Jeremy Fassler
@jfassler.bsky.social
Journalist. Bylines: The New York Times, Vulture, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones. Former: Capitol Forum, Daily Banter.
Love seeing that racist fossil Jeff Wells lose sleep over a movie by a Black filmmaker getting a record number of Oscar noms. (Also he’s used that “Samuel Z. Arkoff” reference like 100 times when talking about Sinners. It’s not going to catch on. Stop trying to make fetch happen, Jeff.)
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Love seeing that racist fossil Jeff Wells lose sleep over a movie by a Black filmmaker getting a record number of Oscar noms. (Also he’s used that “Samuel Z. Arkoff” reference like 100 times when talking about Sinners. It’s not going to catch on. Stop trying to make fetch happen, Jeff.)
Finally watching No Other Choice. Park Chan-wook is the real Brian De Palma.
January 22, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Finally watching No Other Choice. Park Chan-wook is the real Brian De Palma.
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This lineup is exactly what the Academy votership overhaul several years ago was going for: More room for genre. A year when the huge, popular movie with the black cast ISN'T the surprise "Oops" omission. And a more international look--nineteen nominations for foreign films this year.
January 22, 2026 at 2:08 PM
This lineup is exactly what the Academy votership overhaul several years ago was going for: More room for genre. A year when the huge, popular movie with the black cast ISN'T the surprise "Oops" omission. And a more international look--nineteen nominations for foreign films this year.
This is your yearly reminder that unless someone comes to your house at 5:30 in the morning and punches you in the face, Oscar snubs aren't a real thing. (To paraphrase Mark Harris.)
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 PM
This is your yearly reminder that unless someone comes to your house at 5:30 in the morning and punches you in the face, Oscar snubs aren't a real thing. (To paraphrase Mark Harris.)
Biggest statistic so far: Greg Kwedar, who was nominated for Sing Sing last year and Train Dreams this year, is the first writer to get consecutive nominations since Aaron Sorkin.
January 22, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Biggest statistic so far: Greg Kwedar, who was nominated for Sing Sing last year and Train Dreams this year, is the first writer to get consecutive nominations since Aaron Sorkin.
I’ve had some really awful experiences with high school and college classmates laughing at all the wrong places, not to mention rep screenings—the worst I ever attended was Marnie at Film Forum. Nonstop laughter, including during the rape scenes.
To the justifiable discourse about how the repertory cinema experience is degraded by the smirky laughter of filmgoers who don't know how to process their own discomfort, all I can add is that if you're in a theater with a group of college kids who have been ASSIGNED to see a movie, brace yourself.>
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 AM
I’ve had some really awful experiences with high school and college classmates laughing at all the wrong places, not to mention rep screenings—the worst I ever attended was Marnie at Film Forum. Nonstop laughter, including during the rape scenes.
@daniele-gaither.bsky.social Thank you for liking all my posts about MLK - also, I'm a Northwestern Performance Studies major too!!
January 19, 2026 at 2:36 PM
@daniele-gaither.bsky.social Thank you for liking all my posts about MLK - also, I'm a Northwestern Performance Studies major too!!
This is a thread I originally wrote for Twitter a few years ago about the history of MLK Day and how it got implemented nationwide. It's a fascinating, multi-decade saga about resistance, activism, compromise and Stevie Wonder! >
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This is a thread I originally wrote for Twitter a few years ago about the history of MLK Day and how it got implemented nationwide. It's a fascinating, multi-decade saga about resistance, activism, compromise and Stevie Wonder! >
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A good list of all the things Governor Spanberger did on DAY ONE: www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Money, Education, Immigration: Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed 10 executive orders
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed 10 executive orders on her first day, targeting cost of living, healthcare, housing and education issues.
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January 18, 2026 at 6:08 PM
A good list of all the things Governor Spanberger did on DAY ONE: www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
If you're writing about how great 2016 was, you weren't really there.
January 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
If you're writing about how great 2016 was, you weren't really there.
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US Steps to Autocracy www.salon.com/2026/01/15/s...
Searching reporters’ homes, repressing dissent are well-known steps to autocracy - Salon.com
The administration's latest actions are awfully familiar.
www.salon.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
US Steps to Autocracy www.salon.com/2026/01/15/s...
