Dean Temple

If I were writing this screenplay, a financial crisis would be the perfect catalyst for martial law.

Dear President Reagan,
I write to inform you that the US has joined Russia in the fight against democracy....

And without firing a shot he conquered the most powerful country in Earth.

So the upside of aligning yourself with a genocidal dictator would be....

It’s not Sudetenland. It’s Molotov-Ribbentrop.

A minimum requirement of adulthood is being able to hold your own in a discussion without resorting to a meme.

Four days in and we’re talking about cutting healthcare for seniors to fund a tax cut for the wealthy. Cool, cool.

I need a daily art cleanse to counter the new toxic norm.

Ukrainian Terroir film

I partnered with the Ukrainian Institute, Truth Hounds, and @ukrainer.bsky.social to make this film about Ukrainian wines. It premieres at the Institute in NYC on Sat, Feb 24, and will loop from 12-3pm. To celebrate resilience, there will be Ukrainian wines to taste. I’ll be there tasting them.

“The country’s ministry of culture estimates that over 480,000 artworks have fallen into Russian hands since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.” (You've been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift.)
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Merry Christmas / Щасливого Різдва 2023

one picture telling you volumes about Ukrainian never-ending struggle to survive. a rescuer holds lithography by Mykola Bondarenko dug up from under the rubble of a Sumy institute that was bombed by russia. Bondarenko devoted it to another 1933 russia-made genocide of Ukrainians

They made the blue checkmark so embarrassing subscribers can hide it now.

My very young production assistant has informed me that this first festival is Oscar qualifying, while this second one is Academy Awards qualifying. How will I ever choose between them?

Is Neil Diamond his own genre?

Me: I’m not playing games here.

This puppy: Everything is a game.

I love the stuff, as long as by chamomile tea, you mean wine.

I was confused by this, because it reads like they disqualified her for missing her match with the Bulgarian fencer, but also like waiting for 50 minutes for the judges’ decision caused her to miss the round.

Programming the next Fertile Ground film series at the Ukrainian Institute. Some great films planned, but if you've seen a film by a Ukrainian filmmaker you think is remarkable, let me know, keeping a slot or two open to change for now.

And here we go again. Another social media profile.