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Caden Mark Gardner

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FTM freelance film critic Co-writer of Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema out now! The Dog Dad Jeanne Dielman

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Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · Jul 9

It’s our pub day! Buy our book! @willowcatelyn.bsky.social

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 28d

I got to spend 40 minutes on the phone talking to the one and only David Letterman about his days in morning TV, launching Late Night, his love for Mulaney, why his wife feels the need to explain his jokes, and, yes, CBS's decision to nuke LATE SHOW. Only on @vulture: www.vulture.com/article/davi...

David Letterman, Now (and Then)

As his NBC show comes to streaming, the comedian looks back at those early years — and ponders the fate of the late-night landscape he helped shape.

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J Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.social · 28d

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Everything is Now... in LA (Sept 29, 7pm Book Soup)

J. Hoberman, in conversation with John Powers, discusses & signs Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde--Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 28d

No better time to post Hunter S. Thompson on 9/12/2001.

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We are going to punish somebody for this attack, but just who or what will be blown to smithereens for it is hard to say. Maybe Afghanistan, maybe Pakistan or Iraq, or possibly all three at once. Who knows? Not even the Generals in what remains of the Pentagon or the New York papers calling for WAR seem to know who did it or where to look for them.
This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed -- for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it Now. He will declare a National Security Emergency and clamp down Hard on Everybody, no matter where they live or why. If the guilty won't hold up their hands and confess, he and the Generals will ferret them out by force.
Good luck. He is in for a profoundly difficult job -- armed as he is with no credible Military Intelligence, no witnesses and only the ghost of Bin Laden to blame for the tragedy.
OK. It is 24 hours later now, and we are not getting much information about the Five Ws of this thing.
The numbers out of the Pentagon are baffling, as if Military Censorship has already been imposed on the media. It is ominous. The only news on TV comes from weeping victims and ignorant speculators.
The lid is on. Loose Lips Sink Ships. Don't say anything that might give aid to The Enemy.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Jun 28

Finally, news we can trust

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Nelly @latenightnelly.bsky.social · 28d

It’s Toby’s gotcha day so I’m dropping some deep lore; as many may know he was a Vanderpup (I didn’t know who Lisa was when I adopted him) and in the bathroom of Vanderpump Dogs I saw this posterboard picture of Lisa

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Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 28d

No problem homie. BTW can you message me about if there are any other spots available.

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Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 28d

Pretty sure they did a moment of silence for “George Steinbrenner’s very good friend” Henry Kissinger

Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 28d

Freelance film writer for hire, specifically for disc releases.

Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 29d

I had some video labels approach me to work on supplements for disc release that unfortunately conflicted with other things I was doing but I’m available again. Please hmu!

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 28d

i understand that our attention is divided as a nation but i do need everyone to know that henry winkler is on a fishing trip

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Alexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 28d

Once again thinking about Macaulay Culkin walking into the Parisian café where the wifi password was “Macaulay Culkin” and the owner saying “I knew you’d come here someday”

Even even though the former childhood star is usually able to get away from his famous past in France, Culkin did share a funny story about a Parisian cafe that was using his name as its Wi-Fi password.

The actor explained that when he walked into the cafe, a woman handed him a
"Home Alone"-era photo of himself on a card.

“A waitress just gave it to me and walked away -- their Wi-Fi code was 'Macaulay Culkin,"' the actor said. "When she came back, I said, 'I like your Wi-Fi code.' She goes, 'Thank you,' and I say, 'C'est moi.' She turned white and brought over the owner of the place, who said, 'I knew you'd come here someday.'"

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Bay Street Video @baystreetvideo.bsky.social · 28d

CTV came by to talk to Brendan about physical media, the importance of the human touch, and free rentals!

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/vide...

Bay Street Video celebrates importance of physical media with TIFF underway

Bay Street Video manager Brendan Whelton discusses the importance of making it an event by going to rent and buy physical media. Jessica Smith reports.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 28d

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Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 28d

i mean, phantom of the paradise #1 always and forever, but i am super fond of alias nick beal. not only does it feature the only time i've ever enjoyed ray milland, but it has the great audrey totter living in a rad penthouse with surrealistic murals

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Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 29d

I had some video labels approach me to work on supplements for disc release that unfortunately conflicted with other things I was doing but I’m available again. Please hmu!

Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 29d

Next week because I had to monitor her symptomatic cold and sniffles last week that she has thankfully more or less recovered from.

Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 29d

She cannot wait to return to daycare next week because she is STIR CRAZY

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Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 29d

Damn

Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 29d

Ok so does this Angie-Louis joint have a distributor?

Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 29d

One of March’s best performances and probably the most social realist work Novak ever did (she’s very good too)

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 29d

If you're in the mood for some May-December melancholy, Delbert Mann's MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (1959) w/ Kim Novak and Fredric March is on TCM tonight at 11:30pm ET.

Written by Paddy Chayefsky, so you know it cuts deep. #FilmSky #TCMParty

Fredric March as a 56-year-old widower and Kim Novak as his 24-year-old receptionist in MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (1959).

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Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 29d

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Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 29d

I knew of at least one actor early on who seemingly got written out for having an attitude problem but that felt more universally shared among the writers and cast than Weiner, who had a record of burning out the writers room.

Caden Mark Gardner @cadenmgardner.bsky.social · 29d

‘Meanly written out’ would be the guy who got run over by a lawnmower. Sal getting fired because he didn’t accept the advances of the Lucky Strike guy was at least in keeping with the time, but it definitely wasn’t a popular decision.

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K8 Häxan 🦇 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 29d

Stealing @cadenmgardner.bsky.social’s usual thunder but it already feels like we could all use this today.

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