Harry Eskin Profile Banner
Harry Eskin Profile
Harry Eskin

@harryeskin

2,384
Followers
1,480
Following
13,046
Media
139,417
Statuses

Moving-image archivist. M.A. from UCLA-MIAS (portfolio at ). I specialize in obscurities, cinematic and otherwise.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined February 2013
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Pinned Tweet
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
7 years
Before and after logging in
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
8
49
357
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
R.I.P. to the man
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
70
1K
15K
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Soderbergh points to this as the beginning of modern color cinematography, and honestly I can’t say he’s wrong. David Watkin (DPing his first color feature!) really went off with this one.
@kylebuchanan
Kyle Buchanan
5 years
Full stop, "You're Going to Lose That Girl" from HELP! is one of the prettiest musical numbers ever put to film. Every shot sings.
28
522
3K
14
392
3K
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
@alanamayjohnson Serving gabagool in your restaurant is elitist
4
29
3K
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
9 months
8
236
2K
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
11 days
@samlbla Lorna Luft
10
5
2K
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Let me guess: the twist is that the ostensible diners are in fact intended to be the dinner
@FilmUpdates
Film Updates
3 years
Nicholas Hoult has been cast alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes and Hong Chau in psychological thriller 'THE MENU'. The film follows a couple, who travel to a remote island to eat at a restaurant where the chef has prepared a menu, with some shocking surprises.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
43
205
3K
24
101
2K
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Wow heroic of CNN to highlight the true worst victims of this crisis, the poor pharmaceutical industry shareholders
@CNBCnow
CNBC Now
3 years
Pfizer, Biontech, Novavax, Moderna shares plunge to session lows after U.S. backs waiving patent protections on Covid vaccines
Tweet media one
2K
4K
14K
6
252
1K
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
11 months
Abel Ferrara on Silvio Berlusconi: “I can’t support the guy’s politics, but he did finance two of my movies”
Tweet media one
5
66
1K
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
15 days
Tweet media one
0
75
1K
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
9 months
R.I.P. king
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
0
75
938
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
R.I.P. Yaphet Kotto
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
2
153
932
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 months
@elinachos Fellow Jew from a Zionist background here who has also gotten pushback from fellow community members for sharing things like this (although nothing at this level tbh). Solidarity, support and gratitude to you
1
5
799
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
They showed the Licorice Pizza trailer at the New Bev tonight before the second movie of the double feature, and the collective realization of what was happening was honestly pretty electric
9
23
758
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
5 months
@JFrankensteiner @EmmaTolkin “Toxicology says she was wacked out on some new drug called Panera lemonade.”
Tweet media one
1
56
772
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
R.I.P. Linda Manz, one of the greats
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
7
139
618
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
He got an Oscar nomination for it!
@mustachetoilet
mister springtime
3 years
everyone talks about Travolta's performance in Pulp Fiction but y'all slept on Samuel L. Jackson's Jules
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
193
44
816
13
25
584
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
8 months
@daveloach2 @NiceTakeMan Here’s to feeling good all the time
1
11
588
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
OK great, I got the 6 p.m. curfew alert message at 6:34 p.m. today. Thanks a lot @LACity
4
72
524
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
Centrism is a hell of a drug, man
6
53
429
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
3
0
355
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
The greatest to ever do it. Happy birthday 👑
Tweet media one
6
48
354
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 months
Tweet media one
@WyattDuncan
wyatt dunkin
4 months
Let’s hear it for Dick Clark! His ninety fifth consecutive year hosting New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and STILL going strong! Here’s to 2024, Dick!
Tweet media one
484
408
6K
1
28
365
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
Motion Picture Production Code (1934)
Tweet media one
8
62
336
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
5 years
Elliott Gould said that he and Robert Mitchum shared a joint every day on the set of boxing-kangaroo classic MATILDA
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
4
27
321
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Met a curious new friend while reading outside
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
14
3
333
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
6 years
Tweet media one
6
67
296
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
5 years
I finally figured out what it reminded me of
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
3
29
306
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 months
I love how they advertised Jacques Tati’s Trafic
Tweet media one
4
33
302
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
7 years
Paul Schrader's film criticism masterclass
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
3
88
244
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Tweet media one
3
8
245
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
1 year
Whoever did this back in 1957 or whatever… I hate you
Tweet media one
3
6
241
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Tweet media one
@sullydish
Andrew Sullivan
3 years
@rasmansa @Cheech930 @willwilkinson @SamHarrisOrg Race IS inherited to a great extent. Are we at the point where you are denying that two white parents will have white children? I mean please. Have you read any Darwin?
465
17
187
2
9
225
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
5 years
@mariebardi Not sure if I cried, but I got extremely emotional talking about Robin Williams’s death with my therapist
4
1
229
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Here’s some Technicolor Paul Newman for you, in honor of his birthday
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
6
31
223
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
6 months
@madisonbrek @pacino_girl I want to play a game, innit
0
6
220
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
@Lee_Jameson Good for her
0
1
204
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
I love Italian cinema
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
3
28
207
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Here is a look at one of my movie shelves
Tweet media one
21
3
204
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
On my birthday, I finished reading Ulysses!
38
1
181
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
11 months
The end of a reel I inspected today
Tweet media one
2
12
174
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Tweet media one
0
0
172
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Tweet media one
0
0
168
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
[whispering to date while watching The Three Caballeros when they sing “we’re three happy chappies”] That's chappies
2
21
163
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Seated for the midnight movie
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
4
6
156
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (Jacques Rivette, 1974)
1
9
153
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
KINGS 🙌
Tweet media one
1
11
146
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump Looking forward to you no longer defending Nazis from the White House
2
8
141
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
