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MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART 1 - LAST AIR IN MOSCOW, an accidental front-row seat to the shutdown of Russian independent journalism as Putin's invasion of Ukraine begins, may be the best movie of 2025.
It lands in NYC tomorrow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/m...
It lands in NYC tomorrow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/m...
‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow’ Review: Strangling Democracy
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART 1 - LAST AIR IN MOSCOW, an accidental front-row seat to the shutdown of Russian independent journalism as Putin's invasion of Ukraine begins, may be the best movie of 2025.
It lands in NYC tomorrow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/m...
It lands in NYC tomorrow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/m...
"[Rod Serling] was an empathetic and imaginative person who was instinctively on the side of the underdog, sympathetic to those who had suffered in ways he had not." - @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
The Metaphor Years: Writing Lessons from "The Twilight Zone" | Features | Roger Ebert
A look back at a show that never shied away from commenting on the world around it.
www.rogerebert.com
August 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"[Rod Serling] was an empathetic and imaginative person who was instinctively on the side of the underdog, sympathetic to those who had suffered in ways he had not." - @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
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🚨 Big news 5 years in the making: some friends and I made a documentary! 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR hits Shudder soon, directed by Donna Davies and inspired by my 2020 book of the same name
If you are in Australia, I hope you can make it to the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival
If you are in Australia, I hope you can make it to the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival
1000 Women in Horror
From the silent era until today, the nightmares that have haunted our screen have been sculpted and embodied by women, but many of those artists have gone....
miff.com.au
July 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
🚨 Big news 5 years in the making: some friends and I made a documentary! 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR hits Shudder soon, directed by Donna Davies and inspired by my 2020 book of the same name
If you are in Australia, I hope you can make it to the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival
If you are in Australia, I hope you can make it to the world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival
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Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"
YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC
youtu.be
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.
That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
"It wasn't easy to get to the place where I didn't scare people away with my determination to change a system I believed to be wrong and unjust... I had to turn my anger into a slow burning fire, instead of a consuming fire." - Myles Horton, The Long Haul
April 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"It wasn't easy to get to the place where I didn't scare people away with my determination to change a system I believed to be wrong and unjust... I had to turn my anger into a slow burning fire, instead of a consuming fire." - Myles Horton, The Long Haul
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Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
March 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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You're probably seeing this a lot in your feed right now. Take the time to read it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You're probably seeing this a lot in your feed right now. Take the time to read it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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One thing everyone should understand is that DOGE has created the least efficient conditions for government I've ever seen.
*The working conditions are chaotic.
*No clear sense of who works there.
*Routine processes have been stopped.
*No planning can take place.
*People are incredibly demoralized.
*The working conditions are chaotic.
*No clear sense of who works there.
*Routine processes have been stopped.
*No planning can take place.
*People are incredibly demoralized.
“Nobody feels like their job is safe. Everyone is on edge,” said Kim Hasenkrug, an NIH scientist emeritus… “Even the top people can’t keep track because they’re hiring and firing so much. Direct supervisors of those who were terminated didn’t even know that it was happening.”
At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control
As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.
www.statnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
One thing everyone should understand is that DOGE has created the least efficient conditions for government I've ever seen.
*The working conditions are chaotic.
*No clear sense of who works there.
*Routine processes have been stopped.
*No planning can take place.
*People are incredibly demoralized.
*The working conditions are chaotic.
*No clear sense of who works there.
*Routine processes have been stopped.
*No planning can take place.
*People are incredibly demoralized.
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NYC next weekend tix r now on sale for my MoMA screening & talk w Jack Haven (TV Glow) plz share, it’s a 24hr flight lol🥹
www.moma.org/calendar/eve...
www.moma.org/calendar/eve...
T-Blockers. 2023. Directed by Alice Maio Mackay Empire of Ache. 1996. Directed by Lisa Hammer | MoMA
T-Blockers. 2023. Australia. Directed by Alice Maio Mackay. Screenplay by Maio Mackay, Benjamin Pahl Robinson. With Lauren Last, Lewi Dawson, Toshiro Glenn. DCP courtesy Dark Star Pictures. 74 min. Al...
www.moma.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
NYC next weekend tix r now on sale for my MoMA screening & talk w Jack Haven (TV Glow) plz share, it’s a 24hr flight lol🥹
www.moma.org/calendar/eve...
www.moma.org/calendar/eve...
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LOVE this film
One of the best movies i saw for the first time this month: boxd.it/8YwCWZ
A review of If I Should Die Before I Wake (1952)
Of all the films in the trove of Argentine noir Eddie Muller has introduced to international audiences since his 2008 voyage to Buenos Aires (to meet with the archivists who gave us access to the most...
boxd.it
February 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
LOVE this film
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My mom helped run a Social Security field office for most of my childhood. The population that these locations serve is overwhelmingly disabled, elderly, poor or some combination thereof. That’s who they’re looking to deny services and resources.
NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My mom helped run a Social Security field office for most of my childhood. The population that these locations serve is overwhelmingly disabled, elderly, poor or some combination thereof. That’s who they’re looking to deny services and resources.
