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reading less, comprehending little, expecting more: illiteracy and the movies. — maxine aya writes...
scroll on any social media platform after a new movie release and you will get a firsthand look at the media illiteracy crisis – failure to grasp plot, failure to grasp story, failure to grasp perspec...
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reading less, comprehending little, expecting more: illiteracy and the movies.
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If you're watching Heated Rivalry and thinking, "Holy shit there's all this sex and pleasure and fun and yearning and character exploration and I think they might figure it out and find happiness, is this even legal???" I am begging you to start reading genre romance, you are going to be thrilled!
December 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
If you're watching Heated Rivalry and thinking, "Holy shit there's all this sex and pleasure and fun and yearning and character exploration and I think they might figure it out and find happiness, is this even legal???" I am begging you to start reading genre romance, you are going to be thrilled!
do it! do it! just finished watching it for a 4th time.
Kinda want to rewatch episode 3 of Heated Rivalry
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
do it! do it! just finished watching it for a 4th time.
episode 3 of #heatedrivalry is everything i love about romance as a genre.
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
episode 3 of #heatedrivalry is everything i love about romance as a genre.
if you want your apartment to smell like an auntie anne’s.
December 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
if you want your apartment to smell like an auntie anne’s.
RIP to my empire state building view. it was a wonderful almost 7 years. 😩😢
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
RIP to my empire state building view. it was a wonderful almost 7 years. 😩😢
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The WHY IS THERE SO MUCH BONING IN THE BONING GENRE "Heated Rivalry" takes are so much less interesting than the ones from young gay men being broken open in real time by discovering yearning.
December 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The WHY IS THERE SO MUCH BONING IN THE BONING GENRE "Heated Rivalry" takes are so much less interesting than the ones from young gay men being broken open in real time by discovering yearning.
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How ‘Heated Rivalry’ Sex Scenes Are Filmed, According to the Intimacy Coordinator
Everyone's Talking About the 'Heated Rivarly' Sex Scenes—Meet the Woman Who Choreographed Them
Intimacy coordinator Chala Hunter talks about crafting the show’s steamiest moments, and why they’re revolutionary.
www.elle.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
How ‘Heated Rivalry’ Sex Scenes Are Filmed, According to the Intimacy Coordinator
nbd, just the actress who plays riri williams on the same train car as me. 🤣
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
nbd, just the actress who plays riri williams on the same train car as me. 🤣
she is SO FINE. my God today.
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
she is SO FINE. my God today.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is leading the pack with a jaw-dropping 17 Critics Choice Award nominations coming within a breath of Barbie’s record-setting 18 just two years ago.
'Sinners' Leads the Critics Choice Awards with 17 Nominations | Black Girl Nerds
The nominations for the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards are officially out. on E!, and this year the ceremony is leveling up in a major way.
blackgirlnerds.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the only thing i have to say about this acquisition announcement is that it’s a great day to watch SENTIMENTAL VALUE. ☺️
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
the only thing i have to say about this acquisition announcement is that it’s a great day to watch SENTIMENTAL VALUE. ☺️
i haven’t seen an AVATAR film since the first one during my senior year of college. i just attended my 15yr reunion this spring. no plans to change that. 🤣
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
i haven’t seen an AVATAR film since the first one during my senior year of college. i just attended my 15yr reunion this spring. no plans to change that. 🤣
all but TRAIN DREAMS and MARTY SUPREME — will probably see the former this weekend and i already have a ticket booked for the latter.
i won’t be seeing AVATAR or WICKED.
i won’t be seeing AVATAR or WICKED.
How many of these films have you seen? Sadly, only one for me (Sinners). I must catch up before the Oscars. This list is a good predictor for Best Picture nominations. I’ve heard great things about Bugonia, Train Dreams (filmed in WA!), Frankenstein and Hamnet.
AFI Names 2025's Top 10 Films & TV Shows - Australia News Beep
Warner Bros. Pictures
www.newsbeep.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
all but TRAIN DREAMS and MARTY SUPREME — will probably see the former this weekend and i already have a ticket booked for the latter.
i won’t be seeing AVATAR or WICKED.
i won’t be seeing AVATAR or WICKED.
