@daniellamazzio
Culture Writer/Critic. Consultant. Posts about movies, Chicago, gardening, pollinators, disability, & leftism. Ran that Lydia Tár account. Now have a Michael Shannon podcast. Opinions are my own. Viva Palestina. https://linktr.ee/daniellamazzio
"Decades later, the humanities remain a threat to power...In times of social and political strife, we often proclaim, 'History will not look upon this moment kindly.' But how will history remember us if the historians are executed?...Who will control our memories?"
Meaty stuff in a great film!
Thank you so much, I'm really glad to hear that.
For my @ebertvoices.bsky.social debut, I wrote about THE SECRET AGENT, the humanities, and memory as both acts of resistance and love. This movie is very dear to me, and I'm glad to be an enthusiastic champion of it as part of Women's Writers Week!
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Many are saying this...
Excellent essay on The Secret Agent
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Thank you for reading!!
"At every turn, characters are interacting with photographs, records, newspapers, and written notes. Memory exists in the DNA of these objects." @daniellamazzio.bsky.social on The Secret Agent
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THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
“In times of social and political strife, we often proclaim, “History will not look upon this moment kindly.” But how will history remember us if the historians are executed? Will Google remember you and me?”
“The arts and humanities are an essential vanguard of resistance because they threaten the total and complete control authoritarianism demands, and that is why they become targets of attack through funding, censorship, and eradication.”
In her first piece for @ebertvoices.bsky.social, @daniellamazzio.bsky.social writes about Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent, the humanities as resistance, and remembering as an act of love.
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"In the world of the movie and throughout all of Mendonça Filho’s filmography, remembrance is an act of resistance as much as it is an act of love,” writes @daniellamazzio.bsky.social about THE SECRET AGENT.
It's always a joy to write about things you believe in. Thank you to everyone who helped find this piece a home and to @nellminow.bsky.social for the valuable edits.
Self-promotion aside, these footnotes are to underscore how *moved* I am by Mendonça's work. THE SECRET AGENT is personal film to me because of its marriage of the personal and political, its belief in love as a foundation of resistance, and its devotion to memory.
And... my piece last year on Mexican cinema was a celebration of those who work very hard to preserve parts of history that have otherwise been abandoned. (Side note: Viviana García Besné's PERDIDA is a great companion piece to PICTURES OF GHOSTS)
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And just before seeing THE SECRET AGENT, I had written a massive piece about the Trump Administration's attacks against the arts and humanities, reckoning with the very real impact these fields have on our lives.
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The same year Kleber Mendonça Filho‘s PICTURES OF GHOSTS debuted, I spent months working on a piece about Chicago's forgotten Spanish-language movie theaters (and my personal relationship to them). Suffice to say, his essay film is very important to me.
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For my @ebertvoices.bsky.social debut, I wrote about THE SECRET AGENT, the humanities, and memory as both acts of resistance and love. This movie is very dear to me, and I'm glad to be an enthusiastic champion of it as part of Women's Writers Week!
➡️ www.rogerebert.com/women-writer...
I don't think any candidate is *more* progressive than her, but regardless, neither Mendoza or Showalter are the ones who have received substantial progressive support, and I am not buying into the candidate that's been backed. Of course, none of this matters because this race is a mess altogether.
Kina's campaign is practically nonexistent and a mess, so I by no means am suggesting she's a viable candidate, and the two candidates you mentioned have great progressive platforms. Collins always impresses me with her thorough handle on policy, as evident in the Access Living q&a.
Great question! Though many discussions (and speakers) will be based in Chicago movements, the issues discussed are greater than the region. The schedule hasn't been published yet, but all but a couple of sessions I'd say are either case studies or dialogues about issues all across food and urban ag
🥗 Are you a Chicagoan interested in food and sustainability? Did you know there's an annual Chicago Food Justice Summit that you can attend for FREE? No?? Well now ya do!
Register today! Even if you're *not* in Chicago, you can and should attend virtually. www.chicagofoodpolicy.com/21fjs
I know I'm like "movies movies movies" 95% of the time but I've been spending the last several weeks planning this Summit with many fine folks and I'd love to see y'all there! 💚
🥗 Are you a Chicagoan interested in food and sustainability? Did you know there's an annual Chicago Food Justice Summit that you can attend for FREE? No?? Well now ya do!
Register today! Even if you're *not* in Chicago, you can and should attend virtually. www.chicagofoodpolicy.com/21fjs
with talk of public funding for a new bears stadium yet again ramping up in springfield, perhaps it’s a good time to revisit this piece from @joeengleman.bsky.social that explores who actually benefits from publicly funded stadium projects (hint: it’s not us!).
Please check out Sean Dinces's book, Bulls Market.
The subjects it covers including Walter Burnett's legislative rise, the erosion of public space, & Cook County property tax policy all continue to be relevant particularly as the sea of parking lots around the UC gets redeveloped.
IL Assistant House Majority Leader Jaime Andrade’s campaign is sending out some absolutely craven mailers as he tries to hold onto his seat in the race for the 40th State House District. www.instagram.com/p/DU4tIf0DVG...
Caveat: Joe reminded me Wiseman does not consider himself a documentarian. That's why ya gotta read his piece!
One of the great pleasures of last year was getting into Wiseman via Joe getting into Wiseman as he wrote this piece; engaging with one of our greatest documentarians and simultaneously seeing his work through the eyes of someone I love who cares deeply about the preservation of public life.
It's not one of the entries that gets talked about as much, but NEAR DEATH is one of the most profound viewing experiences I've ever had. I think it's a film everyone should see before they talk about Healthcare.