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Farran Smith Nehme
@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social
Film critic; NSFC, NYFCC. Bylines at Criterion, Sight & Sound, Noir City, my own Substack, and wherever fine film geeks are found.
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I can never resist the big NYRB sale.
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Now I need Bret Stephens' take. Preferably filed from a bunker in Fort Worth. Don't hold out on me, NY Times.
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Good morning!
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
You can tell Bluesky needs more classic film peeps just by scrolling the answers! (observation, not a rebuke) By my standards Vertigo isn't even that old, but ignore the haters—on a big screen you have rarely seen anything so beautiful.
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Never in my life have I see such desperation to pin something, anything at all on a candidate like the establishment press is desperate to do with Mamdani. He calls his cousin aunt, he eats with his hands, my right-wing friends never heard of his mom — my god, people, you're embarrassing.
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM