Peter Raleigh

IFFR 2026 — Dispatch 3: Nightmare's Advice, Tycoon, Phra Ruang: Rise of the Empire | In Review Online A dispatch of new film reviews from IFFR 2026, from film review site In Review Online.

inRO's third IFFRR dispatch has got two reviews by me, on the Vietnamese films Tunnels: Sun in the Dark, a war film from the Viet Cong perspective, and Fish Fists and Ambergris, a very fun and old school martial arts comedy.

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Book Excerpt: STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, Edited by B.C. Wallin | Books | Roger Ebert An excerpt from a new essay collection about the Danny Boyle film.

Appreciate a film for what it is and what it's trying to achieve — that's what Ebert's writing taught me. I'm so pleased to share that STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH has been excerpted at @ebertvoices.bsky.social. Get a taste of how we've analyzed and appreciated Steve Jobs (2015), one piece at a time:

They are genuinely trying to bankrupt me

I want to see it!

Posted this with the date wrong on TWO websites

Damn right

Favorite first watches, January 2025:

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974)
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Signalman (1976)
Robin Redbreast (1970)
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)

Is there no salute emoji on here. I was trying to do the salute emoji and I can't find it. There's no way they can just expect me to do without the salute emoji

I did a brief Google search for first and second edition Dungeons and Dragons books the other day in order to reference something in a chat and now all my Google ads are for a secondhand dealer of old RPG books. This is a great working of Satan against me

something this picture makes me think about is that I think a lot of our discourse on this issue is warped by people perceiving teenagers primarily through Hollywood where they are played by people who are 30. when you see this picture your immediate response is "that is a child"

Hard to overstate the damage to US-Israel relations done by the sense of entitlement and ingratitude reflected in comments like these and Netanyahu's own recent statements. Baseless misdirection to suggest that Israeli soldiers' deaths in Gaza we caused by some phantom US "embargo" (when in fact Biden resisted enormous pressure to condition aid, as required by U.S. law, even as Israel rebuffed calls to facilitate more humanitarian assistance and reduce civilian casualties), and insulting to suggest that U.S. concern for people of Gaza was driven by "Michigan," as if no other possible basis for concern comes to mind. If goal of Netanyahu and his partisans is to accelerate the sharp decline in U.S. public support for Israel, and to further undermine the bipartisan character of that support, this seems like good way to go about it.

Interesting admission by Biden administration official and Kamala Harris NSC advisor earlier today

Lmao

It remains very funny that Trump is so explicit about this, maybe the most irreconcilable contradiction in American domestic politics

Keepers of the Hidden Sins Power and Complicity in Michael Clayton and Eyes Wide Shut

For Long Library, I wrote about paired visions of elite depravity and individual complicity in Michael Clayton and Eyes Wide Shut. This one's been cooking for awhile, hope you enjoy!
peterraleigh.substack.com/p/keepers-of...

really gutted. dan was such a sweet guy and it was so so wonderful to work with him for so long. ah man.

Evening boost! Apologies for spamming this one a bit today

Tom Wilkinson does not miss

Eager to hear what you think

“Have a scotch. Sign the paper. Close your eyes.”

Great stuff here from Peter, also does it look like she’s negotiating

This would honestly have made a great image/caption combo for the piece (and thanks dude!)

It was not a struggle to do my rewatches for this piece I will sure say that

Keepers of the Hidden Sins Power and Complicity in Michael Clayton and Eyes Wide Shut

For Long Library, I wrote about paired visions of elite depravity and individual complicity in Michael Clayton and Eyes Wide Shut. This one's been cooking for awhile, hope you enjoy!
peterraleigh.substack.com/p/keepers-of...

This is today if you're interested. Join us!

Can feel my mania for 70s BBC horror gradually reaching crisis proportions

The People vs. ICE Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.

I wrote about Minneapolis.

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Even if you don't plan on buying this disc (which you should, if you collect that sort of thing!) I hope you'll check out this movie, which really merits renewed attention. Late-period Hammer has a number of unduly neglected pictures and this is absolutely one of them

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There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.

We're getting the word out...we're making our voices heard at the water coolers of the industry

Thanks man! It's genuinely really good and very slept on. I'm hoping this release is a chance to get more eyes on it

thinking recently of @petreraleigh.bsky.social's tweet about how the Democrats are like major Hollywood movie studios: structurally incapable of learning from their mistakes