https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog daily 1.0 2025-05-29 https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/the-message-is-the-medium-favorites-of-2024 monthly 0.5 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ab2b488c-d37d-4a59-9b46-a0f377a372c7/best20251.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/47e30e40-4afe-441b-9811-b50d3d9b3fc4/Best20254.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Close Your Eyes – Dir: Victor Erice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/30021d10-79b2-4f4e-b6a8-5ec1073f2a3f/best20257.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b212be17-50f7-4ea6-bd57-08b388eb9929/best202511.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/602544c5-860e-4c3c-822a-d3c5801e06ac/best202514.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/644f9a62-2846-45ab-88e9-0a226cffea2b/th-3945645200.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out The Substance - Dir: Coralie Fargeat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1e825511-35aa-4c5d-bb93-102c354329ac/best20252.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Terrifier 3 – Dir: Damien Leone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2ee1da1b-6456-4112-8667-c8f070d26831/best20256.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f62939c1-d803-444c-842b-2267f95cf095/best20259.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f40fd302-790d-4d74-9134-214f817c1f80/best202512.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ba936429-2c0b-47ef-8db1-c47239a85009/best20255.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/90111823-37c7-4d64-835d-26b596c797ca/best20258.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bb090bf0-c84a-4ab4-953d-628ed3aac24c/best20253.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Nickel Boys – Dir: RaMell Ross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/23f099fa-2fa3-4bcb-bee6-60f6aa27cb95/best202510.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/74dd5a75-1894-4de8-b282-7a6d78f3afb9/best202513.jpg The Flickering Knight - The Message is the Medium: Favorites of 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/tainted-ether-all-about-lily-chou-chou monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ed0e211c-2e5d-41ea-9e97-c3a4bdef08c2/lily5.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1cd18e80-8503-41de-804f-a5ef055bb1b6/lily9.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c096819f-28e6-487d-be9c-e6c332538b9d/lily12.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/940c54d4-90b4-4935-abcd-02253c7cb371/lily2.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Didi (2024, Dir: Sean Wang) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5469ee4c-c556-4274-bb61-efd4b8b4a349/lily10.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bd520c0e-4f19-4d56-8f3a-bc66e8124fac/lily4.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2c372a60-1771-4f2d-aa02-ef7e16824946/lily3.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bbf41c7e-1a89-4098-b5be-8611f4b3e42c/lily13.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5e1666cd-9e77-4f70-be0e-e415a34cffe3/lily11.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a68ba33e-e7af-4ba4-bccc-6589b994f940/lily6.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4702381c-ca3f-4a14-9a53-582f11334415/lily7.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8f482ffb-f802-438a-86bb-3cc0590b09d5/lily8.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a0586385-99d6-40d0-b15f-179b05de72fe/lily.jpg The Flickering Knight - Tainted Ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/phase-two-is-missing-civil-war-amp-the-sweet-east monthly 0.5 2024-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6f715611-df7b-4ece-a1bc-67ebaad293db/civil15.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/547b4bce-a189-4b90-bb13-50b3bf40c20c/civil9.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8b2c6e55-6665-4810-8fb9-b2167acb0a93/civil5.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dd94b9d6-e629-428e-bbb1-630e7c1ab68e/civil3.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/665dc2fb-714f-467d-89ba-ff3d54023382/civil8.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2ca8f09c-6658-4b19-abf2-77c63059436c/civil11.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d93a1b9a-4c96-422c-b1bd-d34e6d24257b/civil12.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/04cba69c-23ad-4912-9d84-6aba07da443b/civil10.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cd6e4d31-59b9-41bd-9e77-b95f42e5cbbb/civil4.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cadca550-2fa1-4066-8d13-0273bdab46fa/civil6.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f7991ecb-017e-4b2e-b0fd-e8d4cef0fc60/civil2.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/500d4f63-963e-4419-8125-e8db899df865/civil7.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/256d7aca-e463-47c6-bac2-332704e11fc7/civil13.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c1679d9d-8f9e-409f-b18e-8b046c37887f/civil.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/15889323-490d-43c1-9bdf-c4a621317547/civil14.jpg The Flickering Knight - Phase Two is Missing: Civil War & The Sweet East - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/music-o-the-wind-song-of-granite monthly 0.5 2024-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/191fcd4d-679f-4fbe-aaf1-43e1ce2836e7/song+6.jpg The Flickering Knight - Music o’ the Wind: Song of Granite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/03d76e29-cbe8-4bf8-bd86-e16b5c1b56f3/song+5.jpg The Flickering Knight - Music o’ the Wind: Song of Granite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/db90fe66-993c-48f4-89be-178ce1779f63/song+9.jpg The Flickering Knight - Music o’ the Wind: Song of Granite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d8323537-39e2-4fbd-b01b-f454fdfce272/song+8.jpg The Flickering Knight - Music o’ the Wind: Song of Granite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8dd478c4-bc1a-4a51-9ab6-9c570a4d9366/song+2.jpg The Flickering Knight - Music o’ the Wind: Song of Granite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8c6e6096-0861-45a9-951e-3fb4fddd02dd/song+4.jpg The Flickering Knight - Music o’ the Wind: Song of Granite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8502193c-eb8a-4c17-a469-cd004f7f9caf/song+7.jpg The Flickering Knight - Music o’ the Wind: Song of Granite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5402b8da-bbe5-4fea-b52c-4cda186b4bcd/song+3.jpg The Flickering Knight - Music o’ the Wind: Song of Granite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/these-things-come-in-twos-favorites-of-2023-part-2-3-10 monthly 0.5 2024-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7114cd41-2f10-4927-9abb-7f4c8c4c2701/Picture4.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ea31e5f9-05ae-4211-8ced-c49e7c922e38/Picture15.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out After Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6111507a-4a0d-43c3-ab5f-1a177f694a0e/Picture20.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/11b103dc-1f4b-4b6e-9cc7-b2bf8e6613ce/Picture14.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8418fbb8-a7d1-418e-b45f-66e23ea398bd/Picture3.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e3e342e4-8989-409c-a2ed-18c4d669c59f/Picture11.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bd8f6608-e0ef-4a48-8807-368a5d2f458d/Picture9.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Return To Seoul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b9f0300d-8b48-4717-b227-b82b8e48bcff/Picture12.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5bd3348e-ed25-4d7e-8f27-fdbc3981aa5b/best+2.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cbf4a928-dc1e-4502-8fa2-ab00c1a0186a/Picture25.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3861a2da-02b1-48c6-9d2f-cef7770a2ce7/Picture22.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Skinamarink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d8902f77-262c-4125-9040-0f69d5cbf46d/Picture24.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d6cc6ff4-5ef0-4be6-ba4d-71d7b57ed7df/Picture17.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e7bee9a7-ae84-4737-bad0-7f6830f722bb/Picture23.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9cd125dc-0c7d-47ea-9201-b4b0feaf669f/best+2+1.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/50aa095d-3c66-47c2-a961-fa0165cd3f6a/Picture7.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/723e9413-9eb0-419c-bb85-a21c3acf9823/Picture18.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/adbbaa2a-c951-4c4c-8c80-a2f3ecf9d796/Picture2.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out A Life On The Farm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1cace31b-e012-45ae-be45-8dc375777fda/Picture5.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/884afa72-4601-4d78-9833-ae5348571f95/Picture10.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6f9937be-fc93-4081-a501-7b0892579268/Picture1.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out 20 Days In Mariupol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/eb3c4ee2-2c2f-485c-8df1-dc4eb2544123/Picture19.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/87c4ade1-3311-4782-b9f2-6410a1c9f038/Picture16.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e006a385-2e37-43fe-bfce-0aa29253f724/Picture13.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/70dda6ba-91a5-4292-808b-61e74aad3632/Picture27.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Menus Plasirs – Les Troisgros https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dfafcd0a-c135-4f29-bcc0-3752b06e2aeb/Picture26.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ed3bc1ad-1381-4a22-93fd-7610f9775d4f/Picture8.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Monster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8ada92d8-559e-4d23-9729-158b4d30f3d4/Picture21.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 2) - Make it stand out Dream Scenario https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/these-things-come-in-twos-favorites-of-2023-part-1 monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/07c3eb67-c1c1-4bd4-aeb3-0b69b3bd1e79/ten+best+10.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/54268388-54fb-44fd-9052-d6e0c12fd646/ten+best+3.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out Godzilla Minus One – Dir: Takashi Yamazaki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/76fdc8b5-da10-43ae-9e84-b9228cdb26fb/ten+best.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out May-December – Dir: Todd Haynes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9da42377-60d8-4511-b53b-90a3110e1821/ten+best+5.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out The Color Purple – Dir: Blitz Bazawule https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6ea5327c-d61a-45e3-89df-a14492e26a1e/new+merge.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0b92ca33-d84a-4e02-8d41-f74bc96bf003/ten+best+7.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c9725b68-f8fd-4769-a4b7-bd3f8e52afa8/ten+best+4.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out Roger & Me – Dir: Michael Moore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/35db7c7c-b157-44d0-9c54-35907a73dfcc/ten+best+2.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out Saltburn – Dir: Emerald Fennell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5596de7c-a9d0-4e87-88a0-2e4a2cdc532e/ten+best+11.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/81c07b75-5cd9-42eb-81ec-b21c831c5d1b/ten+best+8.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out R.M.N. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/98a0eb8f-562c-4157-b3f9-d4f1cd4f5e88/ten+best+6.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out Barbie – Dir: Greta Gerwig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e2319a4f-b780-477b-846f-a5de1f83e3fa/ten+best+9.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out Bobita https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/08e78b73-159e-4314-80ca-42d55d19ec40/ten+best+12.jpg The Flickering Knight - These Things Come In Twos: Favorites Of 2023 (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/conservatives-dystopia-demolition-man monthly 0.5 2023-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b8a69acc-c8fb-42d0-ba1b-d8a5da1f998f/demo12.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Bob Gunton, consummate Plot Obstacle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0b303c23-343e-4b45-822f-7586668c8558/demo25.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Cinema’s first imagining of the Zoom meeting? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/952258d8-69a5-4f10-9f11-4eebde59ef75/demo13.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out A promising opening image – I do hate that tacky Hollywood sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e0047158-2dda-472a-85c3-466385bcfdaa/demo22.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Never understood why the Bullock character is such a history buff with an apartment furnished with old pop culture bric-a-brac but is as relcuctant to have real physical sex as any other member of this awful future. Wouldn’t she be old-fashioned about that too? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/614e466c-c072-4483-9107-c801bad49805/demo23.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fea80705-08a8-44ae-bc6c-45daf19fee88/demo26.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/40ff69e9-5df4-4d33-a82a-8c7e160e7e79/demo7.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6d1e597d-b5d7-467c-bfc2-b75fa254dea6/demo15.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/eb0ee1de-637e-41e4-b4c7-575149972a7a/demo17.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/85c201e9-9731-439d-a772-64c1bdd7510c/demo6.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/462fa188-6196-4ea8-bf51-1bea45f5e342/demo10.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out The moment of initial restraint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/40b20d72-6fa9-4818-9380-7e1244ad80ec/demo16.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1de0057f-4ddf-427a-a02d-6d1b822c2c9b/demo9.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0b0cb010-3b33-4385-a4de-ac802b927532/demo21.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Thawed rivals in futures they can’t comprehend. It’s a lot like Austin Powers, no? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/35ea08ea-ebe0-47ce-a04c-0f04ceb580c9/demo11.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out 80’s and 90’s production stir nostalgia for futuristic visions of the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/002cb0d0-9a34-4c6c-869e-5898b3f1a3f8/demo8.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/12c2e1cd-45f0-4577-8e8c-00556a8f1b22/demo14.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7b9703f9-9af2-4dc1-b066-29c0dbd11d22/demo2.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/60e07113-6ab4-41d0-9c49-9ca073db6e38/demo18.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/df3360f6-ada0-4cc9-be88-acad877f1742/demo19.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6c6b4939-9e7c-42ea-a69b-6d6517fafff0/demo1.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0faf7230-9fc4-4ea0-b353-7fc906e7196e/demo4.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d609a742-62ba-487c-afc5-0751b4d87cdd/demo3.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/abb104f4-c43d-4910-b789-acce9136646d/demo5.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/64a07290-5d78-4473-9b10-52dcb3805403/demo20.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Nietzsche’s Übermensch is a conceptually nebulous, conflicted figure. Movies may be the correct vessel for transmitting the concept. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/36ed54c7-1810-44b6-ba3a-66c81a9c6b7d/demo24.jpg The Flickering Knight - Conservative’s Dystopia: Demolition Man - Make it stand out Glenn Shadix (left) made to reprise a version of his dandy Beetlejuice character for the movie’s presentation of the mincing, elitist bureaucrat antagonist stereotype. