Guess I'm an art school kid now? I'm taking a filmmaking class at SAIC this spring with my employee tuition remission benefit. Last time I was in a film production class 9/11 happened so my apologies in advance
Robbie Williams having zero impact in the us while being one of the uks biggest stars is so crazy. the club would always play angels as the final song of the night and everybody would be singing along while the study abroad kids stood on the side like this 🧍♂️🧍♀️🧍
🪖🚀 Ready to do your part? Join us on December 19th for our monthly Film Trivia a screening of Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi satire STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997)!
🕖 7pm: FREE Film Trivia
🪲 9pm: STARSHIP TROOPERS
🎟️ facets.org/programs/starship…
I got off the green line leaving work cause kids kept pulling the emergency stop to find another kid on the train they wanted to beat up and then when I went to the nearest bus stop a dude tried to attack me with a tree branch cause I wouldn't let him use my phone for $5
I wrote about Fred Halsted's uncompromisingly perverse SEXTOOL for this weeks @cinefile. You can catch it tomorrow at midnight at @musicboxtheatre or pick it up from @AltInnocence as part of their amazing Halsted bluray set.
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I feel confident I spent more time reediting one sentence of my upcoming review of Fred Halsted's Sextool than was spent on this entire piece and I haven't read beyond this.
I've got a new quarterly film program starting next year at Facets! Having bands at trivia night was such a hit that theyre giving me a dedicated Friday night punk movie live band series starting January. Just in time to ruin Facets 50th anniversary.
Apparently I've entered my "Actually Anthrax really were the best of the Big Four" era. They're the only one where the Ramones weren't an influence but a goal.
Next week at @facetschicago we've got BRAND NEW (seasonal) bloody sex madness by our special guest programmer @VeraDrew22 hitting the big screen. I've got some fun queer/holiday/horror (and queer holiday horror) trivia questions lined up as well. It's an early Xmas miracle
Scene Report: The ltd ed Front 242 beer is pretty good. Its not Old Style but its not not Old Style. Very Chicago. Obvs shoula been a Belgian but it turned out thatd be too expensive to make so they did the best they could while still making it affordable. Even more Chicago.