Such a good film. (PNW folks can catch it at the Pickford this Saturday. www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/movie/natche... )

Such a lovely lovely interview

Along with directing an episode of TWIN PEAKS, Diane Keaton also directed four movies (one doc, three features). I’ve only seen two: HANGING UP and WILDFLOWER. They’re both flawed but interesting and make me wish she’s directed more films. I gotta track down the other two.

These days I can no longer be shocked; *of course* a flashy provocateur who was never any kind of real journalist to begin with is now entrusted to become an editor -- an editor! -- at CBS News

New IJ lawsuit filed today challenging ICE raids of construction sites, wherein ICE detains American citizens in AL, rejects their proof of citizenship, and holds them without PC. Worth a read, and more evidence of the wide gulf b/w what SCOTUS says is happening and what is actually happening.

Someone have me on your podcast to talk about ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.

I just ran One Battle After Another on 70mm and in case it's not common knowledge I want to make sure audiences know that those reels are fucking HUGE and HEAVY (like 40-50 lbs) and we have to lift them over our heads and angle them onto a thin shaft without dropping them on ourselves/the projector

We’re playing Chain Reactions @pickfordfilmcenter.bsky.social on Oct 4. Director Alexandre Philippe will be in attendance for a Q&A. Can’t wait!

Playing this Sat/Sun @pickfordfilmcenter.bsky.social !

2025 Democratic politics is that scene in every 70s movie where somebody gets their car stolen and runs down the street shaking their fist in the air yelling, "Hey, that's my car!!!"

Oh by the way, don’t forget you can ask your library to order nearly any book you want to read but don’t want to buy. And as authors we love libraries buying our books & readers being able to access them through libraries.

This post sums up what I've been yelling at TV screens (much to my family's delight) for weeks. We have credible first-person testimony, from the victim herself & Epstein's "handler", that Trump raped a 13-year-old in Epstein's NYC apartment in 1994. But it's just two women talking, so why listen?

I compiled listings for Seattle area rep and art house theatres every week for five years or so at Seattle Screen Scene. It was exhausting and time-consuming work. We published a bunch of great reviewers too. Would have been nice if anyone involved in the site ever got paid for anything they did.

We got a marquee and everything. Open house party August 1 and movies start August 2!

Streaming for free on Kanopy:

The biography “is very clearly the result of slow thinking and methodical research, which makes it precisely the sort of work that its subject could never produce.” 💀 Immensely engaging, pungent review that shows the direct links to the conservative project/tactics/pseudo-intellectualism of today.

Pls drop everything and read this terrific essay from @geniusbastard.bsky.social

If you are a medical professional being targeted for treating transgender minor patients, here is someone who can help.

So many terrible things in the world rn but a friend (and former film student) just gave me this as a belated birthday present and I love it so much

The Body Politic is a terrific doc about Mayor Scott, his campaign, election, and his on the ground grass roots work with community leaders to address root causes of violence. Makes a great pairing with this Post piece.

Quote with you favorite anti-fascist film

The Conformist (1970)

Yeah, we need Charlie more than ever.

Quote with your favorite anti-fascist film

Quote with your favorite anti-fascist film

I'm not a fan of process stories but it's important that folks know and understand that it took all of us to get this provision out of the bill - orgs like HRC, electeds like SMB, you for keeping up the calls and the pressure - and most of it cannot happen in a way that is visible to social media.

I wrote about how Brad Pitt has effectively albeit transparently used F1: The Movie and its press tour to rehabilitate his image, in order to obscure the violent allegations about abuse toward Angelina Jolie & his current estrangement from his six kids, @vulture.com. www.vulture.com/article/brad...

$150 million+ being withheld from Washington state

Meek’s Cutoff Wendy and Lucy Certain Women First Cow Showing Up

KBJ, in dissent, calls today's ruling "profoundly dangerous" and an "existential threat to the rule of law." She expresses her "deep disillusionment" with the court and suggests that the conservative supermajority continues to crown Trump a king above law. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

here’s an excerpt from my book CINEMA HER WAY where Mira Nair and I discuss her film THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST and she shared with me this story about her son, Zohran Mamdani, experiencing Islamophobia post-9/11 while walking with his grandfather in Manhattan.

BIG NEWS: This morning, @kphipps3000.bsky.social and I have moved The Reveal from Substack to Ghost. You can get the details in the link below. It was a scary decision for us, but we're excited about it and expect to keep this newsletter going long into the future. thereveal.film/the-reveal-h...

28 YEARS LATER absolutely rips. It’s a surprising twisty bit of heartfelt genre storytelling. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.

Please, anyone refraining from sharing their non-politics-related work on here, stop apologizing & post away! Someone has to keep sending dispatches from the world we are trying to create, where we can collectively care about something besides angry rich men stealing all our resources & attention.

Come work with me & my Big Brain, Big Heart colleagues as part of @propublica.org's Local Reporting Network! Got an idea for a must-read local investigation that could make a difference in your community? We want to know about it! Deadline: 5 p.m. ET July 21 Reporters selected will start Oct. 1

If you're a film critic looking to go to TIFF this year, you should apply for this grant, which we at the Chicago Film Critics Association are helping dole out. (TLDR it's that rarest of things: money for critics) editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/rt-c...

Riotsville, USA is a must-watch archival doc (streaming on Hulu/Kanopy) that chronicles this. The report said the US should address income inequality & systemic racism (as THE root causes of unrest), but instead the govt used funds to militarize local police forces & train them in violence tactics

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Hey everyone, I have a new story out showing how the sausage got made in the new NYT podcast on youth gender-affirming care. It's pretty ugly - my source refused to participate in the podcast so reporters used audio of her captured in public against her will.

Oh no

You Might Think Trump Has Destroyed Gay Pride in Conservative America, It’s Quite the Opposite. Against all odds, small-town Prides are multiplying and thriving—even in the country's most conservative areas. slate.com/life/2025/06...

Pleased to announce I will be introducing the 35mm screening of Ryan Coogler's FRUITVALE STATION when it screens for Bleak Week! Come out. I won't be long winded. Promise. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

The Pickford is hiring! www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/jobs/

Some @pickfordfilmcenter.bsky.social news: we’ve got the opening date on our second location, where we’ll be adding three more screens: salish-current.org/2025/05/27/n...

Dammit deadline.com/2025/05/netf...

For the morning

BREAKING: By an evenly divided vote, the Supreme Court affirms an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision blocking the creation of a Catholic charter school. Barrett recused, allowing for the deadlock. We don't know which conservative joined the liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

I just left a comment. If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.

🚨The draconian House budget bill could go to the floor for a vote tomorrow. In it, they're planning to cut funding for Medicaid by 625 billion dollars. Hospitals will close, millions will lose insurance, & you might lose your or your kid's doctor even if you're not on it. Pls call your reps.🚨