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Jeff Thiede
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Oil Paint, Watch Films, and Repeat in Chicago

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Last Night, I watched Scarlet Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great starring June Squibb. Rarely do theaters have the perfect movie to take your grandparents to! boxd.it/b6qW9p
A ★★★ review of Eleanor the Great (2025)
June Squibb will live forever. She absolutely takes the wheel here in Scarlet Johansson's directorial debut. Eleanor the Great follows Eleanor a nonagenarian navigating grief of her childhood best fri...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Just watched “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” and really enjoyed it.
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A ★★★★ review of The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024)
Ketchup Entertainment you are the real MVP. Naturally the story begins in familiar Looney Tunes territory of outrageous slapstick comedy that we know and expect. As the story progresses there are mome...
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March 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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monday again
March 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Protesters rallied Monday in Chicago, marching from Federal Plaza to Trump Tower and advocating for workers' rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and reproductive rights, among other issues.
Protesters March Against Trump in Nationwide President’s Day Demonstration
Protesters gathered to speak out on a wide range of issues, including the recent firings of federal workers, LGBTQ rights and reproductive rights.
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February 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My latest charcoal portrait drawing from my art classes downtown. #art #drawing
February 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Starting the weekend with another drawing class. #drawing #portrait #graphite
January 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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It’s notable that the double Nazi salute is not only clear, it’s also perfectly in line with Elon Musk and Trump’s ideology of white genocide, great replacement theory, and the cult of reproduction.

And Nazis are very much feeling empowered to be visible today.
January 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“Better Man” is one of my favorite movies released in 2024. Now playing in theaters and after rewatching last night, I’m sharing my initial reaction to watching this surreal biopic about British popstar Robbie Williams back at the Chicago International Film Fest. #films #letterboxd #movies
A ★★★★★ review of Better Man (2024)
“For the next two hours, your ass is mine!” This original surreal musical biopic about Robbie Williams is a cinematic experience that dances past “what if?” Robbie was an CGI Monkey and dares to go ab...
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January 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Local manufacturers and artists have been forced out of an Avondale building to make way for storage units. https://buff.ly/3Pva8Qq
January 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
First movie of the new year!
Saw “The Last Showgirl” starring Pamela Anderson.
The film follows a dancer coming to terms with the show she’s been a part of for 30 years is ending and the mistakes she’s made along the way.

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A ★★★★ review of The Last Showgirl (2024)
A movie about an artist doing everything to make their art is always going to have a home in my heart. Pamela Anderson delivers a beautiful performance of a delusional dancer on the eve of her final p...
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January 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Drag Performer on Stage. Oil on Cardboard. #oilpainting #art #LGBTQIA
January 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM