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Eric Vilas-Boas
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@vulture.com writer and editor covering animation, streaming, movies, and TV | die-hard fan of hiking and physical media

“i’m not a miracle worker, i’m a janitor”
One day, a weary blogger will publish the last "how to watch TK EVENT" post. When that day comes the world will not mourn.

But in the meantime I intend to keep tapping this sign while we can www.vulture.com/article/how-...
January 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
May we all walk in this world with the moral courage of Jafar Panahi
variety.com/2026/film/gl...
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Bit more from her here, on the irony of the tools as described... www.vulture.com/article/open...
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
NEW: Animation Guild prez Danny Lin speaks out against Disney's OpenAI deal. “It feels like Disney throwing in the towel, rather than competing with these tech companies,” she says.

Read it at @vulture.com / Buffering >> www.vulture.com/article/open...
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
you will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
this whole thing is a time capsule from an earlier era of digital media vinepair.com/articles/lea...
December 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
that kind of day
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
now seated at The Table of Success
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
looking like a blowout
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This is the good stuff. A full district by district breakdowns of how NYC voted, via @thecity.nyc -- www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers.”
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Here's @tvmojoe.bsky.social on the HUGE ratings success of Dancing With the Stars this season (and beyond) — fueled by Andy Richter, Mormon wives, TikTok and more... www.vulture.com/article/danc...
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hosoda's quote to AFP has made the rounds for years. With the chance to talk to him, it felt important to follow up.

His words to me: "I don’t really recall saying something like that or to that effect."

But he doesn't hold Miyazaki on a pedestal either: www.vulture.com/article/mamo...
October 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Part of Hosoda's thoughts on SCARLET: "It’s supposed to be a kind of throughline about this general animosity, toward a cycle of revenge."

Read the rest @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/mamo...
October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hosoda on searching for a visual language that can't be copied by AI: "The entire world is searching for this new animated look...." www.vulture.com/article/mamo...
October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here are Hosoda's thoughts on Miyazaki www.vulture.com/article/mamo...
October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The one from that era that my mind went to today was "Hell's Been Empty"

I cant believe I had to do a deep dive on google to hunt down the original link to drop into web archive web.archive.org/web/20160323...
September 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
i was ecstatic to blurb Mamoru Hosoda's SCARLET for our walk-up to the great movies playing at NYFF. a good one, imo

read my bit and the rest of the flicks we're excited about @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/most...
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
the Clayface animation in this scene went soooooooo hard
September 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Pete Townshend: "We’re a Who tribute band."
August 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
like, this is a BEAUTIFUL movie. i'd argue the smears, in a few different ways, make it what it is www.vulture.com/article/kpop...
August 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Lou Reed being an absolute menace about his ice cream totally tracks www.vulture.com/article/davi...
August 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
pretty excited for the 9/1 releases hitting HBO Max, but much MUCH more hype for the ones in the coming months. ANGEL'S EGG
August 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM