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· Oct 20
Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia Makes Absurd Mockery of the American Psyche
Emma Stone and especially Jesse Plemons lift the corporate and conspiracy satire of Bugonia to enjoyably frenzied heights.
www.pastemagazine.com
loved Bugonia, even if the ending did make me groan a bit www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bugon...
I’m so devastated to learn of the passing of Mohammad Bakri. I think about his film Jenin, Jenin constantly. That he was able to build such an incredible career as an artist despite being the target of Israeli authorities is inspiring in ways I can’t describe. My heart is completely broken
December 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I’m so devastated to learn of the passing of Mohammad Bakri. I think about his film Jenin, Jenin constantly. That he was able to build such an incredible career as an artist despite being the target of Israeli authorities is inspiring in ways I can’t describe. My heart is completely broken
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i am excited to watch it but if you’re adapting an ancient greek epic for the screen you cannot be this afraid of men’s thighs
The first trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is here 👀
In theaters July 17, 2026
In theaters July 17, 2026
December 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
i am excited to watch it but if you’re adapting an ancient greek epic for the screen you cannot be this afraid of men’s thighs
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In a year that made us feel like we were standing by, dumbstruck, as the world fell apart, I wrote about the 2025 movies that bore witness to all that was taken from us www.avclub.com/2025-cinemat...
In memoriam: 2025's cinematic obituaries mourned their losses before our eyes
2025's most affecting films, films that function as cinematic obituaries, zero in on its most senseless deaths.
www.avclub.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In a year that made us feel like we were standing by, dumbstruck, as the world fell apart, I wrote about the 2025 movies that bore witness to all that was taken from us www.avclub.com/2025-cinemat...
“The prison demands that we be alive on their terms – but now it’s on our terms, and we have the power that they hold over us in our hands, in our bodies and in our empty stomachs. I wish I could convey how much energy resistance brings you.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib
Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“The prison demands that we be alive on their terms – but now it’s on our terms, and we have the power that they hold over us in our hands, in our bodies and in our empty stomachs. I wish I could convey how much energy resistance brings you.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib have been on hunger strike for 46 days.
They are at serious risk of death.
They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide.
The Home Secretary must intervene.
They are at serious risk of death.
They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide.
The Home Secretary must intervene.
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib have been on hunger strike for 46 days.
They are at serious risk of death.
They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide.
The Home Secretary must intervene.
They are at serious risk of death.
They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide.
The Home Secretary must intervene.
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“Trying to hold yourself together when you’re falling apart all over the place is extraordinarily weird, and most of the time, I feel like I’m about to topple over or faint. My mother says this feeling only lasts for 4 days.”
Eve Babitz’s journals. buff.ly/B9OTKrO
Eve Babitz’s journals. buff.ly/B9OTKrO
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Trying to hold yourself together when you’re falling apart all over the place is extraordinarily weird, and most of the time, I feel like I’m about to topple over or faint. My mother says this feeling only lasts for 4 days.”
Eve Babitz’s journals. buff.ly/B9OTKrO
Eve Babitz’s journals. buff.ly/B9OTKrO
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Shot - chaser - finisher
The EHRC admits there's no way to enforce anti-trans exclusion using paperwork.
Therefore it's only possible using gender stereotypes.
Therefore they defend excluding basically anyone who might be suspected of being trans.
A recipe for utter chaos.
The EHRC admits there's no way to enforce anti-trans exclusion using paperwork.
Therefore it's only possible using gender stereotypes.
Therefore they defend excluding basically anyone who might be suspected of being trans.
A recipe for utter chaos.
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Shot - chaser - finisher
The EHRC admits there's no way to enforce anti-trans exclusion using paperwork.
Therefore it's only possible using gender stereotypes.
Therefore they defend excluding basically anyone who might be suspected of being trans.
A recipe for utter chaos.
The EHRC admits there's no way to enforce anti-trans exclusion using paperwork.
Therefore it's only possible using gender stereotypes.
Therefore they defend excluding basically anyone who might be suspected of being trans.
A recipe for utter chaos.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A new photo portfolio by Stephanie Keith captures the daily routine at 26 Federal Plaza: where masked ICE agents haunt the hallways — and arrest and hustle away immigrants as they exit courtrooms.
Portfolio: The Trap at 26 Federal Plaza
Every day in downtown Manhattan immigrants arriving for routine hearings are targeted by ICE agents and taken from their families.
buff.ly
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A new photo portfolio by Stephanie Keith captures the daily routine at 26 Federal Plaza: where masked ICE agents haunt the hallways — and arrest and hustle away immigrants as they exit courtrooms.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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jamaica has never been hit by a category 5 hurricane in recorded history and someone is still going to argue that climate change is a hoax
October 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
jamaica has never been hit by a category 5 hurricane in recorded history and someone is still going to argue that climate change is a hoax
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josh o’connor cradling art: a triptych
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
josh o’connor cradling art: a triptych
lining up a Hamnet/Die, My Love double bill and calling it the Women Abandoned By Their Husbands evening
October 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
lining up a Hamnet/Die, My Love double bill and calling it the Women Abandoned By Their Husbands evening
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On shelves now!
Our print ode to one of 2025’s best films: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.
But it you’re not sold on cover alone, let’s take a little look at the innards…
Our print ode to one of 2025’s best films: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.
But it you’re not sold on cover alone, let’s take a little look at the innards…
October 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On shelves now!
Our print ode to one of 2025’s best films: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.
But it you’re not sold on cover alone, let’s take a little look at the innards…
Our print ode to one of 2025’s best films: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.
But it you’re not sold on cover alone, let’s take a little look at the innards…
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Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia makes absurd mockery of the American psyche, with an outstanding performance from Jesse Plemons. #Bugonia #YorgosLanthimos #EmmaStone #JessePlemons www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bugon...
Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia Makes Absurd Mockery of the American Psyche
Emma Stone and especially Jesse Plemons lift the corporate and conspiracy satire of Bugonia to enjoyably frenzied heights.
www.pastemagazine.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia makes absurd mockery of the American psyche, with an outstanding performance from Jesse Plemons. #Bugonia #YorgosLanthimos #EmmaStone #JessePlemons www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bugon...
loved Bugonia, even if the ending did make me groan a bit www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bugon...
Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia Makes Absurd Mockery of the American Psyche
Emma Stone and especially Jesse Plemons lift the corporate and conspiracy satire of Bugonia to enjoyably frenzied heights.
www.pastemagazine.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
loved Bugonia, even if the ending did make me groan a bit www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bugon...
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gonna keep bumping my profile of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, of which I am very proud, would love if you read, at @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/article/jafa...
www.vulture.com/article/jafa...
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
gonna keep bumping my profile of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, of which I am very proud, would love if you read, at @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/article/jafa...
www.vulture.com/article/jafa...
a lil somethin to take the edge off 😮💨
October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
a lil somethin to take the edge off 😮💨
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Our friends at Cinema For Gaza have announced their next fundraiser for Palestine, and it's a corker... www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
Ambika Mod and Daisy Ridley to star in Pride and Prejudice live reading fundraiser for Gaza
Nish Kumar, Jenna Coleman and Morfydd Clark will also feature in London event for Medical Aid for Palestinians
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Our friends at Cinema For Gaza have announced their next fundraiser for Palestine, and it's a corker... www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
From Ground Zero is playing in cinemas this weekend. In an ideal world, this film wouldn’t have to exist. But it does, so I highly recommend you seek it out. my review for Little White Lies here: lwlies.com/reviews/stor...
From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza review – a disjointed but urgent…
A collection of 22 short films by Palestinian filmmakers captures the reality of life in Gaza since Israel's renewed invasion.
lwlies.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
From Ground Zero is playing in cinemas this weekend. In an ideal world, this film wouldn’t have to exist. But it does, so I highly recommend you seek it out. my review for Little White Lies here: lwlies.com/reviews/stor...
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And racial disparity tbqh
i don't think you see the gender discrepancy in film criticism quite as glaringly as you do in annual film festival coverage
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
And racial disparity tbqh
got into the LFF site at 10am on the dot and bought tickets for three people over the span of an hour. this is the closest I’ll ever get to feeling like Don Corleone
September 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
got into the LFF site at 10am on the dot and bought tickets for three people over the span of an hour. this is the closest I’ll ever get to feeling like Don Corleone
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today is the 4th anniversary of launching my baby, blackfilmarchive.com 🫂
in celebration of this anniversary, i answer my most asked questions like “what is up with all the trauma in black film?” and “should sex be on screen?”
in celebration of this anniversary, i answer my most asked questions like “what is up with all the trauma in black film?” and “should sex be on screen?”
Who will solve Black cinema’s marketing crisis?
… and other questions in my inbox on the 4th anniversary of Black Film Archive.
blackfilmarchive.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
today is the 4th anniversary of launching my baby, blackfilmarchive.com 🫂
in celebration of this anniversary, i answer my most asked questions like “what is up with all the trauma in black film?” and “should sex be on screen?”
in celebration of this anniversary, i answer my most asked questions like “what is up with all the trauma in black film?” and “should sex be on screen?”
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The more our culture doubles down on the idea that arts criticism is unnecessary (and critics are the enemy), the stupider and less curious our world will become…
Devastating times.
Devastating times.
August 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The more our culture doubles down on the idea that arts criticism is unnecessary (and critics are the enemy), the stupider and less curious our world will become…
Devastating times.
Devastating times.
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I am fucking begging people to go to this website and do what it says and get rid of the AI summaries tenbluelinks.org
August 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I am fucking begging people to go to this website and do what it says and get rid of the AI summaries tenbluelinks.org