Douglas McLaren
@carbonarc.bsky.social
University of Chicago Film Studies Center
Board, Media City Film Festival
Board, Media City Film Festival
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Every day we get a comment from someone demanding the SA "prosecute ICE" and we once again invite you to Just Google Her
A program allowing Chicago police officers to file charges in low-level gun crimes without first getting approval from a prosecutor will be expanded across the city, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke announced on Friday.
Cook County State's Attorney expands program allowing CPD officers to directly file felony gun charges
A program allowing Chicago police officers to file charges in low-level gun crimes without first getting approval from a prosecutor will be expanded across the city, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke announced on Friday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Every day we get a comment from someone demanding the SA "prosecute ICE" and we once again invite you to Just Google Her
Oh with NWR one row behind, I have 100% projected a film for this man no doubt in my mind now
Scanning the crowd at that Pope Leo film thing at the Vatican. Spike Lee and Cate Blanchett sure, but front row seat for Dario Argento 💥...
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Oh with NWR one row behind, I have 100% projected a film for this man no doubt in my mind now
Incredible to think there’s a non-zero chance I’ve projected a film or two for the pope over the years
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Incredible to think there’s a non-zero chance I’ve projected a film or two for the pope over the years
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Not that I’m surprised, but these losers wouldn’t give $500k to our local bus system - which operates for free for Cornell students - to avoid service cuts.
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Not that I’m surprised, but these losers wouldn’t give $500k to our local bus system - which operates for free for Cornell students - to avoid service cuts.
My birthday week has seen some incredible Ws thus far, between Democratic sweeps on Tuesday, court orders against DHS in Chicago, and now this.
My actual birthday isn't until Sunday though, so there's still time for the BIG PRESENT 🙏
My actual birthday isn't until Sunday though, so there's still time for the BIG PRESENT 🙏
BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My birthday week has seen some incredible Ws thus far, between Democratic sweeps on Tuesday, court orders against DHS in Chicago, and now this.
My actual birthday isn't until Sunday though, so there's still time for the BIG PRESENT 🙏
My actual birthday isn't until Sunday though, so there's still time for the BIG PRESENT 🙏
Insane that this is a *different* drunk-driving ICE agent than the one who threatened to deport the arresting officer
"According to police video obtained by the Tribune, Diaz-Torres told officers he had just finished working an 18-hour shift at the ICE holding facility in Broadview and was heading straight to his hotel in Lombard."
‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
An Immigration and Enforcement agent has been charged with drunken driving after his car crashed after a shift at the Broadview detention center.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Insane that this is a *different* drunk-driving ICE agent than the one who threatened to deport the arresting officer
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At Woke Nuremberg instead of last words they’re gonna make these guys do a land acknowledgement
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
At Woke Nuremberg instead of last words they’re gonna make these guys do a land acknowledgement
The way NPR keeps saying Cheney “ended his life as a critic of Donald Trump” this morning makes it sound like he wore a suicide vest to a rally
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The way NPR keeps saying Cheney “ended his life as a critic of Donald Trump” this morning makes it sound like he wore a suicide vest to a rally
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Complicity of liberal institutions with the crackdown on student protest paved the way for the crisis of academia. To defend our work we must sever the link with the security state. Come join us at U of C tomorrow, where we will discuss how to confront the hiring of the inveterate liar John Kirby.
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Complicity of liberal institutions with the crackdown on student protest paved the way for the crisis of academia. To defend our work we must sever the link with the security state. Come join us at U of C tomorrow, where we will discuss how to confront the hiring of the inveterate liar John Kirby.
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“Chicago has long been a laboratory for policing. From the repression of labor movements in the early 20th century, to COINTELPRO surveillance, to Jon Burge’s torture regime... the city has been central to testing and refining state violence.”
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
This Isn’t the First Time Chicago’s Been Used as a Laboratory for Policing
Ilā Ravichandran says the current anti-immigrant policing in Chicago builds on attacks on Black Lives Matter protesters.
truthout.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Chicago has long been a laboratory for policing. From the repression of labor movements in the early 20th century, to COINTELPRO surveillance, to Jon Burge’s torture regime... the city has been central to testing and refining state violence.”
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
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Do you love the Chicago Public Library? Do you not want to wait weeks for books? Do you still want to be able to go to programs? Send a letter to electeds !
In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Do you love the Chicago Public Library? Do you not want to wait weeks for books? Do you still want to be able to go to programs? Send a letter to electeds !
In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
No! You’re Wrong is Crispin Glover’s Megalopolis, in production timeline, aesthetics, themes, and roadshow touring strategy. I don’t know what to make of it yet!
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
No! You’re Wrong is Crispin Glover’s Megalopolis, in production timeline, aesthetics, themes, and roadshow touring strategy. I don’t know what to make of it yet!
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Jimmy Carter watched over 480 movies in the White House movie theater during his presidency, a lot of them all time bangers
(List here gizmodo.com/every-single...)
(List here gizmodo.com/every-single...)
