well I quite literally just finished this book, so if Frank is writing about the adaptation that means I should probably watch it
22.01.2026 00:59 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
For @bwdr.bsky.social’s “What Is to be Done?” issue, I wrote about HIGH NOON—a film whose political voltage still hums in our own time. The film is a parable of civic abandonment, the fragility of conscience, and what happens when good people wait for someone else to act.
12.11.2025 14:12 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Many thanks to the folks over at @bwdr.bsky.social for letting me go long on John Sayles’s earnest investigation deep in the heart of Texas. So let’s hit the trail.
17.06.2025 23:51 — 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 3
A face that reveals a lifetime of regret. A man realizing too late what he’s done, what he’s lost.
19.05.2025 23:38 — 👍 27 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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