Angelica Jade Bastién
@angelicabastien.bsky.social
Critic and Essayist, New York Magazine. Southern broad. https://linktr.ee/angelicabastien
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Brad Pitt Is Fooling You
The F1 press tour has been a carefully attuned charm offensive meant to obscure Pitt’s alleged violent behavior toward ex-wife Angelina Jolie.
www.vulture.com
I wrote about how Brad Pitt has effectively albeit transparently used F1: The Movie and its press tour to rehabilitate his image, in order to obscure the violent allegations about abuse toward Angelina Jolie & his current estrangement from his six kids, @vulture.com. www.vulture.com/article/brad...
I’ve got a newsletter coming out tomorrow for my The Feminine Grotesque column about the horror film “The Ugly Stepsister”. I hope y’all enjoy it.
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I’ve got a newsletter coming out tomorrow for my The Feminine Grotesque column about the horror film “The Ugly Stepsister”. I hope y’all enjoy it.
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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“I’ve spent my life studying my profession & I’ve come to feel that one lifetime is not enough. When it works well there is something shamanistic about it, but in order to invite that, for lack of a better word, inspiration into your life requires a tremendous amount of discipline”
HBD Ethan Hawke
HBD Ethan Hawke
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“I’ve spent my life studying my profession & I’ve come to feel that one lifetime is not enough. When it works well there is something shamanistic about it, but in order to invite that, for lack of a better word, inspiration into your life requires a tremendous amount of discipline”
HBD Ethan Hawke
HBD Ethan Hawke
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One of my kids requested more Hitchcock films in our diet so we just watched NOTORIOUS and I can't believe I hadn't read this Criterion essay from @angelicabastien.bsky.social until now: www.criterion.com/current/post...
Great piece on a great movie!
Great piece on a great movie!
Notorious: The Same Hunger
In this pitch-perfect noir romance, Alfred Hitchcock explores what happens when the masks we wear in the world clash with our innermost desires.
www.criterion.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
One of my kids requested more Hitchcock films in our diet so we just watched NOTORIOUS and I can't believe I hadn't read this Criterion essay from @angelicabastien.bsky.social until now: www.criterion.com/current/post...
Great piece on a great movie!
Great piece on a great movie!
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Like every time I think I understand the depths of depravity of American slavery, I see another story that seems like beyond the worst of any horror writer’s imagination
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Like every time I think I understand the depths of depravity of American slavery, I see another story that seems like beyond the worst of any horror writer’s imagination
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Has anyone worked up the net worth of Cuomo’s parents vs Mamdani’s? Why does this weird narrative of a professor and a filmmaker as wealthy elites continue? Do they think Mira Nair made Marvel films or something?
Another abominable editorial from the Wash Post
November 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Has anyone worked up the net worth of Cuomo’s parents vs Mamdani’s? Why does this weird narrative of a professor and a filmmaker as wealthy elites continue? Do they think Mira Nair made Marvel films or something?
i had a great double feature halloween movie night with friends last week and got to introduce them to this banger. long live the queen, tiffany valentine boxd.it/bAmqxB
A ★★★★ review of Bride of Chucky (1998)
And this is when I fell in love with the Chucky franchise. Hot Topic coded like a motherfucker. I mean that with love. Much to be said about how much more fun Chucky and his franchise are when it goes...
boxd.it
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
i had a great double feature halloween movie night with friends last week and got to introduce them to this banger. long live the queen, tiffany valentine boxd.it/bAmqxB
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Outstanding: The Magnificence of Tony Todd in "Candyman" (1992) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1995) by @angelicabastien.bsky.social
angelicabastien.substack.com/p/the-magnif...
angelicabastien.substack.com/p/the-magnif...
The Magnificence of Tony Todd
In honor of the actor's passing I wrote about his tremendous and remarkably different performances in "Candyman" (1992) and the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" 1995 episode "The Visitor".
angelicabastien.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Outstanding: The Magnificence of Tony Todd in "Candyman" (1992) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1995) by @angelicabastien.bsky.social
angelicabastien.substack.com/p/the-magnif...
angelicabastien.substack.com/p/the-magnif...
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking with music critic Kelefa Sanneh and pop culture critic @angelicabastien.bsky.social about why traditional criticism should endure, even when everyone has a platform.
