Nick Kouhi
@nkouhi.bsky.social
Freelance critic and programmer, based in New York. Can be found in Screen Slate, The Brooklyn Rail, and Journey Into Cinema, among many other places.
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
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November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe
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Trump considering his options
November 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Trump considering his options
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Yash Chopra's KAALA PATTHAR, one of the best movies ever, is on Netflix! You can read my thoughts on it over at Screen Slate:
www.screenslate.com/articles/kaa...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Yash Chopra's KAALA PATTHAR, one of the best movies ever, is on Netflix! You can read my thoughts on it over at Screen Slate:
www.screenslate.com/articles/kaa...
www.screenslate.com/articles/kaa...
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
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I got to write about one of my favorite movies of all time for Perisphere! www.perisphere.org/2025/11/09/m...
Memories of Summer – Perisphere
|Harry Mackin| Spoilers for His Motorbike, Her Island—watch the movie before you read this! We meet several different versions of His Motorbike, Her Island's protagonist, Koh. First, we meet Koh the n...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I got to write about one of my favorite movies of all time for Perisphere! www.perisphere.org/2025/11/09/m...
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Delighted and honored that my first piece for @reverseshot.bsky.social is an interview with Sepideh Farsi on her excellent new film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK. It opens at @ifccenter.bsky.social this Friday.
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Sepideh Farsi
While we were conversing, I think it was important to give her all my ears and my being, myself, to listen to her. This was really key because we differed in our points of view about certain things. Q...
reverseshot.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Delighted and honored that my first piece for @reverseshot.bsky.social is an interview with Sepideh Farsi on her excellent new film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK. It opens at @ifccenter.bsky.social this Friday.
@kinolorber.com
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I'm not for policing words but I do think that if you don't do the writing, you're an AI promter not a writer as:
1) the writing isn't yours
& more importantly
2) you're a scab
1) the writing isn't yours
& more importantly
2) you're a scab
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm not for policing words but I do think that if you don't do the writing, you're an AI promter not a writer as:
1) the writing isn't yours
& more importantly
2) you're a scab
1) the writing isn't yours
& more importantly
2) you're a scab
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Mamdani is going to implement Sharing law. You're gonna have to give me just a bite of that, because it looks really good. And you should try this, it's amazing.
Mamdami is going to implement Shakira law. Hips caught making false statements to Wyclef Jean will be subject to fines.
Mamdani is gonna implement sharpei law. The state will now issue every family their very own wrinkle dog.
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Sharing law. You're gonna have to give me just a bite of that, because it looks really good. And you should try this, it's amazing.
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We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
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The pun timer was activated and you only had six minutes to get in
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The pun timer was activated and you only had six minutes to get in
Delighted and honored that my first piece for @reverseshot.bsky.social is an interview with Sepideh Farsi on her excellent new film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK. It opens at @ifccenter.bsky.social this Friday.
@kinolorber.com
reverseshot.org/interviews/e...
@kinolorber.com
reverseshot.org/interviews/e...
Sepideh Farsi
While we were conversing, I think it was important to give her all my ears and my being, myself, to listen to her. This was really key because we differed in our points of view about certain things. Q...
reverseshot.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Delighted and honored that my first piece for @reverseshot.bsky.social is an interview with Sepideh Farsi on her excellent new film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK. It opens at @ifccenter.bsky.social this Friday.
@kinolorber.com
reverseshot.org/interviews/e...
@kinolorber.com
reverseshot.org/interviews/e...
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oh my god they actually did it lmao
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
oh my god they actually did it lmao
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In July I met Armand Tufenkian, whose debut feature I saw at this year’s Cinema du Reel. It rarely left my mind in the intervening months, and I knew I had to talk to him. Our conversation spawned a meaningful friendship and this piece, published today. thisispublicparking.com/posts/poetics-…
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In July I met Armand Tufenkian, whose debut feature I saw at this year’s Cinema du Reel. It rarely left my mind in the intervening months, and I knew I had to talk to him. Our conversation spawned a meaningful friendship and this piece, published today. thisispublicparking.com/posts/poetics-…
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dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
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“I hope every woman who has ever faced an abuser like Cuomo knows she doesn’t have to be ashamed, she doesn’t have to hide. Because we will beat these monsters. New Yorkers said “no more” to Andrew Cuomo, and that is just remarkable.” indypendent.org/2025/07/we-w...
‘We Will Beat These Monsters’: Lindsey Boylan Reacts to Cuomo’s Defeat
The former Cuomo aide was the first of eleven women to publicly denounce the
disgraced governor for sexual harassment.
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July 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“I hope every woman who has ever faced an abuser like Cuomo knows she doesn’t have to be ashamed, she doesn’t have to hide. Because we will beat these monsters. New Yorkers said “no more” to Andrew Cuomo, and that is just remarkable.” indypendent.org/2025/07/we-w...
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i can be in bed by 10:30 on election night. a better world is possible
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
i can be in bed by 10:30 on election night. a better world is possible
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