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Abe Goldfarb

@abegoldfarb.bsky.social

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Dirtbag artist and humorless leftist scold. Pronouns: he/him/your lusciousness. Watch my movie, FIRST TIME CALLER!! https://www.amazon.com/First-Time-Caller-Abe-Goldfarb/dp/B0CJ5P5QKR

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 12d

Holy shit you guys it’s the spookiest month. You should watch my eerie little science fiction movie that the New York Times and Mike Flanagan thought was good as hell.

FIRST TIME CALLER is on Tubi and Prime Video!

A poster for FIRST TIME CALLER featuring me looking through a moonlit window and a quote from the New York Times:

"A neat concept neatly executed. Brynn and Goldfarb have done an exemplary job making a dynamic film."

A poster for FIRST TIME CALLER featuring me in headphones at a mic, smirking, and a quote from Mike Flanagan:

"Very Impressive, Amazingly Kinetic, Genre-Bending, An Excellent Indie Thriller."

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1h

It’s enough to make you almost forget that Jared Leto is in it.

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1h

when the opening credit techno hits

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 9h

Okay this is amazing news and I will DEVOUR it, but I’m high and for a moment I was like “WHAT LUNATIC BOUTIQUE LABEL IS DOING A NEW WORLD PICTURES BOX SET”

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 9h

wait wait holy fuck WHAT

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 9h

It was absolutely BERSERK to live through that and now see it romanticized and mourned as a more rational, mindful era for the right.

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 9h

I don’t really get how the young Republican mind can hold “Hitler was actually a leftist, but we must admit he had some fabulous ideas” without combusting

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 9h

It’s a shame that expensive, critically acclaimed flops never have a shelf life. I mean Jesus Christ who’s even heard of BLADE RUNNER

variety.com/2025/film/bo...

‘One Battle After Another’ Projected to Lose $100 Million Theatrically as ‘Smashing Machine’ and Others Also Struggle Due to Oversized Budgets

Why "The Smashing Machine," "One Battle After Another" and other buzzy films are failing to make a profit at the box office.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 12h

when the lakes are all poisoned and empty and the amazon can no longer support life, consider that we will at least be able to find out what Taken would look like if it starred Eric Cartman

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 1d

"Transsexuality is bourgeois" reflects the common belief that medicine, technology, and any improvements to quality of life are owed to capitalism. The reality is that capitalism holds these improvements hostage for the sake of wealth.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 22h

I loved that it basically refuted the entire current application of AI (surveillance and forgery) for something literally utopian (a tree!).

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 22h

It’s real good. Great action, current concerns, terrific new wrinkles in the aesthetic. I was startled how much I liked it actually.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 22h

I understand that this is an invitation to reply to me with critiques about the movies of TRON. Please do not take the invitation. I just like my zoomy little neon computer buddies.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 22h

Listen, I’d make some comments about TRON: ARES but what the fuck am I gonna say except that I love my little computer world and all the computational doings therein? You make a TRON movie, I’m 99% for sure going to love it.

(Also all them has had something provocative&interesting behind the flash)

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 22h

Back in the day I yammered a lot about having problems with the writing, now I just ease happily into the craft and the world of it. It might be Shyamalan’s most beautiful directing, which is saying a lot.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

RIP D’Angelo. This absolutely sucks. Too fucking young. Just an insanely great artist on every level.

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

the most predictable, infuriating shit that could have happened

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Israel kills seven Palestinians in violation of Gaza ceasefire - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-seven-palestinians-violation-gaza-ceasefire

Israel kills seven Palestinians in violation of Gaza ceasefire

<article data-history-node-id="430185" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-seven-palestinians-violation-gaza-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-seven-palestinians-violation-gaza-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel kills seven Palestinians in violation of Gaza ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> forces killed at least seven <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in violation of the ceasefire agreement signed last week.</p> <p>According to local health officials, six people were killed in Gaza City and one in Khan Younis.</p> <p>In Gaza City’s eastern Shujaiya neighbourhood, at least five people were killed in an aerial attack while inspecting their homes, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.</p> <p>Separately, a drone strike in the town of al-Fukhari, east of Khan Younis, killed one person.</p> <p>These attacks constitute a breach of the ceasefire agreement that took effect on Friday, which explicitly <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/full-text-agreement-signed-israel-and-hamas-end-war-gaza" target="_blank">stated</a> that “all military operations, including aerial and artillery bombardment and targeting operations, will be suspended”.</p> <p>You can read more <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-violates-ceasefire-terms-shelling-several-areas-gaza">here</a>.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

I think it’s mostly because she’s a lying dumbass with no skills beyond sweet-talking venture capital.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

His art felt like a dream of the movies. One of the all timers. RIP.

io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 1d

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

gizmodo.com

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blights u @bitesu.kawaii.social · 8d

its shoe beans tuesday

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 2d

Unironically Lucky Luciano, who helped win World War 2 with the power of crime

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Dec 16

Eyeballing Jack Reacher right now. Big guy, obviously, but I don't think he sees me coming. As a henchman, this is the sort of moment that makes or breaks your career. I think I should go for it.

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MadAlien Earth @fauxedo.bsky.social · 2d

John Carpenter made some of the greatest movies of all time and then retired to make music with his son and play video games. It’s possible he has lived the greatest life in human history.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 3d

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 3d

Might be a bit too brain-fried to really get into it. But my Letterboxd is where I (infrequently) write essays on my all-timers. boxd.it/52ta5

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Abe uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 34 films watched. Favorites: The Third Man (1949), Duck Soup (1933), Throw Down (2004), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). Bio: I act in so...

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 3d

Delayed flights do terrible things to a man

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