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Jimmy Carter watched over 480 movies in the White House movie theater during his presidency, a lot of them all time bangers
(List here gizmodo.com/every-single...)
(List here gizmodo.com/every-single...)
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Federal agencies paid $1.5 million to a local nonlethal weapons manufacturer in Chicago for air-powered guns and pepper balls. It also paid $7.3 million to a downtown real estate company to relocate ICE agents leading up to Operation Midway Blitz. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/23/c...
Chicago-Area Companies Raked In Millions From Feds As Operation Midway Blitz Intensified
One Chicago-based company was awarded more than $7 million to relocate ICE employees while a suburban weapons manufacturer was paid nearly $1.5 million in two weeks to supply pepper balls and air-powe...
blockclubchicago.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Federal agencies paid $1.5 million to a local nonlethal weapons manufacturer in Chicago for air-powered guns and pepper balls. It also paid $7.3 million to a downtown real estate company to relocate ICE agents leading up to Operation Midway Blitz. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/23/c...
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Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
🚨Huge!! If you haven't seen Tulio's films, you're gonna FLIP! Levoton Veri is positively unhinged stuff. Impossible to believe it was made in 1946!
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Our next release is now up for preorder! Step into the world of Finnish director #TeuvoTulio for a triple feature of surrealist imagery and unhinged emotional intensity!
The films of Finnish director Teuvo Tulio (1912-2000) are melodramas untethered from any sense of naturalism
Our next release is now up for preorder! Step into the world of Finnish director #TeuvoTulio for a triple feature of surrealist imagery and unhinged emotional intensity!
The films of Finnish director Teuvo Tulio (1912-2000) are melodramas untethered from any sense of naturalism
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🚨Huge!! If you haven't seen Tulio's films, you're gonna FLIP! Levoton Veri is positively unhinged stuff. Impossible to believe it was made in 1946!
Surreal experience to be at a bar and look up at the TV to see your own stupid mug in a bumper for TCM
October 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Surreal experience to be at a bar and look up at the TV to see your own stupid mug in a bumper for TCM
Chicago arts folk: Lawyers for the Creative Arts is hosting an online training next Tuesday, "ICE Actions at Arts Venues" to provide specific best practices and advice in responding to federal immigration enforcement: law-arts.org/event/ice-ac...
Ice Actions at Arts Venues - Lawyers for the Creative Arts
This program will provide specific best practices advice in responding to visits from ICE at your venue, including:
law-arts.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Chicago arts folk: Lawyers for the Creative Arts is hosting an online training next Tuesday, "ICE Actions at Arts Venues" to provide specific best practices and advice in responding to federal immigration enforcement: law-arts.org/event/ice-ac...
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Join us at the University of Chicago's Film Studies Center this Friday at 7pm for a FREE screening of films by Chicago-based photographer, writer, filmmaker, and man-about-town Bill Stamets, who will be appearing in person!
Small Gauge, Big Shoulders: Films by Bill Stamets - Chicago Film Archives
www.chicagofilmarchives.org
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Join us at the University of Chicago's Film Studies Center this Friday at 7pm for a FREE screening of films by Chicago-based photographer, writer, filmmaker, and man-about-town Bill Stamets, who will be appearing in person!
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The world lost a special person this week. Read Media Burn founder Tom Weinberg's tribute to artist, poet, actor, and Chicagoan, Tony Fitzpatrick, “a roisterer, a prodigious giant with gigantic appetites.” https://loom.ly/CTAFD28
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The world lost a special person this week. Read Media Burn founder Tom Weinberg's tribute to artist, poet, actor, and Chicagoan, Tony Fitzpatrick, “a roisterer, a prodigious giant with gigantic appetites.” https://loom.ly/CTAFD28
Certainly looks like Warren Kanders' Safariland didn't exactly divest of chemical munitions after all, unless this is dead stock that DHS is burning through... www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/a...
October 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Certainly looks like Warren Kanders' Safariland didn't exactly divest of chemical munitions after all, unless this is dead stock that DHS is burning through... www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/a...
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If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t been paying attention. We are being asked to accept a world where whole communities are made disposable and marked for disappearance. If we accept that for anyone, no one is safe anywhere.
October 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t been paying attention. We are being asked to accept a world where whole communities are made disposable and marked for disappearance. If we accept that for anyone, no one is safe anywhere.
The only ice I ever want to see in Chicago
October 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The only ice I ever want to see in Chicago
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the illinois state police are helping ice because they support them and @govpritzker.illinois.gov is sending the isp to help ice because he supports them. if that wasn't true they wouldn't do it and it's fuckin stupid to write fanfiction trying to wishcast otherwise
In Broadview, IL this morning outside the Chicago area ICE detention center—
Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).
ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.
Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).
ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.
October 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
the illinois state police are helping ice because they support them and @govpritzker.illinois.gov is sending the isp to help ice because he supports them. if that wasn't true they wouldn't do it and it's fuckin stupid to write fanfiction trying to wishcast otherwise