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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 1h

I spoke to Rose Byrne about her harrowing performance in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” and about her long and often surprising career. www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...

Rose Byrne Hits the Motherlode

Between her new film, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” and her Apple TV+ series “Platonic,” the actress has created a diptych of stressed-out moms.

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 2d

My profile of the delightful Keri Russell, the darkly funny, surprisingly introverted former New Mickey Mouse Club member who—even after Felicity, The Americans and The Diplomat!—has never fully embraced the idea of herself as an actress: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Keri Russell’s Emotional Transparency Has Anchored Three Decades of TV

But, offscreen, she’s not even sure that she wants to be an actress.

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 3d

Bowen Yang on conversion therapy: “That’s scar tissue that will never totally go away...That was a moment of real danger for me, where this thing I love and cherish about myself—there was an effort to eradicate it.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Bowen Yang Is Sorry He’s Not Your Clown Today

The comedian’s trip to Oz, by way of conversion therapy and “S.N.L.”

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Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 3d

I finally got a chance to write one of my dream assignments, an in depth evaluation of Daniel Day-Lewis, an actor whose achievements and methods cast a long shadow over the field, and whose work is often misunderstood.

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Only One Performer Has Won Three Best Actor Oscars. Is It Fair That He’s Also a Joke?

He might be the greatest actor of all time—and the most misunderstood.

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 4d

This week in Talk of the Town: Tonatiuh, a genderqueer actor named for the Aztec sun god, goes window shopping on the verge of his first starring movie role, opposite J. Lo in "Kiss of the Spider Woman." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Tonatiuh Refashions Old Hollywood

The “Promised Land” actor goes window shopping as he stars in his first big movie role, opposite Jennifer Lopez, in “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Mark! Kramer vs. Kramer remains a problematic fave.

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 6d

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 6d

Twinsies!

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 6d

"We landed on colored spheres, as it was a lot more abstract and gender neutral and easier to tell our story." Oy, you're right, it's so generic that it's kind of a self-parody of corporate graphic design.

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 7d

Can someone explain the opening theme of "The Morning Show"? Why all the dots? Who is the black dot supposed to be—Jennifer Aniston? Reese Witherspoon? Why is this everything about this show so nonsensical yet addictive? www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NLS...

The Morning Show — Opening Title Sequence | Apple TV+

YouTube video by Apple TV

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 7d

Also this show ended three years ago, so cancel Netflix to your heart’s content, bozos.

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 7d

Proud of my bestie Rachel for “pushing transgenderism on kids” or whatever these punks think “The Baby-Sitters Club” is doing. Elon, baby-sit thyself!

Rachel Shukert @rachelshukert.bsky.social · 7d

Wow, I guess we’re famous

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 8d

Among other things, don’t they see the simple contradiction between “House” and “senator”?

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · 12d

I profiled Richard Linklater on the occasion of his remarkable 2025 double bill, BLUE MOON and NOUVELLE VAGUE. We talked Austin, Cannes, Paris, OKLAHOMA!, beginnings (and ends) of beautiful friendships, and how to pursue a singular vision in a collaborative medium. www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...

Richard Linklater’s Uncompromising Artists

In two new historical films, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague,” the director explores the challenges of staying true to a creative vision.

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 15d

Sara Jane Moore's obituary is now in the Nashville Banner. Bluesky friends, who else here can bring you breaking news of an attempted Presidential assassin's demise? RIP. nashvillebanner.com/2025/09/24/s...

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 15d

Did Suburban Fury ever come out? I saw it at NYFF last year and was bowled over.

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 15d

Totally!

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 15d

She has a CRAZY life story: she became an FBI informant who infiltrated leftist groups in the 70s and then got radicalized and became a double-agent. There was a fascinating doc about her recently called Suburban Fury. (Also, shoutout to Sondheim's Assassins.)

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 15d

Hearing through the grapevine that Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate Gerald Ford, died today. I have a weird family connection to her: she was once married to my mom's cousin's wife's father.

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Jason Zinoman @jasonzinoman.bsky.social · 17d

The numbers in this story stun me. And i have seen a lot of theater is dying moments.
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The Broadway Musical Is in Trouble

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 21d

The New Yorker ain’t capitulating to shit.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21d

An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt.
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The cover of the September 29, 2025, issue of The New Yorker.

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 22d

Some good news. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/n...

Times Square Casino Proposal Is Voted Down After Mounting Opposition

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 22d

Cancel culture. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 24d

Had a dream that Anna Wintour showed me how to hold a jacket over my arm with casual indifference.

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 24d

The New Yorker's centennial style issue has a fun photo shoot recreating classic covers with the likes of Spike Lee, Julio Torres, Ariana DeBose, Sadie Sink, and Cole Escola. I wrote a lil intro. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

New Yorker Covers, Brought to Life!

To celebrate the magazine’s hundredth anniversary, photographers collaborated with Spike Lee, Julia Garner, Sadie Sink, and other notable figures to update covers from the archive.

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