Brian A. Kates, ACE
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Film Editor: Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025), It’s Never Over Jeff Buckley, Fire Island, Succession,We The Animals, The Plot Against America, Private Life, Killing Them Softly,Treme, Shortbus. Exec Producer: Israelism.
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Brian A. Kates, ACE
@abramkat.bsky.social
· Jan 28
“Our Job Was To Create Two Movies”: Editor Brian Kates on <i>Kiss of the Spider Woman</i> and <i>It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley</i> | Filmmaker Magazine
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What a fucking racist pig. Not like we needed more proof.
Q: The mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, is saying he's proud to have the largest Somali community in the country--
TRUMP: Then he's a fool. I wouldn't be proud to have the largest Somalian-- look at their nation. It's just people walking around killing each other.
TRUMP: Then he's a fool. I wouldn't be proud to have the largest Somalian-- look at their nation. It's just people walking around killing each other.
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
What a fucking racist pig. Not like we needed more proof.
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This is the most succinct description of a key feature of the current moment that I’ve read so far—by M. Gessen writing in the New York Times today in support of our need to support @jewishcurrents.bsky.social as a magazine navigating us through this confusion. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is the most succinct description of a key feature of the current moment that I’ve read so far—by M. Gessen writing in the New York Times today in support of our need to support @jewishcurrents.bsky.social as a magazine navigating us through this confusion. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
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Stephen Miller is a white suprematist and a Nazi who happens to be a Jew with zero knowledge of his family’s own Jewish history. The fucking ghoul.
Stephen Miller is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His great-grandparents inhabited the Pale of Settlement (western Russia where Jews were allowed to live) and escaped Russian pogroms and the Holocaust. All the same racist, xenophobic, ignorant things he is saying were said about his own family.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Stephen Miller is a white suprematist and a Nazi who happens to be a Jew with zero knowledge of his family’s own Jewish history. The fucking ghoul.
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Sun, Nov 2 “The Front” screens at Borscht Belt Film Fest www.borschtbeltfilmfest.org/films2025 Zero Mostel’s McCarthy-era showbiz role resembles his real life story in a Catskills resort episode. I’m a guest panelist for this all-too-relevant, brilliant movie also ft Herschel Bernardi & Woody Allen
October 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Sun, Nov 2 “The Front” screens at Borscht Belt Film Fest www.borschtbeltfilmfest.org/films2025 Zero Mostel’s McCarthy-era showbiz role resembles his real life story in a Catskills resort episode. I’m a guest panelist for this all-too-relevant, brilliant movie also ft Herschel Bernardi & Woody Allen
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There is an all out (non-violent) civil war in the American Jewish community. It has been brewing for a long time, but it is starker than it has ever been.
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There is an all out (non-violent) civil war in the American Jewish community. It has been brewing for a long time, but it is starker than it has ever been.
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There's a part of me that thinks that overturning Obergefell might be the only thing that could get the liberal white gays to actually take any material action against the fascist regime.
Breaking: The Supreme Court is now officially considering taking up a case overturning same-sex marriage.
This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
There's a part of me that thinks that overturning Obergefell might be the only thing that could get the liberal white gays to actually take any material action against the fascist regime.
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Christopher Columbus himself was a monster, but Columbus Day was instituted in 1892 to combat rising anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic bigotry after the lynching of eleven Italian-Americans. The same revanchists defending Columbus Day as "part of our US heritage" in 2025 would have opposed it in 1892.
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Christopher Columbus himself was a monster, but Columbus Day was instituted in 1892 to combat rising anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic bigotry after the lynching of eleven Italian-Americans. The same revanchists defending Columbus Day as "part of our US heritage" in 2025 would have opposed it in 1892.
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Editing styles within the same movie serve different story purposes. Editor Brian A. Kates, ACE, discusses style choices on "Kiss of the Spider Woman."
Please, read or listen to the whole interview!
READ: bit.ly/AOTC-KOTSW-blog
LISTEN: bit.ly/AOTC-KOTSW-pod
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Please, read or listen to the whole interview!
READ: bit.ly/AOTC-KOTSW-blog
LISTEN: bit.ly/AOTC-KOTSW-pod
@borisfx
@Facilis
@abramkat.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Editing styles within the same movie serve different story purposes. Editor Brian A. Kates, ACE, discusses style choices on "Kiss of the Spider Woman."
