Carmen CP
@carmenchloie.bsky.social
Writing and editing others' writing about film, opera, and performing arts. Tragedy enjoyer, usually thinking about Sondheim. Views my own.
It's that time of year - @theskinnymag.bsky.social has released their top films of 2025 and I'm delighted to have contributed a short blurb on Nickel Boys
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/opinion...
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/opinion...
The Skinny's Films of 2025
From a deeply sexy vampire flick to a low-energy heist movie via tales of trauma, reunion and resistance, 2025 was a great time to be a movie fan.
www.theskinny.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It's that time of year - @theskinnymag.bsky.social has released their top films of 2025 and I'm delighted to have contributed a short blurb on Nickel Boys
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/opinion...
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/opinion...
I saw three full-length musicls in the last six days and I'm still giddy
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I saw three full-length musicls in the last six days and I'm still giddy
Carrie Coon nominated for The White Lotus not The Gilded Age...
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Carrie Coon nominated for The White Lotus not The Gilded Age...
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Not every film can have the cultural impact of Annette
Seeing posts about how the Avatar movies have "no cultural impact" is kind of funny. I mean, I personally haven't forgotten about the weird giant blue people planet movie.
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Not every film can have the cultural impact of Annette
It's the last day of the Big Give so I'm shamelessly plugging a charity where a dear friend works who are SO close to their goal!! Every fiver helps!!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Hope, healing and leading after child sexual abuse – Big Give
We'll offer hope and healing for children and young people who've been sexually abused and their families, improve mental health …
donate.biggive.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's the last day of the Big Give so I'm shamelessly plugging a charity where a dear friend works who are SO close to their goal!! Every fiver helps!!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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"COVER-UP gets to the rotten heart of US journalism"
@carmenchloie.bsky.social gives a ★★★★ review to an upcoming Netflix documentary about journalist Sy Hersh, by All The Beauty and the Bloodshed director Laura Poitras
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel...
@carmenchloie.bsky.social gives a ★★★★ review to an upcoming Netflix documentary about journalist Sy Hersh, by All The Beauty and the Bloodshed director Laura Poitras
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel...
Cover-Up review: powerful portrait of Sy Hersh - The Skinny
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus deliver a portrait of legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh that's incomplete but powerful in its exposure of the rotten heart of US journalism.
www.theskinny.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"COVER-UP gets to the rotten heart of US journalism"
@carmenchloie.bsky.social gives a ★★★★ review to an upcoming Netflix documentary about journalist Sy Hersh, by All The Beauty and the Bloodshed director Laura Poitras
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel...
@carmenchloie.bsky.social gives a ★★★★ review to an upcoming Netflix documentary about journalist Sy Hersh, by All The Beauty and the Bloodshed director Laura Poitras
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel...
I sometimes worry that I don't do enough freelance writing anymore but I did just put together an entire magazine in about 5 weeks at work so maybe I am living the writing dream
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I sometimes worry that I don't do enough freelance writing anymore but I did just put together an entire magazine in about 5 weeks at work so maybe I am living the writing dream
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
for the December issue of @theskinnymag.bsky.social, I reviewed Laura Poitras' COVER-UP. While it could interrogate the interrogator more, it's still a pretty necessary look at journalistic independence for these times
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel...
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel...
Cover-Up review: powerful portrait of Sy Hersh - The Skinny
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus deliver a portrait of legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh that's incomplete but powerful in its exposure of the rotten heart of US journalism.
www.theskinny.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
for the December issue of @theskinnymag.bsky.social, I reviewed Laura Poitras' COVER-UP. While it could interrogate the interrogator more, it's still a pretty necessary look at journalistic independence for these times
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel...
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel...
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This is good and the more cool people who talk like this the better.
Corporations love to think of themselves as cool taste makers and spend tons of money trying to appear that way, but they're not. It's just marketing. Works to a point, but like anything real cool can't be faked.
Corporations love to think of themselves as cool taste makers and spend tons of money trying to appear that way, but they're not. It's just marketing. Works to a point, but like anything real cool can't be faked.
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is good and the more cool people who talk like this the better.
Corporations love to think of themselves as cool taste makers and spend tons of money trying to appear that way, but they're not. It's just marketing. Works to a point, but like anything real cool can't be faked.
Corporations love to think of themselves as cool taste makers and spend tons of money trying to appear that way, but they're not. It's just marketing. Works to a point, but like anything real cool can't be faked.
