David Viramontes
@davidviramontes.bsky.social
he/him | audience engagement editor at @latimes.com | formerly variety
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on october 23rd the muses descend upon a pop girlie to bestow her the divine gift of creation
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
on october 23rd the muses descend upon a pop girlie to bestow her the divine gift of creation
Have come to the conclusion that the “America” number from Spielberg’s #WestSideStory is the greatest uninterrupted five and a half minutes of feature film ever produced. youtu.be/hoQEddtFN3Q?...
West Side Story – Cast 2021 - America (From "West Side Story")
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September 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Have come to the conclusion that the “America” number from Spielberg’s #WestSideStory is the greatest uninterrupted five and a half minutes of feature film ever produced. youtu.be/hoQEddtFN3Q?...
Completely over the moon for Thom Andersen’s opus “Los Angeles Plays Itself.” Nearly three hours of the most fascinating piece of criticism I’ve ever encountered. Among other things, it finds time to extol the Dragnet franchise, critique L.A.’s transit system and rip a Diane Keaton movie to shreds.
September 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Completely over the moon for Thom Andersen’s opus “Los Angeles Plays Itself.” Nearly three hours of the most fascinating piece of criticism I’ve ever encountered. Among other things, it finds time to extol the Dragnet franchise, critique L.A.’s transit system and rip a Diane Keaton movie to shreds.
i’ve seen the trailer for one battle after another enough times and in enough theaters to say that it’s the best trailer of the 2020s. “thank you sensei,” that little rug unrolling and the bits of score we hear are perfect every single time.
July 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
i’ve seen the trailer for one battle after another enough times and in enough theaters to say that it’s the best trailer of the 2020s. “thank you sensei,” that little rug unrolling and the bits of score we hear are perfect every single time.
People saying F1 is a riff on the Top Gun Maverick formula… It’s more obviously a riff on Apple’s own Ted Lasso. Brad Pitt is Ted, pit crew is front office, owner vs shareholder tension.
June 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
People saying F1 is a riff on the Top Gun Maverick formula… It’s more obviously a riff on Apple’s own Ted Lasso. Brad Pitt is Ted, pit crew is front office, owner vs shareholder tension.
if the ticketmaster queue is to be believed, there are ~100k people trying to get tickets to addison rae’s los angeles concert at the wiltern, which has a 2300 person capacity lol
June 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
if the ticketmaster queue is to be believed, there are ~100k people trying to get tickets to addison rae’s los angeles concert at the wiltern, which has a 2300 person capacity lol
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Los Angeles school police will set up a safety perimeter around campuses and school events — including graduations — to keep federal immigration agents away from students, employees and families, school officials said.
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June 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Los Angeles school police will set up a safety perimeter around campuses and school events — including graduations — to keep federal immigration agents away from students, employees and families, school officials said.
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500 active-duty U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton will be deployed to L.A., a senior Trump administration official told The Times.
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Camp Pendleton Marines deployed to L.A.; after ICE protest, union leader faces a federal charge
California to sue Trump over National Guard deployment after a weekend of isolated clashes between law enforcement and protesters around Los Angeles.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
500 active-duty U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton will be deployed to L.A., a senior Trump administration official told The Times.
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overcompensating is soooo sharply written, every joke lands, the ensemble is so strong and it manages to be both a farcical and poignant depiction of college life like benito skinner you really did that shit!!
May 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM
overcompensating is soooo sharply written, every joke lands, the ensemble is so strong and it manages to be both a farcical and poignant depiction of college life like benito skinner you really did that shit!!
Insane to me that Nathan Fielder in The Rehearsal finale on HBO pulls off a greater stunt – commits to a more impressive bit – than Tom Cruise in the Mission: Impossible movie currently playing in theaters.
May 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Insane to me that Nathan Fielder in The Rehearsal finale on HBO pulls off a greater stunt – commits to a more impressive bit – than Tom Cruise in the Mission: Impossible movie currently playing in theaters.
#MissionImpossible: The Final Reckoning is a mess! Chaotic and plotty, but every so often McQuarrie throws down something completely mesmerizing. Interestingly less reliant action. I loved that it’s littered with character actor performances. Bless Tom Cruise for deciding to go full Animaniac.
