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Bright Wall/Dark Room
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Harry Dodge & Silas Howard, co-directors & stars of BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, sit down with Payton McCarty-Simas:
"We could complain, but who would listen? You just had to make something. So we did! We made our own cafés, our own bands, our own record labels, our own movies, & it was great."
In which we ponder many things, including our T2 vs T1 feelings, momstagram, looksmaxxing, Rodney King, and James Cameron’s obsession with drowning his characters! Give it a listen!
Very exciting news!
Bright Wall/Dark Room
"We were kind of the in-betweeners—we weren’t really gay or lesbian. We were queer, we were maybe a little too much, we were a little too loud. We were that next generation, and I always say because success was nowhere in sight, we kind of couldn’t fail."
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
For our next issue, we're looking for smart, thoughtful, engaging writing on any summer blockbuster released between 1975 - 2025.
Submission Deadline: 6/28/26
Full Details: brightwalldarkroom.submittable.com/submit/35825...
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
For our next issue, we're looking for smart, thoughtful, engaging writing on any summer blockbuster released between 1975 - 2025.
Submission Deadline: 6/28/26
Full Details: brightwalldarkroom.submittable.com/submit/35825...
By Hook or by Crook opens in Seattle at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social on June 17 thanks to NWFF and Jas Keimig of Unstreamable.
Payton McCarty-Simas sits down with Harry Dodge and Silas Howard to talk about the 25th anniversary of their 2001 film, By Hook or by Crook.
Be advised that summer blockbusters also includes such left-field candidates as GHOST, FATAL ATTRACTION, and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT—or even failed attempts like SHOWGIRLS or THE LAST ACTION HERO.
It was great to get back into the swing of things after 6 months away from podcasting, and to talk with Elizabeth about the first rated-R movie I ever saw in a theater so many moons ago—and one of the greatest summer blockbusters ever made, which still *very* much holds up!
Mitchell Beaupre
Bright Wall/Dark Room
WE’RE BACK!
Join @chadperman.bsky.social & @eccantwell.bsky.social as they talk their way through one of the best summer blockbusters of all time: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
Prompt:
For our upcoming summer issue, we're looking for smart, thoughtful, engaging essays on a summer blockbuster released between 1975 and 2025.
Details:
We are currently able to pay $50 upon publi...
Prompt:
For our upcoming summer issue, we're looking for smart, thoughtful, engaging essays on a summer blockbuster released between 1975 and 2025.
Details:
We are currently able to pay $50 upon publi...
WE’RE BACK!
Join @chadperman.bsky.social & @eccantwell.bsky.social as they talk their way through one of the best summer blockbusters of all time: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
WE’RE BACK!
Join @chadperman.bsky.social & @eccantwell.bsky.social as they talk their way through one of the best summer blockbusters of all time: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
Bright Wall/Dark Room
🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK is a trans butch buddy film that chronicles the life of Shy, a handsome small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex
New today!
Harry Dodge & Silas Howard, co-directors & stars of BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, sit down with Payton McCarty-Simas:
"We could complain, but who would listen? You just had to make something. So we did! We made our own cafés, our own bands, our own record labels, our own movies, & it was great."
Chad Perman
Travis Woods
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
For our next issue, we're looking for smart, thoughtful, engaging writing on any summer blockbuster released between 1975 - 2025.
Submission Deadline: 6/28/26
Full Details: brightwalldarkroom.submittable.com/submit/35825...
The BW/DR Podcast
The BW/DR Podcast
Join Chad Perman & Elizabeth Cantwell as they talk their way through one of the best summer blockbusters of all time, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
New today!
Harry Dodge & Silas Howard, co-directors & stars of BY HOOK OR BY CROOK, sit down with Payton McCarty-Simas:
"We could complain, but who would listen? You just had to make something. So we did! We made our own cafés, our own bands, our own record labels, our own movies, & it was great."
Join Chad Perman & Elizabeth Cantwell as they talk their way through one of the best summer blockbusters of all time, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
WE’RE BACK!
Join @chadperman.bsky.social & @eccantwell.bsky.social as they talk their way through one of the best summer blockbusters of all time: TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
Bright Wall/Dark Room
Prompt:
For our upcoming summer issue, we're looking for smart, thoughtful, engaging essays on a summer blockbuster released between 1975 and 2025.
Details:
We are currently able to pay $50 upon publi...
