I didn’t see the movie version of Dear Evan Hansen, but I can only imagine that the discourse around Ben Platt playing a high school kid in that movie is pretty much how I’m feeling about watching the new season of Stranger Things.

Documentaries thrive because viewers know/believe they present the truth. There have been a lot of alarm bells within the documentary world about how AI threatens that at its core. Good piece here from @alissawilkinson.bsky.social getting at the core of the issue.

This week, documentarians Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman discuss The Alabama Solution, a searing exposé made possible by the immense courage of inmates using contraband cellphones. And @lucasshaw.bsky.social and I banter (what else?) the fate of Warners. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

This is a crucial thread from @awalkerinla.bsky.social incorporating reporting by @shoton35mm.bsky.social and commentary by @adamrose.bsky.social about the LAPD’s hideous overreach on the night the Dodgers won the World Series.

“Now the city attorney says in a leaked memo the real problem is that ‘anyone can claim they are a Journalist.’ Fine. Maybe those anyones shouldn’t get shot in the head, either.” Perfect editorial. No notes.

Cops going aggro on Sunset near Echo Park in LA after the Dodgers Win. Shooting people with less lethals from point blank range, horses running people and press down. Literally minutes before, fireworks in the street

100 days until pitchers and catchers report.

Baseball remains undefeated.

This is absolutely insane behavior by the LAPD.

Kiké Hernández is a @dodgers.com legend. What a play to end game 6.

Portland, Oregon is one of my favorite US cities. It is safe and beautiful and filled with amazing people. Loved being there last month and taking long walks all about.

I was in the courtroom when a DHS lawyer tried to argue that filming ICE equals encouraging incitement of violence. A) Press didn't do that. B) He denied DHS did things we caught on video. Which ... proves why press needs to film police/ICE/DHS. Thanks for making our point for us, DHS lawyer!

It was bad enough when government officials claimed that journalists incite violence by reporting. But now, they’re accusing reporters of actually committing violence. The supposed violence by reporters? Recording videos.

California skies were really putting on a show tonight.

I’ll assume the person who runs the @democracynow.org social account doesn’t know… …that “and others” are Academy Award winning filmmakers Ezra Edelman and Marshall Curry.

I’ll assume the person who runs the @democracynow.org social account doesn’t know… …that Steal This Story, Please actually premiered at @dcdoxfest.bsky.social as the Opening Night film back in June.

Not sure how I got on this woman’s email list to “stop Mamdani”, but they are really barking up the wrong tree.

É Tudo Verdade/It’s All True - International Documentary Film Festival is open for film submissions to its 31st edition (São Paulo and Rio, Brazil, April 9th ​​to 19th, 2026)! Deadline: November 30th. Regulations and submissions at www.etudoverdade.com.br or www.itsalltrue.com.br.

Tonight, in the second largest city in America, I had dinner outside for several hours, and then, after 10pm, I went for a mile+ walk by myself. I didn’t see a single police officer nor a single thing that caused a moment of concern or fear. This is life in urban America in 2025.

Wild and bad that Spike Lee’s Colin Kaepernick won’t be released, particularly after Ezra Edelman’s Prince epic was shelved.

One of my absolute favorite clips we licensed for Gigantic. The Carson folks were so easy to deal with. We tried to get some of their early Late Night with David Letterman peformances (including their network tv debut), but those were impossible to get (at the time).

For my money, @patmullen.bsky.social is one of the very best writers about the documentary “trade” today and this is an insightful account of what has been unfolding re: #TIFF50 and its invitation/un-invitation of The Road Between Us.

It’s gonna get messy in Arlington Heights.

Cult Leader Warns Followers Things Need To Get Way More Deranged To Be Made Into HBO Documentary Series theonion.com/cult-le...

New nonfiction from Oscar/Golden Lion winner Laura Poitras, +Werner Herzog and Ross McElwee. And, in competition, Golden Lion winner Gianfranco Rosi & Cannes L'Œil d'or winner Kaouther Ben Hania. + a Marianne Faithfull doc from Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth! Venice! theplaylist.net/luca-guadagn...

Can we get a new Kenneth Lonergan movie? Please?

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

Amazing headline. No notes.

This is an escalation of the ongoing effort to criminalize and punish efforts to record, document and hold power accountable. Note that it equates live-streaming to “doxxing”.

JUST IN: Judge restrains LAPD from using nonlethal munitions against journalists, detaining or assaulting journalists covering protests or restricting their movements under most circumstances.. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: Federal judge in Calif. granted a temporary restraining order in LA Press Club's suit against the City of Los Angeles over treatment of journalists in protests. Among other things LAPD is barred from using less-lethal munitions against journalists. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Almost got it.

This anon statement from a sr. reporter at the @nytimes.com (about the Mamdani admission “story”) captures everything wrong with journalism today - “people are talking/angry, so it was obviously legit for us to publish.” Story: @maxtani.bsky.social @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

Washington, D.C., has a population roughly equivalent to Alaska's. And it has zero senators. If D.C. had senators, the GOP megablil bill would have failed today. Instead, Murkowski got carve-outs and money for Alaska, and then voted to subject DC to the bill

This is the make or break moment for #Initiative83, which would bring semi-open primaries and ranked choice voting to the District. Despite a 73%, landslide victory at the polls in November, the mayor omitted the $1.5 million voter education line item for the Board of Elections. Demand funding now.

Watching Captain America: Brave New World on the plane and honestly can’t believe “AdamAnt-ium” made it through Marvel’s committee. Looking forward to seeing Yelena Belova take on “SiouxieSioux-brium in future adventures.

I just heard an interview with someone who is involved with a huge number of nonfiction projects, and they said “documentaries are a genre of movies”, and I now have to quit for the week.

What would we do without this devastatingly insightful insider take from the New York Times. Truly, who would have ever known this without this reporting.

Y’all, Mamdani is gonna be the Democratic nominee for NYC Mayor. There might be hesitation to call it based on “well, who knows what will happen in we start with RCV” but there is just no chance that Cuomo can make up the difference, when Mamdani + Lander are way over 50%.

KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.

“very briefly?” They were there for hours, as documented by video and still photos. Just lie after lie.

Thank you so so much, @minakimes.bsky.social ! All of us Echo Park SELAH volunteers are thrilled that we can continue to provide shower services for our unhoused neighbors for the remainder of 2025!

Topanga Canyon, San Fernando Valley, CA #NoKings

This is not a good graphic but thank goodness Cinnamon Raisin bagel was eliminated in an early round.

"New Yorkers are always looking for some special angle, and the thing about ranked choice voting is it's designed to allow you to vote your values," she said. "This one just doesn’t have an angle.”

The national press and pundits really must stop parroting the White House line that "this all benefits Trump", particularly when all of the evidence says otherwise.

We're working to document reports of nearly 30 assaults and 4 detainments/arrests of journalists covering protests in and around LA since Friday. Multiple news vehicles have been vandalized and countless journalists caught in tear gas while reporting. As we verify these reports, find them here:

In Los Angeles, journalists covering the anti-ICE protests are coming under fire from law enforcement. Advocates worry for their safety but also for the public's ability to get accurate and timely news. My latest for @washingtonpost.com with Jeremy Barr: