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Walter Chaw

@mangiotto.bsky.social

I write about movies. Sometimes I talk about them. Usually just write. http://walterchaw.com

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You're gonna send me again.

01.03.2026 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RIGHT???????

01.03.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another rough month. Searching for my mojo & negotiating w/the new normal. 65 films in Feb for a 2026 total of 105. So exhausted now, all the time. Best first time watches: Borzage's MORTAL STORM, Kon Ichikowa's BURMESE HARP, Catherine Breillat's BLUEBEARD, Kiarostami's CLOSE-UP.

01.03.2026 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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a hello kitty holding a sign that says love you ALT: a hello kitty holding a sign that says love you

Holy fuck.

01.03.2026 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy anniversary to my bro fro ano mo @mangiotto.bsky.social, who started at Film Freak Central a whopping 25 years ago this month.

01.03.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Gave CATCH ME IF YOU CAN a rewatch tonight. Still a masterpiece.

01.03.2026 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

Are you feeling confused today about whether or not it is OK to bomb a school or hospital that actually has kids and patients in them? Regardless of what race or religion of people those kids and vulnerable people belong to?

I can’t help you. Please unfollow and delete your account.

01.03.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 442    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

In actual time.

01.03.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SCREAM 7 is like an SNL gag: Interminable. One-note. Obvious.

01.03.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
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Satrapolis: FFC Interviews Marjane Satrapi - FILM FREAK CENTRAL April 13, 2008|I sat down with Iranian writer/cartoonist/columnist and now filmmaker Marjane Satrapi at Denver’s Hotel Monaco, right off 16th Street Mall–just a few minutes from the Convention Center,...

I interviewed the brilliant Marjane Satrapi once: filmfreakcentral.net/2008/04/satr...

28.02.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

congress sounds cool i wish it was real

28.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 8218    πŸ” 1320    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 23

We are all of us trying to hide who we are. Those the least honest about that are the ones you need to worry about the most.

28.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Western trans women under the age of 35, prepare your hearts

28.02.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

It's sooooooooooooo good

28.02.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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City On Fire (1987) 4K UHD + Blu-ray SteelBook + Hardcover Booklet in Limited Edition Hardbox - Imprint Asia #36 | Via Vision Entertainment City On Fire (1987) 4K UHD + Blu-ray SteelBook + Hardcover Booklet in Limited Edition Hardbox - Imprint Asia #36 City On Fire (1987) is the first Golden Pri ...

I wrote an essay for the hardbound book included in this release, too. viavision.com.au/shop/city-on...

28.02.2026 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Farewell My Concubine (1993) 4K UHD + Blu-ray Limited Edition Hardbox + Hardcover Booklet - Imprint Asia #41 | Via Vision Entertainment A breathtaking opus of intimate passion, unbridled colour, and the timeless frailty of love

I wrote an essay for the hardbound book included with this release. viavision.com.au/shop/farewel...

28.02.2026 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

About to get a really really good folk in person, too...

28.02.2026 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
28.02.2026 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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All the President's Men (1976) - 4K Ultra HD + Digital Code - FILM FREAK CENTRAL Please note, the film and Blu-ray portions of this review were originally published on October 7, 2012.-Ed. ****/****BD – Image A Sound B Extras A4K UHD – Image AΒ Sound A Extras A-starring Robert Redf...

FFC review: ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN - 4K ULTRA HD, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social)/Bill Chambers. filmfreakcentral.net/2026/02/all-...

28.02.2026 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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@rianjohnson.bsky.social , deep in thought. Tonight with my students. @cudenver.bsky.social

28.02.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

My dear friend @rianjohnson.bsky.social zooms in to talk to my students @ucdenver.bsky.social tonight. Blessed.

28.02.2026 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hearing a lot of dire shit about Max Landis today and I just want to jump in to say he should eat a bag of dicks in whatever room in Hell they have reserved for his dad.

27.02.2026 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I had dinner once with Harlan Ellison and Dan Simmons, two difficult and prickly men though Harlan was king then and Dan was still the up-and-comer. I was mostly just a fly on the wall - fresh from Ellison's writing class. Later, I did some work on a project (kind of) with Simmons... he had changed.

27.02.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Dan Simmons died. I have a lot of conflicting thoughts about this and an interesting story that I don't know if I should ever share. Anyways.

27.02.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

When you were a kid, did you ever meet another kid who was clearly out of their mind, and incredibly troubled and destructive, who made you really uncomfortable to be around, and you just hoped that they would grow up to… Not be like that?

And then they grew up to be even worse?

27.02.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5274    πŸ” 945    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 0

You're the best. Thanks for being you.

27.02.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I want to just apologize to whomever I need to apologize to for not getting Taylor Swift for so long.

27.02.2026 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

You should keep your vanilla ice cream to yourself.

27.02.2026 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A yellow square graphic with the words "Feeling Seen" in the center. Film cels around these words show comics-style close ups of eyes, as well as frames from the film BARTON FINK (John Turturro in a suit and glasses pointing angrily to his own head; Turturro at a desk, writing in a notepad under a desk lamp). On the left side of the image, there is a large, red-tinted head shot of filmmaker Walter Chaw.

A yellow square graphic with the words "Feeling Seen" in the center. Film cels around these words show comics-style close ups of eyes, as well as frames from the film BARTON FINK (John Turturro in a suit and glasses pointing angrily to his own head; Turturro at a desk, writing in a notepad under a desk lamp). On the left side of the image, there is a large, red-tinted head shot of filmmaker Walter Chaw.

When @mangiotto.bsky.social sent us his character pick for this week's episode of Feeling Seen, he asked "...too obvious?" Always a good sign. Fans of the cinema arts, you gotta hear the singular film critic Walter Chaw and @jorcru.bsky.social talk about BARTON FINK.

maximumfun.org/episodes/fee...

26.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

stop calling us nazis just because we are invalidating IDs and rounding people up based on their skin color and putting them in concentration camps and sending them off to foreign gulags and using all that nazi imagery and banning books and dont forget about all the pedophilia. so just stop alright

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