Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 32mIn fairness, the memorial includes some spots where passerby can sit down for a moment. 010
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 3hAlmost as bad as that part in Studio 60 where he suggests that a Gilbert & Sullivan parody is the height of telling truth to power in sketch comedy. 1100
Reposted by Alan ZilbermanSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 3hhard to imagine a more blatant boomer self-insert than Sorkin positing an investigative reporter at a major daily newspaper who doesn't know how to use google maps (in 2019!) but is extensively versed in the history of Broadway musicals 47911
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 4hI see this on Prime Video a lot. Lots of genre deep cuts from the 70s-90s with ATROCIOUS transfers. 150
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 5hThere's a new movie directed by Ben Affleck, who once directed a Best Picture winner, that begins streaming on Netflix tomorrow. Critics are under embargo to post their reviews/reactions until 7pm this evening. Take that as you will. 190
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 6hMine will run tomorrow, and I think it might be the most vicious one yet. 031
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 7hYup! More detail here.theguardian.comGlobal release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZATheatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website 110
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 7hFitting that my review of NAZA, a new documentary from co-directors of No Other Land, ran on October 7th. I think I make a strong case for the film, so I hope you will share this and go see it however you can. If it's not playing near you, don't worry: it'll be on The Guardian website next month. 1234
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 19hGreat! It has a lot of horrific imagery, but it can be stunning, too. 010
Reposted by Alan ZilbermanLars Gotrich @totalvibration.bsky.social · 22hThere is on only one “Digger” and that is by the indie rock band Great Grandpa, released in the year 2019 on the album ‘Four of Arrows.’ youtu.be/Rg0rGmrIoNo?...youtu.beGreat Grandpa - Digger (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Great Grandpa 4185
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 23hYou’ll want to see NAZA when it opens Friday at AFI Silver. You may need to see it.washingtoncitypaper.comNAZA Is the Year’s Most Urgent FilmThe new film from the Israeli filmmakers behind No Other Land secretly interview IDF officers and show their high-tech tactics are war crimes. 1123
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I have now gotten two more. None of my friends have claimed to be the source, I don't think this is viral marketing, and my wife is getting freaked out by the whole thing. Who is sending me these postcards?!? 120
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yeah, I rewatch Casino once a year, if not more. MRW I get to the sight gag of Ace not wearing pants in his office.static.klipy.com 010
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026No, I need a BREAK. I'll see it later this month. 110
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Tonight is the first night since the beginning of last week when I did not have a concert, movie, or play to see. I wonder what I should do* with my free evening! * Just kidding, I'll prob just watch more movies. 380
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I was in two Fantasy Football leagues. I dissolved one, then turned it into a Fantasy Trivia league I co-commissioned with @padrock.bsky.social, then dissolved after several years. I think I still auto-draft in the other, which exists more as a football-flavored group chat nowadays. 130
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Today is the 20th anniversary of The Departed hitting theaters, aka the best flip phone movie ever made and Marky Mark's last great role, which means it's also been 20 years of annoying complaints from people who think they're smarter than the movie because of its last shot.static.klipy.com 3295
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I really dig this Chris' post on last week's Charli XCX show. I was also there, and was struck by the strange parasocial reaction to it on reddit and elsewhere. Like Chris, I thought the technical snafus led to moving vulnerability, a reminder of why we see live music in the first place. 120
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026World of Reel is a hack, and I wouldn’t trust anything he posts unless it’s confirmed elsewhere. 010
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026More to come, but I did not care for The Social Reckoning. I did, however, laugh ruefully when Jeremy Allen White's character mansplains Broadway musicals, then later says men only get accused of mansplaining when they're winning an argument - seemingly without any self-awareness.letterboxd.comA ★★ review of The Social Reckoning (2026)This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review. 240
