Michael Hearn
@mchearn.bsky.social
Los Angeles-based filmmaker. West Philadelphia, born and raised. Art's the only thing that'll save you. Here to share some of it I like with you. He/him.
July 2026 First Time Watches: 1. Her Private Hell (2026) 2. Park Row 3. Blood on the Moon 4. Dial Code Santa Claus 5. Heat Lightning 6. The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) 7. 13 Frightened Girls 8. Angel Face 9. The Candy Snatchers 10. The Underworld Story
Dial Code Santa Claus (1989) - Has the soul of a warped expressionistic take on a child's world shaken by the perversion of their most innocent sanctity of the spirit of Christmas, in a body made out of 80s action/horror schlock, and somehow works. Hilarious "Eye of the Tiger" knock-off theme.
13 Frightened Girls (1963), William Castle does Obayashi's House in the more proper sale: a genre experiment tailored to meet young women on their level while being a fun and well-produced adventure. An unserious Bond-ish plot but constantly well-composed and I found the female solidarity touching!
Watched "You Can't Win" on kanopy (also on tubi) because it's a Robinson Devor film that was filmed in 2012 and shelved, probably too early to be the streaming novelty it can be now (especially with poster-clad much younger Garner and White who are in it for about a minute or two each). 1/2
I tried so hard And got quite far Because in the end My efforts were for their own valor
If you're some established director and you're now becoming a vocal supporter of AI, may I suggest instead to: - Shut the fuck up - Cram a sock in it - Stuff your piehole - Give your connections and opportunities to younger, less-privileged filmmakers with energy and hope - Put your tongue in a vice
My room temp and correct take on tipping is that if you make a comfortable living you tip servers always and you tip them well because who the fuck do you think you are
The Blade has been a hopeful Mount Rushmore choice of most wanted film viewings forever!
New Beverly Cinema@newbeverly.bsky.social · 2w agoThe New Bev’s August calendar is filled with must-see movies screening in 35mm! Share with friends and let us know what you’re most excited to watch with us.
Watching "Carnival in the Night." There's probably some Japanese salaryman equivalent of a Harry Dean Stanton who's got an incidental credit in every 70s-80s indie Japanese movie as just a random guy on the street going to work.
"Art, even low art, is sacred enough in construct that you don't have to degrade your soul's reaction to it by getting into discourse on a whole social media site of bad actors and otherwise cretins." - Pauline Kael to me via a Ouija board en regard to Odyssey X takes
I think about how quickly Uncut Gems got outdated by the rise of public sports gambling and prediction markets, but also shout out to Clouds of Sils Maria where an actually working non-AI slop ridden version of Google Images makes a consistent appearance.
The Gumball Rally (1976) posits a utopia where those with extensive means and privilege above the law decide to do a Wacky Races when they're bored instead of strip the copper wiring out of America. A fun if low-brow showcase for fast cars, stunts, and some gags. On the TCM app for a few more days.
Wes Anderson basically got to sit at the Hollywood Bowl and watch amazing musicians perform score and soundtrack for him like a Roman king. Film twitter lost so much it’s hilarious.
Old Hollywood fans might appreciate this book I found out and about a little ago: a book of needlepoint by actress Sylvia Sydney
If you were wondering if someone who worked on the straight to streaming movie Wardriver has seen Blackhat, which it sounds awfully like a small scale indie stab at, the answer is: at least someone in the art department!
A current result of my latest film investigations: letterboxd.com/mchearn/list...
The Measure of a Man: Psychological Westerns
"It is no great matter to fuck a tree, a wallet, or a can of beans; those things you can see. But a cowboy who is serious, determined, and disciplined... a cowboy like this can fuck the wind. Gotta ha...
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ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished.
An example of the bot that hacked me today's ability to read the room:
Got stupid hacked for some reason, please ignore a lot of shit on page as of this day.
Just watched a Halloween episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air which does a "it was all a dream... but wait, the events of the first day which set it all off are happening exactly in real life!" ending, means there's a chance a staff writer watched Umberto Lenzi's Nightmare City.
Besides the point for a lot (and glad no one got hurt it seems) and I get it's no surprise that the same political sphere that's anti-science is allowing slipshod productions on this or their films, but you'd think there'd be SOME union producer involved wanting to avoid OSHA fees.
Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social · last mo.The stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.
Buffalo Bill, crying: "It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again!!" His minion, in the far back: "banana"
As much as the death of physical media support from Sony requires an opposing groundswell of physical support elsewhere, it just as much shows the credence of emulation as an archival need.
June 2026 First-Time Watches: 1. Toy Story 5 2. Baby Doll 3. The Third Part of the Night 4. Rewrite (2025) 5. The Sheep Detectives 6. Libeled Lady 7. Case 137 8. The Wind and the Lion 9. Terror in a Texas Town 10. The Death of Robin Hood
