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I am so sad to learn of the loss of Michelle Trachtenberg. I was proud to honor her back in 2007 at the Sarasota Film Festival as our Breakthrough Performer (when this photo was taken). She was so lovely and gracious. I am so sorry we have lost her. 💔

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YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES- What a book! An hallucinatory reimagining of the first encounter between the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma & the Spanish imperialist explorer Hernán Cortés in the city of Tenochtitlan, YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES is a wild ride! So good! 🐴🍄🌶️😵‍💫🤮

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R.I.P. to the great Roberta Flack. This cover of Stevie Wonder's I CAN SEE THE SUN IN LATE DECEMBER is a testament to her absolutely incredible artistry. This was on FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE, which she produced herself Incredible performance & production, a whole other level. 💔

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🚨Live Show Alert 🚨 My band Shaking Through will be performing the music of R.E.M. from 1981-87 (aka The I.R.S. Years) on March 26th at The Cutting Room in NYC. We're excited to be back on stage for the first time since 2020! Join us for a great night! Ticket Link in the replies!

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New post up at The Back Row Manifesto where I discuss political movements and how to build a sustainable path forward for us to collectively find common cause in restoring the pluralistic values of human progress to our nation. Give a read and let’s go!

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POND- Contemporary, poetic snapshots of a time lived in a small home in rural Ireland transformed into a stream of consciousness that is at once warm but distancing, details passing by in a flood of language that can slip between Joycean word play & Proustian obsession. Lots to learn here. #BookSky

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WE DO NOT PART- Han Kang’s voice is as gentle and her outrage is searing, & that combination is distinctly my type of writing. Here, a hallucinatory fever dream allows us process personal trauma in the context of horrific acts of mass state violence— the effect is profoundly moving & beautiful. 🦜❄️

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Agree, disagree, any combination: I will always read anything by Jason Farago. An incredible critic. Absolute #SquadGoals

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THE WHITE BOOK- Han Kang is a poet, and this beautiful meditation on personal experiences of the color white is a profound meditation on the textures of life. My third of her books, each one uniquely moving and deeply felt. Adore her. WE DO NOT PART, her latest, is up next. ❤️ #BookSky📚

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FINAL CUT- Charles Burns is so good- this book, and all of its cinematic rhyming and power, is really great. If you are a fan, it is a must, but it also may be his most accessible work. 🧠🧑🏻‍🦰🎥

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We’re excited to announce that Yours & Mine will be the “backing band” for Shaking Through - A Tribute to REM (1981-87) which will be performing at the Cutting Room on March 26th. Our dear friend and band leader, Tom Hall will take center stage on vocals! Tickets: wl.seetickets.us/event/distan...

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I am very very happy to say that on March 26, my friends and I will be reuniting to play the first Shaking Through show since 2020, performing the music of R.E.M. 1981-87 at The Cutting Room in NYC. Ticket link in the replies and I promise we'll make it worth your while. Join us!

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My in-person #Sundance screening schedule has come to an end, with 23 screenings. Thank you and congrats to the entire Sundance team. My full list, in sequence, is here: letterboxd.com/tom_hall/lis...

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SORRY, BABY- A fully-formed artistic statement about processing trauma and the re-construction of the self. It is also funny, warm, and deeply moving, with a powerful, cinematic visual style that I found completely immersive. I loved this film, its tenderness, and I want to watch it again. #Sundance

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PETER HUJAR’S DAY- A portrait of an artist’s recounting of a single quotidien day is anything but. Ira Sachs’ film has an entire river running beneath the surface—an elegy for the lost architecture of NYC’s queer artistic community... #Sundance

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My Sundance Film Festival Day 5 Plan HOW TO BUILD A LIBRARY MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE OH, HI! PETER HUJAR’S DAY FREE LEONARD PELTIER My busiest day of screenings, looking forward to the pleasures they hold. #Sundance

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IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU- The 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY of parental anxiety films, a gordian knot of catastrophe, guilt, and terrifying ideation that continually tightens around your throat the harder Mary Bronstein pulls the rope. There is so much emotional truth in here. Relentless. #Sundance

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My #Sundance Day 4 Plan: THE STRINGER COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT MIDDLETOWN IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU Mary Bronstein day. Nothing more to say! 🙌

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SUNFISH (& OTHER STORIES ON GREEN LAKE)- Having grown up in Michigan, spent summers on a lake, attended music camp (Blue Lake), and come of age around the textures, environments, and rhythms that define Sierra Falconer’s lovely portrait of life in Northern Michigan... #Sundance

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THE LIBRARIANS- All politics are local, and in America, that means the most cynical dipshits in your community have been radicalized to attack the ability of parents and students to find, read, and discuss whatever books they want. #Sundance

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My #Sundance Day 3 Plan: SUNFISH (& OTHER STORIES ON GREEN LAKE) BRIDES MR. NOBODY VS PUTIN My first day of having an undecided window. Let’s see what luck the day brings.

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2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA- A stunning first-person visit to the frontlines of the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive against the Russian invasion. Brutal, meter by meter combat on an empty strip of forest leading to a decimated village shows the grim reality of the fight for the nation. #Sundance

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Just finished SEEING FURTHER, Esther Kinsky’s beautiful elegy for the cinemas of the 20th century. Part Sebaldian travelogue, part essay on how film going impacts how we see & experience the world, this is a must read for anyone who ever dreamed of running a cinema. ❤️ #BookSky📚

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My #Sundance Day 2 Plan: 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA SLY LIVES (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) THE VIRGIN OF QUARRY LAKE PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF Documentary focus today, plus the new (and first ever?) adaptation of the work of one of my favorite writers, Mariana Enríquez. Hydrated and ready for the day!

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My #Sundance 2025 Day 1 Plan: MAGIC FARM TOUCH ME JIMPA I'll be posting thoughts, notes, and updates from the festival here and @tom_hall on Instagram. More soon!

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Just finished Han Kang’s GREEK LESSONS. What a powerful, empathetic voice— this is an incredibly evocative, poetic, and simple story, but its obsession with language, the representation of words, and their power, both in their complexity and in their absence, was just what I needed right now.

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New post up at The Back Row Manifesto with a personal preview of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and the films I am excited to see at this year’s Sundance. Give a read if you're inclined... Thanks! #Sundance #SundanceFilmFestival

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Just finished THE EMPUSIUM by Olga Tokarvzuk and was knocked out by it. There is an outrage here, one that is tethered to a warm, compassionate, and subversive embrace. Folk “horror” at its finest. I’ll be quiet now. 🌳👀🌲#BookSky

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Doing some extra credit homework… 3/26/25 The Cutting Room NYC We’re back. More asap!

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My second Han Kang novel and what an incredible book this is... a defiant act of memory that shows the traumatic connections between those impacted by state violence. Ashamed I never knew the history of South Korean authoritarianism, and this book has completely re-framed my understanding. #BookSky

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