Academic. Writer. Author of Hawaii Five-O (TV Milestone) from Wayne State Univ. Press. Fascinated by TV, film, and gender studies, especially American masculinities. https://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkq2fbyyes2wToday’s viewing: #JapaneseGodfatherAmbition (Nakajima, 1977) the second in the trilogy offers a riveting look at the corrupt and sprawling nature of Japan’s political, economic, and criminal (yakuza) underworld in the early 1970s focused on the ambitions of the Nakajima group. #filmsky30 Apr 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq2fbyyes2whttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkplzjnxx22547: Thunderball published in 1961 offers one of the most relevant Cold War stories about the theft of nuclear warheads by SPECTRE a global criminal terrorist organization that Bond and MI-6 square off with for the first time. The discussion of possible dirty bombs hits home today. #booksky30 Apr 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkplzjnxx225https://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkogejsizk2kFinished S1 of #DareDevilBornAgain on Disney+ which is exciting, gritty and infuriating as the Kingpin as mayor/dictator narrative feels to relevant. #TVsky https://media.tenor.com/jGKOjbFx2GMAAAAC/daredevil-born-again.gif?hh=238&ww=42630 Apr 2026 01:07 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkogejsizk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mknvot3eps2g@frittersandclam.bsky.social Have you watched London Irish? It is now available on Tubi. It is an older series written by Lisa McGee. It is hilarious.29 Apr 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknvot3eps2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkn45kbpxs2546: The Dream Hotel is a riveting dystopian science fiction novel that grapples with questions about crime, immigration, identity, algorithms, AI and living in a capitalist culture driven by surveillance technology. Mixes Kafka, Atwood, and Dick to craft a moving story that feels too real. #booksky29 Apr 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn45kbpxs25https://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkip3vzqak2eOne of the great unsung American actors who was able to be in multiple Emmy winning series including Quincy. He was known to be kind, passionate about progressive causes, and deeply supportive of the American system. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkip3vzqak2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkhyvtv3ok2eVaughn’s book is fascinating and frightening as it forces a reckoning with industrial modes, the blockbuster, and how viewers engage and understand the role that media plays in climate change and that viewers choices impact the environment as well.27 Apr 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhyvtv3ok2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkhyqbc6q22e45: Hollywood’s Dirtiest Secret is a deft look at the ecological impacts of Hollywood filmmaking practices from GonewiththeWind to Avatar. Mixing media industries, discourse, history and anthropology Vaughn shows how it is vital to rethink filmmaking and viewing in a time of climate crisis. #booksky27 Apr 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhyqbc6q22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkhy3yzgp22a44: The Corpse Wore Pasties an entertaining murder mystery set in the world of NYC burlesque culture. The book uses first person perspective and a mix of slang to craft a read that is gritty and funny in style of pulp novels of 40s, 50s, and 60s. @hardcasecrime.bsky.social #booksky27 Apr 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhy3yzgp22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkge3crwxs2iToday’s viewing: #JapaneseGodfather (Nakajima Sadao, 1977) a gritty mix of the Japanese salary film with the yakuza that covers the rise and expansion of one of Japan’s biggest and most influential gangs from 1960s into the 1970s. #filmsky26 Apr 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkge3crwxs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkei2uuapc2yTonight’s viewing: #SpringsteenDeliverMeFromNowhere (Cooper, 2025) a moving loose biopic about the years when he was writing Nebraska. Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong are very good in the film. #filmsky https://media.tenor.com/99SBQ3CHiQcAAAAC/springsteen-bruce.gif?hh=244&ww=49826 Apr 2026 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkei2uuapc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkausv34nc2kToday’s viewing: #TheBoneTemple (Da Costa, 2026) with a script from Alex Garland this entry in the dystopian horror franchise explores existential issues of religion, science, and the cruelty and extreme violence humans are capable of in the names of ideology, control and survival. #filmsky24 Apr 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkausv34nc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mkakgdukvc2b43: The Prop an interesting look at film props and their value as marks of labor and performance. The book builds on previous film theory to argue for the establishment of prop theory. Includes several close readings of props in films like Citizen Kane to show importance of prop value. #booksky24 Apr 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkakgdukvc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mk6kgz5rhk25Today’s viewing: #Ballerina (Wiseman, 2025) an uneven but entertaining film that deepens the world and mythos of John Wick franchise filled with non stop and innovative action sequences centered around Ana de Armas as Eve. #filmsky23 Apr 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6kgz5rhk25https://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjzicsglwk2sToday’s viewing: #TheHumanGoddess (Meng Hua-Ho, 1972) a campy, fun comedy musical fantasy from Shaw Brothers set in contemporary Hong Kong where a goddess 7th sister (Lee Ching) comes to Earth and learns about romance and struggle before returning to heaven. #filmsky21 Apr 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzicsglwk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjxgm4euyc27Happy birthday and Live Long and Prosper to the legend @georgetakei.