Martin Tsai
@martintsai.bsky.social
critique de cinéma. mots dans sight and sound, awards watch, screen anarchy, los angeles times etc.
camarade de national critics institute et power of diverse voices. membre de galeca, aaja et nlgja. il/le
ouvert au travail: [email protected]
camarade de national critics institute et power of diverse voices. membre de galeca, aaja et nlgja. il/le
ouvert au travail: [email protected]
Pinned
it took two decades of trying for me to land a piece in
@sightsoundmag.bsky.social
at this rate i will be 60 before i get a staff job somewhere.
anyway. i'm not going shut up about my review of "peter hujar's day": bit.ly/47utCi1
#filmsky @filmforumnyc.bsky.social @filmlinc.bsky.social
@sightsoundmag.bsky.social
at this rate i will be 60 before i get a staff job somewhere.
anyway. i'm not going shut up about my review of "peter hujar's day": bit.ly/47utCi1
#filmsky @filmforumnyc.bsky.social @filmlinc.bsky.social
“Whishaw delivers the 55 pages of monologue with the impressive illusion of spontaneity.”
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1
"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social
#filmsky
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1
"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social
#filmsky
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Whishaw delivers the 55 pages of monologue with the impressive illusion of spontaneity.”
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1
"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social
#filmsky
– Martin Tsai, Sight and Sound bit.ly/47utCi1
"Peter Hujar's Day" is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social
#filmsky
oh
i thought we were finally getting “i don’t know her: the movie”
i thought we were finally getting “i don’t know her: the movie”
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
oh
i thought we were finally getting “i don’t know her: the movie”
i thought we were finally getting “i don’t know her: the movie”
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Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.
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like i said
yes
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
The Democrats have learned their lesson.
by Susan Collins
by Susan Collins
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
like i said
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What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
yes
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
The Democrats have learned their lesson.
by Susan Collins
by Susan Collins
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
yes
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
and the lesson is to stop settling for centrists who stand for nothing on account of electability
the first thing that comes to mind is an eight-letter word that starts with “d”
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
the first thing that comes to mind is an eight-letter word that starts with “d”
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
in honor of the release of radu jude’s “dracula,” here is a selection of movie posters probably generated by a.i. that i’ve *speculatively* curated for @ifccenter.bsky.social and posteritati
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
in honor of the release of radu jude’s “dracula,” here is a selection of movie posters probably generated by a.i. that i’ve *speculatively* curated for @ifccenter.bsky.social and posteritati
if you missed out on its *extremely* limited release at cinema village, please track this down on the platform formerly known as max
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
if you missed out on its *extremely* limited release at cinema village, please track this down on the platform formerly known as max
as a cinephile i am truly disturbed by pioneer’s decision to discontinue optical drives
anyway i managed to find this dead stock for a song
anyway i managed to find this dead stock for a song
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
as a cinephile i am truly disturbed by pioneer’s decision to discontinue optical drives
anyway i managed to find this dead stock for a song
anyway i managed to find this dead stock for a song
someone obviously took a page from netanyahu’s playbook
@jessicatarlov.bsky.social: “The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no proof they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had evidence, they’d face a court, not a drone.”
Seven strikes. Thirty-two dead. Zero indictments.
Seven strikes. Thirty-two dead. Zero indictments.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
someone obviously took a page from netanyahu’s playbook
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an actual text exchange
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
an actual text exchange
i am not a trained psychologist but he sounds like a classic narcissist to me
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
i am not a trained psychologist but he sounds like a classic narcissist to me
at the risk of dating myself, do they still teach home economics and shop at schools in 2025? i assume civics is a thing of the past because look at what is happening
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
at the risk of dating myself, do they still teach home economics and shop at schools in 2025? i assume civics is a thing of the past because look at what is happening
just the other day after rewatching “the lobster” at the metrograph, i made a snarky comment to my partner that nobody cares about humans getting maimed and mutilated. but as soon as animals are getting harmed, all bets are off
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
just the other day after rewatching “the lobster” at the metrograph, i made a snarky comment to my partner that nobody cares about humans getting maimed and mutilated. but as soon as animals are getting harmed, all bets are off
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Afghan immigrant who helped U.S. military fight Taliban arrested by ICE
coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/i...
coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/i...
Afghan immigrant who helped U.S. military fight Taliban arrested by ICE
The father of four, who had settled in Colorado and gotten his commercial driver’s license, was driving a truck through Indiana when he was taken by masked ICE agents in October
coloradosun.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Afghan immigrant who helped U.S. military fight Taliban arrested by ICE
coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/i...
coloradosun.com/2025/11/07/i...
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ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
top unsolicited recs of the criterion sale
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
top unsolicited recs of the criterion sale