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movies, socialism, occasionally history. newsletters on film, horror novel in progress. he/him https://peterraleigh.substack.com/

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · Sep 3

For Long Library this week, I wrote a little about Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest and a lot more about Tony Scott's Taking of Pelham 123. Hope you enjoy!
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After the Crash

Remaking New York in Highest 2 Lowest and The Taking of Pelham 123

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1h

They’re doing this because it’s so successful

Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

Meta is cutting around 600 roles in AI unit, Axios reports reut.rs/4opgmAI

Meta is cutting around 600 roles in AI unit, Axios reports

Meta is cutting roughly 600 positions out of the several thousand roles within its Superintelligence Labs artificial intelligence unit, Axios reported on Wednesday.

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 20h

Fun as hell thread here

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · May 16

I'm finally starting this project to watch the entire Touchstone Pictures filmography (every film associated with the Disney label whether through production or distribution) from 1984-2016 & share my thoughts on each release in this thread. Follow along as I revisit the hits, misses & obscurities.

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 1d

Look sometimes you put on a few and a wardrobe update is expensive

Trill Withers @tyleriam.bsky.social · 1d

These buttons SCREAMIN on the kid

Davy Boy @averylargebear.bsky.social · 1d

The thing with Ohtani for me is that he has exactly one comp in baseball history, and it's a guy who was regarded as mythical even in his own time. And Ohtani's more talented than *that*

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 4d

The life

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 5d

Since it's that time of year I'm going to re-share my Halloween piece from last year, about two of my favorite films of the season. Tap in if you didn't last October (or hell, even if you did!)

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · Oct 30

Friends, for Halloween I wrote about Fright Night, the Guest, and what we learn about ourselves when a stranger comes calling. Would love it if you'd read
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When The Man Comes Around

The Guest, Fright Night, and the American Stranger

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Jake Tropila @jaketropila.bsky.social · 5d

For its 30th anniversary I wrote about STRANGE DAYS, its prophetic vision of the future, Kathryn Bigelow’s formal mastery, and how it ends things on a bold glimmer of hope. Now live over at InReviewOnline:
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Nothing Ever Changes: Passion & Prophecy in Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days | In Review Online

You ready? Yeah, boot it. Strange Days should have launched Kathryn Bigelow’s career into the stratosphere. Having conquered land, sea, and air in 1991’s Nothing Ever Changes: Passion & Prophecy in Ka...

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 5d

If I can't make an excuse to write about that movie why even have a newsletter?

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 5d

Whiffing on three grand juries is crazy. I didn't even think that was possible

David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro lost 3x in a closely watched case that arose during the transfer of detainees to ICE outside of the D.C. jail.

~three grand jury no bills;
~one acquittal by the judge;
~one acquittal by the petit jury.

Juries are doing their jobs.

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Jury Acquittal Hands Jeanine Pirro A Big L

Three-Time Loser In a closely watched case, a federal jury acquitted a...

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 5d

Since it's that time of year I'm going to re-share my Halloween piece from last year, about two of my favorite films of the season. Tap in if you didn't last October (or hell, even if you did!)

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · Oct 30

Friends, for Halloween I wrote about Fright Night, the Guest, and what we learn about ourselves when a stranger comes calling. Would love it if you'd read
peterraleigh.substack.com/p/when-the-m...

When The Man Comes Around

The Guest, Fright Night, and the American Stranger

peterraleigh.substack.com

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 5d

Telling it like it is

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 5d

No longer a small one imo. They're saying it's a very good-sized entity

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 5d

Really good piece man. I don't love this one like I should on paper but I think you make the strong case for Zombie really well.

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danielgorman20 @danielgorman20.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t share much writing anymore because really what’s the point but here’s the time I wrote about The Devil’s Rejects, a true masterpiece of a crumbling American empire: inreviewonline.com/2023/01/13/t...

The Devil's Rejects — Rob Zombie | In Review Online

The Devil's Rejects Review | A film by Rob Zombie - thoughtfully reviewed by the staff at InReviewOnline

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kate wagner @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 7d

wrote briefly about architecture and the situation at u Chicago www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?

The answer is simple: to spend untold sums on useless buildings by starchitects.

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 5d

One area in which moving platforms would certainly constitute a Setback

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 5d

The next time someone posts this kind of breakdown I'm determined to make the cut

Nicole “loose critic” Veneto @kuntsuragi.bsky.social · 6d

We can rebuild her anew on a new platform.

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 6d

HOW is that guy still around

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 6d

I'm not bad! Keeping busy. Trying to write a lot. Same old same old

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 6d

Liberal pro-Israel politics in the United States and the Anglosphere writ large relies upon an idealized version of a state which does not exist, a political elite which does not act the way the West pretends it does, and a civil society which is far more conservative than the West likes to imagine.

LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 6d

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 6d

You too man!

Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 6d

Sup king, how you been?

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 6d

Do they not have the saluting guy emoji on here? I can't find the damn saluting guy emoji. Anyway pretend I posted three of the saluting guy emoji in response to this

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 6d

Howdy folks. Will try to be more active over here. If we haven't talked in awhile then I hope you're well! If we just talked I still hope that but have more recent evidence.

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Peter Raleigh @petreraleigh.bsky.social · 15d

If only we'd thought of this sooner! The hours of sleep we could have had!

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Daniella @daniellamazzio.bsky.social · 22d

Have I ever said that I think THE INSIDER is the greatest movie ever made? Well, for my In Review Online debut, I write about the movie's relevant understanding of journalism's capitulating limitations and how those themes are elevated by Mann's signatures.

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Wool Over Our Eyes: The Enduring Relevance of Michael Mann's The Insider | In Review Online

A film criticism essay on The Insider (1999), directed by Michael Mann, for film review site In Review Online.

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