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New clip! @emilystjams.bsky.social and @laurentheisen.bsky.social explain why IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, per the subtitle of their new book EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS, is America’s most beloved holiday film. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/YovJScz Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/ohJS6Ue

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 21h

EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS by @emilystjams.bsky.social and @laurentheisen.bsky.social is out now! You should buy it and also check out our GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC episode on IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE! Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/YovJScz Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/ohJS6Ue

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 29/09/2026

Happy birthday to FELICITY, which premiered on this day in 1998! I wrote about my favorite episodes at NYT a while back (gift link): buff.ly/G9PkKjr

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 27/09/2026

First Sunday gravy of the fall

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 27/09/2026

I do love that Night Flight Plus plays the ads from the old episodes

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 27/09/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a GIF

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 25/09/2026

All these kings and queens were just a decade or two early for the "it's just a vibe" appreciators

LONDON BOULEVARD, a deliciously cool and sexy Colin Farrell / Keira Knightly vehicle from like 2010

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 23/09/2026

How do you do this series and call it that and not include this masterpiece, absolute malpractice

Beginning October 16
Metrograph In Theater

THE NEW YORK TIMES PRESENTS: STOP THE PRESSES

Celebrating its 175th Anniversary, The New York Times Selects Five Revealing, Idiosyncratic, and Nostalgic Films About Chasing the Truth

Michael Keaton saying "STOP THE PRESSES!!" in THE PAPER (1994)

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 23/09/2026

Let him have his way. What’s the “worst” that could happen ❤️

WaPo:

‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues

James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 23/09/2026

Sean please enjoy the full playlist I made while stoned last week

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 22/09/2026

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa holy fucking shit newrepublic.com/post/215697/...

Freedom Fest in Kentucky—headlined by MAGA artist Kid Rock—has been canceled after barely selling any VIP tickets.

The host blamed the cancellation on a lack of enthusiasm from his wealthiest friends, noting that he was only able to sell six VIP tickets (at $1,000 each).

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 21/09/2026

None of us can top E.B. White on this argument

“Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last--the city of final destination, the city that is a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York's high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion.”

-E.B. White, "Here is New York"

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 21/09/2026

Put on THE BLACK ROOM to check out the vibes, didn’t realize there was also Baby Chris McDonald

An absurdly young Christopher McDonald with a fairly impressive White Boy Afro

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 20/09/2026

HAPPY SUNDAY! NEW EPISODE! @emilystjams.bsky.social and @laurentheisen.bsky.social wrote an incredible book, EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS, about my favorite movie of all time, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, and we were lucky enough to have them on the show to talk about it: pod.link/1274489817/e...

The cover for EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS: THE LEGACY OF "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE," AMERICA'S MOST BELOVED HOLIDAY FILM by Emily St. James and Lauren Theisen

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 19/09/2026

One last clip from our latest show with Sean Burns: So how did ALL THAT JAZZ do in terms of box office and awards? Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/mXNcvDh Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/uu1poBJ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/FLOJjaj

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 19/09/2026

'Goodfellas' hit theaters on this day in 1990. I wrote about it, and the gangster movies that followed it that fall, for @nytimes.com (gift link): buff.ly/1haWCID

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 19/09/2026

New clip from our latest show with Sean Burns, in which one of our long-time nemeses returns to slam ALL THAT JAZZ. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/mXNcvDh Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/uu1poBJ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/FLOJjaj

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 17/09/2026

New clip from our latest show with @splicedpersonality.bsky.social! Canby really cooked on ALL THAT JAZZ. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/mXNcvDh Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/uu1poBJ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/FLOJjaj

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 17/09/2026

New clip! Casting is key, and in the process of researching ALL THAT JAZZ for @splicedpersonality.bsky.social’s appearance, we found out who first turned the lead down. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/mXNcvDh Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/uu1poBJ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/FLOJjaj

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 15/09/2026

Sueleen Gay just dropped out of Ed Sheeran's tour

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 14/09/2026

New clip! ALL THAT JAZZ is a great legs movie, a great hands movie, and maybe most of all, a great cigarette movie. We discuss with Sean Burns. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/mXNcvDh Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/uu1poBJ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/FLOJjaj

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 14/09/2026

Or, as they say in Ron Howard's underrated urban masterpiece THE PAPER (1994):

From the IMDb quotes page:

Henry: A clipboard and a confident wave will get you into any building in the world!

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 13/09/2026

New clip! We talk with guest @splicedpersonality.bsky.social about the filmmaker most clearly (and admittedly) influenced by ALL THAT JAZZ and Fosse’s films. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/mXNcvDh Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/uu1poBJ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/FLOJjaj

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 13/09/2026

New clip! Guest @splicedpersonality.bsky.social talks about the twin obsessions that run through ALL THAT JAZZ – and all of Fosse’s work. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/mXNcvDh Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/uu1poBJ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/FLOJjaj

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 10/09/2026

Also ALSO I can tell you where SOME of that went, dipshit....

Another quote: "I’ll always remember putting out Movies (And Other Things), the first book I got a big advance for"

A BIG ADVANCE, YOU SEE

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 10/09/2026

New clip! In which we discuss the “On Broadway” opening of ALL THAT JAZZ, and its relationship to A CHORUS LINE, with guest @splicedpersonality.bsky.social. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/mXNcvDh Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/uu1poBJ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/FLOJjaj

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 10/09/2026

Ok, ARCs arrived the night before I leave for TIFF, so let's do the most niche promotion imaginable: I'm taking one copy with me. The first person in Toronto who comes up to me and says "Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker" gets it.

Advanced reader copies of my next book, "Yippee Ki‐Yay: 'Die Hard,' Bruce Willis, and the Reinvention of the Action Movie."

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 10/09/2026

New clip! Guest @splicedpersonality.bsky.social selected Bob Fosse’s ALL THAT JAZZ, and here’s what Mr. Peary had to say about it. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/mXNcvDh Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/uu1poBJ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/FLOJjaj

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 08/09/2026

New episode = new clips! Here, at the conclusion of our “state of the summer” conversation, guest @splicedpersonality.bsky.social shares his favorite movie of August. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/mXNcvDh Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/uu1poBJ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/FLOJjaj

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 08/09/2026

What's an example of perfect casting?

Gloria Grahame as Violet, right before she LITERALLY STOPS TRAFFIC, in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 06/09/2026

NEW EPISODE! When our pal @splicedpersonality.bsky.social guests, it’s like when SNL would have Buck Henry on — we know we can just relax and let him crack us up for an hour. He’s here to talk about Fosse, heart attacks, sad men having lots of sex, and ALL THAT JAZZ: pod.link/1274489817/e...

Margaret Qualley in the Criterion Closet: "Do you have have ALL THAT JAZZ? This is actually my favorite movie of all time. I think this is the greatest movie ever made."

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 05/09/2026

NO THANK YOU I KNOW A TRAP WHEN I SEE IT

An invite to meet WBD execs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca at TIFF

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 04/09/2026

We all know who already ordered a case

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 03/09/2026

One last clip from our VIDEODROME episode with @carmelitasays.bsky.social, in which we discover you can only pair Cronenberg movies with Cronenberg movies. Watch the full episode on YouTube: buff.ly/dRRcmhT Listen on Apple podcasts: buff.ly/HxZHJiQ Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/vcYGfcW

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