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Kyle Stevens

@cinementalist.bsky.social

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Another film queer. Professor. Book on Mike Nichols. Ed. of The Oxford Handbook of Film Theory. Tons of essays. Boston.

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · May 12

I wrote about The White Lotus! I start with Parker Posey’s sneer and end up talking about why we need more farces. (Hint: Class anger.) lareviewofbooks.org/article/snee...

Sneering at, or with, “The White Lotus” | Los Angeles Review of Books

Kyle Stevens examines the farce at the heart of the third season of HBO’s “The White Lotus.”

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Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 1d

Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 9d

You know he’s picturing Yul Brynner.

Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 9d

Trump: We're ending this conflict, it's been thousands of years, since Pharaoh, remember Pharaoh? he was a really tough guy. And the sea parted, unbelievable, and now we want to end all this, after thousands of years.

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 13d

So do we know why Hegseth just summoned hundreds of generals and admirals to a meeting in VA??

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 14d

Pernille on Netflix (Porni is the real title and titular character, but I guess that was off-putting) is THE show. Writer-star Henriette Steenstrup is everything.

Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 14d

Yeah, if you've not yet deleted your academia*edu account, now is seriously the time. The terms of service and AI-generated "podcasts" are so gross.

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 18d

Actors’ chemistry and narrative beats are very different.

Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 18d

(Yes, still finding measly ways to post that don’t repeat the woes lest I contribute to desensitization.)

Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 18d

Superman (2025): the first one that feels like he and Lois actually fuck?

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 19d

"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology."

This video's framing is great.

Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 21d

(I want to post about the starkly heinous media propaganda, lynchings, etc., but I have no novel takes and don’t want to contribute to the possible desensitization to these topics.)

Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 21d

The Morning Show is back. Such a great cartoon. Marion Cotillard is 50???

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 21d

It’s so sick, but I had a blip of jealousy for Germans in the 1930s who didn’t have such a clear precedent emblazing their immediate futures before them.

Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 25d

Anyway, J Lo’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman” is okay unless you’ve ever heard someone else sing it.

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 25d

This whole thing may have finally, finally, undone my impulse to look at social media too often.

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · 29d

Only Murders in the Building fortifies with delight. It’s medicine. Of course you might say that about anything with Dianne Wiest.

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 29d

The follow-up I need is for someone to ask the timeline of how this Deep State plan worked. Who is the mastermind who in 2003 realized the guy who used to be Donald Trump would start a reality show next year that would springboard him to the presidency, and launched a nefarious two-decade long con

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29d

Q: "If Trump didn't sign these...What is the working theory as to why he's in the files?"

Leavitt: "The president has one of the most famous signatures in the world...The president did not write that letter. He did not sign those documents."

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · Sep 8

I had enough done I could watch a movie, too! Jane Austen Wrecked My Life was fascinatingly unsentimental given its subject matter. Super promising feature debut from Laura Piani. (Though the heroine chose the wrong guy!!)

Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · Sep 8

Flown thrice the last few weeks and a guy next to me watched the new Top Gun. Men aren’t doing well, if it wasn’t obvious. (Yes, still doing the 700 mile commute to App State.)

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Sep 3

thanks to @dorianlynskey.bsky.social for introducing me to this movie poster, featuring a tagline that made me hyperventilate with laughter

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · Sep 3

This week's Directed By Women Viewing Guide highlights some selections premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival over the next week and a half.

Directed By Women: A TIFF 2025 Guide

Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide: Festival Edition

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Kyle Stevens @cinementalist.bsky.social · Sep 3

There's a fantastic Gastropod (podcast) about pawpaws!

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Sep 2

Burkina Faso has passed a law criminalising homosexuality.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Sep 2

over 25% of United Auto Workers nationwide are ACADEMIC WORKERS!

friday, join a UAW phone bank against cuts to science research

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