J Hoberman
@jhoberman.bsky.social
Occasional film critic, Columbia adjunct, old VV staff writer
📚 Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds, The Red Atlantis: Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism, 3 books on Hollywood & the Cold War
🔜Everything is Now: NYC 60s Avantgarde
📚 Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds, The Red Atlantis: Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism, 3 books on Hollywood & the Cold War
🔜Everything is Now: NYC 60s Avantgarde
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...
My (or rather his) class notes in the penultimate graf.
My (or rather his) class notes in the penultimate graf.
Peter Watkins, Provocateur With a Movie Camera, Dies at 90
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...
My (or rather his) class notes in the penultimate graf.
My (or rather his) class notes in the penultimate graf.
Xi has been repressing China's independent film scene for the last dozen years but, so far as I know, this is the first time he exercised dictatorial power in NYC. Between emperor Xi and idiot Trump, the often brilliant international students who come here to study are going to have a tough time.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Xi has been repressing China's independent film scene for the last dozen years but, so far as I know, this is the first time he exercised dictatorial power in NYC. Between emperor Xi and idiot Trump, the often brilliant international students who come here to study are going to have a tough time.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rupert always knew how to monetize--it's why he left the Voice alone, albeit depressing salaries.
Rupert always knew how to monetize--it's why he left the Voice alone, albeit depressing salaries.
New York Post’s anti-Mamdani front page is a hit – with his supporters
‘On your Marx, get set, Zo!’ edition of Murdoch-owned tabloid is a hot property – with one copy selling for $355
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rupert always knew how to monetize--it's why he left the Voice alone, albeit depressing salaries.
Rupert always knew how to monetize--it's why he left the Voice alone, albeit depressing salaries.
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"In the mid-1970s, during summer courses at Columbia University, a group of students & I studied & specified the characteristics of this uniform & repetitive language form which frames almost the entire output of the MAVM. We called it the Monoform."
"In the mid-1970s, during summer courses at Columbia University, a group of students & I studied & specified the characteristics of this uniform & repetitive language form which frames almost the entire output of the MAVM. We called it the Monoform."
The Dark Side of the Moon, Peter Watkins, 2018
The following statement is concerned with the language form of the mass audiovisual media – i.e., the use by the MAVM of a repetitive, standardized structure, and abbreviated time and space, to contro...
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November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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"In the mid-1970s, during summer courses at Columbia University, a group of students & I studied & specified the characteristics of this uniform & repetitive language form which frames almost the entire output of the MAVM. We called it the Monoform."
"In the mid-1970s, during summer courses at Columbia University, a group of students & I studied & specified the characteristics of this uniform & repetitive language form which frames almost the entire output of the MAVM. We called it the Monoform."
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i genuinely cannot stand actual european elites condescendingly explaining american public opinion to americans. reminds me of when some british lady IRL tried to tell me she understood southerners better than i ever could, a southerner who lives in the south.
The educated liberal big city US folks outraged at Trump's renovation of Lincoln bathroom really need to scroll some Facebook of their less established relatives and friends to see what kind of aesthetic resonates with Trump's target audience.
November 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
i genuinely cannot stand actual european elites condescendingly explaining american public opinion to americans. reminds me of when some british lady IRL tried to tell me she understood southerners better than i ever could, a southerner who lives in the south.
Big budget anti-Semitic propaganda, Veit Harlan's Jud Süß was released in late 1940 in Germany, followed by a roll-out meant to inflame population of Nazi-occupied nations. (It was also shown to concentration camp guards) Unlike Leni R, Harlan was charged w crimes against humanity after the WW2.
A friend pointed out this comparison and it’s impossible to unsee: Mamdani is read by the press as both a “Judeo Bolshevik” and a “Muslim jihadist” at the same time, or more precisely, the way these have both fused into a single image - the “Judeo Muslim threat”
October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Big budget anti-Semitic propaganda, Veit Harlan's Jud Süß was released in late 1940 in Germany, followed by a roll-out meant to inflame population of Nazi-occupied nations. (It was also shown to concentration camp guards) Unlike Leni R, Harlan was charged w crimes against humanity after the WW2.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...?
