Jim Gibson
@jimgibson.bsky.social
it’s-a me, aka @dietcock from Twitter (Letterboxd: @j_gibson); l.a.; recovering screenwriter; miscreant.
L.A. film BlueSky people: I have a ticket I can’t use for sold out 35mm AC screening of the amazing STRAIGHT TIME (1978), tomw at 1pm at Los Feliz 3. Up for grabs for whomever wants it, gratis. DM and I’ll send you QR code. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...
Uhh Yeah Dude Presents STRAIGHT TIME - American Cinematheque
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🚨🚨New Academy Museum schedule just dropped🚨🚨 www.academymuseum.org/programs/ser...
John Carpenter: Prince of Darkness
A wide-ranging series celebrating director John Carpenter, whose cinematic language often is laced with biting social commentary, practical monster effects and his own pulsing synthesizer scores.
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Might be the worst movie I’ve seen all year? Made me wish our fascist government could have spared us by passing a law banning British actors from attempting New York accents.
Jim Gibson@jimgibson.bsky.social · 2w ago282. ONE NIGHT ONLY (2026) -d: Will Gluck #AMCCenturyCity #FilmLog2026
the scene in the odyssey where odysseus laments that the trojan horse led to the abandoment of zeus’s law and the downfall of civilized society but with apple removing headphone jacks from iphones
What’s the point in even bothering to publish a story like this other than to bum everybody out and ruin the rest of their day? Sadists. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Helicopter Carrying Trump Flew Near Passenger Jet in Washington Airspace
Marine One, the helicopter that ferries the president, came within less than a mile of an Envoy Air flight on Tuesday, raising new concerns about air traffic control in the congested area.
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odysseus lamenting that civilization collapsed when we abandoned the social contract only instead of Zeus’ Law it’s people listening to music and scrolling Tik Tok on their iPhones in public without wearing headphones.
<whispery voice> all that extra headroom doesn’t really add anything to the movie
off to see a 2AM show of THE ODYSSEY in 70mmIMAX. If Universal Citywalk is still bilking people for parking at that hour, I’m going to cut a bitch.
Thinking how at the end of the Star Wars trilogy an entire galaxy celebrates the death of the emperor without a finger wagging coda where a sad-eyed long haired scold in bespoke clothing warns that this reduces everyone to the same level as the genocidal tyrant who got tossed into a laser shaft.
I just want to know what the Ecuadoran player whispered to the other dude to earn the red card.
Brooklyn, I am still in you, though perhaps a little worse for the wear.
Jim Gibson@jimgibson.bsky.social · 2mo agoBrooklyn, I am in you.
People who feel compelled to rank everything: what the fuck is wrong with you?
If you told me John Mulaney traveled back in time to 1971 to film a cameo as the drug chemist in THE FRENCH CONNECTION, I couldn’t dismiss it out of hand.
Bleak Week, Day 7: someone brought their fucking cat into this screening of Roman Polanski’s TESS.
You know what Hollywood needs even more badly than it needs a fresh new crop of 20-something directors? A fresh new crop of 20-something studio executives.
introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live (r.i.p. edition) Prince Fela Kuti Nirvana Minutemen Ramones James Brown Miles Davis Leonard Cohen The Clash Kris Kristofferson
Colson Whitehead@colsonwhitehead.com · 3mo agoLive Skull Big Black Sun Ra Run DMC The Replacements Kraftwerk Schoolly D The Cramps The Smiths Pylon
