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Sean Burns @splicedpersonality.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For paid subscribers at the Spliced Personality Substack, my first dispatch from #NYFF64 includes reviews of Eleanor Coppola’s MAKING MARIE ANTOINETTE, Chris Rock’s MISTY GREEN and Werner Herzog’s BUCKING FASTARD.
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New York Film Festival Dispatch: Part One
Reviews of Eleanor Coppola’s “Making Marie Antoinette,” Chris Rock’s “Misty Green” and Werner Herzog’s “Bucking Fastard.”
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Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Eight great movies to see at Boston's best film festival, utumn edition. (Pictured are Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich in Martin McDonagh's "Wild Horse Nine," the movie that may finally bring Malkovich an Oscar.)
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What to Watch at IFFBoston's Fall Festival*
Eight to see at Boston's best film festival (autumn edition). Plus a few other events.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 02/10/2026
Paweł Pawlikowski has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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How Paweł Pawlikowski Learned to Film Europe’s Fractures
The Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 02/10/2026
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Enrico Pinto. 
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The Washington Sun Perspectives @washsunperspect.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
President Trump seems to be doing everything he can of late to off-load or undermine our national parks and other sacred refuges, argues @danamilbank.bsky.social. www.washingtonsun.com/perspectives...
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Ballparks in Our National Parks? Trump’s Plundering Is in a League of Its Own.
Coming to a national park near you: The Denali Data Centers vs. the Crater Lake Cryptos.
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m honored to serve as the President of PEN/America, which has been defending free expression and celebrating literature for over a hundred years.  pen.org/press-releas...
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Award-Winning Author Phil Klay Named President of PEN America
PEN America today announced the selection of award-winning novelist, essayist, and professor Phil Klay to serve as its president and chair of the Board of Trustees of the 104-year-old writers organiza...
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Simon Tucker @situcker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/o... Really enjoyed this interview
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‘It’s a deep soul connection’: Erasure on how 40 years of friendship got them through grief – and why Vince Clarke has quit touring
Returning for a 20th album of sumptuous synthpop, Andy Bell and Clarke open up about supporting one another through bereavement, being happily uncool and battling the resurgence of homophobia
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David McGaughey @davidmcgaughey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lovely, moving interview. Erasure one of the first bands I loved, still going strong 40 years later. This is how to be a band www.theguardian.com/music/2026/o...
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‘It’s a deep soul connection’: Erasure on how 40 years of friendship got them through grief – and why Vince Clarke has quit touring
Returning for a 20th album of sumptuous synthpop, Andy Bell and Clarke open up about supporting one another through bereavement, being happily uncool and battling the resurgence of homophobia
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
October 1, 2026
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October 1, 2026
John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...
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Daily Rotation @dailyrotation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The MacArthur ‘Genius’ studying sea ice
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/c...
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The MacArthur ‘Genius’ Studying Sea Ice Secrets
A climate scientist was one of 20 recipients of a “no-strings-attached” $800,000 stipend.
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Edna St. Vincent Millay by Arnold Genthe, c. 1917 Thomas Hardy said that her poetry was one of only two great things in the United States, the other being the skyscraper. #NationalPoetryDay
The young poet stands beneath a tree with magnolia blossoms
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For #NationalPoetryDay Charlie Hankin New Yorker November 13, 2023
Description: A penguin wants Edgar Allen Poe to write about him like he did with the raven.

Caption: “Do me next.”
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Frog, do not worry,” cried Toad. “I am coming to help you!” Toad ran out of his house.
Toad runs out of his house, ready to save Frog. He's carrying a rope, a lantern, and a frying pan. Honestly, he looks a bit foolish.

From "Christmas Eve"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good night, Bluesky “Nocturne”, by Cy Walter The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra Blue Chiffon, 1958 Arranged by Shearing & Billy May www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDZn...
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Nocturne
YouTube video by George Shearing - Topic
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Boston Archives and Records @archives.boston.gov · 01/10/2026
Here's a new #mysteryphoto for you, Boston! Do you know where and when this photo was taken?
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Norman Bel Geddes “Manhattan” Cocktail Set Museum of Fine Arts, Houston He was Barbara Bel Geddes’ father.
Chrome-plated Art Deco cocktail set 

MFAH commentary:

Inspired by the Manhattan skyscraper, a quintessentially American invention, the tray’s stepped profile emulates the contours of high-rise buildings. The cocktail shaker towers over the glasses in imitation of the New York skyline.
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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An absolute ton of shows worth knowing about are on NYC stages this month. A sampling. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/t...
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Andrew Scott in ‘Sea Wall’ and 27 Other Off Broadway Shows to See in October (Gift Article)
Andrew Scott stars in a “Sea Wall” being captured for the screen, and “In the Heights” gets a gala revival as New York City stages approach their autumn peak.
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Saw this at a packed screening with Madness last night. It's very, very funny - A Hard Day's Night's scrappy, anarchic little cousin. And a great London film. Restored and on general release this month.
'Take It or Leave It - the Madness Film' poster
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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Inside Poland’s autumn mushroom obsession.
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‘It’s part of our cultural identity’: Inside Poland’s autumn mushroom obsession
Many view mushroom foraging as a national pastime.
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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Studio Ghibli Campout by Erik Binggeser and Alison Mae Bonham
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 30/09/2026
As a bass player extraordinaire, band leader, composer, and educator, Christian McBride has been called one of the hardest-working men in jazz. to.pbs.org/4j6BrR2
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What makes Christian McBride the hardest-working man in jazz
As a bass extraordinaire, bandleader, composer and educator, Christian McBride has been called one of the hardest-working men in jazz. He’s as comfortable performing with jazz icons as he is with arti...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎨 #VanGogh goes on display before sale of ‘almost mythical’ private collection Châtaigniers en fleurs, valued at $180m, to be auctioned along with 11 other works by likes of #Cézanne and #Monet #Art #Painting www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Van Gogh goes on display before sale of ‘almost mythical’ private collection
Châtaigniers en fleurs, valued at $180m, to be auctioned along with 11 other works by likes of Cézanne and Monet
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Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Diogenes looked for an honest man. Are you looking for an honorable one? In my column today, I write about Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 golfer in the world. Further issues include the Iran war and a Philippine Schindler (talk about honor). www.jaynordlinger.com/p/an-instanc...
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An Instance of Honor, &c.
On golfers, the Iran war, flag-waving, a Philippine Schindler, and more
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How your email finds me
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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"There were two evenings of spectacular sunset to enjoy," UWSer Joe Josephs said. www.westsiderag.com/2026/09/29/a...
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As the Weekend Storm Departs, A Look Back at the Spectacular UWS Sunsets it Produced
The sunset on Friday from West 56th Street. Photo by Joseph Rodon. By Gus Saltonstall As this weekend's nor'easter storm
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West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Collegiate School took home the honor as the top ranked high school on the Upper West Side. www.westsiderag.com/2026/09/29/4...
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4 Upper West Side Private Schools Named Among 100 Best in New York City
The front of Trinity on the Upper West Side. Google Maps. By Gus Saltonstall A total of four Upper West
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Kristin Lewis @kalewis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On this day.... Happy birthday, William Stanley Merwin #BOTD thewritersalmanac.substack.com/p/the-writer...
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The Writer’s Almanac from Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The Writer’s Almanac from Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Sean Burns @splicedpersonality.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This was nice to come home to.
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Sean Burns @splicedpersonality.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Over at the Spliced Personality Substack, a few words about GKIDS’ new 4K Collector’s Edition of LINDA LINDA LINDA, maybe the greatest high school movie of the 21st century?
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Blu-Ray Review - Linda Linda Linda
Starring Bae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yû Kashii, Shiori Sekine.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump's Maga cult is finally crumbling | Arwa Mahdawi
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Donald Trump's Maga cult is finally crumbling | Arwa Mahdawi
With the midterms looming, and after the Epstein files and the war on Iran, Trump superfans are losing faith in their lame duck president, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 29/09/2026
Today's Daily Cartoon, by Sarah Kempa.
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Autumn look sorted.
Elsie Tanner (Pat Phoenix) looking formidable in a trench coat and high suede boots. Some time im the 70s.
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Magda Romanska @magdaromanska.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🎥 @AndrzejWajda Centennial is coming up in Oct in NYC. I recently published my translation of Wajda's adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. It was Wajda's 3rd adaptation of Dostoyevsky - the trilogy is called Theatre of Conscience. the-mercurian.com/2023/11/14/c...
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Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment By Andrzej Wajda Translated from Polish by Magda Romanska
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John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m about to blow my next paycheck on double features every weekend for the next month, aren’t I?
