Andy Hazel
@andyhazel.bsky.social
Writes for IndieWire, The Guardian, The Curb and The Saturday Paper – senior editorial producer and photo editor there, too. Golden Globes voter. Twin Peaks nerd. 1/4 of Tacoma Radar. Tasmanian in Naarm/Melbourne.
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“it’s a wonderful life” (1946) remains the best christmas film about the importance of mutual aid during the decline of capitalism.
December 21, 2024 at 10:10 PM
“it’s a wonderful life” (1946) remains the best christmas film about the importance of mutual aid during the decline of capitalism.
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It’s all about social cohesion, which is why we’re relentlessly hammering a guy who had nothing to do with it, and launching a hate campaign against “immigration”
Wouldn’t want to politicise this tragedy. That would be terribly crass.
December 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It’s all about social cohesion, which is why we’re relentlessly hammering a guy who had nothing to do with it, and launching a hate campaign against “immigration”
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The painful memories of Port Arthur also carry important lessons for Australia’s political leaders about how to comfort a community and lead the nation through trauma, @crystaljane.bsky.social writes.
Political responses to the Port Arthur and Bondi massacres are wildly different — but unity is still possible
www.crikey.com.au
December 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The painful memories of Port Arthur also carry important lessons for Australia’s political leaders about how to comfort a community and lead the nation through trauma, @crystaljane.bsky.social writes.
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hey they wrote a book for you
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
hey they wrote a book for you
With Die My Love arriving on MUBI today, here’s my interview with its director, Lynne Ramsay, for The Saturday Paper.
Filmmaker Lynne Ramsay on her return with Die My Love
The maverick Scottish filmmaker behind We Need To Talk About Kevin and You Were Never Really Here returns with Die My Love, a feral, funny story of motherhood and survival.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
With Die My Love arriving on MUBI today, here’s my interview with its director, Lynne Ramsay, for The Saturday Paper.
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They’re finally letting Nancy Meyers make movies again. Meyers told an audience in LA that she begins shooting a new movie this May. Kieran Culkin will star. Is it her axed Netflix project, ‘Paris Paramount’?
They’re Finally Letting Nancy Meyers Make Movies Again
They’re finally letting Nancy Meyers make movies again. Meyers told an audience in LA that she begins shooting a new movie this May. Kieran Culkin will star. Is it her axed Netflix project, ‘Paris Paramount’?
www.vulture.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
They’re finally letting Nancy Meyers make movies again. Meyers told an audience in LA that she begins shooting a new movie this May. Kieran Culkin will star. Is it her axed Netflix project, ‘Paris Paramount’?
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LITTLE WOMAN IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE.
now watching (90s version with Winona Ryder)
now watching (90s version with Winona Ryder)
December 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
LITTLE WOMAN IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE.
now watching (90s version with Winona Ryder)
now watching (90s version with Winona Ryder)
A fascinating article about the collapse of language.
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A fascinating article about the collapse of language.
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So, is this hate speech?
List of statements by Israeli officials cited as genocidal - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
So, is this hate speech?
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Nick's shoutout even more relevant after appalling coverage of Bondi by mainstream media.
Uncritical parroting of Netanyahu and Hanson,
blaming protestors,
and ramping up anti-migrant racism.
Great ep from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social .
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
Uncritical parroting of Netanyahu and Hanson,
blaming protestors,
and ramping up anti-migrant racism.
Great ep from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social .
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nick's shoutout even more relevant after appalling coverage of Bondi by mainstream media.
Uncritical parroting of Netanyahu and Hanson,
blaming protestors,
and ramping up anti-migrant racism.
Great ep from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social .
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
Uncritical parroting of Netanyahu and Hanson,
blaming protestors,
and ramping up anti-migrant racism.
Great ep from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social .
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
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“If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral,” writes @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social, “we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the ability of ordinary people — of any race, gender or creed — to unite against racism and violence.”
On the need for a renewed democratic universalism - Overland literary journal
If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral, in which one form of identitarian chauvinism spurs the next, we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the abili...
overland.org.au
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral,” writes @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social, “we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the ability of ordinary people — of any race, gender or creed — to unite against racism and violence.”
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“Be angry at Netanyahu, Israelis voted in as their leader, fugitive from International War Crimes Commission, a man who orders & celebrates incineration of innocent children in refugee camp tents, who is now bobbing up to lecture Aus on morals & sanctity of human life.
