Alejandro A. Riera
@alejandroariera.bsky.social
Writer, editor, critic, movie lover, Doctor Who fan, proud to be a boricua, a cubano and a gallego. Curmudgeon extraordinaire. You can find my writing here https://alejandroariera.substack.com and at times at outlets like the Chicago Reader.
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Jesus Christ. JESUS Christ. Jesus CHRIST. Yes, this person is correct, remigration is a white supremacy term for ethnic cleansing, basically. And the Department of Homeland Security, WHICH SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST, just used the term. An official government account. That is...that is beyond fucked.
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Jesus Christ. JESUS Christ. Jesus CHRIST. Yes, this person is correct, remigration is a white supremacy term for ethnic cleansing, basically. And the Department of Homeland Security, WHICH SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST, just used the term. An official government account. That is...that is beyond fucked.
One more for the back row....
At the risk of violating Godwin's Law, he really does sound like Hitler here talking about Jews not being compatible with German society.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One more for the back row....
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This post is a nice try but it just doesn’t have the same oomph as when it was shouted from a podium in the original German.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This post is a nice try but it just doesn’t have the same oomph as when it was shouted from a podium in the original German.
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Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
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Making it impossible for an author to sell their next book doesn’t just kill that book. It makes it far less likely the author will continue writing at all. They have to make a living somehow and they were already earning pennies an hour for their bonkers fragile and emotionally demanding work.
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Making it impossible for an author to sell their next book doesn’t just kill that book. It makes it far less likely the author will continue writing at all. They have to make a living somehow and they were already earning pennies an hour for their bonkers fragile and emotionally demanding work.
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Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
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helpful info for those who needs to know for professional reasons, but the fact that almost three dozen movies are fake opening to qualify for awards most won't get is proof of a deeply broken system
All 2025 Films Having Awards-Qualifying, One-Week Releases
As we get closer to the end of 2025 and various critics and voting bodies collate their year-end lists and ballots, the question of what is eligible for such selection often crops up. It's become comm...
thefilmstage.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
helpful info for those who needs to know for professional reasons, but the fact that almost three dozen movies are fake opening to qualify for awards most won't get is proof of a deeply broken system
Not karma as I posted earlier. Just another example of this administration's cruelty (and I am not being facetious).
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Not karma as I posted earlier. Just another example of this administration's cruelty (and I am not being facetious).
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Hear hear!
Given the BlueSky habit of raging at news media for not framing a story exactly right (I am not innocent), I want to stop and thank every journalist who’s digging up facts about this unprecedented moment of profound evil in our government. Owners may suck, editors err, but you are golden. Thank you.
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hear hear!
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Some $ context, since people still think of Paramount as a huge studio: It's barely had a pulse for a while. The now-deadish Mission: Impossible series was its only movie in the US top 25 this year. So it's naturally frantic to build a 2026-28 lineup. And mining IP is easier than reading scripts. >
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Some $ context, since people still think of Paramount as a huge studio: It's barely had a pulse for a while. The now-deadish Mission: Impossible series was its only movie in the US top 25 this year. So it's naturally frantic to build a 2026-28 lineup. And mining IP is easier than reading scripts. >
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This is disgraceful toadying to someone who could well be dead, out of office, or both by the time this reanimated corpse knuckle-drags itself to the screen. Some context: Ratner directed the state-approved Melania doc that is coming to Prime, so he's now a friend of The Family. >
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is disgraceful toadying to someone who could well be dead, out of office, or both by the time this reanimated corpse knuckle-drags itself to the screen. Some context: Ratner directed the state-approved Melania doc that is coming to Prime, so he's now a friend of The Family. >
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you can argue about whether or not Trump’s administration is fascist; the elite insistence that, even if true, no one should call him that because it sounds rude is a substantial part of how we got here
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
you can argue about whether or not Trump’s administration is fascist; the elite insistence that, even if true, no one should call him that because it sounds rude is a substantial part of how we got here
Me? The Spanish-American War with a cast of Spanish, Cuban, Filipino and Puerto Rican actors doing the voices of their respective kin.
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Me? The Spanish-American War with a cast of Spanish, Cuban, Filipino and Puerto Rican actors doing the voices of their respective kin.
If you are looking for something to stream this holiday weekend, you can't do no wrong with this delightful love letter to a film classic and the movement that produced it:
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For the Love of Cinema
In NOUVELLE VAGUE, Richard Linklater writes a love letter to filmmaking and the French New Wave
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November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you are looking for something to stream this holiday weekend, you can't do no wrong with this delightful love letter to a film classic and the movement that produced it:
open.substack.com/pub/alejandr...
open.substack.com/pub/alejandr...
For the night crowd:
Just in time for the Thanksgiving holidays, three movies about dysfunctional parenting where the paternal unit happens to be an artist. My reviews of SENTIMENTAL VALUE, JAY KELLY and HAMNET:
alejandroariera.substack.com/p/daddy-issues
alejandroariera.substack.com/p/daddy-issues
Daddy Issues
SENTIMENTAL VALUE, JAY KELLY and HAMNET: when creativity gets in the way of being a good father
alejandroariera.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
For the night crowd:
Just in time for the Thanksgiving holidays, three movies about dysfunctional parenting where the paternal unit happens to be an artist. My reviews of SENTIMENTAL VALUE, JAY KELLY and HAMNET:
alejandroariera.substack.com/p/daddy-issues
alejandroariera.substack.com/p/daddy-issues
Daddy Issues
SENTIMENTAL VALUE, JAY KELLY and HAMNET: when creativity gets in the way of being a good father
alejandroariera.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just in time for the Thanksgiving holidays, three movies about dysfunctional parenting where the paternal unit happens to be an artist. My reviews of SENTIMENTAL VALUE, JAY KELLY and HAMNET:
alejandroariera.substack.com/p/daddy-issues
alejandroariera.substack.com/p/daddy-issues
Some excellent and unconventional choices (when compared to other visits to the Closet). Love how, even when talking about the Dardennes Brothers, Wagner finds a connection to Brazilian cinema.
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Wagner Moura’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
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November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Some excellent and unconventional choices (when compared to other visits to the Closet). Love how, even when talking about the Dardennes Brothers, Wagner finds a connection to Brazilian cinema.
youtu.be/hvOnBK-L-zg?...
youtu.be/hvOnBK-L-zg?...
This is how you stand up to bullies
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is how you stand up to bullies
Ha!
Breaking News: A judge dismissed charges against James Comey and Letitia James, saying the prosecutor that President Trump handpicked was unlawfully appointed.
Judge Dismisses James Comey Case, Finding Trump Prosecutor Was Unlawfully Appointed
The decision is a setback for Mr. Trump’s efforts to wield the criminal justice system against his perceived enemies.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ha!
A MAGNIFICENT LIFE: Another extraordinary film from the director of THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILE, Sylvain Chomet, which, because it has yet to be released theatrically, will fall under the radar these awards season. Fellow critics: don't sleep on this one!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W83J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W83J...
A Magnificent Life / Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol (2025) - Trailer (English Subs)
YouTube video by Unifrance
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November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A MAGNIFICENT LIFE: Another extraordinary film from the director of THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILE, Sylvain Chomet, which, because it has yet to be released theatrically, will fall under the radar these awards season. Fellow critics: don't sleep on this one!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W83J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W83J...
One of the greatest character actors....
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
One of the greatest character actors....