Dan Schindel

here is how you get into Wiseman

god he was so fucking funny

dont let Fred hear you using the o-word buddy

He was American nonfiction cinema. That's it.

1. Get on my level

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea otter pup rescue by #montereybayaquarium

Sea otter pups can become stranded when storms separate them or when they drift away while mom is diving for food. Once alone, these pups have little to no chance of survival.
This lucky pair was reunited quickly, found less than a mile apart. Learn more about sea otters: mbayaq.co/4re9yHY

it happened

Hester Street 97 Orchard Street saw many renovations during its lifetime as a tenement from 1863 through 1935, but one constant feature was the handrail for the staircase going up from the first floor. It remains t...

For @screenslate.bsky.social I wrote up Joan Micklin Silver's wonderful Hester Street, playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social as part of its expansive retrospective of tenement cinema www.screenslate.com/articles/hes...

It’s like dang Steven Universe in here

They got ants at the NHM

This one actually got me

posting is harmless provided you don't take it seriously- the second you start believing you're doing Important Work, that's when the madness takes hold

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs When it comes to cinematic technological advances, the question is always how we use the tools we've been gifted or cursed with.

Thrilled to be part of the latest @reverseshot.bsky.social symposium with a piece on Snow White and Disney's multiplane camera reverseshot.org/symposiums/e...

Katsuhiro Otomo

Katsuhiro Otomo

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs When it comes to cinematic technological advances, the question is always how we use the tools we've been gifted or cursed with.

Thrilled to be part of the latest @reverseshot.bsky.social symposium with a piece on Snow White and Disney's multiplane camera reverseshot.org/symposiums/e...

Top First-Time Views for January 2026

The Testament of Ann Lee
Close-Up
The Flying Guillotine
Taste of Cherry
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Love & Pop
Magellan
Woos Whoopee
Hawaiian Birds
The collection of Japanese paper films at MoMA’s Save and Project

Simpson Family in their church outfits. Homer has a little flag that says 'AWARDS' on it

i haven't done this since twitter but at the request of 1 (one) person, OSCAR NOMINEES AS SIMPSONS SCREENCAPS THREAD

Barbara, Continuing: Brydie O’Connor on Following ‘Love, Barbara’ With ‘Barbara Forever’ Brydie O’Connor discusses Barbara Forever, her Sundance-premiering follow-up to the short Love, Barbara, and how Barbara Hammer’s archive continues to proliferate

For @documentary.org I spoke with director Brydie O'Connor about Barbara Forever, recently premiered at Sundance

Baby Steps The world of video gaming

For @reverseshot.bsky.social I wrote about Baby Steps and the beautiful frustration of Bennett Foddy's work reverseshot.org/features/341...

The feint in the A Knight of Seven Kingdoms premiere where they make you think they're going to reuse the GoT opening theme yet again only to smash cut to a guy shitting got me good. Tremendous gag. Also I really enjoyed the episode.

Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS

back in the news

Took 35 years but somebody finally found the true ending

Barry Lyndon shit

FLC Celebrates the Career of Diane Keaton with “Looking for Ms. Keaton,” February 13–19 Film at Lincoln Center announces “Looking for Ms. Keaton,” a series celebrating the singular career of the late Diane Keaton, one of the defining screen performers of the New Hollywood era.

Really enjoyed working on the program notes for this series, to the extent to which it’s possible to “enjoy” the writing process. Programmatically only wish I’d managed to track down a screenable print of the under-appreciated BABY BOOM www.filmlinc.org/daily/flc-ce...

Yeah they could be playing basically any sport. Folks have said it's down to the budget, idk

There’s no hockey in it

but doctor,