February 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
um-insight.net/perspectives... "In South Africa we had a formidable Ecumenical body so that none amongst us leaders had to stand alone... Yet you have ventured alone and in obedience to the Gospel, to speak words that needed to be heard." - Peter Storey to Bishop Budde
Bishop from Apartheid Era Encourages Bishop Budde
The Rev. Peter Storey, former Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, writes to Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde to encourage her after the backlash from her sermon asking President Trump to ...
um-insight.net
February 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
um-insight.net/perspectives... "In South Africa we had a formidable Ecumenical body so that none amongst us leaders had to stand alone... Yet you have ventured alone and in obedience to the Gospel, to speak words that needed to be heard." - Peter Storey to Bishop Budde
"The idea of ordered love assumes charity and is counsel for the overwhelmed. If you feel unable to match the world's wrongs, you start with what is available to you. Usually, this is because it's the most concrete." - Dr. Laura Robinson
February 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"The idea of ordered love assumes charity and is counsel for the overwhelmed. If you feel unable to match the world's wrongs, you start with what is available to you. Usually, this is because it's the most concrete." - Dr. Laura Robinson
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Sounds like he sat down & made a list of movies I love and folded them into one thing
Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another starring Leonardo DiCaprio has test screened, and it's an action-filled comedy-thriller that updates Thomas Pynchon's Vineland for the modern era.
We have the first details:
We have the first details:
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another Test Screens, Confirmed to Be Modern Update on Vineland
“I need to start figuring out what the f— to say,” Paul Thomas Anderson recently said when it came to his biggest project yet, a $115 million Warner Bros. summer tentpole with a cast featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Wood Harris, Alana Haim, Benicio del Toro, and Chase Infiniti. The promotion
thefilmstage.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Sounds like he sat down & made a list of movies I love and folded them into one thing
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“Serling was following a path laid down by writers and artists in a lot of different cultures who had more to lose than their income—including ones who were, at that very moment, being persecuted by dictators.” — I wrote about Rod Serling today. No reason. www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
The Metaphor Years: Writing Lessons from "The Twilight Zone" | Features | Roger Ebert
A look back at a show that never shied away from commenting on the world around it.
www.rogerebert.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“Serling was following a path laid down by writers and artists in a lot of different cultures who had more to lose than their income—including ones who were, at that very moment, being persecuted by dictators.” — I wrote about Rod Serling today. No reason. www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
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My friends over at Autostraddle gave me some space to share my thoughts on Lynch and creativity. 🧡 Fix your hearts and live. www.autostraddle.com/fix-your-hea...
Fix Your Hearts and Live
On David Lynch and transcendental meditation.
www.autostraddle.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My friends over at Autostraddle gave me some space to share my thoughts on Lynch and creativity. 🧡 Fix your hearts and live. www.autostraddle.com/fix-your-hea...
"He [David Lynch] allowed intuition to guide his process and decisions, and it's for this reason that his work cannot be explained to any logical satisfaction." Morgan M Page www.autostraddle.com/fix-your-hea...
www.autostraddle.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"He [David Lynch] allowed intuition to guide his process and decisions, and it's for this reason that his work cannot be explained to any logical satisfaction." Morgan M Page www.autostraddle.com/fix-your-hea...
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A love letter and ways to help 💚
January 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A love letter and ways to help 💚
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All I really want to do right now is go to the movies and watch a David Lynch film with other people who loved him. I want to be in a space with people who are feeling what I'm feeling.
January 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
All I really want to do right now is go to the movies and watch a David Lynch film with other people who loved him. I want to be in a space with people who are feeling what I'm feeling.
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I believe the studios should set aside space at multiplexes for important films and artists whenever someone important passes away. This would deepen the appreciation of film history for the curious average viewer and give space to all those looking to engage in something akin to a cultural funeral.
January 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I believe the studios should set aside space at multiplexes for important films and artists whenever someone important passes away. This would deepen the appreciation of film history for the curious average viewer and give space to all those looking to engage in something akin to a cultural funeral.
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GIRLS TOWN (1996) has a 4k restoration & we're pretty darn thrilled to be a part of its opening weekend! Join us Sunday (1/19) @ifccenter.bsky.social where we'll be in conversation with director Jim McKay and producer Lauren Zalaznick. 🖤
ifccenter.com/films/girls-...
ifccenter.com/films/girls-...
IFC Center - Girls Town
The 4K restoration by IndieCollect was funded with support from the HFPA Trust, Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, IndieCollect donors, and Fellow Citizen, Inc. Friday, January 17 at 6:40 p.m.: Q&A with...
ifccenter.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
GIRLS TOWN (1996) has a 4k restoration & we're pretty darn thrilled to be a part of its opening weekend! Join us Sunday (1/19) @ifccenter.bsky.social where we'll be in conversation with director Jim McKay and producer Lauren Zalaznick. 🖤
ifccenter.com/films/girls-...
ifccenter.com/films/girls-...
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Social media apps are a profoundly unnatural way of interacting with other people that I nonetheless mostly enjoy, but if you care about preventing the internet from cooking your brain, you cannot expose yourself to the unmitigated firehose of reaction that virality sprays at you
December 29, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Social media apps are a profoundly unnatural way of interacting with other people that I nonetheless mostly enjoy, but if you care about preventing the internet from cooking your brain, you cannot expose yourself to the unmitigated firehose of reaction that virality sprays at you