Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
Al Larvick Conservation Fund @allarvickfund.bsky.social Our mission is to preserve historical and cultural heritage through conservation, education and the public accessibility of American analog home movie, amateur cinema and community recording collections.
No Time to Wait @nttw.bsky.social A free 3-day conference on open media, standardization & audiovisual preservation. October 14-16, 2026. Hosted by Filmoteka Narodowa - Instytut Audiowizualny & @MediaArea_Net. #nttw10 https://mediaarea.net/NoTimeToWait10
Jon W. @rarefilmm.bsky.social Man on a mission to find and preserve the rarest and most obscure films ever made. Posts mostly film & TV related content.
Archival Workers' Collective @archivworkcoll.bsky.social Formerly Archival Workers Emergency Fund that began as a mutual aid fund created in response to the #covid19 #coronavirus pandemic. We study archives labor issues & support archival workers via programming, advocacy, & solidarity.
Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social Avid birder, Lyme patient, author of "Out of the Lyme Light and into the Sunlight" Read about my frustrating journey with Lyme, and how birding helps me cope with chronic pain. Photos all by me. #birds #cats #Lyme #naturetherapy #wellness #birding
Letterboxd @letterboxd.social 🧡💚💙 A global community of film lovers. Share your taste in movies via our free apps for iOS, Android, Apple TV, and on the web. https://letterboxd.com
S.E.C.S. Fest @secsfest.org SECS FEST is a sex-positive international film festival celebrating the artistry of and diversity of erotic cinema. SECS is a non-profit, fiscally sponsored by Shunpike.
https://linktr.ee/secsfest
Cow of the Day @cowoftheday.bsky.social DM your submissions 💗
We don’t own content published 🐮
Elena Shadrina @medievalcats.bsky.social Medieval historian working on legal & economic history of Venice and the Mediterranean in the Central Middle Ages
Here mainly to lurk 👀
Musée d'Orsay @museeorsay.bsky.social
CMA: Greek and Roman Art @cmagreekroman.bsky.social Sharing public domain works from the Greek and Roman Art department of Cleveland Museum of Art.
Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social Writer and Art Historian. Old Fox stories. Edward M.Bannister catalogue raisonne and research. Reynard the Fox and Fox for All Seasons published by Bodleian Publishing. Oxford & Dorset. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnneLouiseAvery
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social World leaders in the rescue and rewilding of orphaned elephants and rhinos, working across Kenya to secure a future for all wildlife.
https://links.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org
@SheldrickTrust on Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, Threads & YouTube
Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social Just an archaeologist who works at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social 🖼 🏺 World famous collections, from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art
🕙 Open every day 10am–5pm 🏛 linktr.ee/ashmoleanmuseum
National Garden Scheme @ngsopengardens.bsky.social We open exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland & the Channel Islands raising money for charity through admission, tea & cake.
Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social Caenhill countryside centre, a charity supporting young people & rescuing animals in the south west of England. My name is Chris (Quish) I work with artist Caroline, singer Kirsty Clinch, Lorna, Kate & daughter Kara https://www.caenhillcc.org.uk/support/
michael metzger @mmcnma.bsky.social media arts curator, block museum of art, northwestern university.
Stephen Charbonneau @screenangst.bsky.social Author, Projecting Race; Co-Editor, InsUrgent Media; Film/Media Prof; Florida Atlantic University; He/Him. Grateful Kidney Recipient.
@counterarchive.bsky.social @counterarchive.bsky.social 🎞️ Network dedicated to activating and preserving Canada’s audiovisual heritage through digitization initiatives, artist residencies, symposia, & more 🔍 Works by Indigenous peoples, POCs, women, LGBT2Q+ and immigrant communities - counterarchive.ca
Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social Writer, smart-ass, BFA in dramaturgy/dramatic criticism lover of Chicago. Podcaster at Oh Malort!
field notes on media @luciddreaming.bsky.social a project dedicated to sharing media and writing on nostalgia, memory, grief, and memory. ☁️ angelinaruiz.substack.com
Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social Artist publisher living in Chicago with Public Collectors, Half Letter Press, Temporary Services. Finds cultural voids; fills them. He/him www.publiccollectors.org, https://halfletterpress.com, www.temporaryservices.org, https://hardcorearchitecture.blog
Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org Regional film archive dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to films that represent the Midwest. More at chicagofilmarchives.org
Promote Democracy! @danielmmayeda.bsky.social IP/Entertainment lawyer. Political junkie. Retired UCLA Law Prof. w/ #DocFilmLegalClinic. Chair, LA County Redistricting Comm'n.
