There’s a shot of Alana Haim in #OBAA that’s like this classiq.me/wp-content/u...

Two lesser-known movies with great performances from the late Claudia Cardinale: THE FACTS OF MURDER (Pietro Germi, 1959) and SANDRA (Luchino Visconti, 1965). Both are streaming. #RIP

"ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, a kinetic, fast-charging evisceration of present-day America, is one of the more cogent political statements delivered by a major American filmmaker." Read my thoughts on the new PTA here: open.substack.com/pub/812filmr...

My ranked PTAs if you care: 1. Phantom Thread 2. OBAA (can’t decide yet if it’s #1 for me) 3. There Will Be Blood 4. Boogie Nights 5. The Master 6. Magnolia 7. Inherent Vice 8. Punch Drunk Love 9. Hard Eight 10. Licorice Pizza

PILLION (2025) #nyff

shit ain’t over til it’s over

Just became aware of a clip where Charlie Kirk is talking about how he wouldn’t trust a black lesbian to remove his appendix. And people are still losing their jobs for refusing to mourn this awful bigot.

Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson after a screening of One Battle After Another at DGA. They talked about a lot of things, but since it’s the DGA it was very appropriate to pay tribute to the late Adam Somner, who AD’d for both of them, and is clearly very missed ❤️

Sharing again in anticipation of what will be a historic final concert show tonight. VIVA PR 🌺🇵🇷

"You know, I'm something of a hack, myself."

Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics. The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.

the greatest to do it. on sneakers, for @bwdr.bsky.social: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/23/s...

ROBERT REDFORD. Even though he lived a full life, the loss is still massive. What a giant presence in film. What a legacy.

THE PITT: actual television, made in LA, on a yearly schedule. Well deserved! #Emmys

OMG this Boys and Girls bit, I wish they would admit it's not working and ditch it completely NATE, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING

Gamifying charity for the hope it solely gains laughs and makes winners even more anxious is icky. I do not like it please stop

Does anyone know what Hannah said that got bleeped?

Reba ate the other two up lol

Whose life matters?

Whether or not you support political violence won’t change where we’ve come to, nor where we’ve been for some time in this country. I am quite taken aback by how many people only invoke the term ‘political violence’ when it happens to a person with power. It’s political violence the other way too.

Most red states are just violently gerrymandered states. AND — as I’ve said before and will say again — if you genuinely care about liberation, you want liberation for EVERYONE. Freedom is not to be hoarded.

I think this is disgusting and if you're cool with it AT ALL then you ain't cool with me

I don't think Magnificent A.I.mbersons will come to pass, but everyone who cares about film should reject it on principle. It sets a dangerous precedent for film preservation & restoration, bc what's to stop them from letting classics fall into disrepair when they think they can just regenerate it

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

Levels of wholesome I’m trying to reach

While no one is ever reaching “Paul Newman at Venice,” this does come close

Finding out people don't actually respect you the way you respect them is always aggravating.

This lens is important for *every* technology. It’s why I bang the drum about owning your newsletters & not using Substack — not just about who you’re making richer, but what political & social ends you’re enabling with these platforms as well. We need to sharpen our criticisms & be more effective.

AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

tomorrow the series i co-curated on hurricane katrina “when the world broke open: katrina and its afterlives” opens at MoMA (aug 27-sept 21). as a survivor, my entire life has been shaped the storm. curation gives us the power to reclaim, reexamine, and reanimate. i hope to see you at the cinema.

Had a lovely, brief conversation with @adrianpmartin.bsky.social about his upcoming Fritz Lang class and what other topics he plans to explore on CineJourneys. cinejourneys.com/guide-spotli...

The scavenger hunt is using NYC mayoral history to paint Mamdani as firmly within the mainstream of that history. On age. On DSA membership. On public transportation policy. It's such a smart way to launch the general election campaign.

"I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERFUCKING STRANGERS ON THIS MOTHERFUCKING TRAIN"

The missing piece of the equation explaining why so many critic positions are being eliminated is the little AI summaries at the top of Google results, which reduced click-throughs drastically. Once again, a tech company has stolen human labor and monetized it and doesn't care about the impact.

Duolingo's CEO has been vocal about replacing human staff with trash AI that's more likely to get translations wrong and make your learning subpar. Stop using Duolingo. Uninstall it. Leave comments and reviews that you'll come back once they put people first again.

I wrote about My Undesirable Friends, a spellbinding and deeply unsettling account of democracy dying in real time, even if you can still get a matcha latte.

We’re all saying it, but this scary-city thing is such BS. I’ve lived in Manhattan & Brooklyn since 1993, I take the subway & walk all over the place & I’ve experienced *zero* serious crime. Cities are big, dense places full of crowds & strangers, but that doesn’t make them apocalyptic crimepots

so, in the course of a month, the New York Times reassigned four veteran critics, the Washington Post’s film critic took a buyout, Vanity Fair decided it doesn’t need a film critic at all, and the Associated Press got rid of book criticism altogether? Cool.

I don't know if anyone not from New York and less than one hundred years old truly understands how funny it is that Curtis Sliwa is polling ahead of an incumbent mayor

The more our culture doubles down on the idea that arts criticism is unnecessary (and critics are the enemy), the stupider and less curious our world will become… Devastating times.

the argument that AI in the context of art is “just a tool” completely elides the fact that the point of art is to participate in the fucking process of making it

Ai Weiwei was invited to contribute short reflections on “What I would have liked to know about Germany earlier" for an upcoming issue of Zeit Magazin. His submission was first shortened and edited, then immediately cancelled after a review by the Executive Editor. Ai shared his reflections anyway:

True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing. Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter. Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵 x.com/andrewcuomo/...

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