Collin Souter
@collinsouter.bsky.social
Film critic, CFCA member, teacher, co-host of the Christmas Movies Actually podcast, U2 fan, blu-ray collector.
https://www.collinsouter.com/
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Happy 50th birthday to Feedback, aka The Hype, aka U2. Y'all changed my life like you wouldn't believe. Still here.
September 25, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Happy 50th birthday to Feedback, aka The Hype, aka U2. Y'all changed my life like you wouldn't believe. Still here.
My latest episode of "O Blu-ray, Where Art Thou?" is up. For this, I talk about the little-seen Tim Curry-Bill Paxton starrer PASS THE AMMO (1988), a funny little comedy that made $00.97 at the box office. Also, new titles from @criterion.bsky.social and @kinolorber.com. Enjoy!
youtu.be/47G6wfj-Rxk
youtu.be/47G6wfj-Rxk
Episode 5 - PASS THE AMMO (1988) - plus new releases from CRITERION and KINO
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September 24, 2026 at 12:53 PM
My latest episode of "O Blu-ray, Where Art Thou?" is up. For this, I talk about the little-seen Tim Curry-Bill Paxton starrer PASS THE AMMO (1988), a funny little comedy that made $00.97 at the box office. Also, new titles from @criterion.bsky.social and @kinolorber.com. Enjoy!
youtu.be/47G6wfj-Rxk
youtu.be/47G6wfj-Rxk
I know it's not Friday, but I just like the burger-like motif happening with these Last Four Watched posters in this order.
September 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I know it's not Friday, but I just like the burger-like motif happening with these Last Four Watched posters in this order.
Hosting this one tonight. I cannot wait!
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!
Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD
Elk Grove Cinema
Weds, Sept. 16 (1 & 7 PM)
Collin Souter will host a live discussion after the evening show.
Get your tickets!
www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD
Elk Grove Cinema
Weds, Sept. 16 (1 & 7 PM)
Collin Souter will host a live discussion after the evening show.
Get your tickets!
www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
Something Wild
A free-spirited woman
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September 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Hosting this one tonight. I cannot wait!
Reposted by Collin Souter
IN 2 DAYS!
Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD
Elk Grove Cinema
Weds, Sept. 16 (1 & 7 PM)
Collin Souter will host a live discussion after the evening show.
Get your tickets!
www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD
Elk Grove Cinema
Weds, Sept. 16 (1 & 7 PM)
Collin Souter will host a live discussion after the evening show.
Get your tickets!
www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
Something Wild
A free-spirited woman
www.classiccinemas.com
September 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM
IN 2 DAYS!
Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD
Elk Grove Cinema
Weds, Sept. 16 (1 & 7 PM)
Collin Souter will host a live discussion after the evening show.
Get your tickets!
www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD
Elk Grove Cinema
Weds, Sept. 16 (1 & 7 PM)
Collin Souter will host a live discussion after the evening show.
Get your tickets!
www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
My latest Year-With-Hitchcock dispatch, for August.
Notorious (1946)
Memory of the Camps (1945 - 1980)
The Paradine Case (1946)
Rope (1948)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Stage Fright (1950)
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Notorious (1946)
Memory of the Camps (1945 - 1980)
The Paradine Case (1946)
Rope (1948)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Stage Fright (1950)
www.collinsouter.com/fbfmy-year-w...
My Year With Hitchcock: August
This year (2026), from January until December, I'll be watching every Alfred Hitchcock film I can find.
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September 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
My latest Year-With-Hitchcock dispatch, for August.
Notorious (1946)
Memory of the Camps (1945 - 1980)
The Paradine Case (1946)
Rope (1948)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Stage Fright (1950)
www.collinsouter.com/fbfmy-year-w...
Notorious (1946)
Memory of the Camps (1945 - 1980)
The Paradine Case (1946)
Rope (1948)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Stage Fright (1950)
www.collinsouter.com/fbfmy-year-w...
Another chance to see Jonathan Demme's classic SOMETHING WILD on the big screen! If you missd it at @chicagocritics.bsky.social, come on out Wednesday, 9/16 @ 7pm at the Elk Grove Theater. I'll be hosting a discussion afterwards.
www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
Something Wild
A free-spirited woman
www.classiccinemas.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Another chance to see Jonathan Demme's classic SOMETHING WILD on the big screen! If you missd it at @chicagocritics.bsky.social, come on out Wednesday, 9/16 @ 7pm at the Elk Grove Theater. I'll be hosting a discussion afterwards.
www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
Reposted by Collin Souter
Don't forget to get your tickets for the Critic's Classics presentation of Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD at Elk Grove Cinema on Weds, Sept. 16. Collin Souter will host and discuss with the audience afterwards at the evening show. www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
Something Wild
A free-spirited woman
www.classiccinemas.com
September 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Don't forget to get your tickets for the Critic's Classics presentation of Jonathan Demme's SOMETHING WILD at Elk Grove Cinema on Weds, Sept. 16. Collin Souter will host and discuss with the audience afterwards at the evening show. www.classiccinemas.com/f/something-...
