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Updates: Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 84

Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation's most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday at 84. Follow live.

One of last year’s best

Party People: Reginald Hudlin on 35 years of his jubilant teen classic House Party • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine In celebration of the Criterion Collection’s new 4K Blu-ray release of one of the best teen movies ever, filmmaker Reginald Hudlin speaks with Robert Daniels about the pillar of Black cinema that is H...

With HOUSE PARTY entering the Criterion Collection, for @letterboxd.social I spoke to Reginald Hudlin about the film’s distinct legacy as THE teen party movie.

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.

Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.

Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.

ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

The run of Filmmaker Magazine under Scott & Vadim produced some of the most fascinating and important work on understanding indie film in terms of economics, technology, and the actual stakes of art. I was honored to write for Vadim, easily one of the best editors I've worked with. Hire Vadim!

Welcome to the public domain: KING OF JAZZ (1930) 🎷

🎙️ Bing Crosby’s first on-screen appearance, as a member of the Rhythm Boys, performing in this early sound-era jazz moment filmed in two-strip Technicolor!

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The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

Welcome to the Public Domain, THE PICNIC (1930) 🐕

🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.

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Text reads: Happy Public Domain Day. While the exact list depends on where you live, hundreds of new works are free to use every January 1st.

When clocks strike midnight on the first day each year, a quiet creative revolution starts as hundreds of works move from private control into the public domain, unlocking stories, songs, and images for anyone to reuse.

The world celebrates this big moment with an official Public Domain Day. (1/2)

Welcome to the Public Domain, ARCTIC ANTICS (1930) ❄️

🐧 Another 10 Silly Symphony shorts join the public domain. No rattling bones like last year's THE SKELETON DANCE, but we do get up to some Arctic Antics 🐻❄️

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Welcome to the Public Domain, ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) 🎭

😂 Nothing to do with soup. The Marx Brothers return in this 1930 adaptation of their stage musical. Laughs abound in the public domain.

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Welcome to the public domain, DIZZY DISHES (1930), the first appearance of Betty Boop! ⭐️

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Microsoft pop-up inviting me to click a box to "stay signed in". I always tick the box. Microsoft never keeps me signed in.

I call this "The Lying Screen"

so far the only concrete thing ai has done is make the entire tech market worse and every consumer facing tech product less usable or accessable

All of them 🥰

Thank you!

Thanks Pete! Looking forward to seeing you!

SCMS Accepted 😎

Jafar Panahi’s Cinematic Rebellions Since his 2010 imprisonment, the director has been in an endless game of chicken with the Iranian regime. In his defiant new film, ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.

Since his 2010 imprisonment, the director has been in an endless game of chicken with the Iranian regime. In his defiant new film, ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.

🥀Listening to Black Sabbath All Day🥀

R.I.P. Ozzy Osbourne

#OzzyOsbourne #BettyBoop

Just discovering that there’s an incredible amount of Barbara Stanwyck films available on HBO Max right now

Advanced to candidacy!

Highly recommend watching Questlove’s recent documentary about Sly Stone if you have an opportunity to do so

So much to be horrified by in this story, but I was stopped short by imagining the fatal damage that could be done by using AI in the course "Know Your Recreational Drugs."