Jack Rourke

Writer (UNIVERSE IN FLUX out now). Filmmaker (CORROSIVE SANDS REVEAL THE MIND / DESTINATION UNKNOWN). Visual artist .

[san 🇵🇸 @ndsnas]

good morning, lmao

[dani @AutismRonin]

God this is so much better

[coffee @eventualforever]

all of this because people were too stupid to look up what lugubrious meant

[Rory Glynn @roryglynnmovies]

“Tim, I’m gonna get right to it…there’s an unconfirmed report that Col. Steven J. Lockjaw purchased a ticket to see Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY”.

[brecht apologist @madison_tayt]

it’s actually not difficult to do if you have standards and also taste

[maK 🔻 @TheyThemItalian]

she's being too nice

[Jack Rourke @celluloidrifter]

@Skullgrin140 Worth noting how mercenary he is about covering new blockbusters (read: “people will watch these videos and I need something to keep the lights on”).

see also: RLM continuing to cover Star Wars nonsense even though you can tell (understandably) they just don’t care anymore

[Jack Rourke @celluloidrifter]

Remember when everyone lost their goddamn minds and had a bullshit culture war over a movie so superfluous and terrible, it probably helped kill the theatrical market for studio comedies?

Yeah, let’s move on from that.

[The Ghostbusters @GhostSmashers]

Happy 10th to #Ghostbusters: Answer The Call! 🚫👻

[Jack Rourke @celluloidrifter]

@GentleDoofus @kipjmooney Is the Up series the only use case for good/valid documentary sequels?

[Jack Rourke @celluloidrifter]

@Skullgrin140 I always find James Rolfe a very curious figure, seeing as he’s the one exception to the “everyone has ideology now after GamerGate!” head-funk and didn’t really change that much beyond YouTube’s increasingly precarious financial skullduggery

[Jack Rourke @celluloidrifter]

@UncleDrewStan And that somehow the Paul Feig one is the least terrible of the bunch by virtue of “hey at least they were aiming at making a comedy and not some pseudo-Amblin legacy sequel crap”

[Definitely Not Al Gore 🇺🇲🇺🇦🇵🇸 @AlDefinitely]

Jesus this is so insanely dehumanizing

[Richard Newby @RichardLNewby3]

I’m not running for office, Heather…

[Geoff Thew @G0ffThew]

Because Americans are conditioned to view art as a mental shutoff valve for when work is done, and so the implication that they should ever think about their entertainment or seek out something unfamiliar and challenging offends them on a spiritual level.

[Heavy Metal @HeavyMetalInk]

Johnny Bruck (1921-1995) was a German illustrator regarded as one of the most important European science fiction illustrators of the 20th century, best known for his work on the legendary Perry Rhodan series 🚀

[Jack Rourke @celluloidrifter]

@RichardLNewby3 @DawsonEJoyce This woman wants us to die for oil execs, her shithead boss and all manner of oligarchs. The Hague’s too good for her.

[Nuanced Film Takes @BadFilmTakes1]

Sometimes, I see people dismiss Cronenberg's movies as "too short," but the "no shot or idea wasted" pacing of his films are why they hit you like a conceptual and visceral sledgehammer. Example: The sauna scene in Eastern Promises wouldn't work as effectively in a longer movie.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Absolutely insane that this isn’t already illegal.

[Vintage Las Vegas @summacorp]

Tropicana, 1980. Folies Bergere, Sam Butera, and Disco Dimensions.

[Jack Rourke @celluloidrifter]

@letterboxd when are you going to allow music videos??