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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world)

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Independent film critic, est. 2011 - https://moviegoing.rocks / blogger & columnist | SEFCA member | 🍅s approved | Always ⚜️🍿 #TeamNOLAFilm

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 12d

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Moviegoing with Bill

Movie reviews "that care forgot," from Hollywood South's independent film critic.

www.moviegoing.rocks

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 1h

Bill Moyers.

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Aaron Hammond @aaronhammond88.bsky.social · 2h

If the Mariners win the World Series Criterion needs to put out a 4K of HISTORY OF THE SEATTLE MARINERS

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 2h

mariners won

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 18h

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 14h

For TIME I went long on the bumbling white men at the heart of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, EDDINGTON, and THE MASTERMIND.

How the White Savior Became This Year’s Cinematic Punchline

Several of this year's notable movies, including, One Battle After Another, Eddington, and The Mastermind humorously critique the political role of white men.

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 6h

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YouTube video by Michael Homan

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 8h

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 6h

They really did a good job laying out my KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN review in the paper today. I think I wrote one of my better reviews for this one.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/a...

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 7h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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weinberg @weinberg.social · 7h

help send kids to the movies.

Jordan Maison @jordanmaison.com · 1d

Help me make our Zootopia event happen!

gofund.me/18fbab224

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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 7h

At least there's a silver lining to this toxic, gaseous Taco cloud.

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Steve Rattner warns the GOP: Health care cuts will hit red states the hardest

The former Treasury official said the data, which shows GOP-led states use ACA subsidies at a higher rate, has put Republicans under pressure.

www.msnbc.com

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 7h

“Machado’s politics are steeped in violence. She has called for foreign intervention, even appealing directly to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the architect of Gaza’s annihilation, to help ‘liberate’ Venezuela with bombs under the banner of ‘freedom.’”

'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | Common Dreams

As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention...

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 8h

"KY: You've seized the means of production.

CHG: Yeah, I’ve seized the means of production."

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Declaration of Independence: Crispin Hellion Glover on No! You’re Wrong or: Spooky Action at a Distance

On the morning after the world premiere of Crispin Hellion Glover’s third film—long awaited by those of us who have traced the cult stalwart’s wholehearted and wholly self-funded directorial turn—I fi...

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MZS.Press @mzspress.bsky.social · 8h

RE: @realgdt.bsky.social "This guy is such a force for good!" - @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
And I couldn't agree more! This is such exciting news. Great things are on the horizon.

Pazuzu @mrbowers.bsky.social · 9h

del Toro's a given, but I forgot that Sarandos is a real one, too.

Ted Sarandos and Guillermo del Toro Unveil Stop-Motion Studio Plans and Weigh In on AI: ‘The Idea that AI will Out-Imagine Things and Humans Is Pretty Unlikely’

Guillermo del Toro and Netflix boss Ted Sarandos have unveiled plans for a stop-motion studio which will be built at France's Gobelins school.

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Talkhouse @talkhouse.bsky.social · 15h

The director of #TheIceTower on swimming, collaboration and the French Cinematheque

Three Great Things: Lucile Hadžihalilović

The French writer-director, whose new film The Ice Tower is in theaters now, on swimming, collaboration and the French Cinematheque.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 19h

News footage from Portland shows a calm, tranquil city. But an AI video that Stephen Miller texted to Donald Trump shows the city as a burning hellhole. The truth may lie somewhere in between.

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RevMelanieNOLA @revmelanienola.bsky.social · 22h

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”
Trump’s gonna have a cow, man.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

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María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

apnews.com

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 1d

He's. Hocking. F***ing. Watches.

Is his Bible not selling enough?

Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 1d

Prepping coverage of the San Francisco Green Film Fest and the New Orleans Film Festival, mid to late this month. Exciting!

Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 1d

So far this year, as part of a listicle on Letterboxd, my number one favorite film is 'Sinners,' and number five is 'Predators.'

Does that mean something?

No, I don't think so.

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nooki @nooki.me · 1d

(1/4) I'm soft launching nooki.me to get some early traction and feedback on what to improve. Excited to see how this platform grows!

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marcorasi.bsky.social @marcorasi.bsky.social · 1d

Done for the night, Washington avenue, New Orleans

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 1d

I give you the coolest 5 year old alive.

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A 5-year-old wanted a Jimmy Carter birthday party. His mom delivers.

Ryan became fascinated with the 39th president — especially Carter's Habitat for Humanity work — after learning about him on Presidents Day when Ryan was in preschool.

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Odie Henderson @odienator.bsky.social · 1d

J. Lo is gettin' a bum rap, I say! She's great in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN! So is Tonatiuh, who nearly walks off with the movie. Diego Luna rounds out a trifecta of excellent performances. The movie musicals lover in me dug it. Yes, I saw Chita do it on B'way.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/a...

In ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ Jennifer Lopez spins a seductive web of star power - The Boston Globe

Bill Condon’s Broadway adaptation features a career-best turn by J.Lo, and excellent work by Tonatiuh and Diego Luna.

www.bostonglobe.com

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