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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 2d

i just need to hear the soundtrack in a venue straight thru no movie 😮‍💨

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 2d

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A ★★★★ review of Baby Boom (1987)

diane keaton had hoes for real. sam shepard?? nancy meyers cooked with this one. everything that should feel goofy and cliche just feels fun and romantic. i love movies!

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 3d

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A ★★★½ review of Mad Money (2008)

“every woman should keep a little mad money tucked away just in case.” these women are heroes. diane keaton’s comic sensibilities make her perfect for a film like this and she has the gravitas to make...

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 3d

As was often the case, Roger was right.

😱🩸Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🎃🔪 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 3d

see also:

roger ebert four star review of dick tracy

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 7d

My next book will be a biography of Jack Nicholson, written as an epic story of the transformation of the movie industry and modern masculinity from the 1950s to the present, with Nicholson as the main character. The title: Leading Man.

New York Times bestselling author and film & TV critic at New York Magazine Matt Zoller Seitz's LEADING MAN, the definitive biography of Jack Nicholson, casting Nicholson as the complex main character in an era of American culture spanning six decades, while shining a light on the actor’s crucial role in shaping modern masculinity, both on and off the screen, based on new interviews and original reporting, to Amar Deol at Grand Central, in an exclusive submission, by Ethan Bassoff at WME.

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 8d

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A ★★★ review of Christine (1983)

tightly made, it is john carpenter after all, and the score is banging but i hated all of these characters especially arnie. maybe if the gay subtext with dennis was text. bitchin car tho!

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 9d

i wrote about pta & one battle after another

pta's acts of contrition

One Battle After Another, sex, and forgiveness

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sal @sanguinesal.bsky.social · 9d

another 10/10 read!! also to the other ira stans out there who are as slow as me, i just realized that there’s a substack chat in which ira is active (free to subscribe & participate in). you should join it with me!! ☺️

Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 9d

my album review

she's not your average showgirl

On Taylor Swift's new album, Sweden's artistic legacy, and pop beef

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 9d

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A ★★★★ review of Marty Supreme (2025)

in life, you’re either the baker or the baker’s wife and i’m pretty sure josh safdie thinks if the end is right, it justifies the beans.

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 9d

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 9d

my album review

she's not your average showgirl

On Taylor Swift's new album, Sweden's artistic legacy, and pop beef

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 10d

I told you guys back when ICE first invaded LA the agents tried to go into my hometown Whittier public library to pee. When the librarians told them to get lost they peed all over the building and flower beds in broad daylight.

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 11d

The way these people think they're entitled to whatever they want. This is what happens when you raise children who are never told no. 1/

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'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 10d

Can you spare something for Hammam and Abood and the family?

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 11d

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Pillion (2025)

A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 12d

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A ★★★★★ review of Autumn Sonata (1978)

sympathy is a knife: the movie. unfortunately this movie was very triggering in a way that no other film i’ve seen about mothers and their children (maybe beside xavier dolan’s i killed my mother, but...

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 12d

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A ★★★★★ review of Persona (1966)

i immediately recognized the strindberg influences (the first play that truly shook me in college was the ghost sonata). bergman said of strindberg’s plays, “he expressed things which I’d experienced ...

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 15d

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A ★★★½ review of An Affair to Remember (1957)

contemporary critics derided the second half’s spin into over the top nonsense, but i fucking love it … divas in the 50s were constantly being struck by cars (like magnificent obsession, a blessedly 1...

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 16d

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A ★★★★★ review of One Battle After Another (2025)

hell yeah i have some thoughts on the black characters in this that i’ll solidify on a second watch (immediate rewatch, prob this week). but a movie this rad, with such dynamic characters (not me sta...

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 17d

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A ★★★ review of High Fidelity (2000)

john cusack is a horrible boyfriend but a relentlessly charming one. inspirational. none of the music in this is for me, however. the fx show is infinitely better (rip).

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cece🩸resurrection era @realitycece.bsky.social · 17d

the prophecy is complete #bb27

Warner graduated without honors, without a girlfriend, and without any job offers.

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 19d

kaleb’s writing was brilliant and he was incredibly funny and i loved talking to him during our year at mtv news

all our work was deleted from the internet but you can still read kaleb’s archived essays here:

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Marie (same one) @marieberd.bsky.social · 19d

my husband @kalebhorton.bsky.social hated the phrase “passed away” and had nothing but scorn for softening euphemisms in general. he was a firm believer in the comedy rule of threes, but only if the third thing can hit as a surprise. and he just died

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 19d

i’m very sorry, marie ❤️

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19d

not true

Kyle Kulinski on Twitter posts an illustrated image, where Laura Loomer tells Hasan Piker "WE'RE DEPORTING YOU BACK TO TURKEY." In the drawing, Hasan Piker replies: "I was born in New Jersey."

Laura Loomer replies to Kyle: "The left has no sense of humor."

On September 6, 2024, Laura Loomer posts a video, where she eats dog food. She writes on Twitter: "I just ate dog food. It's human grade. Which means you and your dog can share a taste, nutrient dense treat together. Order yours today at [link]"

I post a screenshot of this tweet and write: "i setup a fake dog food company last month, bought purina at the pet store, and paid laura loomer $100 for this post."

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Ira Madison III @irathethird.bsky.social · 19d

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A ★★★★ review of 3 Women (1977)

sissy spacek’s wicked laugh will haunt me forever i loved everything i watched even if i wasn’t sure what i was watching most of the time, it felt like a fever dream. i’ll need to revisit it and i’m ...

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 20d

THREAD.
(And Paulina Borsook has indeed had a very interesting life.)

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 22d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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