Naomi Kawase’s “Yakushima’s Illusion” is a stirring but not entirely successful blend of spiritual musings and more grounded medical drama. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/02/12/film/yakushimas-illusion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #naomikawase
“Sai Disaster” offers striking images and lingering unease, but few clear answers about the nature of evil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/02/12/film/sai-disaster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #yutaroseki #kentarohirase #annenakamura #teruyukikagawa
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Erige Sehiri : « Le racisme en Tunisie était latent, aujourd’hui il est dans des discours politiques » https://www.bondyblog.fr/cinema/erige-sehiri-le-racisme-en-tunisie-etait-latent-aujourdhui-il-est-devenu-ideologique/ #promisleciel #migration #Racisme #tunisie #Cinéma #cinéma #film
Erige Sehiri : « Le racisme en Tunisie était latent, aujourd’hui il est dans des discours politiques » https://www.bondyblog.fr/cinema/erige-sehiri-le-racisme-en-tunisie-etait-latent-aujourdhui-il-est-devenu-ideologique/ #promisleciel #migration #Racisme #tunisie #Cinéma #cinéma #film
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Are there enough #indie #filmmakers on fedi to create a 24/7 #streaming #movie channel featuring independent #film (like we did with #TheIndieBeatTelevision for music videos?)
#Shorts or #features or #documentaries etc.?
Are there enough #indie #filmmakers on fedi to create a 24/7 #streaming #movie channel featuring independent #film (like we did with #TheIndieBeatTelevision for music videos?)
#Shorts or #features or #documentaries etc.?
Today, in honor of Black History Month, we remember Flo Kennedy, who was born on this date February 11, 1916, in Kansas City, Missouri. Kennedy was a lawyer, feminist and civil-rights activist. As a lawyer, she represented Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Assata Shakur, H. Rap Brown, and Valerie Solanas (for her attempted murder of Andy Warhol). In 1972 she formed the Feminist Party and filed an Internal Revenue Service complaint alleging that the Catholic Church violates tax-exempt requirements by spending money to influence political decisions. "I'm just a loud-mouthed middle-aged colored lady . . . & a lot of people think I'm crazy. Maybe you do too, but I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. The mystery to me is why more people aren't like me."
She grew up at a time when the KKK was quite active in Kansas City. She remembered her father had to have a shotgun to keep them safe. "My parents gave us a fantastic sense of security and worth. By the time the bigots got around to telling us that we were nobody, we already knew we were somebody." As a young woman, she moved to Harlem and enrolled at Columbia. She was refused admission to their law school because she “was a woman.” She knew it was because she was black. So, she threatened to sue them and they admitted her. She was the only black person among the eight women in her class.
As an activist, she once said, "we have a pathologically, institutionally racist, sexist, classist society. And that niggerizing techniques that are used don't only damage black people, but they also damage women, gay people, ex-prison inmates, prostitutes, children, old people, handicapped people, native Americans. And that if we can begin to analyze the pathology of oppression… we would learn a lot about how to deal with it." As early as 1966, she was picketing and lobbying the media over their portrayal of Black people. She played a prominent role in the protest against the 1968 Miss America Pageant. After the Attica prison uprising, she said, “We do not support Attica. We ARE Attica.” She also participated in the 1973 protests at Harvard over the lack of women’s bathrooms. When asked why she participated in the pouring of urine on the steps of Lower Hall, she said, “I'm just a loud-mouthed middle-aged colored lady with a fused spine and three feet of intestines missing and a lot of people think I'm crazy. Maybe you do too, but I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. The mystery to me is why more people aren't like me.
In addition to her activism and legal work, Kennedy also acted in the films “The Landlord” (1970), adapted from Kristin Hunter's 1966 novel, and the independent political drama “Born In Flames” (1983), directed by Lizzie Borden. She also acted in “Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow” alongside Morgan Freeman.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #flokennedy #racism #civilrights #feminism #charlieparker #BillieHolliday #HRapBrown #AssataShakur #columbia #harvard #intersectionality #lgtbtq #prison #harlem #attorney #kkk #racism #sexism #acting #film #blackhistorymonth #BlackMastodon
GIULIO REGENI – TUTTO IL MALE DEL MONDO #film oggi in Italia (info sale in fondo alla pagina) https://www.mymovies.it/film/2026/giulio-regeni-tutto-il-male-del-mondo/
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A friend recommended “In This Corner Of The World” and … I feel like I've been run over by a truck. I wasn't ready for this movie but I don't know how I could have been. It's unique.
