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Independent film critic, est. 2011 - https://moviegoing.rocks / blogger & columnist | SEFCA member | 🍅s approved | Always ⚜️🍿 #TeamNOLAFilm

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 14d

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Moviegoing with Bill

Movie reviews "that care forgot," from Hollywood South's independent film critic.

www.moviegoing.rocks

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Bill Chambers @flmfrkcentral.bsky.social · 4h

FFC interviews actor/filmmaker Crispin Glover, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/10/inst...

Instincts: FFC Interviews Crispin Glover - FILM FREAK CENTRAL

by Walter Chaw I love Crispin Glover because he is always only Crispin Glover. He is a singular artist, driven by instinct and a desire to speak truth to power as both an actor and a filmmaker. He is ...

filmfreakcentral.net

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NPR @npr.org · 3h

Hamas on Monday began releasing the final Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza, a major milestone in the efforts to end the devastating two years of war in the Palestinian territory. n.pr/476knmT

In a major milestone, Hamas begins releasing final Israeli hostages

Hamas on Monday began releasing the final Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza, a major milestone in the efforts to end the devastating two years of war in the Palestinian territory.

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 3h

Help @rendy.bsky.social reach his goal! www.gofundme.com/f/help-cover...

Donate to Help Cover Unexpected Rent for Freelance Journalist, organized by Rendy Rsome Jones

Happy Pride! Earlier this month I learned that my super, of … Rendy Rsome Jones needs your support for Help Cover Unexpected Rent for Freelance Journalist

www.gofundme.com

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 6h

i dream of seeing it on 70mm www.in70mm.com/presents/196...

“Dick Tracy”: The North American 70mm Engagements

www.in70mm.com

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Buddy Spell @buddyspell.bsky.social · 1d

Fort Worth, Texas.

#WeAreEverywhere

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 6h

What other things can indie movie theaters do to get your ticket? www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH7e...

Independent movie theaters get creative to stay afloat

YouTube video by CBS Mornings

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HELLFRAZIER @popnpizza.bsky.social · 9h

I want a GRINDHOUSE II with Robert Rodriguez’s STAB and Tarantino going a Rick Dalton / Cliff Booth sci-fi action horror spectacle, with trailers from Jordan Peele, Zach Cregger, the Philippou brothers, and Coralie
Fargeat.

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 16h

They dumped Frank Grillo for a dude named Skeletor, and the movie excelled as a result!

Seriously, a badass movie.

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 17h

a great movie. great movie.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

have been thinking of rewatching THE FIRST PURGE in light of the federal paramilitaries trying to instigate violence and provoke a reaction from americans

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 16h

George enters his "walk out like a hero" era.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Alan Cernobite @alancerny.bsky.social · 22h

This is my favorite video of the weekend. The joy of the guy who saved his favorite wrestler from elimination.

Andy @andy.wrestlejoy.com · 1d

Mexican luchador Charro Negro being helped by a fan to avoid being eliminated touching the floor during a Battle Royal match. 🤼

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Lisa Guido @guidoo.bsky.social · 1d

“I don’t have a name when I ride this big airplane / They just call me one more deportee.” @smithsonianmag.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

The Only Recording of Woody Guthrie Singing the Protest Song 'Deportee' Has Been Released for the First Time

The singer-songwriter recorded the audio on a reel-to-reel tape machine in his apartment in the 1950s. Now, the previously unheard song has been restored using A.I. audio technology

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

RESULT: New Orleans has a new mayor. Helena Moreno, a Democrat known as a progressive member of the city council, easily won today’s mayoral race and cleared the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff. She’ll replace the retiring Democratic Mayor, Cantrell.

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Solar Rays @solarrays.bsky.social · 1d

World Series Prediction (going into the League Championship Series):

Brewers V Mariners

Call it an underdog matchup, but even the powerhouses tend to fall at the most insane times. Seattle in 6, Milwaukee in 7.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 2d

I saw this, laughed, changed screens and now I can't find it again or I would credit it fully: Someone described Kid Rock, who was apparently attempting to opine on something tonight, as being "the human equivalent of an above-ground pool."

Perfect.

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WBAY-TV @wbay.com · 1d

Several Friday night shootings in Mississippi at high school homecoming celebrations left multiple people dead and injured.

Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly; 6 killed, several injured in shootings

Several Friday night shootings in Mississippi at high school homecoming celebrations left multiple people dead and injured.

www.wbay.com

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 1d

but...Portland.
but...Chicago.
but...Antifa.

(seriously, what a basterd)

Steve Yelvington @yelvington.com · 1d

MLK gravesite vandalized

www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed – WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 1d

She was an absolutely wonderful actress- and a rare and fascinating person. Thoughts with her children and sisters. Rest in peace Diane.

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Scott Mendelson @scottmendelson.bsky.social · 1d

Theaters are forced to survive on expired brand leftovers and IP-for-IP franchise attempts, while studios can blame “Nobody goes to the movies!” and/or “Go woke, go broke” for their painfully foreseeable mistakes.
(The #TronAres Friday #boxoffice report, sadly 15 morbillion years in the making)

Why Predictable Box Office Bombs Like 'Tron: Ares' Hurt Everyone

Theaters are forced to subsist with inferior IP leftovers, while studios get to blame “Nobody goes to the movies!” and/or “Go woke, go broke” for predictable flops.

open.substack.com

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 1d

A most vital documentary, and not just for the current times we live in. My review: www.moviegoing.rocks/strippednews/

⚜️🍿

‘Stripped for Parts’ Is Front and Center in the Fight for an Informed Society

Where hedge funds and media consolidations are the enemies of democracy.

www.moviegoing.rocks

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Vidiots @vidiots.bsky.social · 1d

Vidiots spotted 😍 www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ind...

How indie theaters are evolving in a new era: "Everybody wants movies in their lives"

The owners and operators of independent cinemas are working to adapt as audience habits change.

www.cbsnews.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

When Obama was president the right wing acted like masked government agents were coming to kidnap them and take all their rights away.

Then Republicans get elected and actually do that shit for real.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 1d

I would've seen TRON: ARES if Jared Leto did the whole movie looking like this:

Jared Leto looking like Jeffrey Tambor in HOUSE OF GUCCI.

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