Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world)
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Independent film critic, est. 2011 - https://moviegoing.rocks / blogger & columnist | SEFCA member | 🍅s approved | Always ⚜️🍿 #TeamNOLAFilm
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Movie reviews "that care forgot," from Hollywood South's independent film critic.
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BLACKMAIL (1929) — 1:15 am ET — 1h 39m
(TCM Primetime: A Solute to Early Sound)
Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A shopkeeper's daughter fights off blackmail after she kills a young artist who had tried to rape her.
#TCM #TCMParty
(TCM Primetime: A Solute to Early Sound)
Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton; directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A shopkeeper's daughter fights off blackmail after she kills a young artist who had tried to rape her.
#TCM #TCMParty
Blackmail (1929)
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November 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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It’s okay if you’re into obscure bullshit
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952) — 9:15 pm ET — 1h 43m
(TCM Primetime: A Solute to Early Sound)
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds; directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
#TCM #TCMParty
(TCM Primetime: A Solute to Early Sound)
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds; directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound.
#TCM #TCMParty
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
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November 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It’s okay if you’re into obscure bullshit
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Hi, updating my gofundme to reflect the fact that any efforts I’ve been making to build ethical queer-first ai tools remain a dead end in the current social climate. I’m pivoting entirely to arts & crafts, but I need your help to keep myself afloat while I build out my studio. gofund.me/dc07f2fb2
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gofund.me
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hi, updating my gofundme to reflect the fact that any efforts I’ve been making to build ethical queer-first ai tools remain a dead end in the current social climate. I’m pivoting entirely to arts & crafts, but I need your help to keep myself afloat while I build out my studio. gofund.me/dc07f2fb2
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My dear friend @philnobilejr.bsky.social has already made this point, but to clarify, the inclusions of these multiple editions is not random: it is literally what a big chunk of the documentary CHAIN REACTIONS is about 💜
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My dear friend @philnobilejr.bsky.social has already made this point, but to clarify, the inclusions of these multiple editions is not random: it is literally what a big chunk of the documentary CHAIN REACTIONS is about 💜
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THE INVENTION OF CINEMA: CINEMA FINDS ITS VOICE (2022) — 8:00 pm ET — 1h
(TCM Primetime: A Solute to Early Sound)
Narrated by Leonard Maltin; directed by Eric Lange
The story of how sound was paired with images in early years of cinema.
#TCM #TCMParty
(TCM Primetime: A Solute to Early Sound)
Narrated by Leonard Maltin; directed by Eric Lange
The story of how sound was paired with images in early years of cinema.
#TCM #TCMParty
The Invention of Cinema: Cinema Finds its Voice (2022)
www.tcm.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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New byline!! Got to shout out some of the disabled movies worth watching for @letterboxd.social!!
letterboxd.com/journal/disa...
letterboxd.com/journal/disa...
Disability Visibility: a starter pack of twenty depictions of disability on film • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
With her book Popcorn Disabilities soon to hit shelves, author Kristen Lopez offers a starter pack of twenty films about disability—from the good (The Best Years of Our Lives) to the not-so-good (Rain...
letterboxd.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
New byline!! Got to shout out some of the disabled movies worth watching for @letterboxd.social!!
letterboxd.com/journal/disa...
letterboxd.com/journal/disa...
Uh oh. Maybe it's time for Sylvio again, @albertbirney.bsky.social :) #WhatsTheApeGonnaBreak popculturenews.com/vine-is-back/
Vine reboot called Divine has launched
Vine reboot diVine has launched. It's funded by Jack Dorsey, has old Vine videos, 6-second loops, and doesn't allow AI-generated content
popculturenews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Uh oh. Maybe it's time for Sylvio again, @albertbirney.bsky.social :) #WhatsTheApeGonnaBreak popculturenews.com/vine-is-back/
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Reposting this for film editors who are up early
I've been collecting used first edition hardcovers of one of the best books ever written about film editing, Ralph Rosenblum's 1979 When the Shooting Stops, and restoring the dust jackets as best I can. We have 3 right now, but will add more: mzs.press/Filmmaking-B...
Filmmaking Books
From writing, pre-production, shooting on location, and shooting on sets, to editing, scoring, and visual FX: this section has books on ecery aspect of the art and craft of filmmaking, from the silent...
mzs.press
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Reposting this for film editors who are up early
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Singin' in the Rain is about why the young French cinephiles of the time gained instant critical traction: so that nobody could make fun of "old" movies as that movie is designed to make viewers do. (It's on @tcmtv.bsky.social at 9:15pm (ET).)
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Singin' in the Rain is about why the young French cinephiles of the time gained instant critical traction: so that nobody could make fun of "old" movies as that movie is designed to make viewers do. (It's on @tcmtv.bsky.social at 9:15pm (ET).)
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Your Daily Dracula – Countess Nosferatu (2024)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubHL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubHL...
Countess Nosferatu
YouTube video by Vincent DiGianni
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November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Your Daily Dracula – Countess Nosferatu (2024)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubHL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubHL...
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Anyway we gon' need a whole new ass executive branch, so uh, that's fun.
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Anyway we gon' need a whole new ass executive branch, so uh, that's fun.
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my hottest take about Munich is that the flashback/sex scene at the end of the movie is one of the most daring, morally complex, beautifully rendered scenes in a movie from the 2000s, and people only crap on it because we’re all too juvenile and afraid of sex
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
my hottest take about Munich is that the flashback/sex scene at the end of the movie is one of the most daring, morally complex, beautifully rendered scenes in a movie from the 2000s, and people only crap on it because we’re all too juvenile and afraid of sex
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BAM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
BAM
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excited to hear jd vance show how sincere his Catholicism is by insulting and correcting the Church tomorrow
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
excited to hear jd vance show how sincere his Catholicism is by insulting and correcting the Church tomorrow
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The most difficult part of the research is to do with the conditions Hitler may have had. These are intriguing, but not conclusive and risk stigma for those who have neurodivergent or mental health conditions today. The piece gives contexts Sir Simon Baron-Cohen’s words crucial:
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The most difficult part of the research is to do with the conditions Hitler may have had. These are intriguing, but not conclusive and risk stigma for those who have neurodivergent or mental health conditions today. The piece gives contexts Sir Simon Baron-Cohen’s words crucial:
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Epstein was obviously the story of the day but it’s wild that we got confirmation the CIA was engaged in biological warfare in Afghanistan for at least a decade
Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Epstein was obviously the story of the day but it’s wild that we got confirmation the CIA was engaged in biological warfare in Afghanistan for at least a decade
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We’re gonna aim for a soft launch with publications, articles, and branding customization by the end of the year🤞🏽so soon enough you’ll be able to write on Offprint.
Be ready, first come first serve!
Request and invite 👉🏽 offprint.app
Be ready, first come first serve!
Request and invite 👉🏽 offprint.app
About to watch 'Die My Love.'
What am I getting myself into?
What am I getting myself into?
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
About to watch 'Die My Love.'
What am I getting myself into?
What am I getting myself into?
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You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey
James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.
www.eonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires
You had to have shot a Vanilla Ice movie first.
this shot from Munich is craziness. how the hell do you even conceive of something like that?!??
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
You had to have shot a Vanilla Ice movie first.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"