This was a blast to do.

A nice video essay about Surrealism in Czech cinema: www.youtube.com/watch

And it should be noted that slavery was already taking place through the carceral system. Once again, depravity is perfected on Black people and then scaled.

This is slavery.

It's one of the most transparent things Miller has been doing. They've been using the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants to foreign gulags in countries the prisoners have no connection to all year.

Bardot is the most transfixing aspect of LE MEPRIS, not due to what the American distributors would have you believe (see image in the comments) but because she finds a palpable beauty in sadness and is arguably the best, maybe even most iconic, conduit for Godard’s cynicism on screen. RIP

Insane that this is how they marketed Jean-Luc Godard‘s “Contempt” in the U.S back in 1963. No mention of the director - all about Bardot’s backside. She was a world wide obsession. R.I.P. Brigitte.

while in life the great whale’s body may have been a real terror to his foes, in his death his ghost becomes a powerless panic to a world

But Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.

We mourn the loss of Amos Poe. A fixture of the '70s New York art scene that produced legends in every medium, he made several films before getting a chance at the relative "big time" with ALPHABET CITY. We were so proud to launch FCE with AC and to have Amos be a part of it. ❤️ to his loved ones.

For Filmmaker’s new print issue, director Jaime Levinas writes about learning from Amos Poe, who passed away yesterday in New York City. R.I.P. Amos. filmmakermagazine.com/132695-learn...

regular US policing.

Ending 2025 with the grounded sense of hope I picked up in Chicago, as told here:

I’ll believe it when I see it. (When Massachusetts passed this tax, no one left there like they said they would, and the tax is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do, and the wealthy are still wealthy and still enjoying the benefits of living in MA.)

Freight trains. Box cars. Stuff them full. And then a quick selection when they arrive at the detention facility to identify those capable of good, hard work. For additional profit, also check for gold in their teeth and smuggled currency.

“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.” Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas

Good thread. Merry Christmas.

“Don't forget, Michaelson, Chapters 4 and 5 for next time.”

You will be visited by three spirits.

His wife says they were refusing to properly treat his diabetes. The facility where he died is a private prison.

I'll have the ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn omelette, please.

This is the worst case scenario that everybody was worried about

not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.

Still laughing about the fact that dude slapped his name on a memorial building, like he absolutely cannot wait for his own death

Some of these redactions are almost like modern art

oh ok then

Every single democratic senator voted to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. Every single one. Not one “no” vote.

Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why

Any article observing that the AI bubble is about to burst *but then suggesting AI is too important to our financial systems to be allowed to fail* is missing the point. Generative AI is a massive fraud and a brain drain on humanity, even leaving theft and resource issues aside.

Peggy Cummins, John Dall “GUN CRAZY” (1950) dir. Joseph H. Lewis 🎬 United Artists 🎞 #FilmNoir

One small way to try to re-establish social trust would be to transparently disclose *in this very column* that you hung out with Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...

I thought I might as well go below and make a rough draft of my will.

Math!!

Anyone who sees Bovino in Rogers Park, let us know. We’re doing ICE watch. Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...

It’s that time of year to watch THE SILENT PARTNER.

What was America in 1492 but a Loose-Fish

All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending. UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

My generation got to know him as one of three CNN reporters coming live from their Baghdad hotel room during the start of the first Gulf War. It was a new kind of war, carried live on air and he was one of the voices that brought it to us. RIP

Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.

Or, "my boyfriend wants me to have *different* nightmares."

an entire generation losing their minds that their children and grandchildren would DARE to do anything they don't understand and turning the full might of the world's imperial powers against the people they profess to love most

DR. CALIGARI! CAFE FLESH! Jan. 9 @ Facets Chicago. With me interrogating director Steven Sayadian live and in-person! Do not miss! Tickets at link! facets.org/programs/dr-...

LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency? CARR: I think th--- L: Yes or no C: There's a test for this in the la--- L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question C: The FCC is not L: So is your website lying? C: Possibly

awww! love this building. fellow nerds might recognize it from ROBOCOP!

were the whale then to run the line out to the end almost in a single, smoking minute as he sometimes does, he would not stop there