May 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
#MissionImpossible: The Final Reckoning is a mess! Chaotic and plotty, but every so often McQuarrie throws down something completely mesmerizing. Interestingly less reliant action. I loved that it’s littered with character actor performances. Bless Tom Cruise for deciding to go full Animaniac.
amc adds a fourth slot to a-list’s weekly movie limit tomorrow. we prayed for times like this.
May 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
amc adds a fourth slot to a-list’s weekly movie limit tomorrow. we prayed for times like this.
knew the sold out crowd at the vista for sinners was gonna be an all timer when everyone was hootin and hollerin for the elmer fudd preshow. when the duck season poster hit the screen we all held hands and started levitating. hands down best theater experience. this is why we go to the movies folks.
April 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
knew the sold out crowd at the vista for sinners was gonna be an all timer when everyone was hootin and hollerin for the elmer fudd preshow. when the duck season poster hit the screen we all held hands and started levitating. hands down best theater experience. this is why we go to the movies folks.
At #Coachella for the first time ever. Having the time of my life. Not overstimulated whatsoever.
April 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
At #Coachella for the first time ever. Having the time of my life. Not overstimulated whatsoever.
reaching heretofore unseen levels of being back
April 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
reaching heretofore unseen levels of being back
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RIP to one of the greats
April 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
RIP to one of the greats
just wrapped up severance and now we’re all watching the studio, two tv shows i intend to be extremely normal about thank you very much
March 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
just wrapped up severance and now we’re all watching the studio, two tv shows i intend to be extremely normal about thank you very much
John Carpenter talking to Bong Joon Ho before a screening of “The Thing.”
“Special effects are a huge pain in the ass. They mostly look like crap,” says Carpenter.
a gathering of goats
“Special effects are a huge pain in the ass. They mostly look like crap,” says Carpenter.
a gathering of goats
March 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
John Carpenter talking to Bong Joon Ho before a screening of “The Thing.”
“Special effects are a huge pain in the ass. They mostly look like crap,” says Carpenter.
a gathering of goats
“Special effects are a huge pain in the ass. They mostly look like crap,” says Carpenter.
a gathering of goats
visited the bong joon ho exhibit at the @academymuseum.bsky.social today and saw his copious storyboards among other cool stuff. but learned he was a total movie freak from a young age. he even ran a bootleg movie club with a library of films on vhs and logged his collection by hand in a notebook
March 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
visited the bong joon ho exhibit at the @academymuseum.bsky.social today and saw his copious storyboards among other cool stuff. but learned he was a total movie freak from a young age. he even ran a bootleg movie club with a library of films on vhs and logged his collection by hand in a notebook
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#Severance Season 2 ended with a crisis of conscience that led innie Mark to make a critical choice in the face of an uncertain future. Here, Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Dichen Lachman, Ben Stiller and Dan Erickson discuss “Cold Harbor,” the mind-blowing finale. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
March 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
#Severance Season 2 ended with a crisis of conscience that led innie Mark to make a critical choice in the face of an uncertain future. Here, Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Dichen Lachman, Ben Stiller and Dan Erickson discuss “Cold Harbor,” the mind-blowing finale. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
severance finale good enough to make me like ben stiller
March 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
severance finale good enough to make me like ben stiller
There’s a scene in “Black Bag” where Cate Blanchett pushes an elevator button in a way no other human ever has or ever will. Seeing acting like that is, frankly, why I wake up in the morning.
March 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
There’s a scene in “Black Bag” where Cate Blanchett pushes an elevator button in a way no other human ever has or ever will. Seeing acting like that is, frankly, why I wake up in the morning.
I ran (across the street) in the L.A. marathon (to get back to my apartment).
March 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I ran (across the street) in the L.A. marathon (to get back to my apartment).
nothin better than seeing my personal friends the looney tunes on the big screen
March 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
nothin better than seeing my personal friends the looney tunes on the big screen
vin diesel should announce the best picture winner at next year’s oscars
March 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
vin diesel should announce the best picture winner at next year’s oscars