This willfully ignant hit job could have been dreamt up by a Cuomo speechwriter. The quotes from Vance are particular odious.
This willfully ignant hit job could have been dreamt up by a Cuomo speechwriter. The quotes from Vance are particular odious.
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...?
This willfully ignant hit job could have been dreamt up by a Cuomo speechwriter. The quotes from Vance are particular odious.
This willfully ignant hit job could have been dreamt up by a Cuomo speechwriter. The quotes from Vance are particular odious.
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I honestly don't think the NY Times has been this bad in my lifetime, it's deeply shameful.
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I honestly don't think the NY Times has been this bad in my lifetime, it's deeply shameful.
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Article says the latest executions occurred in the "Eastern Pacific" and that they were "designed" to "ratchet up pressure on the Venezuelan government."
Venezuela does not touch the Pacific Ocean.
Venezuela does not touch the Pacific Ocean.
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Article says the latest executions occurred in the "Eastern Pacific" and that they were "designed" to "ratchet up pressure on the Venezuelan government."
Venezuela does not touch the Pacific Ocean.
Venezuela does not touch the Pacific Ocean.
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This is a cogent wag-the-dog analysis (albeit w/o discussion of Israel's decades-old unofficial status as a nuclear power)
This is a cogent wag-the-dog analysis (albeit w/o discussion of Israel's decades-old unofficial status as a nuclear power)
The Myth of Israeli Innovation
Israel has long relied on Western patrons for arms and backing—even as it has cast itself as a security “innovator” the West can’t afford to do without.
jewishcurrents.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
This is a cogent wag-the-dog analysis (albeit w/o discussion of Israel's decades-old unofficial status as a nuclear power)
This is a cogent wag-the-dog analysis (albeit w/o discussion of Israel's decades-old unofficial status as a nuclear power)
Found this 1935 item
Intro sentence: "Fascism not only exists in America, but it has become formidable and only needs a Duce, a Fuehrer, an organizer, and a loosening of the purse strings of those who gain materially by its victory, to become the most powerful force threatening the Republic."
Intro sentence: "Fascism not only exists in America, but it has become formidable and only needs a Duce, a Fuehrer, an organizer, and a loosening of the purse strings of those who gain materially by its victory, to become the most powerful force threatening the Republic."
October 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Found this 1935 item
Intro sentence: "Fascism not only exists in America, but it has become formidable and only needs a Duce, a Fuehrer, an organizer, and a loosening of the purse strings of those who gain materially by its victory, to become the most powerful force threatening the Republic."
Intro sentence: "Fascism not only exists in America, but it has become formidable and only needs a Duce, a Fuehrer, an organizer, and a loosening of the purse strings of those who gain materially by its victory, to become the most powerful force threatening the Republic."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
That's capitalism: Set a fire so you can make $$$ putting it out.
That's capitalism: Set a fire so you can make $$$ putting it out.
Trump’s China Deal May Avert a Crisis of His Own Making
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
That's capitalism: Set a fire so you can make $$$ putting it out.
That's capitalism: Set a fire so you can make $$$ putting it out.
www.villagevoice.com/wackos-save-...
Forget Bugonia, save the original, Korean director Jang Jun-hwan’s Save the Green Planet: Snazzy, playful, somewhat gory, often hilarious... What’s most remarkable about this lurid, wildly busy spectacle is how serious it can be—that is, how poignant and poetic.
Forget Bugonia, save the original, Korean director Jang Jun-hwan’s Save the Green Planet: Snazzy, playful, somewhat gory, often hilarious... What’s most remarkable about this lurid, wildly busy spectacle is how serious it can be—that is, how poignant and poetic.
www.villagevoice.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
www.villagevoice.com/wackos-save-...
