I’ve taken myself out of “the discourse,” so I don’t know what the reaction to Stranger Things 5 is, but I will say that I appreciate the Duffer Brothers and company doing so much work to make it feel cinematic. They are using a crane for a TV show. You barely see that in the theaters anymore.

JB Pritzker’s ranking of the Star Wars films is solid. I might change one or two myself, but I largely agree. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.

Jack White and Eminem’s halftime performance feels very much directed at me, a millennial dad from Michigan. It rules when culture starts to cater to you. I get why Baby Boomers were so into it.

Jack White is the king of “indie dudes love sports too” representation matters baby

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Superman (2025) is a Thanksgiving movie. Because I watched it today, on Thanksgiving.

Time to watch the greatest Thanksgiving movie of all time: Spider-Man (2002)

How the White House responded to the “No Kings” rallies

I knew Ron DeSantis was over because Benny went from posting about him all the time back to posting about Trump all the time.

If you would like to understand Benny's principles, here's a story. While at IJR on the day of the 2015 Roanoke shooting, Benny cried in the newsroom. Not because of the shooting itself, but because we told him he wasn't allowed to post the video of the murder on the website.

Rush Hour 4: Releasing the Epstein Files variety.com/2025/film/bo...

Smoking has never not looked cool. That’s why it was so hard to convince us not to smoke in the 90’s. It could not be ignored that it made you look rad. apple.news/A0rQ9yylmTGm...

My money is on Pope Leo in this particular match up.

This is pretty funny, wildly sleazy, and deeply stupid. Ellison lost Taylor Sheridan and gained Brett Ratner. Trump is losing altitude and who knows where he will be by the time this film limps into theaters (or quietly hits streaming.)

I can’t abide by people that claim to love movies saying they are totally disinterested in, or dismissive of, the Avatar films. They are incredible achievements of the craft. Anyway, this convo between James Cameron and @mattbelloni.bsky.social is great. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

My "Not Enron" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

“Instead Meta will rent the data center for as long as 20 years, beginning in 2029. But it will start with a four-year lease term, with options to renew every four years.” These data centers will be the future home of a Spirit Halloween. www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...

I would like Twitter to have stronger border security.

Dress up for your flight. Don’t buy Grandma slippers for Christmas. Move your family to save money. The labor market is just having some quiet time. Everything is cool. Everything is fine.

I just rented a tux for my flight to Sheboygan like a good citizen.

I’m on the Jay Kelly train after watching a gorgeous 35mm print at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social. It ain’t playing in many theaters, but it is playing here in Chicago. It’s a wonderful picture made all the better by being seen in the theater.

I put this Olivia Nuzzi/Ryan Lizza/RFK Jr. business in the same basket as Elon, crypto, AI, the tech bros, and the political industrial complex. Too many people, with far too much money, that all think they are the main characters of the universe.

Has he ever looked this happy while with JD? Or his sons?

Trying to pivot from Epstein by saying Democrats should be hung because they are bringing up the legality of your unauthorized bombing campaign is an interesting strategy.

For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given. The same is true for everyone who swear their oath. Hope that clears things up.

All that money, all those resources, and none of it can fill the gaping hole in his soul.

Trump trying to change the conversation about his relationship with a notorious pedophile by suggesting a group of Democrats should be hung is next level disgraceful.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

Incredible airtight logic here. The AI companies are spending incredible amounts of money to buy chips from one supplier, so all is well. Hey, um, how are those AI companies going to make that money back?

Trump follows up this post by calling for these Democratic lawmakers to be put to death

This is embarrassing.

“The narrative is that those companies were not cash-rich, and today they are. Both assertions aren’t true. I’m astonished at the gap between what the ground reality seems to be and what Wall Street is saying.” apple.news/AwD51WlTPQcS...

Optimism is uncomfortable. But here we are. www.thebulwark.com/p/spoiler-we...

The first American pope doubled down on his criticism of Trump’s mission to root out illegal immigration in the country.

For my money, Sonny is the best culture/film critic working today, and this is one of his best pieces.

When you pay attention to Trump talking for long stretches, his mental decline is frightfully obvious. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-n...

Roblox wants children to upload videos of themselves for age verification. Uploading videos of children and letting an algorithm age-verify seems creepy to me, but maybe I’m just old-fashioned. www.engadget.com/gaming/roblo...

Look at what @sonnybunch.bsky.social and @ditzkoff.bsky.social made* happen! *no other explanation other than Dave showing up on The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood. www.criterion.com/films/34869-...

I was early on MTG because anyone who sincerely believed the MAGA stuff would eventually *have* to walk away from Trump. And my read on MTG is that, whatever else she might be, she's earnest. www.thebulwark.com/p/marjorie-t...

A Netflix movie in a theater and on 35MM film. My biggest hit against Netflix is that they put their films in theaters so I'm really happy to see this happening.

If anyone has any evidence of the Pope attending a Music Box screening, our DMs are open

BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.

“Cinema is a workshop of hope.” Pope Leo, the American Pope from Chicago, championing cinema, trashing AI, and celebrating immigrants? I mean, come on! www.instagram.com/p/DRFFV74DFt...

Sonny Bunch on January 6: "All of the responsible conservative, Republican-types I knew at the time were like 'Trump needs to denounce this. He needs to be impeached.' And 90% of those people got back on [Trump's] side by 2024."

The American Catholic League rushing out to defend Megyn Kelly’s defense of Epstein banging teenagers while the American Pope is saying (correctly) “The movies are magic!” and “AI art isn’t art” in the Holy See…

This is what they are spending your Wordle money on.

They’re calling her Megyn R. Kelly on TikTok

I’m guessing that the stuff @willsommer.bsky.social is reporting on in the @thebulwark.com’s “False Flag” newsletter today is a preview of what will be happening with the GOP and MAGA in 2027. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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