This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."

This is the legacy moment for Disney CEO Robert Iger, a man who once toyed with a Presidential run as a Democrat. You stand up for unpopular free speech or you stand against all free speech. There's no middle.

Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.

Woah. The fall film slate this year is incredible! In the next 4 months, we'll get new stuff from (*clears throat*): PTA, Guadagnino, Linklater (2x), Reichardt, Zhao, Lanthimos, Ramsay, Trier, Ira Sachs, Baumbach, Both Safdie Bros., Rian Johnson, James L. Brooks, del Toro, Jarmusch and Bigelow.

a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

The other thing I loved about #Sinners is that I’m very comforted by movies and TV shows in which people are competent and intelligent when faced with problems!

I love my echo chamber where everyone values the humanity of other people and enjoys the arts.

YouTube’s play button doing the lord’s work

We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.

I won't whine about this when bigger stuff is going on; the arts will survive the bullying anti-artist paranoia and ignorance of Trump and the GOP. But the NEA, NEH, PBS, and NPR will all be targeted for elimination by this turdpile of a regime and its lickspittles. One more reason to hate them.

not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff

I cannot stress enough that libraries need to be defended. Public. Academic. School. Fight for them. USE them & make it known that you're using them.

As a librarian who lost the fight at their institution & was forced to toss 120,000 books because "no one reads books anymore," I am begging you.

"Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own; it’s the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it." — John Waters

Letterboxd vibe check

Just deactivated my Tw*tter account for good and I feel better. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/u...

RIP Gena Rowlands. If you've never seen A Woman Under the Influence or Opening Night, I don't even know what to say to prepare you. Throw away any preconceptions you have about the limits or rules of acting, watch, and be awed. She was that good.

Annie Baker's debut "Janet Planet" is a quietly confident and observant film that brings an early 90s childhood spent in Western Mass to vibrant, specific life. Let's hope Julianne Nicholson isn't left out of Oscar nom convos later this year—her performance had me in awe.