R. Emmet Sweeney
@robert-emmet.bsky.social
Kino Lorber / occasional film critic at oldnew.substack.com
I interviewed singer/composer Theo Bleckmann about his gorgeous new album Love and Anger, inventing an alien language for Men in Black (1997), and yodeling "Kung Fu Fighting" for Hoodwinked Too! (2011): oldnew.substack.com/p/love-and-a...
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I interviewed singer/composer Theo Bleckmann about his gorgeous new album Love and Anger, inventing an alien language for Men in Black (1997), and yodeling "Kung Fu Fighting" for Hoodwinked Too! (2011): oldnew.substack.com/p/love-and-a...
a perfect album from 1989
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
a perfect album from 1989
Two soldiers of cinema
October 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Two soldiers of cinema
Alice has a message regarding our program tomorrow at @lightindustry.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Alice has a message regarding our program tomorrow at @lightindustry.bsky.social
Someone left this on my doorstep last night. The force is telling us that people need to buy the I'M "GEORGE LUCAS": A CONNOR RATLIFF STORY Blu-ray - out 11/18! @connorratliff.bsky.social @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social
Pre-order: kinolorber.com/product/i-m-...
Pre-order: kinolorber.com/product/i-m-...
October 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Someone left this on my doorstep last night. The force is telling us that people need to buy the I'M "GEORGE LUCAS": A CONNOR RATLIFF STORY Blu-ray - out 11/18! @connorratliff.bsky.social @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social
Pre-order: kinolorber.com/product/i-m-...
Pre-order: kinolorber.com/product/i-m-...
An Introduction to the American Underground Film, by Sheldon Renan (1967)
October 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
An Introduction to the American Underground Film, by Sheldon Renan (1967)
My remembrance of Tomonari Nishikawa is in the Fall issue of Millennium Film Journal: millenniumfilmjournal.com/product/mfj-...
October 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My remembrance of Tomonari Nishikawa is in the Fall issue of Millennium Film Journal: millenniumfilmjournal.com/product/mfj-...
Meredith Monk personally curated over 100 minutes of archival performance footage to include on the Monk in Pieces Blu-ray I am producing for @kinolorber.com. Out 11/25!
Pre-order: kinolorber.com/product/monk...
Pre-order: kinolorber.com/product/monk...
October 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Meredith Monk personally curated over 100 minutes of archival performance footage to include on the Monk in Pieces Blu-ray I am producing for @kinolorber.com. Out 11/25!
Pre-order: kinolorber.com/product/monk...
Pre-order: kinolorber.com/product/monk...
Grateful to the Sabres for completely imploding three games into the season. I can now turn my attention to other things like this photo of Scott Adkins on the set of Bedlam (2026)
October 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Grateful to the Sabres for completely imploding three games into the season. I can now turn my attention to other things like this photo of Scott Adkins on the set of Bedlam (2026)
Excited to present some brainrot at @lightindustry.bsky.social on 10/25 at 2pm with my daughter Alice. She picked YouTube memes and I joined them with experimental and silent shorts. Bring your kids!: lightindustry.org/thechildrens...
October 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Excited to present some brainrot at @lightindustry.bsky.social on 10/25 at 2pm with my daughter Alice. She picked YouTube memes and I joined them with experimental and silent shorts. Bring your kids!: lightindustry.org/thechildrens...
Alice in my Mets jacket from 1989
October 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Alice in my Mets jacket from 1989
My wife Andrea Janes is on the USA Today bestseller list, just above the constitution
October 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My wife Andrea Janes is on the USA Today bestseller list, just above the constitution
Was entranced by Rishab Shetty's modern fable Kantara (2022), and very much looking forward to the new (confusingly titled) prequel Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1, which opened last week...
October 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Was entranced by Rishab Shetty's modern fable Kantara (2022), and very much looking forward to the new (confusingly titled) prequel Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1, which opened last week...
😎 @jhoberman.bsky.social pic by Ken Jacobs
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
😎 @jhoberman.bsky.social pic by Ken Jacobs
"Ken Jacobs" by Art Spiegelman (2008, reprinted in Binghamton Babylon)
October 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Ken Jacobs" by Art Spiegelman (2008, reprinted in Binghamton Babylon)
Ken Jacobs in The Whirled (1961)
October 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Ken Jacobs in The Whirled (1961)
Henry Threadgill’s Listen Ship is out today via Pi Recordings
- a 6 guitar-2 piano voyage through interstellar space. I wrote about the world premiere performance at the Long Play Festival earlier this year…https://oldnew.substack.com/p/with-ears-wide-open-long-play-festival
- a 6 guitar-2 piano voyage through interstellar space. I wrote about the world premiere performance at the Long Play Festival earlier this year…https://oldnew.substack.com/p/with-ears-wide-open-long-play-festival
September 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Henry Threadgill’s Listen Ship is out today via Pi Recordings
- a 6 guitar-2 piano voyage through interstellar space. I wrote about the world premiere performance at the Long Play Festival earlier this year…https://oldnew.substack.com/p/with-ears-wide-open-long-play-festival
- a 6 guitar-2 piano voyage through interstellar space. I wrote about the world premiere performance at the Long Play Festival earlier this year…https://oldnew.substack.com/p/with-ears-wide-open-long-play-festival
RIP Claudia Cardinale
Gebo and the Shadow
(dir. Manoel de Oliveira, 2012)
Gebo and the Shadow
(dir. Manoel de Oliveira, 2012)
September 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
RIP Claudia Cardinale
Gebo and the Shadow
(dir. Manoel de Oliveira, 2012)
Gebo and the Shadow
(dir. Manoel de Oliveira, 2012)
Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Richard Pepin, the "P" in PM Entertainment. Produced some of the most inventive independent action movies ever made.
August 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Richard Pepin, the "P" in PM Entertainment. Produced some of the most inventive independent action movies ever made.
The Art Wander intro that parodies Dion's "The Wanderer" is the sweetest sound known to mankind
August 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The Art Wander intro that parodies Dion's "The Wanderer" is the sweetest sound known to mankind
RIP ART WANDER, THE TINY TOT OF THE KILOWATT
August 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
RIP ART WANDER, THE TINY TOT OF THE KILOWATT