ella taylor
@ellat.bsky.social
Film and book critic; Teaches at USC School of Cinema
Pinned
Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Who is the piggiest of them all?
Who is the piggiest of them all?
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Who is the piggiest of them all?
Who is the piggiest of them all?
In the Realm of the Senseless:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In the Realm of the Senseless:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/h...
RIP, brilliant Prunella Scales. And what a scale, all the way from the ineffably bossyboots Sybil Fawlty to a wry, knowing Queen Liz in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution, she was pure genius.
October 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
RIP, brilliant Prunella Scales. And what a scale, all the way from the ineffably bossyboots Sybil Fawlty to a wry, knowing Queen Liz in Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution, she was pure genius.
I ask everyone to read this, but especially my leftist friends who spoke up for Palestinians in the war on Gaza but remained silent about October 7 for fear of being seen as supporting Israel. Innocent victims are innocent victims wherever and whoever they are. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Released Israeli hostages give accounts of torture, torment and extraordinary danger
Descriptions of captivity suggest Hamas had a change of approach in recent weeks as ceasefire talks progressed
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I ask everyone to read this, but especially my leftist friends who spoke up for Palestinians in the war on Gaza but remained silent about October 7 for fear of being seen as supporting Israel. Innocent victims are innocent victims wherever and whoever they are. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Kleber Mendonça Filho with Udo Kier at a screening of Filho's terrifically funny, ineffably saddening new film about Brazil's brutal 1970s, "The Secret Agent." From which we have much to learn about the ineptitude and chaotically destructive power of dictatorship.
October 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Kleber Mendonça Filho with Udo Kier at a screening of Filho's terrifically funny, ineffably saddening new film about Brazil's brutal 1970s, "The Secret Agent." From which we have much to learn about the ineptitude and chaotically destructive power of dictatorship.
Harvard Dean Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
RIP Robert Redford, who made rich and handsome matter.
September 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
RIP Robert Redford, who made rich and handsome matter.
"Oh sure, I'll sign that, looks right on to me."
The sheer folly of this pledge, when the overwhelming majority of Israeli filmmakers and film institutions are leftwing or liberal and do not support the heinous Israeli government’s war on Gaza.
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
The sheer folly of this pledge, when the overwhelming majority of Israeli filmmakers and film institutions are leftwing or liberal and do not support the heinous Israeli government’s war on Gaza.
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
Yorgos Lanthimos, Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri and Josh O’Connor Among 1,200 Industry Names Pledging Not to Work With Israeli Film Institutions ‘Complicit in War Crimes’
Yorgos Lanthimos, Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri, Josh O'Connor, Ava DuVernay and Hannah Einbinder are among those to sign the pledge
variety.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Oh sure, I'll sign that, looks right on to me."
The sheer folly of this pledge, when the overwhelming majority of Israeli filmmakers and film institutions are leftwing or liberal and do not support the heinous Israeli government’s war on Gaza.
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
The sheer folly of this pledge, when the overwhelming majority of Israeli filmmakers and film institutions are leftwing or liberal and do not support the heinous Israeli government’s war on Gaza.
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
I wonder if those people attacking and harassing Israeli tourists abroad would like to be attacked and held personally responsible for Trump while they're on vacation:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...
This Summer, a Hostile Reception for Many Israelis Abroad
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I wonder if those people attacking and harassing Israeli tourists abroad would like to be attacked and held personally responsible for Trump while they're on vacation:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...
Imagine the night terrors of the admissions officer who decided that J.D. Vance — who cribbed from Mein Kampf to announce "the professors are the enemy" — would make a fine DEI Yalie. Recalls the Roald Dahl story about the birth of a baby to a young Austrian. "You have a fine baby boy, Mrs. Hitler."
August 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Imagine the night terrors of the admissions officer who decided that J.D. Vance — who cribbed from Mein Kampf to announce "the professors are the enemy" — would make a fine DEI Yalie. Recalls the Roald Dahl story about the birth of a baby to a young Austrian. "You have a fine baby boy, Mrs. Hitler."
This little fellow has been standing there all afternoon. I wonder if his E-Mom has tried sticking her head out of the window and hollering him home for dinner. It’s worked for centuries.
July 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This little fellow has been standing there all afternoon. I wonder if his E-Mom has tried sticking her head out of the window and hollering him home for dinner. It’s worked for centuries.
On the plus side, Colbert is a vocal, practising Catholic. So the pseudo-President just lost a chunk of constituency.