Advocate for AsAms in entertainment. Theatre buff. World travel is my happy place. #GoBruins!
On Cinema at the Cinema @oncinema.bsky.social Great guests, great conversation, and a few arguments it's On Cinema at the Cinema 🍿 Watch 16 Seasons, 13 Oscar Special, and much more on the HEI Network.
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Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social Tour, On Cinema at the Cinema, Office Hours, find it all and more at linktr.ee/tim.heidecker
Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social #Documentary Filmmaker/Professor
Director of Documentary #Journalism at #Northwestern
Director of "Saving Mes Aynak"
New documentary about #Yemen
Passionate about #humanrights, #socialjustice #heritage
#Afghanistan #China
www.germancamera.com
Kartemquin Films @kartemquinfilms.bsky.social For more than 50 years, Kartemquin Films has been making documentaries that examine and critique society through the stories of real people.
Walter B. R. Toscano, Ph.D. @walterbrtoscano.bsky.social Post doc at Ca’Foscari University of Venice.
https://www.unive.it/data/people/28451965/curriculum
@bryanwendorf.bsky.social @bryanwendorf.bsky.social
Dan Rybicky @danrybicky.bsky.social a little bit country, a little bit rock-n-roll
Arts + Literature Laboratory @artlitlab.bsky.social Community-driven arts center in downtown Madison. Art. Literature. Music. Film. Education. Artist Professional Development. Full event calendar at artlitlab.org/calendar
Koyacat @mysteryimage.bsky.social writer, curator, cat lady, flowers
Carrie Golus @carriegolus.bsky.social Editor of The Core, the alumni magazine for UChicago's College • YA author on sub • Rep: Jes Trudel, The Rights Factory • carriegolus.com • #AuthorsGuild • #SCBWI • 💙 📚 🌱
PJ @puhjaymas.bsky.social I scan film.
Move slow and mend things.
https://imdb.com/name/nm12434337/
marx&cola @marxandcola.bsky.social what’s a goon to a guermantes
John Owens @johnpowens.bsky.social Writer/Producer/Multi-Platform Journalist/Co-Author: http://chilidogmvp.com
Gregg Turkington - Home of Movie Expertise @vfa-expert.bsky.social Movie expert, currently providing expertise at the world-famous VFA, please visit http://vfa.expert and http://heinetwork.tv
Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social The Official Bluesky account for SCMS
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Questions? Don't hesitate to get in touch with the SCMS office via the Contact Us page, and we’ll be happy to respond.
Michael Newman @mznewman.bsky.social Milwaukee, WI
Media Studies
Ted Gioia @tedgioia.bsky.social Ted Gioia is author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz and Music: A Subversive History. His newsletter is The Honest Broker (www.honest-broker.com)
Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social Film professor & Léontine enthusiast! Author of DEATH BY LAUGHTER: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema (Columbia UP, 2024) and co-curator of CINEMA'S FIRST NASTY WOMEN (Kino Lorber, 2022). https://cup.columbia.edu/book/death-by-laughter/9780231559812
Sean Burns @splicedpersonality.bsky.social Film Critic. Projectionalist.
www.splicedpersonality.com
James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social Saved Peter Bogdanovich's SQUIRRELS TO THE NUTS. Work featured in NY Times, Sight & Sound, New Yorker, LA Times TrembleSighWonder.com my site. Edited & wrote foreword for De Palma, De Souza, Jim McBride, Larry Cohen, Alex Cox, Lizzie Borden. PB book soon
Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/justindecloux, Podcasts: THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB, THE VERY FINE COMIC BOOK PODCAST, Feature Film Director: IMPOSSIBLE HORROR, Book Writer: RADIOACTIVE DREAMS: THE CINEMA OF ALBERT PYUN
Claire Penis @handle.invalid a horse is kind of like the bladee of the plains
largest rodent @capybaroness.bsky.social the honorable one on The Lost Broadcasts, cohost of Get Cynical, words @ Little White Lies / Reverse Shot / rogerebert.com / Men's Health / Vinegar Syndrome, i have met two capybaras in real life
Katie Rife @rifewithkatie.bsky.social You’ve seen me around. Writing all over: Letterboxd, Indiewire, AV Club, Vulture, Ebert, etc.
