The final chance at SIFF to see Suburban Fury arrives today at the Uptown at 3:30pm. Director Robinson Devor, producer/cowriter Jason Reid, and others will be in attendance. I've rarely seen a list of credits featuring so many familiar Seattle names.

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This terrific documentary plays one final time at SIFF: today at the Uptown at 6pm.

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Ben Cohen is an old white guy worth $150M. He has no need to risk his comfort & get arrested for protesting a genocide all the way in Gaza.

But Ben has values lacking in most people of his wealth & privilege—empathy, humanity, & justice.

Ben Cohen is what a true leader looks like. God bless him.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go buy 20 gallons of Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

My coverage of SIFF 2025 begins with a look at Darren Thornton's sophomore feature Four Mothers, the opening night film. More to come, including reviews of Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story, The Glass Web, The Balconettes, and Jean Cocteau.

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Holy crap "Sinners" is an amazing film. I'm really glad I saw it in the theatre today. It reached into the empty space where I'm supposed to have a heart and made me feel things.

It turns out there is a mathematical formula for determining the ideal number of billionaires in a society if you want to promote general wellbeing, health, community safety, etc. It's a little complicated, but here it goes:

• let A be the annual GDP of the population
• let B be the median wage of people over the age of 34
• let C be the average annual cost of housing *per person*
• let D be one standard deviation of the population age
• let X be the ideal number of billionaires

X = 0

This formula is very robust, surprisingly, and scales across all nations and economies that have ever been known to humankind. Really fascinating stuff!

Can't be overstated how fucked up it is that Black folk came up with a word to express people being aware of the oppression of other people and it's now targeted by far right governments globally as something evil that must be destroyed

Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know.'

I’m so glad Merrick Garland refused to prosecute this insurrectionist and instead stuck to “norms,” because it’s definitely normal that the guy with the nuclear codes doesn’t understand the Constitution.

Thank you Merrick for enabling fascism. May history always remember you as the coward who was the worst possible person for the moment, and Biden as the apathetic President who refused to remove you.

Ontario has more cases of measles than the entire US, adding nearly 300 new infections per week

This is a massive public health failure and barely making the news

#CDNpoli #measles

"You must be here to fix the phone!"
Lord, you can imagine where it goes from here. Bell, 1974 Advertisement.
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#Telephones #Advertisement #Retro #Vintage #TreatWilliams

I know it's horrifying to realize that Republicans/evangelicals/fascists/MAGAts are sane, they just *outright enjoy hurting other people*. Calling them "crazy" elides their responsibility for their actions, gives them a pass they don't deserve and an advantage they use to the hilt.

Words matter.

The Trump regime did not "deport" a 2-year-old U.S. Citizen of Latino ethnicity—the Trump regime knowingly *Human Trafficked* a 2-year-old U.S. Citizen of Latino ethnicity.

That isn't just a violation of US Constitutional rights, it's a violation of international human rights law. In a just society the people responsible for this crime would face criminal prosecution. That is what should happen here.

3 things about Joan Micklin Silver’s CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER [1979]

1. She abruptly announces that she’s going to sleep. She’s wearing an elegant dress and full makeup.
2. “Why would you choose someone who loves you too little over someone who loves you too much?”
“Because it makes me feel less of a fraud.”
3. Impromptu hallway dance with a nurse.

#3things #movies #cinema

If you see a Hollywood type man suddenly go religious, you're about to find out they did something awful.

BREAKING: Trump regime REVERSES cancellation of foreign student visas for ~4700 students. This, after 23 judges nationwide blocked enforcement & activists filed 100+ lawsuits challenging the fascist act.

Your Activism Matters!

We cannot let up. Rümeysa Öztürk & Mahmoud Khalil are still imprisoned.

I wrote about The Shrouds, which may (or may not) be David Cronenberg's final film. I don't mention it in my review, but its origins as a TV series weren't especially evident to me. I felt the same way about Mulholland Drive. Opens in Seattle on Friday.

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EAT THE RICH! #oligarchy #oligarchs

https://mynorthwest.com/mynorthwest-politics/democrats-tax-bills/4076327

Pope Francis has passed away at 88. I will always value his recognition of Islam as a faith that teaches humanity & justice, his demands to end the genocide in Gaza, his recognition of the existential threat of climate change, & his focus on ending poverty. May God have mercy on him.

It's just a shame California went from a governor who merely played a Batman villain to a governor who actually is one

The Holocaust Encyclopedia defines a concentration camp as “Functioning outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process.”

Today, it’s happening again as Trump disappears immigrants to El Salvador.

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