Ilya Glazkov
@ilglaz.bsky.social
33 || Writer by trade. Film scholar by education. Pacifist by choice. Geek by passion. Myself by nature || He/Him
Unthinkably for a Kyrgyz film (or anything produced in the USSR, really), #AkMöör also features a sex scene!
And it's as subtle as it is sensual.
And it's as subtle as it is sensual.
September 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Unthinkably for a Kyrgyz film (or anything produced in the USSR, really), #AkMöör also features a sex scene!
And it's as subtle as it is sensual.
And it's as subtle as it is sensual.
Went to a special screening of a 1969 Kyrgyz classic #AkMöör tonight.
A cinematic poem of the highest order: told (and often sung!) in verse, staged like a theater play, framed like an avantgarde silent film. And Tattybyubyu Tursunbayeva is one of the most beautiful women to ever walk this earth.
A cinematic poem of the highest order: told (and often sung!) in verse, staged like a theater play, framed like an avantgarde silent film. And Tattybyubyu Tursunbayeva is one of the most beautiful women to ever walk this earth.
September 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Went to a special screening of a 1969 Kyrgyz classic #AkMöör tonight.
A cinematic poem of the highest order: told (and often sung!) in verse, staged like a theater play, framed like an avantgarde silent film. And Tattybyubyu Tursunbayeva is one of the most beautiful women to ever walk this earth.
A cinematic poem of the highest order: told (and often sung!) in verse, staged like a theater play, framed like an avantgarde silent film. And Tattybyubyu Tursunbayeva is one of the most beautiful women to ever walk this earth.
Jeremy Irons has his share of odd career choices, but wearing this ponytail in #CallasForever gotta be in the Top 3.
September 17, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Jeremy Irons has his share of odd career choices, but wearing this ponytail in #CallasForever gotta be in the Top 3.
September 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Ну вообще лет десять назад могла бы сыграть, да!
September 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Ну вообще лет десять назад могла бы сыграть, да!
Watching #MariaByCallas for a little work project, and it's astonishing how much the real Callas in 1970 looks like Angelina Jolie.
Pablo Larraín couldn't have picked a better actress for his film.
Pablo Larraín couldn't have picked a better actress for his film.
September 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Watching #MariaByCallas for a little work project, and it's astonishing how much the real Callas in 1970 looks like Angelina Jolie.
Pablo Larraín couldn't have picked a better actress for his film.
Pablo Larraín couldn't have picked a better actress for his film.
Mission Accomplished ✅
I've been spending entirely too much time in #CODWarzone the past few months, but hey, it's my last opportunity to do so before they discontinue the PS4 version.
I've been spending entirely too much time in #CODWarzone the past few months, but hey, it's my last opportunity to do so before they discontinue the PS4 version.
September 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Mission Accomplished ✅
I've been spending entirely too much time in #CODWarzone the past few months, but hey, it's my last opportunity to do so before they discontinue the PS4 version.
I've been spending entirely too much time in #CODWarzone the past few months, but hey, it's my last opportunity to do so before they discontinue the PS4 version.
Revisited #EndOfDays, and it features some of the most delightfully excessive editing I've ever seen.
We made fun on Liam Neeson needing a dozen cuts to climb a fence, but this might be even more hilarious. And, unlike Taken 3, it has Arnold blowing up Satan with a grenade launcher!
We made fun on Liam Neeson needing a dozen cuts to climb a fence, but this might be even more hilarious. And, unlike Taken 3, it has Arnold blowing up Satan with a grenade launcher!
September 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Revisited #EndOfDays, and it features some of the most delightfully excessive editing I've ever seen.
We made fun on Liam Neeson needing a dozen cuts to climb a fence, but this might be even more hilarious. And, unlike Taken 3, it has Arnold blowing up Satan with a grenade launcher!
We made fun on Liam Neeson needing a dozen cuts to climb a fence, but this might be even more hilarious. And, unlike Taken 3, it has Arnold blowing up Satan with a grenade launcher!
How the fuck did they manage to make Cooper Hoffman look unsexy?
I guess, developing AI does that to a man.
#Artificial
I guess, developing AI does that to a man.
#Artificial
September 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
How the fuck did they manage to make Cooper Hoffman look unsexy?
I guess, developing AI does that to a man.
#Artificial
I guess, developing AI does that to a man.
#Artificial
Back on my #TheNanny train again.
Was really curious how they've adapted the Kibbutz episode in Russia (they didn't). But the next one, where Fran goes on a date with a mobster, was predictably delightful. "Mr. Tony" turned into a bashful Ukrainian gangster with peak 1990s fashion and haircut.
Was really curious how they've adapted the Kibbutz episode in Russia (they didn't). But the next one, where Fran goes on a date with a mobster, was predictably delightful. "Mr. Tony" turned into a bashful Ukrainian gangster with peak 1990s fashion and haircut.