Larry Karaszewski @larrythek.bsky.social Film maker/lover
https://boxd.it/jDAr
Ross W Berman IV (Philosopher Pirate) @rosswbermaniv.bsky.social Folk City Hustler. Culture Vulture. Music. Comedy. Film Twitter. Chicago. Bart Simpson’s last disciple & Claire Denis's strongest soldier. Writer/Editor at Wrestling Inc.
Bought & paid for by Raytheon.
https://linktr.ee/rosswbermaniv
Joanna Robinson @jowrotethis.bsky.social Writer and podcaster at the @ringer • one of Cameron Crowe’s Uncool • taller than you think • author of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios for W. W. Norton
Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social Film Editor at @avclub.com
Video Game Movie Expert
Southerner in Chicago
Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social He/him. TV Critic, author. Now searchable on Tubi. I am not Alan Sepinwall III.
https://whatsalanwatching.com
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social Film critic at Vulture, co-host of the Critical Darlings podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critical-darlings/id1885681327
Tasha Robinson @tasharobinson.bsky.social Freelance editor/writer. Former editor at Polygon, Verge, The Dissolve, A.V. Club. Next Picture Show podcaster. My wheelhouse is full of weird stuff. She/her.
Letterboxd.com/tasharobinson
Goodreads.com/user/show/10244904-tasha-robinson
Nextpictureshow.net
A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social Writer/editor. Past lives: The A.V. Club, Chron, Time Out Chicago. He/him/his. https://letterboxd.com/AADowd/
https://authory.com/AADowd
Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social Daily newsletter/column, Today in Culture, free sub @ Newcity.com. Film critic. Photographer. Editor. raypride.substack.com; [my name] everywhere / weekly film column newcityfilm.com
Scott Wampler @scottwampler.bsky.social 1/2 of THE KINGCAST Podcast / Contributing Editor at FANGORIA Magazine / Professional Idiot / Tasteful Thiccness / @ScottWamplerRIP on Twitter / Do Not Listen To
Cinematic Void @cinematicvoid.bsky.social A cult film odyssey into the mouth of cinemadness with film screenings, podcasts, January Giallo, and video vlogs.
www.cinematicvoid.com
Pittsburgh Sound + Image @pghsoundandimage.bsky.social bringing rare and unique screenings on film to pgh + film preservation, archives and cinema planner 📽️ pghsoundandimage.com
Martin L. Johnson @martinlj.bsky.social Film historian and urbanist. Co-president of Domitor, the international society for the study of early cinema. Coming attractions include A Teaching Companion to Silent Cinema (Rutgers) and a history of advertising film (Illinois).
Charles Tepperman @tepperman.bsky.social Film. Politics. Amateur Cinema: The Rise of North American Moviemaking. Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium. Director of
amateurcinema.org
Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Seattle University. Author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life available from UC Press here:
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520342347/the-celluloid-specimen
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social Professor, cinephile, treehugger 🌱🪵🪲🦬
Vinzenz Hediger @vinzenzhediger.bsky.social Film scholar, director of the Cinémathèque Suisse. Research @goethe_uni Frankfurt: http://konfigurationen-des-films.de http://ceditraa.net https://age-c.eu/
Katherine Groo @katherinegroo.bsky.social Associate Prof of Film and Media Studies. Author of Bad Film Histories. Writing a book about reference. Views my own. Most get deleted.
Sarah Manvel @cairdiul.bsky.social Once I dreamed a cake recipe that could summon a bear, and then a bear appeared in my dream
Pittsburgh Cinema Planner @pghcinema.bsky.social Listing cinemagoing opportunities in the Pittsburgh area · A project of Pittsburgh Sound + Image. Tweets by @fleamarketfilms
maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social always: creator & curator blackfilmarchive.com
💌: maya@blackfilmarchive.com + soon: incoming president / owner of milestone films. film curator + writer + curious about the world. NYC!