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ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100 Trailer
YouTube video by Film Forum
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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There are some great examples of streets named after filmmakers internationally: Andrzej Wajda Square in Krakow; Satyajit Ray Dharani in Kolkata; Piazzetta Anna Magnani in Bologna.
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Film Forum @filmforumnyc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Julia Loktev's MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART II – EXILE opens October 9 only at Film Forum. Watch the new trailer below now!
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Film Forum @filmforumnyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
FATHERLAND, Paweł Pawlikowski's exquisite Cannes-winning follow-up to IDA & COLD WAR, starring Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler, opens Friday, Oct 23 at Film Forum - tix now on sale! Q&As w/Pawlikowski: Fri, 10/23, 8:30pm Sat, 10/24, 6:30pm Intro by Pawlikowski: Sat, 10/24, 9pm 🎟️ buff.ly/FoLTpoA
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Film Forum · FATHERLAND
FATHERLAND Opens Friday, October 23
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Interview Magazine [Unofficial] @interviewmagazine.com.web.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
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Isaac Mizrahi and Mel Ottenberg on Why Unzipped Is Still the Blueprint
Our editor-in-chief interned at the designer's studio the same summer his seminal documentary came out, and now with its rerelease, he finally got him to sit down for an interview. The post Isaac Mizrahi and Mel Ottenberg on Why <i>Unzipped</i> Is Still the Blueprint appeared first on Interview Magazine.
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Sean Burns @splicedpersonality.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over at the Spliced Personality Substack this week I reviewed HEART OF THE BEAST, which isn’t a religious movie, it just carries itself like one.
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Review - Heart of the Beast
Starring Brad Pitt, Odin, JK Simmons, Anna Lambe.
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Sean Burns @splicedpersonality.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
See you in five-and-a-half hours!
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Andy Bass @andybassny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Linda McCartney was commemorated by the U.S. Postal Service with a pane of Forever Stamps featuring five images of her work as a photographer. A First Day of Issue ceremony was held at MoMA in New York City on Sept. 25, 2026. Her daughter Mary McCartney spoke at the event. youtu.be/W1M6JPt1hjg?...
A sidewalk sign advertising the dedication ceremony for the Linda McCartney Forever Stamps stands outside the Museum of Modern Art on West 53rd Street in New York City shortly before the event on September 25, 2026. (Andy Bass photo)Participants in the dedication ceremony for the Linda McCartney Forever Stamps stand beside a backdrop with images of Linda and the new stamps at the conclusion of the event. Standing left to right are Angie Martoccio, Senior Writer for Rolling Stone magazine, who served as Master of Ceremonies; Mary McCartney, photographer and daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney; David Steiner, Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service; and Rachel Smith, Partner at Benrubi Gallery in New York City. The images on the backdrop feature a 1992 self-portrait of Linda behind a camera and a vertical strip of the five distinct stamps issued as a pane of 20 by the USPS. (Andy Bass photo)A smiling Mary McCartney stands beside a backdrop showing a vertical strip of the five distinct stamps of her mother's still-life and landscape photography. From top to bottom, the five photos featured on the stamps are "Shadow, Sussex" (1984); "Sunflowers" (1990s); "Through a Glass Teapot" (1996); "Carnation, Sussex" (1985); and Cherries, Antigua" (1969). The last photo was taken in the same photo shoot as the cover art from Paul McCartney's 1970 debut solo album, McCARTNEY. Derry Noyes, an art director for the USPS, designed the stamps using Linda's photos. (Andy Bass photo)Programs were distributed to all attendees of the Linda McCartney Forever Stamps dedication ceremony. Above, a cover of the ceremony program bears a "Shadow, Sussex" stamp with the official First Day of Issue cancellation. The cover is hand-signed by Mary McCartney directly below the cancellation. (Andy Bass collection)
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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema." 🎬 Great Spanish filmmaker #PedroAlmodovar is 77 today. #Film #Filmmaking
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is so great!
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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 25/09/2026
Bluesky has got to be the quietest social network I've ever used. I don't get much engagement here, but I always find something interesting, often intellectually engaging, and occasionally something soulful. Unlearning my social media expectations might be the whole ball game.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mark Hamill on a Schwinn, circa late 1970s Happy #BicycleBirthday, Mark! Born September 25, 1951
Photo of a man smiling as he rests astride a bicycle in front of a bunch of rocks.
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