September 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Back on my #TheNanny train again.
Was really curious how they've adapted the Kibbutz episode in Russia (they didn't). But the next one, where Fran goes on a date with a mobster, was predictably delightful. "Mr. Tony" turned into a bashful Ukrainian gangster with peak 1990s fashion and haircut.
Was really curious how they've adapted the Kibbutz episode in Russia (they didn't). But the next one, where Fran goes on a date with a mobster, was predictably delightful. "Mr. Tony" turned into a bashful Ukrainian gangster with peak 1990s fashion and haircut.
Revisited #TheAmazingSpiderMan2 last night.
Remember hating it back in 2014. But now, watching it back-to-back with the original TASM, it's shocking how much of an improvement it is in pretty much every aspect. Cinematography, production design, music, pacing, VFX. Everything...
...except story 🙃
Remember hating it back in 2014. But now, watching it back-to-back with the original TASM, it's shocking how much of an improvement it is in pretty much every aspect. Cinematography, production design, music, pacing, VFX. Everything...
...except story 🙃
August 31, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Revisited #TheAmazingSpiderMan2 last night.
Remember hating it back in 2014. But now, watching it back-to-back with the original TASM, it's shocking how much of an improvement it is in pretty much every aspect. Cinematography, production design, music, pacing, VFX. Everything...
...except story 🙃
Remember hating it back in 2014. But now, watching it back-to-back with the original TASM, it's shocking how much of an improvement it is in pretty much every aspect. Cinematography, production design, music, pacing, VFX. Everything...
...except story 🙃
Listening to #TheAmazingSpiderMan commentary, and jfc Avi Arad is a creep.
August 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Listening to #TheAmazingSpiderMan commentary, and jfc Avi Arad is a creep.
And that's it for #Foretales!
What a delightful, stylish, inventive, occasionally frustrating adventure it was.
Love how it made failure meaningful: you simply cannot save the world on your first try. But you can learn from your mistakes and then explore new strategies.
What a delightful, stylish, inventive, occasionally frustrating adventure it was.
Love how it made failure meaningful: you simply cannot save the world on your first try. But you can learn from your mistakes and then explore new strategies.
August 30, 2026 at 8:18 AM
And that's it for #Foretales!
What a delightful, stylish, inventive, occasionally frustrating adventure it was.
Love how it made failure meaningful: you simply cannot save the world on your first try. But you can learn from your mistakes and then explore new strategies.
What a delightful, stylish, inventive, occasionally frustrating adventure it was.
Love how it made failure meaningful: you simply cannot save the world on your first try. But you can learn from your mistakes and then explore new strategies.
Really? Within Russia, Mikhalkov is pretty much the tsar of our cinema, making or breaking careers as he pleases.
And he had global renown too; though, I suppose, it's been some time ago.
But still: Burnt by the Sun, Urga, At Home Among Strangers..., Five Evenings. All amazing movies.
And he had global renown too; though, I suppose, it's been some time ago.
But still: Burnt by the Sun, Urga, At Home Among Strangers..., Five Evenings. All amazing movies.
August 30, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Really? Within Russia, Mikhalkov is pretty much the tsar of our cinema, making or breaking careers as he pleases.
And he had global renown too; though, I suppose, it's been some time ago.
But still: Burnt by the Sun, Urga, At Home Among Strangers..., Five Evenings. All amazing movies.
And he had global renown too; though, I suppose, it's been some time ago.
But still: Burnt by the Sun, Urga, At Home Among Strangers..., Five Evenings. All amazing movies.
Somehow I never noticed that #TheAmazingSpiderMan never resolves:
1) What happened to Peter's parents;
2) What happened to uncle Ben's killer;
3) What happened to Mr. Ratha.
Not only that, the movie directly CALLS ITSELF OUT on not bringing closure to its subplots!
1) What happened to Peter's parents;
2) What happened to uncle Ben's killer;
3) What happened to Mr. Ratha.
Not only that, the movie directly CALLS ITSELF OUT on not bringing closure to its subplots!
August 29, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Somehow I never noticed that #TheAmazingSpiderMan never resolves:
1) What happened to Peter's parents;
2) What happened to uncle Ben's killer;
3) What happened to Mr. Ratha.
Not only that, the movie directly CALLS ITSELF OUT on not bringing closure to its subplots!
1) What happened to Peter's parents;
2) What happened to uncle Ben's killer;
3) What happened to Mr. Ratha.
Not only that, the movie directly CALLS ITSELF OUT on not bringing closure to its subplots!
August 26, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Rewatching #SpiderMan and keep thinking how Tobey Maguire feels kinda miscast.
This Peter is written with a hint of danger to him. A weird quiet kid who's one bad day away from snapping. Heath Ledger or Jake Gyllenhaal could bring that darkness to the surface. Maguire downplays it into blandness.
