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Brandon D. Wilson

@geniusbastard.bsky.social

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Cinéaste maudit. Educator. Dad of 2. Quinquagenarian. Man of Appetites. Film writer. UCLA '94, M.F.A. '99. 2nd gen native Angeleno. Pro-union. Anti-fascist. Clearly not the actor from NICKEL BOYS. He/Him.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · Nov 10

This is my second feature: SEPULVEDA.
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SEPULVEDA

Three friends (Kristina Elena Amaya, Karla Jovel, Leslie Reyes) decide on a whim to drive the entirety of Southern California's longest street but end up learning…

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1h

Absolutely horrible news - Saleh was killed today

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 1h

Bunchy Carter was born 83 years ago today.

Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · Jan 17

1/17/1969: Los Angeles chapter Black Panther members Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter and John Huggins are shot to death during a summit between the BPP and their rival US Organization in Campbell Hall on UCLA’s campus. Carter was 26, Huggins was 23.

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Matteo Persivale @mpersivale.bsky.social · 2h

There’s an interview where Allen points out that Keaton’s loopy genius was such that she couldn’t deliver a joke — she’d fuck up the line reading, shift the emphasis & it fell apart. So he moved all the jokes to Alvy’s lines—“and she ended getting all the laughs”. Hope she’s studied for a long time

Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 2h

This purchase would be catastrophic for film and the culture. Sadly, I can see fash billionaires wanting to buy the studio responsible for SINNERS and ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER so they can break it.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3h

Warner Bros has rejected Paramount’s first bid to buy the company

(via Bloomberg)

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 3h

It’s so fucking irritating how these people unaccountably exert power but then also demand we bless it as legitimate. You’re the ones tearing up every contract, we don’t owe you shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 3h

Misogynist are always punishing women. But I don’t think the film is endorsing that character’s POV at all. But sure, she naively h throws herself into so many bad situations one can’t help but feel the film is editorializing. But I dont think it is. Especially since no woman in this is doing well.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h

also "retribution" implies he was wronged in some way by the people he's persecuting, subtly justifying what he's doing. bsky.app/profile/reun...

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 1d

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 3h

But there’s a sensational aspect to choosing to tell this story that wouldn’t exist if she’d been a bus driver or taxi driver attorney or didn’t meet the end she met. So I get how it feels a bit ick.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 3h

Maybe. I was struck by the similarity to what Lynch did with Laura Palmer. Even Theresa’s murder feels like Twin Peaks. Clearly there are two ways to read the duality of these characters. I tend to think it challenges us to reject the Madonna-Whore dichotomy.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 4h

I upped my rating to 4.5 stars. I think it reaches that place where even its flaws work for it.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 4h

I think the fact that Atherton’s Nice Irish Boy is presented so unsympathetically is the tell. I think the POV is this is a tragedy in which the libertinism of the times also unleashed a lot of misogynist horror. I didn’t feel the film judged Theresa, even as she makes some questionable choices.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 4h

No I just kind of assumed she had. But it seems fitting that she didn’t.

Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 4h

It’s hard to tell the difference at times. We do not like movies like this, as a rule. And yet, the film has a truth to it, ugly though it is.

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 5h

Mom of two children with disabilities here —

There are no words for this cruelty.

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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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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 4h

I was thinking SNL would do a tribute card to Diane Keaton and then I learned she never hosted or appeared on the show. 👑

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 5h

Rimshot!

Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 5h

I saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER at the Alamo Drafthouse last night,, which is probably the most dads who've ever been at a PTA meeting.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 5h

The high for the next three days is in the 60s. And rain is on the way.

two cartoon characters are standing next to each other with their mouths wide open

ALT: two cartoon characters are standing next to each other with their mouths wide open

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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 6h

One of the signature actresses of her or any era, and a woman who paved a path most Hollywood actresses -haven't- followed: dressing to express joy and a sense of self. On Diane Keaton: time.com/7325208/dian...

The Astonishing Versatility of Diane Keaton

Keaton, who died at 79, is often remembered for her comedic performance in Annie Hall, but she did so much more throughout her career.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 17h

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 18h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t recommend watching this before going to sleep. boxd.it/blkWdf

A ★★★★ review of Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

So much goes so right in this film, released just 6 months after Annie Hall. Keaton is amazing and it is great to see her carry a film in her shoulders instead of play a love interest to one of the gi...

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 19h

The stupidest fucking people are running the country. They're cruel and heartless, but they're also just really stupid.

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 20h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 21h

a woman is standing in front of a bulletin board with a sign on it that says ' where can i help you '

ALT: a woman is standing in front of a bulletin board with a sign on it that says ' where can i help you '

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 21h

God Alvy is so awful.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22h

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I've been in the Capitol, and there's two things I couldn't find this week: I couldn't find anywhere the Epstein files and also couldn't find the Republican plan to fix the absolutely destroyed health insurance industry."

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