Thomas
@thomaslstrickland.bsky.social
aspiring film bro, non-native new yorker // experience strategist & designer & researcher
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
The Statler Brothers
The National
Tori Amos
The Roots
The Mountain Goats
The Statler Brothers
The National
Tori Amos
The Roots
The Mountain Goats
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
cast of Glee
The Kingston Trio
Bo Diddley
Ani DiFranco
Simon & Garfunkel
cast of Glee
The Kingston Trio
Bo Diddley
Ani DiFranco
Simon & Garfunkel
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Yo La Tengo
Taylor Swift
Wilson Pickett
Gang of Four
Spice Girls
Yo La Tengo
Taylor Swift
Wilson Pickett
Gang of Four
Spice Girls
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
The Statler Brothers
The National
Tori Amos
The Roots
The Mountain Goats
The Statler Brothers
The National
Tori Amos
The Roots
The Mountain Goats
With each passing year, I feel more and more that watching these three minutes of television on a Thursday morning in 1989 was foundational to the person I would eventually (try to) become.
(Michael Jeter & David Carroll - “We’ll Take A Glass Together” from Grand Hotel)
(Michael Jeter & David Carroll - “We’ll Take A Glass Together” from Grand Hotel)
David Carroll & Michael Jeter - We'll Take a Glass Together
YouTube video by AtTheGrandHotel
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
With each passing year, I feel more and more that watching these three minutes of television on a Thursday morning in 1989 was foundational to the person I would eventually (try to) become.
(Michael Jeter & David Carroll - “We’ll Take A Glass Together” from Grand Hotel)
(Michael Jeter & David Carroll - “We’ll Take A Glass Together” from Grand Hotel)
What follows are assorted opinions about Hamnet (2025):
A good director shouldn’t give line readings. / I see what the movie was trying to do but seeing the attempt is not the same as succeeding. / There is a kind of breathless immediacy to the source material that is just not present in this film.📽️
A good director shouldn’t give line readings. / I see what the movie was trying to do but seeing the attempt is not the same as succeeding. / There is a kind of breathless immediacy to the source material that is just not present in this film.📽️
A ★★½ review of Hamnet (2025)
What follows are assorted opinions about the movie called Hamnet, many of them without context, for better or worse. Adaptation is very difficult, and what works on a page doesn’t necessarily work on...
boxd.it
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
What follows are assorted opinions about Hamnet (2025):
A good director shouldn’t give line readings. / I see what the movie was trying to do but seeing the attempt is not the same as succeeding. / There is a kind of breathless immediacy to the source material that is just not present in this film.📽️
A good director shouldn’t give line readings. / I see what the movie was trying to do but seeing the attempt is not the same as succeeding. / There is a kind of breathless immediacy to the source material that is just not present in this film.📽️
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me: they could never make me hate you, the personal essay as a form
the personal essay as a form at this moment in history: bet
the personal essay as a form at this moment in history: bet
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
me: they could never make me hate you, the personal essay as a form
the personal essay as a form at this moment in history: bet
the personal essay as a form at this moment in history: bet
Fellas, is it journalistic integrity to hold on to reality-shaping news for months just in case you needed to use it for paywall bait?
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Fellas, is it journalistic integrity to hold on to reality-shaping news for months just in case you needed to use it for paywall bait?
I will take this a step further and say a jukebox isn’t a jukebox if there’s no risk of playing an entirely unintended song by punching the wrong combination of letter (if applicable) and numbers.
On national jukebox day I must come out against being able to control the jukebox from your phone, people should know who put on that awful song and you should stand there and support your taste with whole heart
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I will take this a step further and say a jukebox isn’t a jukebox if there’s no risk of playing an entirely unintended song by punching the wrong combination of letter (if applicable) and numbers.
Weird how Thiel throws that “Antichrist”
word around like it’s a ~noclip cheat code.
word around like it’s a ~noclip cheat code.
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Weird how Thiel throws that “Antichrist”
word around like it’s a ~noclip cheat code.
word around like it’s a ~noclip cheat code.
You wouldn’t download a pie.
If I'm properly understanding the discourse of the last two days:
You should never steal a pie. If you want a pie that bad and can't afford it, you should borrow it from the library.
Also: All pies are good. Or: All pies are bad. Not sure which.
