Tim Markatos

Among other things I can't get over how good the Steely Dan needle drop is in One Battle After Another

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we've published five essays in the first few weeks of our 'the ranks of the freaks' series, covering the first half of paul thomas anderson's career! check out the excellent work from @timmarkatos.bsky.social, jeremy zeitlin, @philipchristman.bsky.social, @adamfpetty.bsky.social, and sarah healy!

So is Dea Kulumbegashvili's April just never going to be streaming or

Thanks Kathryn Bigelow I didn't have enough to worry about right now already

Going through old movies and replacing the Wilhelm scream with Alanis Morissette's yelp from the end of All I Really Want

So I see all the usual suspects wasted no time in writing their "here's what Trump gets right about crime in DC" pieces

25 (Non-English-language) Films for the Last 25 Years You can have a listicle as a treat for making it through that Deleuze post

I see your best movies of the 21st century list and I can do you one better
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Can anyone help me remember which Verso books I was waiting to buy until they're running a sale, they're running a sale

Honestly ChatGPT has been such a game-changer for me. This morning I asked it to teach me how to use a washing machine. Now I don't have to throw out my dirty clothes and buy new ones at the end of every week—and they say this stuff is bad for the environment

Running around D.C. yelling DON'T RANK CUOMO at all of my confused neighbors

We need to figure out what's going on with all these videos that are like "I learned this from the guy at my deli counter" followed by the least useful kitchen hack you've ever seen

Rejected Halloween costume idea: ideological state apparatus

DC is finally getting Caught by the Tides but I'll be out of town for the only screening…we need to coordinate these things better

Some professional news: today I join the UX team at Princeton University Library! If you have opinions about search engines…let's talk

The new Nadav Lapid sounds like a post–October 7 Salò…unsure how I feel about that

Gander Trouble, Judith Butler's unpublished memoir about growing up on a goose farm

If nobody likes this it will be the algorithm's fault for real this time

Sing to me, o Muse, of how dopamine obsession looks in women

New superman born exact same month and year as me…that's not right

And to think that only a week ago I knew nothing of the Jennifer Hudson Show spirit tunnel

Reading and understanding a book by Judith Butler, is that a sign of growth or decay

Please endorse me for customer service phone line patience and menu navigation on LinkedIn

Some company somewhere should use Yakety Sax as their customer service line hold music

Rohmer Revisited Three new takes on an old favorite

HBD Rohmer!! movieenthusiast.substack.com/p/rohmer-rev...

Support Movie Enthusiast While I Look for Work! It's time for a membership drive

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Tim Markatos

Two PSAs:

1) I was axed in a reduction in force at my company last month so I'm looking for work—UX/UI design, see my portfolio and reach out if you have any job leads! www.timmarkatos.com

Parlant français avec Peter sur Bluesky, c'est mieux que Duolingo

*fais

Tu me fait bien rigoler

When did I miss your transformation into a frenchman