Americans should accept that the US second republic (the one that lasted from the civil war until Trump) has come to an end and a new constitutional convention will be needed to found a third

The story of this show’s provenance in the description is probably the best thing I’ll see online today. A genuine service to music history in an obscure corner with patchy documentation

What the actual fuck? This is just insanely racist.

New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok! So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...

Damn fine list.

RIP Brigitte Bardot, who represented the threat of casual European sex to a sweaty-handed, buttoned-up 1950s America and who Godard employed in CONTEMPT as a marvelous FU to Hollywood. The rare star to seem entirely uninterested in her own persona. Glad she made it to her 90s.

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting

Christmas catnip catnap/doggie gift coma

Holiday interloper checking out the competition but acting all casual when busted.

Made it through most of autumn 2025 thinking the lyric Cameron Winter screams in the chorus of the Geese song “Trinidad“ isn’t “there’s a bomb in my car,“ but “there’s a bug in my car.“ Still think my version is better.

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Quite the thread.

"Maybe it’s the age, maybe it’s my age; whatever, it’s hard to insist on the importance of movies when your country is sinking into totalitarianism. Yet it’s what I do, so, like most of us who feel caught in the amber of our own powerlessness, I keep on doing it." Here are the year's best films.

I don’t know why they call it Hamburger Helper, tastes jes’ fine by itself.

Just flabbergasting (if hardly surprising) to see WaPo, NYT, Boston Globe et al bury the lede *and* the story on the release of a miniscule, heavily-redacted, law-flouting percentage of the Epstein files while gullibly parroting a corrupt administration's party line. Sure, Jan.

One to share with your students.

legitimately love this guy.

The #1 movie from when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 will go.

Yes. Yes. Yes. It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Someone once said NextDoor is the social network for dogs if they could type. It’s always “what’s that noise?” and “who’s that stranger?” which is exactly what I imagine my dogs would text other neighborhood dogs.

Holy shit.

I have never wished so hard for a military coup in my life.

Some thoughts on the passing of a mensch.

Good story to wake up to and to remember in the days ahead.

WTAF is happening

And that's it for this year! Thanks for following along, and thanks to my critical colleagues for their smarts, patience, acumen and impeccable taste. Onward. #bsfc @bsfc.bsky.social

It's official: "Sinners" is the Best Film of 2025 as far as the Boston Society of Film Critics is concerned. "Sentimental Value" and "One Battle After Another" had plenty of votes, but Coogler's Delta masterpiece had plentier. #bsfc @bsfc.bsky.social

The Boston Society of Film Critics names Ryan Coogler Best Director of 2025 for "Sinners." Damn right. PTA, Safdie, Trier and Panahi all worthy and in the mix. Heading to the final award as darkness and snow fall. #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social

A lot of dogfights in the Best Ensemble Cast category, but "Marty Supreme" wins for its collection of faces out of a Drew Friedman cartoon and actors drawn from the four corners of the known universe. "Sinners," "Nouvelle Vague," "Eephus" all have their supporters. #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social

The Boston Society of Film Critics votes for Ethan Hawke as Best Actor in "Blue Moon," and it ain't even close. Chalamet and Michael B. Jordan eating Hawke's dust, among others. #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social

Best Actress: A dominant first-ballot win by Rose Byrne for her fearless performance as the Mother Discouraged of "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You." Stiff competition from Reinsve, Buckley and Emma Stone. Good times. #bsfc @bsfc.bsky.social

The Boston critics name Stellan Skarsgård Best Supporting Actor of 2025 for his role as Daddy Narcissist in "Sentimental Value." Lots of votes for Benicio del Toro ("1 Battle"), Jacob Elordi ("Frankenstein") and Michael Cera ("Phoenician Scheme"). #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social

We're on to the acting categories now. The winner of Best Supporting Actress is, most satisfyingly, Amy Madigan for "Weapons." (Although Elle Fanning, Inga Insdottir Ileaas, Wunmi Mosaku, all of whom had their partisans, would have been equally satisfying.) #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social

Boston Society of Film Critics names Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value" the Best Non-English Language Film of 2025 (awarded in memory of the late Boston Globe movie critic Jay Carr). Tough category, with "Secret Agent," "It Was Just an Accident" and "Resurrection" all having their backers.

Best Adapted Screenplay vote goes for "One Battle After Another," PTA's recombinant-DNA remix of Pynchon's "Vineland." Lots of votes for "Bugonia," "Hamnet," "No Other Choice" and "Train Dreams," among others. #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social

The Boston film critics vote for Richard Linklater's "Blue Moon" as Best Original Screenplay of 2025. (Fine by me, but MOST Screenplay might be more accurate.) Other titles bandied about included "Sentimental Value," "Marty Supreme" and "Sinners." #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social

And Best New Filmmaker is given in the name of the late Boston critic/pundit David Brudnoy. This year our vote goes to Eva Victor for their writing/directing debut "Sorry, Baby." (Which I'm happy about even though I was rooting for "Eephus.") #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social

I should note that some of the #BSFC categories are awarded in honor of critics and filmmakers who are no longer with us. Best Editing given in memory of the late film editor Karen Schmeer ("The Fog of War"); Best Documentary in the name of Boston director Lucia Small ("My Father, the Genius").

The voting by the Boston Society of Film Critics continues. The award for Best Documentary of 2025 goes to the bullfighting documentary "Afternoons of Solitude" by Albert Serra. "Secret Mall Apartment," "My Mom Jayne" and "Pavements" also in the mix. #bsfc @bsfc.bsky.social

The members of the Boston Society of Film Critics vote Canada's "Endless Cookie" the best animated movie of 2025. Which means I should see it and so should you. (Lot of abstentions this year, myself included, which reflects something. I'm not sure what.)

Boston Film Critics inaugurate a new CATegory: Best in Show a.k.a. Best Animal Performance in a Movie ... and the winner is Indy, the heroic Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever in the horror movie "Good Boy." #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social (My choice, Bing, the Great Dane in "The Friend" was robbed.)

Best Cinematography goes to the mat and after four rounds of voting, "Sinners" emerges the winner for Autumn Durald Arkapaw's richly atmospheric photography. #bsfc @bsfc.bsky.social

Boston Critics vote Stephen Mirrione's vroom-vroom cutting on the Brad Pitt racing movie "F1" best editing of 2025. #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social "Sinners" and "Marty Supreme" also in contention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaZM...

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Getting down to business (voting) after taking care of business (admin): @bsfc.bsky.social votes on its first category: Best Score. And the winner in the first round is Ludwig Göransson's score for "Sinners" -- a win that almost certainly embraces the onscreen musical performances. #BSFC

Here's the Boston Society of Film Critics hunkering down to vote for the best movies and performances of 2025. I'll be posting the winners and runners-up as the day progresses (and hopefully we'll get out while it's still daylight). Stay tuned. #BSFC @bsfc.bsky.social

My kid is sheltering in place a block from the Brown campus, 20 people may be dead and the commenters on the Fox News website are making jokes about gender studies. WTAF is wrong with people.

Behold the dog that purrs.