Don Kaye
@donkaye.bsky.social
Freelance editor, reporter, film critic. Features writer and editor at Looper. On the lookout for more ways to exhaust myself for money. Full-time husband, dad, and nerd. Books, movies, and music, in that order.
Pinned
Don Kaye
@donkaye.bsky.social
· Jun 10
I'm pleased to announce that I am now a member of the Critics Choice Association! I'm proud and delighted to join, and grateful to the CCA for welcoming me. Thanks also to all of you -- publicists, readers, and colleagues -- who support my work. #CriticsChoice @criticschoice.bsky.social
Chloe Zhao's HAMNET is a gorgeous, haunting, harrowing exploration of unspeakable grief and how it can lead to unparalleled art. Jessie Buckley gives a luminous, unforgettable central performance. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...
Movie Review: ‘Hamnet’
Despite a truncated third act, Jessie Buckley gives a devastating portrait of grief as the wife of William Shakespeare in Chloe Zhao’s ‘Hamnet.’
www.moviefone.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Chloe Zhao's HAMNET is a gorgeous, haunting, harrowing exploration of unspeakable grief and how it can lead to unparalleled art. Jessie Buckley gives a luminous, unforgettable central performance. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...
I really wish some mystery bidder would swoop in and buy WBD, because I don't want Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss in charge of CBS News and CNN. That would be a disaster for the free press in this country.
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I really wish some mystery bidder would swoop in and buy WBD, because I don't want Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss in charge of CBS News and CNN. That would be a disaster for the free press in this country.
James Cameron pushes the boundaries of filmmaking again in #AvatarFireAndAsh. The visuals are unbelievable and the performances heartfelt (Oona Chaplin steals the show) but the story and characters run in place. It's a ton of movie, entertaining but ultimately unsatisfying.
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
James Cameron pushes the boundaries of filmmaking again in #AvatarFireAndAsh. The visuals are unbelievable and the performances heartfelt (Oona Chaplin steals the show) but the story and characters run in place. It's a ton of movie, entertaining but ultimately unsatisfying.
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Reposted by Don Kaye
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Why isn't the @nytimes.com reporting that the DC shooting suspect was vetted and re-approved for asylum earlier this year under the Trump regime? Don't want to make the Dear Leader angry?
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Why isn't the @nytimes.com reporting that the DC shooting suspect was vetted and re-approved for asylum earlier this year under the Trump regime? Don't want to make the Dear Leader angry?
Finally caught up with Jafar Panahi's excellent THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. The lingering effects of brutal authoritarianism and the ethics of revenge burn hot in this low-key thriller, which has its moments of brilliant absurdity as well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF04...
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT - Official Trailer - In Theaters October 15
YouTube video by NEON
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Finally caught up with Jafar Panahi's excellent THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. The lingering effects of brutal authoritarianism and the ethics of revenge burn hot in this low-key thriller, which has its moments of brilliant absurdity as well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF04...
Poignant, heartbreaking, and transcendent, #TrainDreams on Netflix is one of the year's best films. Joel Edgerton gives a performance for the ages in a deeply moving, visually stunning meditation on life, love, loss, nature and our complicated relationship with them all.
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Poignant, heartbreaking, and transcendent, #TrainDreams on Netflix is one of the year's best films. Joel Edgerton gives a performance for the ages in a deeply moving, visually stunning meditation on life, love, loss, nature and our complicated relationship with them all.
A true legend has left the building. You never forgot his face or voice, no matter what the movie:
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
A true legend has left the building. You never forgot his face or voice, no matter what the movie:
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Reposted by Don Kaye
He betrayed his oath as a doctor and voluntarily supported a man whose insane policies will kill children, all for the sake of power, MAGA, and politics.
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Vaccine-supporting Cassidy declines to speak against RFK Jr.
But Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, did emphasize his belief that vaccines are safe.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
He betrayed his oath as a doctor and voluntarily supported a man whose insane policies will kill children, all for the sake of power, MAGA, and politics.
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I hope he is shamed for life.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
For Inverse, I wrote about how, 35 years ago, Tim Curry's portrayal of Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the TV adaptation of Stephen King's IT traumatized a generation: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
35 Years Ago, A Stephen King Miniseries Introduced An Iconic Horror Villain
Welcome to Derry.
www.inverse.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
For Inverse, I wrote about how, 35 years ago, Tim Curry's portrayal of Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the TV adaptation of Stephen King's IT traumatized a generation: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
Let it be known that Senator Bill Cassidy is a quack with blood on his hands for foisting this lunatic on us: wapo.st/3K4SzHZ
Opinion | RFK Jr. breaks yet another promise
The HHS secretary pulls the CDC website into his fantasyland.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Let it be known that Senator Bill Cassidy is a quack with blood on his hands for foisting this lunatic on us: wapo.st/3K4SzHZ
Every Republican piece of shit who did not speak out against this insane "president" today and his desire to execute members of Congress has no business being in government. History will shame them.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Every Republican piece of shit who did not speak out against this insane "president" today and his desire to execute members of Congress has no business being in government. History will shame them.