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McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring
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My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
January 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
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Scott Adams might have been the most toxic person ever to appear on News Radio.
January 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Scott Adams might have been the most toxic person ever to appear on News Radio.
Scott Adams' Dilbert represented nothing more than the death of the newspaper comic as an art form. What his fans called "minimalism" was little more than what a kid can draw on an IHOP napkin. Compare that to what Bill Watterson could do with just one panel in Calvin and Hobbes:
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Scott Adams' Dilbert represented nothing more than the death of the newspaper comic as an art form. What his fans called "minimalism" was little more than what a kid can draw on an IHOP napkin. Compare that to what Bill Watterson could do with just one panel in Calvin and Hobbes:
In 1997, Art Spiegelman wrote an essay in American Heritage slamming Scott Adams’ Dilbert. Time has proved Spiegelman right.
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In 1997, Art Spiegelman wrote an essay in American Heritage slamming Scott Adams’ Dilbert. Time has proved Spiegelman right.
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This is a big one. The Washington National Opera was one of the Kennedy Center's few mainstays, and this break is evidence that the Trump-zombie version is simply not a viable arts venue. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
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January 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
This is a big one. The Washington National Opera was one of the Kennedy Center's few mainstays, and this break is evidence that the Trump-zombie version is simply not a viable arts venue. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
David Bowie died 10 years ago today and I think it's fair to say the world has sucked ever since.
January 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
David Bowie died 10 years ago today and I think it's fair to say the world has sucked ever since.
To quote Quentin Tarantino, "I have to call the murdered the murdered, and the murderers the murderers."
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
To quote Quentin Tarantino, "I have to call the murdered the murdered, and the murderers the murderers."
Earlier today I told former Northwestern Professor Steven Thrasher that he had no right to comment on Venezuela because he spent all of 2024 insisting there was no difference between Trump and the Democrats. He blocked me, but he shouldn't be allowed to forget his words.
January 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Earlier today I told former Northwestern Professor Steven Thrasher that he had no right to comment on Venezuela because he spent all of 2024 insisting there was no difference between Trump and the Democrats. He blocked me, but he shouldn't be allowed to forget his words.
Stephen Schwartz opened the Kennedy Center in 1971 with his and Leonard Bernstein's theater piece Mass, so his refusal to endorse Trump's takeover carries a lot of weight. Proud to call him an inspiration and a friend.
Schwartz was set to host the Washington National Opera Gala in May, but he told Newsday there’s “no way” he would set foot in the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump’s renaming.
‘Wicked’ Composer Stephen Schwartz Says He’ll Back Out Of Kennedy Center Hosting Gig
Schwartz was set to host the Washington National Opera Gala in May, but he told Newsday there’s “no way” he would set foot in the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump’s renaming.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Stephen Schwartz opened the Kennedy Center in 1971 with his and Leonard Bernstein's theater piece Mass, so his refusal to endorse Trump's takeover carries a lot of weight. Proud to call him an inspiration and a friend.
Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural is the most exciting thing to happen in politics since Ella McKay became governor of the state she was born in.
January 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural is the most exciting thing to happen in politics since Ella McKay became governor of the state she was born in.
In honor of @vulture.com's Culturista series, I wrote my own rundown of my favorite culture of 2025. Enjoy!
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My Favorite Culture of 2025
A few of my favorite (and least favorite) cultural moments of 2025.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In honor of @vulture.com's Culturista series, I wrote my own rundown of my favorite culture of 2025. Enjoy!
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The Good Place should have brought on Isiah Whitlock as a guest so he could say “shiiiiiirt“ and then go “why the fork can’t I say shiiiiiiirt?”
December 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Good Place should have brought on Isiah Whitlock as a guest so he could say “shiiiiiirt“ and then go “why the fork can’t I say shiiiiiiirt?”
I still wear masks, especially in wintertime when the flu goes around. I'm seeing a movie today and I'll be wearing a mask during it. This has no effect on anybody else's life, nor should it. And yet...
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I still wear masks, especially in wintertime when the flu goes around. I'm seeing a movie today and I'll be wearing a mask during it. This has no effect on anybody else's life, nor should it. And yet...