You should never steal a pie. If you want a pie that bad and can't afford it, you should borrow it from the library.
Also: All pies are good. Or: All pies are bad. Not sure which.
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
You wouldn’t download a pie.
Nights of Cabiria (1957) is an invitation to tag along as she learns first-hand just how much of the world there is to see. A movie star, a man compelled to be charitable, a pilgrimage to receive a blessing, a moment of disillusionment, an encounter with the devil, and what ought to be true love.📽️
A ★★★★★ review of Nights of Cabiria (1957)
It’s easy for me to imagine that maybe, just maybe, Gelsomina from La Strada didn’t actually die offscreen, presumably from heartache, but instead took a notion to pick up sticks and move to Rome, giv...
boxd.it
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Nights of Cabiria (1957) is an invitation to tag along as she learns first-hand just how much of the world there is to see. A movie star, a man compelled to be charitable, a pilgrimage to receive a blessing, a moment of disillusionment, an encounter with the devil, and what ought to be true love.📽️
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Almost a heartwarming little story, right up to the part where a grown-ass man says “I didn’t start it” like he’s trying to avoid detention.
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Almost a heartwarming little story, right up to the part where a grown-ass man says “I didn’t start it” like he’s trying to avoid detention.
It’s 6:30am, looks like Letterboxd is down, and I’m muttering to myself “It’s because they hate our freedom” like it’s 2001.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It’s 6:30am, looks like Letterboxd is down, and I’m muttering to myself “It’s because they hate our freedom” like it’s 2001.
Maybe the better advice is to just avoid the All-Seeing Eye of Isaac Chotiner entirely.
How do some people still not understand that when the caller ID says “ISAAC CHOTINER,” you just throw your phone right in the nearest toilet and walk away as quickly as you can.
real wallet inspector vibes in this one www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Maybe the better advice is to just avoid the All-Seeing Eye of Isaac Chotiner entirely.
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the best star war is either Death of Stalin or Battle of Algiers. the worst star war is Shakespeare in Love or maybe The Dark Knight
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
the best star war is either Death of Stalin or Battle of Algiers. the worst star war is Shakespeare in Love or maybe The Dark Knight
Beautiful things still happen in this world.
Sabrina Carpenter arrests Miss Piggy at the final show of her Short n’ Sweet tour in Los Angeles.
(📸: prfctsabrinas | Twitter/X)
(📸: prfctsabrinas | Twitter/X)
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Beautiful things still happen in this world.
Belongs in every hymnal.
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross (Best of Later with Jools 2008)
YouTube video by TheGRStars
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November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Belongs in every hymnal.
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Several years back, I had the honor of explaining Les Miserables (in particular, the Tom Hooper-directed movie) to @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social by singing through most if not all the parts in about fifteen minutes.
Husband is explaining Wicked to me.
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Several years back, I had the honor of explaining Les Miserables (in particular, the Tom Hooper-directed movie) to @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social by singing through most if not all the parts in about fifteen minutes.
In a just world, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) would have been only the first of many Le Carre adaptations along the same line… but we don’t live in a just world. 📽️
A ★★★★½ review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
It’s always a welcome surprise when a film trusts its audience not just to follow along with a complicated plot, but to keep up with the parts of the story that aren’t entirely there, the elements tha...
boxd.it
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
In a just world, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) would have been only the first of many Le Carre adaptations along the same line… but we don’t live in a just world. 📽️
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The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
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atomic scientists moving the “a real guy gets Christmas Caroled” clock two minutes closer to midnight
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
atomic scientists moving the “a real guy gets Christmas Caroled” clock two minutes closer to midnight
I’m tapping the sign again.
You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I’m tapping the sign again.
Honestly, there are three liberal arts colleges in Rome and it wouldn’t take much to push Dalton into the same blue-ish hue as Georgia’s other economic engine cities (Macon, Savannah, etc).
That said, Democrats should be scouring Rome and Dalton for a decent candidate. Build on the momentum of the statewide wins this past cycle and make the Republicans sweat.
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Honestly, there are three liberal arts colleges in Rome and it wouldn’t take much to push Dalton into the same blue-ish hue as Georgia’s other economic engine cities (Macon, Savannah, etc).
Disillusionment can really do a number on a person.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Trump loyalist-turned critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Disillusionment can really do a number on a person.