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/film-all-around-us-the-we-love-installation monthly 0.5 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6f15cf7e-e217-4574-af4f-d98867a09836/we+love+3.jpg The Flickering Knight - Film All Around Us: The “we love” Installation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f12afa2f-bc3e-4f0b-937e-dc7a81da110c/20230718_232357.jpg The Flickering Knight - Film All Around Us: The “we love” Installation - Make it stand out The heart-shaped Soul Train projection in Logan Square, with an ad warning about Gonorrhea in Spanish above it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/031c88cc-29f8-410b-9456-28b7fc1cc7f8/we+love+4.jpg The Flickering Knight - Film All Around Us: The “we love” Installation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cd0d9854-056f-4b03-b727-0cc35c5ca54a/we+love+5.jpg The Flickering Knight - Film All Around Us: The “we love” Installation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8add78be-b363-4309-a134-4fae7fa1933f/20230718_174546.jpg The Flickering Knight - Film All Around Us: The “we love” Installation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7fdbeb3a-d571-4dfe-bbde-3410211468d6/we+love+2.jpg The Flickering Knight - Film All Around Us: The “we love” Installation - Make it stand out The Cicero Green Line station, housing the CTA-sponsored we love installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b3545f7e-b4d7-4029-8dc8-e052806ec7ac/20230718_170633.jpg The Flickering Knight - Film All Around Us: The “we love” Installation - Make it stand out images of the footage of murals being painted in we love, which photograph better in black & white https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/great-endings-series-parade monthly 0.5 2023-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/646293c2-9aae-41bd-a1a6-b462a964313d/unnamed+%2874%29.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: Parade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/20484967-252a-4baf-a76d-2384382c2e36/unnamed+%2868%29.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: Parade - Make it stand out The spatial revolution at the nightclub in Playtime, which synonymises spatial freedom with pleasure and contentment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/eee3f767-0e93-4f30-b9fa-cd951bceb842/unnamed+%2870%29.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: Parade - Make it stand out Tati was said to have admired the fashion styles and aesthetics of the hippie movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/354ee65d-1da2-4f2e-ab3d-17c6ffe97b82/unnamed+%2872%29.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: Parade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/97bb67f6-468d-4413-8a0e-3229929e0f33/tati.PNG The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: Parade - Make it stand out Tati’s masterful bits of pantomime throughout the film are Play in its most mature form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a846c723-6a65-49a3-a2e5-5ea0c0a46ad7/unnamed+%2873%29.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: Parade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e040c94d-b62e-47b4-aa46-9cbdf11c2eea/unnamed+%2869%29.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: Parade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/20df9ba4-a32a-469e-b964-295dfb6fa23e/unnamed+%2871%29.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: Parade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9c7f4b48-f56a-48ba-922f-92437fc16310/unnamed+%2867%29.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: Parade - Make it stand out Tati as M. Hulot in Playtime https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/the-two-minute-movie-critic monthly 0.5 2023-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/18d9e7ac-2b58-4dee-bb1a-37a00c9ae3d8/unnamed+%2854%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/daf72966-bda5-4e02-8040-00280ccebb8a/unnamed+%2863%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/55fa3d25-ff9b-4352-a342-f6e021121538/unnamed+%2858%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5fd50eef-0343-4cf1-b760-cf04f697cd0d/unnamed+%2864%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1890a9d6-8b00-4a7c-bbde-fc45858e8e36/unnamed+%2860%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e54c31b8-49fd-481b-a7cc-aee705cf2c9e/unnamed+%2862%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2cea1bd9-c920-440a-a30a-e4c116482c7a/unnamed+%2857%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8667c418-56a8-4182-9bd9-020f0ea662e5/unnamed+%2859%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/647029ac-0fd5-4f5a-af72-722829aa87e4/unnamed+%2856%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fffca5aa-3685-4099-a046-a58d3f64872c/unnamed+%2852%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9e6f9dfe-cf0b-44b5-b528-79ac6d05521f/unnamed+%2855%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/077a6f9d-dfad-42cd-8fcd-0a52b14ec79b/unnamed+%2861%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cece82e3-f6b4-43bd-9d00-a0c913208d66/unnamed+%2851%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7562e1f6-3161-4b78-84bd-7c6415d8d138/unnamed+%2866%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fe89c8ce-b3fd-46c1-ba21-3a624aabe72f/unnamed+%2865%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fe0ab03e-8604-4eda-b659-2c7b63cecc4d/unnamed+%2853%29.png The Flickering Knight - The Two Minute Movie Critic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/good-times-at-the-tropic-theater monthly 0.5 2023-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/37b4b8b9-d7cc-4b47-8d5f-2989313ff9c8/unnamed+%2847%29.png The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out One of the many tarpon fisherman in Tarpon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/63fc72ed-8e88-411e-bbc7-bf1a2bca4169/Keys2023+111.jpg The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0ea1237d-c78f-42dc-bbc1-0fc92f54b53a/unnamed+%2849%29.png The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/badb4026-ac12-4cee-8473-dcdc24b5c999/Keys2023+112.jpg The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/75c31a6b-b88d-4ea7-9fca-dc97d470e816/Keys2023+166.jpg The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6d2b34b9-06d4-48b6-89f9-640708828313/Keys2023+094.jpg The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out The Marilyn Monroe statue in front of the Tropic is a bit tacky but it catches passersby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c8d14060-2dcb-4b9f-9d46-e168526aecf6/Keys2023+103.jpg The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8325260c-a691-468c-8f0a-1fcb715840e1/unnamed+%2848%29.png The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out A conch displayed in shell in Key West Picture Show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/313b3435-865c-4b53-89cc-99ceb96235d2/theater+2.PNG The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e289d117-16b5-441d-931f-28ed996f1945/unnamed+%2850%29.png The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/65e86da3-bb59-4240-988f-1259cb41bc2c/theater+piece.PNG The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f368f48b-8e2f-437f-9015-a1b42fd83a3b/Keys2023+097.jpg The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out The Tropic’s largest screening room, with a stage for special guest introductions and interviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e49f5cf0-0187-4662-a99b-862226ec1b13/Keys2023+104.jpg The Flickering Knight - Good Times at the Tropic Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/my-best-films-list-for-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cb623044-eec2-4b19-a7ed-c41dce73043a/unnamed+%2836%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9556cb98-5179-4e71-8cf2-bac8e3fee8cc/unnamed+%2841%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b0d41f0c-ae7b-4dd7-8897-d6889f092e33/unnamed+%2840%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d52108e5-65f5-42ac-ae03-c36e969adda0/unnamed+%2827%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f56e4f12-34be-4125-bc89-a8ae6f1ddf78/unnamed+%2844%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/44a18a63-e6fc-4d6c-80bb-31e3324d5f7b/unnamed+%2833%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3520ba59-816d-42f6-a9d5-98777c291ad6/unnamed+%2835%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/873737d8-68c7-4ff3-ab54-b69fafbc354d/unnamed+%2834%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/500aced8-fc78-4f4a-91c0-d262bdae319b/unnamed+%2839%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3a48b384-5c3c-471f-b7cc-a0753ebdd0e1/unnamed+%2832%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5c8a36c0-111e-40da-bcbe-80f14c30674f/unnamed+%2846%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/54850e7c-f529-4712-9ed8-781643b8ff21/unnamed+%2845%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ccf241a2-8493-4d3e-9c81-62a95d34058d/unnamed+%2828%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e2ecaa77-1f7b-4c69-bc5f-da104b53fce7/unnamed+%2838%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7b2f3037-927d-4c8c-9047-9c61c9d26261/unnamed+%2830%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/03387790-1ebc-4bf6-95b4-ed7c5f1c61f3/unnamed+%2829%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cbcf1e0b-47a8-4867-af5b-454dfda831b5/unnamed+%2837%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a751f332-0890-4589-96b9-4c4ad0a6b524/unnamed+%2826%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e0426cc6-4bef-4863-a209-666e061a62d8/unnamed+%2843%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ffaa7cad-b83e-4ef2-9ba0-4afe9ac14c48/unnamed+%2831%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/db0933a0-b311-4cf0-a1f0-642dff68c81f/unnamed+%2842%29.png The Flickering Knight - My Best Films List For 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/representation-or-escapism-till-amp-wakanda-forever monthly 0.5 2023-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/88a852ec-56bf-47d1-b3a4-03fce4e7d732/unnamed+%2819%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/feeaba0f-43f9-47df-8241-99d15c29a82f/unnamed+%2811%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b5fc27b2-bdce-49ab-bb5b-5af312680bd3/unnamed+%2818%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/70691769-ec55-4070-9c67-4b9c0c333991/unnamed+%289%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/79fab99d-d186-488c-8862-818320cf7206/unnamed+%2815%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9a3f745c-a30f-4e32-92b0-135092fa34e4/unnamed.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out the real Emmitt Till https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/28a9a9a9-c200-4e07-8cc9-b6fb0f4cb5b9/article.PNG The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d8e158f4-2b6b-42fa-9b38-8ec3685fcede/unnamed+%2820%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9a86eea8-cb97-49a2-aa1e-6380693be6cf/unnamed+%2825%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fbb1bf26-dae5-4eb2-b2be-de81a4674110/unnamed+%2816%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c4db52db-2ec2-4acc-84cd-77a258eb4754/unnamed+%2814%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/40b3725c-3a41-4a5c-a131-3a9b32acda4e/unnamed+%2821%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/02f86a24-9c44-43e9-9d39-72f351fb0f75/unnamed+%2812%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3a13f44e-4dd7-4f73-bbba-cb799d76f319/unnamed+%2823%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/75181528-406f-4886-a956-aa6ee69ed7c0/unnamed+%2824%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1dc3db46-2c7c-4a58-9ce7-1a8b672cb4f4/unnamed+%2813%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dd6c5894-fccc-44a6-a2bc-32b6dfbd6b3a/unnamed+%2817%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/39f7ae4f-7cb5-472d-b85c-2bbb63ad6574/unnamed+%2810%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e03dff89-b4f0-48bb-82f9-c0170ce96423/unnamed+%2822%29.png The Flickering Knight - Representation or Escapism: Till & Wakanda Forever - Make it stand out Major movies made in buildings like these. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/2-or-3-of-the-times-godard-revolutionized-cinema monthly 0.5 2023-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a62d9633-554a-4cd4-8c14-dd06c1755e76/unnamed+%282%29.png The Flickering Knight - 2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8c2b3180-9306-4be0-b83f-a8ca362ea885/unnamed+%286%29.png The Flickering Knight - 2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f26fbb91-97a7-4e7a-b472-2b3ca3629c25/godard+1.png The Flickering Knight - 2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema - Make it stand out Jean-Luc Godard, the madman in his own King Lear (1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f63af388-991b-45f7-b5e3-12f60ec64b42/godard+3.png The Flickering Knight - 2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema - Make it stand out Une Femme et Une Femme (A Woman Is A Woman, 1961), Bande à part (Band of Outsiders, 1964) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8b0e8fdc-5a3b-42f8-9f80-ec74e29e23c0/unnamed+%281%29.png The Flickering Knight - 2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3c776eaa-779c-4c80-9ae8-6192148b1104/unnamed+%285%29.png The Flickering Knight - 2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3201ab94-cc74-4479-bc10-9b8b8bdf790c/unnamed+%283%29.png The Flickering Knight - 2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5c7142e6-881d-471d-a7fb-f89a89bf0b85/unnamed+%288%29.png The Flickering Knight - 2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a4523577-792b-4911-9403-e398c628b20a/godard+2.png The Flickering Knight - 2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b8a8f3a4-57ab-4cec-8e05-2d38219b8554/unnamed+%287%29.png The Flickering Knight - 2 or 3 of the Times Godard Revolutionized Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/the-game-is-present-the-implacable-elaine-may monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b5c9c1c7-976b-4679-8173-e8aa68be8596/heartbreak.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out If you see one film mentioned in this piece, it should be the ballet of awkwardness that is The Heartbreak Kid. Then Mikey and Nicky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/431f20f1-10fa-49bc-8656-c7e942d37188/bus.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out The first names of the main characters in May’s amazing third feature suggest her former stage partner, who named the younger love interest in The Graduate, “Elaine.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/92b16dc0-4acf-4b5b-8e3b-91a46a32ec12/elaine.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out Elaine May shooting coverage for A New Leaf, making a process up as she went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bc437b04-8bcd-4df7-b775-34cdbee0cf19/nicholsandmay.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out Nichols and May in the early 60’s, whose act helped revolutionize standup comedy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2781fda4-00fc-4274-be14-0a530e3cef5f/nicholsandmay2.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out Mike Nichols was the dufus always a step behind Elaine May in these scenes. Character-wise, she held the power, but the joke was that she was clueless as to her capacity to wield it over him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/038c889a-144d-4de4-8ec3-1895aeade8de/may3.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out May in Small Time Crooks, again masterfully using her hands to convey inner thoughts in broad material that seemed not to allow for such nuance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/13130adb-a3b3-4f30-bb9a-9dc5cf4d58ba/may4.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d8d8a405-6d32-436b-955b-f158a6a706a2/ishtar.