Judy is obviously the main attraction of 1954’s A Star is Born, but Mason’s sensitivity elevates the film in ways if wouldn’t with a number of other actors. He’s also excellent in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman and Bigger Than Life!!!

don’t forget to wear pants in celebration of katharine hepburn’s birthday today

Acquired a very nice DVD set of Judy’s A Star is Born that I’ve been eyeing at my local record store for a couple of months - VERY happy with what all’s inside. Original photos, 35mm still, lobby cards, re-release poster, and the queen who owned it before me left a TV Guide inside. LOVE!

btw this is about politics but it's also true for the mothers in your life I'm not saying you shouldn't buy gifts & flowers, but if you looking to make a mom's life better, check out all the unpaid labor they're doing and see what you can do about it

Ok so when we say each GPT prompt costs "a bottle of water" this is why

I worked on the Captain Planet cartoon early in my career and I remember it stemmed from Turner wanting to do something environmentally conscious for kids. I also remember him visiting the studio and hitting on the receptionist. He contained multitudes.

Art by Tony Stella

Calling all physical media freaks in Chicago! I’m hosting a VHS Swap at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social next month! Bring your tapes, you might make a friend!

it’s simple. Dems need to 1. prepare retaliatory gerrymanders in every blue state now that the VRA has been overturned 2. pack the court (and prosecute Thomas/alito) in 2029 I will only even *consider* primary candidates who support both of the above going forward

I officially live in a different pop culture bc the only friends I know who saw this are critics and they all hated it

A defining work of 21st century art. Truly exquisite.

On this day 65 years ago, Judy Garland took the stage at Carnegie Hall for a concert that would become absolutely legendary, with some critics deeming it “The Greatest Night in Entertainment”

Listening to the new L5Y album, congrats to future EGOT Rachel Zegler on everything her career’s gonna be

I am once again saying that letting fascists back into society when they pretend to be repentant like this will lead to the rise of fascism again. They are upset because Trump has made them look like the fascists they are. This does not mean they are on the side of morality and human rights suddenly

fulfilled Gerald Nachman’s vision of gays at the Judy show today

Good, do Disney/20th Century next!

disney gutting the entire home video division... @ d'amaro, you're not seeing heaven www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

This rules! Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/08/c...

just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him

"Schumer takes no action" will be on his tombstone

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

i remember when the potential inaccuracy of wikipedia was a huge point of concern for academic use and we cautioned against it for years, the machine that cannot be prevented from lying is required to use though this reeks of schools being paid to make this happen by the companies selling this shit

My cartoon in the first issue of Now Voyager, a new print magazine dedicated to long form international reporting, photography and art. Plus cartoons!

I've paused at least two conversations this week because Robyn started playing in the place where we were hanging out 😭

Now up for preorder - with lots of new extras, inc. an hourlong archival audio recording of Casey Donovan (BOYS IN THE SAND) and Robert LaTourneaux (BOYS IN THE BAND) relating their hustling experiences as part of Wake's research for THE HUSTLERS, plus the long-unseen theatrical cut of TAKE ONE!

Headed to the opera 🥰🎶

whole table in the bar where i work just lost their minds when “run away with me” by carly rae jepsen started playing on my playlist 🥹

in light of last night's drag race, here's a rework of "Garden of Eden" (feat. Doechii) that i've been obsessed with for two months www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOZh...

✨✨NEW ROBYN ALBUM✨✨

Not to sound like the millennial that I am, but do we know if anything special is happening for RENT’s 30th anniversary this year?

Oh it feels so LOVELY today. The sun is beginning to set and I’m walking to the gay library in a T-shirt and jeans, taking in the splendor of living in a city while sipping on a crisp Coke Zero that I got from the bodega downstairs. What a life!

What did y’all get?! I got: - Pee-wee’s Big Adventure - David Byrne’s American Utopia - Kiss of the Spider Woman - Captain Blood - Killers of the Flower Moon - and a secret sixth one that I got for my boyfriend hehe

Bar was below hell, but this is a good move from new CEO D’Amaro

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Good morning and Happy Criterion Flash Sale to you all!

RIP, Valerie Perrine--I know you had an Oscar nomination but your truest contribution to the thrill of cinema may have been <can't stop the music>, a movie in which, despite genuine male nudity(!), the village people are straight and Caitlyn Jenner has the worst hair imaginable. We used to have fun.

this shake-and-go… lmao…

GREAT week of movie-watching. Have any of y’all seen Alan Rudolph’s Made in Heaven???? WILD movie!!!

Y'all. . .it's been a year. Literally a year since Miss Fanny almost died from her heart attack and the world has come back for our necks. Literally my neck. Fanny got ringworm and gave me the ringworm. With our medical/cleaning fees. . . my savings are wiped out. Any help would be appreciated.

one day, a candidate i vote for in a primary will win 😭

i will not be happy until his shareholder-centric business ideology is completely gone from the company at large. this man is largely responsible for the overly nostalgic and IP-driven media landscape that's been drilled to oblivion over the last 15-20 years

Happy to go to bat for Kat! I’d rather not be pissed by Biss! @katmabu.bsky.social

Happy Pride Month to meeeeee!!!!

If you guessed that I started crying the moment Barbra started singing during her tribute to Robert Redford, you’d be incorrect, I started crying the moment she walked onstage

Over at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social Letterboxd page, they’ve started interviewing some of the staff about their four favorite films. First up? Me! Read up on my thoughts of some great films (mostly musicals)! letterboxd.com/musicboxchic...

Every quote that comes from Nicole reads like something said by an old wise woman who lives atop a hill, where she listens to the land and meditates and lightly places curses on those who must learn a lesson. I’m obsessed with her

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

(West Side Story: “Quintet”) Sharks and Jets: 😡 Tony and Maria: 🥹😍 Anita:

These rocks don't lose their shape💍 RATED Q presents Howard Hawks' GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, featuring a preshow cocktail hour and Live Drag Performance! This Thursday March 12th at 9:45pm Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...