Robert Falls
@robertfalls.bsky.social
Former director of Chicago’s Goodman Theatre; opinionated cultural commentator; husband of fab novelist Kat Falls. Often posts pet pics to boost followers.
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Go fuck yourself. Preferably with something sharp and rusty.
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Go fuck yourself. Preferably with something sharp and rusty.
Haven’t finished your Xmas shopping?
May I suggest a trip to @steppenwolfthtr.bsky.social to check out a little show running until the end of January.
May I suggest a trip to @steppenwolfthtr.bsky.social to check out a little show running until the end of January.
December 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Haven’t finished your Xmas shopping?
May I suggest a trip to @steppenwolfthtr.bsky.social to check out a little show running until the end of January.
May I suggest a trip to @steppenwolfthtr.bsky.social to check out a little show running until the end of January.
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Cormac McCarthy line sticking with me this morning, from The Passenger:
“Evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure.”
“Evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure.”
December 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Cormac McCarthy line sticking with me this morning, from The Passenger:
“Evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure.”
“Evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure.”
My favorite Christmas song; just lovely. Thanks @totoroshow.bsky.social
The band from @totoroshow.bsky.social cover ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’. Ai Ninomiya’s voice is clear as a bell. Gorgeous.
My Neighbour Totoro cast perform a Christmas classic | Heart Musicals Acoustic
YouTube video by Heart
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December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My favorite Christmas song; just lovely. Thanks @totoroshow.bsky.social
Not on my bingo card today: stunned to see my name tucked into a Tehran Times (!) article on an Iranian production of Cherry Orchard, listed among “illustrious directors” of the play: "Charles Laughton, Peter Brook, Robert Falls, Tyrone Guthrie, and Giorgio Strehler." Grateful. Amused. Gobsmacked
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Not on my bingo card today: stunned to see my name tucked into a Tehran Times (!) article on an Iranian production of Cherry Orchard, listed among “illustrious directors” of the play: "Charles Laughton, Peter Brook, Robert Falls, Tyrone Guthrie, and Giorgio Strehler." Grateful. Amused. Gobsmacked
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
Could not love this more.
Polish poster for THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1976)
Starring Ben Gazzara
Written and directed by John Cassavetes - BOTD in 1929
Starring Ben Gazzara
Written and directed by John Cassavetes - BOTD in 1929
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Could not love this more.
❤️👇
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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It’s Eli Wallach’s birthday. A story.
Eli once told a great one about The Godfather Part III.
Coppola cast him; Eli asked for the script… nothing arrived.
“Francis, I don’t see any lines here.”
Coppola: “Don’t worry, Eli—you’re playing an old family friend.”
(1/3)
Eli once told a great one about The Godfather Part III.
Coppola cast him; Eli asked for the script… nothing arrived.
“Francis, I don’t see any lines here.”
Coppola: “Don’t worry, Eli—you’re playing an old family friend.”
(1/3)
December 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It’s Eli Wallach’s birthday. A story.
Eli once told a great one about The Godfather Part III.
Coppola cast him; Eli asked for the script… nothing arrived.
“Francis, I don’t see any lines here.”
Coppola: “Don’t worry, Eli—you’re playing an old family friend.”
(1/3)
Eli once told a great one about The Godfather Part III.
Coppola cast him; Eli asked for the script… nothing arrived.
“Francis, I don’t see any lines here.”
Coppola: “Don’t worry, Eli—you’re playing an old family friend.”
(1/3)
Bernard Shaw or David Letterman?
December 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Bernard Shaw or David Letterman?
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excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
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BREAKING: Hegseth’s new explanation is that he left the room, went to a bar, and butt-dialed the commanding officer, who heard Hegseth say “Make it a double” which he misinterpreted as ordering a double tap
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
BREAKING: Hegseth’s new explanation is that he left the room, went to a bar, and butt-dialed the commanding officer, who heard Hegseth say “Make it a double” which he misinterpreted as ordering a double tap
Yeah, you got that right
I’m back to posting cute dog pics.
Sammy & Hazel on a cold and snowy Chicago morning
I’m back to posting cute dog pics.
Sammy & Hazel on a cold and snowy Chicago morning
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yeah, you got that right
I’m back to posting cute dog pics.
Sammy & Hazel on a cold and snowy Chicago morning
I’m back to posting cute dog pics.
Sammy & Hazel on a cold and snowy Chicago morning
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After months working on a revival of Amadeus at Steppenwolf, and now getting ready for the Richard Greenberg adaptation of Holiday at the Goodman, I sit down to post here… stare at the empty screen… freeze… and instead eat a package of Oreos. Such is my social-media life.
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
After months working on a revival of Amadeus at Steppenwolf, and now getting ready for the Richard Greenberg adaptation of Holiday at the Goodman, I sit down to post here… stare at the empty screen… freeze… and instead eat a package of Oreos. Such is my social-media life.
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Look sometimes it’s nice to just get an MRI for fun. Tube go whrrrrr
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Look sometimes it’s nice to just get an MRI for fun. Tube go whrrrrr
Celebrating Terrence Malick’s birthday today — the director behind Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, Tree of Life, and the masterpiece too few have seen: A Hidden Life. A work of quiet thunder.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Celebrating Terrence Malick’s birthday today — the director behind Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, Tree of Life, and the masterpiece too few have seen: A Hidden Life. A work of quiet thunder.
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One dead war criminal is a cause for optimism. Perhaps it’s the start of a trend.
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
One dead war criminal is a cause for optimism. Perhaps it’s the start of a trend.
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By day and night he wrongs me, every hour
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
By day and night he wrongs me, every hour
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
10/10/2025
Sammy at sundown
Sammy at sundown
October 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
10/10/2025
Sammy at sundown
Sammy at sundown
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It’s hard to believe how quickly and comprehensively things have degenerated but face it we must. We can’t pretend this — the breakdown of democracy — hasn’t occurred.
October 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s hard to believe how quickly and comprehensively things have degenerated but face it we must. We can’t pretend this — the breakdown of democracy — hasn’t occurred.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.