At this point in the story, Ted’s positive attitude and heart-warming antics have taught the audience that it’s important to be yourself, and now we’re building on that by introducing basic geometric shapes,” said Jason Sudeikis

New ‘Ted Lasso’ Season Aims To Teach Viewers About Shapes, Colors

NEW YORK—Claiming that fans would love clapping and dancing along with their favorite characters,Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis confirmed that the show’s fourth season, which begins Wednesday, would te...

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"I’ve been happy with the films I’ve seen here and the experiences I’ve had, and I wish I had time to give all the pictures I witnessed the space they deserve on these here pages. But here are some that deserve mention,” writes @clintworthing.bsky.social in his recap of the Fantasia Film Festival:

Fantasia 2026: Wrapping Up

Reflections on this year's genre festival, and some highlights we haven't mentioned yet.

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public libraries ftw

Genuinely fucking steamed about this, Juan would have done great work with this grant but got fucked due to arbitrary Calvinball shit that punishes you for having the audacity of having a full time job to live.

juan barquin@woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 2d ago

spent a month working on a curation/writing grant app that i was eligible for, submit it early because i was so excited, got an email today out of nowhere telling me that there’s a new eligibility requirement that wasn’t listed before and now my application is void love miami

Some radical transparency: we may only have a year left at our current pace. If you'd like to help us survive to reach our full potential, consider subscribing, donating, or buying a gift subscription.

Rascal News@rascal.news · 3d ago

State of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...

Delighted to have written about I Want Your Sex for Reverse Shot this week, even if I found Gregg Araki’s supposed “return to form” kind of scattershot and not half as great as his last romcom Splendor. Still, a fun coming of age movie with two committed leads.

I Want Your Sex

The film has been heralded as a return to form from one of New Queer Cinema�s brashest voices ever since its premiere at Sundance, yet it turns out to be a fairly conventional coming-of-age story.

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hair down hair up still wet

Day 1 of starting PrEP, a long overdue step to protecting my sexual health, can I get a hell yeah

The Vivienne Reacts to Prep Question

ALT: The Vivienne Reacts to Prep Question

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was just informed by @clintworthing.bsky.social that this perfect movie is actually streaming for free on tubi so everybody hop to it before i fight you

finally made myself a little website for my writing, programming, and filmmaking (though still in the process of adding more pages and linking in my flaming classics work)

Juan Barquin

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Well, it’s invoicing day, and since they’re really apparently not going to pay me for something I wrote for them two months ago, I guess today is the day to post about how @vulture.com fucks over its film freelancers. Long (sorry) thread, with receipts:

Vulture@vulture.com · 2mo ago

There are 118 feature films, plus galas, talks, podcast recordings, and more at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Our guide to the movies and events worth lining up for.

"Identity, and our anxiety around it, is a ripe battleground for horror: Are we who we think we are, and are we terrified of the things we’re becoming?" @clintworthing.bsky.social reviews FERINE, THE EYES, & THE MUTATION out of Fantasia, which all explore the above questions:

Fantasia 2026: Ferine, The Eyes, The Mutation

Tales of identity and becoming take both gory and gossamer forms in this latest dispatch from the fest.

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I WANT YOUR SEX is PILLION for m/f dommy mommies, a poppy kink comedy that nonetheless points out the toxicity of abusive BDSM dynamics -- even as Araki jabs at Gen Z sexual neuroses. One of his funniest, but straightest, pictures. For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-wa...

I Want Your Sex review: Gregg Araki dom-comedy almost works out its kinks

The comedy works—its limitations come when it tries to juggle those jokes with sex and power.

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“[This is] a triptych of tales of people living or moving in filth, or otherwise realizing the world around them is coming apart at the seams and there’s nothing we can do about it." From Fantasia, @clintworthing.bsky.social reviews PERMANENT DAMAGE, GODHEAD, & SOUR MINNOWS:

Fantasia 2026: Permanent Damage, Godhead, Sour Minnows

On three bad-vibes movies from this year's festival.