“Be angry at Netanyahu, Israelis voted in as their leader, fugitive from International War Crimes Commission, a man who orders & celebrates incineration of innocent children in refugee camp tents, who is now bobbing up to lecture Aus on morals & sanctity of human life.
Don’t look back in anger - The Shot
I’m angry. We’re all angry. Perhaps that’s part of the problem. At the moment, we’re angry at two twisted individuals...
theshot.net.au
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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“Be angry at Netanyahu, Israelis voted in as their leader, fugitive from International War Crimes Commission, a man who orders & celebrates incineration of innocent children in refugee camp tents, who is now bobbing up to lecture Aus on morals & sanctity of human life.
“Be angry at Netanyahu, Israelis voted in as their leader, fugitive from International War Crimes Commission, a man who orders & celebrates incineration of innocent children in refugee camp tents, who is now bobbing up to lecture Aus on morals & sanctity of human life.
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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December 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Tasmania has estimated its total liability for child sexual abuse claims at over $600 million. You cannot tell me that this didn’t deserve national attention, or that these stories wouldn’t have been leading national bulletins for weeks if they broke in Melbourne or Sydney. | @nickfeik.bsky.social
A rare win: Investigative journalism and its consolations
There’s a meta version of 'stories of powerlessness that are apparently too difficult or niche for a national audience'. It’s called Tasmania.
www.crikey.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Tasmania has estimated its total liability for child sexual abuse claims at over $600 million. You cannot tell me that this didn’t deserve national attention, or that these stories wouldn’t have been leading national bulletins for weeks if they broke in Melbourne or Sydney. | @nickfeik.bsky.social
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Opinion | Nowhere has the slow death of investigative journalism been felt more acutely than in Tasmania.
A rare win: Investigative journalism and its consolations
www.crikey.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Opinion | Nowhere has the slow death of investigative journalism been felt more acutely than in Tasmania.
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This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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Neither MUP nor the Melbourne University council even tried to save Meanjin. In fact they chose *not* to pursue offers to help save it.
They also actively ignored the advice of the independent review they commissioned into Meanjin's sustainability. They just shut it.
They also actively ignored the advice of the independent review they commissioned into Meanjin's sustainability. They just shut it.
FOI documents reveal that Melbourne University Publishing’s council didn’t even debate trying to save Meanjin, treating its closure as a fait accompli.
FOI docs reveal Meanjin axing never debated by Melbourne Uni. And why were all bids to save it rejected?
www.crikey.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Neither MUP nor the Melbourne University council even tried to save Meanjin. In fact they chose *not* to pursue offers to help save it.
They also actively ignored the advice of the independent review they commissioned into Meanjin's sustainability. They just shut it.
They also actively ignored the advice of the independent review they commissioned into Meanjin's sustainability. They just shut it.
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This is great news. Public pressure works.
State Library abandons controversial restructure plan
Ahead of a planned public protest on Saturday, a reorganisation of Victoria’s most significant public library has been dropped.
www.theage.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This is great news. Public pressure works.
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Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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How did anyone concentrate in the early 1930s when they knew that at almost any given moment they could go to their local movie palace and watch Joan Blondell play a nurse?
December 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
How did anyone concentrate in the early 1930s when they knew that at almost any given moment they could go to their local movie palace and watch Joan Blondell play a nurse?
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Bravo! Eurovision winner in 2024, Nemo, the Swiss entry, handed back their trophy today because of Israel’s continued participation in the contest. The EBU is burning the Eurovision to the ground, all to maintain the presence of a state committing genocide against Palestinians #BoycottEurovision
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In 2019, more than 100,000 Australians would regularly arrive in the US each month. The number of Australians arriving in the US in November fell to just 45,408, 11% lower than the same month last year.
‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared
Visitors will have to reveal at the border all social media activity over the past five years
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
In 2019, more than 100,000 Australians would regularly arrive in the US each month. The number of Australians arriving in the US in November fell to just 45,408, 11% lower than the same month last year.
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“We know how this movie ends. Mergers always promise benefits, but they inevitably deliver diminished competition, lower pay and fewer jobs for industry workers,” Writers Guild of America President Michele Mulroney. wapo.st/3MGHcGY
Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in $83 billion deal
The largest streaming network says it will purchase Warner Bros.’ studios and streaming assets after winning a bidding war with Comcast and Paramount.
wapo.st
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“We know how this movie ends. Mergers always promise benefits, but they inevitably deliver diminished competition, lower pay and fewer jobs for industry workers,” Writers Guild of America President Michele Mulroney. wapo.st/3MGHcGY