Corey Atad
@coreyatad.com
Freelance writer @ The Star, GQ, Defector, The Baffler, Gawker, Esquire, Hazlitt. Air Bud admirer. Favourite cheese: Gouda. [email protected] / www.coreyatad.com
Andrei Rublev: final cut or The Passion cut?
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Andrei Rublev: final cut or The Passion cut?
this is excellent
Pasolini Retrospective #2: The Gospel According To St Matthew
YouTube video by Michael Bartlett
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November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
this is excellent
makes perfect sense on multiple levels, prime among them being Mamdani’s desire to actually *DO* politics
Tonight, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is attending a DSA forum to try to convince the socialist organization not to endorse City Council Member Chi Ossé's planned congressional run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Mayor-elect Mamdani plans to attend DSA forum on Chi
Mamdani is pulling out all the stops to block City Council Member Chi Ossé’s run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
makes perfect sense on multiple levels, prime among them being Mamdani’s desire to actually *DO* politics
The Right Stuff (and i highly recommend the audiobook, read by Dennis Quaid)
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The Right Stuff (and i highly recommend the audiobook, read by Dennis Quaid)
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Im honored to be on the list too!
I'm honored to have written a blog for @defector.com that generated an outsized number of pageviews or new registrations in the past year.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Im honored to be on the list too!
Robert King is a gentleman and a scholar
Robert King had this metaphor comparing them to getting in your car to go somewhere exciting but oh no you forgot your keys, arguing you should never make your audience feel like they’re looking for your keys with you. I like that a lot!
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Robert King is a gentleman and a scholar
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one of the funniest scenes in movie history
a ton of literal throat clearing and preamble saying absolutely nothing, only to cut away right when real information is about to be shared
“You know, that was an excellent speech you gave us, Heywood. I’m sure it beefed up morale a hell of a lot.”
a ton of literal throat clearing and preamble saying absolutely nothing, only to cut away right when real information is about to be shared
“You know, that was an excellent speech you gave us, Heywood. I’m sure it beefed up morale a hell of a lot.”
2001: A Space Odyssey -- Dr Heywood Floyd Moon Base Briefing
YouTube video by AllyourbasicGerrard
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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lol was just reminded of this good line i had in a letterboxd review of the 1948 noir The Dark Past
“If I wanted to know that deep down we're all good people I wouldn't be watching noir.”
“If I wanted to know that deep down we're all good people I wouldn't be watching noir.”
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
lol was just reminded of this good line i had in a letterboxd review of the 1948 noir The Dark Past
“If I wanted to know that deep down we're all good people I wouldn't be watching noir.”
“If I wanted to know that deep down we're all good people I wouldn't be watching noir.”
pro-tip: take shrooms and sit front-row at a 70mm screening
Maybe I'm crazy but 2001: A Space Odyssey is such an annoying movie. The long whines and horns mixed with 4-minute long beats of silence while showing us space is probably meant to make the viewer uncomfortable but instead it just makes me wanna turn it off.
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
pro-tip: take shrooms and sit front-row at a 70mm screening
hearing rumours Brady Corbet’s next film is a 4-hour epic melodrama about American mysticism, spanning 150 years and set primarily in the ‘70s California, with elements of horror and western thrown in, and involving the Chinese-American immigrant experience
*breathes*
count me in
*breathes*
count me in
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
hearing rumours Brady Corbet’s next film is a 4-hour epic melodrama about American mysticism, spanning 150 years and set primarily in the ‘70s California, with elements of horror and western thrown in, and involving the Chinese-American immigrant experience
*breathes*
count me in
*breathes*
count me in
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If the Devil is __
Then, God is __
Then, God is __
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If the Devil is __
Then, God is __
Then, God is __
uhhhhhhhhhhh
Breaking on MS NOW:
The full grand jury never reviewed the indictment it handed up against Comey.
Prosecutors said, instead of presenting a new indictment after the grand jury declined to approve one of the counts, Halligan simply brought an altered version for the grand jury's foreperson to sign.
