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Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
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I wrote about how Earth's wobble causes our view of the skies to shift over time. Here's a paywall-free gift link. With @fparis.bsky.social and @iamrumz.bsky.social
Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date (Gift Article)
Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I wrote about how Earth's wobble causes our view of the skies to shift over time. Here's a paywall-free gift link. With @fparis.bsky.social and @iamrumz.bsky.social
“Jaws” was released 50 years ago today. Eve Washington and I did this story on its influence on countless other creature features, action movies, supernatural thrillers and even some of Steven Spielberg’s later blockbusters:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How ‘Jaws’ Made a Template for the Modern Blockbuster
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“Jaws” was released 50 years ago today. Eve Washington and I did this story on its influence on countless other creature features, action movies, supernatural thrillers and even some of Steven Spielberg’s later blockbusters:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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There are nine elements from "Jaws" that have been emulated many times over in the last five decades.
(We watched over 50 films that include most or all of those nine elements.)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(We watched over 50 films that include most or all of those nine elements.)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How ‘Jaws’ Made a Template for the Modern Blockbuster
Much more than a mere creature feature, “Jaws” created a playbook that filmmakers have followed closely for 50 years.
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
There are nine elements from "Jaws" that have been emulated many times over in the last five decades.
(We watched over 50 films that include most or all of those nine elements.)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(We watched over 50 films that include most or all of those nine elements.)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured?
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
April 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured?
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
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Online vigilantes, known as “pedophile hunters,” are now using real-life violence to build a following online, attacking more than 170 people since 2023.
From @aric.bsky.social, @alizauf.bsky.social, @iamrumz.bsky.social, Joyce Ho, Natalie Reneau and me
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
From @aric.bsky.social, @alizauf.bsky.social, @iamrumz.bsky.social, Joyce Ho, Natalie Reneau and me
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral (Gift Article)
With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Online vigilantes, known as “pedophile hunters,” are now using real-life violence to build a following online, attacking more than 170 people since 2023.
From @aric.bsky.social, @alizauf.bsky.social, @iamrumz.bsky.social, Joyce Ho, Natalie Reneau and me
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
From @aric.bsky.social, @alizauf.bsky.social, @iamrumz.bsky.social, Joyce Ho, Natalie Reneau and me
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I hard launched a Substack called Old New to get all these cursed thoughts out of my head: oldnew.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I hard launched a Substack called Old New to get all these cursed thoughts out of my head: oldnew.substack.com
5. Warlocks.
4. Animal breaks the fourth wall.
3. Maybe… they’re vampires?
2. Kurtwood Smith or John Lithgow is the bad guy.
1. Someone gets a real haircut.
4. Animal breaks the fourth wall.
3. Maybe… they’re vampires?
2. Kurtwood Smith or John Lithgow is the bad guy.
1. Someone gets a real haircut.
my favorite film genres:
5.kidnappers nabbed the wrong kid
4.private eye is too stoned to solve the crime
3.I’m so good at my craft it’s going to kill me
2.I’m a stranger in a strange land and I’ve found myself but also I’ve destroyed myself
1.Private eye is too outraged to solve the crime
5.kidnappers nabbed the wrong kid
4.private eye is too stoned to solve the crime
3.I’m so good at my craft it’s going to kill me
2.I’m a stranger in a strange land and I’ve found myself but also I’ve destroyed myself
1.Private eye is too outraged to solve the crime
my favorite film genres:
5. cop with a conscience
4. an assassin has an existential crisis
3. a team of thieves pull off the heist of the century
2. a middle-aged bureaucrat is embroiled in a political conspiracy
1. a lawyer or journalist sifts through documents to discover that THEY KNEW
5. cop with a conscience
4. an assassin has an existential crisis
3. a team of thieves pull off the heist of the century
2. a middle-aged bureaucrat is embroiled in a political conspiracy
1. a lawyer or journalist sifts through documents to discover that THEY KNEW
March 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
5. Warlocks.
4. Animal breaks the fourth wall.
3. Maybe… they’re vampires?
2. Kurtwood Smith or John Lithgow is the bad guy.
1. Someone gets a real haircut.
4. Animal breaks the fourth wall.
3. Maybe… they’re vampires?
2. Kurtwood Smith or John Lithgow is the bad guy.
1. Someone gets a real haircut.
Time of the Apes
name ur fav MST3K episode.
March 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Time of the Apes
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This is the #Sundance premiere I’ve been most curious about, and now that the first reviews are out, I’m looking forward to seeing it at the #Berlinale even more than before.
Mary Bronstein’s IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Mary Bronstein’s IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU — www.criterion.com/current/post...
January 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is the #Sundance premiere I’ve been most curious about, and now that the first reviews are out, I’m looking forward to seeing it at the #Berlinale even more than before.
Mary Bronstein’s IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Mary Bronstein’s IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU — www.criterion.com/current/post...
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Here is a Christmas gift months in the making: an RF rip of the greatest magic special in history. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, directed by David Mamet, never released on home video, sourced from an internal HBO Production tape sourced by @pulsingcinema.bsky.social: archive.org/details/rick...
December 22, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Here is a Christmas gift months in the making: an RF rip of the greatest magic special in history. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, directed by David Mamet, never released on home video, sourced from an internal HBO Production tape sourced by @pulsingcinema.bsky.social: archive.org/details/rick...
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This $130 CON AIR painting is for sale at Round Rock Antique Mall
March 3, 2024 at 9:29 PM
This $130 CON AIR painting is for sale at Round Rock Antique Mall
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