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The scene in Synecdoche, NY where Tom Noonan first speaks is fucking magic. Steals the breath from your lungs twice in a row, totally changes what even feels possible for the movie to do. He’s also delightful in Monster Squad.

You don't scold someone for shouting "fire" in a crowded theater if it actually is on fire.

I’ve done some crazy shit exposing myself to disturbing art, to the point that I’m currently writing a book about it, and first-time watching Kill List and I Saw the Devil back to back is still, like, up there

Oh yeah I read The Deviant in December after you posted about it, really enjoyed it!

I'm so sick of "progressive" "leftist" people making fun of how people on the far right look.

You know what? Some (maybe LOTS) of people who align with your beliefs look like shit. Some of us didn't get to come out before we got old. Didn't have the money for surgery, wardrobe, etc. And are fat.

How it started, how it is going

Half the people who violently hate Saltburn sound like Neal Brennan watching Parasite and the other half sound like they’re mad that Wendy’s doesn’t sell packets of capsaicin

This is a major victory. We may disagree on some issues, but these are people of honor, and we can count on them to act in accordance with their words. Commitment to procedure is crucial in this moment. Tomorrow I will introduce a bill that compels Attorney General Bondi to give me back my nose.

James Van Der Beek was really funny in Don’t Trust the B—— in Apartment 23. Seemed like he really enjoyed being a goofball. This world is stupid and mean but some people get to spread joy around while they’re here and that’s something

Have you seen Pin Cushion? Crushing, devastating, huge favorite.

The “s” on “accidents” doing incredible work here

Me bouncing between physical therapists, urologists, and neurologists

It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.

Most quoted movies in my house growing up:

A Fish Called Wanda
My Cousin Vinny
Mystery Train

Yeah I think when we’re talking about “what books should kids read” we’re assuming a situation where we have relationships with these kids so like the books themselves are maybe not actually the biggest part of the equation

Yeah people really underestimate kids too. It doesn’t even have to be danceable or fun. I was listening to Cecil Taylor (not just jazz but avant garde jazz) at 13, and I’ve played him for a 5-year-old who liked it. Did I understand every layer? No and I still don’t. That’s a feature!

The heavy books are good I think? At 13-14 I was reading Native Son, Moby Dick, Catch-22, Howl. Wouldn’t say I turned out fine but the books weren’t the problem.

WHY FIND OUT is probably in my top 10 most frequently thought about Achewood lines

My neighborhood is a target. Just saw a march going down my street, looked like all teenagers, looked like all or mostly POC. These kids are so brave. We can’t let them down

I have thought about this post like monthly since 2019

I mean, you pretty much nailed it. I offered my water bottle to the mom near me for her baby's eyes, and she said not yet, then added, "Oh, I should have said thank you first."

The crowd eventually made it back to Carruthers Park, where volunteers passed out water bottles, helped rinse out eyes, and administered medical attention where it was needed. David Turnbull had come to the march with his family as part of the protest bike ride. His wife and his eight-year-old son were also on bikes; he brought his six-year-old daughter on the back of a cargo bike. He estimates that hundreds, maybe thousands of cyclists rode across the river to join the march. They met up with his mother-in-law, a 75-year-old retired nurse who was marching with the nurses’ union.

This account from someone a few blocks away really gets at the sudden escalation. This was a family outing to a park on a relatively warm Sunday afternoon — kids on bikes, the family meeting up with grandma. Now you have to explain tear gas and police brutality to your 8-year-old.

ICE is afraid of children protesting “Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”

A lot of the people had never been tear gassed before. I talked to someone in the center of the cloud who had never been gassed and had only been to big protests like No Kings. She said the march had felt like the exact same vibe, right up until she was gassed for the first time in her life.

this part is so true, i mostly travel in women-and-children spaces in far outer SE, so the exact opposite end of town, and since saturday i've overheard and had multiple conversations about how to launder tear gas out of things like diaper bags including one at the methodist church

This doesn’t only apply when the art in question is widely admired, the arrogance is just especially noticeable and easy to point out

“What Tarkovsky doesn’t understand about story structure is that…”

Oh yeah you’re right we should explain it to him

I don’t think everyone needs to couch every single thing they say in “that’s just my taste” disclaimers but it’s worth trying not to sound like a teacher correcting an error in syntax when you’re talking about a whole artistic vision that you just might not vibe with

It’s an easy trap but when I see people say a beloved film “doesn’t work” or similar, I always think about a guy who hated Twin Peaks s3 who said, “You can’t just string ideas together on instinct.” Buddy. You can, people do, and other people love it

Omg his tentative lil lick just made me cry