The full grand jury never reviewed the indictment it handed up against Comey.
Prosecutors said, instead of presenting a new indictment after the grand jury declined to approve one of the counts, Halligan simply brought an altered version for the grand jury's foreperson to sign.
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
uhhhhhhhhhhh
holy crap... @nickhunebrown.bsky.social with some great, important work
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
holy crap... @nickhunebrown.bsky.social with some great, important work
unfortunately, true
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
unfortunately, true
proud to have contributed to Defector's ongoing success this year
important stuff in Defector's annual report, out today defector.com/defector-ann...
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
proud to have contributed to Defector's ongoing success this year
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In the words of David Feldman: just like David Brooks, Bill Maher is a lefty from way back, which is to say, a fucking Republican. @majorityreport.bsky.social @emmavigeland.bsky.social
@davidfeldman.bsky.social @realbillmaher.bsky.social
youtu.be/XH0qmzDudmE?...
@davidfeldman.bsky.social @realbillmaher.bsky.social
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Bill Maher's Zohran Joke Bombs BIG TIME
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
In the words of David Feldman: just like David Brooks, Bill Maher is a lefty from way back, which is to say, a fucking Republican. @majorityreport.bsky.social @emmavigeland.bsky.social
@davidfeldman.bsky.social @realbillmaher.bsky.social
youtu.be/XH0qmzDudmE?...
@davidfeldman.bsky.social @realbillmaher.bsky.social
youtu.be/XH0qmzDudmE?...
The Testament of Ann Lee (Fastvold, 2025)
i mean “woke calvinism” was an incredibly influential tendency in the american religious tradition from like the 17th century onwards!
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Testament of Ann Lee (Fastvold, 2025)
yeah good advice honestly, we're a terrible bunch, why duplicate that?
writers! do not date writers
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
yeah good advice honestly, we're a terrible bunch, why duplicate that?
y'know, The Testament of Ann Lee is an extraordinary film
i loved it at TIFF, but even then i'd underrated it, just the finest piece of filmmaking, and it's mad that Seyfried isn't a lock for Best Actress
i loved it at TIFF, but even then i'd underrated it, just the finest piece of filmmaking, and it's mad that Seyfried isn't a lock for Best Actress
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
y'know, The Testament of Ann Lee is an extraordinary film
i loved it at TIFF, but even then i'd underrated it, just the finest piece of filmmaking, and it's mad that Seyfried isn't a lock for Best Actress
i loved it at TIFF, but even then i'd underrated it, just the finest piece of filmmaking, and it's mad that Seyfried isn't a lock for Best Actress
Kevin Costner is not even ten years younger than Clinton, but this makes the most sense in the world
deadline.com/2025/11/kevi...
Kevin Costner Eyeing To Play Bill Clinton In United Nations TV Series From Appian Way – The Dish
Kevin Costner Eyeing To Play Bill Clinton In United Nations TV Series From Appian Way – The Dish
Kevin Costner Eyeing To Play Bill Clinton In United Nations TV Series From Appian Way – The Dish
Kevin Costner is eyeing to play former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 'United,' a United Nations-themed TV series from Appian Way, Deadline hears.
deadline.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Kevin Costner is not even ten years younger than Clinton, but this makes the most sense in the world
hard to argue with facts
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
hard to argue with facts
my favourite tape of a live performance ever
The B-52's - Give Me Back My Man - 11/7/1980 - Capitol Theatre (Official)
YouTube video by The B-52's
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November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
my favourite tape of a live performance ever
if i name movies about Christianity like Silence, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Last Temptation of Christ, and The Gospel According to St. Matthew, what others would you add to that list?
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
if i name movies about Christianity like Silence, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Last Temptation of Christ, and The Gospel According to St. Matthew, what others would you add to that list?
okay, Kristen Stewart's feature directorial debut looks fucking great
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
okay, Kristen Stewart's feature directorial debut looks fucking great
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One of the most iykyk posts in movie twi-- movie bsky or whatever.
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
One of the most iykyk posts in movie twi-- movie bsky or whatever.