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Unexpectedly got a ticket tonight to see Gus Van Sant’s suspenseful new movie Dead Man’s Wire based on a true hostage story that happened in 1977 Indianapolis. After the MoMA screening, Van Sant was interviewed by film curator Josh Siegel. Bill Skarsgard, Dacre Montgomery & Al Pacino star.

It’s only a matter of time until we name a Broadway theater after Laurie Metcalf.

Jesse Eisenberg’s new play The Ziegfeld Files is a funny, poignant set of readings between a patient and therapist of recordings reflecting on marriage, parenthood and self-acceptance. Eisenberg begins reading at a breathless pace with many jokes; when he finally slows down he touches the heart.

Why hasn’t @nytimes.com reviewed Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater’s wonderful tribute to the French New Wave and Breathless and currently playing at @filmlinc.bsky.social and @ifc.bsky.social?

Unhinged?

This is a punishment?

If Mamdani is elected mayor, I hope an interest in cricket happens in NYC.

Total ignorance

If I were a true Christian, I’d begin to question whether God has abandoned the USA.

This is horrifying. Disgusting.

Farewell, Diane Keaton. Truly one of a kind. I loved watching her on screen. Got to see her on Broadway in Play It Again, Sam when she was young.

After watching the three films at #NYFF63 I think Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and Jodie Foster in A Private Life surpass Julia Roberts’ work in After the Hunt.

Jim Jarmusch’s new film Father Mother Sister Brother screened tonight at Lincoln Center as the NYFF63 Centerpiece; it’s a gem and one of the director’s best. Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Vicki Krieps, Indya Moore & Luka Sabbat did a q&a and the actors said they loved working with the director.

Will Bari Weiss be the next Rupert Murdoch? The possibility is horrifying.

A moment of perfection.

He could have addressed them via video. A waste of taxpayers’ money.

@npr.org Sorry, no. There is no scientific link between Tylenol and autism.

This is gold. Emmy for Morgan Spector just for the pronunciation of "Cuomo."

After a shaky first episode, I’m finding The Paper amusing in a low-key way and the cast is definitely growing on me. I’ll keep watching despite the ads.

The reviews overall are fairly positive for The Paper. I hope it finds an audience. The cast looks like fun.

Kenneth Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me (2000) has long been one of my all time favorite films, now in a 4K @criterion.bsky.social edition. I totally relate to the touching sibling relationship depicted. Laura Linney & @markruffalo.bsky.social are superb. The ending makes me tear up every time.

If more film critics are let go by publications, will the annual critics’ awards no longer be held?

I saw this 2019 film by Roman Polanski tonight at Film Forum—impressive for its acting and its historical recreation. Jean Dujardin is excellent as a military officer who discovers that Alfred Dreyfus has been unjustly convicted for treason. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/an-o...

Have any white people been deported?

Didn’t find The Naked Gun as funny as the critics led me to believe.

Can @nytimes.com or @abcnews.bsky.social please do an honest story about how stressful it is for many Americans to watch the present administration destroy American democracy and basic human decency.

At a recent showing of the 4K restoration of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social it was the first time in my many viewings that I saw that Roland Cassard drives his Mercedes into the garage where Guy works. Cassard exits his car but Guy isn’t free to work and doesn’t meet him.

If the Ed Sullivan Show was still being broadcast today, CBS would cancel it for being too liberal.

We have a musical called Chess but why don’t we have one called Mahjong?

Why hasn’t the news covered Trump’s posting of a fake Obama video? This is not normal. @nytimes.com

Sad that CBS is canceling a high rated show hosted by a true Christian Stephen Colbert, bowing down to a fake Christian who cares only for himself.

Last night I saw one of the best original musicals I’ve seen in a while: Beau The Musical. It was written for queer kids to reassure them they are fine just as they are. Wonderful score, a winning cast led by Matt Rodin. Catch it before it closes in the West Village in early August.

Thank you Ann Patchett for slapping down privileged windbag David Brooks.

So who thinks T told Paramount they had to fire Colbert to get their deal approved?

@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow

Colbert cancelled for telling the truth.

The only shows I watch more than a few times on CBS are Elsbeth and Late Night with Steven Colbert. I think I will stop watching CBS altogether once Colbert is gone. They will probably replace Late Night with a wrestling show to appease the right wing administration.

After reading the Emmy Award nominations, I’m convinced that voters don’t watch all the good shows. Otherwise there’s no way White Lotus or The Studio would have gotten so many nominations.

Underrated tweet.

Disgusting. Our country is going in the wrong direction.

Remember when @nytimes.com kept track of Trump’s lies? Seems like ages ago.

This is disgusting.

I saw The Life of Chuck this afternoon. I read good things about this film but the first third almost put me to sleep. The cast is very good and I loved watching Tom Hiddleston and the young Benjamin Pajek dancing as Chuck at different ages. But the film left me shrugging by the end.

All this energy attacking Mamdani should be directed toward attacking Eric Adams instead.

I don’t care about the Sean Combs trial. Should I?

Won’t be long until the Library of Congress will lose its funding …

This wonderful book is published by my nephews’ company, co-founded by my late brother.

@mikecurato.bsky.social and I will release the Gaysians tonight at this event at Yu & Me Books in NYC. I wept a few times reading this book, as I have been about three characters in this story at different stages in my life. Please join us if you can, definitely check out the graphic novel.

@focusfeatures.bsky.social Thank you Focus Features for inviting me to a free screening of Wes Anderson’s latest film The Phoenician Scheme with great parts for Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera. Perhaps too deadpan at times but still so much fun and what amazing set design.