FFC review: CHALLENGERS, by Walter Chaw (Walter Chaw 周瑜). filmfreakcentral.net/2024/05/challe…

Israeli army intensifies bombardment of Rafah, months after declaring it 'safe zone'. Last night it reportedly killed dozens of Palestinians. This morning it issued another mass evacuation (ergo: expulsion) order affecting hundreds of thousands of already displaced Palestinians.…

I do think it's a problem that they can go in front of a huge mic and admit this so casually and when we even hint at Zionists censoring platforms all hell breaks loose

The gates of hell has opened on Rafah.

The hostages are also in Rafah.
Israel doesn't care about life.

🚨 #BREAKING : Footage from the Egyptian side of Rafah shows the intense israeli strikes on the Palestinian side.

These strikes are in the vicinity of the Rafah crossing.

ALL EYES ON RAFAH, PRAY FOR RAFAH!

There are 1.4 million Palestinians concentrated in camps below the bombs.

No one deserves this more than Justin Chang. One of the best in the biz and indisputably the kindest and most generous.

For the 10th anniversary of COHERENCE we are totally focused on how to finally get a screening at CalArts, my alma mater... bets are being taken NOW

dispatching snipers on roofs and militarized cops on campuses to make students 'feel safe'. addressing 'security concerns' by canceling graduation while giving a wink & nod to rightwing vigilantes. Black is white, up is down, opposing mass death in Gaza is 'hate', nothing matters

Kristi Noem is like Alf but with dogs.

Evening viewing? On Jerzy Skolimowski's birthday, watch his entrancing psychosexual puzzle thriller THE SHOUT ('78)! It stars Alan Bates as an enigmatic drifter who insinuates himself into the lives of an experimental electronic composer (John Hurt) & his wife (Susannah York).

Ed Hunt's THE BRAIN (1988), not just one of the best VHS covers ever, it's got a phenomenal giant Mad Ball of a monster, some satisfyingly fake-but-amazing gore, and a premise & setting that is surprisingly sophisticated. I slept on this one way too long.

To be fair, this is different from Israel's usual tactic of bombing our offices, killing our colleagues or murdering their families.

This guy is defending his MA thesis in fucking refugee camp tent because Israel blew up every university in Gaza, along with 5500 students and 100 professors, and we have to waste precious energy hearing the US press talk about aggrieved zionists who “don’t feel safe on campus.”

Music to write to

RIP Narcisa Hirsch (1928-2024), a brilliant and essential filmmaker and a leader in the experimental film movement in Argentina. Check out this wonderful interview that Lynne Sachs did with Narcisa in 2008. youtube.com/watch?v=Xk7FBX…

This is an astonishing exchange. For those who don't know, for whom this may be a little too insidery journo gossip, Theo Baker is currently a student at Stanford and all of 18. The caucasity of his response is stunning. (And does not reflect well on Peter and Susan,tbh.)

🚨 HISTORY REPEATS: Politicians have used 'law and order' to justify crushing student protesters for decades.

Why the recent crackdowns on campus demonstrations have been so heavy, and more on how far the First Amendment actually goes to protect free speech, on this week's…