Matt Zoller Seitz
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social
Author, filmmaker, book dealer. New York and Dallas. Bookstore: mzs.press. RogerEbert.com editor-at-large. Next book: Jack Nicholson: Leading Man
"There’s no logic. It looks like they’re gonna do all sorts of things which are almost the most destructive things that they can do, for virtually no purpose,”
Our Public Lands & Waters@publiclandswaters.bsky.social · 19h agoThe destruction of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park has begun. #bigbend #nationalparks #publiclands #protectpubliclands #bigbendnationalpark
"If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die. Death with dignity is surely a better fate for the genre than fascist capitulation." @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social from her zero star review of ONE NIGHT ONLY:
One Night Only review: Pull out from this sex-negative rom-com
If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die.
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I love a sleeper hit
IFC Center@ifccenter.bsky.social · 3h agoAn essential doc about the beloved, prize-winning poet, MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD is going into its sixth weekend, and we're excited to welcome director Sasha Waters back for a Q&A after the 3:05 PM screening this Sun, Aug 9! Get tickets: www.ifccenter.com/films/mary-o...
"Political satire cannot stand up if it doesn’t have a spine."
🏳️🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩@oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 4h ago"If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die. Death with dignity is surely a better fate for the genre than fascist capitulation." Zero stars for this piece of shit movie. My review of ONE NIGHT ONLY for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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"Politics is a spiteful business. Theatrical. Occasionally bloody, which is surprising, since the job tends to attract the squeamish. But growing up inside the Beltway, politics was a bedtime story."
John DeVore@johndevore.bsky.social · 6h ago
Getting real sick of slop midwives pleading for a 'respectful discussion' of AI as relates to the arts. Your use of AI to 'make art' is not respectful. It benefits from stolen art, destroys the planet, and does not make you an artist any more than someone driving 26.2 miles is a marathoner.
Even this psychopath who wants to run Texas like a reichsgau has to pretend to not be a huge fan of AI data centers now, another stunning thing to wake up to today
Reuters@reuters.com · 24h agoTexas governor orders pause on new data center approvals pending audit reut.rs/45HgJzi
I tell this to everyone who has a biometric ID on their phone
SeasonalPun@pixelfish.bsky.social · last wk.Just as a heads up, passwords are protected in legal situations, like when police or customs wants to “just see” your phone, but biometrics are not.
The youth claim to hate capitalism yet they purchase goods and services in order to survive ahaha and I am very Fortune Magazine
re-read the short story in the morning and then this at night... good bookends for the day that is (soon "was") august 4, 2026
Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 22h ago"The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science fiction, this one probably seemed far away when it was chosen, but once it was finally upon us, it passed like all days." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...
Last night I was thinking that this is Bradbury’s “Ozymandias.”
Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 22h ago"The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science fiction, this one probably seemed far away when it was chosen, but once it was finally upon us, it passed like all days." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...
"The fire crackled up the stairs. It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily flesh, tenderly crisping the canvases into black shavings."
Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 22h ago"The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science fiction, this one probably seemed far away when it was chosen, but once it was finally upon us, it passed like all days." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...
Me LOVE this! Me want more Cookie Monster content!
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 18h agoCookie Monster's Take Me Out To The Ballgame
The problem with learning that popular culture is wrong about something (method acting isn’t about being an asshole) is that pop culture keeps being wrong about it and everyone gets real annoyed as you lose your fucking mind
regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸@ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 22h agoanya taylor-joy says women don't method act because we have things to take care of and can't lose our minds or be assholes
Bradbury often makes me have to get up a take a lap after I finish one of his stories. Had to go stand in the very alive back garden and breathe in the tomato plant smell tonight.
"The power to incinerate cities in a single blow, long ascribed only to gods, was now an option for the species that invented bloodletting, the cholera belt, and the electric tablecloth." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...
Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" On the Exact Day When It's Set
The events of Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" occur today: August 4, 2026.
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This piece by Jeff Yang (aka @originalsp.in) was so satisfying to edit. It covers different aspects of The Odyssey and contextualizes them as examples of political filmmaking through allegory—the tale of a 21st century empire reeling from karmic blowback. www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
The People from the Sea: How "The Odyssey" is About America
A reading of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster as a commentary on the current state of America.
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"However you classified it, Bradbury’s work routinely did something that many of his esteemed peers could never attempt: it moved you" | Glad I caught @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social after rereading "There Will Come Soft Rains" today www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...
Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" On the Exact Day When It's Set
The events of Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" occur today: August 4, 2026.
rogerebert.com
"The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science fiction, this one probably seemed far away when it was chosen, but once it was finally upon us, it passed like all days." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...
Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" On the Exact Day When It's Set
The events of Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" occur today: August 4, 2026.
rogerebert.com
"Nolan’s film is not a misbegotten attempt to modernize a classic—it is a deft and purposeful reflection of America in this moment, seen through the glass of mythological metaphor." Jeff Yang writes about THE ODYSSEY and the “people from the sea.”
The People from the Sea: How "The Odyssey" is About America
A reading of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster as a commentary on the current state of America.
rogerebert.com
"Moving readers is not a skill one can learn through practice. It’s a trait, like charisma or rhythm. You either have it or you don’t." About re-reading Ray Bradbury's classic short story There Will Come Soft Rains on the exact day when it's set: August 4, 2026. www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...
Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" On the Exact Day When It's Set
The events of Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" occur today: August 4, 2026.
rogerebert.com
This piece by Jeff Yang (aka @originalsp.in) was so satisfying to edit. It covers different aspects of The Odyssey and contextualizes them as examples of political filmmaking through allegory—the tale of a 21st century empire reeling from karmic blowback. www.rogerebert.com/features/the...
The People from the Sea: How "The Odyssey" is About America
A reading of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster as a commentary on the current state of America.
rogerebert.com
The brilliant voices behind RogerEbert.com asked me to expand my thread on Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY as a pointed assessment of America as “empire at dusk” into a full essay, which I was honored to do. Please read/share—and thanks to @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social @briantallerico.bsky.social for the invite!
RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices.bsky.social · yesterday"Nolan’s film is not a misbegotten attempt to modernize a classic—it is a deft and purposeful reflection of America in this moment, seen through the glass of mythological metaphor." Jeff Yang writes about THE ODYSSEY and the “people from the sea.”
Scorpion: "The Critics are Wrong About My River Crossings"
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · yesterdayDavid Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.
