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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 2h

Bozocracy.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2h

Fridays firings www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 2h

#RIP Diane Keaton

A great shot by Douglas Kirkland of Keaton with her family, September 1977.

Keaton in the centre, with eight family members around her. Smiles all around!

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 4h

Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977

black & white photograph of young Diane Keaton smiling and standing next to a white refrigerator in a barren-looking kitchen. her cat Buster is crouched on top of the fridge playing with/swatting her hair in the upper right hand corner. she's wearing a long skinny white scarf with a dot-grid pattern, a high-neck white blouse with an ascot/kerchief around the neck, and a black blazer/skirt or blazer dress over what looks like a vest

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Matt Prigge @mattprigge.bsky.social · 4h

One of her finest line readings

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 3h

That does look good. Nice work.

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 4h

Catching up on films of the '10s.

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Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social · 8h

Lah. Di. Dah. 💔

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Glenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 6h

On the irreplaceable Diane Keaton, for @deciderdotcom.bsky.social : decider.com/2025/10/11/d...

It Had To Be Her: The Irreplaceable Diane Keaton

With her death today, we’ve lost not just one of the great comedic actresses, but one of the great actresses, period.

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Kate Erbland @katerbland.bsky.social · 6h

You know I’m out here riding for BABY BOOM: www.indiewire.com/gallery/dian...

Diane Keaton’s 13 Best Performances, from ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Reds’ to ‘The First Wives Club’ and ‘Something’s Gotta Give’

The film icon and Oscar winner died on October 11, leaving behind a filmography of unmatched depth, surprise, and nuance.

www.indiewire.com

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Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 7h

For @rollingstone.com, I wrote about Diane Keaton, one of the great actors of the New Hollywood era, even if she's rarely thought of in those terms.

Diane Keaton Was Nobody's Fool

Diane Keaton's roles in the 1970s, from 'The Godfather' to 'Annie Hall,' 'Manhattan,' and more, showed her range, intellect, and unique charisma.

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 9h

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social · 10h

She was capable of profound dramatic complexities. Her face in this scene from SHOOT THE MOON is bearing the weight of an entire lifetime for her character. There's regret, there's wonder, there's wistfulness. Diane Keaton 💔

a still image of Diane Keaton from SHOOT THE MOON. She is in a bathtub and holding a cigarette in her raised palm.

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 10h

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Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 11h

Greil Marcus talking about what criticism is. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Question to Greil Marcus: "What is the purpose of criticism?"

Greil's answer: My next book is about Bryan Ferry, the leader of the band Roxy Music. Now, you listen to a song like Roxy Music’s “More Than This” and you say, what makes this so great? How did that happen? What is going on here? That’s what criticism is, just wrestling with your response to something. That thing where someone has captured a moment so completely that you sort of fall back in awe. That’s what I’ve been doing my whole life as a writer. There is this urge to, not exactly take possession of something, but to become a part of it to some small degree.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 11h

Reading the reviews If I Had Legs I Would Kick You and wondering if anyone has seen Frownland.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 15h

Here's my review of IS THIS THING ON?, Bradley Cooper's third straight film as a director that could have been titled WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?

‘Is This Thing On?’ review: Bradley Cooper’s bittersweet third feature stars Will Arnett and Laura Dern

Arnett and Dern impress as a couple navigating divorce in Cooper's latest awards contender

www.screendaily.com

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 12h

Opinion | Voting for Mamdani Taught Me Why Trump Won

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 14h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13h

“The struggle against the forces of repression in One Battle After Another is quite probably lost, but it is not over.”

This is so good.

Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 1d

pls read @davidjroth.bsky.social's review it is SO good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

flaminghydra.com/issue-416/

Struggle cinema

David Roth on 'One Battle After Another'

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 16h

If you have good taste — and I know you do! — you'd see this ASAP.

IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU 📽️

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' Gives You the Nonstop Panic Attack That Is Motherhood

This relentless A24 comedy about Rose Byrne fighting a hostile world — and losing — answers the question: What if you made 'Uncut Gems' for moms?

www.rollingstone.com

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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 1d

Catching up on films of the '10s.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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