Simon Abrams
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social
Film Critic at Roger Ebert dot com, New York Times, New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, and so on. Author of THE NORTHMAN: A CALL TO THE GODS (Insight Editions). Alt weekly kid. Let the monkey drive.
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Simon Abrams
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social
· Sep 16
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Hello My name is Simon Abrams and this GoFundMe is for me and my partner Jene's… Simon Abrams needs your support for Help Us Pay for Sandwiches' Vet Bills
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After some discussion with Jene, I'm finally posting a Gofundme to help us with Sandwiches' vet bills. Our baby has been having more bad days lately so we have to start thinking about at-home euthanasia. Any help would be greatly appreciated: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-pa...
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. I interviewed and was star struck by him twice. Once was on stage at the Museum of the Moving Image after a screening of the paranoid spy comedy AGE OF ASSASSINS, and once was for @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/a...
A Living Legend: Tatsuya Nakadai on "Sword of Doom" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
An interview with legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai about "Sword of Doom" and his extensive career in film.
www.rogerebert.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. I interviewed and was star struck by him twice. Once was on stage at the Museum of the Moving Image after a screening of the paranoid spy comedy AGE OF ASSASSINS, and once was for @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/a...
Times is tough (I’m watching THE MATERIALISTS)
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Times is tough (I’m watching THE MATERIALISTS)
Tried to tell Jene that “The Bazooka Up My Butt” is a sequel to “The Mountain Between Us”, but she yelled at me??
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Tried to tell Jene that “The Bazooka Up My Butt” is a sequel to “The Mountain Between Us”, but she yelled at me??
Golden Valley Theatre
Hydraulic Press Channel
Lasagnacat
Local 58TV
Bill McClintock
White Slaves of Chinatown
(I can't count)
Hydraulic Press Channel
Lasagnacat
Local 58TV
Bill McClintock
White Slaves of Chinatown
(I can't count)
name three youtube channels you love.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Golden Valley Theatre
Hydraulic Press Channel
Lasagnacat
Local 58TV
Bill McClintock
White Slaves of Chinatown
(I can't count)
Hydraulic Press Channel
Lasagnacat
Local 58TV
Bill McClintock
White Slaves of Chinatown
(I can't count)
Hey, speaking of performing, the recent NYRB's Alice Coltrane article is great.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Hey, speaking of performing, the recent NYRB's Alice Coltrane article is great.
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Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
Moving Day 1 of 2!!
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Moving Day 1 of 2!!
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a script from @indivisible.org! (I'm probably going to add how harmful this will be in Ossoff's reelection campaign, bc we'll be blaming the entire party when people's healthcare premiums are so high they can't afford insurance)
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
a script from @indivisible.org! (I'm probably going to add how harmful this will be in Ossoff's reelection campaign, bc we'll be blaming the entire party when people's healthcare premiums are so high they can't afford insurance)
PSA for any colleagues who just got Kino Lorber’s FYC screener link bundle: don‘t skip Bruno Dumont’s THE EMPIRE, it’s exactly what you might hope for from a religious themed Bruno Dumont scifi satire. Fabrice Luchini alone!
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
PSA for any colleagues who just got Kino Lorber’s FYC screener link bundle: don‘t skip Bruno Dumont’s THE EMPIRE, it’s exactly what you might hope for from a religious themed Bruno Dumont scifi satire. Fabrice Luchini alone!
Reposted by Simon Abrams
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
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It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.
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How long till we learn American, United & Delta worked the phones on Senate Dems?
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
How long till we learn American, United & Delta worked the phones on Senate Dems?
Retire. Now.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Retire. Now.
Well, I gave it a chance.
I can't believe you crumbs have convinced me to give the new Alb-rt S-rra movie a chance. (I reviewed PACIFICTION, I'm good!)
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Well, I gave it a chance.
Feature: Bog (1979)
Short: Victim of Circumstance (2024)
Short: Victim of Circumstance (2024)
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Feature: Bog (1979)
Short: Victim of Circumstance (2024)
Short: Victim of Circumstance (2024)
But I /will/ roll over like a fucking traitor because I am one! Toodle-oo, losers!
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
But I /will/ roll over like a fucking traitor because I am one! Toodle-oo, losers!
Tonight's voicemail to Chuck Schumer had fewer swears than usual, which seems wrong.
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Tonight's voicemail to Chuck Schumer had fewer swears than usual, which seems wrong.
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If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
Here comes Chuck Schumer, seeing an opportunity to hurt his constituents in the name of who the hell knows what anymore
a man in a suit and tie stands at a podium with his hands in the air
Alt: That awful man Chuck Schumer does a weird dance at his podium
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Here comes Chuck Schumer, seeing an opportunity to hurt his constituents in the name of who the hell knows what anymore
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Know this, @schumer.senate.gov — if you cave, we will not rest until you are primaried and wrested from your seat. When kids on SNAP aren’t being fed, we’re even more hungry for justice. New York has shown you the people’s power just days ago. You *could* join with us, still, and do the right thing.
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Know this, @schumer.senate.gov — if you cave, we will not rest until you are primaried and wrested from your seat. When kids on SNAP aren’t being fed, we’re even more hungry for justice. New York has shown you the people’s power just days ago. You *could* join with us, still, and do the right thing.
I’m quickly remembering why I find real estate brokers to be about as annoying as publicists
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I’m quickly remembering why I find real estate brokers to be about as annoying as publicists
Oh, so it’s RAINING raining
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Oh, so it’s RAINING raining
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As with most things from North Korea, half the appeal of ONE DAY AND ONE NIGHT is wondering about how it came to be. It’s a soapy gothic thriller about a brace young nurse who must protect her country from saboteurs. Completely hidebound and strained, but still weirdly satisfying.
Off to Flushing for dinner with Jene and then the Chinese animated fantasy NOBODY with @lcosgrove.bsky.social at the Tangram. And then running over to @spectacletheater.com in Williamsburg for the North Korean ghost story ONE DAY AND ONE NIGHT (2022). Hut, hut, hike!
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
As with most things from North Korea, half the appeal of ONE DAY AND ONE NIGHT is wondering about how it came to be. It’s a soapy gothic thriller about a brace young nurse who must protect her country from saboteurs. Completely hidebound and strained, but still weirdly satisfying.