Michael Carey
@michaecarey.bsky.social
Former correspondent Moscow/Washington, and current affairs exec producer for the ABC (au)
There’s a social importance of movies AT THE movies a lot of these guys miss.
There is a communal bond that is disappearing in the digital world as we splinter into our own worlds.
Theatres are about a shared experience. Fear or hilarity - it all builds empathy which we fucking NEED
There is a communal bond that is disappearing in the digital world as we splinter into our own worlds.
Theatres are about a shared experience. Fear or hilarity - it all builds empathy which we fucking NEED
December 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
There’s a social importance of movies AT THE movies a lot of these guys miss.
There is a communal bond that is disappearing in the digital world as we splinter into our own worlds.
Theatres are about a shared experience. Fear or hilarity - it all builds empathy which we fucking NEED
There is a communal bond that is disappearing in the digital world as we splinter into our own worlds.
Theatres are about a shared experience. Fear or hilarity - it all builds empathy which we fucking NEED
This, by the way, is the ultimate cherry tomato sauce. Perfect with anything
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Saucy little numbers: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for pasta with tomato
Every home cook needs a few good tomato pasta recipes up their sleeve
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December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This, by the way, is the ultimate cherry tomato sauce. Perfect with anything
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
By happenstance I have a bowl of parboiled potatoes (decided it too hot to roast) and have a couple of litres of fresh made chicken stock. I was planning on cooking up tomato sauce for gnocchi but curious if stock might be better.
Do you make soup or serve it with the stock straight?
Do you make soup or serve it with the stock straight?
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
By happenstance I have a bowl of parboiled potatoes (decided it too hot to roast) and have a couple of litres of fresh made chicken stock. I was planning on cooking up tomato sauce for gnocchi but curious if stock might be better.
Do you make soup or serve it with the stock straight?
Do you make soup or serve it with the stock straight?
I’m afraid I’d be distracted by asking him for gossip about Justified
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I’m afraid I’d be distracted by asking him for gossip about Justified
And with Graham Yost? Cripes, this ensemble is just extraordinary
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
And with Graham Yost? Cripes, this ensemble is just extraordinary
Not so alone in that 💯
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Not so alone in that 💯
Who do you see as underused later on?
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Who do you see as underused later on?
This is not one for Thanksgiving - definition of tough viewing - but one of the most clear eyed while emotionally devastating movies I’ve ever seen (1997)
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is not one for Thanksgiving - definition of tough viewing - but one of the most clear eyed while emotionally devastating movies I’ve ever seen (1997)
Lots of sudden zooms: very much film language of its time
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Lots of sudden zooms: very much film language of its time
Will Elon allow this to continue? Genuine question
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Will Elon allow this to continue? Genuine question
The most brilliant and subtle American screenwriter of the 70s. It’s a tragedy that cocaine did so much damage to filmmaking just a few years later, and the dimination of Towne’s talent is ab irreplaceable loss to movie history
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The most brilliant and subtle American screenwriter of the 70s. It’s a tragedy that cocaine did so much damage to filmmaking just a few years later, and the dimination of Towne’s talent is ab irreplaceable loss to movie history
That’s wild. Unmoored
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
That’s wild. Unmoored
No. 3 made me laugh
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
No. 3 made me laugh
“….I only murder families in screen” on the back?
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
“….I only murder families in screen” on the back?
Btw one underreported bit of detail from last Tuesday. Young MEN voted against bigotry by 60 - 65 percent in Virginia, NJ and NY
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Btw one underreported bit of detail from last Tuesday. Young MEN voted against bigotry by 60 - 65 percent in Virginia, NJ and NY
“Your country” Damn fingers
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“Your country” Damn fingers
You’re country is in serious danger but it’s good to take some comfort in the “welcome to the rebellion” moments
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
You’re country is in serious danger but it’s good to take some comfort in the “welcome to the rebellion” moments
“Next I’ll do it with a dozen dead children strapped to my back”
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
“Next I’ll do it with a dozen dead children strapped to my back”
Still, always something to aspire to.
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Still, always something to aspire to.
Is that David Lynch Red Room carpet??
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Is that David Lynch Red Room carpet??