Michael Schulman
@michaelschulman.bsky.social
Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com
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“In terms of subtle despair, it has absolutely no idea what to do."
Absolutely fascinating feature on Edward Saatchi's plan to restore The Magnificent Ambersons with AI. Worth reading regardless of your position on the topic.
Which is my way of saying, read the article before commenting.
Absolutely fascinating feature on Edward Saatchi's plan to restore The Magnificent Ambersons with AI. Worth reading regardless of your position on the topic.
Which is my way of saying, read the article before commenting.
In 1942, RKO slashed 43 minutes from Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and slapped on a happy ending. Now, an A.I. company wants to restore what was lost. Are they righting a historic wrong or descrating a classic? My deep dive, in this week's New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece
Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
“In terms of subtle despair, it has absolutely no idea what to do."
Absolutely fascinating feature on Edward Saatchi's plan to restore The Magnificent Ambersons with AI. Worth reading regardless of your position on the topic.
Which is my way of saying, read the article before commenting.
Absolutely fascinating feature on Edward Saatchi's plan to restore The Magnificent Ambersons with AI. Worth reading regardless of your position on the topic.
Which is my way of saying, read the article before commenting.
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Absolutely fascinating piece, thanks. But my god, the conundrum. I have to confess I'm morally stumped. Do I want to see Ambersons, at long last, as Welles intended? Yes!! ... But like this? ... Arrrgh!!
February 2, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Absolutely fascinating piece, thanks. But my god, the conundrum. I have to confess I'm morally stumped. Do I want to see Ambersons, at long last, as Welles intended? Yes!! ... But like this? ... Arrrgh!!
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This is a fascinating, deeply researched and reported story that goes well beyond "Isn't A.I. terrible?" while keeping one foot firmly planted in "Yes it is."
In 1942, RKO slashed 43 minutes from Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and slapped on a happy ending. Now, an A.I. company wants to restore what was lost. Are they righting a historic wrong or descrating a classic? My deep dive, in this week's New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece
Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This is a fascinating, deeply researched and reported story that goes well beyond "Isn't A.I. terrible?" while keeping one foot firmly planted in "Yes it is."
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fascinating article here, and one that brings to mind debates i've seen lurking fan edit communities, where the use of AI is hotly debated
In 1942, RKO slashed 43 minutes from Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and slapped on a happy ending. Now, an A.I. company wants to restore what was lost. Are they righting a historic wrong or descrating a classic? My deep dive, in this week's New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece
Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 PM
fascinating article here, and one that brings to mind debates i've seen lurking fan edit communities, where the use of AI is hotly debated
In 1942, RKO slashed 43 minutes from Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and slapped on a happy ending. Now, an A.I. company wants to restore what was lost. Are they righting a historic wrong or descrating a classic? My deep dive, in this week's New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Deepfaking Orson Welles’s Mangled Masterpiece
Will an A.I. restoration of “The Magnificent Ambersons” right a historic wrong or desecrate a classic?
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
In 1942, RKO slashed 43 minutes from Orson Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and slapped on a happy ending. Now, an A.I. company wants to restore what was lost. Are they righting a historic wrong or descrating a classic? My deep dive, in this week's New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
February 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
I have a longform New Yorker story coming out tomorrow that I've been working on since September—it's about old Hollywood, new technology, and a holy grail that cinephiles have been chasing for decades. Hope you'll check it out!
February 1, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I have a longform New Yorker story coming out tomorrow that I've been working on since September—it's about old Hollywood, new technology, and a holy grail that cinephiles have been chasing for decades. Hope you'll check it out!
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Many years later, my single grossest/favorite Hollywood interaction was watching Brett Ratner aggressively hit on the receptionist in an agency lobby and Mary Steenburgen was sitting across from me and we rolled our eyes at each other in shared disgust
February 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Many years later, my single grossest/favorite Hollywood interaction was watching Brett Ratner aggressively hit on the receptionist in an agency lobby and Mary Steenburgen was sitting across from me and we rolled our eyes at each other in shared disgust
Which of you put a hex on a "Home Alone 2" cast member and wasn't specific enough?
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Which of you put a hex on a "Home Alone 2" cast member and wasn't specific enough?
