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.
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.
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; itβs where almost everything happens." If you have some time, can't recommend enough.
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
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 Bentleyβs 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 NOWπ½οΈ
My piece @inlander.com: www.inlander.com/culture/trai...
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 :)
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.
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
please remember that no matter how many βICE is losing in MNβ 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.
Maybe the most accurate tweet about the current state of film exhibition
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
Fucking YES!!!
The elites and institutions have folded but regular people havenβt
"I've seen ordinary people do the most heroic things"
"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 donβt. At the end of the day, I really think itβs that simple. And everyone in this room, whatever their discipline, is someone who gives a shit."
Cried reading this.
One of the best things you will read today.
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
Wrote about one of my favorite things in the entire world: Movie Stars.
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Ratto blacking out with this whole gd paragraph
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.
"'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
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Literally cried watching this. Thank you so much @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social. Extremely proud to call you my mayor!!
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesnβt matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they arenβt! End of convo.
"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.β Read our writersβ picks:
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.
Favorites & First Watches from 2025:
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Filmmaker Ian Bell on βWTO/99β and the legacy of the Battle in Seattle: defector.com/filmmaker-ia...
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...? π€
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
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.
Never been more jealous of a person I'm friends with tbh. Also a great interview.