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Marcus Baker

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Writer/Director based out of Seattle. Founder + Creative Director for the Seattle Film Society. marcusbakerfilm.com

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The magic of the internet is that this is one of the most incredible things ever said about nostalgia, and it came out of a bluesky thread about the Scrubs reboot.

05.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was intensely moved by this really thoughtful, wonderful piece by @abebeame.bsky.social for @defector.com . Reminded me of one of my favorite @sasimons.bsky.social quote: "The realm of obscurity is not marginal; it’s where almost everything happens." If you have some time, can't recommend enough.

05.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not enough people in power sitting with the fact that the US is the most well funded child rape and murder operation in human history

01.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
The cover of The Inlander's February 26, 2026 culture/film section with the headline 'This Is My Apocalypse Now' with the subhead Train Dreams began with an unexpectedly rough plane landing. Now it may fly high at the Oscars with a still of Joel Edgerton as protagonist Robert Granier flying in a plane while looking to his right at the world growing smaller below him as the sun shines behind them in the film's final frames.

The cover of The Inlander's February 26, 2026 culture/film section with the headline 'This Is My Apocalypse Now' with the subhead Train Dreams began with an unexpectedly rough plane landing. Now it may fly high at the Oscars with a still of Joel Edgerton as protagonist Robert Granier flying in a plane while looking to his right at the world growing smaller below him as the sun shines behind them in the film's final frames.

NEW: TRAIN DREAMS, Clint Bentley’s transcendent Washington film may fly high at the Oscars, but it began with an unexpectedly rough plane landing. This is the story of the little film that could which one producer called their APOCALYPSE NOWπŸ“½οΈ

My piece @inlander.com: www.inlander.com/culture/trai...

26.02.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)

14.02.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 22275 πŸ” 5884 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 122

I'll support nearly anyone over Newsom in the primary (he's better than Rahm Emanuel lol), less because he's awful (he is) and more because material conditions will probably propel ANY Dem to a '28 win. That's an opportunity to pick someone who will aggressively push for change. Which is not Newsom.

13.02.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 452 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 6

The good news is all the brazen, cartoonish corruption makes it easier to run on an anti-oligarchy, good government platform. The bad news is you still need candidates who want to do that

29.01.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 5685 πŸ” 873 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 19

please remember that no matter how many β€œICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.

people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

28.01.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 9744 πŸ” 3344 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 57

Maybe the most accurate tweet about the current state of film exhibition

27.01.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.

23.01.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 26671 πŸ” 5852 πŸ’¬ 437 πŸ“Œ 408

Fucking YES!!!

23.01.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The elites and institutions have folded but regular people haven’t

22.01.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 2477 πŸ” 485 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 11

"I've seen ordinary people do the most heroic things"

15.01.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The future of movies β€” which is a microcosm for the future of everything β€” is a fight between people who give a shit and people who don’t. At the end of the day, I really think it’s that simple. And everyone in this room, whatever their discipline, is someone who gives a shit."

Cried reading this.

09.01.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the best things you will read today.

09.01.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the best antidote to blackpilling is remembering that every video you see of an ICE thug abusing their power was recorded by an American who volunteered to put themselves in harm's way for the sake of people they've likely never met and never will

09.01.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 4663 πŸ” 1130 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 10
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The Long Term Success of the Movie Star On movie stars, flops, and career-building.

Wrote about one of my favorite things in the entire world: Movie Stars.
marcusbakerfilm.substack.com/p/the-long-t...

09.01.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ratto blacking out with this whole gd paragraph

07.01.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I could go on for literal hours about how Ray Ratto is the great poet of American sports. There is literally no other writer capable of piecing together sentences the way he does. If there was any way to do what he does but somehow with film, I would build my entire career around that goal.

07.01.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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John Harbaugh Is The Shiniest Pony On The NFL Coaching Carousel | Defector The hours since John Harbaugh was binned in Baltimore have dragged comfortably into double digits and are easing towards actual daysβ€”not a long period of time by normal standards, but long enough that...

"'He likes me more than you' oddly works just as well in the halls of the league's wealthiest men as it does in 10th-grade study hall."

There's one line in every @rayratto.bsky.social piece that's so good/applicable it makes me wish I could do a backflip @defector.com

defector.com/john-harbaug...

07.01.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Literally cried watching this. Thank you so much @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social. Extremely proud to call you my mayor!!

05.01.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

03.01.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 19907 πŸ” 5775 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 231
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The Great Craft of 2025 | Features | Roger Ebert On some of our favorite filmmaking of 2025.

"Today, we go behind the camera to pick some of the great craft of the year in film, including excellence in cinematography, editing, original score, casting, and more.” Read our writers’ picks:

22.12.2025 21:12 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

Every time I read something like this, I think about how when I was living as "a white millennial man," people would notice I was talented and just sort of hand me stuff without me advocating for myself. My current career -- where I am still successful! -- has been much, much harder to attain.

17.12.2025 21:38 πŸ‘ 180 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Five and Five from 2025 Five Favorite Films and Favorite First Watches from 2025.

Favorites & First Watches from 2025:

marcusbakerfilm.substack.com/p/five-and-f...

17.12.2025 21:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Filmmaker Ian Bell On β€˜WTO/99’ And The Legacy Of The Battle In Seattle | Defector In late November and early December 1999, the World Trade Organization convened in Seattle for a round of conferences and negotiations. Tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets to meet them,…

Filmmaker Ian Bell on β€˜WTO/99’ and the legacy of the Battle in Seattle: defector.com/filmmaker-ia...

16.12.2025 18:26 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Selling off years of the most heavily-guarded IP for a short-term financial gain and a long-term devaluement of their brands? Where did I see this film before...? πŸ€”

11.12.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

09.12.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 13866 πŸ” 3938 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 194

The most film nerd thing about me is that @rianjohnson.bsky.social's press cycle for Knives Out 3 has been genuinely one of my favorite things in any director's career ever. Every interview is just him raining threes from half court in support of a movie that absolutely whips.

08.12.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never been more jealous of a person I'm friends with tbh. Also a great interview.

08.12.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0