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out I find much of Ishtar rather loveable. It’s love-to-hate-it reception in this county and its status as a film maudit boondoggle of the first order overshadows its success as a piece of anti-Reaganist satire with great bad songs written by Paul Williams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/951ea4fd-9425-4f9b-b490-3e72cc7d70ac/grodin.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out Grodin was so effective in his role, he received hate mail from angry viewers. He's the last person to tell you May had used him as any kind of hero: “I always thought the character in The Heartbreak Kid was a despicable guy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/61db33e4-4f92-4bc4-8b60-95fa1117132d/travolta.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out Travolta turns in such good work in Primary Colors as May’s Bill Clinton surrogate, it’s easy to overlook how smart the script is and how the rest of the supporting cast, which includes Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates, Larry Hagman, Adrian Lester and Billy Bob Thornton, have such a field day with it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bd7f71b7-1447-4520-bcab-83b74b919938/birdcage.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out Nathan Lane and Robin Williams in a May script that sharply mocks the idea of traditional “family values” America propped up by the new wave of culture war conservatives led by Pat Buchanan (played in The Birdcage by Gene Hackman) as a fallacy made possible only by drag queens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/87bcb2d3-63ef-4e4f-8f25-a20ab1ee0e78/may.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out May’s rather extraordinary tightrope act of a performance in A New Leaf, which she wrote and directed, was a landmark form of debut for a rising female talent at that time. The DVD package from Olive Signature includes some highly informative special features. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a285658c-8a07-4b2e-9b4c-2d723820f86a/may2.png The Flickering Knight - The Game is Present: The Implacable Elaine May - Make it stand out For Mikey and Nicky, May followed Cassevetes’ example of exhaustive and explorative rehearsals for their scenes but went as far as to keep the cameras rolling in case the actors did anything she found useful. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/great-endings-series-in-the-mouth-of-madness monthly 0.5 2023-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5b986fb8-11ab-41a7-846a-155ca8ba32b8/letters.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: In The Mouth Of Madness - Make it stand out Despite a prodigious career in Australian art-house movies, Sam Neill was more visible after Jurassic Park than at any time in his career. That this was the next script he chose is pretty neat of him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/528d5308-1227-459d-aed5-3de2a76c3dfe/theater.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: In The Mouth Of Madness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/44b9b55e-ef44-421e-9d9e-df2bf7d47f89/popcorn.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: In The Mouth Of Madness - Make it stand out Reality as laughter in the dark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c8015b82-2fde-415c-937e-d18187618a92/laughing.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: In The Mouth Of Madness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3741ba44-29ce-4b4b-bf26-cb21e3d1b001/creepin.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: In The Mouth Of Madness - Make it stand out The first insane Sutter Cane zombie, who turns out to be Cane’s literary agent. Sequence demonstrates Carpenter’s typically masterful balance of tension between background and foreground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7f0495ab-64cf-43d6-a40e-300802eaaac2/lighting.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: In The Mouth Of Madness - Make it stand out Tourner’s Cat People, the first modern horror film. A masterpiece in the use of light and shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/93f68e04-3efa-4781-8dbd-34d68e34b143/smile.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: In The Mouth Of Madness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/gem-hunting-the-2022-chicago-international-film-festival monthly 0.5 2023-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/98d39e37-199d-4b2e-a34f-be611a989551/alcarras.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out Alcarrás - Dir: Carla Simón https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1385076a-d0a1-46a9-a96a-61257784ed78/dust.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out Return To Dust - Dir: Li Ruijun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e5070de1-83dc-4a9a-8dae-1bee3739c775/ultraman.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/40825538-bab6-49c7-a3ac-c0a0ebb9767c/woodcutter.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out The Woodcutter’s Tale - Dir: Mikko Myllylahti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f8697fc8-7afa-437b-b427-6507a0cf0e43/filmfestival.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6919a422-5f74-4075-a68c-e2ea31a97275/rome.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out The March on Rome - Dir: Mark Cousins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f9778359-f6a7-477c-8c67-f40624727f6e/pacifiction.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out Pacifiction - Dir: Albert Serra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/48d0cf60-3cd7-4083-a605-63f9c27e32fb/nobears.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out No Bears - Dir: Jafar Panahi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/81ffd884-e4e8-4da1-85f4-805d1751991a/thisguy.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/633daba2-fda8-4949-805b-455767c3cc55/sing.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out If These Walls Could Sing - Dir: Mary McCartney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6a81fa1e-7cac-4ba3-a1fd-4a7201623585/figtrees.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out Under The Fig Trees - Dir: Erige Sehiri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dfd01cd8-7131-4cbe-9d06-02d4ffff6644/beauty.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out All The Beauty and The Bloodshed - Dir: Laura Poitras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/950fbca9-7127-46f0-991f-2d4a41a7af23/ultraman2.png The Flickering Knight - Gem Hunting: The 2022 Chicago International Film Festival - Make it stand out Shin Ultraman - Dir: Shenji Higuchi https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/great-endings-series-the-three-stooges-boobs-in-arms monthly 0.5 2023-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1adb407e-3811-4af5-b3ee-a9e3548bf2b2/stooges.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: The Three Stooges “Boobs in Arms” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7fd706d4-320a-4e21-8b13-1c470ec48361/marching.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: The Three Stooges “Boobs in Arms” - Make it stand out We all march to our own beat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d290f074-cf4d-48b6-a9d9-2049cf517e37/clouds.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: The Three Stooges “Boobs in Arms” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/08349355-d3bd-4700-b71e-9f044c4fa25a/cannon.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: The Three Stooges “Boobs in Arms” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9e5a801d-ddd8-461f-ba2b-d72ef82b3d5a/arms.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: The Three Stooges “Boobs in Arms” - Make it stand out title card for Boobs in Arms (1940) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0178a9ad-6b21-447b-a6b9-35cdcffcc310/prussian.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: The Three Stooges “Boobs in Arms” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ca23d3d6-5f30-4eb3-a979-87912aee46b8/stoogin.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: The Three Stooges “Boobs in Arms” - Make it stand out A good name for this famous still would be, “Nyah-ah-ah!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2f9b5ea6-b6dc-455d-ad55-7ead16bb8e6e/twopics.png The Flickering Knight - Great Endings Series: The Three Stooges “Boobs in Arms” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/4dx-top-gun-maverick-and-the-myth-of-the-male-project monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/13897194-9003-44c9-ac31-8d88b70ae4bf/4dx.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out 4DX is basically airplane turbulence. You can now pay to watch a whole movie like that. Next time you’re on a plane and you hit turbulence, you may as well just pretend you’re watching Top Gun: Maverick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bdd5b8a5-33b3-4a03-896d-6b515cee04d4/title.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2496e66b-dbf9-49ae-97c5-12ff4a26184c/gun.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bf4f0396-f955-4234-99ae-3197a55236fa/gibson.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Hair, guns, leather, muscles, attitude. Let me be clear: I haven’t taught myself to hate the stuff I once loved. I just look at it much differently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/50b3c5b7-173b-46cd-8196-55c874015490/restraints.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/00db16b0-0a09-43f5-8a12-d6b720def5b7/rambo.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/173a7e8d-4269-46b5-83c2-795c783077e1/stage.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3ed0af70-d2bc-4753-9be4-78474135b8d0/guns.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/469495aa-fe7d-442f-ad8e-c94248c8c2c4/cruise.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9dd208b7-43b9-4474-808b-212fa8adc454/terminator.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6520b726-7145-4488-808e-e95d1246dc12/deniro.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out DeNiro’s Bickle character was dressed and cropped for the burgeoning punk scene. He might have found the scene a useful outlet for his rage if he didn’t hate them too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f24c1365-1b74-4ea6-89c1-a5335f2bd4cb/plane.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out I have no idea which Top Gun this is from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3f29a877-9ed2-41c4-b822-ba81f6850698/snake.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/334e43a5-efc8-490f-999c-f14ac7d70d7d/sun.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out The Sun’s best performance since its role in the last Top Gun movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/38345bc6-ae9a-4db0-a523-cd31cef34d63/singing.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4eebd8da-ba98-40d6-b7bc-8772adb74820/poster.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/79d915e1-62e5-4a78-a128-492a8fbb76ed/ford.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e97b81df-4063-494e-97a7-2bd2f28c34ed/therails.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/950298c3-7ad5-4c61-bbbe-566e14c37df8/planning.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/15ff0bf3-e92f-44bb-8ed0-468b582b1d85/rooster.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/06ffdf91-bf0a-4b03-855a-c12cff217a9a/volleyball.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8ffc15fa-3af3-40de-a86b-2da93c021165/motorcycle.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4294272a-da6e-4b32-8215-69f56e229ddc/trio.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/df8667ba-e88c-4aae-8ada-3342efaf6b9e/murica.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9d14635c-9882-4a72-93c9-68e3833fdc36/cowpoke.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/833a0fb7-d092-446c-90f7-37d9878ebbfd/props.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a59aab8f-0c87-4427-a108-d2168c2c3803/military.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2091279b-3e50-4b1b-bcc8-6897454a085e/indy.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a90812e3-6af0-436e-ab6b-0564ac853dd2/ramones.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/79e7caff-b30e-47f9-9451-8868b0064c0c/explosion.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out I won’t deny The Empire is bad, but the sexual release of this moment always bothered me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7521633b-aa2a-4c23-abd3-c92307285a0c/gun2.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out A mass shooter is telling us he’s alone when in his iconic monologue, he says, “I don’t see anyone else here.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f7f9223f-e8d3-4bea-ada5-96ed01ae89f7/ramones2.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1cbfc44d-6dcf-438d-be47-0cc1ea3f792a/nuke.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f7a0b070-42ad-4950-afa1-cbd0bdea48b1/jet.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/872109bc-a1b7-473c-a3f0-6f40584c6f87/sheen.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Hot Shots! (1991) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7d8c658a-7828-4422-94a8-9f4dc88098e4/maverick.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9b7d0b26-7365-42b7-9235-b7a56d624f4f/sidebyside.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Aftermath of the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York in 2022 and Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ec5f1d88-6a44-4beb-9e0a-6f4f393e334a/movies.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/47a2a650-005b-4b24-9d10-d14b44166644/elephant.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out from Gus Van Sant’s 2003 film, Elephant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a3786bf9-3379-4fb5-8a85-ac4c03392726/flying.png The Flickering Knight - 4DX, Top Gun: Maverick and The Myth Of the Male Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/riposte-to-nostalgia-a-love-song monthly 0.5 2023-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3dcfd06f-b7ab-4a55-94af-1e59add26aeb/face2.png The Flickering Knight - Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/13e8f411-04b9-4db2-b6ba-1b5c5d7bd544/guitar.png The Flickering Knight - Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/333d4216-9de9-4a99-9f1d-265675c4a174/face5.png The Flickering Knight - Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/50257fba-1bc1-4be8-90e9-4dd2f96bafa6/foreheads.png The Flickering Knight - Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0b5e5239-fe6f-4068-8285-e65ed8787b2b/group.png The Flickering Knight - Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c50badea-da1f-423b-8bc3-5b9225d0ca18/face3.png The Flickering Knight - Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/179ea510-da44-45d8-8d8d-f4bd3b42f691/face4.png The Flickering Knight - Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/15062451-a6f0-4d86-8405-b59321b53410/garland.png The Flickering Knight - Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/11418de7-ecf9-4d93-bd62-af82160461d1/duo.png The Flickering Knight - Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1c6e5155-57b3-4a92-ba76-e5bb4bb8364c/face.png The Flickering Knight - Riposte To Nostalgia: A Love Song - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/the-problem-of-problema monthly 0.5 2023-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ab4df9b8-d5d1-465e-93b1-ca19d5e4f4a1/press2.png The Flickering Knight - The Problem of Problema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c9cc4e1d-77d8-403d-9e0a-44aa8919d9a1/society.png The Flickering Knight - The Problem of Problema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/88e67dff-4af8-4669-8639-ebf21e1647b6/square.png The Flickering Knight - The Problem of Problema - Make it stand out The 2009 Conference at Bebelplatz square in Berlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e3c501d0-f81b-4e38-a3f6-db6efa299a81/press.png The Flickering Knight - The Problem of Problema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f9cb6344-a623-41c8-80db-7b1057ae761c/press3.png The Flickering Knight - The Problem of Problema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f2694916-e3b2-4059-a0d0-8fe995fba815/shades.png The Flickering Knight - The Problem of Problema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/09764c1c-ab27-4160-b93e-e2ba00d1a43c/problema.png The Flickering Knight - The Problem of Problema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e257310a-ee25-4e65-896e-1ea1263a61a4/gore.png The Flickering Knight - The Problem of Problema - Make it stand out I’m not sure it made sense to give Al Gore the Nobel Prize for forecasting doom, but I’m a fan of the movie nonetheless https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/706f9c32-494c-4955-ab19-ffa9067a9694/myths.png The Flickering Knight - The Problem of Problema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/american-eccentric-i-like-killing-flies monthly 0.5 2023-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/908d9199-bb11-4097-83d4-7833d5bb1ac7/menu.