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@jacestew.bsky.social
Videographer offline, finding working creative communities online | All about Science (Trek memes), doggie zen, streaming shows, and film | he/him/his | https://open.spotify.com/show/7CfVAOTJZacCrR6kdffeoo | https://letterboxd.com/JC_Stewart89/
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getting people back into theatres requires two things: a greater diversity of well-produced and marketed films, along with exhibitors working to build community around the idea of moviegoing
I am not sure how to get people back into theaters or if it's possible, but I do know that if the strongest remaining argument is "you SHOULD," or something about the holiness of the collective big-screen experience, the battle is lost. That has no traction with people who don't already believe it.
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
getting people back into theatres requires two things: a greater diversity of well-produced and marketed films, along with exhibitors working to build community around the idea of moviegoing
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For @prospect.org, I wrote about SINNERS as the movie of 2025 (not necessarily the best, but certainly the one that best fused popularity and acclaim) and why Hollywood treated its success like a threat. prospect.org/2025/12/11/s...
The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want - The American Prospect
Ryan Coogler’s bloodsucker blockbuster is all about Black creative freedom. No wonder the industry saw it as a threat.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For @prospect.org, I wrote about SINNERS as the movie of 2025 (not necessarily the best, but certainly the one that best fused popularity and acclaim) and why Hollywood treated its success like a threat. prospect.org/2025/12/11/s...
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in the end, the future of cinema is Hundreds of Beavers
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
in the end, the future of cinema is Hundreds of Beavers
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She knows she looks good
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
She knows she looks good
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Finally. My big 2800 word essay about One Battle After Another and its black women characters is live. www.vulture.com/article/blac...
Black Actresses Are Carrying One Battle After Another
Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel the film’s most conflicted ideas, for better and worse.
www.vulture.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Finally. My big 2800 word essay about One Battle After Another and its black women characters is live. www.vulture.com/article/blac...
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“Political prescription isn’t the point; teasing out the humanity of these people is.”
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
Black Actresses Are Carrying One Battle After Another
Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall propel the film’s most conflicted ideas, for better and worse.
www.vulture.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Political prescription isn’t the point; teasing out the humanity of these people is.”
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
An incredible critique by @angelicabastien.bsky.social’s via @vulture.com that looks at the faults of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER without negating the agency of its Black actresses.
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Some thoughts on a new movie I really love.
letterboxd.com/angelicajade...
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A ★★★★ review of Sentimental Value (2025)
A few stray thoughts. I’ll be writing about the film for my newsletter but I wanted to put something in this space too. -I don’t have a sister and I have no relationship with my father. So this film d...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Some thoughts on a new movie I really love.
letterboxd.com/angelicajade...
letterboxd.com/angelicajade...
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Materialists hit me in a really specific way, as a film made by someone genuinely disturbed by the inhuman, transactional behaviour of many people around her, and how that has destabilized our sense of self-worth and the value we see in others
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Materialists hit me in a really specific way, as a film made by someone genuinely disturbed by the inhuman, transactional behaviour of many people around her, and how that has destabilized our sense of self-worth and the value we see in others
A startling pressing work that uses only video recorded at the time to revise erroneous reporting at the time. Should've informed us more about the encroachment of corporate power into government 26 years ago.
The acclaimed documentary WTO/99 captures a momentous protest in Seattle. Watch our exclusive trailer debut ahead of @docnycfest.bsky.social and IDFA premieres:
Exclusive Trailer for Acclaimed Documentary WTO/99 Captures a Momentous Protest
Premiering at the renowned festival True/False and nominated for a Critics Choice Documentary Award, Ian Bell's acclaimed archival documentary WTO/99 follows the clash between the then-emerging World ...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A startling pressing work that uses only video recorded at the time to revise erroneous reporting at the time. Should've informed us more about the encroachment of corporate power into government 26 years ago.
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RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
There are currently 25 films he was in available on the Criterion Channel*. Plenty of great film options to watch in tribute, but, just sayin', it may be a great time to watch all three parts of THE HUMAN CONDITION.
*In Canada; I cannot speak for other regions.
There are currently 25 films he was in available on the Criterion Channel*. Plenty of great film options to watch in tribute, but, just sayin', it may be a great time to watch all three parts of THE HUMAN CONDITION.
*In Canada; I cannot speak for other regions.
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
There are currently 25 films he was in available on the Criterion Channel*. Plenty of great film options to watch in tribute, but, just sayin', it may be a great time to watch all three parts of THE HUMAN CONDITION.