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There are people who haven’t quite loomed up the way they may, but who, in small roles, like Catherine O’Hara, do stuff you’ve never seen before, like what she did in BEETLEJUICE. I mean, she’s an amazement. (1992)
January 30, 2026 at 6:44 PM
There are people who haven’t quite loomed up the way they may, but who, in small roles, like Catherine O’Hara, do stuff you’ve never seen before, like what she did in BEETLEJUICE. I mean, she’s an amazement. (1992)
How is it that everyone who calls themselves "heterodox" believes the same identical five things?
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM
How is it that everyone who calls themselves "heterodox" believes the same identical five things?
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My silly annual tradition
Thread: this year’s 10 Best Picture #Oscars nominees as scenes with The Muppets
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Thread: this year’s 10 Best Picture #Oscars nominees as scenes with The Muppets
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
My silly annual tradition
Thread: this year’s 10 Best Picture #Oscars nominees as scenes with The Muppets
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Thread: this year’s 10 Best Picture #Oscars nominees as scenes with The Muppets
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
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Oscar nominations plus: my friends and colleagues @justincchang.bsky.social and @michaelschulman.bsky.social and I discuss them here, in the @newyorker.com Daily newsletter, with our editor Erin Neil keeping the peace:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bea068...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bea068...
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January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Oscar nominations plus: my friends and colleagues @justincchang.bsky.social and @michaelschulman.bsky.social and I discuss them here, in the @newyorker.com Daily newsletter, with our editor Erin Neil keeping the peace:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bea068...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bea068...
It's time to meet the Muppets...forever...and ever...and ever...
Whilst Stanley Kubrick's ‘The Shining’ and Jim Henson’s ‘The Muppet Show’ were filming next door to each other at Elstree Studios, Danny Lloyd got to visit and hang with Kermit in 1979.
January 22, 2026 at 5:47 PM
It's time to meet the Muppets...forever...and ever...and ever...
No one mourns the "Wicked."
January 22, 2026 at 3:28 PM
No one mourns the "Wicked."
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Have any two people in history been interviewed more than the Heated Rivalry guys? There were fewer questions at Nuremberg.
January 22, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Have any two people in history been interviewed more than the Heated Rivalry guys? There were fewer questions at Nuremberg.
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My profile of Bari Weiss, who’s remaking CBS after a lifetime of being a lightning rod for controversy.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Inside Bari Weiss’s Hostile Takeover of CBS News
The network’s new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire class more willing than ever to indulge Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM
My profile of Bari Weiss, who’s remaking CBS after a lifetime of being a lightning rod for controversy.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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trust me with the map @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social i can be trusted with the map gothamist.com/news/new-yor...
New York City is making a top secret map of everything under the street
With no centralized, comprehensive map to navigate the underground labyrinth, unexpected subterranean findings have cost the city millions of dollars and years of delays.
gothamist.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
trust me with the map @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social i can be trusted with the map gothamist.com/news/new-yor...
Tbh, more people should be manipulating Trump with prizes. If the Television Academy told him he’d get an Emmy for Sexiest Man Alive if he resigns the presidency, I bet he’d do it.
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Tbh, more people should be manipulating Trump with prizes. If the Television Academy told him he’d get an Emmy for Sexiest Man Alive if he resigns the presidency, I bet he’d do it.
Do not mess with Tony Kushner.
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 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Do not mess with Tony Kushner.
Moderating this virtual event with The Queens Public Library tonight at 6! We'll be talking about Peter Hujar, New York counterculture, and more.
Don't miss our upcoming Culture Connection conversation with award-winning filmmaker Ira Sachs, performance artist Penny Arcade, and author @michaelschulman.bsky.social!
Watch live on Wednesday, January 14 at 6PM.
www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/cul...
Watch live on Wednesday, January 14 at 6PM.
www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/cul...
January 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Moderating this virtual event with The Queens Public Library tonight at 6! We'll be talking about Peter Hujar, New York counterculture, and more.
Seen on Christopher Street: a “Heated Rivalry” lookalike competition is coming. The winners get $50 and, hopefully, a chance to f&%k.
January 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Seen on Christopher Street: a “Heated Rivalry” lookalike competition is coming. The winners get $50 and, hopefully, a chance to f&%k.
I have been on the Byrne-Cannavale reptile beat since October, thank you very much.
January 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I have been on the Byrne-Cannavale reptile beat since October, thank you very much.