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Jason
@jasonrhodes.bsky.social
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I live near DC and I like to talk about movies and philosophy and culture and some other stuff.

More about me: https://rhodesjason.com

I write about movies and culture: https://jasonistyping.substack.com

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Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Jan 30
I wrote about one of my favorite movies, Il sorpasso, and Italian comedy in the 1960s because I know what the people want!

jasonistyping.substack.com/p/bring-back...

It’s part of the #JourneyToItalyBlogathon, too! Read other great essays on Italian cinema: hqofk.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/a...
Announcing the Journey to Italy blogathon
*this page will be updated to archive all the published links as the event goes on… Day 1 links Roundup (here) Day 1 Links roundup (at Gill’s) Day 2 Roundup (here) Day 2 Roundup (at Gil…
hqofk.wordpress.com
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zeldman.bsky.social
November 30 is #BlueBeanieDay, supporting web standards and accessibility, the building blocks empowering a people-first web.

Remember how good that web felt? It still does.

Join us! Pop on a blue beanie and smile.
Jeffrey Zeldman doll sporting a blue beanie (of course). Designed and manufactured by Dolls for Friends for my SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame party in 2012.
November 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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priscillapage.bsky.social
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
a bearded Tatsuya Nakadai in Harakiri on the left side of the frame, seen through the ribs of a parasol closeup on an older Tatsuya Nakadai in Heat Wave, face slightly turned (almost in profile but not quite) with a colorful stained glass window behind him young evilly grinning Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo, to the left of a window belching flames into the top of the frame gorgeous closeup on Tatsuya Nakadai in Sword of Doom wearing a ronin hat, a wide-brimmed hat made of bamboo with a chin strap, the light filtering through it onto his face.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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mtsw.bsky.social
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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maxcovill.com
Make sure you are buying Criterion discs from B&N. They are the ones running the sale, Amazon is only matching. Without B&N, there’s no discount discs.
wario64.bsky.social Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 23d
The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD + Blu-ray] is $249.98 on Amazon buff.ly/yThnKqe
B&N buff.ly/1YsOhIm
November 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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sheribiesen.bsky.social
Hope folks enjoy my new book
Through a Noir Lens
Adapting Film Noir Visual Style
cup.columbia.edu/book/through...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0231...

#Film #Cinema #media #filmstudies #cinemastudies #FilmNoir #filmhistory #mediastudies #cinemahistory #mediahistory #mediaindustry #noir #books #Noirvember
November 9, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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letterboxd.social
Our team is aware of a current outage on the site and app. Be back soon 🧡💚💙
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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matttomic.bsky.social
if you're ever Photoshopping your own face into the smoke of the Twin Towers, Adobe should have a pop-up that says "are you sure that whatever it is you're doing is a good idea"
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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theonion.com
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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filmiliarface.bsky.social
Figured I should add the video here because we had speakers in the costumes and synced the melody too
November 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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filmiliarface.bsky.social
Going as the trust devices from OBAA this year
October 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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samadams.bsky.social
it would be a pretty good week for Rolling Stone to have a TV critic
September 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
jasonrhodes.bsky.social
@letterboxd.social are you having technical difficulties on the mobile app, at least with iOS?
September 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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markharris.bsky.social
For months now we have been hearing Democratic pundits say, "Democrats need to meet voters where they are."

Tonight, New York City voters seem to be telling them pretty clearly.
June 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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hammancheez.bsky.social
“frankly, he has not won an election since before I was born”

Lmaooooo
'I can hear James Carville’s head exploding': Gen Z DNC official claps back at Dem critic
Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg escalated the firestorm he created this week when he announced a new multimillion-dollar campaign targeting incumbents in his party – an effort he m...
www.rawstory.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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caseystegman.com
It’s called an invasion. Use normal words for this shit.
April 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
Today in Brooklyn: Resign, Chuck
March 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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upnextcriterion.bsky.social
Now playing (04:30 AM PST):
"City Lights" (1931)
By Charlie Chaplin
Runtime: 87 min.
Poster for City Lights
March 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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klg19.bsky.social
Bravo to Governor Mills of Maine! Proud that my father was a State of Mainer, and wish he were alive to hear her (he’s been gone for 39 years).

Her third paragraph is the crux for me, and echoes Martin Niemöller’s famous “First they came…” maxim.
The full text of Governor Mill’s statement: “I have spent my career – as a District Attorney, as Attorney General, and now as Governor – standing up for the rule of law in Maine and America. To me, that is fundamentally what is at stake here: the rule of law in our country. No President – Republican or Democrat – can withhold Federal funding authorized and appropriated by Congress and paid for by Maine taxpayers in an attempt to coerce someone into compliance with his will. It is a violation of our Constitution and of our laws, which I took an oath to uphold. Maine may be one of the first states to undergo an investigation by his Administration, but we won’t be the last. Today, the President of the United States has targeted one particular group on one particular issue which Maine law has addressed. But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you? Will it be because of your race or your Side-by-side photos: one of Governor Mills sitting with her lips pursed; the other of Trump standing at a podium
February 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
February 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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drcynthiacchang.bsky.social
The committee on Science, Space, and Technology are collecting testimony of Federal employees fired in the past days. Please share with your colleagues and friends. The more testimony, the better we can argue against this injustice.
Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
democrats-science.house.gov
February 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
Modern Movies: "Okay, so this is an antihero but this is also PG-13, so you can't kill the villain unless he attacks you first, so I need you to turn your back to leave so he can try to stab you."

Silent Movies: "The villain has been disarmed so--"
February 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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ericlipton.nytimes.com
Please read this story, and share. Here is a free link again. With Inspectors General fired, Congress controlled by GOP that is aligned with Trump, top federal ethics lawyers removed, newspaper efforts like this are largely what's left of accountability. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (Gift Article)
Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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ericlipton.nytimes.com
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is securing real beneifits as he helps Trump disrupt the federal government. Just how? The NYT takes a deep look today at these benefits: federal investigations targeting Musk companies that have been disrupted or now may die.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (Gift Article)
Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
jasonrhodes.bsky.social
Will people #cancelparamountplus if Redstone pays to settle with Trump’s bullshit lawsuit against CBS News?
February 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM