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Anthony Kaufman

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Increasingly political film journalist (Subscribe to https://anthonykaufman.substack.com, articles in Filmmakermagazine.com, Documentary.org, Indiewire.com); film curator/programmer (chicagofilmfestival.com; doc10.org); film instructor (NewSchool, DePaul)

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This Year's Best Movies Are Coming to A Theater Near You. Why Don't You Know It? This October, four of the best movies of the year are coming to theaters.

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A long history of assertive press conference proclamations with unfounded recommendations

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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

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Google "groyper" and it appears we have the answers that you're looking for

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In all the news, did anyone catch this gem? "A youth pastor who works with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office." WTF is a youth pastor doing working with the Sheriff's Office?

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Hey film critics, is THE LONG WALK a fictional cousin to PUNISHMENT PARK?

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β€˜Sound Of Falling’, β€˜SirΓ’t’, β€˜La Grazia’ among Chicago international competition picks EXCLUSIVE: Fest presents 43 features across various competitions.

ChicagoIFF's International Documentary Competition:
The Beauty Of The Donkey
The Helsinki Effect
Celtic Utopia
Child Of Dust
My Father And Quaddafi
Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk
The Tale Of Silyan
True North
www.screendaily.com/news/sound-o...

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Has anyone in the mediasphere noted the FBI's inability to catch Charlie Kirk's killer might have to do with the fact that the FBI is now run by an idiot and they fired all the veteran FBI agents?

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How come no one has a problem with the length???

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big crowd at one of the 2,200 No Kings protests in June. Photo by Ringo Chiu, AFP.

big crowd at one of the 2,200 No Kings protests in June. Photo by Ringo Chiu, AFP.

COMING TO A CITY, SUBURB, TOWN NEAR YOU OCTOBER 18:
NO KINGS 2.
Spread.
The.
Word.

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The Normalization of our Destruction The shuttering of the CPB; docs in peril; and looking for new/old indie film models

"These are challenging times for independent U.S. filmmakers and artists, with the one-two punch of corporate consolidation/cowardice and extreme-right-wing power conspiring together to limit complex thought, dissenting views, and artistic output."
anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/the-normal...

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The Normalization of our Destruction The shuttering of the CPB; docs in peril; and looking for new/old indie film models

β€œWe have to look for a new funding model,” he said, β€œand I don’t know what that would be.”https://anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/the-normalization-of-our-destruction

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www.documentary.org/online-featu...

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Minding the Gaps: How CPB’s Closure Fragments the U.S. Documentary Ecosystem In this investigation, independent documentary filmmakers and public media executives describe the far-reaching effects of federal funding cuts

β€œThe whole industry has to recalibrate. We have to change how we work. Whatever was beforeβ€”that’s never coming back.” #PBS #CPB
documentary.org/online-featu...

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But you can totally see it

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PREDICTION: Eric Adams will be persuaded to drop out of the NYC mayoral race to take a job in the Trump Administration in deparate bid to consolidate votes for Cuomo.

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IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid ***

Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Trump calls New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani 'a communist' Some New York investors and business leaders are dismayed that democratic socialist Zohram Mamdani will become the next mayor of New York City.

This CNBC story repeatedly mis-spells Mamdani's name and in different ways.
www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/t...

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#NoKings

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#WhoseStreetsOurStreets #NoKings

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Thousands yelling Fuck Trump in Chicago #NoKings

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Thousands yelling SHAME at Trump Tower in Chicago
#NoKings

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#NoKings Chicago

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Russian Scientist Released After Four Months in Federal Custody

Some rare good news...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/s...

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Dr. and Senator Bill Cassidy needs to hear from you! All of you! Call his D.C. office : (202) 224-5824

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RFK Jr. names 8 new members of vaccine advisory panel Several of the new members appear to have a history of expressing anti-vaccine sentiment.

I'll give non-anti-vaxxers a chance but I know what Malone, Kulldorff, Levi, & Pebsworth will do.

They're going after the HPV, HBV, MMR, & polio vaccines. Cancer & child mortality will skyrocket. Kids in iron lungs for the first time in 60 yrs. Make America Dead Again
www.axios.com/2025/06/11/r...

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