Forget Bugonia, save the original, Korean director Jang Jun-hwan’s Save the Green Planet: Snazzy, playful, somewhat gory, often hilarious... What’s most remarkable about this lurid, wildly busy spectacle is how serious it can be—that is, how poignant and poetic.
Forget Bugonia, save the original, Korean director Jang Jun-hwan’s Save the Green Planet: Snazzy, playful, somewhat gory, often hilarious... What’s most remarkable about this lurid, wildly busy spectacle is how serious it can be—that is, how poignant and poetic.
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/24/w...
"Israel’s Knesset has advanced legislation that would effectively annex the West Bank, prompting rare criticism from the Trump administration, which says it does not support annexation." Interesting...
"Israel’s Knesset has advanced legislation that would effectively annex the West Bank, prompting rare criticism from the Trump administration, which says it does not support annexation." Interesting...
As Israel Pushes to Annex West Bank, Norwegian Refugee Council Condemns Growing Settler Violence
Israel’s Knesset has advanced legislation that would effectively annex the West Bank, prompting rare criticism from the Trump administration, which says it does not support annexation. We get a report...
www.democracynow.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
www.democracynow.org/2025/10/24/w...
"Israel’s Knesset has advanced legislation that would effectively annex the West Bank, prompting rare criticism from the Trump administration, which says it does not support annexation." Interesting...
"Israel’s Knesset has advanced legislation that would effectively annex the West Bank, prompting rare criticism from the Trump administration, which says it does not support annexation." Interesting...
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"Mamdani is winning not because of an anti-Zionist streak, but because he's articulating evolving mainstream American views." As usual, Ha'aretz has a clearer sense of what is going on than does the New York Times
"Mamdani is winning not because of an anti-Zionist streak, but because he's articulating evolving mainstream American views." As usual, Ha'aretz has a clearer sense of what is going on than does the New York Times
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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"Mamdani is winning not because of an anti-Zionist streak, but because he's articulating evolving mainstream American views." As usual, Ha'aretz has a clearer sense of what is going on than does the New York Times
"Mamdani is winning not because of an anti-Zionist streak, but because he's articulating evolving mainstream American views." As usual, Ha'aretz has a clearer sense of what is going on than does the New York Times
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"More than 2 dozen federal law enforcement officials descended on Canal Street in Chinatown* Tues afternoon, detaining at least 4 people as part of an apparent raid that later escalated into street clashes with bystanders."
*One of the busiest areas in Manhattan
"More than 2 dozen federal law enforcement officials descended on Canal Street in Chinatown* Tues afternoon, detaining at least 4 people as part of an apparent raid that later escalated into street clashes with bystanders."
*One of the busiest areas in Manhattan
Federal agents descend on Chinatown in apparent raid
The raid follows recent federal arrests at a Midtown migrant shelter, part of what officials call a broader push to “restore law and order” in New York City.
gothamist.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
gothamist.com/news/federal...
"More than 2 dozen federal law enforcement officials descended on Canal Street in Chinatown* Tues afternoon, detaining at least 4 people as part of an apparent raid that later escalated into street clashes with bystanders."
*One of the busiest areas in Manhattan
"More than 2 dozen federal law enforcement officials descended on Canal Street in Chinatown* Tues afternoon, detaining at least 4 people as part of an apparent raid that later escalated into street clashes with bystanders."
*One of the busiest areas in Manhattan
Hyper local event, held above a dispensary, next door to the site of Yoko Ono & LaMonte Young's 1961 concerts. Across the street from the space where three years later Michael Snow recorded New York Eye & Ear Control. Down the block from the loft Aza Jacobs immortalized in his movie Momma's Man.
October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hyper local event, held above a dispensary, next door to the site of Yoko Ono & LaMonte Young's 1961 concerts. Across the street from the space where three years later Michael Snow recorded New York Eye & Ear Control. Down the block from the loft Aza Jacobs immortalized in his movie Momma's Man.
