Modern-day folk hero. For a good time, call willsloan.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mwvtizw7n22mVery exciting news out of Hollywood today. Warner Bros makes great movies. Paramount makes great movies. Put them together... well heck, it's simple math that movies are going to get twice as great.02 Oct 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvtizw7n22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mwqh3kieb225Digger30 Sep 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqh3kieb225https://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mwoa6u34uk22Though he bestrode the narrow world like a Colossus throughout the 2000s, George W. Bush is seldom seen or remarked-upon nowadays - a victim of wilful amnesia among the American public. And in the cultural sphere, the exact same is true of Jay Leno.29 Sep 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoa6u34uk22https://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mwnzzswuss2v29 Sep 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnzzswuss2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mwm5lvy3nc2cAl Goldstein's rave review of Carolee Schneemann's experimental film classic FUSES in Screw Magazine28 Sep 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwm5lvy3nc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mwjucyaf5s2rThese movies came out within two weeks of each other and nobody noticed or cared.27 Sep 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjucyaf5s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mwhmobubbs2sWatching Sylvester Stallone's New York Times interview. He comes across very thoughtful, self-aware, and even humble. He claims he's now "anti-war" and that the perception of him as a conservative is wrong! Anyway I'm just going to pretend I haven't seen all the accounts he follows on Instagram...27 Sep 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwhmobubbs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mwh7jgiid223"Homosexual Citizen" column from issue #14 of Screw Magazine containing what is believed to be the first-ever use of the term "homophobia" in print.26 Sep 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwh7jgiid223https://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mwe7jnmeg223Tim & Eric snubbed from the NY Times TV list25 Sep 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwe7jnmeg223https://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mwe4rh3mqk2dScanning the NY Times "Best TV of the 21st Century" ballots. Drew Carey voted for The Prices is Right which I think is cool.25 Sep 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwe4rh3mqk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mw7whfgzuk2qRIP23 Sep 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7whfgzuk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mw74he4fzk25Personal Television Canon23 Sep 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw74he4fzk25https://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mw6o47mcy222Checking in for my daily dose of the Oscar race23 Sep 2026 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6o47mcy222https://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mw242qtpoc2bI contributed a few words about my TIFF experience to this annual wrapup: inthemoodmag.substack.com/p/tiff-2026 https://inthemoodmag.substack.com/p/tiff-202621 Sep 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw242qtpoc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvyphobkak2lSome ambivalent thoughts about two political movies I saw at TIFF: Shinya Tsukomoto's Mr. Nelson Did You Kill People?, and Matthew Rankin's Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney https://willsloan.substack.com/p/art-is-getting-away-with-it21 Sep 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvyphobkak2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvy7omqstc26Simpsons Season 9 is crazy. There are some episodes in there you'd swear were Season 6 or 7. Other episodes you'd have been certain were Season 13. And a handful that feel unmistakably like Simpsons Season 9.20 Sep 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvy7omqstc26https://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvxlvieznc2eBarry Avrich is a blight upon Canada.20 Sep 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxlvieznc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvxe6daavc26My god...20 Sep 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxe6daavc26https://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvxdirztok2kMy mantra20 Sep 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxdirztok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvuorothhk26Mike Myers comes to Canada once every 3-5 years dressed as a mountie to endorse the Liberal Party.19 Sep 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvuorothhk26https://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvumvnzdh22aThe winner of the Toronto International Film Festival's People's Choice Award is, for the 17th year in a row, Score: A Hockey Musical.19 Sep 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvumvnzdh22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvt27ieh322wThe horrifying revelations about alleged serial killer R. C. Hörsch are upending the cinematic canon. From the offices of the Academy to the living rooms of America, everyone is asking: can we ever watch The Erotic Memoirs of a Male Chauvinist Pig (1973) the same way again??18 Sep 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt27ieh322whttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvr4cxwdic2eGot sad seeing a photo of new SNL cast members. That show scoops up TikTok influencers by the dozen and grinds them through Lorne's evil workplace humiliation rituals, but nobody even becomes a star anymore. It's not 1988, just start a podcast or whatever, that's where you're all gonna end up anyway18 Sep 2026 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvr4cxwdic2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvpythgo2k2sThere are things Trump does that make me sick to my stomach (slaughter in Gaza, ICE raids, detaining random Somalis and sending them to Guantanamo), and then there's stuff like threatening to demolish the Kennedy Center, which gets me less worked up because America deserves it.17 Sep 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpythgo2k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvpwumh2422iFeel like the median Democratic Party voter probably agrees with Hasan Piker that the U.S. has caused more death than Al Qaeda. Probably the median Republican voter does too (they think it's good). How long is the corporate media just going to keep pushing the old, busted 9/11 button?17 Sep 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpwumh2422ihttps://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvo7a5uies22Some exceedingly rare copies of one of the greatest film books of all time - certainly one of the most consequential in my own life - have gone on sale. The book is Rudolph Grey's Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. https://feralhouse.com/product/nightmare-of-ecstasy/16 Sep 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo7a5uies22https://bsky.app/profile/willsloanesq.bsky.social/post/3mvnmanqlsk2bAt the world premiere of the frontrunner for the Toronto International Film Festival's People's Choice Award. Yes, I refer to the new restoration of Fei Mu's Spring in a Small Town (1948).16 Sep 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:eb4b3nivwkevjrd2vxucl35p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnmanqlsk2b