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out One of six pages of the menu at Shopsin’s. Look at this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/db1d5014-05f1-4f13-bb5d-4f6c61ba5a82/eggs.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out The “Blisters on my Sisters” at Shopsin’s - a mix of Cuban black bean soup, rice, roma tomatoes and jalapeno peppers served on warmed corn tortillas and arugula and topped with eggs sunny side up. Named after a lyric in the Frank Zappa song, “Jewish Princess.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/43fcb77d-e8df-4d4a-aca0-5d908cff6ec8/book.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a5d7edaf-8cd7-4d94-8be7-b9190f862bab/workin.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1b395464-b1b9-47bb-b85d-dd0226655a9f/soup.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fe85ddd8-a48c-4d59-b76b-4d6db12fea82/twodocumentaries.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out Two worthwhile documentaries on uniquely Chicago eccentrics who also were madly self-possessed by their respective crafts: Finding Vivian Maier (2013) and Wesley Willis’s Joyrides (2008) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a0186222-d931-4320-9b49-6c34f0a94319/soup2.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0067eb2e-5f07-48a7-91a4-9a5a8da7fa5b/owner.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out The owner and cook, who can often be found sleeping in a booth in the front window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0f9ed8dc-a9b2-42e2-93f3-826736905c5a/jazz.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8d5a8433-bfd8-428e-a199-b23f06d42209/restaurant.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/64798340-3e19-4927-ace8-e4e73d88189c/flapjacks.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5c6e1dab-5119-4766-af8d-773c0a5953d0/shopsins.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out The old Shopsin’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/899bbd76-de96-46e3-a008-3f3ec9723a1a/newshopsins.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out The new Shopsin’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f3aa61a6-d702-4994-82d6-12f1188d96c1/cleaning.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e277a32e-2f13-4fdd-bc85-78d0758b7b12/family.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out The Shopsin Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/aa68c669-ac4e-40fb-899e-8d6c9f92b7a9/shopsin.png The Flickering Knight - American Eccentric: I Like Killing Flies - Make it stand out Kenny Shopsin https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/the-greatest-and-most-dastardly-evil-plot-in-the-history-of-movies monthly 0.5 2022-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e94098b8-0993-43e1-83bb-d89ef72b526b/explosion.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d01a63b1-7b80-4655-90d6-09f45a3bcd17/mcclane2.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/09a1a3e9-bc54-47a9-8cbb-311f1ccbe22e/gruber.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Making a withdrawal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d2b9345f-d174-4617-86f8-ed47e372100d/water.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4b1bda6c-4ff1-48fb-9bfd-16027b9fa46c/knox.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out In Goldfinger (1964), the titular Bond villain was a billionaire industrialist trying to blow up Fort Knox to increase the value of his own gold, essentially putting a competitor out of business. This Die Hard villain is as dandy but doesn’t pretend to be any kind of businessman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e3121630-cced-48b4-8280-27bd259e1af3/disarming.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/803d4ff4-9e61-41d2-938f-881dff7317d4/worried.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out In a badassed moment of cinematic nonchalance, Irons casually corrects Zeus about the safety catch on the gun being pointed at him before taking it from him and shooting him with it while eating a hard boiled egg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2b881d9a-02ae-4283-a083-942746a8a075/smiling.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/72c1ead6-786b-441c-bb85-1184b3cf98fc/shootin.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out The cop in the first movie doubts himself, is not a hulking macho type, uses his brain instead of his muscles to solve problems. The key to the success of Die Hard is that the audience can believe they are this man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c5b67be8-0463-48fa-9bc7-e89b80dab3cf/mclane.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3898a871-8779-42d5-9843-51103c9f50cd/911.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3a9f3cfc-eb2d-4a6c-aa00-998a559837be/hans.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fd24f3c4-152f-4711-97f2-ed74f0e05eb0/cop.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/81a16541-1dcf-4e8f-ab5e-9307ad87757c/suntzu.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b1a354ae-2636-4559-ac61-650f0f5dacca/thief.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out A thief posing as a Wall Street businessman, ho ho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b61f0b8d-b57d-4ffa-86e3-d096c5d39560/phone.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e4ceb429-e730-40af-b0fb-3239dd32f71f/hangin.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Every means of urban transportation depicted in this movie is boarded or operated by the heroes in some wild fashion. The consistency of these radical uses of vehicles adds up to a kind of singular strategy in doing battle with this villain that suggests a nobility and worthiness in their struggle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5b92d6c6-f103-41a1-9c94-b2a51c01cb3d/thompson.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out ”Bob Thompson” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/52d1dc7e-42e6-407f-bc30-7bc8265eb81d/chase3.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/30b99baf-ff3c-4bd2-b259-030499bee673/chase1.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fb1b89ea-87be-4816-b5ce-3569023f6a8a/moore.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9a25e2cc-a51e-47b8-99df-460996c508a4/duo.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Jackson and Willis never got to share a scene together in Pulp Fiction a year earlier but the conversations in cars the two characters have about race, despite being placed within this absurd material, are more deeply grounded in reality than the movie where the white director threw the N-word around on screen far more gratuitously than any of the black characters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8cf32ce4-3939-46d6-a926-b7cc44651ee6/intense.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f39fadee-6f8d-4980-bfa8-8e48a2d003b1/smiling2.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/83e1dfba-3d34-4e36-8bbf-f2092a2838a4/city.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out While there was no room for Die Hard to share Michael Crighton’s racist view of Japanese business practices in his novel Rising Sun, the movie’s vertical setting suggested different levels in a multinational economic hierarchy that’s more or less a closed world to the blue-collar cop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e28dd153-ab6d-4dfb-ab44-00a184a6b940/car.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/51c3737f-50c2-4b9e-8468-1a994146a175/chase2.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2edf9ce8-d63e-449f-9571-25fed6d9be4a/dismayed.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1232f477-bc28-4dc1-9e4e-282ae5a367de/nuclear.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ce065246-d915-450a-b4b3-864a693daa4a/jackson.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest and Most Dastardly Evil Plot in the History Of Movies! - Make it stand out Have the Jackson character’s frictions with the local police in this movie stood the test of time? You better believe it. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/genteel-apocalypse-the-quiet-earth monthly 0.5 2022-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b2415592-283d-4d0d-aa94-f3bb797fff7d/rings.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8dc1eea0-c4a0-4598-94bf-3866d9063df2/church.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cda74836-32c0-4355-983f-51fa71d98294/radio.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/be66acca-6ec3-4209-a69d-13bda03156fa/statue.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1dea3e63-036b-4999-906d-f5dcff9d9617/intersection.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c6fc6d6b-c5cc-45c3-9811-86af648a95b1/pitch.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7bea9a88-fbc3-4872-8d53-e27d092db2cc/snuggles.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ff6c4035-cc72-4450-b23e-18e0a1187b8b/walls.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/40d73ec0-35b3-4e96-9a62-7632b5bb55f0/trio.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/36a98812-5980-436c-81ce-4bd142139e64/shotgun.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/53012b8f-0c7d-4cba-9314-a2c94517614d/dystopia.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9dd085ee-4ed3-4cbe-b749-bec030c99727/greetings.png The Flickering Knight - Genteel Apocalypse: The Quiet Earth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/phil-tippetts-magnum-opus-mad-god monthly 0.5 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ddc3cd76-b8ff-4883-a36d-1dc5e4b17c03/fire.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Worker drones are ruled over via video feed from the evil dictator of this world, who’s played by Repo Man director Alex Cox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2c432821-46ba-490d-9ac6-0f7f26fea408/workers.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out No two worlds in Mad God are the same. At times it may feel like overload or that Tippett is trying for more than he can achieve. Even if that were true, one can’t fault this level of trying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ef88e6a7-cad6-4457-b325-dc36cbff6d86/mech.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a66956df-34b3-4f43-98e8-39d5e9b5cdf2/tippet.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/94d41b7b-0969-4664-aad6-64e42cd7288b/giant.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d98f18e5-2cc3-47b6-b17f-57e589792afa/maddog.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cee395a1-1e6d-413d-9c8d-5179cf2061ea/surgeon.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ce21c0fb-a272-4499-96be-720a67fc2269/monster.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7a64ea0a-0abb-46dd-8fb9-0cede3719c4b/eyeball.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0af6725b-4624-4525-b067-38c44a2627a7/hoth.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ca6f11ac-d705-4fcb-8f4d-7568164a0847/hero.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3a2bb8c2-7a9b-4426-ace9-e6e36f1314c8/worker.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/86b5eeb5-afe5-4555-9dc0-353a8447f91c/wolf.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Tippitt’s creatures - engines which run on the nightmare fuel that powered the millennial childhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/afbe4bec-d008-4170-a3e3-2abd8b072428/kingkong.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/67f56867-55f3-4e6e-b6b1-2b229d2f8d89/skeletons.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out The magnificent fight against the skeleton warriors from the climax of Jason and the Argonauts, which inspired the bone army of Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness (1992). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cf57a6f8-95e9-4896-acfb-04594f6cc053/dinosaur.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c220f771-1de1-42a4-aee3-f468c1401a68/eyeball2.png The Flickering Knight - Phil Tippett’s Magnum Opus: Mad God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/ghosts-in-the-machine-charlie-shackletons-afterlight-project monthly 0.5 2022-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2d8d48bd-dafb-446b-b72b-7f0c3a346c4f/beach.png The Flickering Knight - Ghosts in the Machine: Charlie Shackleton's Afterlight Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e90f127e-6640-41b5-9fbb-4765bc2ce212/wheel.png The Flickering Knight - Ghosts in the Machine: Charlie Shackleton's Afterlight Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8231f914-305d-425b-ad1a-e21eef74cd2c/restaurant.png The Flickering Knight - Ghosts in the Machine: Charlie Shackleton's Afterlight Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d01e2b9d-9cae-4f29-bd5e-f8eb6976ccf6/face.png The Flickering Knight - Ghosts in the Machine: Charlie Shackleton's Afterlight Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dcc0a581-c1b0-4e41-b617-7fbe228b1e97/alley.png The Flickering Knight - Ghosts in the Machine: Charlie Shackleton's Afterlight Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c973be42-4aae-4bb9-9cdc-ba3fee24fd4e/afterlight.png The Flickering Knight - Ghosts in the Machine: Charlie Shackleton's Afterlight Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1572f009-3fa1-44e5-aced-0af11f45f9df/cinema.png The Flickering Knight - Ghosts in the Machine: Charlie Shackleton's Afterlight Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/au-revoir-nightingale-for-now monthly 0.5 2022-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/25cce178-b625-4ed2-bbf0-6c75f643c0b6/projectors.png The Flickering Knight - Au Revoir, Nightingale (For Now) - Make it stand out The duel projector setup at the Nightingale, for 16mm presentations screening two simultaneous layers of images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d9576fee-8d33-42da-bb54-afcfd5a3e3ce/farewell.png The Flickering Knight - Au Revoir, Nightingale (For Now) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/55da2363-27bd-407e-932b-bd5eb4dbcf4c/foursquare.png The Flickering Knight - Au Revoir, Nightingale (For Now) - Make it stand out Images from some of the short subjects at The Nightingale's Farewell (for now) Festival, which showcased a multitude of different formats, subjects and viewpoints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6de4cf6e-8bee-4a05-99a8-f84d9db43864/building.png The Flickering Knight - Au Revoir, Nightingale (For Now) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/099c5dee-ff70-4c5b-8084-63e2818b8ddc/filmschool.png The Flickering Knight - Au Revoir, Nightingale (For Now) - Make it stand out the screen at the Nightingale https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/speaking-of-revolution-amp-the-disease-of-the-oyster-pump-up-the-volume monthly 0.5 2022-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9ffb1b20-9a6e-4745-bfdf-18b71cd472bc/protest.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2c568cfa-0f7d-488d-89c9-2a2cee2f992d/mathisandslater2.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out Mark and Nora take the show on the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b78bd389-4dc7-4cc0-80c2-cb1e25c0776f/slater3.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/50f6d26a-6ca8-4a08-8ee0-535094c43ac3/slater.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6a27acf7-8555-4816-a150-b6f11a761aa6/slater2.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out This monologue I believe precedes Harry playing The Descendants 12-second song about whale sperm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9246b137-62f4-4586-b7da-1afa3a771e23/slater4.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/50be896c-607e-4e32-9163-e7469b1ecfb4/success.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c0150808-a14a-4f69-a67f-5fd7f5103dc8/curtis.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out BBC journalist and documentarian Adam Curtis, who I’ll almost certainly be writing about in the future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bac67a4d-ee02-4dad-930b-bea6c8e6bbd8/guy.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/746c7f14-45a0-422e-97f7-00c1538b9939/mathis.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out Samantha Mathis’s wonderful debut as Nora has her ending her love letters to Happy Harry with the alias “The Beat-Me Lady,” likely referring to her Beat-inspired brand of free verse - one of many references to supposedly embarrassing 60’s counterculture the movie has the nerve to find inspiring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e0697051-316d-4390-a0ee-d9a85e601111/undesirables.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out The “undesirables” caught listening to Happy Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/980ef4d7-bbba-4d64-bb32-bc8d8c0d4b55/pirateradio.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out truth-telling via pirate radio in Pump Up The Volume is made to look like the most exciting enterprise in the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/560a21d0-b9e8-4a4e-9700-8b50ec1b36ac/bruce.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out I wouldn’t tell you to expect fall-down laughs, but Bruce’s albums are more than worth discovering for studying their revolutionizing of social satire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8bbb08ca-3eca-43b1-a530-98bbd0b868df/detained.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out police who found Bruce dead in his bathroom in 1966 propped his naked body onto the toilet for a cheap photo opportunity in a disgusting final act of humiliation typical of police https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b4338b36-f899-4e6c-a8a1-08ac14ccaa83/mathisandslater.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e36016fe-e91e-4b03-bd70-957b8437f82e/rosehill.png The Flickering Knight - Speaking of Revolution & The Disease of the Oyster: Pump Up The Volume - Make it stand out Arendt scholar Samantha Rose Hill was asked in a recent Vox interview what Arendt would have thought of social media. Unsurprisingly, she makes a case that it would conceivably have been Arendt’s nightmare and there’s no telling how much its existence would have complicated this movie if it had been made today https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/how-to-make-a-name-in-blogging-or-a-case-study-in-retroactive-virtue-signaling monthly 0.5 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dd0c21bc-8511-47f6-8b30-f35b7857bd3b/ferris.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f3163b9a-21a7-48c8-aa08-5f8e2b47dfbe/sheen.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d8e1fa6e-a9be-45a1-8331-4c19fdfd4113/ferris2.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9106af70-ac61-4237-868a-fbdc568f9ff0/hacking.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/05fbcae1-abcf-4837-acb5-7d79975d85fa/game.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8d6c30ab-e360-40a8-87fd-8c425499c304/prankcall.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/07a63c9c-8799-4a36-b630-81b89bf7ebf6/cameron.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/42c8e6d1-1fc8-42a6-9e2f-b26591ae5d36/sister.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/58d69e37-0f2a-4137-bf18-7ea5de7a1fe8/driving.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2d7bb23f-f820-440c-a8c2-1ae51e52bc82/relaxin.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/36d1033c-00c8-48d5-b548-111206fefc92/artmuseum.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a2ccdc81-41b4-45f1-afe6-25b19751f753/sloane.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9e29b0c7-2220-45ca-988a-fdf88dc8e65a/parade.png The Flickering Knight - How to Make a Name in Blogging, or, A Case Study in Retroactive Virtue Signaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/whats-wrong-with-the-street-or-why-i-cant-quit-falling-down monthly 0.5 2024-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d1274cbf-9f7f-4d72-b4b0-7cb1b43d8e5e/columbine.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/71de3cac-b41a-4066-91a2-537377414276/cocacola.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Remember when you paid 50 cents for a Coke? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/670fe073-5552-4430-ac30-92fa5b69aab7/outside.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/14ed67c4-3c83-43fb-9a51-bdd11c7fa2c5/soprano.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out I’m starting my own gallery of American anti-hero fanart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6673dd8a-be76-4c1e-9510-b4d990c5b016/duvall.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7093f92e-435b-4f7f-8e6b-d7ab5ccf1433/crystalball.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Name one unthinkably shitty type of hate-mongering movie psychopath that hasn’t aged well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bae4fe87-aca6-4f5e-b750-f11789037d91/schwegen.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a5fffe85-ca42-48a2-b5ce-4f0ff03a4e5f/bazooka.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/823596f3-7830-4f68-9bd5-cdd69f709834/fastfood.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out a lamentably prescient image in American media, recurring too often in real life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/175287b8-e2c0-430f-a297-fc7663e974e0/douglas.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d6032fa5-bf64-4d50-8b6e-b93c46d6aa47/phone.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9b0cf710-af89-4c6a-b55b-b74974a49c35/fanart.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out fanart for Falling Down, with the Duvall character absent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f642a062-cdce-4402-a946-5a5635b13f29/driving.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out In Fellini’s 8 1⁄2 (1963), a man dreamed of floating out of his car while stuck in traffic in a tunnel. In a 90’s American movie, the guy just gets out and wreaks havoc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a768d480-12e5-49b3-b227-a7aec4ad8d1a/fastfood2.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ae95fe76-e3e5-4dd6-90a6-d995bf207413/park.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5cf447f5-5efa-4233-a80f-2f5f389df6d0/bat.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out No one stops to question what made the prices so shockingly low to begin with. Not one product in any given convenience store contains a naturally occurring ingredient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7a2ece99-4dfa-42ae-89ff-90dcbe77de78/chillin.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ddad6135-f90d-480a-a761-edaea1acdeec/douglas2.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/510d256e-8b58-45a8-ab1b-0441f653c821/gang.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out The gang member on the right bears a striking physical resemblance to one of Detective Prendergast’s subordinate police detectives, which if it was intended, is another great Schumacher-ian idea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4d497b5b-3fcc-4629-96f6-6bb0f52633dd/car.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/74189cc8-bbc7-4334-b4ee-c59bbaeeb18d/fastfood3.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d9f2b293-c145-4af6-9d6c-af0e5fe500f4/mixalot.png The Flickering Knight - What’s Wrong With the Street, Or, Why I Can’t Quit Falling Down - Make it stand out Could we talk about this giant black ass in the background that’s advertising Sir MixaLot? https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/on-problematic-standup-eddie-murphy-raw-and-dice-rules-part-2-of-2 monthly 0.5 2022-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/447e6e2d-53b5-418a-ad56-e59104a502f9/eddie9.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out ”Eventually, your dick will fall off....” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/729ca440-33e7-4fa8-9afc-4210ff89d972/kids.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3edc9b71-369f-4a3b-8c58-e82acfd5e35b/eddie8.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out ”Did that?...hit?....my nuts?.....just now?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/afba6041-cf65-4a13-bdd5-b01c31c1205b/carlin.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out George Carlin was why I wanted to do comedy and (foolishly) how I thought I came off when I did it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d6cc10f5-e3ad-404a-9194-8173aba07347/pryor.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out Growing up, humor was extremely important in my family. We watched stand-up. Richard Pryor and George Carlin were heroes in our household. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d77ffa52-bd2a-4453-bba4-99f9e1eb8352/eddie6.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out Dexter St. Jock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2c7385e5-c267-4926-97c0-11291eccb234/eddie10.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c4327b12-69f3-4385-9e65-79ca8d3ec4a9/opening.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out The setup sequence for Dice Rules felt interminable and apologetic for its performer’s inability to meet the requirements of a feature length running time. The four minute scene that opens Raw is like the introduction to a sprawling novel with dozens of major characters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/53088208-2313-450f-b896-1fad70deed62/eddie2.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out “What would you do, baby? Take half?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fa10a7c1-2124-43dd-a4a6-ab7489272c35/eddie5.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out These specials would become the basis for what would become Murphy’s line in utilizing fat suits and drag makeup to play multiple characters in a single movie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d8b73c38-b3b4-4a96-8afd-b15ceb36ff51/lee.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out A little performative swagger of my own back in 2007, when I thought I knew what I was doing as a comic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/54c0c4b4-d2c1-418e-8347-d94a0558954d/eddie7.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out “He’s an asshole.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6335eaa5-2b2c-45cd-9a20-4008cfa409a0/eddie4.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out “This is my house, Lillian. You don’t like it, you can get the fuck out!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/63cfd7ba-6e87-44aa-9350-ce166221a1fb/eddie.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a567b9d1-df19-4afb-b457-7ae473dc04b1/eddie3.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 2 of 2) - Make it stand out All Murphy required was a mic and a stage. No band. No rug at his feet. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/on-problematic-standup-eddie-murphy-raw-and-dice-rules-part-1-of-2 monthly 0.5 2022-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/33e051dc-90e6-4c7f-995b-9324a9c5742d/diceandeddie.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9eb20327-9109-49ea-a157-ce8666d0e36e/stage.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8f805af3-4872-4e88-9c22-98decdd4ff99/ditka.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out Some one-trick cultural figures, stretching their legends as thin as possible in hustling their phalluses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/abaf38c0-1bb0-40bb-bd72-e772e6cdb8c1/dice2.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out A cultural chud-bucket of regurgitated male poses, rooted in obsolete impulses from 100,000 years ago, calculated for profit and any incidental flattering of the ego https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ba497fac-1915-4abb-b471-7f88101dee56/lewis.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out Jerry Lewis as the The Nutty Professor (1964) - the true prototype for Dice’s character that anticipates and satirizes his showbiz boorishness in advance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8fc7a223-1e74-422f-9137-fd584d630dd8/dice.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/93d0ef8b-c30f-46af-b462-3b407ca12f54/bruce.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out I beg of you not to let your knowledge of Lenny Bruce be limited to what you’ve seen on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. No figure in the 20th century did as much to broaden our understanding of and fight for free speech than Bruce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/78353122-d829-48ec-98d7-84e0a0560b56/dicecd.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out Calling the show a “concert” is simply insane. Insane that you could get away with this in the 80’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2e2569fa-9a13-43db-a83f-55dd0e3b2877/eddieanddice.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2ffcc5b8-ea9c-4e43-a815-2decc1fe7d52/diceonstage.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out ”I let my dad bang my chicks.” No. No, you didn’t. That never happened. That you wish you did could be funny because it’s fucked up. But that won’t be explored. Besides, that never happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cde6c132-975b-4b3e-ac41-e62fd4d93a7f/daveandkevin.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f45cd3c4-ef90-4361-9b41-37c181bb745a/diceandtrump.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out The degree to which Andrew Silverstein - who is very likely as much of a raging liberal as Howard Stern - may regret his role in prepping the public for President Donald Trump is anyone’s guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8769d246-7321-4252-bd3e-81d5efc8a564/dice3.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out Andrew Dice Clay’s idea of male weakness and impotence, lifted from Jerry Lewis and dropped into the world with no nuance or context. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/68866788-5439-4374-aff3-25bf43f04107/dicebw.png The Flickering Knight - On Problematic Standup: Eddie Murphy: Raw and Dice Rules (Part 1 of 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/return-of-the-repressed-revived-treasures-of-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1dd52d58-f614-4832-b638-1520cef0a3ba/laughing.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0c23678b-1c78-4404-a8d3-f287629d5f97/hey.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/663721f3-0a0d-4df2-8a8f-14034a587ec2/arrebato2.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/44057303-52e5-4bb7-a1c0-0d52bff30ef2/cocktails.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5434715d-4e45-4037-aeb5-896cd8c69e35/shadow.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e7dfb071-12a1-4a8d-84bb-126c4794911b/red.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0b819abb-1863-48b9-be1e-8a826ab1cfeb/baird.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4effa0ee-97a3-4420-9be0-05f0e145d92a/dinner.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/866a6f6e-8faa-4f5e-ad00-bd5fdabd2cf3/chessgame.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1abde9b3-c36a-406d-a152-5d8eeb72286b/camera.