Reposted by Eric HynesMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026(🧵History as reported by the NYT Euphemism Desk) Germany’s vision of a more robust national footprint was in tension with Poland’s border. 214223
Reposted by Eric HynesRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Though of course some of those founding fathers had some consciousness about the wrongness of slavery, and Abigail Adams famously (and fruitlessly) implored her husband to think of women's rights. That is they understood the falsenesses.... 112827
Reposted by Eric HynesRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/07/2026This opening of the 1619 Project has long been the most ringing sentence for me about this country, its founding, and its founding document. Its truth could apply to everyone who sought to broaden and deepen equality and rights. 101411324
Reposted by Eric HynesCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 18/06/2026incredible conversation between Wesley Morris and @eshynes.bsky.social about Spielberg and Disclosure Dayyoutu.be'Disclosure Day' and the Genius of Steven SpielbergYouTube video by Cannonball with Wesley Morris 081
Reposted by Eric HynesNaught Followers @naughtfollowers.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Great conversation between @eshynes.bsky.social and Wesley Morris here, about #DisclosureDay Eric is maybe a little older than me, but interesting to hear him talk about a similar journey with Spielberg — a rejection over manipulation, and a coming home in the end.youtu.be'Disclosure Day' and the Genius of Steven SpielbergYouTube video by Cannonball with Wesley Morris 011
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Talked with @nicolasrapold.bsky.social about The Last Things (We) Saw at Cannes on Day 2, including FATHERLAND and PARALLEL TALES. One of these is a terrific film. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEp. 394: Eric Hynes on Cannes 2026: Fatherland, Parallel Tales, In Waves, The MatchPodcast Episode · The Last Thing I Saw · May 15 · 35m 020
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 02/05/2026‘Michael’ Is Pure Propaganda www.nytimes.com/video/podcas...nytimes.comVideo: ‘Michael’ Is Pure PropagandaWesley Morris and the film curator, Eric Hynes, review “Michael” and consider better approaches to a Michael Jackson biopic. 010
Reposted by Eric HynesJonathan L. Fischer @jonfischer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026It is worth noting the Post slashed the bulk of its arts coverage, including most of the critics, ending a great tradition in journalism. 37023
Reposted by Eric Hynessouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The owner of Amazon killed the Washington Post books section. 882690608
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Judging from my jury experiences of recent years (compared to, say, 5 years ago), "topicality" has become the most compelling criterion. 000
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Dismaying the Sundance jury didn't acknowledge it, but as with PREDATORS last year, the most compelling works rarely achieve the consensus of a jury. 140
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Best film I saw at Sundance was CLOSURE. Watch online while you still can, or better yet wait for its festival rollout to see and hear it in a theater. 131
Reposted by Eric HynesSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 09/12/2025David Osit’s documentary Predators, which I raved about at Sundance, is now streaming on Paramount+. It’s a knotty, complicated, and ultimately very moving account of the legacy of To Catch a Predator and the outsourcing of justice, and … you should watch it.slate.comA New Documentary Revisits To Catch a Predator. You May Not Like What It Finds.We’re still living in the world that this show helped create. 41480125
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025I grew up in a neighborhood that went for Cuomo +53 My current neighborhood (of twenty years) went for Mandani by +67 Willowbrook, East Williamsburg New York, New York 040
Reposted by Eric HynesDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 08/11/2025What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...lithub.comMaybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran MamdaniIt’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen… 131357424
Reposted by Eric HynesJody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 11/10/2025I know we're not supposed to talk about Woody Allen, but ANNIE HALL is one of the supreme American movies & Diane Keaton's wild charisma is 90% of the reason why. And btw her performance of "Seems Like Old Times" is pure magic—up there with the greatest musical scenes in cinema, zero doubt 1242464
Reposted by Eric HynesJ Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Ken Jacobs (1933-2025) A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday. www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/m... 313154
Reposted by Eric HynesKat Stafford @katstafford.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Journalism that fails to infuse a historically informed lens is akin to covering the smoke but never asking who lit the fire. History-centered journalism should be the framework within every newsroom. 020656
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Show me a love truer than the Times’s for the word “norms.” 220
Reposted by Eric HynesDana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 25/09/2025If this monstrosity ever gets built, it's where their Nuremberg trials should be held before we put them in jail & tear it down. 915224
Reposted by Eric HynesScott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 19/09/2025If you live in New York—or you live in LA next week or you live in Chicago the week after that, etc.—I really can't recommend seeing PREDATORS @filmforumnyc.bsky.social more strongly. You will not see a more thought-provoking film about documentary ethics. And that's one of so many layers to this. 0217
Reposted by Eric HynesSam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 19/09/2025the best movie at Sundance is now playing at Film Forumslate.comA New Documentary Revisits To Catch a Predator. You May Not Like What It Finds.We’re still living in the world that this show helped create. 1245
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 24/07/2025All you got is this moment. Twenty-first century's yesterday. 171
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Also wouldn’t mind if the mayor of NYC actually liked NYC. 041
Reposted by Eric HynesAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation. 10763648311581
Reposted by Eric HynesDavid Hudson @dwhdaily.bsky.social · 10/06/2025“A Theater Near You,” curator David Schwartz’s salute to 17 landmark New York screening venues, opens @ MOMA on Thursday ! www.criterion.com/current/post... 0188
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Clearing rights for DAWN is uncommonly difficult. Unlikely that Criterion and others haven’t tried for it. 100
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Am now programming @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social and this weekend it was Hitchcock’s PSYCHO and Bong Joon Ho’s MOTHER. 130
Reposted by Eric HynesKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 05/05/2025It’s so funny when people try to make sense of his ramblings. “It’s hard to figure out how he would implement such a plan” lol he’s an impulsive moron who doesn’t understand shit, it’s like ascribing complex motives to a dog eating another dog’s poop 441889417
Reposted by Eric HynesBrian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 03/05/2025The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure. 386205947221
Reposted by Eric HynesMatinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Jeffrey Katzenberg's 1991 memo (the inspiration behind JERRY MAGUIRE) about the state of Hollywood and the need to get back to the “singles and doubles” philosophy that drove the launch of Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures is unfortunately more prescient than ever. 519435
Reposted by Eric HynesJohn Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025A fringe group of bigoted weirdos have dragged British media, government, and law into their hateful obsession with trans people. Grim, depressing, and dangerous. Everyone with power in the UK who's played along should be ashamed of themselves. 4986322
Eric Hynes @eshynes.bsky.social · 10/03/2025"A snapshot of the most exciting voices working in American and international cinema today––and with a strong focus on newcomers" - The Film Stage selects 7 films to see at First Look @movingimagenyc.bsky.social this weekend. thefilmstage.com/7-films-to-s...thefilmstage.com7 Films to See at MoMI’s First Look 2025A snapshot of the most exciting voices working in American and international cinema today––and with a strong focus on newcomers––the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look festival returns this week,... 050
Reposted by Eric HynesSteve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 09/03/2025This feels like a major inflection point. If ICE can apparently unlawfully arrest & disappear a permanent resident and it is not immediately met with strong opposition from the public, officials, and courts, there is no going back. 3529101315
Reposted by Eric HynesJeff Seelbach @sievefistedfind.bsky.social · 03/03/2025David Osit going deep on his excellent doc Predators with @eshynes.bsky.social (and Chris Hansen 👀) 041
