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michael metzger

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Joined January 2018
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the Block Cinema branded tissue packs for our 35mm screening of SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS with director Ken Kwapis have arrived blockmuseum.northwestern.edu…
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oh hey, Block Cinema in the Trib talking a about Denis Mitchell’s absolutely phenomenal, suppressed 1961 doc CHICAGO: FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF A GREAT AMERICAN CITY
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@chicagotribuneOct 28
A long-suppressed 1961 documentary about Chicago is unearthed chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…
A long-suppressed 1961 documentary about Chicago is unearthed

A long-suppressed 1961 documentary about Chicago is unearthed

“Chicago: First Impressions of a Great American City” was a co-production by the BBC. Mayor Daley and others were outraged at this “seamy,” warts-and-all portrayal of the city.

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my 2nd proudest ebay score.
Joshua Minsoo Kim (@misterminsoo) profile pictureJoshua Minsoo Kim@misterminsooOct 27
SLIDATHON (MIT Media Lab/Architecture Machine Group, 1976) 54,000 images from the MIT Slide Library photographed on 16mm, meant to be transferred to Laserdisc to demonstrate the possibilities of optical media for random-access storage. Insanely memorable. 18fps, silent, 50 mins.
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Joshua Minsoo Kim@misterminsooMay 16
This is tonight!!! The second-ever screening of these beautiful films from Parine Jaddo ✨
Joshua Minsoo Kim (@misterminsoo) profile pictureJoshua Minsoo Kim@misterminsooMay 10
I'm excited to announce "My Heart Falls at Daybreak," a special screening of Iraqi-Lebanese director Parine Jaddo's short film trilogy. These works were the highlight of this year's Prismatic Ground festival, and I'm excited to present these works in their second-ever screening.
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What an amazing thing to read in this great @toneglow interview w/ Karen Sperling on the eve of the 1st screening of her 1971 feature MAKE A FACE in 50+ years: "I wanted to share an individual so deeply that people could come to know themselves. Now, I finally know I succeeded."
Joshua Minsoo Kim (@misterminsoo) profile pictureJoshua Minsoo Kim@misterminsooMay 15
Earlier this week I spoke with Karen Sperling. She is part of the Warner Bros. family but made two incredible, independent psychodramas in the 1970s that can be described as proto-Yvonne Rainer. One was made with the first all-women film crew. They've recently been revived.
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Joshua Minsoo Kim@misterminsooMay 15
Earlier this week I spoke with Karen Sperling. She is part of the Warner Bros. family but made two incredible, independent psychodramas in the 1970s that can be described as proto-Yvonne Rainer. One was made with the first all-women film crew. They've recently been revived.
Tone Glow (@toneglow) profile pictureTone Glow@toneglowMay 15
"The bottom line was that dreams, fantasy, and reality are all equal. I wanted to depict life in that way." —Karen Sperling @misterminsoo talks with the American filmmaker about her two recently revived psychodrama masterpieces, MAKE A FACE (1971) and THE WAITING ROOM (1973)
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Chicago: you have two opportunities to see THE POEM OF HAYACHINE VALLEY in 16mm this month. May 23 at @docfilmschicago.
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The Theater of the Matters (@theater_matters) profile pictureThe Theater of the Matters@theater_mattersApr 30
Chicago~ This 16mm print of Sumiko Haneda’s THE POEM OF HAYACHINE VALLEY screens May 14 at Block Museum of Art. blockmuseum.northwestern.edu…
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Chicago~ This 16mm print of Sumiko Haneda’s THE POEM OF HAYACHINE VALLEY screens May 14 at Block Museum of Art. blockmuseum.northwestern.edu…
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The Theater of the Matters (@theater_matters) profile pictureThe Theater of the Matters@theater_mattersMar 11
The 16mm print of Sumiko Haneda’s THE POEM OF HAYACHINE VALLEY has arrived from Japan. Screens just once (in its original, 185-min cut) this Saturday at Light Industry.
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nasty lil j@Josiphas2 Nov 2025
LOS ANGELES GO TO YOUR NEAREST EREWHON AND TAKE EVERYTHING!!!!
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the bad news about our 35mm print for tonight's WOLFEN screening is that it's pretty faded (lots of color remaining, but the darks have mostly gone brown). the good news is that it retains the Tom Waits cameo cut out of most available versions of the film
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Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skies

Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skies

This really is a very deep and powerful song, and IMO the best on C...

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in celebration of successfully getting empty bottle tickets today (and of the cat o’nine tails release), here’s a clip of cindy lee doing “i don’t want to fall in love again” at lincoln hall in 2022
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Kenneth Roth
@KenRoth22 Jul 2025
A surgeon in Gaza on seeing the result of Israel's genocide: "nothing has prepared me for the sheer horror I’m witnessing now: the weaponization of starvation against an entire population." theguardian.com/commentisfre…

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? |...

A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

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we are constantly being televised a holocaust, i don’t know how you can be a human being and not feel an unfathomable despair at the conditions of our world and the outright nazis who cheer this on
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@AbubakerAbedW30 Jun 2025
Footage from the Israelis shows a drone strike targeting two innocent young Palestinians carrying their tent after being ordered to leave by the Israeli military. nitter.cf/KhaledSafi/status/1939…
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i’d share an NYT top ten list but it doesn’t let you choose EMPTY METAL (2018)
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neither HUMAN SURGE is offered for ranking
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BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK (2016) shut out
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