Walter Chaw
@mangiotto.bsky.social
I write about movies. Sometimes I talk about them. Usually just write. Award-winning screenwriter for what it's worth. Film instructor at the University of Colorado, Denver, but ridiculous social media presence definitely my own. http://walterchaw.com
Showing my students THE KILLER (1989) tonight. Hadn't marked it before, but the visual connection to MANHUNTER (1986) seems obvious now. What a gorgeous film.
Chow Yun Fat's Gun in The Killer
ALT: Chow Yun Fat's Gun in The Killer
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September 19, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Showing my students THE KILLER (1989) tonight. Hadn't marked it before, but the visual connection to MANHUNTER (1986) seems obvious now. What a gorgeous film.
Best recently watched new releases? Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL, Andrew Patterson's THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING and Padraic McKinley's THE WEIGHT. While Bill gets well, follow me over at Letterboxd. letterboxd.com/walter_chaw/
September 18, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Best recently watched new releases? Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL, Andrew Patterson's THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING and Padraic McKinley's THE WEIGHT. While Bill gets well, follow me over at Letterboxd. letterboxd.com/walter_chaw/
Zach Cregger's next video game adaptation should be Katamari Damacy. You heard me.
September 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Zach Cregger's next video game adaptation should be Katamari Damacy. You heard me.
BREAKING: Ultimate Man has hankerin for more cow bell
Ultimate Man shook my hand and then told me exactly how I was going to die.
September 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: Ultimate Man has hankerin for more cow bell
You can also buy a version that can tell you when your son's hocky team is going to fall through the ice.
Ultimate Man shook my hand and then told me exactly how I was going to die.
September 18, 2026 at 6:55 PM
You can also buy a version that can tell you when your son's hocky team is going to fall through the ice.
Thinking about the free outdoor screening of 2001 at Telluride this year that was so loud it received noise complaints and could be heard all the way across town. As it should be.
September 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Thinking about the free outdoor screening of 2001 at Telluride this year that was so loud it received noise complaints and could be heard all the way across town. As it should be.
Tried something new today: I bought comp books & pens for all my students in my upper div. class. I gave them 15min after each film to just journal about what they saw - it didn't necessarily have to be about the film so long as it addressed memories/emotions evoked by the film. No phones. Physical.
September 18, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Tried something new today: I bought comp books & pens for all my students in my upper div. class. I gave them 15min after each film to just journal about what they saw - it didn't necessarily have to be about the film so long as it addressed memories/emotions evoked by the film. No phones. Physical.
Showing my Film Hist 1 class SUNRISE and HAXAN tonight.
September 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Showing my Film Hist 1 class SUNRISE and HAXAN tonight.
Showing my intro class "It's a Good Life" today so they can see how we talk about fascism without talking about it.
Twilight Zone: Opie's Unsettling Gaze
ALT: Twilight Zone: Opie's Unsettling Gaze
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September 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Showing my intro class "It's a Good Life" today so they can see how we talk about fascism without talking about it.
Just watched the trailer for Luca Guadagnino's ARTIFICIAL and was reminded I interviewed him once after BONES AND ALL: filmfreakcentral.net/2022/11/luca...
To Speak!: FFC Interviews Luca Guadagnino - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
Walter Chaw interviews Luca Guadagnino, director of BONES AND ALL Sicilian-born Luca Guadagnino is a chronicler of the sensual, of the sublime and occasionally ridiculous. He’s a sensationalist in the...
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September 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Just watched the trailer for Luca Guadagnino's ARTIFICIAL and was reminded I interviewed him once after BONES AND ALL: filmfreakcentral.net/2022/11/luca...
I hear from festivals sometimes about how they're remaining agnostic about AI, wanting to explore both sides and potential uses for a world-destroying, thieving LLM and fuck you. Fuck. You.
September 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I hear from festivals sometimes about how they're remaining agnostic about AI, wanting to explore both sides and potential uses for a world-destroying, thieving LLM and fuck you. Fuck. You.
I went in expecting a Leon Helm biopic. Came out having watched this kickass, righteous throwback BOXCAR BERTHA/THIEVES LIKE US backwoods actioner.
Starring Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe, THE WEIGHT opens in theaters this week. It was one of the best films at both Sundance and Berlin this year. I wish there was more hoopla around it. Please see it. I don't think you'll be disappointed. www.vulture.com/article/the-...
We Don’t Get Movies Like The Weight Much Anymore
Think of this atmospheric, exciting survival thriller as The Wages of Fear (or Sorcerer, if you prefer) but on foot.
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September 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I went in expecting a Leon Helm biopic. Came out having watched this kickass, righteous throwback BOXCAR BERTHA/THIEVES LIKE US backwoods actioner.
Yeah, I kind of love THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING.
September 15, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Yeah, I kind of love THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING.
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Macklemore: Palestinian children are people.
Robert Kraft *actively getting a handjob from a strip mall prostitute he refuses to tip*: We must ban this hate speech from every stadium in America. Let me call up my friends, the Epstein client list.
