Jeffrey Overstreet
@overstreet.bsky.social
Author of Auralia's Colors, its three sequels, & Through a Screen Darkly. Next one in 2026! Awarded “2024 Professor of the Year” by students at Seattle Pacific University. Find me at LookingCloser.org & Substack. My writing is 100% A.I.-free.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
To all of you who are voting on film awards and publishing Year's Best lists already, I cannot stress this enough: THE YEAR IS NOT OVER YET.
Part Downton Abbey send-up and part Airplane!-style farce, Fackham Hall delivers nonstop laughs and firmly earns its spot as one of the year’s best comedies. @bleeckerstfilms.bsky.social @legionmofficial.bsky.social
Fackham Hall Is What Happens When Downton Abbey Meets Airplane! - Solzy at the Movies
Part Downton Abbey send-up and part Airplane!-style farce, Fackham Hall delivers nonstop laughs and firmly earns its spot as one of the year’s best comedies.
solzyatthemovies.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
To all of you who are voting on film awards and publishing Year's Best lists already, I cannot stress this enough: THE YEAR IS NOT OVER YET.
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never give up
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
never give up
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it finally happened -- a good student of mine vanished from class about six weeks ago. this student reappeared today and explained that they had been in ICE detention in another state during that time. ICE needs to end. ICE needs to end. ICE needs to end.
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
it finally happened -- a good student of mine vanished from class about six weeks ago. this student reappeared today and explained that they had been in ICE detention in another state during that time. ICE needs to end. ICE needs to end. ICE needs to end.
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Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >
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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I hope he gets the help he needs. It sounds like he's trying to deflect from the failures that he's had as president ... he's fought to be the head of the pedophile protection party."
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I hope he gets the help he needs. It sounds like he's trying to deflect from the failures that he's had as president ... he's fought to be the head of the pedophile protection party."
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors!
You must refuse illegal orders.
You must refuse illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors!
You must refuse illegal orders.
You must refuse illegal orders.
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Pete Hegseth is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in American history. He is a national embarrassment who is putting the safety of our servicemembers at risk. He should be fired immediately.
Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing of sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to s...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Pete Hegseth is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in American history. He is a national embarrassment who is putting the safety of our servicemembers at risk. He should be fired immediately.
This would be laughable if it weren't so painfully cringe-worthy. F1? FRANKENSTEIN? WICKED FOR GOOD? Here in the year of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, WEAPONS, and THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME?!
Even by National Board of Review standards, that’s a notably terrible list.
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This would be laughable if it weren't so painfully cringe-worthy. F1? FRANKENSTEIN? WICKED FOR GOOD? Here in the year of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, WEAPONS, and THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME?!
Last week, my wife Anne & I spent a sacred hour with our friend, mentor, & "guardian angel" of almost 30 years, listening to her recite poetry, giving & receiving blessings, and saying what we knew would be farewells (for now). May God bless her husband John & family with comfort. ...
In Memory of Luci Shaw—A Conversation with Ben Palpant
Editor’s Note: This conversation with poet Luci Shaw (1928–2025) took place last year and later appeared in An Axe for the Frozen Sea, a collection of poet interviews published by Rabbit Room Press.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Last week, my wife Anne & I spent a sacred hour with our friend, mentor, & "guardian angel" of almost 30 years, listening to her recite poetry, giving & receiving blessings, and saying what we knew would be farewells (for now). May God bless her husband John & family with comfort. ...
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Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
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There was much scrutiny of Kegsbreath's personal shortcomings during his confirmation hearings.
How much scrutiny was given to his philosophy?
Contempt for rules of engagement, obsession with lethality — he wrote books about that stuff.
What's happening now was entirely predictable.
How much scrutiny was given to his philosophy?
Contempt for rules of engagement, obsession with lethality — he wrote books about that stuff.
What's happening now was entirely predictable.
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
There was much scrutiny of Kegsbreath's personal shortcomings during his confirmation hearings.
How much scrutiny was given to his philosophy?
Contempt for rules of engagement, obsession with lethality — he wrote books about that stuff.
What's happening now was entirely predictable.
How much scrutiny was given to his philosophy?
Contempt for rules of engagement, obsession with lethality — he wrote books about that stuff.
What's happening now was entirely predictable.
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Expressions of overt sadism being normalized and even celebrated is deeply troubling.
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Expressions of overt sadism being normalized and even celebrated is deeply troubling.
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This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Leavitt: "The people of Honduras have highlighted to him how the former President Hernandez was set up. This was a clear Biden over prosecution."
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
BWDR is one of very few subscriptions I keep on auto-renew without any 2nd-guessing. Still the best long-form film criticism on the internet. And here's a compelling example: Sarah Welch-Larson on the vital visions of faith in CONCLAVE and WAKE UP DEAD MAN: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/11/26/d...
November 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
BWDR is one of very few subscriptions I keep on auto-renew without any 2nd-guessing. Still the best long-form film criticism on the internet. And here's a compelling example: Sarah Welch-Larson on the vital visions of faith in CONCLAVE and WAKE UP DEAD MAN: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/11/26/d...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Black Friday/Holiday Sale!
All first-time or returning subscribers can now purchase an annual subscription for $10 off their first year—which means just $19 for a full year of access to BW/DR and our entire 143 issue archive!
Also: you can gift it!
coupon code: HOLIDAY2025
All first-time or returning subscribers can now purchase an annual subscription for $10 off their first year—which means just $19 for a full year of access to BW/DR and our entire 143 issue archive!
Also: you can gift it!
coupon code: HOLIDAY2025
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This is exactly why I don’t let go of the “cancel culture memo”
This man trapped folks in rooms to make them watch him masturbate and they are trying to ask if the show is good enough to make that’s measurable trade
This man trapped folks in rooms to make them watch him masturbate and they are trying to ask if the show is good enough to make that’s measurable trade
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
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Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is exactly why I don’t let go of the “cancel culture memo”
This man trapped folks in rooms to make them watch him masturbate and they are trying to ask if the show is good enough to make that’s measurable trade
This man trapped folks in rooms to make them watch him masturbate and they are trying to ask if the show is good enough to make that’s measurable trade
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
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“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
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November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
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Trump lied to the nation yet again. He assured us, repeatedly, that this man had never been vetted.
Clearly he knew that was a lie, but he also wanted to use the death of a soldier to advance his own personal political agenda.
He is the scum of the Earth—and that is inarguable.
Clearly he knew that was a lie, but he also wanted to use the death of a soldier to advance his own personal political agenda.
He is the scum of the Earth—and that is inarguable.
November 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump lied to the nation yet again. He assured us, repeatedly, that this man had never been vetted.
Clearly he knew that was a lie, but he also wanted to use the death of a soldier to advance his own personal political agenda.
He is the scum of the Earth—and that is inarguable.
Clearly he knew that was a lie, but he also wanted to use the death of a soldier to advance his own personal political agenda.
He is the scum of the Earth—and that is inarguable.
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From the people who brought you "oh so it's racist to say that white people are better than black people?" comes "find me a single place in the law where it says not to commit murder."
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From the people who brought you "oh so it's racist to say that white people are better than black people?" comes "find me a single place in the law where it says not to commit murder."