Francis Sadac
@francissadac.bsky.social
Cultural adventurer, global wanderer, seeker of delicious things, proud Pinoy, forever Chicagoan. Seattle and the world.
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Can someone sit the producers of the Emmys down and explain that we watch for the speeches? And why are they producing the Emmys if they don't know it?
September 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Screaming! Jeff Hiiller winning an Emmy for Somebody, Somewhere is the most deserved Emmy win in years! Amazing. Sometimes, it's the best performance that wins
September 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Screaming! Jeff Hiiller winning an Emmy for Somebody, Somewhere is the most deserved Emmy win in years! Amazing. Sometimes, it's the best performance that wins
"Twinless" is the best film I've seen this year at @siffnews.bsky.social. Loved hearing director/writer/co-star James Sweeney at Q&A, who impressively created a cohesive whole between funny, cringe, sad, sweet, yearn. And Dylan O'Brien, all of him, in twin roles, proves that he's a star
May 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"Twinless" is the best film I've seen this year at @siffnews.bsky.social. Loved hearing director/writer/co-star James Sweeney at Q&A, who impressively created a cohesive whole between funny, cringe, sad, sweet, yearn. And Dylan O'Brien, all of him, in twin roles, proves that he's a star
Huge congratulations to @steppenwolfthtr.bsky.social and Branden Jacobs Jenkins for the Pulitzer Prize awarded to "Purpose"! I loved the Steppenwolf world premiere production last year which transferred almost intact to Broadway. So deserved! playbill.com/article/bran...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose Wins the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Finalists included Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! and Itamar Moses's The Ally.
playbill.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Huge congratulations to @steppenwolfthtr.bsky.social and Branden Jacobs Jenkins for the Pulitzer Prize awarded to "Purpose"! I loved the Steppenwolf world premiere production last year which transferred almost intact to Broadway. So deserved! playbill.com/article/bran...
Darn, couldn't stop sobbing after seeing episode 8 of "The Pitt". I haven't cried at a TV show in forever (or maybe ever?!). Devastating writing. And this episode seals for me Noah Wyle's deserved Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama.
April 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Darn, couldn't stop sobbing after seeing episode 8 of "The Pitt". I haven't cried at a TV show in forever (or maybe ever?!). Devastating writing. And this episode seals for me Noah Wyle's deserved Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama.
Carrie Coon's beautifully, heart-wrenchingly delivered monologue is one of the many highlights of "The White Lotus" S3 finale. Knew she would crush this pop culture moment, having loved her early performances in Chicago theater (Virginia Woolf, The March, Three Sisters, The Real Thing)
April 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Carrie Coon's beautifully, heart-wrenchingly delivered monologue is one of the many highlights of "The White Lotus" S3 finale. Knew she would crush this pop culture moment, having loved her early performances in Chicago theater (Virginia Woolf, The March, Three Sisters, The Real Thing)
I thought The White Lotus S3 finale was satisfying. As Mike White said in the podcast, the show has always been character-driven, not plot-driven.The finale with its Greek tragedy and Shakespearean direct and indirect references was a fitting end to this reflective, melancholy season. Loved it!
April 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I thought The White Lotus S3 finale was satisfying. As Mike White said in the podcast, the show has always been character-driven, not plot-driven.The finale with its Greek tragedy and Shakespearean direct and indirect references was a fitting end to this reflective, melancholy season. Loved it!
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Any one of the "11,000 global members with diverse viewpoints" who cannot condemn the physical assault of a filmmaker does not belong in the Academy. This is a woefully insufficient response, literally worse than silence.
AMPAS has issued a new statement that basically says: “we will continue to say nothing.” they don’t even bother mentioning Hamdan Ballal — an Oscar winner!!! — by name.
March 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Any one of the "11,000 global members with diverse viewpoints" who cannot condemn the physical assault of a filmmaker does not belong in the Academy. This is a woefully insufficient response, literally worse than silence.
The Academy should just have continued to say nothing (which is a choice) instead of stringing together words that still mean nothing. What a bunch of clowns.
AMPAS has issued a new statement that basically says: “we will continue to say nothing.” they don’t even bother mentioning Hamdan Ballal — an Oscar winner!!! — by name.
March 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Academy should just have continued to say nothing (which is a choice) instead of stringing together words that still mean nothing. What a bunch of clowns.
There were a lot of tantalizing and memorable elements in the #Severance season 2 finale, but the use of Mel Torme's haunting, elegiac version of 'Windmills of Your Mind" as the song track for the final sequence was sheer perfection.