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Arrebato (1979) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0d5c89bc-9a18-420c-a6a6-ac8da7cd48d2/arrebato.png The Flickering Knight - Return of the Repressed: Revived Treasures of 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/identity-crisis-studio-logos-and-the-evolution-of-pre-title-branding monthly 0.5 2022-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4c5235d6-c143-4cf8-9b3c-b8a3e4dfd9d2/pathe.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fe574e88-8a2f-4d42-8bd1-20a78e49a459/a242.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/39dd459e-5c5c-413b-86bd-634f21446832/rkfilms.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Raj Kapoor’s Wellesian logo for his RK Films https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b88b7f97-5985-4878-a956-9f1b287cd1e3/tohoscope.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e0577b72-4daa-4fa5-afe4-9c747ea1dd5d/film4.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Toho, Mosfilm, Pathé, Film4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/23dc3ca4-ede7-4a16-bf0f-fe187810dce5/beacon.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/33497bb8-738a-4d68-9d5a-96f924c1b578/dickhouse.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d20c83d9-0e99-4109-8888-2df79305f7e3/suburbia.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/424ddce2-ddda-417f-bb06-f49644a96e65/gears.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2a31e48e-991e-4628-b165-14c87e0fe6de/hbo.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3abe4eb3-cede-406b-b2cb-f9aa9e109547/twisted.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d6b2610f-90bf-47b3-bfc5-4e6a4442c0ad/statue.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/62fac3ca-2b4c-4388-b0dc-e3d6d1fb293f/ghosthouse.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out The introductory equivalent of running up to someone and saying, “Boo!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cacb2d1a-5317-4a61-a8aa-9d08163f181c/a24.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0cd800c9-4b98-49ad-a3ed-71db37544322/paramount.png The Flickering Knight - Identity Crisis: Studio Logos and the Evolution of Pre-Title Branding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/austen-translation-emma-amp-clueless monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/964c63f1-1621-468e-ab20-765d17d9596d/clueless.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/38ada829-f216-4a1d-86f4-576ab62ed96b/silverstone.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f09fb0d0-52dc-47a2-bbd1-264c2b6212b6/driving.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b08919f4-16c9-477b-bbea-71a1984478ad/clueless2.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8c517db4-24ad-4977-a5d1-44f947e1cb7a/archery.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6ac98d76-cb6a-4eeb-8a44-862cb8463d2f/emma.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9e8da7ed-9cba-4b2d-99fc-d118bccdc2aa/goss.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a93f0737-3d6d-49cd-b294-ecfece1d8a53/1800s.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dccf525f-71fb-4f22-acca-e2654f8398d9/tea.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6b9a91f0-0103-4310-964b-42adec8e38a2/emma2.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1680b146-f8c0-44d7-8c98-1d2e3d8380bb/clueless3.png The Flickering Knight - Austen Translation: Emma & Clueless - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/emerald-isle-jewel-maeve monthly 0.5 2022-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/239c896f-9225-4095-b3fd-cb9d8829eb88/wall.png The Flickering Knight - Emerald Isle Jewel : Maeve - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a707705d-7883-4554-b7c8-323901ae7700/drinks.png The Flickering Knight - Emerald Isle Jewel : Maeve - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ae68bbf0-b393-4473-9056-ea296c572932/maeve.png The Flickering Knight - Emerald Isle Jewel : Maeve - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/34978a7d-1a70-4311-93e9-e7e1f3209fb2/rocks.png The Flickering Knight - Emerald Isle Jewel : Maeve - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/aafbdfac-1520-49f2-bf7a-c1c8aab96ba3/enfants.png The Flickering Knight - Emerald Isle Jewel : Maeve - Make it stand out La Enfants du Paradis - (1945) dir. Marcel Carné https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2f9dcc20-a9ce-4090-b748-b7fd0d491949/guards.png The Flickering Knight - Emerald Isle Jewel : Maeve - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c52f1203-9687-4d1f-8eb1-17ee152f7c1a/mod.png The Flickering Knight - Emerald Isle Jewel : Maeve - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/chaplins-big-moment monthly 0.5 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/852235b9-46b5-451a-8483-7d66ddac1ff4/chaplin.png The Flickering Knight - Chaplin’s Big Moment - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8c134f13-98d3-4e24-8ea9-55a71db74ce8/discovery.png The Flickering Knight - Chaplin’s Big Moment - Make it stand out Discovery. Flower at chest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/68afa839-b3bf-4c92-b026-4d310246ccee/flower2.png The Flickering Knight - Chaplin’s Big Moment - Make it stand out This is the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c731375f-c39c-4553-bb98-44197e5b90bc/flower.png The Flickering Knight - Chaplin’s Big Moment - Make it stand out Realization. Flower at lips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1dab2b65-e8f1-495f-876a-0f7182e9a7f5/virginia.png The Flickering Knight - Chaplin’s Big Moment - Make it stand out Virginia Charrell, billed as “A Blind Girl,” in the opening titles, a despecification that somehow works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5f08e3b8-9aa1-4b43-83a7-aac2787bd19b/laugh.png The Flickering Knight - Chaplin’s Big Moment - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/487a98cd-6b0c-4a91-a480-68665a27d981/pulled.png The Flickering Knight - Chaplin’s Big Moment - Make it stand out No filmmaker has given us such insight into what it is to be poor, how poverty actually feels, without ever coming off as maudlin, as Chaplin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/674db745-3d54-48a8-9d74-108f7fa84f5f/fin.png The Flickering Knight - Chaplin’s Big Moment - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0a635fa3-93ac-4092-88e9-34ac0a5797b8/cigar.png The Flickering Knight - Chaplin’s Big Moment - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1d143170-1625-441c-8c35-20be5b440a08/stairs.png The Flickering Knight - Chaplin’s Big Moment - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/the-greatest-sports-movie-ever-made monthly 0.5 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d30ddea7-30b6-49c7-a61e-bc899ea21f44/headbutt.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest Sports Movie Ever Made? - Make it stand out Zidane’s infamous headbutting of Italy’s Marco Materazzi in his final professional game at the 2006 FIFA World Championship match. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e76449d7-ce46-4652-b6f4-eccd429d727f/bulldurham.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest Sports Movie Ever Made? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/36fb3a33-b0c1-470d-ac26-d13a1ff76c51/cleats.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest Sports Movie Ever Made? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/99d72b9e-a4db-4f20-9f5f-8cb31b3db4ee/pensive.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest Sports Movie Ever Made? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5d0a9495-3541-4a5e-b4d6-952a4faf2d93/slapshot.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest Sports Movie Ever Made? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/988407e1-6cac-4816-8d1d-09630e9ce4b2/zidane.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest Sports Movie Ever Made? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/37264721-95bf-4bcc-bbc0-84eea67941c9/angry.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest Sports Movie Ever Made? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d73f2dcd-2278-473d-b538-f0cdf0da52cc/hoosiers.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest Sports Movie Ever Made? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2a8bb29b-6d5c-4176-98f8-a02e18cd6f86/zidane2.png The Flickering Knight - The Greatest Sports Movie Ever Made? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/short-film-crash-course monthly 0.5 2022-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8688ef76-8447-4f57-b504-c1feb7734515/oedipus.png The Flickering Knight - Short Film Crash Course - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/243aed00-aee8-471b-9c66-d70e18a0a926/eyeopen.png The Flickering Knight - Short Film Crash Course - Make it stand out the most famous image in Un Chien Andalou, Luis Buñuel, 1929 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b43e76ff-566c-46c2-acaf-42cf27c24ce4/uhoh.png The Flickering Knight - Short Film Crash Course - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4e84ca6c-656b-4823-a6c9-8a7416df0a92/whenitrains.png The Flickering Knight - Short Film Crash Course - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/motel-hell monthly 0.5 2022-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d8e1da80-3cf6-4265-bdda-723097163391/hokum.png The Flickering Knight - Meat, Murder and Ethics: Motel Hell - Make it stand out A square leading man from a duller generation, Rory Calhoun’s brilliant performance would indicate he’s as hip to the proceedings as Adam West on Family Guy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6dfecce7-422d-4b4b-a108-e150fa705177/peoplefarm.png The Flickering Knight - Meat, Murder and Ethics: Motel Hell - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f9289f3e-460c-4d7f-ab23-a5ab13bbbc77/picnic.png The Flickering Knight - Meat, Murder and Ethics: Motel Hell - Make it stand out Don’t stop the presses: Smalltown U.S.A. hides gruesome, dangerous practices. But this iteration, with what it implies about how we regard and prepare the food we eat, implicates the general public on a larger scale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b0bca6a3-6767-444a-844d-403f588ea62d/grandin.png The Flickering Knight - Meat, Murder and Ethics: Motel Hell - Make it stand out Mary Temple Grandin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f5598d46-ede5-4652-bdc8-69bc8126f6f8/people.png The Flickering Knight - Meat, Murder and Ethics: Motel Hell - Make it stand out Farmer Vincent’s bizarre psychedelic culling method for his potted zombie meat farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/af723bb2-d794-4943-b947-52c54692f17c/dismemberment.png The Flickering Knight - Meat, Murder and Ethics: Motel Hell - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c0e6b058-1469-4104-b3ef-639c7922a3f4/enthusiasm.png The Flickering Knight - Meat, Murder and Ethics: Motel Hell - Make it stand out It’s a hack tactic to get the audience cheering the dastardly acts of killers by making the case for the worthiness of the targets, but in a movie that's more or less about professional ethics, it’s not out of place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4f731da5-fea6-4ac9-a31e-4d365f7a5ff9/colonel.png The Flickering Knight - Meat, Murder and Ethics: Motel Hell - Make it stand out The older I get, the more I realize how much there is to learn about individualist American success and collective American failure from the Sanders story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6a744fe0-ceaf-43b8-8e89-71745083dcc5/motelhell.png The Flickering Knight - Meat, Murder and Ethics: Motel Hell - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/heroic-love-professor-marston-and-the-wonder-women monthly 0.5 2022-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5c1c79b1-9b8c-4084-993f-eaa8e52470cb/erotic.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3e0ba6e1-17ed-4544-af30-7f840be0c452/quad.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cb8265fb-310b-47cd-adb5-fb7947f8c14d/typewriter.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/008d0d5c-68cc-466a-bf2e-e8bb489df0b7/liedetector.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out Olive is sitting on the far left, presciently wearing the inspiration for Wonder Woman’s bracelets. Elizabeth is the guinea pig for this early polygraph model, the psychology of being bound and restrained as a means of compelling subjects to tell the truth under questioning. All so the court would eventually rule it inadmissible as evidence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/51de6b54-83c6-4905-b4c1-10350c8d5ef7/wonderwoman.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out the current cinematic version of Marston’s iconic character, with a settled-on format and tone, placed in a DC Studio movie that actually considers its aspirational superhero someone worth believing in for a change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/854dbc7d-ff4b-44a2-afaf-557ddca41d54/fantasy.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out the showstopper in which hearts, minds, bodies and libidos align to realize a fantasy, similar to Vertigo (1958) but without the necrophiliac overtones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b507eb51-bfa1-4f58-a7e7-5b277a81163d/duo.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e8d0a75c-a32c-477f-9d0c-abbce55659e0/professor.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5879904c-8243-4c1b-8014-6f2add105c07/comic.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e2fe7502-10c9-4de7-b92f-af0288d9d4ae/earhart.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dced41a0-0b3b-4210-a52f-7e59044dfeef/trio.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dc9743aa-cc82-4373-bc2c-e18773c8008a/burning.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out the backlash against Wonder Woman as a product of the 1950’s repression machine saw the character shedding her superheroine roots, surrendering her costume and powers to a man’s world before her Golden Era restoration by the second wave feminist movements of the 70’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d7a11e99-a46d-41a6-8d80-b2b7777a429b/rebeccahall.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out Another sterling Rebecca Hall performance. The movie is as much about her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f0da5e76-2915-4fea-9e91-3403d4498ce6/comic2.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out the outlandish and kinky adventures of Wonder Woman, its sexualized imagery rendered in varying degrees of suggestion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/98690c13-49fb-4e53-a033-b8f27d0d0687/reichandkinsey.png The Flickering Knight - Heroic Love: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Make it stand out (pictured left) Wilhelm Reich, (pictured right) Dr. Alfred Kinsey https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/wakaliwood monthly 0.5 2022-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/52f2a97d-4083-4b76-9d46-8cbf44fd9b9e/helicopter.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out The company logo sequence for Wakaliwood’s Ramon Productions in which the ghetto commandos attack New York and literally blow up Katz’s Deli specifically and I’m not making that up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/6fedd817-1ad4-4737-b365-1469c0e435d1/airforce.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ea0a990b-3fc8-4c44-8b39-65614cec6f5d/tv.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out the joy of acting in a movie transcending the necessity for suspension of disbelief https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fecc3a5d-7ef7-4459-971a-9d139f48787f/wakaliwood.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out One of Issac Nabwana’s (pictured in blue) film crews in his open air Wakaliwood Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d8615e82-ba1c-49f9-9e59-fb9fca113feb/kungfu.