“A fairytale taking place nowhere”
...Surrealism and The Weird #2: Malpertuis (1971)
I am back to discussing The Surreal and The Weird, with a particular look at Harry Kümel’s Malpertuis (1971). The Weird nature of Malpertuis comes from Jean Ray, author of the original 1943 novel.
#surrealism #theweird #malpertuis #harrykümel #luisbuñuel #jeanray
16.02.2026 13:30 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What I saw in 2025
...a year in cinema
Here are my favorite new movies from 2025 and new-to-me from past years. Good luck in 2026, folks.
#filmwiritng #filmcriticism #filmsky #moviesky #theshrouds #theicetower #cronenberg #Hadžihalilović #serienoire #blondedeath #lamnaichoi #andmore #marioncotillard
29.12.2025 20:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
State of The Art
…Crimes of the Future (2022) and The Shrouds (2024)
In a way, we start at the beginning of the Cronenberg alphabet as the two movies are about a couple of his favorite subjects: capital "A" Art and capital "B" Body.
#cronenberg #theshrouds #crimesofthefuture #filmsky #moviesky #myartkeepsmesane
21.11.2025 01:33 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cronenberg's ambivalent, cinematic evil
...Naked Lunch (1991)
Looking at Cronenberg’s adaptation of Naked Lunch as the central core of his career. It is the beginning of his mature period and feels much like an artistic manifesto. Not a movie about movies, but a work of art about the artistic process.
#cronenberg #nakedlunch #burroughs #filmsky #moviesky
29.10.2025 15:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
08.10.2025 20:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Viva la French 75
Capsule #12: One Battle After Another (2025)
New capsule up! The movie gives me some hope for American cinema.
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#onebattleafteranother #french75 #dicaprio #chaseinfiniti #filmsky #moviesky
02.10.2025 00:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Information is like a bank..."
Beatnik Pictures #3: Liquid Sky (1982) and Decoder (1984)
In which I coin the term "art school beauty"
#filmsky #moviesky #decoder #liquidsky #williamsburroughs #beatniks #beatnikpictures
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18.09.2025 00:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Longevity of Satire and Surrealism
Capsule #11: Weekend (1967) and The Exterminating Angel (1962)
I started the substack a couple years ago with a few essays on Buñuel, and I am back with some more thoughts on Uncle Luis in the latest capsule. Not to mention Uncle Jean-Luc stopping by to poke the bear as well.
#lefthandpath #filmsky #moviesky #satire #surrealism
05.09.2025 00:12 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hollywood Beatniks
Beatnik Pictures #1
The first in a small series of essays about Beat and Beatsploitation cinema!
#beatnik #beatsploitation #filmsky #moviesky #bucketofblood #dickmiller #rogercorman #andmore
08.08.2025 11:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Moving Forward...
Hello readers, I am back after a brief writing hiatus.
Things to come.
#filmcriticism #filmsky #moviesky #somuchmore #beatnikpictures #dewaere
31.07.2025 23:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Parking Lot of Forgotten Dreams
Capsule #10: The Surfer
One of the best Cage movies in years.
#filmsky #moviesky #thesurfer #nicolascage #capsulereview
12.06.2025 23:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Summer Break
Hello Readers,
lefthandpath.substack.com/p/summer-break
#filmsky #moviesky #comingsoon #summerbreak
29.05.2025 20:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“12 cabins, 12 vacancies”
…Hotel Pictures #2
Wish I had time to write part 3 to this, but for now I'm settling with this essay focusing on Psycho, Last Year at Marienbad, and The Silence!
#filmsky #moviesky #hotelpictures #psycho #lastyearatmarienbad #thesilence
15.05.2025 23:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“A barnacle on a whale”
Capsule #9: Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
"It is easy to call the events an urban legend, but unlike most of those, the mall apartment is actually a true story."
#filmsky #moviesky #secretmallapartment #providence
08.05.2025 23:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Before the world made sense, Mariana Enriquez told stories — where the vampires looked a little too much like family.
In the newest episode of #FIRSTWORDONHORROR, the best-selling author leads us back to those haunted beginnings — where survival meant storytelling, and monsters were always close.
26.04.2025 00:55 — 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
“a hundred doors leading to one hall”
…Hotel Pictures #1
New essay up! I’m writing about hotel pictures this month. This edition primarily covers Touch of Evil (1958), Dirty Pretty Things (2002), and Daughters of Darkness (1971).
#hotelpictures #daughtersofdarkness #touchofevil #dirtyprettythings #filmsky #moviesky
02.05.2025 00:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#letterboxd #intruder #filmsky #moviesky
18.04.2025 13:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Reality is caricature”
…Unmaking Fascism #2
2025 continuously reminds me of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, and while it's a great movie, that can't be healthy.
#investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion #eliopetri #gianmariavolonté #florindabolkan #filmsky #moviesky
17.04.2025 14:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lynch’s Party Movie
…Capsule #8: Wild at Heart (1990)
Continuing my series of capsule reviews about movies seen in theaters, we have--
#filmsky #moviesky #davidlynch #wildatheart #nicolascage #lauradern
10.04.2025 17:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“compliance, compromise, and survival”
…Unmaking Fascism # 1
“Haven’t you realized that we’re tricking them?” That sinking feeling in The Silence of the Sea when Howard Vernon realizes he is an actual Nazi.
#filmsky #moviesky #silenceofthesea #howardvernon #jeanpierremelville #theunmakingoffascistaesthetics
03.04.2025 23:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Coming in April
...Unmaking Fascism
Next month I am writing about a couple movies in context to one of my favorite academic books, The Unmaking of Fascist Aesthetics by Kriss Ravetto.
#filmsky #moviesky #unmakingfascism #silenceofthesea #investigationofacitizenabovesuspicion
27.03.2025 23:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy to get my contributor copy of Dirty Arthouse #4, in which I had the pleasure of contextualizing ANORA within the historic, dirty arthouse spirit! Available from @filmsradiance.bsky.social !!!
#dirtyarthouse #radiancefilms #filmsky #moviesky #anora #seanbaker #mikeymadison
27.03.2025 00:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
Extended interview: Werner Herzog
New Herzog interview. Always captivating.
#herzog #filmsky #moviesky
23.03.2025 20:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
From Krimi to Giallo
Smooth Kriminals #2
Part 2! This covers the melding of genres with Room 13 (1964), Creature with the Blue Hand (1967), Double Face (1969), and What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
#krimi #giallo #filmsky #moviesky #genrecinema #kinski #camillekeaton #andmore
20.03.2025 00:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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17.03.2025 23:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Desperation in Paris
Capsule #7: L'histoire de Souleymane (2024)
New capsule review up! This movie won the Jury and Performance prizes at Cannes last year.
#souleymanesstory #filmsky #moviesky #frenchcinema
13.03.2025 23:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Klaus Kinski and The Krimi
Smooth Kriminals #1
New Writing Up! I talk about the difference between Kinski’s work in the krimi vs the New German CInema era, before focusing on Dead Eyes of London (1961), The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962), The Inn on the River (1962), and The Strange Countess (1961).
#filmsky #moviesky #klauskinski #krimi
06.03.2025 14:46 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Titles I'm writing about this month--
#krimi #klauskinski #giallo #filmsky #moviesky
01.03.2025 15:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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