Ed Halter

@edhalter.bsky.social

Writer on film and other things, half of Light Industry, Brooklyn @lightindustry.bsky.social linktr.ee/edhalter

In 2009, John Crowley sat down with Ed Halter for The Believer to talk about genre, his love of archival footage, and the lost worlds we construct from fragments. With Crowley’s passing on August 8, we’d like to share their conversation here: www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...

An Interview with John Crowley - Believer Magazine

If speculative fiction traffics in the dream of bright and better lands “beyond the fields we know,” to use Lord Dunsany’s phrase, then John Crowley takes this penchant for escapism and gives it a…

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The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil—a green card holder whose wife is eight months pregnant—is a blatant assault on the First Amendment and a sign of advancing authoritarianism under Trump. He must be released now.

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action@jfrejnyc.bsky.social · last yr.

This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.

This weekend, DHS targeted and seized Mahmoud Khalil as punishment for his political speech, and indicated that they are revoking his green card. They have since handed him over to ICE where he is being detained — his location unknown — and held for deportation without due process. 

This is what fascist governments do, and it will not stop here. This extreme escalation is the test case; the Trump/Musk administration is trying to see how far they can go without public outrage and legal checks on their power. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.

Ah, Liberty!, Ben Rivers, 2008, 16mm, 19 mins Ten Minutes Older, Herz Frank, 1978, 10 mins Christmas at Moose Factory, Alanis Obomsawin, 1971, 13 mins My Name Is Oona, Gunvor Nelson, 1969, 16mm, 10 mins Excerpt from Mare’s Nest, Ben Rivers, 2025

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