Josh Oakley
@wineandpop.bsky.social
founder of Tesseract Cinema. have worked in film criticism, exhibition, restoration & more.
She was a contender for the funniest person ever and also this makes me cry every time I watch it. She was a true genius, still doing incredible work. Gutted.
Mitch & Mickey - A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow
YouTube video by mayhew7
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
She was a contender for the funniest person ever and also this makes me cry every time I watch it. She was a true genius, still doing incredible work. Gutted.
I just moved back to Chicago last fall so I can't take an ounce of credit, but I did luck into having one of the only good representatives in the government right now 🙏
"The entire agency of DHS needs to be dismantled."
Abolish ICE: Rep. Delia Ramirez Calls for Defunding DHS & Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar After Attack
We speak with Congressmember Delia Ramirez following an attack on her colleague, Congressmember Ilhan Omar, who was sprayed with an unknown foul-smelling liquid while speaking at a town hall event in ...
www.democracynow.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I just moved back to Chicago last fall so I can't take an ounce of credit, but I did luck into having one of the only good representatives in the government right now 🙏
Fiennes & O'Connell are great but Chi Lewis-Parry is doing something extraordinary in THE BONE TEMPLE. After that train sequence I want him in both a delicate weepy drama AND a fisticuffs brawler with Scott Adkins
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Fiennes & O'Connell are great but Chi Lewis-Parry is doing something extraordinary in THE BONE TEMPLE. After that train sequence I want him in both a delicate weepy drama AND a fisticuffs brawler with Scott Adkins
i've wanted to see this play for ages (ever since reading STATION ELEVEN), new most anticipated film easily
wow, I hadn't seen anything about the play before either, this is gonna be a hell of a ride
Boots Riley Confirms He’s Turning Post-Apocalypse ‘Simpsons’ Adjacent Off-Broadway Dark Comedy ‘Mr. Burns: A Post‑Electric Play’ Into A Movie
Filmmaker Boots Riley confirmed he is making a film adaptation of the apocalyptic dark comedy 'Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.'
theplaylist.net
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
i've wanted to see this play for ages (ever since reading STATION ELEVEN), new most anticipated film easily
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Attention, shoppers! We’re having a Black Friday sale at The Reveal. 20% for first-time subscribers. There is much behind that paywall, plus access to comments and our excellent Discord server: thereveal.film/the-reveals-...
The Reveal's Black Friday Sale Starts... NOW!
This is the sale you've been waiting for! But it won't last forever.
thereveal.film
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Attention, shoppers! We’re having a Black Friday sale at The Reveal. 20% for first-time subscribers. There is much behind that paywall, plus access to comments and our excellent Discord server: thereveal.film/the-reveals-...
Whitney built herself a character arc on MORMON WIVES this season that rivals Tony Soprano:
doesn't appear for five episodes, blatantly says she's just back to get DWTS, gets DWTS, becomes leader of the group by the finale. amazing stuff.
doesn't appear for five episodes, blatantly says she's just back to get DWTS, gets DWTS, becomes leader of the group by the finale. amazing stuff.
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Whitney built herself a character arc on MORMON WIVES this season that rivals Tony Soprano:
doesn't appear for five episodes, blatantly says she's just back to get DWTS, gets DWTS, becomes leader of the group by the finale. amazing stuff.
doesn't appear for five episodes, blatantly says she's just back to get DWTS, gets DWTS, becomes leader of the group by the finale. amazing stuff.
one of my favorite things
Unknown Legend - Rachel getting married (2008)
YouTube video by unqpujavideos
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
one of my favorite things
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
seeing Wednesday bust out a cover of Big Star's "September Gurls" was the most i've smiled in ages. felt like a gift. incredible show.
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
seeing Wednesday bust out a cover of Big Star's "September Gurls" was the most i've smiled in ages. felt like a gift. incredible show.
"It evokes the off-kilter oddities of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but also the sensation of restlessness that I associate with scrolling through the Netflix queue—the vague feeling that there must be something I want to do here, but unsure if it is any of this."
great stuff. bleak!
great stuff. bleak!
I went to Netflix House and had a very weird time, you can read about it here
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
Netflix Has Built Its Own In-Person Immersive Experience. It’s … Weird, to Say the Least.
What it’s like visiting Philadelphia’s Netflix House, a disorienting experience housed in a giant mall.
slate.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"It evokes the off-kilter oddities of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but also the sensation of restlessness that I associate with scrolling through the Netflix queue—the vague feeling that there must be something I want to do here, but unsure if it is any of this."
great stuff. bleak!
great stuff. bleak!
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Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“Much of the centrist manosphere’s rhetoric is predicated on refusing to see half of what’s in front of you”
it’s a balm to the brain to see this entire way of thinking, which has somehow taken over this stupid country, so thoroughly and entertainingly dismantled
it’s a balm to the brain to see this entire way of thinking, which has somehow taken over this stupid country, so thoroughly and entertainingly dismantled
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Much of the centrist manosphere’s rhetoric is predicated on refusing to see half of what’s in front of you”
it’s a balm to the brain to see this entire way of thinking, which has somehow taken over this stupid country, so thoroughly and entertainingly dismantled
it’s a balm to the brain to see this entire way of thinking, which has somehow taken over this stupid country, so thoroughly and entertainingly dismantled
i can't stop thinking about "is there a place that makes a sound you love?"
July 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
i can't stop thinking about "is there a place that makes a sound you love?"
didn't realize the thesis Nicholas Hoult has been putting together on modern toxic masculinity, especially the pathetic insecurities underlying the bravado
July 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
didn't realize the thesis Nicholas Hoult has been putting together on modern toxic masculinity, especially the pathetic insecurities underlying the bravado
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Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports
He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports.
www.advocate.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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the film series on hurricane katrina i co-curated for MoMA film begins one month from today 🤯 the full program notes are now live: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
something you may not know about me is that i am a hurricane katrina survivor.
this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
the film series on hurricane katrina i co-curated for MoMA film begins one month from today 🤯 the full program notes are now live: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
okay this is literally me right now
July 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
okay this is literally me right now
this is my incredibly good girl Norma - a terrier mix rescue we adopted in December. she is perfect even when she is tearing up rolls of toilet paper. she gets scared and feisty and she loves so much.
so yes i cried a lot at the SUPERMAN movie
so yes i cried a lot at the SUPERMAN movie
July 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
this is my incredibly good girl Norma - a terrier mix rescue we adopted in December. she is perfect even when she is tearing up rolls of toilet paper. she gets scared and feisty and she loves so much.
so yes i cried a lot at the SUPERMAN movie
so yes i cried a lot at the SUPERMAN movie
damn i thought we'd be at "FABLEMANS is a universally accepted masterpiece" by now, i'll circle back in a few years
July 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
damn i thought we'd be at "FABLEMANS is a universally accepted masterpiece" by now, i'll circle back in a few years
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really nothing better than being able to entertain friends with food and drink
July 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
really nothing better than being able to entertain friends with food and drink