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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6d

Every word of this is worth reading. These people are not outliers in young MAGA leadership. The person you are when you think you can get away with saying anything is the real you.

Politico @politico.com · 6d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Ira Deutchman @nyindieguy.com · 6d

Toby Talbot brought unmatched passion, intellect & taste to the NY film scene. Our effort to bring back the Metro & restore a wider range of art film exhibition to the neighborhood is in no small way inspired by the legacy of Toby & Dan. She will be sorely missed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/m...

Toby Talbot, Impassioned Promoter of Art Films, Dies at 96

www.nytimes.com

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Ira Deutchman @nyindieguy.com · 11d

Great news for NY art film lovers. Count us in!
www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...

Art House New York Alliance Launches to Strengthen Indie Film Exhibition

Art House New York is launched to strengthen indie film exhibition via Lesli Klainberg and Allason Leitz.

www.indiewire.com

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Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · 12d

#NYFF "emerged from the pandemic with renewed vigor because of new and younger audiences." It's those younger audiences that are helping arthouses thrive across the country. Exciting!

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/m...

Cinematic Riches Spanning the Globe Converge at the New York Film Festival

www.nytimes.com

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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 12d

With the interior torn out, the space offers a blank slate to create a new cinema from scratch, without compromise. www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/08/n...

New Name of UWS Metro Theater to Be Revealed on October 28; Preliminary Plans Detailed Here

The UWS Cinema Center sign at the Metro Theater. Courtesy photo. By Noëlle de Leeuw The art deco theater at

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Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · 21d

First it was the Midtown, then the Metro and Metro Twin. NOW, UWS Cinema Center (our nonprofit entity) is getting ready to announce our NEW FILM CENTER NAME on October 28th! We're counting down the days!
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IndieWire @indiewire.com.web.brid.gy · Aug 26

Fall Festival Preview: 42 Must-See Films Playing at the Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals

As the fall festivals start to roll out, awards season will take shape, best-of-the-year lists will firm up, and some of our favorite filmmakers will debut new work.

www.indiewire.com

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IndieWire @indiewire.com.web.brid.gy · Aug 26

You Can Soon See Some of the Year’s Best Undistributed Films at a Theater Near You

Exclusive: The Popcorn List is bringing its curated picks to theaters (and home screens!) by way of its first-ever Pop Up Series.

www.indiewire.com

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Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · Aug 18

Another new NYC movie theater captures a devoted audience--and exudes a sense of community. We love it! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/s...

The Theater Is Tiny, the Popcorn Is Fresh and the Crowd Is Devoted

www.nytimes.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 16

In other words: They lied.

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Ira Deutchman @nyindieguy.com · Aug 16

In case you were wondering...
youtu.be/-R0fPJQr0qo?...

The business of independent movie theaters, explained

YouTube video by Vox

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Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · Aug 5

Join us this Thursday for a FREE OUTDOOR screening of the Oscar-winning SOUL. The film will be screened at the Morningside Park softball fields, near 110th St. Bring your picnic blankets!

Presented with Friends of Morningside Park, the W. 111th Street Block Assn., and the Columbus Amsterdam BID.

Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · Jul 30

With SPECIAL GUEST Brian Selznick, author of the graphic novel that inspired HUGO.

HUGO follows a resourceful orphan who stumbles into a magical mystery involving Georges Méliès, the real-life pioneer of cinema, and discovers the wonder, magic, and resilience of filmmaking itself.

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Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · Jul 30

Up next in the FOR THE LOVE OF CINEMA pop-up series will be the wonderful, Oscar-winning, HUGO (2011), by the incomparable Martin Scorsese, one of the UWS Cinema Center’s advisors!

Playing August 12th, 6:30pm, at JCC Manhattan!

Ticket link in bio, or on uwscinema.org/screenings.

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Ira Deutchman @nyindieguy.com · Jul 27

Only one film distributed by a streamer made the @nytimes.com top 100 list, "Roma." "It's a vivid illustration of the how the movies that stick with us tend to be those we have a theatrical experience with" --Kyle Buchanan, NYTimes

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Ira Deutchman @nyindieguy.com · Jul 29

Young people not interested in the theatrical experience? Simply not true. This is so inspiring. www.indiewire.com/features/int...

Meet the 26-Year-Old Who Reopened an 85-Year-Old Movie Theater

The Beach Theatre: A cinema reopened by a 26-year-old despite the industry fearing Gen-Z isn’t interested in theatrical.

www.indiewire.com

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Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · Jul 24

So grateful to Director #FrankOz for his participation in our pop-up summer screening series & endorsement of our UWS Cinema Center project!

Support your local #arthousecinema & help us open ours! Donate: uwscinema.org/donate
#AHTD

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Frank Oz Gives a Shout Out to UWS Cinema Center

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Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · Jul 23

And if you want to help us get our theater open and running, there is no better time to DONATE: uwscinema.org/donate

In the meantime, enjoy this video from art house film director Sean Baker, and his producer, Samantha Quan (above)!
#indiefilms #uws

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HELP US Preserve and Transform the former Metro Theater into a state-of-the-art, five-screen independent arts cinema and education center! Having successfully secured the Metro Theater property—a triu...

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Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · Jul 23

We may not have a theater yet, but we are joining in on the celebration of Art House Theater Day, July 24th. We encourage you to visit local art houses, which in our neck of the woods includes Film at Lincoln Center, Maysles Doc. Center, New Plaza Cinema and many more downtown and in Brooklyn.

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Symphony Space @symphonyspace.bsky.social · Jul 10

Join us on July 22 for a screening of The Fabelmans! A universal coming-of-age story, The Fabelmans is Steven Spielberg’s personal love letter to the healing power of cinema. Co-presented by @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social and Symphony Space. Get your tickets! bit.ly/4eDJMaI

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Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · Jul 17

Wonderful having #FrankOz for a 2nd Q&A during our pop-up summer series "For the Love of Cinema"--for #TheMuppetMovie & #Bowfinger. What an extraordinary range of acting & directorial prowess! Heartwarming & lovable or howlingly funny, Oz truly celebrates movie magic.
@nyindieguy.com

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Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · Jul 9

Or at least, one of MANY reasons the Arthouse experience is so great!

Upper West Side Cinema Center @uwscinemacenter.bsky.social · Jul 9

This is what makes the experience at an arthouse so much better--the preshow is kept to an absolute minimum!
@arthouseconvergence.org #arthousecinema

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · Jul 9

At an F1 screening that is essentially sold out. It’s 9 minutes after showtime and there’s maybe 15 people inside the theater. The obsession with lengthening ads and trailers has trained everyone to avoid their seats. At some point the studios genuinely need to think their policies are backfiring.

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · Jul 9

At an F1 screening that is essentially sold out. It’s 9 minutes after showtime and there’s maybe 15 people inside the theater. The obsession with lengthening ads and trailers has trained everyone to avoid their seats. At some point the studios genuinely need to think their policies are backfiring.

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Ira Deutchman @nyindieguy.com · Jul 7

Nothing can take the place of the movie theater experience!
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Why Martin Scorsese — and you — should get back to watching movies in theaters

Though the pandemic turbo-charged the pre-COVID trend away from theaters in favor of home-based entertainment media, there are still plenty of reasons to see films on the big screen.

www.sfchronicle.com

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