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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · 5d

wrote about diane keaton forever choosing to go solo despite all the romantic comedies.

At the end of Baby Boom, the 1987 film starring Diane Keaton as a career woman who suddenly becomes a mother after “inheriting” a baby, she stands before a board room full of the very men who decided ...

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · 11d

wrote about the dual meaning of that robe... defector.com/the-robe-run...

The Robe Runner | Defector

“She’s a runner, you a stone.” That’s a weird thing to say to Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, Pat Calhoun, in One Battle After Another, given that the first time we see him in the film, he is in motion...

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Sep 26

wrote about THE SIMPSONS, a show people can't stop quoting to me even tho i have never seen an entire episode. (s/o to @alansiegella.bsky.social for sending me his book despite this).

To Artistic Freedom: The Cause Of, And Solution To, All Of Life’s Problems | Defector

People have been quoting The Simpsons to me so often, and for so long, that even if I don’t recognize the quote, I am able to recognize that it’s from The Simpsons. When I do recognize the quote, it’s...

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Sep 19

Tried, included the ONE I found ;)

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Sep 18

!!!

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Sep 18

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Sep 18

A more perfect movie does not exist.

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Sep 18

YOU CANNOT COUNT THEM THERE ARE TOO MANY

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Sep 18

This from @sorayaroberts.bsky.social is delightful, I too long loved the Redford double take. A couple more favorites in movies she mentions—elevator in All the President's Men ("Is there any place you don't smoke?"), and the joint double takes with Poitier and Phoenix on the balcony in Sneakers

Robert Redford Made An Art Of The Double Take | Defector

When I read that Robert Redford died on Tuesday, I did a double take. I didn’t realize he was 89, but even if he was, he had that air of immortality that attaches to all true movie stars. The double t...

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Sep 18

THERE ARE SO MANY, DAVE.

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Sep 18

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Sep 18

wrote about robert redford's trademark second look.

Robert Redford Made An Art Of The Double Take | Defector

When I read that Robert Redford died on Tuesday, I did a double take. I didn’t realize he was 89, but even if he was, he had that air of immortality that attaches to all true movie stars. The double t...

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Aug 15

could write several thousand words about marc maron on the cover of thr and what that says about journalism rn.

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Jul 31

nothing like spending months on a super sprawling reported culture piece to make you realize how few places run that shit anymore...if anyone has any names for places that do i would love to hear them.

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Jul 23

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soraya roberts @sorayaroberts.bsky.social · Jul 7

if you are a culture critic, it's rare to have your work be actively obviously useful, but i wrote about writer hanif kureishi suddenly becoming a paraplegic and capturing his changing perspective in his new memoir, SHATTERED, and got a magical comment. defector.com/hanif-kureis...