martinlj.bsky.social
Film historian and urbanist. Co-president of Domitor, the international society for the study of early cinema. Coming attractions include The Silent Film Companion (Rutgers) and a history of advertising film (Illinois).
👤 Joined on 27 août 2023
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@martinlj.bsky.socialI can tell you why! Every modern zoning code fundamentally is restricting floor area. FAR does it in a way that is clear and gives designers maximal flexibility; height limits, setbacks, and lot coverage maxima do it in such a way that is less clear and bind designers to very specific envelopes.
Show PostA highlight from the online Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, “Voluntad que Vence” is a rare preserved Spanish silent. lostfoundfilms.blogspot.com/2026/10/lost...
Show PostAs someone whose 2nd book will be on US campus film cultures, cool to see this Rowan U initiative! University archivists and students have begun digitizing, culling metadata, and preparing archive-quality pdfs for JSTOR of their student-run literary magazine, Avant! 🤩 www.jstor.org/site/rowanun...
Show PostWe found out literally 2 days ago that Musk bankrolled Cornel West's entire campaign because they thought it would siphon votes from Kamala, FFS. Not a peep from the NYTimes about it.
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