Misplaced modifier // Writing about movies // Catskill, NY’s Community Theater // Solicit: zwlewiswrites at gmail
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Mar 31
In 1968, 12 American pilots involved in Operation Rolling Thunder were downed in North Vietnam. Two East German filmmakers interviewed ten of them for a four-hour-long documentary about the US war machine. My latest Flashback (@InRO) is Pilots in Pajamas: inreviewonline.com/2026/03/3…
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Jun 2
A few more:
• For Ever Mozart (Godard, 1996)
• The Duchess of Langeais (Rivette, 2007)
• Uncle Silas (Frank, 1947)
• Tocaia no Asfalto (Pires, 1962)
Jun 1
Top first time views May 2026:
1. Mahal (Amrohi, 1949)
2. Wake of the Red Witch (Ludwig, 1948)
3. Black Gravel (Käutner, 1961)
4. The Last Days of Gomorrah (Sanders-Brahms, 1974)
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Jun 1
Very excited to announce that I’ve programmed @wangontheweb’s exciting new A. Rimbaud at Catskill, NY’s Community Theater. We’ll play the film on June 13 at 6:30, and I’ll moderate a Q&A with Patrick right after.
If you live upstate, don’t miss this. Tix in next tweet.
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Jun 1
Top first time views May 2026:
1. Mahal (Amrohi, 1949)
2. Wake of the Red Witch (Ludwig, 1948)
3. Black Gravel (Käutner, 1961)
4. The Last Days of Gomorrah (Sanders-Brahms, 1974)
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Z. W. Lewis retweeted
some interesting choices of wall decor in elmer fudd's bachelor pad in the wabbit who came to supper (freleng, 1942)
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"Nezumikozo Jirokichi" animated short film by Rintaro & Studio M2 is now online.
Character designs : Katsuhiro Otomo, Yoshinori Kanemori.
Dedicated to jidaigeki filmmaker Sadao Yamanaka (1909-1938).
>> youtube.com/watch?v=JoKCJln_…
Legendary director Rintaro (Metropolis) has just made his first anime in 14 years, with designs by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) : "Nezumikozo Jirokichi", a silent 25 min short film dedicated to Sadao Yamanaka (a japanese live action director who died at 28).
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May 8
Great series. If you can only go to one, make it Kim Ki-young’s Ieodo.
🇰🇷 Beginning next Friday, explore a transformative time period in Korean cinema...the delirious 1970s.
Featuring archival prints and new restorations of some of the most daring and emotionally charged filmmaking in Korean history! 🎟️: filmlinc.org/korean
This series is sponsored by @mubiusa.
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May 7
Why is Cinema Paradiso that long lol
May 7
Letterboxd’s Top 250 Films Above 150 Minutes in Runtime ⏲️
How many have you seen? View the full list here: boxd.it/TsT4E
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Great movie. It’s time the international film community recognizes that Burkinabé cinema is some of the best in the world.
Cannes Classics 2026 to screen 4K restoration of Idrissa Ouédraogo's "Tilaï"
A new 4K restoration of Burkinabé filmmaker Idrissa Ouédraogo's most recognized work, "Tilaï" (1990), is set to screen as a Cannes Classics 2026 selection.
The restoration was made from the original negative. Digital and photochemical work was carried out at the Cité de Mémoire laboratory under the supervision of Denis Garcia and Silvia Voser, on behalf of the Institut français – Cinémathèque Afrique.
Waka Films is presenting the restored version.
The screening will take place in the presence of Nora Ouédraogo, the late director's daughter, and producer Silvia Voser.
Cannes Classics 2026 includes 21 feature films, 3 short films, and 6 documentaries, alongside two contemporary works.
The 79th Festival de Cannes runs May 12 to 23, 2026.
Watch a trailer for the restored film.
#Tilaï
#CannesClassics
#IdrissaOuedraogo
#AfricanCinema
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May 2
Watched a lot of great movies in April so here's 4 more:
Aido (Hani, 1969)
H-8... (Tanhofer, 1958)
Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Kapoor, 1978)
Five Minutes to Live (Karn, 1961)
Apr 30
Best first time views, April:
The Thief's Wife (Dwan, 1912)
Barabbas (Fleischer & Sjöberg, 61 & 53)
Children of Paradise (Carné, 1945)
The Girl with the Golden Eyes (Albicocco, 1961)
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Apr 30
Best first time views, April:
The Thief's Wife (Dwan, 1912)
Barabbas (Fleischer & Sjöberg, 61 & 53)
Children of Paradise (Carné, 1945)
The Girl with the Golden Eyes (Albicocco, 1961)
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Apr 28
Aido (dir. Susumu Hani, 1969): Hani asked “what if I had sex with the concept of sex itself” and made it look like this. A pleasantly confounding entry for the Necessary Sex Scene Discourse and one of the best movies of the Japanese New Wave. Glad it’s finally “available.”
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Apr 27
Love when a masterpiece is based on a book I can knock out in a single morning. This Topo Chico flavor is nice, too.
Apr 24
The Girl with the Golden Eyes (dir. Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, 1961): you know how these four-screenshot posts can oversell a not-so-great movie? Every single frame of this movie looks like these:
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Settings -> Data -> Export Your Data
Apr 27
Letterboxd is exploring a sale of the controlling stake in the company.
(Source: semafor.com/article/04/26/20…)
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Apr 24
After learning this was entirely shot in Griffith Park, I’m always distracted by how distinctly Californian the trees look here
Apr 24
can’t stop thinking about this clip of the advance through the forest in Vidor’s The Big Parade, where unbeknownst to the heroes, their comrades are silently dropping in the background
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Apr 24
I wrote about Sho Miyake’s latest, one of the best films of the year, which opens today. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a movie so simple & beautiful, one that elicits big reactions despite its small stakes. Deserves all those Ozu comparisons and more. Read here:
Apr 23
Miyake Shō’s TWO SEASONS, TWO STRANGERS, writes @zwlws, captures its characters in the realm of the ineffable, making the mundane utterly sublime. Opening tomorrow @Metrograph. slantmagazine.com/film/two-s…
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The Girl with the Golden Eyes (dir. Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, 1961): you know how these four-screenshot posts can oversell a not-so-great movie? Every single frame of this movie looks like these:
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