❓Where do you turn for reliable reviews?
📻 Listen:
We're talking with music critic Kelefa Sanneh and pop culture critic @angelicabastien.bsky.social about why traditional criticism should endure, even when everyone has a platform.
❓Where do you turn for reliable reviews?
📻 Listen:
When Everyone’s a Critic, Who Should You Trust? | KQED
We talk to pop culture critic Angelica Jade Bastién and music critic Kelefa Sanneh about why traditional criticism should endure, even when everyone has a platform.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking with music critic Kelefa Sanneh and pop culture critic @angelicabastien.bsky.social about why traditional criticism should endure, even when everyone has a platform.
❓Where do you turn for reliable reviews?
📻 Listen:
We're talking with music critic Kelefa Sanneh and pop culture critic @angelicabastien.bsky.social about why traditional criticism should endure, even when everyone has a platform.
❓Where do you turn for reliable reviews?
📻 Listen:
A short post with a fun Letterboxd horror list of what I am watching this season. angelicabastien.substack.com/p/a-wild-let...
A Wild Letterboxd List for Horror Lovers
If you're a paying subscriber you get to check out this private Letterboxd list I made of what I am watching for this year's spooky season and beyond. Enjoy.
angelicabastien.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A short post with a fun Letterboxd horror list of what I am watching this season. angelicabastien.substack.com/p/a-wild-let...
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There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;
October 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;
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"she recounts anecdotes about long-dead colleagues as if they happened yesterday. There’s the one about Marlon Brando, who called her, out of the blue, to ask where she’d got her chin done"
omg, love her always and forever
omg, love her always and forever
October 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"she recounts anecdotes about long-dead colleagues as if they happened yesterday. There’s the one about Marlon Brando, who called her, out of the blue, to ask where she’d got her chin done"
omg, love her always and forever
omg, love her always and forever
Loved this piece www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Carol Burnett Plays On
The ninety-two-year-old comedy legend has influenced generations of performers. In a string of recent TV roles, she has been co-starring with some of her closest comedic heirs.
www.newyorker.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Loved this piece www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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RIP Jane Goodall. I feel like it's shortchanging her legacy to focus only on her work with chimpanzees when her compassion extended to ALL animals. One of the best ways you can honor & continue her legacy is to incorporate more plant based meals into your life. ❤️ news.janegoodall.org/2017/04/28/w...
Why I Went Plant-Based (And Why We Should All Eat Less Meat)
Dr. Goodall went plant-based after confronting what that meat represents: pain. Since, she learned more reasons why the work to #eatmeatless is important.
news.janegoodall.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
RIP Jane Goodall. I feel like it's shortchanging her legacy to focus only on her work with chimpanzees when her compassion extended to ALL animals. One of the best ways you can honor & continue her legacy is to incorporate more plant based meals into your life. ❤️ news.janegoodall.org/2017/04/28/w...
Your girl has a limited edition newsletter about stardom, through history and beyond just Hollywood, @nymag.com. I’m getting into the art, the gossip, and just how a star becomes legend. Here’s the announcement, subscribe today! www.vulture.com/article/new-...
Introducing New York Night School: Performance Studies
A five-week course with critic Angelica Jade Bastién examining stardom throughout film history — in and outside of Hollywood.
www.vulture.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Your girl has a limited edition newsletter about stardom, through history and beyond just Hollywood, @nymag.com. I’m getting into the art, the gossip, and just how a star becomes legend. Here’s the announcement, subscribe today! www.vulture.com/article/new-...
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the authoritarian techbro cult wishes to subjugate humanity - the good news is that these are pathetic creeps and we can beat them
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
the authoritarian techbro cult wishes to subjugate humanity - the good news is that these are pathetic creeps and we can beat them
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I'll be moderating this Brooklyn Bookfest panel with novelists @jasondiamond.bsky.social, Denne Michele Norris and @katiekitamura.bsky.social. I hope you can join us.
Alexander Chee will be part of
"Family, Unraveled" on Sept 21 at 4:30 PM.
"All families are complicated, with legacy, personal choices, and societal expectations shaping or breaking the bonds that hold them together."
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
brooklynbookfestival.org/authors/alex...
