Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world)
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Independent film critic, est. 2011 - https://moviegoing.rocks / blogger & columnist | SEFCA member | 🍅s approved | Always ⚜️🍿 #TeamNOLAFilm
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Notable New Orleans 2025 milestones:
- Terror attack
- Sneaux Day
- Super Bowl LIX
- Scrim Saga
- Carr Retiring
- 7th Ward Pope
- 10 escaped inmates
- Mayor Cantrell Indictment
- Derrick Groves in Atlanta
- City budget deficit
- Mayoral election
- Catahoula Crunch
- Terror attack
- Sneaux Day
- Super Bowl LIX
- Scrim Saga
- Carr Retiring
- 7th Ward Pope
- 10 escaped inmates
- Mayor Cantrell Indictment
- Derrick Groves in Atlanta
- City budget deficit
- Mayoral election
- Catahoula Crunch
December 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Notable New Orleans 2025 milestones:
- Terror attack
- Sneaux Day
- Super Bowl LIX
- Scrim Saga
- Carr Retiring
- 7th Ward Pope
- 10 escaped inmates
- Mayor Cantrell Indictment
- Derrick Groves in Atlanta
- City budget deficit
- Mayoral election
- Catahoula Crunch
- Terror attack
- Sneaux Day
- Super Bowl LIX
- Scrim Saga
- Carr Retiring
- 7th Ward Pope
- 10 escaped inmates
- Mayor Cantrell Indictment
- Derrick Groves in Atlanta
- City budget deficit
- Mayoral election
- Catahoula Crunch
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Amazing story about americans being americans. In hell.
80 Years Ago: Bizarre "Atomic Bowl" Football Game Near Ground Zero in Nagasaki
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80 Years Ago: Bizarre "Atomic Bowl" Football Game Near Ground Zero in Nagasaki
All-star U.S. game on January 1, 1946, in front of a school which lost 162 students to the atomic bomb just months before. From my current PBS film and book.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Amazing story about americans being americans. In hell.
Re Sayles' 'City of Hope' for ending 2025: Amid the damage, the only saviors that'll maybe come to our aid are Jersey power hucksters. And you know what? They get stuff done.
Heading into 2026 without a jobby-job, 'City of Hope' made me feel great.
Movies.
5/5
⚜️🍿
Heading into 2026 without a jobby-job, 'City of Hope' made me feel great.
Movies.
5/5
⚜️🍿
January 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Re Sayles' 'City of Hope' for ending 2025: Amid the damage, the only saviors that'll maybe come to our aid are Jersey power hucksters. And you know what? They get stuff done.
Heading into 2026 without a jobby-job, 'City of Hope' made me feel great.
Movies.
5/5
⚜️🍿
Heading into 2026 without a jobby-job, 'City of Hope' made me feel great.
Movies.
5/5
⚜️🍿
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Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
Everything Elon Musk promised in 2025, but didn't deliver
Musk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.
mashable.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
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Well, my New Years Eve plans are set
December 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Well, my New Years Eve plans are set
That trailer killed me with laughter when I first watched it, with its "I got my finger on the trigger" needle drop.
Editing a 2,000 word essay and willingly watching the forgotten thriller MONEY MONSTER for work-related reasons, what a final day of 2025.
December 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
That trailer killed me with laughter when I first watched it, with its "I got my finger on the trigger" needle drop.
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Money Monster (Jodie Foster, 2016)
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Money Monster (Jodie Foster, 2016)
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Shoutout to all my fellow Y2K survivors
December 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Shoutout to all my fellow Y2K survivors
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New: Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
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Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
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Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy - UNICORN RIOT
Atlanta – Racketeering charges against 61 people indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday, marking a significant victory for those facing prosecution in the y...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
New: Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
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Acadians in Chéticamp, Nova Scotia and the Îles de la Madeleine had a tradition of symbolically beating the old year to death by striking the outside corners of their houses with sticks. #Folklore
🎨Hooked rug depicting the Acadian flag from Chéticamp, Nova Scotia.
🎨Hooked rug depicting the Acadian flag from Chéticamp, Nova Scotia.
December 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Acadians in Chéticamp, Nova Scotia and the Îles de la Madeleine had a tradition of symbolically beating the old year to death by striking the outside corners of their houses with sticks. #Folklore
🎨Hooked rug depicting the Acadian flag from Chéticamp, Nova Scotia.
🎨Hooked rug depicting the Acadian flag from Chéticamp, Nova Scotia.
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Just caught this 2011 interview with Bill Moyers posted recently by @democracynow.org -- He saw it coming a long, long time ago. Guessing he wasn't alone. Anyone working in the industry felt it. Thank goodness for independent journalism.👏👏
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/26/r...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/26/r...
Remembering Bill Moyers: PBS Icon on Corruption of Corporate Media and Power of Public Broadcasting
The legendary journalist Bill Moyers died in June at the age of 91. Moyers, whose long career included helping found the Peace Corps and serving as press secretary for President Lyndon Johnson, was an...
www.democracynow.org
December 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Just caught this 2011 interview with Bill Moyers posted recently by @democracynow.org -- He saw it coming a long, long time ago. Guessing he wasn't alone. Anyone working in the industry felt it. Thank goodness for independent journalism.👏👏
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/26/r...
www.democracynow.org/2025/12/26/r...
