Sam Adams

One of the fundamental truths we need to acknowledge in this moment is that domestic violence is where fascists learned how to get away with their violence.

“What did you do to provoke him?” is exactly what victims hear when they try to seek help in an abusive relationship.

"Worse than how these legislative impasses have become commonplace in the rhythms and cadence of D.C., though, is how Democrats do not seem to know how to use them to build political capital, leverage, and public consensus."

should have been more specific about what kind of “neighborhood engagement” they wanted

The last thing I expected to see tonight: legendary Iranian director Jafar Panahi shooting the Beyond Fest @beyondfest.bsky.social tee-shirt cannon into the Aero Theatre audience. @amcinematheque.bsky.social

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

'You never stop thinking about John Candy': How a pair of projects keep his legacy alive The beloved actor, who would have turned 75 this month, is the focus of an eponymous book biography and "John Candy: I Like Me," a Prime Video documentary.

My thanks to the LA Times for letting me write about the life of John Candy and two new projects (a documentary and a biography) that explore his legacy. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

Heaven knows it’s mandatory now

Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)

A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.

www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m...

A New Movie About George Orwell and 1984 Has a Unique Way of Telling Its Story. It May Haunt You. Orwell: 2+2=5 takes on the Orwellian quality of A.I.—and uses the technology to do it.

I wrote about the movie that finally figured out the right reason to use generative A.I. in documentary film: it's the only thing that looks as bad as the world feels.

I think the bar for playing a Super Bowl halftime is having two songs

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago (RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

you look like you're in the middle of a big bike race

also pretty great that a 72-year-old is totally smoking filmmakers half his age on making provocative and ethical use of an emerging tech

truly an amazing joke that Raoul Peck reprises his crappy AI pop song—the one about how AI will make your life better and safer—over the closing credits like it’s a Diane Warren ballad they crammed in to snag another Oscar nomination

YouTube video by Vanity Fair ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
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A New Movie About George Orwell and 1984 Has a Unique Way of Telling Its Story. It May Haunt You. Orwell: 2+2=5 takes on the Orwellian quality of A.I.—and uses the technology to do it.

I wrote about the movie that finally figured out the right reason to use generative A.I. in documentary film: it's the only thing that looks as bad as the world feels.

hi, it's me, the one person who likes when publications replace a lead photo of their profile subject with a weird video loop that looks like when they introduce the Packers' starting lineup

Keri Russell’s Emotional Transparency Has Anchored Three Decades of TV But, offscreen, she’s not even sure that she wants to be an actress.

My profile of the delightful Keri Russell, the darkly funny, surprisingly introverted former New Mickey Mouse Club member who—even after Felicity, The Americans and The Diplomat!—has never fully embraced the idea of herself as an actress: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Two Oct. 7 Series Show the Power, and Limits, of Memory

I wrote about two Israeli Oct. 7 series, and whether it's possible for works on this subject at this moment to be, as their makers have been saying, "not political." [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/a...

considering it was in the same theater 48 hours earlier I have to imagine there has been a lot of riffing on this

Stephen and Timothy Quay's solo projects are going to be wild

fuller thoughts on Marty Supreme will wait for a while, but thinking about splits in fraternal filmmaking duos, the good news is that, unlike with the Coens, Josh and Benny have both made what feel like Safdie Brothers movies

to the point of 3), these are quite literally rookie numbers

one side effect of the echo chamber the right wing inhabits is that they forget how to talk to anyone else

I am speaking as someone who has only been reporter-adjacent, but my sense is: breaking news, obviously, speaking truth to etc, telling people’s stories, and restoring trust is definitely on point. But “there’s gonna be a smoking crater where 30 Rock used to be” has not been on the list.

Obviously this is for Weiss’ bosses as much as her direct reports, but I don’t think the drive to “win” is what gets journalists out of bed in the morning

Calder mostly because of this (I will talk about Will Shortz pretty much anytime)