Elman Steven
@esteven.bsky.social
Finally watched Weapons and I have a word to say to all of you who nitpicked about the plot. It's a comedy, people, a comedy!
December 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Finally watched Weapons and I have a word to say to all of you who nitpicked about the plot. It's a comedy, people, a comedy!
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AND we are completely closed tomorrow so happy celebrating!
December 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
AND we are completely closed tomorrow so happy celebrating!
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Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
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This is lovely and touching (and not just about kids).
The Bumpy Flight That Led Diane Keaton to Adopt a Child at 50 (Gift Article)
She worried that she was inadequate at love, until she became a mother.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is lovely and touching (and not just about kids).
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On the extraordinary, bizarre and quite wonderful (in every sense of the term) THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/m...
‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: A Woman Clothed With the Sun
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
On the extraordinary, bizarre and quite wonderful (in every sense of the term) THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/m...
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A reminder: For @letterboxd.social I wrote up a starter pack of Black Christmas to watch this holiday season!
Home for the Holidays: Sixteen Black Christmas films to add to your rotation this winter • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
From jolly rom-coms to chaotic family romps and religious gems, Robert Daniels celebrates sixteen Black Christmas films to add to your holiday rotation.
letterboxd.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A reminder: For @letterboxd.social I wrote up a starter pack of Black Christmas to watch this holiday season!
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Ahead of the NY/LA release of THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, here’s my interview with cowriter/director Mona Fastvold
Director Interview: Mona Fastvold
The director/cowriter of the upcoming "The Testament of Ann Lee" talks about creativity and the mystery of faith
seeingandbelieving.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Ahead of the NY/LA release of THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, here’s my interview with cowriter/director Mona Fastvold
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Fascinating piece in @hunterw.bsky.social’s on-going series about ICE in NYC. Hunter talks to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. cc: @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Fascinating piece in @hunterw.bsky.social’s on-going series about ICE in NYC. Hunter talks to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. cc: @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani on His Family’s Experience With Immigration Court and His Plans for ICE in NYC talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/zohr...
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IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU "is a film that is at times viscerally uncomfortable to watch, the ultimate filmic embodiment of walking a mile in someone else’s deeply stressed-out shoes."
I wrote the film's cinematography for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
Read: www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
I wrote the film's cinematography for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
Read: www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
December 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU "is a film that is at times viscerally uncomfortable to watch, the ultimate filmic embodiment of walking a mile in someone else’s deeply stressed-out shoes."
I wrote the film's cinematography for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
Read: www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
I wrote the film's cinematography for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
Read: www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
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TONIGHT at The Beacon in Seattle my film plays w/ the rarely-screened SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER (1979) one of several terrific seasonal ghost stories that surrounded the original BBC series A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS and were subsequently adopted into the canon. thebeacon.film/calendar/mov...
December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
TONIGHT at The Beacon in Seattle my film plays w/ the rarely-screened SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER (1979) one of several terrific seasonal ghost stories that surrounded the original BBC series A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS and were subsequently adopted into the canon. thebeacon.film/calendar/mov...
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MARTY SUPREME (2025): Josh Safdie is the only director on the planet who would assemble Abel Ferrara, Larry "Ratso" Sloman, and Mitchell Wenig to play sweaty greaseballs in a $60-million prestige movie and I do love him for that.
December 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
MARTY SUPREME (2025): Josh Safdie is the only director on the planet who would assemble Abel Ferrara, Larry "Ratso" Sloman, and Mitchell Wenig to play sweaty greaseballs in a $60-million prestige movie and I do love him for that.
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"She's doing what she was hired to do."
Bari Weiss just spiked a "60 Minutes" story on the notorious CECOT prison, sparking outrage. @samsteindc.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social are joined by @maxtani.bsky.social to break down what happened, why Weiss made the call, and how Trump’s shadow looms.
Bari Weiss just spiked a "60 Minutes" story on the notorious CECOT prison, sparking outrage. @samsteindc.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social are joined by @maxtani.bsky.social to break down what happened, why Weiss made the call, and how Trump’s shadow looms.
