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TIFF_NET @tiffnet.bsky.social Transforming the way we see the world through film since 1976. Don’t miss our year-round programming at TIFF Lightbox. ✨
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Chicago Reader Union @chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social Official editorial union of the Chicago Reader, organizing with @chicagonewsguild.bsky.social. Established 2015.
Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social movies, socialism, occasionally history. newsletters on film, horror novel in progress. he/him
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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social neurotic, queer, latin american writer and programmer. they/them. co-creator & filmmaker for flaming classics. chair of the florida film critics circle. 
dr. schmoo @samuelernest.com writer, theologian, PhD religious studies from Yale, founding publisher and editor of @homodoxy.com + rearviewrag.com
Homodoxy @homodoxy.com a press for gay/queer/trans literature + theology; homodoxy.com; rearviewrag.com; https://homodoxy-shop.fourthwall.com/
Brooks Bolsinger @bolsingerbrooks.bsky.social He/him. I work in climate policy and get snarky about soccer and bikes. Opinions my own. EBFG.
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Saraghargh @saraghargh.bsky.social Excitable, existential, absurd. Ecologically motivated. Small time Canadian.
Writings at https://she-what.ghost.io/
David Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social Transportation planner working on making biking, walking, rolling & riding safer & easier | Care deeply about transparency | Posts are my own ofc
Sarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social For you
I've saved the descriptions of chicken sandwiches,
teaches at UChicago | editor & indexer | proud member of SEIU local 73
Jesse Hassenger @rockmarooned.bsky.social Writer & editor & stuff.
Darker Times @darkertimes.bsky.social A worker-owned horror culture magazine.
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Kirstie @kirstenhoward.bsky.social Co-host of Estonia's 53rd most popular movie podcast.
Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social writer.
phd in gothic literature. writing on horror, utopia, the gothic nightmare of capitalism
CAPITALISM A HORROR STORY out now, working on a new book about HOUSES
public universal reply guy @llkats.com L(ou|ydia|lkats). Chicago, bikes, birds. they/them/comrade.
Beverly Tweetmaker @bvrlytweetmaker.bsky.social There's always barber college. (he/him)
Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social cinema studies | media distribution + access | documentary | nontheatrical film | useful media | feminist media history | she/her
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“Brandon,” a Bluesky commenter @bedubble.bsky.social Bikes | Food | Transit | Housing | Travel | Music | Fashion | History | And More
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Michael McCarthy @michaelmcc.com 🚲 🚇 🏙️ 🏳️🌈
Urban Planner from Chicago
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Vinegar Syndrome @vinsyn.bsky.social Preserving and protecting genre film.
Adam Kempenaar @filmspotting.bsky.social Iowa Prof | Co-Host of Filmspotting, offering “weekly installments of affable, insightful film analysis since 2005.” — The New York Times
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
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The Filmologist @thefilmologist.bsky.social thefilmologist.com • Regular movie reviews of new releases • Member of Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) • Usually seeing stuff 1-2 weeks too late to be relevant
KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com Rector Trinity Episcopal, Oshkosh | Coleridge | editor-in-chief Earth & Altar | he/him | Sewer Socialist | orgulloso floridiano | Drawings at theodramatist.com/saints | blog at theodramatist.com/warmthlight-blog
The A.V. Club @avclub.com Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. https://linktr.ee/the_avclub
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
Caroline von Golum @carolineavenue.bsky.social A little brains, a little talent
📹 cinema-firmament.com 📹
DLS @forensicgarlic.bsky.social Chicagoan. Valpo grad. Member of Half Acre Cycling. Awesome Foundation. Occasional Karaoke singer. Anti Fascist. Radically pro-transgender.
Lakeshore Drive Slut @shredded-teat.bsky.social chicago bicycle supremacist she/her
Brandon Pope TV @bpopetv.bsky.social Emmy-winning journalist. Author of “Screening Room” film/tv newsletter: bpopetv.substack.com WBEZ/NPR contributor, host of “MAKING” podcast. TV/Movie critic. Journalism Prof at Columbia College Chi. I like sports and nerd things!
Dr Rebekah Welton @drrebekah.bsky.social Lecturer at University of Exeter. PhD Hebrew Bible, Food & Alcohol. Monsters, Bible, TV, film & videogames.
Jay In Wrigley @jayinwrigley.bsky.social Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. - Murakami
Hannah Kim @thisishannahkim.bsky.social Philosophy professor, Univ of Arizona 🌵 executive team at SEP 👩💻 thinking about fiction, poetry, music, movies, time, VR, AI & East Asian thought 🇰🇷🇰🇵 freelancer for philosophy, arts & culture ✌️
www.hannahkimphilosophy.com
Alex Megaro 🇵🇸 @prophetkotto.bsky.social Editor/Producer of WTO/99.
Director of KRUSH THE WRESTLER
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.
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Proudly based in Baltimore, MD. ⚫️🟡🦀🔴⚪️
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Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social Pastor, Activist, Theologian. The Gospel is anti-fascist, and so am I. Building a new world through the sanctuary movement, combating Islamophobia, and reparations. https://www.michaelcaseywwoolf.com/
Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk digital editor @ Little White Lies. extremely online and incredibly anxious.
author of books on sofia coppola + wes anderson, MODERN PROMETHEUS: THE FILMS OF YORGOS LANTHIMOS out Nov 2026, Jackass book Oct 2027!