steve @stevefelix.com 🎥🏀🇵🇸
Film exhibition
Now: Pittsburgh Sound + Image
Before: The Nightlight, arthouse cinema in Akron, OH
he/him
Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net media studies professor | Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook (Anthology Editions, 2025) | dir. @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social | http://loriemerson.net | Boulder, Colorado | 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🏃♀️🚴♀️ | 📷 Jenna Maurice
Maureen @meau.bsky.social archivist/administrator person, standards enthusiast, toddler mom, new New Englander
Alix Lambert @lixilamb.bsky.social Artist, filmmaker, author
Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social Producer of arts docs, screen performance; posts by John Wyver, Professor of the Arts on Screen, Univ of Westminster; expect broadcasting history, esp early TV, theatre, film, visual art
Images: Magic Rays of Light / de Stael, Le Saladier (detail), ‘54
Archive Dog the Day/Jamie @archivedogoftheday.bsky.social media archivist, just in it for historical pictures of dogs. she/hers. "I love to watch things on TV" - Lou Reed
Diana King 🇺🇦 @diking.bsky.social Libraries & archives, film & media studies, performing arts, bonsai & urban gardening, cats, democracy. TN-born, Los Angeles-based.
Megan Prelinger @meganw6xav.bsky.social library builder, film archivist, ham radio operator, naturalist, historian of space & technology
Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org Digital Librarian, Internet Archive, Open Library. https://brewster.kahle.org https://archive.org https://openlibrary.org
Jenni Olson @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social I'm @JenniOlsonSF everywhere | Senior Director, Social Media Safety at @glaad.bsky.social. LGBTQ film expert & online pioneer. Maker of films. Proprietor: Butch.org
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Snowden Becker @snowdenbecker.bsky.social Archivist, librarian, weirdo
Bleeding Skull @bleedingskull.bsky.social Since 2004, Bleeding Skull has explored otherworldly cinema through reviews, books, and home video releases.
https://linktr.ee/bleedingskull
Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social Here and there.
Harry Eskin @harryeskin.bsky.social Moving-image archivist
Vera Drew @veradrew22.bsky.social gotham award winning filmmaker and actor and dreamer!!!!
The People's Joker is now available on VOD, Bluray, VHS, and MUBI (thepeoplesjoker.com)
patreon.com/veradrew22 to support my future art
TRANDEMIC - my new movie, coming soon
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Dede Crimmins @dedecrim.bsky.social Film critic. Horror Fan. Spinster. Smithie.
Rue Morgue, That Shelf, CFCA
she/her
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/deirdre-crimmins/movies
Simon Abrams @simonsaybrams.bsky.social Film Critic at Roger Ebert dot com, New York Times, New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, and so on. Author of THE NORTHMAN: A CALL TO THE GODS (Insight Editions). Alt weekly kid. Let the monkey drive.
Flea Market Films @fleamarketfilms.bsky.social Microcinema. Film. Pittsburgh. MLIS/archives. Cats.
Also part of Pittsburgh Sound + Image, Pittsburgh Cinema Planner, and Glitterbox Theater
IFC Center @ifccenter.bsky.social NYC's state-of-the-art downtown cinema for the best in independent, foreign, documentary and classic films.
rich uncle skeleton @danscanlon.bsky.social zoning wonk. fairweather film writer. programmer for spectacle nyc.
Steven Capsuto @stevencapsuto.bsky.social Author of ALTERNATE CHANNELS: QUEER IMAGES ON 20TH-CENTURY TV. Lead historical consultant for VISIBLE: OUT ON TELEVISION (Apple TV+, 2020).
This feed is mainly for my "Today in Queer TV History" video posts. Previous posts are on my YouTube channel.
Grand Illusion Cinema @grandillusioncinema.org We’re moving! Visit the link in our bio to see how you can help. Seattle's smallest & weirdest movie theater. Non-profit & 100% volunteer-operated. linktr.ee/grandillusion
Dan Streible 💃🏻🌲🔔 @orphanfilm.bsky.social NYU.edu/orphanfilm
Nitehawk Cinema @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social Films. Food. Drinks. Nitehawk combines first-run and repertory film programming with tableside food and beverage service.
linktr.ee/nitehawkcinema
kyle 中和 turner @tylekurner.bsky.social Erstwhile sissy sophisticate and pasta enthusiast. words in GQ, W Magazine, and the New York Times, and also The Queer Film Guide.
Thomas Beard @thomasbeard.bsky.social Half of @lightindustry.bsky.social
are.na/thomas-beard/index
Stephen Broomer @stephenbroomer.bsky.social filmmaker & writer. video essayist. host of art & trash. publisher, black zero. programmer, ad hoc. sessional lecturer, cinema studies institute, university of toronto. he/him.