Every 7 years, I become more and more amazed by this.
September 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Every 7 years, I become more and more amazed by this.
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Our latest episode is up! We are joined once again by Christine Sellin to talk about the anime classic, "Tokyo Godfathers," which takes a familiar story and sets it in Tokyo on Christmas Eve. Good talk, good people, good blu-rays as well. Enjoy!
www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmov...
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Christmas Movies Actually: 168 - Tokyo Godfathers (feat. Christine Sellin)
First-ever CMA guest Christine Sellin joins Kerry and Collin for a deep dive into the anime classic, "Tokyo Godfathers" (2003). The film was a new take on an old tale, first told in 1936, then again i...
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September 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Our latest episode is up! We are joined once again by Christine Sellin to talk about the anime classic, "Tokyo Godfathers," which takes a familiar story and sets it in Tokyo on Christmas Eve. Good talk, good people, good blu-rays as well. Enjoy!
www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmov...
www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmov...
Forgot I made this a few years ago when we went to see Muppet movies at the drive-in and the 3 Colours Trilogy at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social.
September 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Forgot I made this a few years ago when we went to see Muppet movies at the drive-in and the 3 Colours Trilogy at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social.
My latest episode of O Blu-ray, Where Art Thou? "9 to 5" has been available on blu-ray before, but it's way out of print and needs to return. Plus, reviews of more August releases from @criterion.bsky.social , Lionsgate, Sony, Alliance and @severinfilms.bsky.social. Enjoy! youtu.be/FcGXC0O0vZA?...
Episode 4: 9 TO 5 (1980) and new August Blu-ray/4K titles
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September 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
My latest episode of O Blu-ray, Where Art Thou? "9 to 5" has been available on blu-ray before, but it's way out of print and needs to return. Plus, reviews of more August releases from @criterion.bsky.social , Lionsgate, Sony, Alliance and @severinfilms.bsky.social. Enjoy! youtu.be/FcGXC0O0vZA?...
(L to R) Hosting a theatrical screening and discussion of a Demme classic, my Hitchcock film for the week, a birthday film for Kerry and this month's Bad Movie Night pick. Every film has a reason for existing.
#letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched
#letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched
September 4, 2026 at 11:19 AM
(L to R) Hosting a theatrical screening and discussion of a Demme classic, my Hitchcock film for the week, a birthday film for Kerry and this month's Bad Movie Night pick. Every film has a reason for existing.
#letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched
#letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched
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“Consumerism as activism” can be a questionable tactic… but it’s worth noting: if you all see COYOTE VS ACME this weekend and make it a giant hit… you will specifically humiliate David Zaslov and make him miserable… while also seeing an entertaining and heartfelt movie. The definition of win/win.
Wile E. Coyote Bored
Alt: Wile E. Coyote files his fingernails.
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August 29, 2026 at 10:42 PM
“Consumerism as activism” can be a questionable tactic… but it’s worth noting: if you all see COYOTE VS ACME this weekend and make it a giant hit… you will specifically humiliate David Zaslov and make him miserable… while also seeing an entertaining and heartfelt movie. The definition of win/win.
I'm hosting the two Demme films. These two films mean the world to me. If you live in the Northwest suburbs/Chicagoland area and can make it out this coming Wednesday and two week after that, get your tickets!
Playing in September at Elk Grove Cinema with the Critic's Classics series. A post-film discussion after every movie. Come join the club and get your tickets now for:
Sept. 2 - STOP MAKING SENSE
Sept. 16 - SOMETHING WILD
Sept. 30 - MANHUNTER: THE FINAL CUT
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Sept. 2 - STOP MAKING SENSE
Sept. 16 - SOMETHING WILD
Sept. 30 - MANHUNTER: THE FINAL CUT
www.classiccinemas.com/events/criti...
August 28, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I'm hosting the two Demme films. These two films mean the world to me. If you live in the Northwest suburbs/Chicagoland area and can make it out this coming Wednesday and two week after that, get your tickets!
Ask anyone who struggled with their queer identity during their youth and who felt their world change when they first saw "Rocky Horror," and they will tell you the same thing...
Tim Curry held the secret.
To life.
Itself.
Tim Curry held the secret.
To life.
Itself.
August 26, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Ask anyone who struggled with their queer identity during their youth and who felt their world change when they first saw "Rocky Horror," and they will tell you the same thing...
Tim Curry held the secret.
To life.
Itself.
Tim Curry held the secret.
To life.
Itself.
