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At the end of the day, I think the Toy Story franchise is so successful because it’s about something we can all relate to — the horrors of immortality.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

As someone who devoured British literature in my youth, I assumed I’d spend much more of my life recovering at a friend’s estate for weeks after I was rained on a little bit.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

No one ever chooses “deformed recluse who rings the bells of Notre Dame” for Career Day and I think it’s a shame

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

It's always "SING TO ME, O MUSE!" and never "How's YOUR day, O Muse?"

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Starts slow but gets excellent midway. Strong recommend.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

1. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT - dir. Jafar Panahi

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

4. PETER HUJAR'S DAY - dir. Ira Sachs

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

5. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

6. NOUVELLE VAGUE - dir. Richard Linklater

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

7. AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE - dir. Albert Serra

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

8. THE SECRET AGENT - dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

9. CAUGHT BY THE TIDES - dir. Jia Zhangke

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

10. THE MASTERMIND - dir. Kelly Reichardt

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It's Oscars weekend! Which means it's time to drop my top 10 films of 2025, something I only do after seeing every movie nominated in every category (forgive me, I'm ill). This year I saw 108 features released in 2025. These were my faves. If I left off your fave, choose to believe it was #11.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Replacing gay guy music video night with gay guy Grand Prix night

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Thank you so much for reading! This Olympics was so much better on the joy scale!

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Last Olympics I was so done with figure skating but Alysa Liu has made me fall in love with the sport again 🥹 Read my thoughts over at Slate! slate.com/culture/2026...

slate.com

Alysa Liu Just Changed Figure Skating Forever

In a sport that can be scary and stressful, she proved it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The pairs free skate was so good and I got to hear the score to Gladiator TWICE! Read my thoughts over at Slate! slate.com/culture/2026...

slate.com

The Figure Skating Curse at These Olympics Is Finally Over

All thanks to Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. Hoping that the women’s free skate is a much more joyful occasion. 💜

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

How it feels writing about my own sport

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Current mood re: my own sports writing

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I'm now learning that there's such a thing as "jinxing" something. New piece coming tonight after I wipe all this egg off my face.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This is the FINAL time I will explain the difference between ice dance and pairs. Ice dancers have wider, U-shaped snouts, while pair skater snouts are more pointed and V-shaped. Pair skaters prefer saltwater habitats, while ice dancers inhabit freshwater marshes and lakes.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Finally worked up the courage to write a piece about ice dance even though I am but a simpled minded pair skater: slate.com/culture/2026...

slate.com

The Big Upset in Ice Dancing Shows Why the Sport Is So Enticing

The team that triumphed showed what the art of the sport really is.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I’m covering figure skating for Slate during the Milan Olympics! Check it out and take a peek inside my brain, which has surely been damaged by Zamboni fumes. slate.com/culture/2026...

slate.com

The U.S. Figure Skating Team Has a Chance for an All-Time Great Olympics

The U.S. figure skating team has a chance for an all-time great Olympics.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Need more stories about celebrities who met a fortune teller as a child and were given a haunting prediction that didn’t come true in the slightest.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I’ll never stop. The things they said about disco in that film!

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

is spending time with a valued friend lovebombing

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon is circling back in January; Things fall apart; the inbox cannot hold

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

A real circumnavigation, if you will

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Sometimes you enter a space and you can just tell that no one here has seen Morvern Callar.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

British people absolutely went off with “Father Christmas.” Like yes, that’s exactly what they would call him.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

SOUND OF FALLING (2025) gagged me a little

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

It’s crazy that I can’t get an Ella McChicken at McDonald’s.

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Letting Julie Kavner have a fun time!

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Chris Schleicher @cschleicher.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I fear this will cut the box office receipts in half, but I need to let you know that Ella McCay does not do the shoe thing from the poster in the movie. I deliberately did not take a bathroom break because I was scared I would miss the shoe thing and then there was no shoe thing.

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