"Family, Unraveled" on Sept 21 at 4:30 PM.
"All families are complicated, with legacy, personal choices, and societal expectations shaping or breaking the bonds that hold them together."
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
brooklynbookfestival.org/authors/alex...
Alexander Chee - Brooklyn Book Festival
Discover the literary work of Alexander Chee.
brooklynbookfestival.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'll be moderating this Brooklyn Bookfest panel with novelists @jasondiamond.bsky.social, Denne Michele Norris and @katiekitamura.bsky.social. I hope you can join us.
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If you have opportunities to get out and do things with others, jump at the opportunity: meetings, classes, social events, etc... Get out and be with other people. It's essential. If virtual is more convenient, then take advantage of those opportunities to be with other people.
September 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you have opportunities to get out and do things with others, jump at the opportunity: meetings, classes, social events, etc... Get out and be with other people. It's essential. If virtual is more convenient, then take advantage of those opportunities to be with other people.
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In case you missed it, Monday was my last day at Rolling Stone, and for the time being, I'll be doing all of my reviewing, recapping, and other TV analysis at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing:
Don't stop believing
Some news, as they say
alansepinwall.ghost.io
September 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In case you missed it, Monday was my last day at Rolling Stone, and for the time being, I'll be doing all of my reviewing, recapping, and other TV analysis at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing:
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Would anyone ever explain to him he’s wasting six hours a day of his life and he’ll never get back?
Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?
The real scientific insights from Bryan Johnson’s immortality quest
Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?
www.newscientist.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Would anyone ever explain to him he’s wasting six hours a day of his life and he’ll never get back?
Watching Paul Newman and Robert Redford act together is one of the most supreme cinematic delights. I wish they made more (and even better) movies together. What amazing, kind, politically astute dudes.
a man wearing a cowboy hat and a bow tie
ALT: a man wearing a cowboy hat and a bow tie
media.tenor.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Watching Paul Newman and Robert Redford act together is one of the most supreme cinematic delights. I wish they made more (and even better) movies together. What amazing, kind, politically astute dudes.
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Chicago is a major frontline, both in terms of what's happening on the ground, right now, and what's permanently happening in the right-wing imagination.
September 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Chicago is a major frontline, both in terms of what's happening on the ground, right now, and what's permanently happening in the right-wing imagination.
I've been thinking a lot about the body in film as a site of cultural ideals and sensuality. Also been thinking a lot about what it means to write embodied criticism as people seem more and more disconnected from their own bodies and each other. These ideas run through my Movies That Fuck column
September 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I've been thinking a lot about the body in film as a site of cultural ideals and sensuality. Also been thinking a lot about what it means to write embodied criticism as people seem more and more disconnected from their own bodies and each other. These ideas run through my Movies That Fuck column
My latest is an interview with director Bing Liu about his film “Preparation for the Next Life” www.vulture.com/article/prep...
‘There’s a Spiritual Cost to the Immigrant Narrative’
With his feature debut, Preparation for the Next Life, director Bing Liu probes the perils and illusory qualities of the American Dream.
www.vulture.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My latest is an interview with director Bing Liu about his film “Preparation for the Next Life” www.vulture.com/article/prep...
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I’m on crazy pills, apparently.
Hats off to Ezra Klein for virtue signaling with his whole pimply ass out without any shame.
Let’s be clear, Kirk was not our era’s most effective practitioner of persuasion, he was an activator for the bigotry and hate that was already thriving in people’s hearts.
Hats off to Ezra Klein for virtue signaling with his whole pimply ass out without any shame.
Let’s be clear, Kirk was not our era’s most effective practitioner of persuasion, he was an activator for the bigotry and hate that was already thriving in people’s hearts.
September 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I’m on crazy pills, apparently.
Hats off to Ezra Klein for virtue signaling with his whole pimply ass out without any shame.
Let’s be clear, Kirk was not our era’s most effective practitioner of persuasion, he was an activator for the bigotry and hate that was already thriving in people’s hearts.
Hats off to Ezra Klein for virtue signaling with his whole pimply ass out without any shame.
Let’s be clear, Kirk was not our era’s most effective practitioner of persuasion, he was an activator for the bigotry and hate that was already thriving in people’s hearts.