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxgm4euyc27https://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjwgap34422k42: For Your Eyes Only from Fleming features short stories about Bond some while on a mission some on his own time. What ties them together is Bond’s introspection of his life built around the killing of people and a sense he is less of a spy and more a hired killer. Great read. #booksky20 Apr 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwgap34422khttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjunk7hzzs2sToday’s viewing: #TheVengefulBeauty (Ho Meng-hua, 1978) an entertaining female centered wuxia film from Shaw Brothers about a pregnant woman that becomes a threat to the emperor after his order to kill her whole family is not completed. Non stop action. #filmsky19 Apr 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjunk7hzzs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjrqg5jamk2242: Death in the Jungle a new examination of Jim Jones, his tactics to create his PeoplesTemple and how his drug use and paranoia ultimately destroyed his ministry and led to the mass deaths which as Fleming through extensive research shows were acts of murder and not suicide in 1978. #booksky18 Apr 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrqg5jamk22https://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjrpqaozx22k41: Goldfinger published in 1958 offers a bleaker and weary Bond as he struggles with the toll of the job and number of people he has killed in the name of empire and service. Fleming explores themes of greed and wealth and how greed destroys capitalism in the figure of Goldfinger. #booksky18 Apr 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrpqaozx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjn4iwpmg22fSecond viewing of day: #TheSingingThief (Chang Cheh, 1969) a thoroughly entertaining action comedy from Shaw Brothers with singer Jimmy Lin Chong playing a reformed cat burglar trying to clear his name when another thief emerged using his same mo. #filmsky16 Apr 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn4iwpmg22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjmtodzljk26Today’s viewing: #AngelwithIronFist (Lo Wei, 1967) a female centered bangpian from Shaw Brothers with Lily Ho in lead as 009. Entertaining with decent amounts of action and gadgets but the screenplay is too loose and the pacing is off to make it a complete work. #filmsky16 Apr 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmtodzljk26https://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjmfcnuifk2dInspired by the discovery of a black kiss film Field meticulously and eloquently crafts the story of the two unknown persons Suttle and Brown and presents their lives in a book that reveals the complex nature of black performers linked to minstrel shows and songs to satisfy racism. #booksky 2/216 Apr 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmfcnuifk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjmf4asups2d40: Acts of Love: Black Performance and the Kiss that Changed Film History a revelatory piece of film history that reshapes the narrative about Black joy and dignity even while confronting racist realities of American culture in 1890s and later. A must read for anyone and film scholars. 1/2 #booksky16 Apr 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmf4asups2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjhoqaeaqc22Today’s viewing: #TheGoldenBuddha (Lo Wei, 1966) an entertaining stylish take on the Bond films produced by Shaw Brothers that captures the vibrant and economic growth in Hong Kong at the time through its story of a hapless businessman that gets involved in a global crime syndicate. #filmsky14 Apr 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhoqaeaqc22https://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjhhlq7rus2f@fuscowrites.bsky.social Hollywood Others offers meticulous scholarship mixed with close readings to offer a new mode of thinking about classical Hollywood system and its larger impact on American society. It is written in a style that is lively and deeply perceptive. 2/214 Apr 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhhlq7rus2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjhhfvmwik2f39: Hollywood’s Others @fuscowrites.bsky.social brilliant counter narrative about classical Hollywood studios and fan magazines and the roles they played in dealing with child stars, people of color, disabled characters and celebrity scandals is a must read for film scholars. 1/2 #booksky14 Apr 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhhfvmwik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjd44gjn3k22Today’s viewing: #TheStoryofMySon (To, 1990) Johnnie To’s emotionally gritty and devastating portrayal of a father whose wife dies leaving him in debt and then he gambles to pay off the debt leading to him seeking aid from Triad loan sharks all while raising his children. #filmsky12 Apr 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd44gjn3k22https://bsky.app/profile/brfaucette.bsky.social/post/3mjb75v45n226Tonight’s viewing: Hidden in the Fog (Kjellgren, 1953) Swedish noir film clearly inspired by Preminger’s iconic Laura (1944) with a solid performance from Eva Henning as Lora a woman who shoots her husband and then discovers that she is not responsible for his death as he died from poison. #filmsky12 Apr 2026 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:x2lkja3sy22h4b6bon7ofmxq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjb75v45n226