New episode is up! I talk about the little-seen cult-film-without-a-cult, MOTORAMA, from 1991, featuring an impressive roster of cult movie favorites and a wildly unpredictable storyline. I also look at a bunch of titles released from @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social . Enjoy! youtu.be/fAdvvcn9AoU
Episode 3: MOTORAMA (1991) and new Warner titles
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August 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
New episode is up! I talk about the little-seen cult-film-without-a-cult, MOTORAMA, from 1991, featuring an impressive roster of cult movie favorites and a wildly unpredictable storyline. I also look at a bunch of titles released from @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social . Enjoy! youtu.be/fAdvvcn9AoU
August 21, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Our latest episode is up! We talk about the charming and educational doc, BECOMING SANTA (2011), in which a man goes through Santa school and works some (unorthodox) Santa gigs. Kerry also talks about 3 more from "1,001 Movies You must See Before You Die."
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Christmas Movies Actually - 167: Becoming Santa (2011)
Kerry and collin look at this 2011 documentary starring a very likable guy named Jack Sanderson who decides to get into the Christmas spirit by learning the ropes on what it takes to be a Santa Claus.
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August 21, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Our latest episode is up! We talk about the charming and educational doc, BECOMING SANTA (2011), in which a man goes through Santa school and works some (unorthodox) Santa gigs. Kerry also talks about 3 more from "1,001 Movies You must See Before You Die."
www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmov...
www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmov...
Reposted by Collin Souter
On Sept. 2 & 16 the Critic's Classics Series will be celebrating Jonathan Demme at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove with screenings of STOP MAKING SENSE & SOMETHING WILD. Collin Souter will be hosting both evening shows and doing a discussion afterwards. www.classiccinemas.com/f/stop-makin...
August 20, 2026 at 11:50 AM
On Sept. 2 & 16 the Critic's Classics Series will be celebrating Jonathan Demme at Classic Cinemas - Elk Grove with screenings of STOP MAKING SENSE & SOMETHING WILD. Collin Souter will be hosting both evening shows and doing a discussion afterwards. www.classiccinemas.com/f/stop-makin...
ATTENTION CINEPHILES: Kerry is well on her way of achieving her goal of watching all 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, but she is having trouble finding the following films. We've tried all the usual avenues. Anybody out there with leads or physical media they can loan out? Here's the list:
August 19, 2026 at 2:38 PM
ATTENTION CINEPHILES: Kerry is well on her way of achieving her goal of watching all 1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, but she is having trouble finding the following films. We've tried all the usual avenues. Anybody out there with leads or physical media they can loan out? Here's the list:
Two weeks from tomorrow, I'll be hosting a screening of STOP MAKING SENSE at Elk Grove Cinema, 9/2 @ 7pm. Wear your biggest suit and join me! I'll be hosting a discussion after the film. LOTS to talk about with this one. Get tickets here:
www.classiccinemas.com/f/stop-makin...
www.classiccinemas.com/f/stop-makin...
Stop Making Sense
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 a...
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August 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Two weeks from tomorrow, I'll be hosting a screening of STOP MAKING SENSE at Elk Grove Cinema, 9/2 @ 7pm. Wear your biggest suit and join me! I'll be hosting a discussion after the film. LOTS to talk about with this one. Get tickets here:
www.classiccinemas.com/f/stop-makin...
www.classiccinemas.com/f/stop-makin...
Once again for the night crowd. Enjoy! www.rogerebert.com/features/how...
How I Spent Another Summer Vacation At The Drive-In
Another annual trip around the drive-ins of the Midwest, and the charms contained therein.
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August 17, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Once again for the night crowd. Enjoy! www.rogerebert.com/features/how...
Incredibly happy about my latest for @ebertvoices.bsky.social. I love the drive-in experience and love writing about it. They still exist and two of the ones we visited should be considered national treasures. Try to support one if you can. Enjoy! www.rogerebert.com/features/how...
How I Spent Another Summer Vacation At The Drive-In
Another annual trip around the drive-ins of the Midwest, and the charms contained therein.
www.rogerebert.com
August 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Incredibly happy about my latest for @ebertvoices.bsky.social. I love the drive-in experience and love writing about it. They still exist and two of the ones we visited should be considered national treasures. Try to support one if you can. Enjoy! www.rogerebert.com/features/how...
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If you ever listened to our episodes on SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT 4 & 5, you know we were big fans of make-up artist Screaming Mad George and his truly deranged sense of humor. He was an incredible magician with creature creations and the hilariously grotesque. We are so sad to hear of his passing.
August 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM
If you ever listened to our episodes on SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT 4 & 5, you know we were big fans of make-up artist Screaming Mad George and his truly deranged sense of humor. He was an incredible magician with creature creations and the hilariously grotesque. We are so sad to hear of his passing.