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out look past the bad camera work and editing and you’ll see that the kung fu in Wakaliwood productions looks fairly legit. Everyone involved is trained in martial arts, and a good deal of work went into the fight choreography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a65d944d-6579-4670-845e-c5a12c56ecbd/greenscreen.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/695a4c97-fdc9-439c-ad4e-5036603dd220/captainalex.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out the poster for Who Killed Captain Alex? - da supa action supreme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5e5e35a5-7e0b-4374-b9e2-29f05b396602/movie.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out movie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2069d8b8-94c6-456e-819a-bf3cd09c794f/black.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out The poster for Bad Black - Supa deadlier toughest of da tough! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1a2b7598-630d-4a55-bff7-769ce093ff90/motorcycle.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b66f6646-bdbb-477b-be63-193b06222947/kungfu2.png The Flickering Knight - Once Upon A Time In Wakaliwood: Ugandan Communal Cinema - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/what-to-do-about-bond monthly 0.5 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2ca3dce6-c602-4cbc-9a2b-8d8a6eccc172/smoking.png The Flickering Knight - What To Do About Bond? - Make it stand out the prototype for movies in the postmodern practice of honoring source material by kidding it - my take, anyways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/32eea0f4-a3a3-45df-b7f6-55ca436847c5/guy.png The Flickering Knight - What To Do About Bond? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/02bfda1a-3448-475a-991f-36c49bd70a0f/trucks.png The Flickering Knight - What To Do About Bond? - Make it stand out Nasty, dark License To Kill and the abyss of the character at his most possessed and manipulative, just before it’s all remedied by a sequence that matches other 80’s action blockbusters like Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Road Warrior in its inventive use of trucks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/cb1e3ea7-d7d2-44ef-accf-23e151be95a9/barrel.png The Flickering Knight - What To Do About Bond? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/37d2694a-f54c-4526-9f95-66895f812d5a/years.png The Flickering Knight - What To Do About Bond? - Make it stand out (left) Casino Royale (2006), (right) No Time To Die (2021); the job gets to you https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ea809391-1c06-4d19-9f44-19b5f5ee68b6/playboy.png The Flickering Knight - What To Do About Bond? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/08d52714-39db-4077-a1c7-e30ea7f16e54/daniel.png The Flickering Knight - What To Do About Bond? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/75e4420f-b73d-4981-90b5-4d7257a6903b/007.png The Flickering Knight - What To Do About Bond? - Make it stand out Brosnan’s 007 was both a creature of his time and out of it, who took his government’s corruption and bad judgements in stride like a good chap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7db83178-04ec-48b2-b4df-11a095b96549/hanginout.png The Flickering Knight - What To Do About Bond? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b3231ef9-92ea-4ee1-a15b-bbcb216f5594/badguy.png The Flickering Knight - What To Do About Bond? - Make it stand out At some point in evil plots, dominating the world became destroying the world to save it from itself. In today’s world, quirky, individual villainy has lost a lot of ground https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/the-other-list-for-2021-the-overlooked-the-overrated-the-disasters-the-sleepers monthly 0.5 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/057bcba8-d54a-4c6f-95b1-0baa075c1859/leo.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out I cannot recommend highly enough Neil Gabler’s book, Life, The Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality for contextualizing Hollywood’s participation in the dumbing down of the public that McKay’s film thinks it’s unearthing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3acbbbe7-4305-40e2-a117-76897a18f598/zola.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bf43d353-6410-4940-8741-5a65cabf3f40/old.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/43b30c1d-5a4f-413a-a077-61d310425c5f/benedetta.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f5e5ae57-cf2a-4a88-b98f-8d521c93fd84/westsidestory.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ffa5096c-12ff-4816-b99f-00d673cbce7b/antebellum.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ae8fdf3a-0c9d-409f-8c39-bdba9dbec193/dune.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7e7b08fd-f359-4011-9aa6-6ff4ee826ad0/ninawu.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/904e7bda-5ace-4dfe-a0b5-d846ec231e8f/cardcounter.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out This image has its roots in Robert Bresson’s magisterial Pickpocket (1966), but I can’t shake the feeling director Paul Schrader thinks he’s merely updating a similar composition used in his American Gigolo (1980). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bff5ee7e-a31d-4d11-a1b6-464265d056e2/titane.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9dda47ca-9dd7-4702-95a5-f85550a8a512/notimetodie.png The Flickering Knight - The Other List for 2021: The Overlooked, the Overrated, the Disasters, the Sleepers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/my-ten-best-list-for-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ac4dfc03-2a13-4055-ba02-db69afb97946/mosaig.png The Flickering Knight - My “Ten” Best List for 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/97d4246c-2b01-4147-9ef6-5ace554df24b/japan2.png The Flickering Knight - My “Ten” Best List for 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b4428755-c544-4e45-84fd-2afa65dd01ff/censor.png The Flickering Knight - My “Ten” Best List for 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fe4adcc1-72b9-4845-9439-a739409ed26a/romania.png The Flickering Knight - My “Ten” Best List for 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b35c45a0-50da-42dd-bef5-e5d00ab6d0d5/japan.png The Flickering Knight - My “Ten” Best List for 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/394c0c8c-02b9-4791-836d-00562a9e0df0/mexico.png The Flickering Knight - My “Ten” Best List for 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b171407d-7d0d-4bcc-be42-fd718eda322d/velvetunderground.png The Flickering Knight - My “Ten” Best List for 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/41db57a1-05b5-4567-97bb-ebc36d0ec71e/souvenir.png The Flickering Knight - My “Ten” Best List for 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ad86b44c-ef7d-42a2-af73-af3418878fd2/memoria.png The Flickering Knight - My “Ten” Best List for 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/ghostbusters-ii monthly 0.5 2022-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/de4952f4-df86-4d00-b961-1d55c6f5dfe2/venkman.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3bcfd976-c22e-4bea-b41b-2003f0b760e4/courtroom.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e249dfb9-7e2c-414f-be8a-14c310c31721/ooze.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b5bd0ea8-9702-4659-9a17-8dc980165c04/liberty.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fe270963-b4cd-4e9d-bdef-dba316b053bf/ghostbusters.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5034b720-0970-41a4-b11f-b437c650d238/whoyougonnacall.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fac6fb54-59b9-48fa-af6d-bea527871fe6/outside.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9e89de24-8b33-41af-825f-cf00fe945e83/tully.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f3fae98d-a8a1-40f2-923f-721a2e4c44c1/newyork.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fb4c60ea-f335-4436-a502-783715bd5c31/mayor.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Crime, protesters, race riots, union standoffs, work stoppages and now I gotta deal with ghosts? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0aeb854b-e1a6-40e7-a7a3-1fb4ff4ab30f/oozed.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/5fe91b0a-5a9d-428d-bb1b-aaea829a3d2f/vigo.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Had Vigo resurfaced in 2020, he’d probably be unstoppable, having all the negative energy he needed to take over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/28034347-bf1d-4c52-913d-62f7b9395843/ghosts.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out The mild irritations of benign Ghostbusters ghosts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dbd0cd33-2506-49e3-9276-b51d150935dd/museum.png The Flickering Knight - Mean-Spirited: Ghostbusters II as Sensitivity Lesson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/the-system monthly 0.5 2024-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/bb307cd0-f447-4810-b470-fca07fdc9aad/book.png The Flickering Knight - An Antiquated and Totally Indispensable System for Cataloging Film-Watching - Make it stand out As you can see, a given page in my Videohound guide has many check marks on it. Multiply this average give or take a few by the thousand or so pages in the book and you get a sense of the breadth of my film-viewing life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/41b3292b-a468-43e4-b8c5-5685794f830d/notebook.png The Flickering Knight - An Antiquated and Totally Indispensable System for Cataloging Film-Watching - Make it stand out the big notebook, where I write down the new releases I see and titles that aren’t in the Videohound guide. This gets redone when I buy a new guide. The best system I came up with, and still kind of insane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/263be048-fbff-4da0-ac2d-0e9d757bf2fc/lee.png The Flickering Knight - An Antiquated and Totally Indispensable System for Cataloging Film-Watching - Make it stand out hear no movie, speak no movie, see no movie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8c36836f-beea-4a82-afc5-62aeb6f21b5b/theater.png The Flickering Knight - An Antiquated and Totally Indispensable System for Cataloging Film-Watching - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4d40e301-53ab-4b41-8d2c-4f81624b753c/thirdman.png The Flickering Knight - An Antiquated and Totally Indispensable System for Cataloging Film-Watching - Make it stand out title screen for The Third Man (1949) - when asked I tell people it’s my favorite movie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a6bc5ab5-4778-42ef-a684-bb17101196fb/notebook2.png The Flickering Knight - An Antiquated and Totally Indispensable System for Cataloging Film-Watching - Make it stand out the smaller notebook where a page gets filled up with every title I see and then written down in the big notebook or crossed out in the Videohound guide, rather than taking the guide or the big notebook out every time I see something. See the grease stain at the top left? And yeah, that handwriting..... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7ba29070-ec00-4bac-8958-e1384d4db0e8/retriever.png The Flickering Knight - An Antiquated and Totally Indispensable System for Cataloging Film-Watching - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/695d103a-df75-4733-97e1-3b772c004af0/blockbuster.png The Flickering Knight - An Antiquated and Totally Indispensable System for Cataloging Film-Watching - Make it stand out Blockbuster’s promotional book, printed presumably to save its teenage store clerks from being in a position where they’d make the company look bad having to answer questions about movies they’ll never bother to see. Maybe a quarter of the titles in the book were to be found in a store on its best day anyway, and it’s only a stone’s throw title-wise from the AFI’s dull, unchallenging, xenophobic “Greatest...” list at that https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/horror-music monthly 0.5 2022-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fd710a92-8572-4e54-ac93-aa9c15c55db7/death.png The Flickering Knight - Red Notes: Synthesizers & The Scoring of Horror - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8e141639-267f-4107-b7be-9fec5af19b33/horror.png The Flickering Knight - Red Notes: Synthesizers & The Scoring of Horror - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f88efee0-84f0-47d0-9541-85ce900dea33/audition.png The Flickering Knight - Red Notes: Synthesizers & The Scoring of Horror - Make it stand out Audition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/47baf049-f04f-4cb9-9599-f984f40b55ca/title.png The Flickering Knight - Red Notes: Synthesizers & The Scoring of Horror - Make it stand out the poster for Zombie Holocaust (1980) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b05a884d-f3a5-4060-8a90-ee6f938645d4/zombie.png The Flickering Knight - Red Notes: Synthesizers & The Scoring of Horror - Make it stand out Lucio Fulci’s Zombie (aka Zombi 2, 1979) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e061a808-4d8d-4cf4-b410-f75fdcc34287/chainsaw.png The Flickering Knight - Red Notes: Synthesizers & The Scoring of Horror - Make it stand out preceding the most harrowing hard cut to a silent credit sequence in movies https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/the-methodology-of-mr-bill monthly 0.5 2021-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/9a9b2b1b-8f71-498f-a992-29693e22c859/court.png The Flickering Knight - The Methodology of Mr. Bill - Make it stand out The Stalinst farce of a criminal trial in the world of Mr. Bill: The moment after Mr. Bill’s Mom is forcefully “cross examined” so she gives the right testimony but before Mr. Bill has the books - as in literal books - thrown at him https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/111ad039-900e-49f4-aae2-f12198702cb3/fishing.png The Flickering Knight - The Methodology of Mr. Bill - Make it stand out better days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/05c799a5-351d-40ad-bdc5-81352c897488/bill4.png The Flickering Knight - The Methodology of Mr. Bill - Make it stand out Alfred Hitchcock’s most agonizing film, The Wrong Man (1957), depicts the painful process by which an Innocent Man Wrongly Accused has his identity stripped from him in the way he’s treated by authority figures. Mr. Bill Strikes Back puts a hint of that experience inside a riotous comedy sketch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/af2c90a8-1e27-442c-a92d-ba4db0f04c85/snow.png The Flickering Knight - The Methodology of Mr. Bill - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/45fea38f-3145-41ee-8508-142c23c19563/bill.png The Flickering Knight - The Methodology of Mr. Bill - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/fbcdb659-add1-4d6c-b4eb-d920dd31cf05/bill2.png The Flickering Knight - The Methodology of Mr. Bill - Make it stand out the Mr. Bill VHS compilation tape which I still have and which is the saddest movie ever made https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f83efd29-a081-4b3a-aed6-e9e83f577a00/bill3.png The Flickering Knight - The Methodology of Mr. Bill - Make it stand out ”Stop hurting him,” I used to say to the TV whenever I watched Mr Bill as a kid. “Just stop.....Leave him alone!.....Can’t you just leave him ALONE?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/948b1e12-7198-4562-a764-0f23d3a000f2/show.png The Flickering Knight - The Methodology of Mr. Bill - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/be679db2-8a41-440a-8583-18e0e9947c09/daffy.png The Flickering Knight - The Methodology of Mr. Bill - Make it stand out ”Who is responsible for this? I DEMAND that you show yourself! WHO ARE YOU?!” - words that can be shouted either by a beloved cartoon character in a one-joke battle against his medium or by the systematically ravaged and downtrodden as they look up and stare into the indifferent eyes of an absent God. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c3cef6c6-e7f0-40c7-ad84-94504dee86a7/sluggo.png The Flickering Knight - The Methodology of Mr. Bill - Make it stand out Hitchhiker Sluggo https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/jesus-shows-you-the-way-to-the-highway monthly 0.5 2021-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d5f00eb0-1689-4dbd-98f1-84a61986574a/lofi.