Steven D. Greydanus
@decentfilms.bsky.social
Film critic, Catholic deacon, theology teacher, father of 7. Not in that order. NYFCC member. Please follow/subscribe at greydanus.substack.com! Also at decentfilms.com
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Mamdani is going to impose Sananda Maitreya law where you have to change your name if you're Terrence Trent D'Arby.
Mamdani is going to impose Zendaya law, where everyone will have to boycott Sydney Sweeney
Mamdani is going to impose Mamma Mia law, where everyone will be forced to watch jukebox musicals.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Mamdani is going to impose Sananda Maitreya law where you have to change your name if you're Terrence Trent D'Arby.
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Mamdani is going to pass Schitt’s Creek law where all obnoxious wealthy families have to move into a budget hotel together
Mamdani is going to impose Zendaya law, where everyone will have to boycott Sydney Sweeney
Mamdani is going to impose Mamma Mia law, where everyone will be forced to watch jukebox musicals.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Mamdani is going to pass Schitt’s Creek law where all obnoxious wealthy families have to move into a budget hotel together
Pollsters: Trump is historically unpopular
No Kings movement: There are millions of us
U.S. voters: Seriously, we’re so done with MAGA
Eight Senate Democrats: We hear you, it’s time to reopen the government without healthcare subsidies
No Kings movement: There are millions of us
U.S. voters: Seriously, we’re so done with MAGA
Eight Senate Democrats: We hear you, it’s time to reopen the government without healthcare subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Pollsters: Trump is historically unpopular
No Kings movement: There are millions of us
U.S. voters: Seriously, we’re so done with MAGA
Eight Senate Democrats: We hear you, it’s time to reopen the government without healthcare subsidies
No Kings movement: There are millions of us
U.S. voters: Seriously, we’re so done with MAGA
Eight Senate Democrats: We hear you, it’s time to reopen the government without healthcare subsidies
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Mamdani is going to implement Shannara law. Everything will be extremely derivative of Tolkien and predictable.
Mamdani is going to implement Shisha law. Everyone gets their own pipe and the smog will smell of mango.
Mamdani is going to implement Shalamar law. He’s going to make it a night to remember
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shannara law. Everything will be extremely derivative of Tolkien and predictable.
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Copyediting FAQ
Q. Should the word “too” at the end of a sentence be preceded by a comma, or no?
A. Whichever way you choose to go, the other way will immediately seem better.
Q. Should the word “too” at the end of a sentence be preceded by a comma, or no?
A. Whichever way you choose to go, the other way will immediately seem better.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Copyediting FAQ
Q. Should the word “too” at the end of a sentence be preceded by a comma, or no?
A. Whichever way you choose to go, the other way will immediately seem better.
Q. Should the word “too” at the end of a sentence be preceded by a comma, or no?
A. Whichever way you choose to go, the other way will immediately seem better.
Mamdani is going to impose Zendaya law, where everyone will have to boycott Sydney Sweeney
Mamdani is going to impose Mamma Mia law, where everyone will be forced to watch jukebox musicals.
Mamdani is going to impose Santana law. Everyone will have to duet with Rob Thomas.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Mamdani is going to impose Zendaya law, where everyone will have to boycott Sydney Sweeney
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Mamdani is going to impose Shania Law. It won't impress you much.
Mamdani is going to impose Salvia law. Parsley, rosemary, and thyme will be hunted to extinction.
Mamdani is going to impose Sha Na Na law. Everyone will be forced to wear gold lamé, have pompadour haircuts, and go to the hop
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Mamdani is going to impose Shania Law. It won't impress you much.
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Mamdani is going to impose Santana law. Everyone will have to duet with Rob Thomas.
Mamdani is going to impose Shania Law. It won't impress you much.
Mamdani is going to impose Salvia law. Parsley, rosemary, and thyme will be hunted to extinction.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Mamdani is going to impose Santana law. Everyone will have to duet with Rob Thomas.
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Mamdani is going to impose Mamma Mia law, where everyone will be forced to watch jukebox musicals.
Mamdani is going to impose Santana law. Everyone will have to duet with Rob Thomas.
Mamdani is going to impose Shania Law. It won't impress you much.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Mamdani is going to impose Mamma Mia law, where everyone will be forced to watch jukebox musicals.
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Enjoying Columbo, an endlessly rewatchable series. Falk's sly timing raises the level of every scene, as in "Blueprint for Murder," where he questions the arrogant architect, drops an incriminating fact, then reaches in his coat pocket and asks, "Ya want half a candy bar?"
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Enjoying Columbo, an endlessly rewatchable series. Falk's sly timing raises the level of every scene, as in "Blueprint for Murder," where he questions the arrogant architect, drops an incriminating fact, then reaches in his coat pocket and asks, "Ya want half a candy bar?"
