Scott Tobias
@scotttobias.bsky.social
Film/TV writer. Co-host: The Next Picture Show podcast. Author of The Reveal newsletter (thereveal.film) with Keith Phipps. I got a houseboat docked at the Himbo Dome.
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It sure looks like something wildly disgusting happened here. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It sure looks like something wildly disgusting happened here. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
At the in-laws for Thanksgiving and it’s truly breathtaking how shitty movies look when motion-smoothed. It’s like the visual equivalent of someone farting in a room. Drives you right out.
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
At the in-laws for Thanksgiving and it’s truly breathtaking how shitty movies look when motion-smoothed. It’s like the visual equivalent of someone farting in a room. Drives you right out.
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Much as I’d like to watch more insane shotmaking from five first-ballot future Hall of Famers, I am on the east coast and can’t justify staying up until 1:30 am to finish this game. These 11 pm ET starts are insane!
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Much as I’d like to watch more insane shotmaking from five first-ballot future Hall of Famers, I am on the east coast and can’t justify staying up until 1:30 am to finish this game. These 11 pm ET starts are insane!
Me when the Boursin and crackers come out at Thanksgiving.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Me when the Boursin and crackers come out at Thanksgiving.
Yes. This superbly directed film will hollow out your insides. Also affirms my basic opinion that water polo is like if drowning were a sport.
Niche post for critics and movie-awards-season nerds: Don't sleep on The Plague, a superb, excruciatingly tense American debut film--not horror, but in its way terrifying--about being a 12- or 13-year-old boy among other 12- or 13-year-old boys. Opens next month; it's haunted me since I saw it.
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Yes. This superbly directed film will hollow out your insides. Also affirms my basic opinion that water polo is like if drowning were a sport.
The new KNIVES OUT is very good, and we should admire the high degree of difficulty on whodunits, which are ridiculously hard to pull off: thereveal.film/in-review-wa...
In Review: ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,’ ‘Zootopia 2’
The first of our Thanksgiving week review batches features two sequels, one more essential than the other.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The new KNIVES OUT is very good, and we should admire the high degree of difficulty on whodunits, which are ridiculously hard to pull off: thereveal.film/in-review-wa...
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Part 3 of Lizza’s blog is about the time Olivia faked her own disappearance to make it seem like he murdered her.
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Part 3 of Lizza’s blog is about the time Olivia faked her own disappearance to make it seem like he murdered her.
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Gameday voting on which school has the most faculty in the Epstein Files
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Gameday voting on which school has the most faculty in the Epstein Files
OKC extremely done playing with their food tonight.
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
OKC extremely done playing with their food tonight.
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We all love Remembering Guys, but mostly it's just that Cleanthony played so much international ball that it was a good hook for a category about basketball terms in foreign languages.
"International Hoops Terms With Cleanthony Early" has to be the wildest sports category in Jeopardy! history.
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We all love Remembering Guys, but mostly it's just that Cleanthony played so much international ball that it was a good hook for a category about basketball terms in foreign languages.
I thought this week's PLURIBUS was the strongest to date, which is saying quite a lot. I did not expect to find myself writing about Nicole Holofcener in these @vulture.com recaps, but this show takes you to exciting places: www.vulture.com/article/plur...
Pluribus Recap: Weirdly Honest
In her quest to learn more about how the collective’s mind operates, Carol exposes herself to some harsh truths.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I thought this week's PLURIBUS was the strongest to date, which is saying quite a lot. I did not expect to find myself writing about Nicole Holofcener in these @vulture.com recaps, but this show takes you to exciting places: www.vulture.com/article/plur...
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Today at The Reveal: It's a pair of reviews. You can read @scotttobias.bsky.social on WICKED: FOR GOOD and read me on the clever (sort of) true-crime doc ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT. Which will top the weekend's box office?
