ben schwartz
Writer: 84th Oscars, Letterman, The Nation, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, The Baffler, The New Republic, Emmy nominee, NEH Public Scholar, and author of way too many posts. rep: Dara Kaye/WME #WGAW letterboxd: boxd.it/1lq09
- Hey guys, they found the navy fighter planes we lost in the Red Sea!
- Another Navy jet falls into sea, marking fourth major mishap in months wapo.st/4dlyTda
- dude, they're all getting pardons, every one of them.
- Richard Brody reintroduces the perceptive and prescient Andre Sennwald, film critic for the NYT from 1934-36, and sets me off on a deep dive into the Times archive: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
- What can i say? After the last 100 days, it was incredible to see this on a movie screen. It's so dense with cultural history and character nuance I knew I was seeing it again as soon as I walked out of the Vista. #sinners #70mm
- Reposted by ben schwartzTrump continually hiring from his TV favorites, like a 5 year old staffing up with muppets.
- This shot always kills me, as I'm a big believer in There Are No Accidents In Christopher Nolan movies. The clear message: Never trust Fedora Guys.
- She's gonna be really sorry in the morning when she realizes not everyone gets $700,000 for being racist.
- I went back on film twitter and saw a prompt tweet "who is the least talented woke filmmaker" and then a bait tweet that mcu fans are *way* too cool with captain america just killing a terrorist and not arresting him 🤔. I compulsively started replying and felt like I was back at a day job i hated.
- from my new piece up @thenation.com:
- trump dines on nothing but kfc, mcdonald’s, and diet-coke — why does he give these ppl the time of day? what’s the constituency he’s trying to buy? how does it pay off for him?
- “When it comes to .. raw milk, I want to be free to form a relationship with a local farmer, look him in the eyes, pet his cow, and then decide if I feel safe to drink the milk from his farm.” — Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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- My new piece for @thenation.com: "Trump’s demands for 'unbiased' news and movies free of foreign 'messaging and propaganda' ring pretty hollow for many, many obvious reasons, but especially now as he personally takes over the chairmanship of the Kennedy Center." www.thenation.com/article/cult...
- I am looking for any kind of writing work. I have written for "The New Yorker," "Vanity Fair," "The Nation," and "The New York Times." I have been nominated for an Emmy. If you know of anything, please message me. I can send an up to date resume. Thanks!
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- I celebrated Bing Crosby's birthday this weekend as you do, by seeing his best movie at the Vista. Ridley Scott had to cut him out of the theatrical release of ALIEN, but Sir Ridley has finally corrected that mistake (photo by @peterapeel.bsky.social).
- They Get You While You're Sleeping ...
- bryan, meet "the new yorker" style guide: www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
- Peter Arno, September 5, 1936, "The New Yorker" – I'd never seen this one until today. Not sure if he ever collected it.
- Yes, you voted for it, red hat guy staring out a window in a diner. Now STFU and drink your $15 cup of diner coffee.
- (AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned. apnews.com/article/army...
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