spider-man 4 randomly breaking the all-time opening weekend record is giving me flashbacks to when jurassic world did the same thing out of nowhere in 2015. sometimes you just really don't know what the average audience member is craving

emily wilson is well within her rights (and obv extremely qualified!) to criticize the odyssey. but I’m amused by the number of people who seem to think the conversation ends there and no one is allowed to criticize her criticism in turn

Excellent piece on the Steven Spielberg approach, which is to smuggle complexities and unanswerable questions into the middle of pop confections. By @brendanhodges.bsky.social. And thanks for linking to our Steven Spielberg video series from so long ago. lareviewofbooks.org/article/disc...

Lights in the Sky | Los Angeles Review of Books

Considering Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ and his magic-of-movies persona.

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can you IMAGINE what it would be like if republicans were able to call democrats socialists

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago

The vibes may be exciting, but if Democrats are going to win this year and in 2028, they must reject the DSA. If you’re tempted by a democratic socialist this year, think of what use Republicans will make of these victories, and ask whether you want to do favors for fascists.

Blue Heron is on Criterion Channel today in the US. it's the best film of 2026 in my humble (and admittedly biased) opinion.

Criterion Channel@criterionchannl.bsky.social · last mo.

💙 MARK YOUR CALENDARS 💙 Director Sophy Romvari’s stunning feature debut BLUE HERON will begin streaming exclusively on the Criterion Channel starting July 21! Watch a clip from Romvari’s episode of MEET THE FILMMAKERS, which will accompany the film on the Channel before having

THE ODYSSEY's instantly, predictably enormous success is Exhibit #32176 that the right wing's grievance-farming operation is not some great American cultural shift. Most people don't give a shit about their petty crusades.

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS But excellent piece to enjoy when you’ve seen the film from @bilgeebiri.bsky.social www.vulture.com/article/chri...

Christopher Nolan Explains the ‘Key’ to The Odyssey’s Ending

On the surprise identity of the “people from the sea” and Odysseus’s urgent warning for today’s world.

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the dinos in jurassic park don’t mean shit without an actor who’s able to sell this moment in a heartbeat. rest in peace, a truly wonderful screen presence

It’s very funny that all indications are that an adaptation of Homer could be one of the biggest movies of the year with both critics and the box office and this is universally interpreted as a catastrophe for the conservative right because they’re poisoned themselves against culture

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my president

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · last mo.

It’s worth watching Mamdani’s full 13-minute address. THIS is the 4 of July speech the country deserves. If you teach, consider adding it to your curriculum. If you’re a parent, watch it with your kids. This is a weekend to reflect. This speech was pitch-perfect. This speech should be remembered.

The American legal system is being abused in order to pander to the president's fantasies and make them seem real www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...

Olympian Is Indicted After Arrest at Washington’s Reflecting Pool

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I’m willing to reach across the aisle and offer a moderate compromise here: let’s abolish the supreme court

Paul Graf@paulginva.bsky.social · last mo.

Quite the meltdown on the postliberal right today....

as in the last 3 presidential elections, if dems lose to this guy in 2028 it’s fully their own fault

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · last mo.

Vance: People hang out those hideous signs in their yard that say, "in this house we believe blah blah blah blah blah. You know, love is love, science is science, whatever. No person is illegal." That sign is such a disgusting butchering of the Nicene Creed

Statements from Dems like this one make it harder to press for Supreme Court reform. This ruling was a near-disaster and shows how unhinged SCOTUS has become—now just one vote away from overturning the 14th Amendment. But a sitting senator says they "applaud" the ruling.

movie’s about as good as a mid-tier MCU movie (read: not very). the problem is that it’s not 2018 anymore

Exhibitor Relations Co.@ercboxoffice.bsky.social · last mo.

Said it before, I'll say it again. Place this failure squarely on the hands of James Gunn and Peter Safran--just one year after SUPERMAN, they gave audiences SUPERGIRL--a film nobody but hardcore fanboys were asking for. That's how you run a new universe into the ground.

JD Vance made up a horrific and racist lie about a group of people, and now those people will be deported because the Supreme Court refuses to acknowledge, let along regard as disqualifying, the clear racial bias of this administration.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last mo.

A big question is whether we'll now see major ICE raids or whether they'll do something more disguised, because ICE is toxic even in red areas. Either way, local press reports that this could mean an economic loss of up to $400 million. Way to own the libs, Ohio! newrepublic.com/article/2124...

supergirl has one of the weirdest cuts to credits I’ve ever seen. it’s like they forgot to finish writing the scene

every time they post a story like this with brad lander in the heading it’s hysterical. that guy is just a fairly normal democrat who actually listens to his constituents. heaven forbid

Axios@axios.com · last mo.

"There's going to be a war": Centrist House Democrats plot Mamdani Caucus counterattack

@mayor.nyc.gov fix this next

it's very frivolous, but in its frivolity it is also a perfect reflection of everything rotten about trump 2: they took a problem that wasn't really a problem and made it an expensive boondoggle that's also an excuse for authoritarian crackdowns

I'm sorry, but the Democratic establishment doesn't get to say "these are low turnout primaries, they don't mean anything." Ritchie Torres, who unlike Espaillat and Goldman, *trounced* his primary challenger got a *total* of 24k votes. Chevalier got 33k Valdez got 38k Lander got 55k

british👇

James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · last mo.

Everyone knows that Mexican food is really a mid-level cuisine isn't actually that good, but big Taco rewards enough influencers well enough to false conciousness people into claiming they like it.

these guys have no idea how to lose to the left because they're so used to sleepwalking to victory

HuffPost@huffpost.com · last mo.

The House minority leader told CNN the mayor is going to have to patch things up with congressional Democrats follow Tuesday's primary upsets.

the next month or so will see hours and hours of pundits concern trolling about how republicans may use NYC’s far left dems as leverage in the midterms. who gives a shit. they say the same thing about anyone to the left of margaret thatcher. they said joe biden was a marxist! just ignore it!