Bluesky watching scaffolding together

Real good bit about the slippery slope of genAI use. A battle we're already fighting, especially against the C-suite.

The latest episode of Widow’s Bay on Apple TV with Hamish Linklater as a devilish ancestor of the island is the creepiest one yet but also so much fun. This series continues to surprise.

Today @filmforumnyc.bsky.social screened a pristine 35mm print of The Happy Time (1952), a charming and funny film about a French-Canadian family living in Ottawa with Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan, Marcel Dalio, Bobby Driscoll. Kander and Ebb adapted the story into a 1968 Broadway musical.

My niece teaches at MIT and their computers were hacked. She spent the entire weekend trying to retrieve final papers and putting in grades again that vanished. And I’m told this happened at universities nationwide, someone trying to get personal info on students. Has anyone seen news on this?

How blessed was I to see legendary actor Tony Leung speak three nights in a row about his career and his latest movie Ildeko Enyedi’s Silent Friend in which he plays a neuroscientist with a spiritual connection to a gingko tree. At Film at Lincoln Center/Angelika.

Started watching Widow’s Bay which seems like a variation on Best Medicine with more ominous elements. This time it’s Matthew Rhys who annoys his neighbors as mayor. Entertaining though the first episode seemed a bit repetitive.

Luminous actress Irene Jacob talked about Kieslowski at a Metrograph screening of The Double Life of Veronique last night. Film seems as fresh as when it was released, and Jacob and the film remain mesmerizing. But what does the ending mean? @metrographnyc.bsky.social

Elle Fanning’s Oscar nomination was no fluke. She’s equally fine in Margo’s Got Money Troubles. She keeps growing as an actress. It’s also fun that Michelle Pfeiffer plays her mom.

I love Schmigadoon! now on Broadway. I liked the Apple TV+ show but the stage adaptation is totally enchanting with a great cast, fun songs and lots of dancing. Please support this love letter to musicals.

Gramercy Park & the Chrysler Building NYC

Will Stephen Colbert ever do another talk show? Opinions, please.

i feel like you all need this

This was amazing. People were cheering each time the dial was spun.

We now see what he’s like with no guardrails. He’s a disaster.

The President of the United States is a liar.

A proud wood duck drake for the #tricolour theme (any bird with 3 colors or more) of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @alan678.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #ECK

I can’t be the only American retiree who has seen his retirement savings go down in value because of this stupid administration. Only a billionaire would vote Republican.

Least favorite win: Sean Penn getting supporting actor and not showing up. One of my favorite wins: the tie for best documentary short.

One of tonight’s best acting performances was Jessie Buckley feigning surprise at her best actress win. I liked her speech, though.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com President Trump’s White House renovation “brings to mind not any previous American president but the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who was obsessed with rebuilding Rome into some grand new version of itself,” writes Paul Goldberger, a former architecture critic.

Timothée Chalamet Under Fire For Dismissive Comments About Traditional Japanese Puppet Theater Form ‘Bunraku’ https://theonion.com/timothee-chalamet-under-fire-for-dismissive-comments-about-traditional-japanese-puppet-theater-form-bunraku/

Is opera in NYC alive and well?

I am praying @criterion.bsky.social puts out a 4K release of Train Dreams.

Let’s all support this fantastic bookstore run by a terrific writer.

I don’t care if American Classic is great. With Laura Linney and Kevin Kline in the cast, I’m watching.

Watched the Italian classic Il Posto yesterday and the young lead Sandro Panseri could play Timothee Chalamet’s twin.

There is no way in hell I’m going to subscribe to HBO Max if it merges with Paramount+.

Why doesn’t he die already?

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

Not much chatter about Bridgerton Season 4 these days but I’m really enjoying this spin on Cinderella with wonderful chemistry between Yerin Ha and Luke Thompson. So refreshing to have an Asian Australian play a lead role. She’s so appealing as Sophie.

Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door https://theonion.com/bookseller-scrambles-to-hide-all-the-classics-after-seeing-emerald-fennell-approaching-door/

Should have the CEO been fired before letting go so much of the staff.

Thanks to @a24 and NewFest I rewatched Pillion last night, the exhilarating first feature film directed and written by Harry Lighton about an unconventional gay romance. Alan Cumming did a Q&A with the director and stars Harry Melling Alexander Skarsgard and Douglas Hodge.

Hi, SNL: Jokes about ICE just aren’t funny.

I’m a big fan of Marc Shaiman’s scores (with Scott Wittman) for Broadway shows and tonight I spent a joyful evening at the @92ndstreety.bsky.social hearing him talk about his new showbiz memoir Never Mind the Happy. Nathan Lane interviewed him and the two of them kept us laughing all night.

Catherine O'Hara as Katharine Hepburn for SCTV. Genius, genius, genius.

Farewell to Catherine O’Hara. When I saw her for the first time on SCTV, I knew she was comic genius. I was so happy she found more acclaim the past few years and thought there would be years more. She was the best. 😢

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... At last, some awards recognition for Nouvelle Vague!

An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all: The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... Alexander Skarsgard has a knack for picking good projects: Murderbot, Pillion and now Wicker which was unveiled at Sundance and sounds like a winner.

What if he stopped posting on social media entirely? That would be such a relief.

I’ve rarely had a pet yet two of my favorite TV shows are Animal Control and All Creatures Great and Small.

This is a beautiful film with lovely work by David Strathairn, Jane Levy and the rest of the cast. I saw it recently at the Museum of the Moving Image with the director and Strathairn doing a Q&A.

It’s possible that Sentimental Value, a beautiful film, may lose in the categories it is nominated for. Which would be a shame.

Democrats: do you have the courage to vote to stop funding ICE?

Here is a nice thing - La Huppert telling Rose Byrne she rules

The government keeps increasing unrest in (blue) cities in hopes that Trump can impose martial law to stop elections this fall. How can we stop this now? The more we protest, the more chaos the government will throw at us. Will MAGA continue to support ICE?

This made me laugh.

Farewell Cafe Un Deux Trois in NYC Theater District. Had a lovely lunch there this afternoon with a friend visiting from CA. Returning tomorrow for a final meal. It closes Sunday.