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With his new @criterion.bsky.social set out, I spoke to Mike Mills about his trilogy of quirky, bittersweet tales about the gulfs between parents and kids, how he's grown as a filmmaker, and whether the kids will truly be all right. For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/features/mik...

Movies Aren't Therapy: "Mike Mills" on Parents, Children, and Filmmaking

Mike Mills looks back on the broader context of his career and to ponder whether the kids are truly all right.

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"The more I do these films, the more I realize that the children are the parents. Parents are the children. You are the enemy. The enemy is you." @clintworthing.bsky.social spoke with Mike Mills about the Criterion Collection release of BEGINNERS, 20TH CENTURY WOMEN, & C’MON C’MON:

Movies Aren't Therapy: "Mike Mills" on Parents, Children, and Filmmaking

Mike Mills looks back on the broader context of his career and to ponder whether the kids are truly all right.

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don’t know why my essay on maddie’s secret is getting traction today but i am thankful and delighted ☺️

The Odyssey (2026)

What are these Hunger Games-ass names

Some of my earliest screenings were in this theater; I remember crying to the end of A MONSTER CALLS here, making friends here, feeling for the first time like a Big Time Film Critic here. This place always felt like a cheeky little secret for Chicago Critics, and it's a shame to see it go.

RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices.bsky.social · last wk.

As the Lake Street Screening Room shutters its doors, Richard Roeper offers a tribute to the iconic movie watching space, citing memories of watching films with Siskel & Ebert:

Look, I love hazy Eurotrash sci-fi as much as the next guy, but HOT SPOT needed to give me more than sleepy Polish rave vibes, incomprehensible broken-English dialogue, and a lead who looks like Joe Exotic: Warrior of the Future. My pan out of @fantasiafestival.com for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices.bsky.social · last wk.

“It feels content to cycle through its hallucinogenic, albeit stylish, beats with the hazy remembrance of a dream." @clintworthing.bsky.social reviews HOT SPOT: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hot-...

“It feels content to cycle through its hallucinogenic, albeit stylish, beats with the hazy remembrance of a dream." @clintworthing.bsky.social reviews HOT SPOT: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hot-...

Hot Spot review: Like hearing about someone else's dream

Feels content to cycle through its hallucinogenic, albeit stylish, beats with the hazy remembrance of a dream.

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leatherman in her private hell be like

👀👀👀

Brent Michaud@brentmichaud.bsky.social · 2w ago

No movie tonight. Off to see #WeirdAl at his free outdoor show at Just For Laughs.

Vengeance is hers! Katie Rife compiles twenty standout films, from commercial comedies to harrowing horror-thrillers, in which women exact revenge against those who’ve wronged them. https://boxd.it/3hi

Admirable clarity @science.org

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2w ago

Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.

More from @fantasiafestival.com: the latest Makoto Ueda! The Heated Rivalry guy roughing it in the Quebec wilderness! A fly Spanish Dracula!

RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices.bsky.social · 2w ago

This Fantasia dispatch features films constrained by their budgets and that use "small spaces and casts to nonetheless explore big ideas about art, predation, and creativity." @clintworthing.bsky.social reviews YOU ARE THE FILM, SOMEONE’S DAUGHTER, & LOS VAMPIRES:

I never shared the 16mm footage from my test/experiment day, so here's that in case you're all bored and feel like scrubbing through. We were limited to a backyard, so I tried focusing on random things: metals, movements, and (poorly?) macro-lensing. Will prob re-use this footage elsewhere.

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This reel consists of approximately 100 feet of Kodak 16mm color negative film exposed on May 16, 2026 during the City State Enterprises session of Moving Image Alliance - 16mm for Contemporary Artist...

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juan barquin@woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Got my little roll of test footage back and honestly I love shooting on 16mm even though it stresses me out beyond belief realizing how fucking SHAKY my hands are when trying to use a macro lens.

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