Martin Tsai
@martintsai.bsky.social
critique de cinéma. mots dans sight and sound, awards watch, screen anarchy, los angeles times etc.
camarade de national critics institute et power of diverse voices. membre de galeca, aaja et nlgja. il/le
ouvert au travail: martin.tsai@nyu.edu
camarade de national critics institute et power of diverse voices. membre de galeca, aaja et nlgja. il/le
ouvert au travail: martin.tsai@nyu.edu
Pinned
it took two decades of trying for me to land a piece in
@sightsoundmag.bsky.social
at this rate i will be 60 before i get a staff job somewhere.
anyway. i'm not going shut up about my review of "peter hujar's day": bit.ly/47utCi1
#filmsky @filmforumnyc.bsky.social @filmlinc.bsky.social
@sightsoundmag.bsky.social
at this rate i will be 60 before i get a staff job somewhere.
anyway. i'm not going shut up about my review of "peter hujar's day": bit.ly/47utCi1
#filmsky @filmforumnyc.bsky.social @filmlinc.bsky.social
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Reporter: Dr Oz said that—
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reporter: Dr Oz said that—
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.
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Musk is paid $1tn. Nvidia’s worth $5tn. Yet America’s poor are struggling to eat | Steven Greenhouse
Musk is paid $1tn. Nvidia’s worth $5tn. Yet America’s poor are struggling to eat | Steven Greenhouse
We may be in a golden age for the super-rich – but it doesn’t feel that way for the 42 million Americans who use Snap
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Musk is paid $1tn. Nvidia’s worth $5tn. Yet America’s poor are struggling to eat | Steven Greenhouse
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Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
The Former Staffer Calling Out OpenAI’s Erotica Claims
Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.
www.wired.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
omg i’m going to be in the december issue
i know some of y’all have 1,000 s&s bylines but THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME
i know some of y’all have 1,000 s&s bylines but THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME
“Whishaw delivers the 55 pages of monologue with the impressive illusion of spontaneity.”
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1
"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social
#filmsky
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1
"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social
#filmsky
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
omg i’m going to be in the december issue
i know some of y’all have 1,000 s&s bylines but THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME
i know some of y’all have 1,000 s&s bylines but THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME
started keeping an enemies list for protection and in three days the list has grown to over 30
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
started keeping an enemies list for protection and in three days the list has grown to over 30
“Whishaw delivers the 55 pages of monologue with the impressive illusion of spontaneity.”
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1
"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social
#filmsky
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1
"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social
#filmsky
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Whishaw delivers the 55 pages of monologue with the impressive illusion of spontaneity.”
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1
"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social
#filmsky
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1
"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social
#filmsky
oh
i thought we were finally getting “i don’t know her: the movie”
i thought we were finally getting “i don’t know her: the movie”
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
oh
i thought we were finally getting “i don’t know her: the movie”
i thought we were finally getting “i don’t know her: the movie”
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Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.
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like i said
yes
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
The Democrats have learned their lesson.
by Susan Collins
by Susan Collins
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
like i said
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What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
yes
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
The Democrats have learned their lesson.
by Susan Collins
by Susan Collins
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
yes
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
the first thing that comes to mind is an eight-letter word that starts with “d”
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
the first thing that comes to mind is an eight-letter word that starts with “d”
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
in honor of the release of radu jude’s “dracula,” here is a selection of movie posters probably generated by a.i. that i’ve *speculatively* curated for @ifccenter.bsky.social and posteritati
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
in honor of the release of radu jude’s “dracula,” here is a selection of movie posters probably generated by a.i. that i’ve *speculatively* curated for @ifccenter.bsky.social and posteritati
if you missed out on its *extremely* limited release at cinema village, please track this down on the platform formerly known as max
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
if you missed out on its *extremely* limited release at cinema village, please track this down on the platform formerly known as max
as a cinephile i am truly disturbed by pioneer’s decision to discontinue optical drives
anyway i managed to find this dead stock for a song
anyway i managed to find this dead stock for a song
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
as a cinephile i am truly disturbed by pioneer’s decision to discontinue optical drives
anyway i managed to find this dead stock for a song
anyway i managed to find this dead stock for a song
someone obviously took a page from netanyahu’s playbook
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social: “The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no proof they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had evidence, they’d face a court, not a drone.”
Seven strikes. Thirty-two dead. Zero indictments.
Seven strikes. Thirty-two dead. Zero indictments.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
someone obviously took a page from netanyahu’s playbook
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an actual text exchange
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
an actual text exchange
i am not a trained psychologist but he sounds like a classic narcissist to me
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
i am not a trained psychologist but he sounds like a classic narcissist to me