*In Canada; I cannot speak for other regions.
There are currently 25 films he was in available on the Criterion Channel*. Plenty of great film options to watch in tribute, but, just sayin', it may be a great time to watch all three parts of THE HUMAN CONDITION.
*In Canada; I cannot speak for other regions.
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Rosalind Franklin was born #OTD in 1920. Her X-ray diffraction work was critical for establishing the helical nature of DNA. 👩🔬 🧪
Work carried out by Franklin (with doctoral student Raymond Gosling) was given to Watson and Crick without her consent.
Image: Vittorio Luzzati / Jewish Women’s Archive
Work carried out by Franklin (with doctoral student Raymond Gosling) was given to Watson and Crick without her consent.
Image: Vittorio Luzzati / Jewish Women’s Archive
July 25, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Rosalind Franklin was born #OTD in 1920. Her X-ray diffraction work was critical for establishing the helical nature of DNA. 👩🔬 🧪
Work carried out by Franklin (with doctoral student Raymond Gosling) was given to Watson and Crick without her consent.
Image: Vittorio Luzzati / Jewish Women’s Archive
Work carried out by Franklin (with doctoral student Raymond Gosling) was given to Watson and Crick without her consent.
Image: Vittorio Luzzati / Jewish Women’s Archive
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It’s a good day to look up Rosalind Franklin.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s a good day to look up Rosalind Franklin.
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This is Hudson. He is a strong, independent dog who boops his own snoot. 13/10 (IG: hudsonstaysgolden)
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is Hudson. He is a strong, independent dog who boops his own snoot. 13/10 (IG: hudsonstaysgolden)
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“I’ve spent my life studying my profession & I’ve come to feel that one lifetime is not enough. When it works well there is something shamanistic about it, but in order to invite that, for lack of a better word, inspiration into your life requires a tremendous amount of discipline”
HBD Ethan Hawke
HBD Ethan Hawke
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“I’ve spent my life studying my profession & I’ve come to feel that one lifetime is not enough. When it works well there is something shamanistic about it, but in order to invite that, for lack of a better word, inspiration into your life requires a tremendous amount of discipline”
HBD Ethan Hawke
HBD Ethan Hawke
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"Her face is like a territory in flux. We see the changes on her face, but it is a soft, very enlightened face that is slipping away gradually, and that is the ultimate horror of it"
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke to Sepideh Farsi about her astonishing film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke to Sepideh Farsi about her astonishing film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sepideh Farsi on "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
The Iranian filmmaker talks about her harrowing Cannes documentary and how to remember the film's beloved late subject.
www.rogerebert.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Her face is like a territory in flux. We see the changes on her face, but it is a soft, very enlightened face that is slipping away gradually, and that is the ultimate horror of it"
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke to Sepideh Farsi about her astonishing film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke to Sepideh Farsi about her astonishing film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
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Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo
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Farewell sweet Prince
Eric Adams is amazing because when he won every media person was leaping over each to go “this is the normal sane leadership that the political left doesn’t understand normal sane Americans crave” and then every day since that Eric Adams has been like “Leprechauns are real and I’m going to cook one”
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Farewell sweet Prince
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SIRAT - Arthouse Mad Max. The title refers to a bridge connecting hell and paradise, and the film channels that same energy: shifting between the arduous and the exhilarating. It isn't bleak or cynical; kindness persists even as everything crumbles. The world’s ending anyway — might as well dance. 📽️
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
SIRAT - Arthouse Mad Max. The title refers to a bridge connecting hell and paradise, and the film channels that same energy: shifting between the arduous and the exhilarating. It isn't bleak or cynical; kindness persists even as everything crumbles. The world’s ending anyway — might as well dance. 📽️
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Okay, but seriously...Look at this face.
October 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Okay, but seriously...Look at this face.
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IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT – Dir. Jafar Panahi is fearless. I’m in awe of his resourcefulness as a filmmaker. Even in confinement, he made films that took aim at Iranian society. This one’s suspenseful, unexpectedly funny, & deeply moving - a powerful act of political resistance. So grateful for him. 📽️
October 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT – Dir. Jafar Panahi is fearless. I’m in awe of his resourcefulness as a filmmaker. Even in confinement, he made films that took aim at Iranian society. This one’s suspenseful, unexpectedly funny, & deeply moving - a powerful act of political resistance. So grateful for him. 📽️