The story of a young Japanese woman in a small regional city during WWII. That's all I'll say. Unforgettable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_This_Corner_of_the_World_(film)
A friend recommended “In This Corner Of The World” and … I feel like I've been run over by a truck. I wasn't ready for this movie but I don't know how I could have been. It's unique.
The story of a young Japanese woman in a small regional city during WWII. That's all I'll say. Unforgettable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_This_Corner_of_the_World_(film)
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A red coffee pot in a kissaten at Kawaramachi Imadegawa, Kyoto — an homage to Yasujiro Ozu?!?
A red coffee pot in a kissaten at Kawaramachi Imadegawa, Kyoto — an homage to Yasujiro Ozu?!?
Kevin Carson
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#QuestionOfTheDay you can re-experience a piece of media all over again as if you've never read/watched/etc it before, like you get to experience it for the first time again, what do you choose?
#fiction #comics #comicbooks #videogames #gaming #musicals #music #ttrpg #CCGs #books #TV #television #movies #film #manga #anime #poetry
#QuestionOfTheDay What's something (a trope, plot point, character type, twist, technology, magic, decision, conceit of the genre/world, whatever) in fiction that you just can't buy.
i.e. you get that it's fiction, & that it's a thing that happens, or that in the fictional world it's accepted, justified, or explained, or fans love it, etc. It's not that you don't understand it, it's just that you don't buy it, it doesn't work for you, you just can't accept it or take it seriously, etc...
This is a judgement free zone (at least from my end) so if you're like "when space magic shows up I can't take it seriously" or "ppl being able to fly makes no sense to me" etc that's totally fine.
#fiction #Television #TV #manga #anime #film #movies #books #CCGs #ttrpg #videogames #comics #comicbooks
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This is Ampuriire Shiela’s story. She wanted to study but life got in the way. Despite this, she still showed up for film training with her baby by her side. Through film, she found a way to tell her own story and speak about things she had carried for a long time.
The full story is on the blog.
https://sisifilmcollective.org/i-like-to-study/
#film #sisi #blog #writing #filmmaking #movies #art #cinema #filmmaker
This is Ampuriire Shiela’s story. She wanted to study but life got in the way. Despite this, she still showed up for film training with her baby by her side. Through film, she found a way to tell her own story and speak about things she had carried for a long time.
The full story is on the blog.
https://sisifilmcollective.org/i-like-to-study/
#film #sisi #blog #writing #filmmaking #movies #art #cinema #filmmaker
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Netflix is trying to take over Warner Discovery, and seize one of the most important studios in film history.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with AS Hamrah to understand why that would be a disaster and to get other insights from his career as a film critic.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/314_netflix_buying_warner_would_be_a_disaster_w_as_hamrah
Hiromichi Nakao’s “Michiyuki” summons a now-vanishing era, turning memory into quiet poetry told in black and white. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/02/05/film/michiyuki-voices-of-time/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #hiromichinakao #kiritakekanjuro #daichiwatanabe
Stefano Marinelli
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Instruction manual addendum from Flight Simulator for the C64 by Sublogic
I am the absolute master flying the Piper Cherokee Archer in this simulator on the bare metal C64
#Photography #35mm #film #Sensor #Nikon #DSLR #SLR #NikonPhotography #monochrome #monochromatic #Sepia #fMount #technology #Piper #Cherokee #Archer
Instruction manual addendum from Flight Simulator for the C64 by Sublogic
I am the absolute master flying the Piper Cherokee Archer in this simulator on the bare metal C64
#Photography #35mm #film #Sensor #Nikon #DSLR #SLR #NikonPhotography #monochrome #monochromatic #Sepia #fMount #technology #Piper #Cherokee #Archer