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RIP 2025
2025-2025
2025-2025
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
RIP 2025
2025-2025
2025-2025
Came into the office this morning, bright and early. Took off my jacket, draped it over the back of my chair, got called into another room, and was let go. "Restructuring," they're calling it.
I handled it well, if I do say so myself - but it f***ing sucks.
The whole team is being let go, I think.
I handled it well, if I do say so myself - but it f***ing sucks.
The whole team is being let go, I think.
December 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Came into the office this morning, bright and early. Took off my jacket, draped it over the back of my chair, got called into another room, and was let go. "Restructuring," they're calling it.
I handled it well, if I do say so myself - but it f***ing sucks.
The whole team is being let go, I think.
I handled it well, if I do say so myself - but it f***ing sucks.
The whole team is being let go, I think.
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Last review of 2025 is for one of the first films of 2026, a nifty little spin on the zombie movie.
‘We Bury the Dead’ Review: A Zombie Film That’s Most Alive in Its Quietest Moments
Zak Hilditch’s movie starring Daisy Ridley thrives on matters of grief and closure rather than typical undead thrills.
www.thewrap.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Last review of 2025 is for one of the first films of 2026, a nifty little spin on the zombie movie.
How I am walking out of 2025
December 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How I am walking out of 2025
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I last saw Alice in person in August, when I was moderating a panel discussion she was on for the documentary Life After. “Ableism is everywhere,” she said at the time, “and it rears its head in legislation and the way society is constructed, interlocked with white supremacy.”
December 31, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I last saw Alice in person in August, when I was moderating a panel discussion she was on for the documentary Life After. “Ableism is everywhere,” she said at the time, “and it rears its head in legislation and the way society is constructed, interlocked with white supremacy.”
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Who is Mubi for? The art-house movie streamer had a cultlike following, writes Will Tavlin. Then it started to expand.
Who Is Mubi For?
Who is Mubi for? The art-house movie streamer had a cultlike following, writes Will Tavlin. Then it started to expand.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Who is Mubi for? The art-house movie streamer had a cultlike following, writes Will Tavlin. Then it started to expand.
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Writer, director, and star Joanna Arnow delivers one of the sharpest, most quietly uncomfortable comedies of recent years with The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023), a film that weaponizes awkwardness, deadpan humor, and emotional stasis. Arnow plays Ann, a...
December 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Writer, director, and star Joanna Arnow delivers one of the sharpest, most quietly uncomfortable comedies of recent years with The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023), a film that weaponizes awkwardness, deadpan humor, and emotional stasis. Arnow plays Ann, a...
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Ok, wow Luca Guadagnino just called BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL one of the best films of the year, no big deal… okay actually I’m freaking out holy crap thank you thank you!!!!!
50 Directors Pick Their Favorite Films of 2025
There remains one group we’ve yet to hear from when it comes to the best films of 2025: the directors who made them..
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December 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Ok, wow Luca Guadagnino just called BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL one of the best films of the year, no big deal… okay actually I’m freaking out holy crap thank you thank you!!!!!
From Brandon of @swampflix.bsky.social: swampflix.com/2025/12/30/s...
Shakedown (1988)
Midway through the 1988 police-corruption thriller Shakedown, Sam Elliott’s undercover cop hands a revolver to Peter Weller’s disheveled lawyer and asks, “You know how to use one …
swampflix.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
From Brandon of @swampflix.bsky.social: swampflix.com/2025/12/30/s...
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Supporters – IndieCollect
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December 31, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Support the great film restorers at IndieCollect! indiecollect.org/supporters/
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How I am walking out of 2025
December 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
How I am walking out of 2025
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Jess and I did a double feature of NOUVELLE VAGUE and JAY KELLY this weekend and I'm still thinking about it. Netflix has two of the best navel-gazing pieces of cinema about making cinema you'll see all year. If you haven't seen them, double feature them NOW! Such great meditations on life and art.
December 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Jess and I did a double feature of NOUVELLE VAGUE and JAY KELLY this weekend and I'm still thinking about it. Netflix has two of the best navel-gazing pieces of cinema about making cinema you'll see all year. If you haven't seen them, double feature them NOW! Such great meditations on life and art.
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RIP legend
December 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
RIP legend
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The Lens’ most-read stories of the year started in January, when this man walked 7 miles, to get to the governor’s Super Bowl homeless shelter.
✍ Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl
Full Story🗞: buff.ly/Faw1ePS
#TheLensNola🔍 #superbowl #homelessshelter #neworleans
✍ Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl
Full Story🗞: buff.ly/Faw1ePS
#TheLensNola🔍 #superbowl #homelessshelter #neworleans
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Lens’ most-read stories of the year started in January, when this man walked 7 miles, to get to the governor’s Super Bowl homeless shelter.
✍ Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl
Full Story🗞: buff.ly/Faw1ePS
#TheLensNola🔍 #superbowl #homelessshelter #neworleans
✍ Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl
Full Story🗞: buff.ly/Faw1ePS
#TheLensNola🔍 #superbowl #homelessshelter #neworleans