Tomris Laffly
Film Writer/Critic | ✍🏼 Variety, RogerEbert.com, The Playlist, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, TIME, Vulture, W Mag, Filmmaker Mag etc. | NYFCC member | Dog lover… ♥️
- Somewhere somehow, we need to start from scratch when it comes to media. Powerful owners might sometimes make the right call (e.g. that scene in Spielberg’s THE POST). But often, they won’t. And so the future of news should *never* be at the mercy of the rich, ever. A brand-new start is needed.
- The thing is, billionaires don’t see history when they look at a business. They don’t see pride, culture, value… They don’t see people. They only see numbers. Bezos can rebuild The Washington Post AND still be the billionaire that he is. But to the soulless uber-wealthy, legacy means nothing.
- Farewell to Park City and #Sundance as we know it. I poured A LOT into this piece, from seeing 50 films, to reflecting on the past and the future of the fest & talking to the local artist who painted that Sundance Kid artwork we all walked by. My latest... filmmakermagazine.com/133235-sunda...
- Look, if you have an office number listed in your signature, and when I call that number, it rings four times and goes to an automated “No one is here to take your call” message with no voicemail option, I have no choice but assume that you work for Jukt Micronics.
- Stop asking me, Gmail. Stop with the reminders that I should turn on smart features. I will never. I am a writer. I don’t need writing assistance from you. I can write on my own. The only beings allowed to touch my writing are my editors, who are human and actual writers. Kindly, fuck off.
- Wanna boycott something? Boycott New York Times. Cancel your subscription. “But there are good journalists working there.” Tough, this is how capitalism works sadly. Let’s not give our hard-earned to news orgs that betray us and refuse to do real reporting.
- I have no words. “Let this sink in” won’t let it sink in. Calling it horrifying & unthinkably evil won’t amplify the truth. In the end, you are either enraged that our president is a rapist & pedophile (& even a murderer), or you aren’t. You’re either decent, or evilly deranged.
- I detest street joggers enough as is for treating the city as their personal track & never respecting anyone. But on days like this, w/ piles of snow & little sidewalk space to negotiate? The feeling is rage. Yes, I’ll step aside so you can run. JUST GO TO THE PARK, goodness.
- Me, when an entitled, panting-sweaty-smelly jogger passes by me: 🤢 We have parks with actual tracks, we have gyms. We have these things all over town. Leave sidewalks alone.
- Rapist pedo president.
- I know everyone got there already, but truly….if someone from Home Alone 2 had to pass away, WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE CATHERINE O’HARA? 😔
