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Tomris Laffly

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Film Writer/Critic | ✍🏼 Variety, RogerEbert.com, The Playlist, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, TIME, Vulture, W Mag, Filmmaker Mag etc. | NYFCC member | Dog lover… ♥️

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · May 27

I screened 40 titles exactly in the #Cannes lineup, and here are 15 films that excited me the most. Lynne Ramsay! Oliver Hermanus! Bi Gan! Joachim Trier! Hafzia Herzi! Oh mon dieu… For Elle Magazine: www.elle.com/culture/movi...

The 15 Best Cannes Films That Will Dominate This Awards Season

Charli xcx was right; it is Joachim Trier Summer.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 4h

Bari Weiss is Bari-Weissing hard.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 4h

The excitement in the air in 1996 around the release of THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, starring three goddesses. The utter joy & anticipation in which we ran to the theater. The singing heart I had afterwards, knowing I’d be back ASAP to rewatch it.

I feel lucky to have experienced that.

three women in white coats are dancing in a hallway .

ALT: three women in white coats are dancing in a hallway .

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 5h

“A good start, but…”

SAY NO MORE PLEASE.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 5h

Someone shutting JD up was the most satisfying thing I watched in a while.

Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 5h

“You’re speaking to the Vice President of the United States and…”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 6h

When people were like “you’re still very young” to me when I was in my 30s, I kind of tolerated it because….yes. 30s is still very young. But in my late 40s, I will kindly tell you to f*ck off.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 6h

Some people on socials are all too eager to treat me like a young, inexperienced person and explain shockingly and comically obvious things like more legends will age and pass every year.

Um, I’m 47 (as in, almost 50). And so please take your condescending bullshit elsewhere.

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Turner Classic Movies @tcmtv.bsky.social · 1d

We say goodbye to iconic actress Diane Keaton.

A true original of the silver screen, the Oscar-winning screen legend stole our hearts with her quirky charm and took our breath away with her bold choices as a searing dramatic actress.

Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 20h

Hat. Blazer. Belt. My modest homage to Diane Keaton today. She can ne-ver be imitated. You can only hope to honor her spirit. ♥️

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Sophia Ciminello @sophiacim.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite underrated Keaton performances, MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 1d

You know what’s a perfect movie to watch on this October day? BABY BOOM (Charles Shyer, 1987), starring Diane Keaton. 🍎🏡👶🏻🍁🍂

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 1d

David Lynch
Gene Hackman
Robert Redford
Diane Keaton
Michael Madsen
Val Kilmer
Graham Greene
Claudia Cardinale
And more….

This is a massive slice of cinema history right here. Can 2025 just fuck off already please?!

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My brilliant, brilliant Annie Hall…

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 1d

Take 2025, put it in the trash. Rest in peace, the great, one-of-a-kind, the one and only, Diane Keaton. ♥️🙏🏼

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 1d

I guarantee, if men had to go through something a fraction as painful as the mammogram, medicine would have invented something 100% pain-free and comfortable by now.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 1d

Trump basically put a bunch of racist and misogynist thugs (who NO DOUBT beat their wives/girlfriends/kids) in charge with weapons. F*ck ICE.

jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 1d

via @youranonnews.bsky.social

CHICAGO: Trump's lawless goons (ICE) make a U-turn and smash into a woman's car, then proceed to arrest her by dragging her out of the vehicle.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 1d

Just love that Bradley Cooper went from the studiously excellent MAESTRO, to the loose-limbed & casually enchanting IS THIS THING ON?. A filmmaker who can operate in every mold, he’s the real deal. Lovely chemistry between Will Arnett & Laura Dern, a very New York #NYFF closing.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 2d

To whom it may concern:
If your budget is $25 (+ a modest meal) for a project that will take hours of prep, + few of hours of in-person presence w/ a local commute, you should not advertise it as a job on LinkedIn. That is more or less volunteering. Or a hobby. It’s not a job.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 2d

On most days, I complain about a freelancer’s life. But on rare days, freelancing is a sigh of relief, knowing (for instance) that no power in the world can make you suffer through that new Tron: Something movie.

(PSA: Joachim Rønning’s Young Woman & The Sea is awesome though.)

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 2d

NYFF tickets are expensive. So why on earth would you spend all that money just to come to the theater & scroll text messages and Instagram? I genuinely don’t get it. This might come as a shock, but YOU CAN DO THAT AT HOME, FOR FREE. Without being an asshole to the rest of us.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 3d

What you should do is go to the Jafar Panahi & Martin Scorsese talk tomorrow at NYFF. And after that, come to my talk on Tuesday, 10/14 after a screening of the masterful IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. Looks sold-out now, but keep an eye — sometimes tix become available. I’m beyond honored to do this.

It Was Just an Accident

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi reaffirms his status as one of this century’s great cinematic heroes in perhaps his bravest film yet, a tale of revenge and moral choice that won him the Palme d’Or at t...

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 3d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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