Psst, the King isn't wearing His Depends. Pass it on...
October 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Psst, the King isn't wearing His Depends. Pass it on...
This guy has rendered psychohistorical analysis obsolete. On the one hand screaming & smearing shit on the wall is the essence of infantile rage (how exciting for inhibited flunkies like Vance & Johnson). On the other, it's a powerful fantasy for a guy who wears Depends (diapers)... spread the word.
President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.
Trump Posts Fake A.I. Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.
nyti.ms
October 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This guy has rendered psychohistorical analysis obsolete. On the one hand screaming & smearing shit on the wall is the essence of infantile rage (how exciting for inhibited flunkies like Vance & Johnson). On the other, it's a powerful fantasy for a guy who wears Depends (diapers)... spread the word.
There's gotta be a way to make use of this--compilation of Trump's greatest (s)hits, beginning w the Access Hollywood tape, projecting it on the Washington monument, linking it w New York's pro-Nazi Young Republicans, turn it into a MiraLax ad? You geniuses are out there. What would the Onion do?
October 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There's gotta be a way to make use of this--compilation of Trump's greatest (s)hits, beginning w the Access Hollywood tape, projecting it on the Washington monument, linking it w New York's pro-Nazi Young Republicans, turn it into a MiraLax ad? You geniuses are out there. What would the Onion do?
Wasn't there just a Putin chat? Like yesterday?!
TACO strikes again.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Ahead of Zelenskyy meeting, Trump shows signs he might not be ready to send Kyiv Tomahawk missiles
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Ahead of Zelenskyy meeting, Trump shows signs he might not be ready to send Kyiv Tomahawk missiles
Ahead of Zelenskyy meeting, Trump shows signs he might not be ready to send Kyiv Tomahawk missiles
President Donald Trump is set to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks at the White House on Friday.
apnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Wasn't there just a Putin chat? Like yesterday?!
Thx marshlands.bsky.social
"The social forces that produced the Reagan presidency & the collective fantasies Reagan articulated or embodied are [most fully] inscribed in Ghostbusters..." Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan 15-16, 201-2, 205-8, 224-25
"The social forces that produced the Reagan presidency & the collective fantasies Reagan articulated or embodied are [most fully] inscribed in Ghostbusters..." Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan 15-16, 201-2, 205-8, 224-25
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Thx marshlands.bsky.social
"The social forces that produced the Reagan presidency & the collective fantasies Reagan articulated or embodied are [most fully] inscribed in Ghostbusters..." Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan 15-16, 201-2, 205-8, 224-25
"The social forces that produced the Reagan presidency & the collective fantasies Reagan articulated or embodied are [most fully] inscribed in Ghostbusters..." Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan 15-16, 201-2, 205-8, 224-25
Of course Bklynite Curtis had the best NooYawkisms
1 Many of these landlords live in Del Ray, Florida
2 I try to avoid yellow cabs, as you know I was shot in the back of a yellow cab in 1992 by the Gottis & Gambinos. But I find my way around. If I have to, I Uber [Following ZM's defense of cabbies]
1 Many of these landlords live in Del Ray, Florida
2 I try to avoid yellow cabs, as you know I was shot in the back of a yellow cab in 1992 by the Gottis & Gambinos. But I find my way around. If I have to, I Uber [Following ZM's defense of cabbies]
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Of course Bklynite Curtis had the best NooYawkisms
1 Many of these landlords live in Del Ray, Florida
2 I try to avoid yellow cabs, as you know I was shot in the back of a yellow cab in 1992 by the Gottis & Gambinos. But I find my way around. If I have to, I Uber [Following ZM's defense of cabbies]
1 Many of these landlords live in Del Ray, Florida
2 I try to avoid yellow cabs, as you know I was shot in the back of a yellow cab in 1992 by the Gottis & Gambinos. But I find my way around. If I have to, I Uber [Following ZM's defense of cabbies]