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And I thought he was just a White Sox fan (praying for them tonight one hopes)
@jhoberman.bsky.socialJ Hoberman
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Occasional film critic, Columbia adjunct, old VV staff writer 📚 Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds, The Red Atlantis: Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism, 3 books on Hollywood & the Cold War 🔜Everything is Now: NYC 60s Avantgarde
@jhoberman.bsky.social@jhoberman.bsky.socialIs that "Noble" for nobility or noblesse oblige or just plain nob?
@jhoberman.bsky.socialHe's the King Midas of shitification
@meidotwav.bsky.socialReposted by @jhoberman.bsky.socialtreat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
@jhoberman.bsky.social@jhoberman.bsky.socialwww.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
They say such things,
And they do strange things
@jhoberman.bsky.socialJust what did the young preacher see BJ and "the girl" throw off the Tallahatchie bridge?
@jhoberman.bsky.socialThis stupifying bit of televised Dada (worthy of Ernie Kovacs) was the centerpiece of Joe Dante & Jon Davison's All Night Once in a Lifetime Atomic Movie Orgy (1969-71). See Across the Movi-Verse pp 5-8
@jhoberman.bsky.socialwww.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/a...
In France, the building would be landmarked with a plaque.
@jhoberman.bsky.socialThanks for asking. My point was that Israel is an inherently divided society and if it weren't for unifying presence of the Palestinian (or Arab) enemy, Israeli Jews would be fighting with each other (as chronicled in the OT). Of course, peace w the Palestinians could only be a good thing.
@jhoberman.bsky.socialwww.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
Stephens writes almost sensible analysis. Seems surprised to learn “ancient Israel’s political collapse was spawned by internal strife & a dozen civil wars." Guess he never read Kings or Chronicles. Were it not for the Palestinians, Israel would've fissured long ago.
@jhoberman.bsky.socialwww.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Footnote to "How Scotland Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It ". (Unlike Sundance AMPAS considers 46 minutes to be "feature length.") So alba gu brĂ th y'all!
@jhoberman.bsky.socialwww.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Can someone be executed twice for the same crime? Wouldn't that constitute double jeopardy? (On another note: Why don't these killer states just use morphine or an overdose of heroin? Too nice?)
@jhoberman.bsky.socialA question which Amy Goodman (w good reason) doesn't ask. Does this admirable high school uprising serve to empower Marine Le Pen
@jhoberman.bsky.socialwww.democracynow.org/2026/10/6/fr...
Calling all Francophiles. This report is amazing.
@antkaufman.bsky.socialReposted by @jhoberman.bsky.socialNAZA Shocks the Conscience, the Limited Box Office, and the Oscar Race
anthonykaufman.substack.com/p/naza-shock...
@jhoberman.bsky.socialwww.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
If the fool had stuck to his guns, Kamala Harris would be president today
@jhoberman.bsky.socialjewishreviewofbooks.com/contemporary...
"Since 10/7/23, the Israeli govt has blocked official inquiry into the massacre & its causes [b/c] the people in power are also the people responsible for the disaster. " Bibi
is not just a war criminal but a kakistocratic bungler of Biblical proportions.
@jeffreyboone.bsky.socialReposted by @jhoberman.bsky.socialRe desk murderers: a good time to recommend Eyal Press’s excellent book Dirty Work, & his even more morally acute Beautiful Souls.
@jhoberman.bsky.socialThis shattering journalistic exposé of Israel's war on the people of Gaza is also an essay on AI dehumanization & total surveillance—illustrating Hannah Arendt’s oft misunderstood formulation “the banality of evil.”