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Whit Stillman retweeted
Jun 13
Good stuff from @cjcmichel. Armenia's election flew under the radar here, but it was no small thing given what Moscow put into making it go the other way.
"Other countries in Russia’s “near abroad” are charting their own paths. In Moldova, the Russian-occupied region of Transnistria is suffering economic collapse and growing more supportive of reintegration with the rest of the country. In Armenia, the national government is moving along a pro-Western path, recently hosting its first bilateral summit with the European Union. Even after Mr. Putin threatened Yerevan with a 'Ukrainian scenario,' the government there didn’t waver—a far cry from the behavior of a Russian vassal." wsj.com/opinion/russia-has-l…
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Whit Stillman retweeted
Cruella News! #Tulsi pushes delirious Putinist conspiracy theories as US intelligence.
“Tulsi Gabbard and her staff promulgated Russian intelligence products as American work.”
Yes, and she did this before joining ODNI and again on her way out the door, which should probably tell you where she’ll wind up next. Senators who voted to confirm her should think on their sins.
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Whit Stillman retweeted
Barcelona (1994) FINALLY streaming!! Free (with ads) @youtube @MiraSorvino @Taylor_Nichols7 @thomasgibson
13 Jun 2023
Will be my 3rd viewing of this movie in 3 weeks. Like Siskel & Ebert say in the blurb - "funny & charming." I'd mention the fabulous music too.
Shame on me I didn't recognize Mira Sorvino right away, but I did.
#WhitStillman #Barcelona
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Whit Stillman retweeted
This is a treat: Alex R. Johnson's tale of low budget indie filmmaking - his time on Steve Buscemi's charming Trees Lounge with Chloe starring. #Truth
hacienda-films-inc.ghost.io/…
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Whit Stillman retweeted
Jun 12
Hitler killed himself and Germany surrendered. Japan got nuked. Do they teach history in Ohio?
Jun 12
JD Vance:
If you go back to WW2 or every major conflict in human history, they all ended with some kind of negotiation.
Community note
World War II ended with unconditional surrenders by Germany on May 8, 1945, and Japan on September 2, 1945, rather than negotiation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconditi… archives.gov/milestone-docu… nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/end…
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Chicago #DISCO - this summer @docfilmschicago
Doc Films Summer 2026, June 17 – August 14. Visit docfilms.org for more information.
Calendar design by Leo Frankel.
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Falsely sliming the EU has become the hallmark of American Putinists (if they are American)
Jun 13
Carney: The new world order will be built from Europe. Canada is the most European of non-European countries, and we are transforming our cooperation with the EU ... In a more dangerous and divided world, Canada has chosen to build and work in partnership with Europe.
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Whit Stillman retweeted
Jun 13
OTD in 1941 Soviets started forcibly deporting 50,000 of the Baltic people we had ‘liberated from fascism’. 60% died. 75% were women & kids
Imagine mass deportations happening today..
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Barcelona (1994) FINALLY streaming!! Free (with ads) @youtube @MiraSorvino @Taylor_Nichols7 @thomasgibson
13 Jun 2023
Will be my 3rd viewing of this movie in 3 weeks. Like Siskel & Ebert say in the blurb - "funny & charming." I'd mention the fabulous music too.
Shame on me I didn't recognize Mira Sorvino right away, but I did.
#WhitStillman #Barcelona
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Barcelona (1994) - details
imdb.com/title/tt0109219/
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Whit Stillman retweeted
Jun 10
El Meson del Cafe 1909, Barcelona, near Plaza San Jaime & Plaza del Rey. Featured in Jack Gilpin's "ant farm" scene in #BarcelonaMovie
Jun 10
Update: Nice little spot! Didn't find Pope Leo there although he was all over most of the rest of the city today.
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Whit Stillman retweeted
My parents saw him at the Paris theater once, I think it was for a screening of Metropolitan (@WhitStillman they loved it!), I forget the exact details but has was very charming
Gene Shalit, Longtime 'Today Show' Film Critic, Dies at 100 variety.com/2026/tv/news/gen…
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Gene Shalit, Longtime 'Today Show' Film Critic, Dies at 100 variety.com/2026/tv/news/gen…
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An ugly new black needle tower damages the iconic view of the Empire State Building.
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Whit Stillman retweeted
The ugly new tower damages the view of the Empire State.
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Jun 12
Twitter Needs More Orchard Tweets.
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Whit Stillman retweeted
Jun 12
The best commentary on The Graduate comes from a scene in @WhitStillman 's Barcelona (1994):
youtu.be/VISJenUU-fo?si=4MkR…
(and I second another commenter's Pictures at a Revolution for an in depth take)
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Whit Stillman retweeted
Jun 11
The low quality of Russian dupes these days!
Jun 11
They used to have George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells visit and profess to have seen the future. Edmund Wilson defended Lenin and T.S. Eliot refused to publish “Animal Farm” at Faber & Faber because he didn’t want to upset Stalin. Now they have rapists, Holocaust deniers and podcasters who can’t pronounce their own names correctly. This is a regime that pretends Steven Seagal is a movie star and Jeffrey Sachs is relevant. Even Trump can’t deliver for them the way they need, while Zelensky — the target of how many assassination attempts? — jokes about drones in St. Petersburg. Everything you’re seeing is what Ronald Hingley and Robert Conquest were getting at about an inferiority complex cocooned inside a superiority complex. They’re skimming the dregs and they know it and they absolutely hate you for it.
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