chris wei (he/him)

phd candidate @ univ. of iowa; author; editor; teacher; tutor; artist; postmormon; socialist. my books, articles, podcasts, albums, & videos are @

[chris wei (he/him) @therealchriswei]

my “cinema saturday” online movie club has chosen our lineup for FEBRUARY 2026!

• Feb 7th — THE DOOM GENERATION (Araki, 1995)
• 14th — FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hsiao-hsien, 1998)
• 21 — THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (Ophüls, 1953)
• 28 — A STORY WRITTEN WITH WATER (Yoshida, 1965)

[Boots Riley @BootsRiley]

Stopping to get us coffee first. There in 7min

[chris wei (he/him) @therealchriswei]

my ★★★★★ review of PAPER TRAIL (dir. @donhertzfeldt, 2026) on @letterboxd: https://t.co/5ag6Kcru10

[Cole Sandick🌹🇵🇸🇺🇦🇸🇩 @ColeSandick]

One could argue the current state of the internet is the single greatest indictment on capitalism today, which is saying something. What should on paper easily be a boundless source of information and creativity is now just a vehicle for profit extraction, spying, ads and slop.

[Art-Eater ➡️⬇️↘️🐲👊 @Richmond_Lee]

In the Sinosphere, there was never a widespread notion that action films were lesser than contemporary drama. This is a huge difference between Hollywood and East Asian films in general. Look at how Tony Leung took Shang-Chi more seriously than the director.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

The most annoying thing about being human right now is knowing we already have the intelligence and resources to end world hunger, fight climate change, and cure cancer, but greed and billionaires keep millions suffering instead. The wasted human potential is heartbreaking.

[Fergenstein @BiigRED_95]

How do you read things like this and not want them GONE

[Is This Real Art ? @IsThisRealArt_]

It gets worse when you find out she said this to arts and humanities graduates who are about to enter the workspace while it's facing higher rates of unemployment due to corporate greed using AI to replace them.

Incredibly insensitive and out of touch as a graduation speech.

[🅱️ete oaks @b0newalljackson]

every single thing about this video is funny to me

[KYO @ThaKidKY0_]

this video kills me all the time why does he have a 3 second realisation of his existence and forgets it a frame after

[anastasia @SapphicCineaste]

my goat

[Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow]

Definitely; the very idea of disliking a filmmaker, rather than someone's films to date, is trouble, because it happens (and not that rarely) that the person's new film is wonderful and even inaugurates a great run of work.

[coffee @eventualforever]

surely this is the most significant and anticipated restoration project of the decade?

[chris wei (he/him) @therealchriswei]

this is monumental news

[Warner Bros. Clockwork @clockwork_wb]

KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS.
The Director’s Cut. Restored and Remastered.
In Theaters October 16.

[chris wei (he/him) @therealchriswei]

@RestorationGame how many unmatched boards/maps can fit in the pocket of the 'brawl bag'?

[anastasia @SapphicCineaste]

if this is the original uncut version then this is easily one of the most exciting and significant re-releases of the past decade. hopefully people are finally ready for it

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Michelle Yeoh jumping a motorbike onto a moving train in Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992) isn’t a trick shot, it’s really her doing it. A stunt that feels completely unhinged even by today’s standards.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Kids are going to schools where no one assigns them books, and where computers come pre-loaded with AI that writes for them. The effects on developing brains will be catastrophic. In ten years we’ll see what a horrendous mistake this was, but by then the damage will be done.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Literally, we’ve spent our whole lives being told our purpose was to feed the economy and make life prosperous for shareholders. In doing so, we’ve given up everything else: art, poetry, cinema, literacy, cultural memory, the natural world. Gone. All of it gone to feed the maw.

[Clarence Thomas the Tank Engine @TheRealJChubby]

There is more than enough food. There is more than enough housing. We could give everyone healthcare and education. But we let the greediest people on earth profit from it instead of providing for the people.