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Scott Mendelson @scottmendelson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Netflix can do as it pleases concerning theatrical releases. But filmmakers and theatre chains (including IMAX) must stop pretending that their Netflix movie will be the one that gets treated differently or gets the streaming giant to see the light. Yes, the leopard will indeed eat your face too.

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

We designed these pieces to be teachable and broadly read. I hope people like them and, if you teach, they find a place in your courses.

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

New @filmquarterly.bsky.social issue dropped! Psyched to see our truly global "Franchise Everything" dossier with @cbrannondonoghue.bsky.social @alfredmartin.bsky.social @nitingovil.bsky.social @ncouret.bsky.social Reyna Denison and Marc Francis. online.ucpress.edu/fq/issue/79/2

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Volume 79 Issue 2 | Film Quarterly | University of California Press

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Courtney Brannon Donoghue @cbrannondonoghue.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The overused word in every conversation and panel at TIFF this year is “authenticity.”

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 05/07/2025

My heart is with everyone impacted by the devastating floods across Texas—those who have lost loved ones & those still searching. Many of the impacted families are from right here in Dallas. We’re mourning with you and praying for comfort, healing, & peace in the days ahead. TX-30 stands with you.

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Dr. Katherine Haenschen @drkath.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Here’s one example: Harris County, the 3rd largest county in America by population (5 million) and covering 1,703sqmi, is only permitted ONE MAIL BALLOT DROP BOX, on ELECTION DAY ONLY. One mail ballot drop box. One day (technically, 12 hours) only. For 2.7M registered voters.

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Courtney Brannon Donoghue @cbrannondonoghue.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Y’all my book The Value Gap is at @tiffnet.bsky.social gift shop. What a thrill!! TIFF was an important site of fieldwork for this book & is my fav festival in the entire world. Really feels like coming full circle. (S/o @justinrawlins.bsky.social for the picture!)

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Texas film incentive bill moves to the Governor's desk after passage by the House. The ten-year funding horizon represents a significant shift from prior every two year renewal cycle. thetexan.news/issues/texas...

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Texas House Approves 'New Hollywood' $300 Million Film Tax Incentive Program

Hunter said he’d be willing to review increased incentives for companies that hire more Texans.

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Dr. Katherine Haenschen @drkath.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

It takes all of 2 minutes to leave a public comment in favor of continuing to make COVID booster shots available to all who want them this year --> www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Push back on the bullies!

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

who could have foreseen that abandoning the brand name with immense value was a mistake??? Aside from every sentient human not named Zaslav????

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

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Myles McNutt @memles.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

As the box office press—or as we call them, the Asterisk People—were changing their tune on #Sinners after its second weekend, @kristenwarner.bsky.social and I had a conversation about the discord around the way they reported on its first. Long story short? Facts and feelings don't mix.

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Week-to-Week: Sinners' Box Office vs. the Asterisk People

Kristen Warner returns to break down the discourse around the contentious performance of Ryan Coogler's latest film

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Manohla Darkness @manohladargis.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Female cinematographers are far and few between. Per the annual industry report the Cellulod Ceiling, female DPs shot just 12 percent of the 250 top-grossing movies in 2024. So, when a high-profile male director hires women it’s a big deal; when he keeps hiring women it’s a big fucking deal.

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Carly A. Kocurek @sparklebliss.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Graphic design is my passion. #scms25 #scms2025

White person's hand holding quarter size fliers that say "Support your SCMS colleagues. Call your rep and senators today to defend NEH." in all caps black on white paper. They are not well designed.

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Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Boulder, Colorado. Wow.

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D(oc) Oc(k) @frittersandclam.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

She is simply the person I teach everywhere all the time. "Film bodies: gender, genre, excess" is a key text in all of film studies for me.

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Claudia Koerner @claudiakoerner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

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Courtney Brannon Donoghue @cbrannondonoghue.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Also thrilled for Sean Baker and his creative collaborators. It is impossible to teach my indie film & festival classes without his work. Long live independent film!!! #oscars

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Courtney Brannon Donoghue @cbrannondonoghue.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Thrilled for Walter Salles & cinema brasileiro!!! He was a huge influence when I starting researching & writing about the Brazilian film industry back in grad school. #oscars

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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Hulu ruining the Oscars is really poetic coming after Sean Baker’s speech about streaming services killing the movies

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I loved Anora but I think this is all about Sean Baker and indie film. He’s a standard bearer in the field. Such consistent work and always getting better. #oscars #hatm

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I'm a broken record on this, but in the push to broaden Academy membership over the last decade, it isn't racial diversification or gender parity that has had the greatest effect on what wins. It's internationalization.

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Elana Levine @ehl.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The first of the (vast) coverage of new CBS soap, Beyond the Gates, that actually engages with the industry logics that CBS and P&G are employing. No surprise that they include value of soap streaming audience AND brand integrations, just like a proper 1930s radio serial. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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Procter & Gamble Works Up New Lather for Soap Operas With ‘Beyond the Gates’

Procter & Gamble returns to the business of soap operas with CBS' 'Beyond the Gates' after many years of not producing the genre

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Probably going to spend the rest of my life mad that we can’t see the 9-hour Prince documentary

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Basically we are looking at a pandemic/Great Recession sized disaster heading toward higher ed in the US, for no other reason than the fact that the Republican Party is in a culture war with academics.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Pt. 2/2 ⬇️

DO NOT SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION.
Do not answer questions about your immigration status, where you were born, or your criminal history.
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NO COMPARTAS INFORMACION PERSONAL.
No respondas preguntas sobre tu estado migratorio, dónde naciste o tus antecedentes penales.

DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING.
Do not sign any document without speaking to a lawyer.
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NO FIRMES NADA.
No firmes ningún documento sin hablar con un abogado.

SPEAK TO
A LAWYER.
Consult with a lawyer ahead of time.
If you are arrested, ICE will not provide you with a lawyer, so be prepared.
CONSULTA CON UN ABOGADO.
Consulta con un abogado con anticipación.
Si te arrestan, ICE no te dará un abogado, así que prepárate

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
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PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".

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Courtney Brannon Donoghue @cbrannondonoghue.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Cancer touches EVERYONE’S lives whether you are in active treatment or survivorship or you are a loved one. Another unconscionable and cruel move in a line of many.

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Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

SCMS congratulates Janet Staiger, recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Career Achievement Award! Join Dr. Staiger and SCMS Treasurer Kristen J. Warner for a special conversation at the SCMS 66th Annual Conference in Chicago on Saturday, April 5, at 2:00 pm. ⁠⁠ #SCMS25

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I'm getting a lot of freaked out late-night texts from my friends who are not experienced organizers, looking for advice on how to deal with the constant onslaught of bad news and how to make themselves useful. This is the advice I give.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The inability of the national media to understand this basic point ABOUT AMERICAN CIVICS is simply wild

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Everything that Courtney said! I grow more and more grateful for the path she charted and for helping us start a bit further along it than she had to with every new stage of this career.

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Courtney Brannon Donoghue @cbrannondonoghue.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I am over the moon Janet Staiger has been awarded the DCA award!! Janet was my co-dissertation advisor & one of my amazing mentors at UTexas. I would not be where I am or who I am today without her. I also can confidently say film & media studies would not be what or where it is today without Janet.

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

TOP PLACES TO GO IN 2025 * shock * denial * the wringer * quietly mad * Portugal * a little room somewhere deep inside your mind where no one can find you

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I’m tired already

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