@MiriamBale A questioner who was a writer came up and handed his business card to Mel Brooks. Mel took the card and flung it to the floor, to great laughter and applause. Then Mel bent down, picked up the card and graciously said, “Comedy first.”
0
6
151
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
11 months
Two movies, same cinematographer
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
7
18
147
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
It’s Charles Bronson’s birthday. Here he is in a fine-grain master positive I found of an old anthology TV show episode.
Tweet media one
6
8
132
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
This one hurts. R.I.P. king.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
2
23
143
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
7 years
"Alice's Restaurant" is trending on Twitter right now, and a little bit is right with the world
3
56
128
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Wow, the 1997 movie SKELETONS has an absolutely bonkers production history
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
6
21
139
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Comedians did not sign up to be your hero. It’s our job to be irreverent and dangerous, to question authority and bicker about which of us Mom liked best while challenging political norms and CBS standards and practices.
2
12
131
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
11 months
I asked him if the plot thread in Go Go Tales with the lottery ticket and the jacket was at all inspired by René Clair’s Le Million. He said, “No, what’s that?” and then “Well, tell those French guys I stole their fuckin’ movie.”
0
7
127
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
R.I.P. Cloris
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
1
25
124
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
Quibi taught me it was ok to be weird.
2
9
124
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Oh wow, five for five, lol
Tweet media one
14
3
123
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
@ampol_moment
crazy ass moments in american politics
2 years
In an interview with the NYT, Former President Nixon remarks “I have often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.” (1990)
Tweet media one
115
1K
15K
2
7
124
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
5 years
One thing I love about @CW_CrazyXGF is how specific so many of the references are, like how the season 2 opening credits number fuses references to both the “I Only Have Eyes for You” and “Dames” numbers from DAMES (1934)
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
3
21
122
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
9 months
@TheWorstNun @jasondashbailey Would John Kramer be able to defeat Cosmo Kramer?
4
2
118
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 months
All right! The Chinese food is eaten, the whiskey is poured, the vibe is good, so... now watching (for the first time):
Tweet media one
12
0
122
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Happy birthday Warren
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
7 years
T-Bone Burnett, Jennifer Warnes, Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Richard Thompson
Tweet media one
0
1
10
0
5
112
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
Has anyone done this
Tweet media one
1
10
119
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
6 months
I met the main man
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
8
1
117
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
Harry!!!!!
3
20
115
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Tweet media one
2
2
107
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
5 years
@mollylambert same energy
0
0
110
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Watching a Dick Cavett interview where Richard Harris’s face is clearly badly injured in a bar fight from the night before
5
9
106
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 months
@ThomasonTown Five Characters in Search of an Exit?
1
0
110
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Happy birthday John Ford
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
3
11
102
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
Happy birthday Elisabeth
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
6
1
107
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
6 years
@Nicole_Cliffe Landlord knelt down by the toilet, put his hands on it, took a cursory look and said, "See, it's fine!" whereupon the toilet bowl promptly broke into pieces in his grasp. (I am sad to say I was not there to witness this momentous occasion.)
1
3
104
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Happy birthday to two legends
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
0
21
104
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Got to see an original Technicolor print of Vertigo this evening. Holy hell was that beautiful.
2
0
103
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 months
@HitFactoryPod Dude I’m so embarrassed for you
2
0
100
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
5 months
@dennisbhooper I wouldn’t have been able to get an audiobook autographed, though
Tweet media one
3
1
99
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
I’m an uncle!
20
0
99
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
@__Myleshigh
Flirt Reynolds
2 years
LMFAOOO NAH
Tweet media one
5
15
145
6
1
89
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
10 months
I wish I could go back in time and stop people from leaving rubber bands in film containers
Tweet media one
5
4
97
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Tweet media one
@thevivafrei
Viva Frei
2 years
Listen to @POTUS speech again, and replace the term “MAGA Republican” with “Jew”, “Muslim”, “Black”, “Japanese”, or any other ethic, racial or religious group, and you’ll truly appreciate the tenor and terror of what you just heard.
7K
13K
43K
0
4
96
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Happy birthday @willmenaker !!!
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
2
1
90
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
1 month
At work today I got to meet legendary filmmaker Jim McBride!
Tweet media one
5
2
94
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
The contents of the titular menu, if I may
2
1
91
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
8 days
@judysquirrels Wait I thought that was Kamala?
1
1
91
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
@eeberquist Real uncanny valley shit
1
0
81
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
0
0
80
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
1
0
87
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
About to finally, at age 33, see Taxi Driver for the first time
8
0
87
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
4 years
Tweet media one
1
8
85
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Overheard outside the rep cinema: “A guy named Todd Field directed it…” “Nick Nightingale!” “Yeah, Nick Nightingale!”
2
3
85
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Oh hey guys
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
4
82
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
7 months
This man has been presented adoringly in widely shared pro-Israel posts showing him coming to provide inspiration to the IDF troops
@m7mdkurd
Mohammed El-Kurd
7 months
“Erase their families, their mothers and their children. These animals can no longer live.” Israeli reservist talking about Palestinians
2K
17K
26K
1
7
83
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
The Smothers Brothers are BACK, BABY!
@JBFlint
Joe Flint
2 years
Breaking news: The Oscars will have a host this year.
131
29
637
1
4
83
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
Seeing Inland Empire with some friends. One of these friends is primarily here to accompany his girlfriend and hasn’t actually seen any Lynch films before. I’m eager to see what he thinks.
5
0
81
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
9 months
R.I.P.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
14
80
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
2 years
It’s that time again
Tweet media one
2
3
76
@harryeskin
Harry Eskin
3 years
Or if you prefer silver-fox Paul,
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
3
7
76