic Park meets Alien/The Thing set in the Field Museum here in Chicago.
October 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gonna recommend Peter Hyams The Relic. A solid monster horror movie that is like Jurassic Park meets Alien/The Thing set in the Field Museum here in Chicago.
A pretty good encapsulation of my general film genre interests
October 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A pretty good encapsulation of my general film genre interests
Director Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, her historical drama musical about the Shaker leader and new religious movement life in early America for the Chicago International Film Festival.
October 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Director Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, her historical drama musical about the Shaker leader and new religious movement life in early America for the Chicago International Film Festival.
Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton’s 1981 visit to the White House to show Ronald Reagan Reds.
October 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton’s 1981 visit to the White House to show Ronald Reagan Reds.
Or maybe everyone in the administration is a 30 Rock fan.
October 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Or maybe everyone in the administration is a 30 Rock fan.
Kinda funny that the Trump admin wants a spy base from the Taliban for activities against China considering previous US intelligence efforts in Afghanistan were prioritized in the opposite direction. (From Steve Coll’s Directorate S)
October 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Kinda funny that the Trump admin wants a spy base from the Taliban for activities against China considering previous US intelligence efforts in Afghanistan were prioritized in the opposite direction. (From Steve Coll’s Directorate S)
Reading @vincentbevins.bsky.social If We Burn and was really stuck by some of the utopian views that surround tech/social media in the early 2010s.
September 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Reading @vincentbevins.bsky.social If We Burn and was really stuck by some of the utopian views that surround tech/social media in the early 2010s.
Robert Redford and Richard Helms on the set of Three Days of the Condor.
September 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Robert Redford and Richard Helms on the set of Three Days of the Condor.
My favorite of these Japanese illustrations of American history is the one’s done for Ulysses S. Grant’s trip to Japan that tells the history of the Civil War(with some artistic liberty).
August 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My favorite of these Japanese illustrations of American history is the one’s done for Ulysses S. Grant’s trip to Japan that tells the history of the Civil War(with some artistic liberty).
Finally watched The Nile Hilton Incident, the first of Tarik Saleh’s “Cairo Trilogy”. A good political thriller on the waning days of Hosni Mubarak‘s regime, the corruption/abuse that fueled the 2011 revolution and the precarious life of Sudanese migrant workers in Egypt at the whims of such system.
August 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Finally watched The Nile Hilton Incident, the first of Tarik Saleh’s “Cairo Trilogy”. A good political thriller on the waning days of Hosni Mubarak‘s regime, the corruption/abuse that fueled the 2011 revolution and the precarious life of Sudanese migrant workers in Egypt at the whims of such system.
William Peter Blatty
August 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
William Peter Blatty
50 years ago today in the suburbs of Detroit
July 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
50 years ago today in the suburbs of Detroit
William F. Buckley, the first @ FBI guy
July 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
William F. Buckley, the first @ FBI guy
No context Eddington
July 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
No context Eddington
Spotted this guy down at UChicago Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures today
July 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Spotted this guy down at UChicago Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures today
How I would describe 28 Years Later
July 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How I would describe 28 Years Later
From John Lahr’s 2002 profile of Mira Nair
June 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
From John Lahr’s 2002 profile of Mira Nair
Saw the 40th anniversary 4k restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s Ran at the Music Box Theater. An incredible and beautiful film.
May 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Saw the 40th anniversary 4k restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s Ran at the Music Box Theater. An incredible and beautiful film.
Honestly not surprised at all that Netanyahu issued a statement.
May 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Honestly not surprised at all that Netanyahu issued a statement.
Noticed that Simon Mann, British mercenary and most notably for being involved in the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt, died this month. He briefly appeared in Paul Greengrass’s Bloody Sunday film portraying Derek Wilford.
May 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Noticed that Simon Mann, British mercenary and most notably for being involved in the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt, died this month. He briefly appeared in Paul Greengrass’s Bloody Sunday film portraying Derek Wilford.