Please, read or listen to the whole interview!
READ: bit.ly/AOTC-KOTSW-blog
LISTEN: bit.ly/AOTC-KOTSW-pod
@borisfx
@Facilis
@abramkat.bsky.social
Please, read or listen to the whole interview!
READ: bit.ly/AOTC-KOTSW-blog
LISTEN: bit.ly/AOTC-KOTSW-pod
@borisfx
@Facilis
@abramkat.bsky.social
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Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.
Collective boycott.
Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
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Complete Chantal Akerman and Terence Davies retrospective, and more films to watch in NYC this week.
NYC Weekend Watch: Chantal Akerman, Terence Davies, 70mm & More
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtA complete Chantal Akerman retrospective has begun; series on New Orleans before, during, and after Hurricane Katri...
thefilmstage.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Complete Chantal Akerman and Terence Davies retrospective, and more films to watch in NYC this week.
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Jerusalem. Signs read "STOP BOMBING GAZA" "EVERY CHILD IS INNOCENT."
August 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Jerusalem. Signs read "STOP BOMBING GAZA" "EVERY CHILD IS INNOCENT."
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someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Crisis within CDC is spilling into real world, experts say
"I’ve never heard as many colleagues saying things like 'CDC is dead’ as I have today," an agency employee told STAT.
www.statnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
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The first large-scale Nazi book burning was on 6 May 1933, when Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin was attacked by Nazi students. It would take decades for science to recover the knowledge about trans-affirming healthcare that was destroyed that day.
August 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The first large-scale Nazi book burning was on 6 May 1933, when Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin was attacked by Nazi students. It would take decades for science to recover the knowledge about trans-affirming healthcare that was destroyed that day.
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It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
August 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who ran the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and led efforts to fight COVID, monkeypox, and bird flu
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
x.com/dr_demetre/s...
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Now that the academic purge is coming for Jewish Studies and Holocaust Studies, can we please stop pretending this has anything to do with "fighting antisemitism?"
University of Oregon is planning to close dept and lay off faculty—incl many *tenured* faculty—& among those impacted are Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, and Holocaust Studies. Here is a link to a petition asking the president to reconsider actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...
Fight Cuts, Defend Higher Education at the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is planning to lay off an undisclosed number of faculty—including many tenured faculty—and to close units based on a projected budget deficit that was discovered late spring t...
actionnetwork.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Now that the academic purge is coming for Jewish Studies and Holocaust Studies, can we please stop pretending this has anything to do with "fighting antisemitism?"
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Watch the official trailer for Bill Condon’s Kiss of the Spider Woman starring Diego Luna, Tonatiuh and Jennifer Lopez 🕷️ 💋
The film will be released in theaters on October 10.
The film will be released in theaters on October 10.
August 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Watch the official trailer for Bill Condon’s Kiss of the Spider Woman starring Diego Luna, Tonatiuh and Jennifer Lopez 🕷️ 💋
The film will be released in theaters on October 10.
The film will be released in theaters on October 10.
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I hold a PhD from the University of Chicago, and I am generally proud of that fact. I am deeply horrified by how they are hollowing out on the world's great research universities.
Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.
August 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I hold a PhD from the University of Chicago, and I am generally proud of that fact. I am deeply horrified by how they are hollowing out on the world's great research universities.
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it's crazy how we just take for granted now that the president is a deranged racist
August 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
it's crazy how we just take for granted now that the president is a deranged racist
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You will not see a more tangible encapsulation of the genocide. A war of utter annihilation waged as a joint enterprise between the Israeli state on the ground and its allies in consistent support. The debt of reparations that the West owes to the Palestinian people at this point is incalculable.
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.
By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
August 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
You will not see a more tangible encapsulation of the genocide. A war of utter annihilation waged as a joint enterprise between the Israeli state on the ground and its allies in consistent support. The debt of reparations that the West owes to the Palestinian people at this point is incalculable.
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It needs to be said that creating an absolutely stultifying culture is part of the march of authoritarianism, and that’s what we’re seeing right now. It limits the space for dissent, drives people into despair, and forces them to tune out and give up because there seems to be no escape otherwise.
July 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It needs to be said that creating an absolutely stultifying culture is part of the march of authoritarianism, and that’s what we’re seeing right now. It limits the space for dissent, drives people into despair, and forces them to tune out and give up because there seems to be no escape otherwise.