David M. Stewart
@filmnerddave.bsky.social
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Teacher, Writer, Bostonian
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Five years in the making, and it's finally coming to bookshelves July 2025; my first book! Pre-order for that special someone if they're looking for an upbeat beach read. In the meantime, check out anything and everything directed by the great Jonathan Demme.
#bookcoverreveal
#jonathandemme
over 1 year ago
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A huge dankje (Thank you!) to De Filmkrant for a glowing review of my book. Glad to know that my work has reached the Netherlands! I'm open to any book tour events in Amsterdam.
about 8 hours ago
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Reading 'Naked Lunch' at my local diner while Steely Dan blares on the stereo. Coincidence or fate?
5 days ago
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18 days ago
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Rest easy, Bud 🌻🌻
21 days ago
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David M. Stewart
IndieWire
28 days ago
'Married to the Mob' on 4K UHD provides an opportunity to rediscover the crime comedy Jonathan Demme made before 'Silence of the Lambs.'
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Jonathan Demme’s ‘Married to the Mob’ Arrives on 4K: Why His Pre-‘Silence of the Lambs’ Crime Comedy Is a Must-See
'Married to the Mob' on 4K UHD provides an opportunity to rediscover the crime comedy Jonathan Demme made before 'Silence of the Lambs.'
https://bit.ly/4rALmQ8
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Siddhant Adlakha
28 days ago
My first for
@avclub.com
: Alex Gibney's documentary "Knife" examines Salman Rushdie, his work, and his transformation into a symbol of martyrdom—and through intimate, grisly footage of his attack and arduous recovery, re-humanizes him.
#Sundance2026
www.avclub.com/knife-the-at...
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Salman Rushdie became a martyr, but Knife makes him human again
Alex Gibney's Sundance documentary Knife: The Attempted Murder Of Salman Rushdie separates its subject from the sensation.
https://www.avclub.com/knife-the-attempted-murder-of-salman-rushdie-humanizing-documentary
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about 1 month ago
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Kurt Andersen
about 2 months ago
Illustrating why, 38 years ago, we nicknamed him “short- fingered VULGARIAN Donald Trump.”
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No worries! There's still a few copies of my book available through
@vinsyn.bsky.social
.
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about 2 months ago
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Hello Gorgeous! I wrote an essay for this new edition of MARRIED TO THE MOB. Be sure to pre-order from
@cine-matographe.bsky.social
. Thanks,
@jlalibs.com
!
about 2 months ago
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What a way to wrap up the year!
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
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"Consumer Friendly" is code speak for "Abandoning Theaters"
3 months ago
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David M. Stewart
THE FUTURIST!
3 months ago
Currently Reading: It's
#Demmecember
THERE'S NO GOING BACK - The Life and. Films of Jonathan Demme by David M. Stewart
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Tomorrow night, I'll be talking about my book with Irv Slifkin via Zoom. Registration is free.
4 months ago
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Pleased to stop by Boston University and sign a copy of my book for an esteemed reader/bookshop proprietor.
4 months ago
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My landlady collected my rent and had me sign a copy of my book; it's looking like a good month ahead.
4 months ago
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Looking back on my high school newspaper editorial, "They Shoot Lawyers, Don't They?"
4 months ago
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Grey Sky Photography
4 months ago
Watched this last night on Criterion. Demme was a magician, no two ways about it.
www.criterionchannel.com/rachel-getti...
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Rachel Getting Married - The Criterion Channel
Directed by Jonathan Demme • 2008 • United States Starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin When Kym (Anne Hathaway) returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister, Rache...
https://www.criterionchannel.com/rachel-getting-married
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Some kind words from Film International! Thank you!
4 months ago
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David M. Stewart
The Film Stage
5 months ago
Looking for a fall read? We recommend new books on Clint Eastwood, Abel Ferrara, Jonathan Demme, Ed Wood, and much more. Explore
@schobie.bsky.social
's column:
thefilmstage.com/recommended-...
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Thanks to
@thefilmstage.com
for including my book in this month's recommended reading list!