Attending the #Avatar event tonight with my daughter was special. She loved the #FireAndWater doc and the Q&A with James Cameron and the cast. The exhibit was a blast as well. My budding filmmaker got a look at how world class filmmaking is done.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Attending the #Avatar event tonight with my daughter was special. She loved the #FireAndWater doc and the Q&A with James Cameron and the cast. The exhibit was a blast as well. My budding filmmaker got a look at how world class filmmaking is done.
These folks are patriots, not traitors -- unlike the convicted felon and predator in the White House and his fascist minions.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
These folks are patriots, not traitors -- unlike the convicted felon and predator in the White House and his fascist minions.
What in the actual fuck. The Nazification of America continues: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What in the actual fuck. The Nazification of America continues: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
We may not be sure how sorry to feel for him, but Noah Baumbach's JAY KELLY manages to evoke poignancy and empathy out of an actor looking back on his life. Fantastic, career-best work from George Clooney and Adam Sandler, with an exquisite score behind them. #JayKelly #Netflix
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
When this nightmare is over (hopefully before the country collapses completely), everyone who enabled this, from the highest official to the lowest-info voter, must be held accountable. No forgiveness. No "understanding." No forgetting. They knew exactly what they were doing.
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
When this nightmare is over (hopefully before the country collapses completely), everyone who enabled this, from the highest official to the lowest-info voter, must be held accountable. No forgiveness. No "understanding." No forgetting. They knew exactly what they were doing.
"Trump’s remarks on Jamal Khashoggi were striking, brushing off the killing of a journalist in a cavalier way: 'A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about, whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen.'"
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Trump’s remarks on Jamal Khashoggi were striking, brushing off the killing of a journalist in a cavalier way: 'A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about, whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen.'"
Reposted by Don Kaye
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Wonder how they're threatening Boebert (who deserves no sympathy, by the way): "Top officials met in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday with Representative Lauren Boebert...[including] Attorney General Pam Bondi and F.B.I. Director Kash Patel."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Trump Ramps Up Pressure on G.O.P. to Thwart Epstein Vote
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Wonder how they're threatening Boebert (who deserves no sympathy, by the way): "Top officials met in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday with Representative Lauren Boebert...[including] Attorney General Pam Bondi and F.B.I. Director Kash Patel."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Reposted by Don Kaye
BREAKING: Trump panics over Epstein smoking gun email
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
BREAKING: Trump panics over Epstein smoking gun email
Reposted by Don Kaye
Who did it better @nydailynews.com or @nytimes.com ?
NYT editors are entrusted by their readers to prioritize what’s important.
Their editorial decisions such as layout of the #FrontPage contribute to public memory.
Democracywashing the multifaceted coup attempt and subversion of 2020 election👇
NYT editors are entrusted by their readers to prioritize what’s important.
Their editorial decisions such as layout of the #FrontPage contribute to public memory.
Democracywashing the multifaceted coup attempt and subversion of 2020 election👇
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Who did it better @nydailynews.com or @nytimes.com ?
NYT editors are entrusted by their readers to prioritize what’s important.
Their editorial decisions such as layout of the #FrontPage contribute to public memory.
Democracywashing the multifaceted coup attempt and subversion of 2020 election👇
NYT editors are entrusted by their readers to prioritize what’s important.
Their editorial decisions such as layout of the #FrontPage contribute to public memory.
Democracywashing the multifaceted coup attempt and subversion of 2020 election👇
In CHRISTY, the story of boxing pioneer Christy Martin follows well-worn biopic tropes – but goes darker than usual, with Sydney Sweeney giving it raw poignancy. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...
Movie Review: ‘Christy’
The story of boxing pioneer Christy Martin follows well-worn biopic tropes – but goes darker than usual, with Sydney Sweeney giving it raw poignancy.
www.moviefone.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In CHRISTY, the story of boxing pioneer Christy Martin follows well-worn biopic tropes – but goes darker than usual, with Sydney Sweeney giving it raw poignancy. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...