Simon Abrams
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social
Film Critic at Roger Ebert dot com, New York Times, New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, and so on. Author of THE NORTHMAN: A CALL TO THE GODS (Insight Editions). Alt weekly kid. Let the monkey drive.
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Simon Abrams
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Donate to Help Us Pay for Sandwiches' Vet Bills, organized by Simon Abrams
Hello My name is Simon Abrams and this GoFundMe is for me and my partner Jene's… Simon Abrams needs your support for Help Us Pay for Sandwiches' Vet Bills
www.gofundme.com
After some discussion with Jene, I'm finally posting a Gofundme to help us with Sandwiches' vet bills. Our baby has been having more bad days lately so we have to start thinking about at-home euthanasia. Any help would be greatly appreciated: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-pa...
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hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
Love Is All Around
YouTube video by Husker Du - Topic
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November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
I’m making stuffing. This is the before photo.
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I’m making stuffing. This is the before photo.
Hmmmm
Third “Avatar” Tracking Behind Second Film
www.darkhorizons.com/third-avatar...
www.darkhorizons.com/third-avatar...
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hmmmm
I once joked with @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social that when it comes to animation, I love anything that's so obsessively detailed that it looks like somebody died making it. I was talking about Miyazaki's CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO, but I easily could've been talking about Marcell Jankovics's TRAGEDY OF MAN.
Ok, switching gears now with the Hungarian animated epic THE TRAGEDY OF MAN, from the director of the stunning SON OF THE WHITE MARE.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I once joked with @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social that when it comes to animation, I love anything that's so obsessively detailed that it looks like somebody died making it. I was talking about Miyazaki's CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO, but I easily could've been talking about Marcell Jankovics's TRAGEDY OF MAN.
An aside in the latest NYRB’s article about the need to end woke-ness—specifically about what “many of us” say “sotto voce“ in private and over a glass of wine—is a stark enough reminder that, while my parents met through NYRB personal ads, I am clearly not the paper‘s ideal reader.
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
An aside in the latest NYRB’s article about the need to end woke-ness—specifically about what “many of us” say “sotto voce“ in private and over a glass of wine—is a stark enough reminder that, while my parents met through NYRB personal ads, I am clearly not the paper‘s ideal reader.
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Almost time for the family-friendly Macy's Parade.
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Almost time for the family-friendly Macy's Parade.
Good morning, but only to anyone who's still trying to get some FUCKING work done around here today!
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Good morning, but only to anyone who's still trying to get some FUCKING work done around here today!
If you see this post an anime that you love
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you see this post an anime that you love
I don’t talk much with my library co-workers, so today I made up for lost time by recommending BLOOD RAGE to one of them.
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I don’t talk much with my library co-workers, so today I made up for lost time by recommending BLOOD RAGE to one of them.
COMING SOON, RUSH HOUR 4
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
COMING SOON, RUSH HOUR 4
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I was just thinking about Brett Ratner the other day and his coffee table book of gigantic asses.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I was just thinking about Brett Ratner the other day and his coffee table book of gigantic asses.
“I can quit any time I wanna…”
Cameron Willing To Walk Away From “Avatar”
www.darkhorizons.com/cameron-will...
www.darkhorizons.com/cameron-will...
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“I can quit any time I wanna…”
I already have a salted caramel apple pie from Four & Twenty Blackbirds in the fridge, your hot takes cannot hurt me.
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I already have a salted caramel apple pie from Four & Twenty Blackbirds in the fridge, your hot takes cannot hurt me.
A real tossup for tomorrow‘s traditional post work, pre thanksgiving movie—PETER HUJAR’S DIARY (projected on film at Film Forum) has a slight edge over BLUE MOON…mostly because I imagine having an easier time selling BM to Jene…
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A real tossup for tomorrow‘s traditional post work, pre thanksgiving movie—PETER HUJAR’S DIARY (projected on film at Film Forum) has a slight edge over BLUE MOON…mostly because I imagine having an easier time selling BM to Jene…
Watching my @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social rental of CADE: THE TORTURED CROSSING, which gave me an excuse to explain who Neil Breen is to Jene. The closest I got was: he’s a pseudo populist on an Ed Wood budget who dreams of being a fascist ubermensch with a a green screen and a bad dye job
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Watching my @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social rental of CADE: THE TORTURED CROSSING, which gave me an excuse to explain who Neil Breen is to Jene. The closest I got was: he’s a pseudo populist on an Ed Wood budget who dreams of being a fascist ubermensch with a a green screen and a bad dye job
Just want to get to this part of thanksgiving tbh
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Just want to get to this part of thanksgiving tbh
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This isn’t up for debate, my list is good and you should watch some movies you either haven’t heard of or haven’t seen yet. Go. Go now. You loser. (sorry I don’t know how to do this)
Somebody said “list” online, which reminded me that my list of favorite 2025 movie releases now has 40 entries as well notes in the “notes” tab on where to watch, whenever possible:
boxd.it/DncKy
boxd.it/DncKy
My Favorite Movies of 2025
Focusing on movies that received their first dedicated (usually seven days) US release in 2025. Check the notes section for info on where to stream, when available.
boxd.it
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This isn’t up for debate, my list is good and you should watch some movies you either haven’t heard of or haven’t seen yet. Go. Go now. You loser. (sorry I don’t know how to do this)
Today Kino Lorber Studio Classics releases a second French Noir box set, featuring the 1959 Lino Ventura vehicle THE BEAST IS LOOSE. I recorded a new audio commentary &mostly talked about the movie's pivotal role in Ventura's career (his intro to Claude Sautet!). kinolorber.com/product/fren...
French Noir Collection II [Rhine Virgin | The Beast is Loose | Trapped by Fear | Passion of Slow Fire] | Kino Lorber - Experience Cinema
This collection features four film noir classics from France.
kinolorber.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Today Kino Lorber Studio Classics releases a second French Noir box set, featuring the 1959 Lino Ventura vehicle THE BEAST IS LOOSE. I recorded a new audio commentary &mostly talked about the movie's pivotal role in Ventura's career (his intro to Claude Sautet!). kinolorber.com/product/fren...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
YOU IDIOT
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
YOU IDIOT
The struggle to decipher Eryka Badu’s Black Keys tee shirt before she takes off her over shirt during her NYT concert… definitely felt let down by that reveal ngl
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The struggle to decipher Eryka Badu’s Black Keys tee shirt before she takes off her over shirt during her NYT concert… definitely felt let down by that reveal ngl
The Walter Mosley scripted LOW DOWN episode is good.
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The Walter Mosley scripted LOW DOWN episode is good.
Amitabh Bachchan and it‘s not even close.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Amitabh Bachchan and it‘s not even close.
Definitive, no foolin, instant canon Star Wars list:
5) Battle for Endor
4) "Star Wars Bar" from THE RICHARD PRYOR SHOW
3) EMPIRE, I guess
2) Hawk the Slayer
1) The Holiday Special
5) Battle for Endor
4) "Star Wars Bar" from THE RICHARD PRYOR SHOW
3) EMPIRE, I guess
2) Hawk the Slayer
1) The Holiday Special
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Definitive, no foolin, instant canon Star Wars list:
5) Battle for Endor
4) "Star Wars Bar" from THE RICHARD PRYOR SHOW
3) EMPIRE, I guess
2) Hawk the Slayer
1) The Holiday Special
5) Battle for Endor
4) "Star Wars Bar" from THE RICHARD PRYOR SHOW
3) EMPIRE, I guess
2) Hawk the Slayer
1) The Holiday Special