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Anthony Kaufman

@antkaufman.bsky.social

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Increasingly political film journalist (Subscribe to https://anthonykaufman.substack.com, articles in Filmmakermagazine.com, Documentary.org, Indiewire.com); film curator/programmer (chicagofilmfestival.com; doc10.org); film instructor (NewSchool, DePaul)

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Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · 6d

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This Year's Best Movies Are Coming to A Theater Near You. Why Don't You Know It?

This October, four of the best movies of the year are coming to theaters.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 14d

A long history of assertive press conference proclamations with unfounded recommendations

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Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · 17d

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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)

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Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · 25d

Google "groyper" and it appears we have the answers that you're looking for

Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · 25d

In all the news, did anyone catch this gem? "A youth pastor who works with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office." WTF is a youth pastor doing working with the Sheriff's Office?

Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · 27d

Hey film critics, is THE LONG WALK a fictional cousin to PUNISHMENT PARK?

Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · 27d

ChicagoIFF's International Documentary Competition:
The Beauty Of The Donkey
The Helsinki Effect
Celtic Utopia
Child Of Dust
My Father And Quaddafi
Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk
The Tale Of Silyan
True North
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‘Sound Of Falling’, ‘Sirât’, ‘La Grazia’ among Chicago international competition picks

EXCLUSIVE: Fest presents 43 features across various competitions.

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Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · 27d

Has anyone in the mediasphere noted the FBI's inability to catch Charlie Kirk's killer might have to do with the fact that the FBI is now run by an idiot and they fired all the veteran FBI agents?

Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · Sep 6

How come no one has a problem with the length???

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · Sep 2

COMING TO A CITY, SUBURB, TOWN NEAR YOU OCTOBER 18:
NO KINGS 2.
Spread.
The.
Word.

big crowd at one of the 2,200 No Kings protests in June. Photo by Ringo Chiu, AFP.

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Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · Aug 18

"These are challenging times for independent U.S. filmmakers and artists, with the one-two punch of corporate consolidation/cowardice and extreme-right-wing power conspiring together to limit complex thought, dissenting views, and artistic output."
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The Normalization of our Destruction

The shuttering of the CPB; docs in peril; and looking for new/old indie film models

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Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · Aug 18

“We have to look for a new funding model,” he said, “and I don’t know what that would be.”https://anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/the-normalization-of-our-destruction

The Normalization of our Destruction

The shuttering of the CPB; docs in peril; and looking for new/old indie film models

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Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · Aug 15

“The whole industry has to recalibrate. We have to change how we work. Whatever was before—that’s never coming back.” #PBS #CPB
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Minding the Gaps: How CPB’s Closure Fragments the U.S. Documentary Ecosystem

In this investigation, independent documentary filmmakers and public media executives describe the far-reaching effects of federal funding cuts

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Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · Aug 7

But you can totally see it

Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · Aug 7

PREDICTION: Eric Adams will be persuaded to drop out of the NYC mayoral race to take a job in the Trump Administration in deparate bid to consolidate votes for Cuomo.

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Anthony Kaufman @antkaufman.bsky.social · Jun 27

Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites.
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