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I’m a Professor of Film Studies and Humanities who works for nonviolence and social justice
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West Side Severance?
March 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
West Side Severance?
Today I spoke at the Women's March in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. Here's a transcript of my talk:
We Are the Resistance
Delivered at the Women’s March in Ft. Walton Beach, FL
drdavidsimmons.medium.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Today I spoke at the Women's March in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. Here's a transcript of my talk:
_The Brutalist_ (Brady Corbet, * * * *)
Laszlo Toth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian Jewish architect who studied the Brutalism movement at the Bauhaus, escapes the Holocaust and immigrates to the United States. There he encounters the brutalism of xenophobia/capitalism in the Van Burens (Pierce/Alwyn).
Laszlo Toth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian Jewish architect who studied the Brutalism movement at the Bauhaus, escapes the Holocaust and immigrates to the United States. There he encounters the brutalism of xenophobia/capitalism in the Van Burens (Pierce/Alwyn).
January 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
_The Brutalist_ (Brady Corbet, * * * *)
Laszlo Toth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian Jewish architect who studied the Brutalism movement at the Bauhaus, escapes the Holocaust and immigrates to the United States. There he encounters the brutalism of xenophobia/capitalism in the Van Burens (Pierce/Alwyn).
Laszlo Toth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian Jewish architect who studied the Brutalism movement at the Bauhaus, escapes the Holocaust and immigrates to the United States. There he encounters the brutalism of xenophobia/capitalism in the Van Burens (Pierce/Alwyn).
Need a break from cruel, exclusionary policy decisions? See one of the Best Picture nominees:
1) _The Brutalist_: pro-immigrant, anti-unchecked-Capitalism [in theaters]
2) _Emilia Perez_: pro-trans (including Karla Sofia Gascon, the first openly-trans actor nom. for an acting Oscar) [Netflix]
1) _The Brutalist_: pro-immigrant, anti-unchecked-Capitalism [in theaters]
2) _Emilia Perez_: pro-trans (including Karla Sofia Gascon, the first openly-trans actor nom. for an acting Oscar) [Netflix]
January 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Need a break from cruel, exclusionary policy decisions? See one of the Best Picture nominees:
1) _The Brutalist_: pro-immigrant, anti-unchecked-Capitalism [in theaters]
2) _Emilia Perez_: pro-trans (including Karla Sofia Gascon, the first openly-trans actor nom. for an acting Oscar) [Netflix]
1) _The Brutalist_: pro-immigrant, anti-unchecked-Capitalism [in theaters]
2) _Emilia Perez_: pro-trans (including Karla Sofia Gascon, the first openly-trans actor nom. for an acting Oscar) [Netflix]
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Karla Sofia Gascon is the first-ever openly trans actress to be nominated for an acting #Oscars
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarsNoms25
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarsNoms25
January 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Karla Sofia Gascon is the first-ever openly trans actress to be nominated for an acting #Oscars
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarsNoms25
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarsNoms25
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Journalist. Activist. University professor. They missed the warning signs of tyranny in their home countries, and they have a warning for Americans.
Watch the Opinion Video:
Watch the Opinion Video:
Opinion | Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World
Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Journalist. Activist. University professor. They missed the warning signs of tyranny in their home countries, and they have a warning for Americans.
Watch the Opinion Video:
Watch the Opinion Video:
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‘EMILIA PEREZ’ has broken the record for the most-nominated non-English film at the #Oscars with 13 nominations.
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarsNoms25
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarsNoms25
January 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
‘EMILIA PEREZ’ has broken the record for the most-nominated non-English film at the #Oscars with 13 nominations.
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarsNoms25
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarsNoms25
Here's a talk I recently delivered at the Unitarian/Universalist Fellowship of the Emerald Coast. It may be good to read it today.
This Is the Moment We Were Made For
Talk Delivered at the Unitarian/Universalist Fellowship of the Emerald Coast in Niceville, FL on December 1, 2024
drdavidsimmons.medium.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Here's a talk I recently delivered at the Unitarian/Universalist Fellowship of the Emerald Coast. It may be good to read it today.
This National Book Award Finalist is not only brilliantly written in its form but mind-blowing in its content.
January 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This National Book Award Finalist is not only brilliantly written in its form but mind-blowing in its content.
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A reminder to every person at every step of the system: When your superiors inform you that you are required to do immoral, harmful, and unethical things, you can and should refuse to comply.
January 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A reminder to every person at every step of the system: When your superiors inform you that you are required to do immoral, harmful, and unethical things, you can and should refuse to comply.
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Breaking News: President-elect Trump’s advisers are said to be trying to identify a disease that could help them justify closing the U.S. border with Mexico. They have spent months trying to find the right disease to build their case.
Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Breaking News: President-elect Trump’s advisers are said to be trying to identify a disease that could help them justify closing the U.S. border with Mexico. They have spent months trying to find the right disease to build their case.
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Video: Auli'i Cravalho Talks Bringing Youth to Sally Bowles in CABARET
Video: Auli'i Cravalho Talks Bringing Youth to Sally Bowles in CABARET
On Late Night with Seth Meyers, Auli'i Cravalho discussed her recognizable voice as Moana, being the youngest person to play Sally Bowles in Cabaret, and more. Watch her interview now!
www.broadwayworld.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Video: Auli'i Cravalho Talks Bringing Youth to Sally Bowles in CABARET
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Ahead of the 2025 Golden Globes, Vanity Fair’s experts share their winner predictions for every category.
Golden Globes 2025: See Our Predictions for Every Winner
Will Emilia Pérez prevail over Wicked? And who’s going to win best actor in a drama—Timothée Chalamet, or Adrien Brody?
www.vanityfair.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ahead of the 2025 Golden Globes, Vanity Fair’s experts share their winner predictions for every category.
Here's my list of the 70 best films of 2024!
The Best (and Worst) Films of 2024 and Where to Stream Them
Dr. David Simmons, Professor of Film Studies
drdavidsimmons.medium.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here's my list of the 70 best films of 2024!
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Today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
Let me explain.
Let me explain.
The American oligarchy is back, and it’s out of control
It’s the third time in the nation’s history that a small group of hyper-wealthy people have gained political power over the rest of us. Here’s what we must do.
robertreich.substack.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
Let me explain.
Let me explain.
_All We Imagine as Light_ (Payal Capadia, India, * * * 1/2)
A soft, gentle film about letting go of the dark chains of society’s traditions and instead choosing the light of love.
A soft, gentle film about letting go of the dark chains of society’s traditions and instead choosing the light of love.
December 17, 2024 at 3:46 AM
_All We Imagine as Light_ (Payal Capadia, India, * * * 1/2)
A soft, gentle film about letting go of the dark chains of society’s traditions and instead choosing the light of love.
A soft, gentle film about letting go of the dark chains of society’s traditions and instead choosing the light of love.
_Nickel Boys_ (RaMell Ross, * * * *)
Told through the POV shots of Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), in an abusive reform school for Black youth in Marianna, FL. (In 2012-2019, mass graves were discovered.) It’s ingenious and terrifying, as we literally walk in their footsteps.
Told through the POV shots of Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), in an abusive reform school for Black youth in Marianna, FL. (In 2012-2019, mass graves were discovered.) It’s ingenious and terrifying, as we literally walk in their footsteps.
December 14, 2024 at 1:37 PM
_Nickel Boys_ (RaMell Ross, * * * *)
Told through the POV shots of Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), in an abusive reform school for Black youth in Marianna, FL. (In 2012-2019, mass graves were discovered.) It’s ingenious and terrifying, as we literally walk in their footsteps.
Told through the POV shots of Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), in an abusive reform school for Black youth in Marianna, FL. (In 2012-2019, mass graves were discovered.) It’s ingenious and terrifying, as we literally walk in their footsteps.
_Queer_ (* * * 1/2)
Call me by your nombre. This time the melancholic desire belongs to Lee (Daniel Craig), living in 1950s Mexico, who falls for the younger Eugene (Drew Starkey). Filled with surrealism, the title not only refers to a type of desire but to the strange, dreamlike quality of life.
Call me by your nombre. This time the melancholic desire belongs to Lee (Daniel Craig), living in 1950s Mexico, who falls for the younger Eugene (Drew Starkey). Filled with surrealism, the title not only refers to a type of desire but to the strange, dreamlike quality of life.
December 14, 2024 at 1:26 PM
_Queer_ (* * * 1/2)
Call me by your nombre. This time the melancholic desire belongs to Lee (Daniel Craig), living in 1950s Mexico, who falls for the younger Eugene (Drew Starkey). Filled with surrealism, the title not only refers to a type of desire but to the strange, dreamlike quality of life.
Call me by your nombre. This time the melancholic desire belongs to Lee (Daniel Craig), living in 1950s Mexico, who falls for the younger Eugene (Drew Starkey). Filled with surrealism, the title not only refers to a type of desire but to the strange, dreamlike quality of life.
In a world of Floridas, be a New Jersey
N.J. just struck a blow against banning books
It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."
www.nj.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:40 PM
In a world of Floridas, be a New Jersey
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NJ passes a law preventing cranky fucknuts from going apeshit on school libraries and librarians.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...
N.J. just struck a blow against banning books
It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."
www.nj.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:29 PM
NJ passes a law preventing cranky fucknuts from going apeshit on school libraries and librarians.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...