Maddie Weiner
@maddietenknives.bsky.social
She/her. Filmmaker and cartoonist. Co-producer of LandLord. Sicko.
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A newsletter where Maddie Weiner hones her thoughts about media and culture. Movies, books, television, music, and more.
buttondown.com
Intro post: I am Maddie, filmmaker of various stripes (director, writer, producer, + a ton of other departments) and occasional cartoonist, podcaster, etc. My newsletter that I need to get better about updating: buttondown.com/MaddieTenKni...
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the office "they're the same picture" dot jpg
February 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
the office "they're the same picture" dot jpg
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“California will be a sight for THESE weary eyes”
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
“California will be a sight for THESE weary eyes”
My top 25 films of 2025! boxd.it/DnXqK
Best Films of 2025
Must have had at least a limited release in the US in 2025 to be eligible and I must have seen them before 1/31/26
boxd.it
January 29, 2026 at 2:43 AM
My top 25 films of 2025! boxd.it/DnXqK
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Friday evening viewing recommendation? Watch VELVET GOLDMINE (1998) in our THE 90’s DOES THE 70’s collection!
❤️🔥 Todd Haynes’s deliriously glittering, hedonistic glam rock film follows journalist Arthur Stuart (Bale) as he launches an investigation into the mystery of Bowie-esque rocker Brian Slade.
❤️🔥 Todd Haynes’s deliriously glittering, hedonistic glam rock film follows journalist Arthur Stuart (Bale) as he launches an investigation into the mystery of Bowie-esque rocker Brian Slade.
January 24, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Friday evening viewing recommendation? Watch VELVET GOLDMINE (1998) in our THE 90’s DOES THE 70’s collection!
❤️🔥 Todd Haynes’s deliriously glittering, hedonistic glam rock film follows journalist Arthur Stuart (Bale) as he launches an investigation into the mystery of Bowie-esque rocker Brian Slade.
❤️🔥 Todd Haynes’s deliriously glittering, hedonistic glam rock film follows journalist Arthur Stuart (Bale) as he launches an investigation into the mystery of Bowie-esque rocker Brian Slade.
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@davidehrlich.bsky.social's new Top 25 video comes out on Tuesday so I'm rewatching last year's. One of his all-timer opening sequences.
youtu.be/ICqAq74YqVQ
youtu.be/ICqAq74YqVQ
THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2024: A Video Countdown
YouTube video by David Ehrlich
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
@davidehrlich.bsky.social's new Top 25 video comes out on Tuesday so I'm rewatching last year's. One of his all-timer opening sequences.
youtu.be/ICqAq74YqVQ
youtu.be/ICqAq74YqVQ
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This is the first time I've seen a white person speak this plainly and objectively about what's happening right now without ignoring the brutal social factors at play.
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 16, 2026 at 2:01 AM
This is the first time I've seen a white person speak this plainly and objectively about what's happening right now without ignoring the brutal social factors at play.
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Two queer women with a 6 year old in school today stopped to film ICE and for their bravery ICE agents murdered one before the other’s eyes. The grief in the survivor’s voice is a knife to the gut. Destroying people and their bonds is what ICE has always done.
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Two queer women with a 6 year old in school today stopped to film ICE and for their bravery ICE agents murdered one before the other’s eyes. The grief in the survivor’s voice is a knife to the gut. Destroying people and their bonds is what ICE has always done.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
If anyone didn’t think that ICE is just brownshirts/SS, well, now you know.
January 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
If anyone didn’t think that ICE is just brownshirts/SS, well, now you know.
Join me for the 2026 Female Directors Challenge! Let's try to watch 25 movies by female directors this year! boxd.it/Reo56
Female Directors Challenge
Instructions: Make a Letterboxd list and copy and paste the 25 categories, or clone this list. Assign a film to each category. If you’re not using Letterboxd you can make a handwritten list, Excel spr...
boxd.it
January 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Join me for the 2026 Female Directors Challenge! Let's try to watch 25 movies by female directors this year! boxd.it/Reo56
KENTUCKY???? Where is it?!?!?
anyone have eyes on nathan fielder in the last few weeks www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
January 4, 2026 at 1:40 AM
KENTUCKY???? Where is it?!?!?
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MASSAPEQUA, NY - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered "kinetic strikes" against the Baileys, calling them "key advisors to the Schumer regime" (Reuters)
January 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
MASSAPEQUA, NY - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered "kinetic strikes" against the Baileys, calling them "key advisors to the Schumer regime" (Reuters)
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The best essay about this film that I've ever read, and I've not only read dozens, I've written a few myself. Hooray for Mary!
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The best essay about this film that I've ever read, and I've not only read dozens, I've written a few myself. Hooray for Mary!
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I believe n individual artists and supervisors like this. The ones that want to make good things and treat people well. Big companies themselves are often corrupt and don’t care about the quality or longevity of the company… but you can still find people who have this attitude and are the real gems.
December 17, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I believe n individual artists and supervisors like this. The ones that want to make good things and treat people well. Big companies themselves are often corrupt and don’t care about the quality or longevity of the company… but you can still find people who have this attitude and are the real gems.
Paul?? Kentucky’s beautiful broken clock is right once again
Also, 4 Republicans voted nay (Cruz, Lee, Moran, and Paul) & 3 didn't vote (Daines, Hawley, & Moody). Meaning this bill absolutely could not have passed this stage without the support of the Democrats.
December 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Paul?? Kentucky’s beautiful broken clock is right once again
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Good pop music! There's nothing like it!
youtu.be/3sni1ckbBqw
youtu.be/3sni1ckbBqw
Rebecca Black covers Addison Rae’s ‘Fame is a Gun’ for Like A Version
YouTube video by triple j
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Good pop music! There's nothing like it!
youtu.be/3sni1ckbBqw
youtu.be/3sni1ckbBqw
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I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
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Here's who has come out against the Netflix/Warner Bros. deal:
-Writers Guild
-Directors Guild
-SAG-AFTRA
-documentary filmmakers
-theater owners
So all of Hollywood.
They aren't opposing this because they secretly want a Paramount merger, it's because the deal will harm their livelihoods.
-Writers Guild
-Directors Guild
-SAG-AFTRA
-documentary filmmakers
-theater owners
So all of Hollywood.
They aren't opposing this because they secretly want a Paramount merger, it's because the deal will harm their livelihoods.
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Here's who has come out against the Netflix/Warner Bros. deal:
-Writers Guild
-Directors Guild
-SAG-AFTRA
-documentary filmmakers
-theater owners
So all of Hollywood.
They aren't opposing this because they secretly want a Paramount merger, it's because the deal will harm their livelihoods.
-Writers Guild
-Directors Guild
-SAG-AFTRA
-documentary filmmakers
-theater owners
So all of Hollywood.
They aren't opposing this because they secretly want a Paramount merger, it's because the deal will harm their livelihoods.
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John Waters names Eddington the best movie of 2025: "If you don’t like this film, I hate you.”
John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2025 Include Eddington, Final Destination Bloodlines, Sirāt & More
One of our favorite traditions in best-of-the-year festivities is a lineup that tends to find a more interesting path than any guilds or critics groups. The wonderfully eccentric John Waters, whose ta...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
John Waters names Eddington the best movie of 2025: "If you don’t like this film, I hate you.”
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Gus Van Sant tells a true kidnapping story in the full trailer for #DeadMansWire.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/dead-mans-wi...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/dead-mans-wi...
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Gus Van Sant tells a true kidnapping story in the full trailer for #DeadMansWire.
Watch: thefilmstage.com/dead-mans-wi...
Watch: thefilmstage.com/dead-mans-wi...
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Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
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You can call him the greatest living director & just about everyone will agree - Coppola, Spielberg, & Lucas say it - but with his teaching, evangelism & film preservation he's probably done more for the cinema than anyone, anywhere, ever.
HBD, the incomparable Martin Scorsese, whose movies and commitment to art changed my life.
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You can call him the greatest living director & just about everyone will agree - Coppola, Spielberg, & Lucas say it - but with his teaching, evangelism & film preservation he's probably done more for the cinema than anyone, anywhere, ever.