5 months ago
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Thanks, Shawn!
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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Diane Keaton 🕯️
5 months ago
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Years as a League of Gentlemen devotee made me pique my interest towards Bucks Fizz.
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5 months ago
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David M. Stewart
Non Films
5 months ago
Recent reading: Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema (Caden Mark Gardner & Willow Catelyn Maclay); Everything is Now: The 1960s New York Avant Garde (J. Hoberman); There’s No Going Back: The Life and Work of Jonathan Demme (David M. Stewart).
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It's October 3rd, the day Warner Brothers released The Maltese Falcon.
5 months ago
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I had a lovely chat with
@www.johnbleasdale.com
for his podcast, 'Writers on Film.'
5 months ago
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Travis Woods
5 months ago
PPS: Demme would have been proud.
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Travis Woods
5 months ago
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER: Its pleasures are too myriad and multifaceted to mention them all here, so I’ll just say: It’s nice to see Sean Penn remind the world that he’s the greatest fucking actor of his generation. PS: Best needle drop of the decade.
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How many times did you see OBAA?
5 months ago
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One Battle After Another (****) PTA+ Pynchon+Battle of Algiers+Something Wild = Prescient Epic!
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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Is the Rapture some garage band trying to release an album?
5 months ago
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One beach read after another. Thanks,
@shakeymike.bsky.social
!
5 months ago
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David M. Stewart
The Guardian
5 months ago
Al Pacino on Dog Day Afternoon at 50: ‘It plays more today than it even did then’
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Al Pacino on Dog Day Afternoon at 50: ‘It plays more today than it even did then’
The 85-year-old actor talks the legacy of his stirring 1975 drama, his love of YouTube, fake death rumours and why he won’t discuss politics
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/21/al-pacino-dog-day-afternoon-50th-anniversary?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1758446364
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Richard Nixon tried suppressing the antiwar humor of CBS's "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and a 1973 TV production of David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones," but the overall consensus of Americans rolled their eyes over these forms of censorship. This too shall pass. (2/2)
6 months ago
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With the chaos of Colbert and Kimmel being silenced, I'm reminded of Havel's thoughts on fighting authoritarianism through satire: "Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not." (1/2)
6 months ago
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John Bleasdale
6 months ago
Been looking forward to this for a Loooooong time
@filmnerddave.bsky.social
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One week before I catch One Battle After Another, and realizing all these guys worked with Leo DiCaprio at some point in their careers.
6 months ago
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One of the many joys from my book tour is meeting those who had the privilege of not only working with Jonathan Demme, but marching alongside him. Someone at
@brattletheatre.bsky.social
shared this photo taken on September 9, 1992, of Demme marching alongside the NAACP in Washington, D.C.
6 months ago
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Such a heartwarming anecdote about Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter.
6 months ago
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"We've got Hollywood right were we want 'em, Paul!"
6 months ago
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Cool to see my book in the local library!
6 months ago
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David M. Stewart
Sean Burns
6 months ago
Hey look it’s
@filmnerddave.bsky.social
talking Demme before tonight’s Somerville Ciné-Club screening of MARRIED TO THE MOB.
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Married to the Mob (****) Special Agent Franklin: "The mob is run by murdering, thieving, lying, cheating psychopaths. We (the FBI) work for the President of the United States of America." What a time to be alive!
6 months ago
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David M. Stewart
Bright Wall/Dark Room
6 months ago
New today on the site! Give Peace a Chance: Jonathan Demme’s FIGHTING MAD and the Peaceful Exploitation Film -
@jlalibs.com
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Jonathan Demme’s Fighting Mad & the Peaceful Exploitation Film
Like the films that inspired it, Fighting Mad has plenty of moral high ground to spare, but Demme imbues his opus of “redneck revenge” with a potent ecological message.
https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/09/01/fighting-mad-peaceful-exploitation-film/
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Happy Labor Day!
6 months ago
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Robert Plant with The Who in 2002, one month after John Entwistle's death.
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6 months ago
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