Losing Tom Stoppard hurts, an artist's artist, the theatre would not feel as adventurous today without his curiosity and creativity
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Losing Tom Stoppard hurts, an artist's artist, the theatre would not feel as adventurous today without his curiosity and creativity
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
I've been engaging in the dishonourable act of podcasting, but only with the best company over at @broadsoundmag.com - it was a pleasure to talk about my favourite Shakespeare flim adaptations of the 1990s, a subcategory with an abundance of riches
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What's Your List: 90's Shakespeare Adaptations
Podcast Episode · The Broad Sound Podcast · 11/25/2025 · 1h 32m
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I've been engaging in the dishonourable act of podcasting, but only with the best company over at @broadsoundmag.com - it was a pleasure to talk about my favourite Shakespeare flim adaptations of the 1990s, a subcategory with an abundance of riches
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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'Josh O’Connor’s Father Jud affirms the actor’s leading man credentials, and his ease with physical comedy is a highlight...'
Benoit Blanc is back but JO'C steals the show in #WakeUpDeadMan, Rian Johnson's latest Knives Out mystery
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Benoit Blanc is back but JO'C steals the show in #WakeUpDeadMan, Rian Johnson's latest Knives Out mystery
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery film review - The Skinny
Daniel Craig is back as Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson’s third instalment in his Knives Out series. While not quite as sharp as the earlier films, there's still much fun to be had in this mystery…
www.theskinny.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
'Josh O’Connor’s Father Jud affirms the actor’s leading man credentials, and his ease with physical comedy is a highlight...'
Benoit Blanc is back but JO'C steals the show in #WakeUpDeadMan, Rian Johnson's latest Knives Out mystery
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel... @carmenchloie.bsky.social
Benoit Blanc is back but JO'C steals the show in #WakeUpDeadMan, Rian Johnson's latest Knives Out mystery
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel... @carmenchloie.bsky.social
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Shall we take a look at this again? Especially No. 6: 'an immigration system based on compassion and dignity'. So how did you become such a monster, Starmer? Mere weakness?
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November 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Shall we take a look at this again? Especially No. 6: 'an immigration system based on compassion and dignity'. So how did you become such a monster, Starmer? Mere weakness?
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All authors, please check to see if you're eligible for compensation over AI theft of your work. Let's see if a claim from every author who was robbed can really ruin #GenAI - an "industry" that can't survive while paying for its raw materials is just a fraud in posh clothes.
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
All authors, please check to see if you're eligible for compensation over AI theft of your work. Let's see if a claim from every author who was robbed can really ruin #GenAI - an "industry" that can't survive while paying for its raw materials is just a fraud in posh clothes.
was looking at buying a smartwatch in the Black Friday sales but have spent the money on cheese, which is a good indication of how my marathon training is going
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
was looking at buying a smartwatch in the Black Friday sales but have spent the money on cheese, which is a good indication of how my marathon training is going
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MJ's @carmenchloie.bsky.social says, "ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIES is a modern parable of class and power, simply told and shot through with moments of cinematic beauty and human connection."
#OneOfThoseDaysWhenHemmeDies
#OneOfThoseDaysWhenHemmeDies
ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIES is an odyssey of breaking points — Moviejawn
by Carmen Paddock, Staff Writer One of Those Days When Hemme Dies is a modern parable of class and power, simply told and shot through with moments of cinematic beauty and human connection.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
MJ's @carmenchloie.bsky.social says, "ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIES is a modern parable of class and power, simply told and shot through with moments of cinematic beauty and human connection."
#OneOfThoseDaysWhenHemmeDies
#OneOfThoseDaysWhenHemmeDies
The fact that Tom Ford announced his Cry to Heaven film adaptation as I'm reading (and loving) the novel is something I'm choosing to interpret as more than just coincidence
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The fact that Tom Ford announced his Cry to Heaven film adaptation as I'm reading (and loving) the novel is something I'm choosing to interpret as more than just coincidence
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Banning VPNs not only compromises privacy, but it compromises safety. Being forced to use public wifi when travelling without the option of a VPN to make that safe will just lead to compromised computers. All in pursuit of the so-called "Online Safety Act", which achieves the opposite of safety.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Banning VPNs not only compromises privacy, but it compromises safety. Being forced to use public wifi when travelling without the option of a VPN to make that safe will just lead to compromised computers. All in pursuit of the so-called "Online Safety Act", which achieves the opposite of safety.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.