This Peter is written with a hint of danger to him. A weird quiet kid who's one bad day away from snapping. Heath Ledger or Jake Gyllenhaal could bring that darkness to the surface. Maguire downplays it into blandness.
August 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Rewatching #SpiderMan and keep thinking how Tobey Maguire feels kinda miscast.
This Peter is written with a hint of danger to him. A weird quiet kid who's one bad day away from snapping. Heath Ledger or Jake Gyllenhaal could bring that darkness to the surface. Maguire downplays it into blandness.
This Peter is written with a hint of danger to him. A weird quiet kid who's one bad day away from snapping. Heath Ledger or Jake Gyllenhaal could bring that darkness to the surface. Maguire downplays it into blandness.
Funny thing is, as incompetent as #3DevAdam is at being a "superhero" crime thriller, whenever it gets to sex and grisly murders, there are some genuinely inspired giallo-esque visuals!
Clearly that's the kind of movie they *really* wanted to make.
Clearly that's the kind of movie they *really* wanted to make.
August 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Funny thing is, as incompetent as #3DevAdam is at being a "superhero" crime thriller, whenever it gets to sex and grisly murders, there are some genuinely inspired giallo-esque visuals!
Clearly that's the kind of movie they *really* wanted to make.
Clearly that's the kind of movie they *really* wanted to make.
This is, without a doubt, the funniest-sounding fight scene in the entire history of cinema.
Same "oof" is reused no fewer than five (!) times across 39 seconds. And it's placed directly over the rest of the soundtrack, so whenever they punch the bandit, everything else disappears.
#3DevAdam
Same "oof" is reused no fewer than five (!) times across 39 seconds. And it's placed directly over the rest of the soundtrack, so whenever they punch the bandit, everything else disappears.
#3DevAdam
August 22, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This is, without a doubt, the funniest-sounding fight scene in the entire history of cinema.
Same "oof" is reused no fewer than five (!) times across 39 seconds. And it's placed directly over the rest of the soundtrack, so whenever they punch the bandit, everything else disappears.
#3DevAdam
Same "oof" is reused no fewer than five (!) times across 39 seconds. And it's placed directly over the rest of the soundtrack, so whenever they punch the bandit, everything else disappears.
#3DevAdam
Oh, definitely Atlantis.
We have a fairly defined idea of what Camelot is. But Atlantis is the ultimate fuel for imagination. Where was it? What did its culture look like? What incredible technology it developed? Why did it disappear?
Endless storytelling potential!
We have a fairly defined idea of what Camelot is. But Atlantis is the ultimate fuel for imagination. Where was it? What did its culture look like? What incredible technology it developed? Why did it disappear?
Endless storytelling potential!
August 22, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Oh, definitely Atlantis.
We have a fairly defined idea of what Camelot is. But Atlantis is the ultimate fuel for imagination. Where was it? What did its culture look like? What incredible technology it developed? Why did it disappear?
Endless storytelling potential!
We have a fairly defined idea of what Camelot is. But Atlantis is the ultimate fuel for imagination. Where was it? What did its culture look like? What incredible technology it developed? Why did it disappear?
Endless storytelling potential!
Exploring the Japanese #SpiderMan series.
Not only is it delightfully ridiculous, the 1970s filmmaking hits like crack. Look at this shot alone! Focus pulling magic ✨
Not only is it delightfully ridiculous, the 1970s filmmaking hits like crack. Look at this shot alone! Focus pulling magic ✨
August 21, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Exploring the Japanese #SpiderMan series.
Not only is it delightfully ridiculous, the 1970s filmmaking hits like crack. Look at this shot alone! Focus pulling magic ✨
Not only is it delightfully ridiculous, the 1970s filmmaking hits like crack. Look at this shot alone! Focus pulling magic ✨
Unsure where this pic came from, but the irony is delicious.
Hudson Williams, star of one of the biggest queer shows ever, wears a t-shirt featuring the film Ivan's Childhood and its star Nikolai Burlyayev.
Meanwhile, Burlyayev is a raging homophobe and would probably have a stroke if he saw this.
Hudson Williams, star of one of the biggest queer shows ever, wears a t-shirt featuring the film Ivan's Childhood and its star Nikolai Burlyayev.
Meanwhile, Burlyayev is a raging homophobe and would probably have a stroke if he saw this.
August 18, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Unsure where this pic came from, but the irony is delicious.
Hudson Williams, star of one of the biggest queer shows ever, wears a t-shirt featuring the film Ivan's Childhood and its star Nikolai Burlyayev.
Meanwhile, Burlyayev is a raging homophobe and would probably have a stroke if he saw this.
Hudson Williams, star of one of the biggest queer shows ever, wears a t-shirt featuring the film Ivan's Childhood and its star Nikolai Burlyayev.
Meanwhile, Burlyayev is a raging homophobe and would probably have a stroke if he saw this.