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f9373b60-6cc0-4346-a547-dd91b25ea5b8/flies.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/37edf9ac-5cb2-4170-94ea-93140b7d9d88/matrix.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ca02291e-fe28-4d30-b772-b1cf6bbc4a9f/burger.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out the TV-trapped Gagano and the gender-switching American double agent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dffba785-a72f-4d14-89ce-530c01248f63/mikey.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out ”Hey Mikey, I think his cultural IQ is out of step with our high-concept narrative!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0557d0da-fe40-4c72-962d-74400e55bff0/fight.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2d4f997e-2174-4d1e-a682-7a7618c7ee5b/burns.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out From a Chicago production of the Anne Washburn play, Mr. Burns, which could be called an artistic cousin to Miguel Llansó’s work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/595cd4b8-2f19-4bf2-af30-f877f2913ae5/jesus.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out Writer/Director Miguel Llansó as Jesus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/c15e8db3-8022-496c-8a5f-fdbe8793e997/vr.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d74c5abc-496b-44d1-9b90-a157ed23da7f/shower.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/194f8c4e-5f4d-469e-8d2d-a96ce5e38fa7/crumbs.png The Flickering Knight - Reinventing References: Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway - Make it stand out Daniel Tadesse in director Llansó’s Crumbs (2015) https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/the-rite-and-the-rapture-ham-on-rye monthly 0.5 2021-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/dbdaf22b-1529-46d3-8577-7a9f37223670/woods.png The Flickering Knight - The Rite and The Rapture: Ham On Rye - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/22bb7d10-f5cb-4994-84b6-cd7ca687ad47/parkinglot.png The Flickering Knight - The Rite and The Rapture: Ham On Rye - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/41a9b764-2335-4b1a-8a20-87cfc6a41b6c/crowd.png The Flickering Knight - The Rite and The Rapture: Ham On Rye - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/urban-divergence-city-so-real-amp-city-hall monthly 0.5 2021-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/616a0dcb-174f-4aa2-9ea2-4aba7190088f/beach.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/146a360d-b516-49c1-acc5-046ac43cb8f1/dorchester.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out The Dorchester Dispensary meeting in City Hall, which should be studied in classrooms for its insights into the current state of power relations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/693fc604-d117-469a-82a1-fb25456ac52e/crowd.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out Demonstrators and police clash in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/2585f1bd-0d63-4df0-b59b-bf6189fa7e84/groceries.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out The task of extolling the virtues of The Greater Boston Food Bank’s commitment to feeding the hungry while trying not to look over at Wally The Green Monster and crack up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/0370be25-2a2f-43da-808b-6257bb8493d2/building.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3fc170d7-d9f2-481c-862d-374cec3852e9/citysoreal.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out Two epic portraits of American cities and two sets of people with thick, vowel-straining accents deciding their fates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/4385b8a3-eadf-41e7-bd4f-2e8b818734c4/wrigley.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1811129b-d7df-450a-b84d-367e2f6dffe4/landscape.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out one of the abandoned steel mills in Chicago’s 10th ward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/8d8605ae-c3cd-459a-b3b1-5f35794633d1/cityhall.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/aabe1a72-3d28-4f61-bec1-7b7375b62d55/mayor.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out Boston Mayor Marty Walsh at work in City Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/d3e0b19d-ad7b-44c2-82a3-3f3d2778ace7/boats.png The Flickering Knight - Urban Divergence: City So Real & City Hall - Make it stand out The telling differences between Jackson Park Beach and “The Play Pen” at 700 N. Lake Shore Drive. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/home-alone monthly 0.5 2021-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7cbed963-08e7-4b3c-9dc0-7f429cb8149b/Trump.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out “When a student is ready, a teacher will appear.” -Buddha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e2d12268-7200-4fa4-986b-c010a72ff0c4/ornaments.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out ”Dad! Buzz! I’m honoring the traditions of religious holiday celebration native to our faith and homeland! You better come out and secularize and de-xenophobe me!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/b413691f-af6e-4e1f-af55-e4c4887edf86/Ozu.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out I Was Born, But...(Ozu, 1932) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/40c5af37-13a6-450a-a87b-e5d1f9d0951b/Pesci.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out the working classes understand their upper class peers more acutely than the other way around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/7b1b84c9-ce79-4f81-a177-d36332884c7f/underthebed.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out I completely “get” this shot on every level. Yeah pal, suburban middle class morality befuddles me too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/a1e11b07-c832-40cc-b6ba-c1eb4aaf44d5/Ozu2.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out Ozu’s perfect work, which I can’t recommend highly enough. Spare, trenchant, equal parts humorous and devastating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/baa0deab-6f4c-416e-95f4-389c60902153/Kevin.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out evil in its chrysalis stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/e4ea1c69-24cb-4ca6-8a84-89e6e063af76/Thich.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out monk, activist and Plum Village Tradition founder, Thích Nhất Hạnh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/f1a1811a-6405-4654-a7ca-46ad6839e6bf/shoveler.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/54d51bdc-1dd7-4c76-9a8b-57b2b78e236c/waiting.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out cannot make this today. Or can you? And for whose America? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/3c061349-10b1-4eb2-b87f-e78e76a5c3f2/thewetbandits.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/ff0fb2c5-5b7a-4e72-a18b-a74f195751ea/Kevin%27s+Mom.png The Flickering Knight - Home Alone as Unsentimental Education, Or, The Virtual Warehousing of Corruption - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/reality-bytes-a-glitch-in-the-matrix monthly 0.5 2021-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1633998175415-8Z1Q1P1UKG0KL975PC10/muscle.png The Flickering Knight - Reality Bytes: A Glitch In The Matrix - Make it stand out This looks cool but I’m at a loss to remember what idea it was supposed to be illustrating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1633998250220-9TQR8LSRFOQVHKH3FND0/matrix.png The Flickering Knight - Reality Bytes: A Glitch In The Matrix - Make it stand out In his three-part documentary miniseries, A Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (2006) , powerhouse Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek calls for “a third pill,” to “perceive not the reality behind the illusion but the reality in illusion itself.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1633997852668-I8G7542TWQK9WL4PVA7U/thecave.png The Flickering Knight - Reality Bytes: A Glitch In The Matrix - Make it stand out human history’s oldest cinematic metaphor, predating cinema by about 2319 years from the likely year of Plato’s death to the first public screening of L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1895), not the first film ever made but one of the first ever screened publicly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1633998309397-AR07HCVF6DY05HCIHXL9/matrix2.png The Flickering Knight - Reality Bytes: A Glitch In The Matrix - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1633998080651-UEQ0LZOH4CRSK3W9Y3LF/lionel.png The Flickering Knight - Reality Bytes: A Glitch In The Matrix - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/tmnt monthly 0.5 2021-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632794811879-0LLN367R78LA6GSKF83U/turtlewax.png The Flickering Knight - Ninja Marxism and The Tyranny of Angry Boys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632794918252-M1D47G40Y8CYFDITHUZ9/blueflames.png The Flickering Knight - Ninja Marxism and The Tyranny of Angry Boys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632794756808-W7EC23CCBIDN7IDTY1V9/splinter.png The Flickering Knight - Ninja Marxism and The Tyranny of Angry Boys - Make it stand out Smelly painted foam, oily muppets and real tears https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632794940424-A0PRQALONXRD8B7KHZ9Z/raphael.png The Flickering Knight - Ninja Marxism and The Tyranny of Angry Boys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632794679891-17B4AKGNTY97NPJMAYDJ/shredder2.png The Flickering Knight - Ninja Marxism and The Tyranny of Angry Boys - Make it stand out You already saw Fight Club before you saw it. The Goofus & Gallant of People’s Revolutions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632794559668-CYSL66VGXXF1DK6FTS3Y/shredder.png The Flickering Knight - Ninja Marxism and The Tyranny of Angry Boys - Make it stand out Sometimes a Marxist father figure wears a cape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632794661988-M3I0IINPX73OQO09J2U9/fightclub.png The Flickering Knight - Ninja Marxism and The Tyranny of Angry Boys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/waynesworld monthly 0.5 2021-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632793574257-39PIF0RC9QKQFJSC1G7O/crucialtaunt.png The Flickering Knight - The Utopian Aspirations of Wayne’s World - Make it stand out A Wayne’s World heroine was something I hadn’t seen in movies — proactive, motivated, hip and tough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632793631917-09LP6T866UUH2QC9GEKM/hockey.png The Flickering Knight - The Utopian Aspirations of Wayne’s World - Make it stand out Space in Wayne’s World belongs solely to the characters. When it’s violated, they feel the effects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632793685128-T6DGMJS441XHA44XSC0W/billandted.png The Flickering Knight - The Utopian Aspirations of Wayne’s World - Make it stand out A prototype. What if these characters didn’t travel through time and they were like...sort of real people? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632793790064-MNM477BS84RQO6HH0BPY/stairwaydenied.png The Flickering Knight - The Utopian Aspirations of Wayne’s World - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632793520976-BRTYYD62J6ZW4FO3G5J2/bacon.png The Flickering Knight - The Utopian Aspirations of Wayne’s World - Make it stand out A world in which you can call a cop a pig and he doesn’t shoot you and claim later in court you went for his taser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632793746883-GEV0UFX0PRJL9AVO9T2T/wayneandgarth.png The Flickering Knight - The Utopian Aspirations of Wayne’s World - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/wonka monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632185748889-JDCAVB2D6PG2WT14ZAZD/wonka-bar.png The Flickering Knight - Willy Wonka as Late-Capitalist Monster, or,I Bet The Economic Hegemony Makes the Chocolate TasteTerrible - Make it stand out The Final Commodity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632186069715-E7WOABSTIDN6LMDV9AJ5/charlie.png The Flickering Knight - Willy Wonka as Late-Capitalist Monster, or,I Bet The Economic Hegemony Makes the Chocolate TasteTerrible - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632185837636-ZVQEO6G5VJGASLN3AHS4/wonka2.png The Flickering Knight - Willy Wonka as Late-Capitalist Monster, or,I Bet The Economic Hegemony Makes the Chocolate TasteTerrible - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632185677846-XLRT7Y2OTF91AKQ5XUEJ/wonka.png The Flickering Knight - Willy Wonka as Late-Capitalist Monster, or,I Bet The Economic Hegemony Makes the Chocolate TasteTerrible - Make it stand out The greatest critique of quirky eccentricity as a cover for unrestrained hegemonic corporate power in movies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632185820118-1E1ABPWIRDB713KV4G1T/harpo.png The Flickering Knight - Willy Wonka as Late-Capitalist Monster, or,I Bet The Economic Hegemony Makes the Chocolate TasteTerrible - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632185906616-O0J2A8SNCJE31PGGW0G9/competition.png The Flickering Knight - Willy Wonka as Late-Capitalist Monster, or,I Bet The Economic Hegemony Makes the Chocolate TasteTerrible - Make it stand out Wonka’s manufactured competitor, a personification of his guilt at the knowledge that no one will stop him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1632185955446-TC69K8FVR09RTLG3YU6K/mike.png The Flickering Knight - Willy Wonka as Late-Capitalist Monster, or,I Bet The Economic Hegemony Makes the Chocolate TasteTerrible - Make it stand out Mike TV: Violent, self-marginalizing cosmonaut into the future of broadcasting https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/structure-and-cosmetics monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1631164361707-0GBYCB79GT7FIA6VAT9T/Motorcycle.png The Flickering Knight - Structure and Cosmetics: An Introduction - Make it stand out Close Up (dir: Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1631164311127-EUIAT7R3Z0QW7NHS3F4U/Odd+Obsessions.png The Flickering Knight - Structure and Cosmetics: An Introduction - Make it stand out Part of the video collection at the now closed Odd Obsession Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1631164521304-TB522A3KZ419CUL49EG8/Roma.png The Flickering Knight - Structure and Cosmetics: An Introduction - Make it stand out Roma (dir: Alfonso Cuaron, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1631164421902-9QH50CXWUFW3EOSDL5ZL/Brighter+Summer+Day.png The Flickering Knight - Structure and Cosmetics: An Introduction - Make it stand out A Brighter Summer Day (dir: Edward Yang, 1991) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1631164394777-11FFKKD6R920M4BMIL1N/Jeanne+Dilman.png The Flickering Knight - Structure and Cosmetics: An Introduction - Make it stand out Stills from Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (dir:Chantal Akerman, 1975) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1631164591282-XTI6MYHRVNO176QE8BY6/Parasite.png The Flickering Knight - Structure and Cosmetics: An Introduction - Make it stand out Parasite (dir: Bong Joon-ho, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6136c797d31c906ebd398401/1631166508186-WTOFZ1UM8FVMLR3RYS7B/Lois+Weber.png The Flickering Knight - Structure and Cosmetics: An Introduction - Make it stand out trailblazing director, actress, producer and screenwriter, Lois Weber - perhaps cinema’s earliest auteur https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/category/Film monthly 0.5 https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/tag/Cosmetics monthly 0.5 https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/tag/Movies monthly 0.5 https://www.theflickeringknight.com/blog/tag/Structure monthly 0.5 https://www.theflickeringknight.com/about daily 0.75 2024-09-29