March 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
There were a lot of tantalizing and memorable elements in the #Severance season 2 finale, but the use of Mel Torme's haunting, elegiac version of 'Windmills of Your Mind" as the song track for the final sequence was sheer perfection.
Mike White writes the most complex, most surprising, and most batshit crazy monologue in 3 seasons of #TheWhiteLotus and gets Oscar winner Sam Rockwell to deliver it who then ate like its his last meal. Amazing, a masterclass in acting that deserves the Emmy for Guest Performance.
March 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Mike White writes the most complex, most surprising, and most batshit crazy monologue in 3 seasons of #TheWhiteLotus and gets Oscar winner Sam Rockwell to deliver it who then ate like its his last meal. Amazing, a masterclass in acting that deserves the Emmy for Guest Performance.
Spent a terrific day at the Members Opening Weekend of the @aiww.bsky.social exhibition at @seattleartmuseum.bsky.social, the largest ever US retrospective of his work. Amazing, overwhelming, relevant.
March 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Spent a terrific day at the Members Opening Weekend of the @aiww.bsky.social exhibition at @seattleartmuseum.bsky.social, the largest ever US retrospective of his work. Amazing, overwhelming, relevant.
What a wonderful surprise to see 4 time Oscar nominee and 8 time Tony nominee (with one win) Jane Alexander pop up in #Severance S2 ep 8. Great performances from her, James Le Gros, and the invaluable Patricia Arquette. Plus stark, moody direction from Ben Stiller and cinematography.
March 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
What a wonderful surprise to see 4 time Oscar nominee and 8 time Tony nominee (with one win) Jane Alexander pop up in #Severance S2 ep 8. Great performances from her, James Le Gros, and the invaluable Patricia Arquette. Plus stark, moody direction from Ben Stiller and cinematography.
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This year's Anoralist Oscars turn out to have drawn a larger audience than last year's Barbenheimer Oscars, so maybe we can finally put to rest the idea that the popularity of the movies in the race has any correlation to interest in the show?
March 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This year's Anoralist Oscars turn out to have drawn a larger audience than last year's Barbenheimer Oscars, so maybe we can finally put to rest the idea that the popularity of the movies in the race has any correlation to interest in the show?
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A simple post-Oscar reminder, because a few of you clearly could use it: Artists owe you nothing but the work they do.
March 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A simple post-Oscar reminder, because a few of you clearly could use it: Artists owe you nothing but the work they do.
For the 4th straight year, Best Actress was a nailbiter. Wow.
March 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
For the 4th straight year, Best Actress was a nailbiter. Wow.
What I loved about tonight's #Oscars : Sean Baker's 4 wins; the wins for "I'm Still Here", "No Other Land", "Flow", the costume design and cinematography presentations, Mick Jagger, Conan as host. What I didn't love: too many musical numbers, no supporting performers won acting awards
March 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
What I loved about tonight's #Oscars : Sean Baker's 4 wins; the wins for "I'm Still Here", "No Other Land", "Flow", the costume design and cinematography presentations, Mick Jagger, Conan as host. What I didn't love: too many musical numbers, no supporting performers won acting awards
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And with that, ANORA director Sean Baker just tied Walt Disney’s record for 4 Oscar wins in the same night.
March 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
And with that, ANORA director Sean Baker just tied Walt Disney’s record for 4 Oscar wins in the same night.
Sean Baker won FOUR Oscars tonight. I think he's tied with Walt Disney. Stunning
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Sean Baker won FOUR Oscars tonight. I think he's tied with Walt Disney. Stunning
Another song from The Wiz at the Oscars?
March 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Another song from The Wiz at the Oscars?
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The Oscars came to Brazil
March 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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First Oscar for Brazil! I'm over the moon!
March 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
First Oscar for Brazil! I'm over the moon!
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I'm a broken record on this, but in the push to broaden Academy membership over the last decade, it isn't racial diversification or gender parity that has had the greatest effect on what wins. It's internationalization.
March 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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My out-on-a-limb take: The montage, the Oz songs, and Conan adds up to a perfectly good-natured opening. It's fine. It's all fine.
March 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My out-on-a-limb take: The montage, the Oz songs, and Conan adds up to a perfectly good-natured opening. It's fine. It's all fine.
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I hope Brazil will make history tonight.
I wrote about why the most important Oscar nominee is the movie about how living under authoritarian rule can feel surprisingly normal.
The Year’s Most Urgent Best Picture Contender Is the One Almost No One Has Seen
I’m Still Here has a warning—and a reason for hope.
slate.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I hope Brazil will make history tonight.