In Review: ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘Zodiac Killer Project’
The second part of "Wicked" exposes the flaws of a front-loaded musical and a true-crime doc deconstructs the true-crime doc.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Today at The Reveal: It's a pair of reviews. You can read @scotttobias.bsky.social on WICKED: FOR GOOD and read me on the clever (sort of) true-crime doc ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT. Which will top the weekend's box office?
SUNRISE ON THE REAPING: New Hunger Games prequel or obscure King Crimson album?
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
SUNRISE ON THE REAPING: New Hunger Games prequel or obscure King Crimson album?
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calling TCW "wa-luigi coates" is... god.
Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
calling TCW "wa-luigi coates" is... god.
A couple times a year, I use raves from trusted critics to catch up on great films I've missed. Today's batch comes courtesy of @justincchang.bsky.social, @alisonwillmore.bsky.social, @samadams.bsky.social, Jeannette Catsoulis and my pal @kphipps3000.bsky.social. thereveal.film/catching-up-...
Catching Up with the Critics, Part II (Fall 2025)
Deep into prestige season, it's time again to turn to trusted colleagues to see what I've missed.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A couple times a year, I use raves from trusted critics to catch up on great films I've missed. Today's batch comes courtesy of @justincchang.bsky.social, @alisonwillmore.bsky.social, @samadams.bsky.social, Jeannette Catsoulis and my pal @kphipps3000.bsky.social. thereveal.film/catching-up-...
A little over 10 years ago, The Dissolve shuttered and we started a niche movie podcast that only we had the power to shut down. This week, we celebrate the 500th episode of The Next Picture Show with a special episode on the film that inspired the title: megaphone.link/FILM9131237121
#500: What's In a Name — The Last Picture Show by The Next Picture Show
A decade of podcasting.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A little over 10 years ago, The Dissolve shuttered and we started a niche movie podcast that only we had the power to shut down. This week, we celebrate the 500th episode of The Next Picture Show with a special episode on the film that inspired the title: megaphone.link/FILM9131237121
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A big indicator of this fascist moment, for me, was exposing Hanania’s past as pseudonymous white supremacist blogger, him issuing a non-apology apology then writing gutter racist shit under real name, & nevertheless enjoying mainstream success
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A big indicator of this fascist moment, for me, was exposing Hanania’s past as pseudonymous white supremacist blogger, him issuing a non-apology apology then writing gutter racist shit under real name, & nevertheless enjoying mainstream success
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...
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Today at The Reveal: I wrote about Diane Keaton. Specifically, I wrote about HEAVEN, her mostly forgotten directorial debut, but also about what made her such a compelling presence, even when playing characters who weren't the driving forces in their own lives:
Diane Keaton in ‘Heaven’
Keaton made her directorial debut with a quirky 1987 documentary that kept her off camera while still capturing the elusive essence that helped make her a star.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today at The Reveal: I wrote about Diane Keaton. Specifically, I wrote about HEAVEN, her mostly forgotten directorial debut, but also about what made her such a compelling presence, even when playing characters who weren't the driving forces in their own lives:
Alissa's tenure at NYT has carved out so much space for documentaries, and here she addresses the threat of A.I. on our understanding of "truth" and how nonfiction filmmakers are fighting back: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Alissa's tenure at NYT has carved out so much space for documentaries, and here she addresses the threat of A.I. on our understanding of "truth" and how nonfiction filmmakers are fighting back: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
The 14yo’s first concert is tonight and it is the band Wednesday. I feel like this is a significant alterna-parenting win for me. (And basically a win anyway because they are an excellent band.)
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The 14yo’s first concert is tonight and it is the band Wednesday. I feel like this is a significant alterna-parenting win for me. (And basically a win anyway because they are an excellent band.)
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One final bump for my TCM program tonight. I hope you'll be able to check it out. Love y'all.
My prime time program with TCM on November 17th covers Robert Altman's COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME and the Gay Bar Christmas Picture SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE. SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE doesn't screen anywhere very often and doesn't have a DVD in circulation.
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One final bump for my TCM program tonight. I hope you'll be able to check it out. Love y'all.