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I hope Matt Reeves resolves his personal reasons for stepping away from The Batman 2 however best he can, but it's getting to be kind of funny how long this movie will take. Fun fact: Pattinson turned 40 this year, and Bale finished The Dark Knight Rises by the time he turned 38.deadline.com'The Batman Part II' Pauses Production For Matt Reeves'The Batman Part II' has paused production due to Matt Reeves stepping away for personal reasons, Warner Bros and DC Studios says. 161
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This whole thread is great. If Key and Peele have burner accounts, I can imagine them reading it while openly weeping. 160
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Between The History of Concrete, Naza, Musk, You Can See Everything, and My Undesirable Friends Part 2, I can't think of a period where there have been so many buzzy, exciting documentaries releasing all around the same time. Put another way: 081
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If it weren't so loud and off-putting, Digger might have been an interesting failure. Nevertheless. 040
Reposted by Alan ZilbermanAlan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My first memory is being frightened by a live performance of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.” If we’re talking movies, I think it’s this - also related to classical music.static.klipy.comChernabog's Night On Bald Mountain in FantasiaALT: Chernabog's Night On Bald Mountain in Fantasia 171
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My first memory is being frightened by a live performance of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.” If we’re talking movies, I think it’s this - also related to classical music.static.klipy.comChernabog's Night On Bald Mountain in FantasiaALT: Chernabog's Night On Bald Mountain in Fantasia 171
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I love Mr. Burns! I saw it at Woolly Mammoth Theater in DC and it blew me away. I’m curious to see what Boots Riley plans to do with it. 230
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I did not care for Digger, which might as well have been called Mr. Rockwell, a Post-Satire Play, but I did laugh at the scene where Tom Cruise gets a shoe thrown at his head.letterboxd.comA ★★ review of Digger (2026)Digger is such a shameless ripoff of Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play that a better title for it would be Mr. Rockwell, a Post-Satire Play. It takes a special kind of self-satisfied fil... 1121
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026On the agenda today: Digger, against my better judgement, then seeing Brian Cox on stage in The Score at The Shakespeare Theater. Maybe I have a fetish where I like old men yelling at me? 030
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yup. Ed Wood, Uwe Bill, and Tommy Wiseau are also auteurs. Specificity of vision does not account for quality. 040
Reposted by Alan ZilbermanTim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I agree with every word of Mark's astute thread. DIGGER bombing the same weekend as the Skydance merger takes hold is going to be looked at as one of the most significant moments in movie history. 1378
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Today is a good day for rock around DC. Smashing Pumpkins are playing Baltimore. At Merriweather, you can see that Tom Morello festival with Foo Fighters, Cypress Hill, and Bruce Springsteen. At The Anthem, there is a hardcore show with Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry. I am going to the latter. 1100
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Honda Fits are not scary. Source: I own a Honda fit. 010
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I saw them recently open for Third Eye Blind. They were aight. Def more excited for The Get Up Kids. I will say The Format put out a new album earlier this year and it has some solid indie pop on it. 000
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026No one is cool and 90s/00s indie is alive at The Lincoln Theater, where The Get Up Kids are opening for The Format. I am confused by the enthusiasm for the latter, who are FINE, since the former are secret pop GENIUSES. Also, there are multiple babies here who have no ear protection. Bad form! 010
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comDetroiters Man Excited FaceALT: Detroiters Man Excited Face 010
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026March usually has a day or two of False Spring. 010
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Still thinking about this dang movie, and how I kinda/sorta look like Sebastian Stan in this screenshot (I never let my beard grow that long). 030
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 02/10/202640. Mare of Easttown, but make it the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Readable and with strong characters, even though you know where it will go. It is kind of funny how many sections are written *EXACTLY* like a repurposed screenplay. 000
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Re-upping my @wcp.bsky.social review of Verity, a trashy erotic thriller where Anne Hathaway has so much fun playing a narcissistic psychopath that she produces genuine giggles in the scene where she contemplates smothering her infant with a pillow. 040