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“The way of salvation is the way of love—and, in particular, there is no salvation apart from love for the poor and vulnerable: the hungry, the sick, prisoners, immigrants and refugees, and all who are excluded or marginalized.” From my homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Saint John Lateran, living water, and love of the poor and vulnerable
[Homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, 2025]
greydanus.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“The way of salvation is the way of love—and, in particular, there is no salvation apart from love for the poor and vulnerable: the hungry, the sick, prisoners, immigrants and refugees, and all who are excluded or marginalized.” From my homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
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If we don’t hold them accountable, we become this ourselves. There’s no third option.
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If we don’t hold them accountable, we become this ourselves. There’s no third option.
“The way of salvation is the way of love—and, in particular, there is no salvation apart from love for the poor and vulnerable: the hungry, the sick, prisoners, immigrants and refugees, and all who are excluded or marginalized.” From my homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Saint John Lateran, living water, and love of the poor and vulnerable
[Homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, 2025]
greydanus.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“The way of salvation is the way of love—and, in particular, there is no salvation apart from love for the poor and vulnerable: the hungry, the sick, prisoners, immigrants and refugees, and all who are excluded or marginalized.” From my homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
If we don’t hold them accountable, we become this ourselves. There’s no third option.
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If we don’t hold them accountable, we become this ourselves. There’s no third option.
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a round-up of (most of) what I posted (mostly) in October
October 2025 in Dailies & Sundays
[a new monthly round-up feature?]
greydanus.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
a round-up of (most of) what I posted (mostly) in October
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Every company website is so desperate. You're on their page for five seconds and they want to send you notifications for the rest of your life. It's like if you asked somebody at an airport how to get to Terminal D and they told you, then got down on one knee and proposed.
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Every company website is so desperate. You're on their page for five seconds and they want to send you notifications for the rest of your life. It's like if you asked somebody at an airport how to get to Terminal D and they told you, then got down on one knee and proposed.
a round-up of (most of) what I posted (mostly) in October
October 2025 in Dailies & Sundays
[a new monthly round-up feature?]
greydanus.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
a round-up of (most of) what I posted (mostly) in October
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
There are obviously more urgent concerns than the White House. But I found Adam Gopnik’s recent comments about architecture embodying values striking specifically as a Catholic, and I wrote about the White House as a sacred building, and the East Wing demolition a desecration.
I got some pushback to my suggestion that the White House is a kind of sacred architecture—and that Trump’s demolition of the East Wing is therefore a kind of sacrilege—so of course I did a longread on it
How the White House is a sacred building…
[…and Trump’s East Wing destruction is a species of sacrilege]
greydanus.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
There are obviously more urgent concerns than the White House. But I found Adam Gopnik’s recent comments about architecture embodying values striking specifically as a Catholic, and I wrote about the White House as a sacred building, and the East Wing demolition a desecration.
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
I got some pushback to my suggestion that the White House is a kind of sacred architecture—and that Trump’s demolition of the East Wing is therefore a kind of sacrilege—so of course I did a longread on it
How the White House is a sacred building…
[…and Trump’s East Wing destruction is a species of sacrilege]
greydanus.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I got some pushback to my suggestion that the White House is a kind of sacred architecture—and that Trump’s demolition of the East Wing is therefore a kind of sacrilege—so of course I did a longread on it
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Besides great animation and unique style, BTAS remains best known for its original characters, storylines, and iconic villains — some of which were created specifically for the animated show.
5 Batman Villains That Owe Their Existence to 'Batman: The Animated Series' | Black Girl Nerds
Besides great animation and unique style, BTAS remains best known for its original characters, storylines, and iconic villains
blackgirlnerds.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Besides great animation and unique style, BTAS remains best known for its original characters, storylines, and iconic villains — some of which were created specifically for the animated show.
Consider the Wendigo! How do you decide in a dream what’s real and what’s not? An adventure in dream epistemology
“Dude, that’s Dream Wikipedia!” Adventures in dream epistemology
[Consider the Wendigo!]
greydanus.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Consider the Wendigo! How do you decide in a dream what’s real and what’s not? An adventure in dream epistemology
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Text received today by my husband: "We're sorry your flight has been delayed by 268 minutes." Why does it annoy me so much that on top of everything, they even force a person to do the math on the number of hours they'll be late?
November 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Text received today by my husband: "We're sorry your flight has been delayed by 268 minutes." Why does it annoy me so much that on top of everything, they even force a person to do the math on the number of hours they'll be late?
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You can't make this up.
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You can't make this up.