The shade of it all.

Autumn Durald Arkpaw is the first woman ever to win Best Cinematography at the #Oscars

This is Amy Madigan and Ed Harris refusing to applaud Elia Kazan's honorary Oscar in 1999. During the Blacklist Era, Kazan named names. Good on Amy and Ed.

Still think it's sacrilege that THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE was snubbed at this year's Oscars. Amanda Seyfried should have been among the actress noms, and Mona Fastvold recognised among the directors...

My Ides of March fun fact is that the place where Caesar was stabbed is now a cat sanctuary, and I think it’s beautiful that creatures with tiny knives on their feet live there

I cannot even BEGIN to describe the feeling of seeing THE BRIDE! in IMAX where almost the entire audience was audibly and visibly not prepared for what was happening on screen. (The movie is fucking great. Long live messy auteur all or nothing emotional passion projects).

I enjoyed THE BRIDE!(!). Aside from all of Gyllenhaal’s wild and inventive choices (outlined below by @stephenarussell.bsky.social), it was also great to see a film that was artfully lit. I feel like it’s been a while…

The Bride! was always going to become a barometer film that people use to make judgment calls about someone, rather than actually engaging to learn why they feel the way they do. As such, I know that I should explain myself further, but... I would prefer not to. www.slashfilm.com/2120179/the-...

Seeing people deriding The Bride! for being too heavy-handed in its feminist messaging on the same day The Hollywood Reporter releases an interview with Harvey Weinstein from prison is giving me whiplash.

The Birdcage opened thirty years ago today, so in its honor, I want to share one of my favorite stories about Mike Nichols that didn't make it into my biography. This is from an interview I did with Nathan Lane.

I can't stop thinking about THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE... If you're unsure whether to see it, this chat with Amanda Seyfried gives you a sense of what you'd be missing:

I’m really tired of names like “Operation Epic Fury.” There’s nothing epic about starting wars that end with American families mourning loved ones under flag draped coffins

I bet he's sweating now...

And the hits just keep on coming: RIP Frederick Wiseman, another legend of American cinema

Frederick Wiseman was perhaps the best chronicler of Modern America in any medium, full stop. RIP.

Emma Haworth, contemporary London-based painter known for her observations of the streets and parks, with a hint of otherworldliness #womensart

they found the seal that calls people gay

Rest in Power, Teresa de Lauretis (1938 - 2026). 💔

THE MUPPET SHOW.

RIP Catherine O’Hara, thank you for the MANY laughs 🩷

BREAKING Barnaby Joyce forces News Limited to make a $650,000 movie about Vikki

I love Jessie Ware. I love wattle. Of course I loved this peformance. (We love a non-allergic disco queen). Also... where do you get wattle in January in London?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGea...

i don’t think i can adequately describe how much i need to get a little day drunk and go see this with four absolute bitches we will get kicked out for cackling too perfectly

I share a deep passion for boat horror with @joshnelsonfilm.bsky.social, and we were so tickled to get to do an audio commentary for Death Ship together!

White racist literally threw a bomb at black people to kill them, apparently not a sufficient cause to have a moral panic, special envoy, national introspection, royal commission, terrorism declaration, new laws, 1,000 op-eds in The Australian. We're struggling to identify why that might be.

Feel like a man throwing a homemade IED into a large crowd at an invasion day rally should be bigger news

It really is fucking unbelievable how big the evacuation zone is for the Otways fire is. For those not familiar with Victoria, the map below shows about a third (...?) of the Western Vic's whole coastline. The "evacuate immediately" region in the middle is about 60km x 40km. 😟

The advertising spend on that Melania Trump documentary must be huge. Haven’t listened to a single podcast all week without hearing ads for it… I really hope it tanks. I don’t even want to hate watch it, and I saw CATS at the cinema. Twice.

Invasion Day, 2026

Imagine what’s happening in the camps.

In these trying times, please remember OBW remains an option

Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA

This feels like a BIG storm, Brisbane… ⛈️ 😱

Even the med student exam prep account is dunking on ICE

there are plenty of reasons Air Force One would suddenly turn around. for example, they may have forgotten Kevin

The amazing @stephenarussell.bsky.social plays special correspondent for @ohmpods.bsky.social with a great new interview: "The Moon and the Stars: Ethan Hawke and director Richard Linklater talk friendship, pushing boundaries and the drama of Blue Moon" www.oneheatminute.com/articles/fea...

Had fantastic chats with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater about Blue Moon, mutual respect and the art of filmmaking. Check it out @ohmpods.bsky.social bit.ly/45o3qnQ

“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh

Did Trump finish refitting the Qatari gift jet to be Airforce One? I’m picturing today’s mechanical issue inside a gaudy gold cockpit… www.bbc.com/news/article...

Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure

block immediately everyone

"Murmuration over Lanhydrock Park", 2020 by Annie Ovenden, English painter #WomensArt

i bought these shoes when i was hired as a library department head. they always bring a smile to my face.

I’ve never seen this Van Gogh before… I hate that because it’s 2026 I have to check that it’s not AI…

This is Minneapolis: -drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents -go to brunch with your wife -get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt -get groceries as helicopters roar overhead -deliver food & this vehicle passes you

every once in a while i remember this door

Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.