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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 13h

Spoke with legend Jim "lunatics, haters, and punk trash" Downey about working with PTA twice, Tim Robinson and "Jeff Epstein? The New York financier?" www.gq.com/story/jim-do...

Jim Downey? The Movie Actor?

He retired as SNL's longest-tenured writer more than a decade ago. Now, at 73, he's having a moment, with a viral Epstein joke on Conan's podcast, a sinister supporting turn in One Battle After Anothe...

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 1d

MARTY SUPREMEEEEEEEE

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 3d

The use of American Girl in One Battle After Another has been rattling around in my head since I saw it so I wrote about why the cue is so powerful www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/m...

How ‘American Girl’ Enhances a Scene in ‘One Battle After Another’

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 4d

The Taylor-Charli song comparison I can't stop thinking about is Wi$h Li$t versus I Think About It All The Time. Two female artists in their 30s thinking about kids vs careers, but whereas Taylor version feels conservative with its idea of a happy ending, Charli's is messy, ambivalent, and tender.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Based on Taylor Swift professing her love for Shakespeare in her not-quite-movie I can only assume she'd love Hamnet but she will never see it because of of Joe Alwyn www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/a...

5 Takeaways From Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ Movie

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Joshua Rothkopf @joshuarothkopf.bsky.social · 5d

Rose Byrne should have three Oscars by now but the indie IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU is truly a moment for her. @ezwrites.bsky.social sat down with her in Cobble Hill. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

She's used to finding laughs in catastrophe. But Rose Byrne is only now going to the edge

After stealing focus in everything from "Bridesmaids" to "Insidious," Rose Byrne unravels beautifully in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," a bold, career-best turn.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 5d

I profiled Rose Byrne!!!

Joshua Rothkopf @joshuarothkopf.bsky.social · 5d

Rose Byrne should have three Oscars by now but the indie IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU is truly a moment for her. @ezwrites.bsky.social sat down with her in Cobble Hill. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

She's used to finding laughs in catastrophe. But Rose Byrne is only now going to the edge

After stealing focus in everything from "Bridesmaids" to "Insidious," Rose Byrne unravels beautifully in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," a bold, career-best turn.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Showgirl a fun album tho!

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Weird to interpret a song that has the lyric “I wanna shoot myself” as not intensely self loathing

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 6d

Really looking forward to my Jarmusch/Swift double feature tomorrow.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 6d

Driving me crazy because, AS A WOMAN (lol), One Battle is one of the most moving films I've seen this year, and I have sobbed all three times I've seen it.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 7d

In 2017 I interviewed Jane Goodall and she asked if I wanted a picture. I don’t take pictures with sources so I panicked and she said something to the effect of, “You don’t have to.” We took one and I am glad she guilted me into it.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 8d

Jay Kelly is a movie that works on the magic trick that is George Clooney, but my god Billy Crudup gives an absolutely insane 10 minute performance

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 9d

I think the combination of seeing OBAA for a third time this past weekend plus watching this week's Peacemaker led me to a nightmare in which I was being Final Destinationed in a town run by the Christmas Adventurers.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 10d

I've seen OBAA three times and have yet to do the Modelo count. How many "few small beers" do we think Sensei has over the course of the movie?

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 14d

For Time, I spoke to @benstiller.redhour.com about his wonderful and revealing new documentary about his folks, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. time.com/7319395/ben-...

Ben Stiller Set Out to Make a Film About His Parents. He Didn’t Realize It Was About Himself, Too

In 'Nothing Is Lost: Stiller and Meara,' Stiller delves into his parents' working and personal relationship, as the country's one-time top married comedy duo.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 15d

Did you know there is also a band named Geese?

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 15d

There cannot be a band named Geese and a band named Goose. That's not allowed.

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 15d

Deeply amusing to me that Charli XCX had an embargo lift on her friends' photos of her wedding

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 15d

NYFF on NYFF crime

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 15d

Cinematic insult of the year is Radu Jude absolutely bodying Wim Wenders' Perfect Days in Kontinental '25

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 16d

A FAMILY OF FRIKS????

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 19d

The lyrics started as a poem he wrote

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 19d

Taylor Swift has crashed the AMC app

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Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you, GQ, for giving me an opportunity to type out "BA BA BA BA BASKETBALL GIMME GIMME GIMME THE BALL BECAUSE I’M GONNA DUNK IT!" www.gq.com/story/tim-ro...

Which Tim Robinson Project Is Right For You?

As the king of supremely awkward comedy is gearing up to return with a new HBO show, ‘The Chair Company,’ we help you find which Tim Robinson sketch, movie, or TV show best fits your personality.

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