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Josh Darby (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
@darbyact.bsky.social
Theater Artist. I love, Spielberg, Disney, Friends, Marvel, LotR, CoenBros, Steven Universe, OFMD, Parks & Rec, cinema, FitWR podcast universe, musicals, Meg Ryan Fall, Hoth Winter, the 90s, my partner, my cats, & pepperoni pizza. (Recovering HP addict)
Vote Brooks!!!
March 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oh my goodness!! Altman has a chance to upset Cronenberg!!! Vote if you can. Altman hive!! I know Cronenberg is popular but I can’t have my comfort podcast cover body horror for half a year. It’s just not in me.
March 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Again, if somebody said a stunt coordinator was a buzzkill and they wanted to just feel their way through jumping off a building because it felt more authentic that way, that would be a valid opinion for them to have but they would not get their way. An intimacy coordinator is for set safety.
Gwyneth Paltrow and other celebrities have expressed uncertainty about the rise of intimacy coordinators in Hollywood, claiming it disrupts the art or authenticity. But the profession was adopted to prevent the abuse exposed in the Me Too movement.
Who Needs Intimacy Coordinators?
Gwyneth Paltrow and other celebrities have expressed uncertainty about the rise of intimacy coordinators in Hollywood, claiming it disrupts the art or authenticity. But the profession was adopted to prevent the abuse exposed in the Me Too movement.
www.vulture.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I put off my Sundance gofundme out of consideration for those affected by the LA wildfires. The fest is next week and we’re 60% to our goal. This is my last push cause doing so again will feel icky. If you can donate or share I’ll appreciate it. If not, totally okay

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rendy...
Donate to Help Rendy Jones Cover Sundance 2025, organized by Rendy Rsome Jones
Hi! My name is Rendy Jones (they/he). I am a freelance film critic and owner of… Rendy Rsome Jones needs your support for Help Rendy Jones Cover Sundance 2025
www.gofundme.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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It’s the 2025 Movie Auction on The Big Picture.

open.spotify.com/episode/2ibO...
The 2025 Movie Auction
The Big Picture · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Whatever happens will be worse than what you can imagine in some ways, less terrible than you expect in others, and so, so stupid and corrupt in all ways.
November 9, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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“THE BRUTALIST used AI, actually,” is one of the deftest Oscar campaign sniper attacks I’ve ever seen. Harvey’s jealous.
January 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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A joyful discovery in Vondelpark Amsterdam 😃
January 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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“Bob Uecker’s longevity and ebullient spirit earned him a sportscasting legacy alongside such icons as Vin Scully, and made him a legend to generations of fans in Milwaukee, the city of his birth.” — I eulogized Mr. Baseball here: www.vulture.com/article/bob-...
Just a Bit Outside
Baseball’s resident jester Bob Uecker became one of the sport’s most beloved figures—and an entertainment star along the way.
www.vulture.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Any TikTokers I was following on TikTok…are you here now?
January 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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This book about the making of the movie Clue, by @johnhatch.bsky.social, is both excellent & wildly popular …

We’ve already reordered once & will likely do it again!

Get your signed copy at MZS.press:
Signing books for @mzspress.bsky.social—preorder now, and if you already have it, thanks for reading!
January 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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A wonderful David Lynch tribute video that @robertthornsonjr.bsky.social cut for @thefridacinema.org
In Memoriam | David Lynch (1946 - 2025) | The Frida Cinema
YouTube video by The Frida Cinema
youtu.be
January 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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The first pre-order of John Hatch’s (@johnhatch.bsky.social) book about the making of Clue sold out in mere days. But we just ordered more! Reserve yours now! All copies signed by the author. mzs.press/PRE-ORDER-II...
PRE-ORDER II SIGNED What Do you Mean, Murder? by John Hatch (Paperback, NEW)
PRE-ORDER II Due to immediate HIGH DEMAND we have opened this title up for pre-order of 50 more copies. We have contacted the publisher and they will need to be sent to the author for signing and we w...
mzs.press
January 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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As a country, we are a joke. An embarrassment. I’m ashamed and frightened.
"President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush-money case to unconditional discharge, in which a defendant is not fined, locked up or given probation."

Allow me to translate: This is called "getting away with it."
January 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Main feed and Patreon schedules for the next couple of months:
January 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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hi! my annual video countdown of the year's best movies will be up on monday, january 13.

on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live:

gofund.me/ae3c2b9f
January 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
@kateyrich.bsky.social and @jowrotethis.bsky.social reunited on The Big Picture pod!!! I’ve listened twice already!! Best day :) @seanfennessey.bsky.social @theringer.com.web.brid.gy
November 16, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Six years ago Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS dropped. In my opinion, it’s the best film about Chicago.
November 16, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Yo, @marvelstudios.bsky.social cast Griffin Newman from the @blankcheck.bsky.social pod as HERBIE. Please. 🙏
February 23, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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I remain gobsmacked that this is a persistent sticking point in this strike, and it really tells you how much at least some folks on the studio side see using people’s images (people living and dead) on an all-you-can-eat basis as key to the future.
It is unforgivable that Hollywood workers have to go one more day, hour or minute without work because studios and streamers are insisting on this greedy, ghoulish bullshit.
November 7, 2023 at 2:55 PM
The best way to spend a rainy, sick day at home. With a wonderful MEGathon. #megryanfall
November 4, 2023 at 4:26 PM
Or The Hunger Games so easy that Peeta could survive on his own.
November 3, 2023 at 1:04 PM
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In this week's free What's Alan Watching? newsletter, a tribute to Matthew Perry, counting down to Welcome to The O.C.'s publication, HBO news, and more. Read! Subscribe! Share! Transpond!
Matthew Perry, R.I.P.
Plus, 'Welcome to The O.C.' countdown, 'The Gilded Age,' 'All the Light We Cannot See,' and 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves'
alansepinwall.substack.com
November 3, 2023 at 12:07 PM
I can’t not see it. 🫰🫰
October 31, 2023 at 6:07 AM