Jim Penola

NYT headline: “MAMDANI'S IMPROBABLE RUN ENDS IN VICTORY”

Savor this moment, friends.

They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.

I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!

In the words of Four Leaf Tayback…

I’m a patriot. 🫡

DDHQ has now called the New Jersey gubernatorial race for Mikie Sherrill

Some of my favorite LPs of 2025:

Nick León - “A Tropical Entropy”
Erika de Casier - “Lifetime”
Oklou - “Choke Enough”
Malibu - “Vanities”

I just want someone to rub liniment on my scars y’know —I’m not sure what liniment is but Jessica Chastain in CRIMSON PEAK makes it sound alright

Group photo of Zohran and canvassers in a park in the evening.

Stopped by a canvass in Bed-Stuy tonight. I’m truly in awe of the determination and joy our volunteers bring to this campaign, every single day.

Join us: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

ICE Detains British Media Commentator Sami Hamdi, who often speaks against Israel, was in the United States on a speaking tour. The Department of Homeland Security said his visa had been revoked.

While on a speaking tour in the U.S., Sami Hamdi had his visa revoked and was detained by ICE allegedly because of his pro-Palestine advocacy.

This is yet another troubling example of the Trump administration weaponizing the immigration system to punish speech it disagrees with.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

A review of Wick Is Pain (2025) Slick and comprehensive but also commendably ugly at times , especially in the early days when you really get a sense of how fucking fragile and held together by popsicle sticks most productions are—e...

WICK IS PAIN:
is good.

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Your favorite band has a new single? It might be AI With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists.

With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists. n.pr/4hzHZ8a

Me with Karyn Kusama and Megan Fox instead of giant Oscars.

Me and Karyn Kusama looking on as Megan Fox talks about Jennifer's Body.

Karyn Kusama talking about Jennifer's Body

Tananarive in her "bloody" socks on Jennifer's Body

Soooo...THIS happened! The Academy Museum invited me to moderate a talk on Jennifer's Body between director Karyn Kusama and star Megan Fox.

Sharp women. A horror movie gem. What a time!

PHOTO CREDIT: ©Academy Museum Foundation, Photo by: Andrew Ge

See the talk here: youtu.be/rRGd7sHN1io?...

Going through withdrawals from not being able to listen to the full FRANKENSTEIN score by Desplat

Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.

A review of Frankenstein (2025) My first time at NYC’s Paris Theater and I can’t wait to go back. Just a short hike from Port Authority! Who knew? I hope to return for their del Toro retrospective, a sizzle reel of which was played ...

Brother I cried

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Lester Goodversion

Frankenstein | Official Website | October 17 2025 Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Frankenstein on the official site. In theaters October 17 2025 brought to you by Netflix. Directed by: Guillermo del Toro. Starring: Oscar Isaac, ...

It’s the weekend and with my whole ass broken heart I say if you’ve ever liked a @realgdt.bsky.social movie you deserve to see FRANKENSTEIN in a theater before it ends it run and tickets sell out, you can find showtimes everywhere here, way more theaters than you might think. www.frankensteingdt.com

Hello here is a thread of some book tour dates I have coming up soon. Nov 5 at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social in DC with @patrickcreis.bsky.social @iamchrisscott.bsky.social @scheinman.bsky.social + @dwdavison.bsky.social

(flyers by the great @tylerlittwin.bsky.social)

What's your favorite use of pre-existing classical music in a movie not directed by Stanley Kubrick?

Mine is probably "Hall of the Mountain King" from Fritz Lang's M, the main melody of which is whistled by the killer.

Runner up: Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic") at the end of Alien

“Me Penola what sports do you watch?”
That’s an awkward question as I don’t watch sports.
“What do you watch?”
Movies.
“Oh.”

“I don’t understand you, but I love you.”

“Why’s that dog got a coat? it’s called fur innit?”

“Cheerful, grinning people.”

“Hi, I’m Kohl.”
Like Porter?
“Like the store.”

The whole place is dark The president gets to harm as many people as he wants defying whatever laws he pleases and our job is to be nice to him and make sure everyone agrees that he's cool. I'm not sure what you people don't...

"it does not matter that they are hypocrites. The hypocrisy is a fun little part of it for them. Look at what we can do lol.

You will never win a debate against them with logic. You will never appeal to their empathy."

—@lukeoneil47.bsky.social

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Here’s the thing: none of it actually matters to them and they’ll have different grievances next week. You can’t gotcha them

LURKER = double album value at 1xLP prices.

Alex Russell’s film suggests how fandoms are too often parasitic kindergartens, enabled by coddled stars and the leeches on their inner circle.

When vampirism is normalized, monsters aren’t just everywhere:

they’re the most powerful ones in the room.

Really appreciate you sharing this bit as the journalist who spent hours researching and analyzing the info it would be great if you could link back to the original work:

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