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social music ∙ geekery ∙ media and comms ∙ more random musings than you can handle ∙ DC vibe checks & street photography ∙ somehow has a PhD ∙ opinions all mine ∙ once called "the bus passenger" by People Magazine
Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
MassAppeal74 @matthewpehl.bsky.social Historian, filmmaker, and Boston Celtics affectioniado
Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). Founded in 1975.
lafca.net
Super Yaki @superyakishop.bsky.social A shop for people who watch movies.
www.superyaki.com
Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org Yes Ha Ha Ha Yes… we’re on bluesky!! A Committee made up of depraved College Football Fans!! All our links here!!
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فاروق @faroukk.bsky.social I'm Farouk and I'm a writer and I like sharing things I think matter.
Also gamedev @ pugonline.bsky.social
November Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social podcastress. she/her but they/them if you’re mad at me. Trashfuture/Well There’s Your Problem/Kill James Bond/No Gods No Mayors/Be Gay Solve Crimes available wherever podcasts are sold
Stephanie Lulay @slulay2.bsky.social Co-founder + Executive Editor @blockclubchi 📰 Former flames @DNAinfoChi @BeaconNews 🔥 Mom. I-L-L fan. CHICAGO. The future of news is local. stephanie@blockclubchi.org
Cate Young @ninjacate.blacksky.app writer, film + culture critic, producer, full-time bisexual ✨
I used to write about movies. now I make podcasts and write about movies.
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Davis Theater @davistheater.bsky.social Independent Cinema since 1918
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Charlotte Johnson @revcharjohnson.bsky.social Episcopal priest, spiritual director, reader, knitter, and lover of mapless travel. She/her.
www.revcharlottejohnson.com is my spiritual direction site.
New York Magazine @nymag.com This is New York: Intelligencer, The Cut, Vulture, Curbed, Grub Street, The Strategist.
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Critic's Notebook @criticsnotebook.com A nascent website formed by graduate students at the BFI and New York University Tisch School of the Arts Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies. criticsnotebook.com
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence. Occasionally: hate movements and conspiracism.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social Forklift-certified journalist in Chicago. Words in the Chicago Reader, Unraveled Press, The TRiiBE, South Side Weekly, Courthouse News Service and some other ones I forget right now. All opinions & bad jokes my own. DM me for news tips/Signal info.
Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social Except the serious things, don’t take life too seriously. Chicago journalist. Formerly The People’s Fabric.
Co-founder @UnraveledPress.com.
Got a tip? Signal is @sheld.01. Email:steve@unraveledpress.com
Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live cooler by the lake 🕶️🏖️
Current* view of a webcam located around Lake Michigan, every 30 minutes
*randomly chosen image from a list of 50+ webcams. image captured within 30 minutes of post
@the.mazz.zone
Patrick Walls @patrickw.bsky.social I do tech support but post about politics | US Senate, Sojourners alum | Opinions are my own
Chicago Transportation Alerts @ctaalerts.bsky.social unofficial fan 🤖 publishing updates about the Chicago transit system. now including the el, cta bus, and metra
for more details, visit https://www.transitchicago.com/alerts/
Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com Founder & EIC, Mediaversity Reviews | TV & films graded on diversity | 🍅 critic | Executive Editor at Common Sense Media (views her own) | 📍Seattle, WA
Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social Currently: Senior TV editor, The A.V. Club
Previously: Sundance, IGN, IndieWire
Eternally: Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater
erikmadams.com / erikadamswrites@gmail.com
Max Covill @maxcovill.com Freelance | Paste Magazine / Polygon / Roger Ebert | Rotten🍅Approved | www.itsthepictures.com#/portal/signup | He / Him | BOFCA Member and Social Media
Jon Wurster @jonwurster.bsky.social Sitting in the back row with The Mountain Goats/Bob Mould Band…The Best Show...Scharpling & Wurster...couple other things. Most of my fun happens over at Instagram.
Buddy Tubeside @buddytubeside.bsky.social Hey, like Godzilla always sez to Mothra—why don't we go eat someplace?
juskewitch @juskewitch.bsky.social adam. relentless picnic.
@joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social Chicago writer & urban planner. Clips in the Chicago Reader, South Side Weekly, Barn Raiser, Dwell, Floodlight, Mother Jones, + more. 
Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social Writer/film critic at tyburrswatchlist.com. Ex-Boston Globe, WaPo, EW. Pulitzer Finalist, 2017. Books at https://tinyurl.com/ytpycuh3. “He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news” — Brecht. KanMu.74
33 1/3 Books @3313books.bsky.social Short books about legendary albums and music genres. 📚 🎶 Published by Bloomsbury.
Explore the 33 1/3 hub! ⬇️
www.bloomsbury.com/33-13-hub
Michael Phillips @mrmichaelphillips.bsky.social Past: Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, etc.
Present: Host and co-producer, “The Movie Racket,” part of the “Filmspotting” podcast commune; announcer, Classical WFMT Chicago, and weekly WFMT
“Soundtrack” contributor.
peyton danielle @peytondani.bsky.social film crit and transient thoughts • writer for RogerEbert.com and CinemaFemme • shipwreck enthusiast • she/her
Josh Parham @jrparham.bsky.social I tend to watch a lot of movies. Contributor at Next Best Picture and AwardsWatch. Member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. Massive James Bond fan and Ben Whishaw fanatic. (he/him)
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
She//Her
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Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights @icirr.bsky.social 
@cinemal2001.bsky.social @cinemal2001.bsky.social Cinemaniacal organizer of Chicago Film Discussion Group and former co-host of the Director's Club Podcast.
Abby @abbyshupe.bsky.social I study commemoration of 9/11 and the GWOT.
Open water & masters swimming. Sighthounds.
Originally from IN.
Lex Joy @aeneas-nin.bsky.social Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. Occasional game dev. Author of LEGEND OF THE RIVER KING (Boss Fight Books) and editor of FLAXMAN LOW: OCCULT DETECTIVE (MIT Press). He/him. alexanderbjoy.com
Dark Gods Press @darkgodspress.bsky.social https://darkgodspress.com
monstro abbaghoul @abbaghoul.bsky.social a woman of accomplishment
beth c-c @bethcarboncopy.bsky.social still trying to find my bsky niche, but i like talking about community (in the radical sense), video games, powerlifting, and my small calico son (pictured, with sword).
watch this space for a substack where i may occasionally be funny.
Stephen David Miller @sdavidmiller.bsky.social Investor; techie; former founder & product exec; Stanford AI PhD dropout; movie podcaster at The Spoiler Warning; lover of travel, film, writing, snobby beverages. I write at sdavidmiller.com and decodingeverything.com on occasion. He/him.
Jake Harris (He/Him) @jakeharris4.bsky.social 💻 Service Journalism Editor, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
🎙️ Friends at Dusk podcast
📧 Jacob's Letter on Substack
📝 Bylines in Broad Sound, Book and Film Globe, Austin American-Statesman, Nashville Scene, USA Today, MBU's Intégrité journal, others
🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social Music and film writer. Northwest Film Forum board member and former Seattle Film Critics Society president. Unions: SAG-AFTRA and IBEW. Past/present contributor: KCMU/KEXP, KUOW, Rock and Roll Globe, Seattle Film Blog, The Stranger, and Video Librarian.
Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social Dallas, TX | Quarterly print mag and weekly content online | www.southwestreview.com
deer @boneccrone.bsky.social now vocalising with soft "pheep" sounds
kī anthony @goblins.download they/他 — occasional poet, professional wordsmith, retired migrant sex worker, merch coordinator @papa.org.nz
Sloth or entropy @ludditerobot.bsky.social Writer, movie-watcher, jazz-listener, fascism-loather. Dad.
Andrea Monagle @andreamontoro.bsky.social I read books for work, and I read books for fun. Sometimes I do other stuff in between. 
Alive in Chicago (municipal boundary) @mosermostly.bsky.social I love good books and bad movies. Trying to raise healthy and kind humans on the South side. Overrun by pets and projects. (she /her) Free Palestine.
Mayor of Greater Chicagoland @thedazzlingone.bsky.social Ashley! South side bardbarian librarian. Hot toddy evangelist. Scruffy lookin' nerf herder/LLAP. Your gaucho amiga. It's dangerous to go alone! Take this. she/her. Profile pic by @arideo
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Gina Dalfonzo @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social Author, "The Screen & the Mirror," "Dorothy & Jack," "The Gospel in Dickens," & "One by One." I'm at https://dearstrangethings.substack.com/ and https://dickensblog.com. Beethoven fan, skating fan, Army brat, Pope Leo-quoting Protestant. #TCMParty #MST3K
sophie kempenaar @skempenaar.bsky.social holden caulfield apologist
thomas @tgracchus1781.bsky.social consider the lillies | kitchen sink socialist |🇵🇷
@macheteymate.bsky.social
Zosha Millman @zosha.bsky.social Former Polygon TV editor; currently work for hire. Contact me: zoshawrites at gmail | zosha.co
Daniella @daniellamazzio.bsky.social Culture Writer/Critic. Consultant. Posts about movies, Chicago, gardening, pollinators, disability, & leftism. Ran that Lydia Tár account. Now have a Michael Shannon podcast. Opinions are my own. Viva Palestina. https://linktr.ee/daniellamazzio
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social Vancouver journalist. Strives to tell unique stories.
http://moremcbarges.ca
http://instagram.com/justindmcelroy
Crystal Paul @cplhouse.bsky.social Investigative Editor, Block Club Chicago - The Watch
Formerly Illinois Answers Project, Seattle Times.
Raised on the road. Found home in South Side Chicago.
Sam Van Haren @samshotfirst.bsky.social Associate Editor @talkfilmsociety.com Host of Keanu Believe It podcast, featured on various others. Talks too much about movies, cartoons, and Keanu. ♿️ he/him
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