Ed Sheeran: Good point, sir. Both sides, sir.
Robert Kraft *actively getting a handjob from a strip mall prostitute he refuses to tip*: We must ban this hate speech from every stadium in America. Let me call up my friends, the Epstein client list.
Ed Sheeran: Good point, sir. Both sides, sir.
September 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Macklemore: Palestinian children are people.
Robert Kraft *actively getting a handjob from a strip mall prostitute he refuses to tip*: We must ban this hate speech from every stadium in America. Let me call up my friends, the Epstein client list.
Ed Sheeran: Good point, sir. Both sides, sir.
Robert Kraft *actively getting a handjob from a strip mall prostitute he refuses to tip*: We must ban this hate speech from every stadium in America. Let me call up my friends, the Epstein client list.
Ed Sheeran: Good point, sir. Both sides, sir.
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Our 11 month journey ranking all 35 features directed by Robert Altman comes to an end!
ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT: PART FOUR
Picks #14 to #1
with GMs Ryan Marker, @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social, @mangiotto.bsky.social, @emilystjams.bsky.social, & co-commish @aduralde.bsky.social
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ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT: PART FOUR
Picks #14 to #1
with GMs Ryan Marker, @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social, @mangiotto.bsky.social, @emilystjams.bsky.social, & co-commish @aduralde.bsky.social
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September 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Our 11 month journey ranking all 35 features directed by Robert Altman comes to an end!
ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT: PART FOUR
Picks #14 to #1
with GMs Ryan Marker, @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social, @mangiotto.bsky.social, @emilystjams.bsky.social, & co-commish @aduralde.bsky.social
Listen everywhere!
ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT: PART FOUR
Picks #14 to #1
with GMs Ryan Marker, @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social, @mangiotto.bsky.social, @emilystjams.bsky.social, & co-commish @aduralde.bsky.social
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Hallucinating AI robots wrote an article in one of the largest English papers in the world saying I quit writing to become a gardener. I did not! Instead, I wrote about them. Read on: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/i-wandered...
September 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Hallucinating AI robots wrote an article in one of the largest English papers in the world saying I quit writing to become a gardener. I did not! Instead, I wrote about them. Read on: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/i-wandered...
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Dear readers - our fearless leader @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social is ailing and thus our output delayed until his recovery. In the meantime, I'll be posting to my @letterboxd.social account and thinking healing thoughts that I hope you'll join me in thinking. letterboxd.com/Walter_Chaw/
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Walter uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 318 films watched. Favorites: The Conversation (1974), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Seconds (1966), Fireworks (1997). Bio: Senior critic...
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September 11, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Dear readers - our fearless leader @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social is ailing and thus our output delayed until his recovery. In the meantime, I'll be posting to my @letterboxd.social account and thinking healing thoughts that I hope you'll join me in thinking. letterboxd.com/Walter_Chaw/
This. This this.
Colleges could subsidize books for students rather than paying for premium versions of ChatGPT
September 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This. This this.
I have never failed to have been disappointed by festival officials. It's a feature, not a bug, when your currency is access.
September 15, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I have never failed to have been disappointed by festival officials. It's a feature, not a bug, when your currency is access.
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Hi everyone sorry to pull a Mitch McConnell on you. Still in hospital but starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel. You won't hear from me for a while, but I miss you all.
September 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Hi everyone sorry to pull a Mitch McConnell on you. Still in hospital but starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel. You won't hear from me for a while, but I miss you all.
Speaking on a panel today.
September 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Speaking on a panel today.
Just watched PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 in which everyone looks very surprised they just bit into a lemon.
September 14, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Just watched PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 in which everyone looks very surprised they just bit into a lemon.
I remember when I was a kid how Ken Branagh was essentially the pre-eminent Shakespearian. I learned so much from his adaptations. HENRY V was galvanizing. Anyway, just watched MAYDAY and I didn't hate it in a SPIES LIKE US kind of late-80s desperate, high-concept Glasnost buddy comedy kind of way.
September 14, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I remember when I was a kid how Ken Branagh was essentially the pre-eminent Shakespearian. I learned so much from his adaptations. HENRY V was galvanizing. Anyway, just watched MAYDAY and I didn't hate it in a SPIES LIKE US kind of late-80s desperate, high-concept Glasnost buddy comedy kind of way.
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Part 4 of the ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT, the Top 14 w/ Ryan, @emilystjams.bsky.social, @mangiotto.bsky.social, @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social, & @aduralde.bsky.social, premieres THIS WEEK!
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The co-commish, Mr. Ryan Marker, has been asking for a Draft of the films of great American auteur Robert Altman since the very beginning of
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September 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Part 4 of the ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT, the Top 14 w/ Ryan, @emilystjams.bsky.social, @mangiotto.bsky.social, @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social, & @aduralde.bsky.social, premieres THIS WEEK!
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Haven't listened to Parts 1-3 yet? Listen ad-free in the Booster Club!
Part 1:
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