July 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
On the plus side, Colbert is a vocal, practising Catholic. So the pseudo-President just lost a chunk of constituency.
In Major Cringe today, Bibi handed DT a certificate confirming he'd nominated him for a Nobel peace prize. I've heard tell that AI can rustle up a nice certificate in moments.
July 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In Major Cringe today, Bibi handed DT a certificate confirming he'd nominated him for a Nobel peace prize. I've heard tell that AI can rustle up a nice certificate in moments.
At least 27 dead and 20 girl campers missing in Texas floods.
He who defenestrated the National Weather Service warning system is off golfing.
He who defenestrated the National Weather Service warning system is off golfing.
July 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
At least 27 dead and 20 girl campers missing in Texas floods.
He who defenestrated the National Weather Service warning system is off golfing.
He who defenestrated the National Weather Service warning system is off golfing.
Massive, boisterous, peaceful crowd in Santa Monica today. Hardly noticed the dope who hired a plane with a banner saying HBD to the King. He must have meant Lear.
June 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Massive, boisterous, peaceful crowd in Santa Monica today. Hardly noticed the dope who hired a plane with a banner saying HBD to the King. He must have meant Lear.
The long view of LA Protest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Los Angeles, city of protest: why it’s no surprise LA rose up against Trump
For decades, LA has been at the center of the civil rights and immigrants’ rights movements – and Trump’s raids appear to be mobilizing a new generation
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The long view of LA Protest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Worried friends and consumers of national media, this tiny red circle is where the L.A. protests are. For this he sent in the National Guard.
June 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Worried friends and consumers of national media, this tiny red circle is where the L.A. protests are. For this he sent in the National Guard.
Criterion Closet came to my neighb and I got to hang out. I swagged Army of Shadows, In the Mood for Love, and the one I wrote the essay for , the Russian 8-hour War and Peace, which I saw when it came out in Glasgow in 1970.
#Criterion
#CriterionCloset
#Criterion
#CriterionCloset
June 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Criterion Closet came to my neighb and I got to hang out. I swagged Army of Shadows, In the Mood for Love, and the one I wrote the essay for , the Russian 8-hour War and Peace, which I saw when it came out in Glasgow in 1970.
#Criterion
#CriterionCloset
#Criterion
#CriterionCloset
Reposted by ella taylor
This is how it’s done!
FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors weren’t having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets.
(Sound up)
FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors weren’t having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets.
(Sound up)
May 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is how it’s done!
FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors weren’t having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets.
(Sound up)
FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors weren’t having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets.
(Sound up)
Musk " was spending time with... prominent figures in the emerging pronatalist movement, and urging his wealthy friends to have as many children as possible. He believed the world needed more intelligent people, according to people aware of the conversations."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Musk " was spending time with... prominent figures in the emerging pronatalist movement, and urging his wealthy friends to have as many children as possible. He believed the world needed more intelligent people, according to people aware of the conversations."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
This is how resistance is done. Please share widely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClT8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClT8...
Sen. Murphy Calls Out Kristi Noem’s Record in Committee Showdown
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
www.youtube.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is how resistance is done. Please share widely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClT8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClT8...
Retiring from USC Cinema School today, with a lovely champagne reception to make sure I leave. And now I must be off to stumble around in my jammies mumbling, “What is a weekend?” and watch videos of baby donkeys being cuddled by muscled farmers. Cheerio.
May 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Retiring from USC Cinema School today, with a lovely champagne reception to make sure I leave. And now I must be off to stumble around in my jammies mumbling, “What is a weekend?” and watch videos of baby donkeys being cuddled by muscled farmers. Cheerio.
All Holocaust survival stories sound like fiction, but Unbroken, a documentary now playing on Netflix, is particularly astonishing. Seven siblings escaped the camps by sticking together resourcefully. Then came America, and the tale grows more amazing. Absolutely worth your time.
April 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
All Holocaust survival stories sound like fiction, but Unbroken, a documentary now playing on Netflix, is particularly astonishing. Seven siblings escaped the camps by sticking together resourcefully. Then came America, and the tale grows more amazing. Absolutely worth your time.
Is Pete Hegseth’s wife his support animal, his surrogate thinker, or his in-house AA meeting?
“Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials”
“Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials”
March 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Is Pete Hegseth’s wife his support animal, his surrogate thinker, or his in-house AA meeting?
“Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials”
“Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials”