Check out @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social's @chicagoreader.com piece about how rideshare drivers at O'Hare are being targeted. chicagoreader.com/news/border-...

Incredibly fortunate to have my first film review published yesterday & in the @chicagoreader.com no less! It's about SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE. chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...

My dear @joeengleman.bsky.social has debuted his first piece of film criticism, and it's a doozy taking on SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE and Jon Landau's influence on the Boss as documented in "Mansion on the Hill." From Joe for the @chicagoreader.com ❤️: chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...

Listen to me talk about the Bolivian film THE CONDOR DAUGHTER (which I believe still does not have distribution) ❤️

Cullen Atchley and Emilio Diaz of @cannesikickit.bsky.social joined us to wrap up the Chicago Int'l Film Festival! ft. recs from @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social, @anotherkylel.bsky.social, Brennan McMahon, @daniellamazzio.bsky.social, @cineniche.bsky.social, Zachary Lee + Steve Prokopy bit.ly/47IxD1h

kristi noem promised federal agents would continue to terrorize chicagoland—and that’s exactly what they’re doing. border patrol/ice currently rolling through the city’s northwest side. reports of abductions in albany park earlier this morning.

Devastating to hear about vendors taken at Swap O Rama. Back of the Yards has had no rest for weeks. Every day on assault on immigrants and anyone that is existing while Brown.

Alderwoman Julia Ramirez of the 12th Ward which spans part of the southwest side posted a video statement on social media. She says that her office can confirm there have been 30 detainments/kidnappings throughout the ward. She says that 15 people were taken at Swap-O-Rama in Back of the Yards.

Chicago! Don't miss tonight's Cold Sweat double feature of TAKE SHELTER and SAVE THE GREEN PLANET at @facetschicago.bsky.social! If you go, you may even see a familiar postcard....

Before my first Chi Film Fest screening I turned to Joe and was like "who do you think did the voice over for the sizzle reel this year?" and then joked "what if it's Michael Shannon?" Well.....

Layoffs at the WSJ, NBC News, and Penske Media this week. All the while these companies continue to tout 'record' quarters/years. Funny, that. www.thewrap.com/wall-street-...

Really genuinely love that the chi film fest has been running with so many Michael Shannon photos for festival promo despite him not having anything there this year lol

Far from the most egregious thing going on right now but am I imagining that since feds dropped into Chicago, news helicopters have been taking liberties flying lower and louder than they were before? Even just for traffic coverage?

Ya girl finally emerged from her bunker (a month of depression) and I'm pleased to say Hand Me the Mike is BACK with a discussion of Joshua Oppenheimer's 2024 musical THE END. @rosswbermaniv.bsky.social joins for a very rich conversation. We talk a lot about ACT OF KILLING, too. 🔗➡️

It does blow my mind when someone mentions that they can't believe anyone stayed on Twitter because of the inescapable nazi content...like I *know* it's there and rampant but what are you guys doing with your feeds lol because but I almost never encounter it naturally

Had a blast talking with @daniellamazzio.bsky.social about THE END, Michael Shannon, and the place where music and movies intersect: The Musical

Ya girl finally emerged from her bunker (a month of depression) and I'm pleased to say Hand Me the Mike is BACK with a discussion of Joshua Oppenheimer's 2024 musical THE END. @rosswbermaniv.bsky.social joins for a very rich conversation. We talk a lot about ACT OF KILLING, too. 🔗➡️

Culture might seem a less consequential right than free assembly+ its infringement makes less spectacular news than repressive violence. But the repeal of the right to culture is grave. honored to be with @isanchezprado.bsky.social in @hyperallergic.com today! hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...

Biting my tongue

A Q&A with Happyend (2024) director Neo Sora. https://bit.ly/4nUSlkP

REVIEW: I really, really, really, really, REALLY, really did not like AFTER THE HUNT. The actors try their best, but it's a tiring, self-satisfied script—and not even in the ways you'd expect. Toothless. For the @chicagoreader.com ➡️ chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...

Glad to be working with UMedics on a protester health and safety training tomorrow. We need more of these around the city. We’ve got great street medics in Chicago, but we’ve learned lately that we need more people to know the basics of how to care for each other in protest scenarios.

There's a new essay on Michael Mann's The Insider from @daniellamazzio.bsky.social and today's a good day to read it inreviewonline.com/2025/09/30/w...

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

Not mentioned here but from the press conference: Not only was the main detained brought to the ER because he broke his leg after ICE chased him, but his injury is so bad that the hospital was contemplating surgery. Lawyers have not been allowed to see him so it is unclear how the injury occurred.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov in case you’re wondering, this is what “you come for my people, you come through me” actually means.

This guy not wearing a mask makes him the bravest ICE agent and yet is still, like all of them, a pathetic bullying coward. Look at him grab Fuentes, who’s literally just standing there. Look at the hatred in his dumb face.

Eman is a wonderful person and we are very angry she has been arrested. Free Eman. Free them all.

now they're snatching elected officials

These racist fucking goons handcuffed Alderperson Fuentes of the 26th Ward of the Great City of Chicago

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

Ald. Jessie Fuentes’ office just released a statement she was handcuffed and threatened arrest amid ongoing ICE activity in Humboldt Park. Tear gas was also used on passersby at a Home Depot an at Rico Fresh, her office says. I’m on my way to an emergency press conference now.

ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.

State police assisted ICE in the performative brutalization and arrest of protesters today. @govpritzker.illinois.gov must answer for this.

What we just saw: state police not only assisting federal agents with crowd control out here, but also protester arrests. All morning, this has been a nonviolent demonstration. Have not seen a single crime from this crowd (not that that would excuse the brutality).

Disappointing but not surprising that the state police are assisting ICE. Talk is cheap, Governor Pritzker. Put your money where your mouth is.

Very important thread:

State Representative Lilian Jimenez on the tear gassing of protesters near Rico Fresh on Armitage and Central Park.

I went to the protest this morning at ICE facility in Broadview. Some photos if you wanna follow along. My guess is that at its height there were 300-400 people there, all protesting the inhumane treatment & illegal kidnapping of our neighbors. #broadview #iceprotest #abolishice #broadviewprotest

Pro-tip that I feel like shouldn't have to be said but if you're running for office, planning on running, or even already in office and you're going to have a public coffee meeting to talk candidly (emphasis on candidly) about your strategies, other candidates, campain budgets, etc.---be judicious!

Boosting this one very late but I had a truly great time talking about a couple of really interesting Shannon/Herzogs - one of them, Daniella and I agree, criminally under-seen!

Have I ever said that I think THE INSIDER is the greatest movie ever made? Well, for my In Review Online debut, I write about the movie's relevant understanding of journalism's capitulating limitations and how those themes are elevated by Mann's signatures. inreviewonline.com/2025/09/30/w...

HAPPYEND is a special film and certainly one of my favorites of the year (if not the decade). I had a really lovely interview with filmmaker Neo Sora for the @chicagoreader.com. We talk about fascism, friendship, the writing process, Gaza, and much more. chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...

Please check out @daniellamazzio.bsky.social's interview with director Neo Sora about "Happyend" in the @chicagoreader.com. Sora's film is set in the near future, but it has a special resonance right now. It starts screening on Friday. chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...

Chicago peeps get on this one, great freakin movie:

HAPPYEND is a special film and certainly one of my favorites of the year (if not the decade). I had a really lovely interview with filmmaker Neo Sora for the @chicagoreader.com. We talk about fascism, friendship, the writing process, Gaza, and much more. chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...

FYI on @sbworkersunited.org action in Chicago tonight:

Alternatively if you are an assignment editor for a local outlet + national outlet, I'm a freelancer and would be glad to ask him + his staff this question myself.

Boy last week was a doozy, huh? Well after taking a mini break, Hand Me the Mike is back with a doozy! @petreraleigh.bsky.social and I talk about both of Werner Herzog's 2009 movies: MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE? and BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS. 🔗⤵️

Threading some important local stories that you may have slid by you on a loaded timeline these last couple weeks. Starting off with... 1/