PT Klein
@ptklein.com
Film historian and cultural critic. Movie theaters, cinema spaces, and filmgoing cultures. Radically optimistic. Writing at www.howtoreadmovies.com, Metro Weekly, Film Atlas, and elsewhere. Cohost @ColdWarCinema.com. He/Him/His.
Microsoft spending billions on so-called artificial intelligence and I still can’t drop an image into a word document without breaking every part of its formatting.
Kinda fun revisiting your writing and being pleased with it still (this is rare)
Do we think the pumpkin pie pop tarts will be good and/or make me swole
Headed to the JSTOR if anyone needs me to pick anything up while I’m there
“PT, why did you leave your career in venture-backed startups?”
Teddy Swolesevelt@himbiologist.bsky.social · 2d agoThis place has everything: lukewarm appetizers, aggressive LinkedIn requests, men named Brad who describe themselves as “serial entrepreneurs,” and a woman who keeps saying “synergy” despite being effectively unemployed.
What if instead of the movie I need to watch for work I watch a different movie for fun 🤔
“Sex on the screen should be suspenseful, I feel. If sex is too blatant or obvious, there's no suspense.” -Hitchcock to Truffaut. Case in point, 1955’s To Catch a Thief. I love that, for Hitch, suspense is all about the give and take of the obvious. It’s a question of how far it will go.
After my bro tells me he’s dating a famous musician: “Dude, you got Adele?!”
So strong after push day I accidentally ripped my bag of smoothie fruit right in half 💪
Getting a gay power up today (haircut). What new and exciting style should I try? 🤩
good morning, honestly dishonest friends and lovers (RIP Eva Marie Saint)
My kingdom for not waking up with just a widdle bit of a head cold every single day
How much of our working lives do we spend waiting for Okta verification do we think
Was almost asleep when oomf texted about Douglas Sirk so now I’m awake but hope I dream about Rock Hudson in flannel
good morning, it’s Buster Keaton’s birthday (everyone say happy birthday, Buster, or else!!)
Went to the arcade and won enough tickets to get friendship bracelets for all of my friends 🥰
Don’t miss out on this fantastic podcast from @ettletodd.bsky.social (especially the episode featuring yours truly about Confessions on a Dance Floor 🪩)
Tristan Ettleman@ettletodd.bsky.social · last wk.The Complete Catalog: Madonna ended last week! While you're waiting for season three to begin, on the games of the Kingdom Hearts series (and I know there's a BIG overlap in fans of these things), why not catch up on any episodes of season two you might have missed? Links 👇