December 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"She's doing what she was hired to do."
Bari Weiss just spiked a "60 Minutes" story on the notorious CECOT prison, sparking outrage. @samsteindc.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social are joined by @maxtani.bsky.social to break down what happened, why Weiss made the call, and how Trump’s shadow looms.
Bari Weiss just spiked a "60 Minutes" story on the notorious CECOT prison, sparking outrage. @samsteindc.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social are joined by @maxtani.bsky.social to break down what happened, why Weiss made the call, and how Trump’s shadow looms.
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New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to.
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador’s Dictator Before Spiking '60 Minutes' Story on His Torture Prison
Weiss touted El Salvador’s brutal leader while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison.
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to.
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
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Just watched a bootleg of the 60 Minutes CECOT segment, which is very well done. Will more people will watch it now than if CBS had just ran it as originally planned?
archive.org/details/60mi...
archive.org/details/60mi...
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
archive.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just watched a bootleg of the 60 Minutes CECOT segment, which is very well done. Will more people will watch it now than if CBS had just ran it as originally planned?
archive.org/details/60mi...
archive.org/details/60mi...
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
I approve of the use of 'picaresque' to describe this film and will see just about any movie described with that adjective.
Josh Safdie, Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, and A24 went and saved the best for last. 🟠MARTY SUPREME CHRISTMAS DAY. 🟠 MARTY SUPREME CHRISTMAS DAY. 🟠
MARTY SUPREME CHRISTMAS DAY. 🟠
MARTY SUPREME CHRISTMAS DAY. 🟠
Marty Supreme dreams big and delivers - The SunBreak
Marty Supreme (2025 | USA | 150 minutes | Josh Safdie) From an explosive introduction — complete with a vibrant Alphaville-scored health …
thesunbreak.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I approve of the use of 'picaresque' to describe this film and will see just about any movie described with that adjective.
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Well that's fascinating innit
December 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Well that's fascinating innit
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Read @jvl.bsky.social on "a focus group so vile that if it hadn’t been published approvingly by a Trump-loving publication, you’d have thought it was parody."
www.thebulwark.com/p/behold-the...
www.thebulwark.com/p/behold-the...
Behold! 🔥 The Focus Group from Hell 🔥
Hitler! Fuentes! Jews! Dating problems! Young Republicans tell you who they really are.
www.thebulwark.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Read @jvl.bsky.social on "a focus group so vile that if it hadn’t been published approvingly by a Trump-loving publication, you’d have thought it was parody."
www.thebulwark.com/p/behold-the...
www.thebulwark.com/p/behold-the...
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Same playbook used on the genocide in Gaza--throw up a smokescreen of conflicting claims and hairsplitting so the audience is comforted by their own ambivalence to other people's suffering. Every item in this is pointless if you know that torture and rape are wrong, period.
The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
December 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Same playbook used on the genocide in Gaza--throw up a smokescreen of conflicting claims and hairsplitting so the audience is comforted by their own ambivalence to other people's suffering. Every item in this is pointless if you know that torture and rape are wrong, period.
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Bob Dylan writes about Willie Nelson in a new New Yorker profile
(Bob also says before this, "It’s hard to talk about Willie without saying something stupid or irrelevant, he is so much of everything")
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
(Bob also says before this, "It’s hard to talk about Willie without saying something stupid or irrelevant, he is so much of everything")
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Bob Dylan writes about Willie Nelson in a new New Yorker profile
(Bob also says before this, "It’s hard to talk about Willie without saying something stupid or irrelevant, he is so much of everything")
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
(Bob also says before this, "It’s hard to talk about Willie without saying something stupid or irrelevant, he is so much of everything")
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I loved this interview <333
Finally, for @stopcar.ing, I had the chance to speak with @jeannethornton.bsky.social about her novel A/S/L. Incredible honor to rant about Dragon Quest with a longtime ZZT developer/games writer
A/S/L: Jeanne Thornton's Saga of the Sorceress
Long live ZZT
www.stopcar.ing
December 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I loved this interview <333
Happy Birthday Frank.
December 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Happy Birthday Frank.