Stephen LN
@riffsandmeaning
Kingston based writer of nonfiction and niche concerns. Create or Die, Screen Captures, Music and Sound in the Films of Dennis Hopper, Post-Catastrophe Film
Along with some profound writing about the end of the world, I have an essay titled A Taste of Armageddon: Navigating Star Trek’s Post-Catastrophe Era in @elsewherejournal.bsky.social latest issue. @intellectbooks.bsky.social #Startrek #FilmSky www.elsewhere-journal.com/the-end-of-t...
Review by Noah Hermes deBoor of Post-Catastrophe Film in Optic Nerve Magazine. @intellectbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #FilmSky #Newbook opticnervemagazine.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Gary Oldham slap bang in the middle of his turns in Harry Potter and the Batman films. Also features Paddy Considine.
The current line-up of @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social Timecodes series all have covers. It is glorious. www.bloomsbury.com/ca/series/ti...
Thrilling review of my book Post-Catastrophe Film in Optic Nerve (@opticnervemagazine.bsky.social) @intellectbooks.bsky.social opticnervemagazine.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Happy 4th. 'They'll talk to ya and talk to ya and talk to ya about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em."
Back to back unintentional film double feature. A gang goes goes looking for a dead body. A gang goes looking to made dead bodies.
My book on Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break washes up this summer. In time for the film's 35th anniversary. Some cool folks said some nice things about it. I placed those things over a wave picture. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #filmsky #keanureeves #pointbreak
My interview in @nichecanada.bsky.social about film and climate. niche-canada.org/2026/06/10/e...
Remember that sweet romantic comedy that Bruce Campbell starred in early in his career? No, me neither. Happy birthday, King.
My minute-by-minute analysis of Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break comes out in a few months and is available for pre-order. Part of the ever-expanding Timecodes series from @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social #FilmSky #BookSky www.bloomsbury.com/ca/point-bre...
@patthomashistorian.bsky.social did you have anything to do with this reissue? Sounds incredible.
The livestream of Trump’s name being removed from The Kennedy Center is... www.youtube.com/live/uZfkRJX...
I wanted to climb into David Hockney's The Splash and swim in its waters as soon as I saw it. To me, I am the unseen creator of that splash. Always was. Rest in peace.
I was interviewed in NiCHE about my book Post-Catastrophe Film. Read it here... niche-canada.org/2026/06/10/e... @intellectbooks.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social
My review of The Backrooms for @dmovies.bsky.social I'm still talking about this with friends and colleagues a week later. Plus I work in a very Backroomesy place.
The strangest rebranding of a Dennis Hopper film I've come across...yet.