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tricky thing with Sinners is we end up centring "white vampires vs black musicians" in our conversations, failing to take into account that the movie is literally called "Sinners," opens with a guy choosing whether to stay in his dad's church, and every conversation in the movie is about choices
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
tricky thing with Sinners is we end up centring "white vampires vs black musicians" in our conversations, failing to take into account that the movie is literally called "Sinners," opens with a guy choosing whether to stay in his dad's church, and every conversation in the movie is about choices
SO clear. (and it's generally coogler's choices that don't work for me that make this most clear, lol.)
in any case i’d describe coogler (like peele) as very much being the children of stephen spielberg and if they were white this would be abundantly clear
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
SO clear. (and it's generally coogler's choices that don't work for me that make this most clear, lol.)
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I've said this before about Coogler but basically any white director with his resume of hit making would be treated as the second coming of Spielberg, the way JJ Abrams was (with less justification) like 10-15 years ago.
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I've said this before about Coogler but basically any white director with his resume of hit making would be treated as the second coming of Spielberg, the way JJ Abrams was (with less justification) like 10-15 years ago.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it's how we end up talking about Sinners and Nope like they're naturally aligned, instead of talking about how Nope, Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Sinners together mark the dawn of a new age of existentialist blockbusters
black creators of various stripes are often forced into categories so as to make them legible and (i’d say) shrink the ambitions of their work.
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haven’t stopped laughing at this yet.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
haven’t stopped laughing at this yet.
my top 3! i switch the order of SORRY, BABY and SENTIMENTAL VALUE every other day.
I've seen 116 movies this year. These are my 5 star films of 2025. (Seeing Hamnet tomorrow afternoon)
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
my top 3! i switch the order of SORRY, BABY and SENTIMENTAL VALUE every other day.
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Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
it is, and it’s why i have an intense love-hate relationship with the film. 😂
One Battle After Another is like a GenX Iliad
December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
it is, and it’s why i have an intense love-hate relationship with the film. 😂
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We concluded our Michael B. Jordan retrospective with a sold out members-only screening of SINNERS in 70mm! ❤️🔥🤩❤️🔥
Thank you to 2025 American Cinematheque Award recipient Michael B. Jordan for coming out to the Aero for an excellent Q&A moderated by @thatjacqueline.bsky.social.
Thank you to 2025 American Cinematheque Award recipient Michael B. Jordan for coming out to the Aero for an excellent Q&A moderated by @thatjacqueline.bsky.social.
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We concluded our Michael B. Jordan retrospective with a sold out members-only screening of SINNERS in 70mm! ❤️🔥🤩❤️🔥
Thank you to 2025 American Cinematheque Award recipient Michael B. Jordan for coming out to the Aero for an excellent Q&A moderated by @thatjacqueline.bsky.social.
Thank you to 2025 American Cinematheque Award recipient Michael B. Jordan for coming out to the Aero for an excellent Q&A moderated by @thatjacqueline.bsky.social.
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Hi friends.
As your hottie friend doing work on data centers, I am BEGGING you to stop using AI.
It is not worth the increase in your electricity bills.
the increase in water bills
the emergency room visits
the droughts
the degradation of ecosystems
the fatalities
the racism
As your hottie friend doing work on data centers, I am BEGGING you to stop using AI.
It is not worth the increase in your electricity bills.
the increase in water bills
the emergency room visits
the droughts
the degradation of ecosystems
the fatalities
the racism
a man is laying on a bed with a glass of water in his hand and looking up at the camera .
ALT: a man is laying on a bed with a glass of water in his hand and looking up at the camera .
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hi friends.
As your hottie friend doing work on data centers, I am BEGGING you to stop using AI.
It is not worth the increase in your electricity bills.
the increase in water bills
the emergency room visits
the droughts
the degradation of ecosystems
the fatalities
the racism
As your hottie friend doing work on data centers, I am BEGGING you to stop using AI.
It is not worth the increase in your electricity bills.
the increase in water bills
the emergency room visits
the droughts
the degradation of ecosystems
the fatalities
the racism
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I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.