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Chris Stanton

@chrisstanton27.bsky.social
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Original Armchair Critic. Copy Editor/Approval Matrix for NY Mag. Bylines all over.

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Longreads @longreads.com · 13/08/2026
"I found two dead people in theaters too. That was kind of crazy." Pat Caldwell to @chrisstanton27.bsky.social for @vulture.com @nymag.com www.vulture.com/article/than...
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Thank This Retired Projectionist for Those 3 a.m. Odyssey 70-mm. Imax Showings
Running a film in Christopher Nolan’s preferred format is a specialized skill that only a few projectionists left can claim.
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Cat Zhang @catzhang.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Excellent and horrifying piece from @chrisstanton27.bsky.social , who spoke to former healthcare executives about the soul-destroying things they witnessed at the top of the for-profit medical insurance industry nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Confessions of Health-Insurance Executives
Champagne for record profits. Being ordered to “execute some hostages.” Why four men quit and spoke out.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
BOTD Carole Eastman!! W: The Shooting (Hellman) Model Shop (Demy) Downfall Child (Schatzberg) 5 Easy Pieces (Rafelson) @specktor.bsky.social: "the one I felt the strongest kinship with" [More: www.ocregister.com/2021/07/24/w... Also: @chrisstanton27.bsky.social: lithub.com/its-time-to-...
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Jack Denton @jackwdenton.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
RIP David Lynch, who built puzzles out of pure affect and called them movies. His palaces of dream logic underscored the unacceptable horrors of so many straightforward narratives. A rare contemporary artist whose name has already—deservedly—become its own aesthetic adjective. “Now it’s dark.”
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