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Andrew Dignan

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Film enthusiast, Boston sports fan & semi-reformed shit-talker. Quick to the block button 'cause life is too short to humor assholes for free. Contributing writer at https://inreviewonline.com/ Everything else is up at https://letterboxd.com/AndrewDignan

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Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hello new followers! Just a PSA that while I often forget about this account for months on end I do update my Letterboxd page almost every day where I write a few hundred words about every film I watch. If that sounds at all appealing consider giving a follow over there.
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Andrew uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 3,271 films watched. Favorites: Gilda (1946), Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), Code Unknown (2000), Oppenheimer (202...

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Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 5h

And to be clear I don't love the idea of electing someone my mom's age to be a freshman senator and think bringing new blood into politics is a worthy objective. But at least we know her positions which by & large are good!

This is such style over substance horseshit all for a race a year out!

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 5h

And Fetterman at least had won state-wide before. He was a known entity to a certain extent. We didn't know anything about Platner 2 months ago other than he used DSA talking points and looked like he could throw back a boilermaker. But he was elevated solely because he's not 77 yo Janet Mills.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 5h

We went through this w/ Fetterman who "looked the part" by not looking the part and said all the right things as part of the resistance but also had all kinds of warning signs (including some racial stuff) that were ignored. And now we're stuck w/ someone who's primarily concerned w/ trolling Libs.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 5h

The left is so desperate to grow in a lab this idealized, "can hang w/ Joe Rogan but also thinks trans people & immigrants should be treated w/ respect" candidate that they're assuming Planter's "evolved" positions now reflect who he really is as opposed to him being super susceptible to influence.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 5h

What I find confusing about the PSA guys trying to save Platner is it's not like there's a vast body of work as a local legislator behind him. It's not as though being a reddit troll & possible Nazi are being weighed against a lifetime of public service. He's a dude who made a campaign launch video.

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Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 1d

The nimrod below wearing neon pink goggles went on a temper tantrum that anyone who can't appreciate that Guadagnino actually shot AFTER THE HUNT in New Haven, CT and on the Yale campus is not a "thoughtful, deep-soul thinker."

(The film was shot entirely in London and Cambridge University)

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 2d

This revenue waterfall is for the new TRON which is not apples and apples with ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (one is franchise IP the other an R-rated drama, etc) but it's instructive to reference when people talk about how "unprofitable" OBAA is (it cost $90M less than TRON and is sitting at ≈160M WW).

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, I figured they put the other actors on apple boxes/wore lifts to appear taller but that's clever.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 3d

Update: also applies to Tennessee.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 24d

This New England game has reached the "this is such a beatdown it's actually quite dull to watch" stage. The Pats are back (provided they get to play Carolina every week)!

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 3d

I know I initially assumed there was some kind of digital chicanery but it was basically just smart blocking and Hawke adjusting his posture no?

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 3d

I've heard it said this is just for '25 Oscar consideration (which I think they recognize is a real long shot but is likely contractual) & they plan on giving it a "real" release in early '26. Feels like a lower priority for them in light of their slate but it's too early to say it's being dumped.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 4d

Screamed at me by a homeless person on the train today or addressed to reporters by one of the stars of TV's "Prison Break?" You decide!

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 4d

Trump’s entire worldview in a sentence. The only people who belong in jail are people who don’t support his political agenda.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 7d

Say what you will about Europe but I’ve been here almost 2 weeks and I’ve yet to see a single Cybertruck. So it’s got that over stupid America.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 10d

Journalist famously duped by Joe Paterno and Lance Armstrong is certain *this* charlatan is for real this time.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 11d

Apparently Helen Lovejoy is overseeing moderation on this app.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 11d

I dunno. This guy might live in Florence, Italy but I think he might be Irish.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 12d

This is already giving Aung San Suu Kyi energy…

"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 12d

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Maria Corina Machado, has praised Donald Trump as a "visionary" and approves of his military attacks on Venezuelan civilians

Nobel Peace Prize winner hailed Trump as ‘visionary’ just days before her victory

Maria Corina Machado was given the award for promoting democracy in Venezuela and says that the US president is the country’s best chance for regime change

www.independent.co.uk

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 14d

You see this @lingo.bsky.social? You fished your wish!

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 15d

Only a few hours away from Panahi firing a t-shirt gun at the crowd!

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Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 16d

I'm reminded of the possibly apocryphal story of Fred Zinnemann, late in his career, taking a meeting with a newly installed studio executive and being asked what work he'd done up to this point and replying "you first."

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 17d

The 6pm window on the 23rd is brutal. You also have SOUND OF FALLING at that time. Helps that a rip of the Dardennes is around.

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 22d

I continue to be bummed that Bill Burr is playing the Riyadh Comedy Festival. Most of the lineup is the expected bunch of garbage human beings, hacks & prostitutes but Burr has spoken out about human rights in the past. I believe he fundamentally understands why it's wrong. Somehow that's worse.

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Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 22d

They seem to play the one for the "chainsaw demon" one twice in immediate succession? I can't recall seeing anything like that before (the tone of the 2 spots are so wildly different I actually had the thought "is it possible there's more than 1 'chainsaw demon' anime movie coming out?")

Andrew Dignan @andrewdignan.bsky.social · 22d