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Kristen Wagner
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Film nerd, history nerd, nerd-nerd. Overworked adjunct. Mom to 1 human and 1 cat. Author of Comic Venus: Women & Comedy in American Silent Film
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What more is there to say?
April 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’m just going to list the #1 film I’d like to see added to the Criterion Collection #filmsky

The Crowd (1928)
March 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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saw this circulating on Instagram the other day and I can’t stop thinking about it. “Who cares anymore what particular knot they used in the binding?” is such a perfectly expressed repudiation of the “economic anxiety” framing
February 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Serious question.

Who will take up this mantle today?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7x8...
"Have you no sense of decency, Sir?" Joseph Welch to Joe McCarthy
YouTube video by Witnify
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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“So Really, If You Think About It, If Women Wanted To Be Directors They Should Have Worked Harder and--- aaaaaa..... (gurgle)" by Caravaggio
August 2, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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One of the more curious reading selections I’ve seen:
December 8, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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There needs to be a Bechdel Test but for whether a wheelchair character can exist in a movie without every conversation involving him/her revolving around their disability. (WICKED would not pass this.)
December 8, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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“But the eggs were just so expensive.”
November 29, 2024 at 4:02 AM
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I’ve written about 69 Palestinian films directed by women in my newsletter over the last year. This list collects them all with links where you can watch most of them.

🔗 boxd.it/xlziu/detail
November 19, 2024 at 4:09 PM
What’s a movie that felt like a fever dream?

youtu.be/wP0JDiaCpWA?...
November 19, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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There’s a reason so many academics are dismissive of the Trump/Musk/Vivek types and it’s that we’re all very aware of the Overconfident Bro Who Hasn’t Done the Reading But Still Wants to Lead the Discussion
November 17, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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The arc of justice is long, and it sucks, it sucks how long it is, but I swear to god it bends towards comedy
Hi everyone.

The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.

We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.

We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.

I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:12 AM
People of Bluesky. Let's get to know each other better. What is your favourite movie?

Quote share your answer only in gif form.

#filmsky
November 16, 2024 at 4:55 AM
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November 13, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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Let's be funny!! Who's missing here??
go.bsky.app/24KHf7P
November 14, 2024 at 4:46 AM