Hoo boy, does this read as cringingly naive three decades later. I'm glad you got a career out of it though! Even if I blame you for everything that's happened since.
Ty Burr
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I had some thoughts about the dwindling field of professional film critics. Gloomy thoughts, but thoughts.
A Farewell to Movie Critics
Some jaundiced thoughts on the field in which I've spent my working life. Plus a few movie recommendations.
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The whole album rips your heart out, but this one's just devastating.
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Fair warning: It's literally a suicide note.
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Nights That Won’t Happen
YouTube video by Purple Mountains - Topic
Fuck nudes. Tell me the song you listen to when you’re sad to make you sadder.
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Love my mayor.
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
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Unbelievable and a totemic loss. For years I've had less and less advice to give to young writers who ask about careers as professional (i.e., paid) film critics. At this point, with very few exceptions, the profession as such is dead.
Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips announces he has taken a buyout and the Trib is eliminating his post. Unless I am missing someone I believe this leaves the nation's third-largest city without a single full-time film writing gig.
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This really feels like a defining post of our time
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Huh. I don't remember the federal government asking me what flavor of "white" I am before. This list of what are I think meant to be ethnicities also seems really arbitrary, and doesn't map out onto ethnicities per se. (This is for an NSF annual personnel report for a graduate training program.)
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Only if you're afraid of getting mugged by Elmo. What is wrong with these people?
Ainsley Earhardt, host of Donald Trump's favorite morning show Fox & Friends, this morning: "If they had National Guard troops in Times Square, it would make me feel safer."
Fox host: "If they had National Guard troops in Times Square it would make me feel safer"
