Roxana Hadadi

@roxana-hadadi.bsky.social

Vulture TV critic, SOUND OF METAL Criterion author, Peabody Awards juror, usually complaining about something. https://www.vulture.com/author/roxana-hadadi/

I am a one-woman band. I don’t use AI. Not to write, not to edit, not to automate social posting. I am: — working on two essays for Soraya [dot] Press — prepping to sit as a talking head for a doc shooting this week but airing in December — RSVPing, requesting press creds/setting editorial cal

if you ever wonder how open secrets about terrible behavior fester in Hollywood and nothing is done, there’s likely no one more qualified than the great @moryan.bsky.social to break it down. Here she is on Jared Leto and Hollywood’s post #MeToo playbook [gift link]:

Opinion | Jared Leto and Hollywood’s Open Secrets (Gift Article)

Whispers can fester for years before anyone faces consequences. And the tactics celebrities use to escape scandal have completely changed.

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1.1% of the country is muslim 1% of the country is trans both have double the poverty rate of the average american apparently these 1% can take over the entire country but the 1% that holds ~37% of the total wealth aren't doing anything worth looking into

Brendan Gutenschwager@bgonthescene.bsky.social · 3d ago

Jake Lang unveils a banner at Cedar Point Shores Waterpark in Ohio reading “Stop Muslim Takeover of Democrat Party!!” and calling for the deportation of American-born U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed

still on my ALIAS rewatch. the surprise 2-year time jump really is one of the boldest and most confident things I've seen a television show ever do; just a total commitment to shaking things up because they knew they could pull it off (and they did)

the best ALIAS eps: - michael vaughn goes undercover - michael vaughn goes undercover in a leather jacket - michael vaughn goes undercover in a leather jacket, speaks french - michael vaughn goes undercover in a leather jacket, speaks french, gazes at sydney like she's the most magical thing

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Bright Wall/Dark Room@brightwalldarkroom.com · 12mo ago

Real talk (reel talk?): BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.

enjoyed chatting with himesh very much about his exceptional year -- THE ODYSSEY, BAIT, ENOLA HOLMES 3, THE X-FILES pilot -- and what it means to be a repeat nolan guy, esp. when you're tasked with playing the film's moral conscience.

Vulture@vulture.com · 2w ago

Himesh Patel, the second biggest character in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ had ‘some sort of existential freak out’ shooting a sequence involving Circe, real pigs, and practical effects he compares to ‘An American Werewolf in London.’

enjoyed chatting with himesh very much about his exceptional year -- THE ODYSSEY, BAIT, ENOLA HOLMES 3, THE X-FILES pilot -- and what it means to be a repeat nolan guy, esp. when you're tasked with playing the film's moral conscience.

Vulture@vulture.com · 2w ago

Himesh Patel, the second biggest character in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ had ‘some sort of existential freak out’ shooting a sequence involving Circe, real pigs, and practical effects he compares to ‘An American Werewolf in London.’