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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

28 days

🧵Winona Ryder has always been a big cinephile. In 2002 I became friendly with her because I worked at Blockbuster at Sunset and Fairfax in Hollywood and she would come in multiple times a week and browse sometimes for hours. Always leaving with a comically huge stack of films.

Criterion Collection

@Criterion

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✨ Winona Ryder's Closet Picks! ✨ The iconic actor shares her profound connection to Hirokazu Kore-eda's AFTER LIFE, recalls the deep impact Gena Rowlands had on her life and career, and selects favorites by Gordon Parks, Jim Jarmusch, Albert Brooks, and John Sayles.

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Dor Dotson

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Once, ages after I had quit. I ran into her at a department store and she squealed with delight, introing me to her friend as the queen of forgiving late fees or some such. She asked for my email but never wrote. It literally was dorinterrupted @aol .com lol. She's a good egg.

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Dor Dotson

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28 days

She always very much liked to be left alone but she also seemed so excited to open up about Tori Amos (we are both super fans, another story) and also about movies if you were chill and if you asked her to talk about what she was watching.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

7 years

Well if this #twinpeaks episode isn't just the Lynchiest Lynch that a Lynch has ever Lynched.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

28 days

And she watched it all. Obviously the high brow stuff but not only that. She once gushed to me for a solid minute about the underrated pleasures of SAVING SILVERMAN, her eyes lighting up with joy just as they do in this video.

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Dor Dotson

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1 year

@Chris_Osborn A beloved store, and the subject of a recent documentary film. The owner is having health issues.

Video Visions

Short documentary about Video Visions, one of the last video rental superstores in Upstate New York. In visiting the store in Chatham, NY and speaking with t...

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

2 years

Some personal news. I've known it was coming for years, and one could argue it's taken way too long, but I am pleased to share that I have finally officially entered my "obsessed with Brandi Carlile" era

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4 years

HELP

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Dor Dotson

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4 years

Everybody, this is Conrad. Conrad, everybody. 👋 born 12/10, six weeks early. 4 lbs, 3 oz. Everybody is fine!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

28 days

@roomforletters I just googled "what is the opposite of cognitive dissonance" and now I know the word to describe why it also makes me feel 💓

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

We are playing MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO now for Nigel, 18 months. The dubbed version. We were curious if he’d stick with it. He hasn’t moved from this spot in 20 minutes. 🎥 ❤️

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

Fun fact on this the 25th Anniversary of @ToriAmos ’ masterpiece #BoysForPele - this billboard hung that year above the Virgin Megastore on Sunset and Crescent Heights in LA. Photo by teenage me.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

3 months

That's me! Exciting times.

Variety

@Variety

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Awards Strategists Dor Dotson and Matt Delman Launch Genuine Impression, Digital and Social Media Campaign Venture (EXCLUSIVE)

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

6 years

My husband has been in LA for work. Yesterday for like ten straight minutes, our 4.5 month old son was obsessively delighted to see and chat with this movie poster at @IFCCenter and we think he maybe mistook it for his dad?

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

. @ItsJoshJohnson and I got married five years ago today! We did it at @MovingImageNYC . We called it #DialMForMarriage . It was a great day that I'm still very proud of. I'll tweet about it a little today, for the love of happiness and movie theaters and NYC and friends and family.

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Dor Dotson

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7 years

I really want to spread that whole episode of television on toast and eat it for breakfast every day forever #twinpeaks

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Dor Dotson

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6 years

Okay, it’s time to fix capitalism, climate change and the global rise of fascism, now, please. Mr. Nigel Cooper Johnson has arrived!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

2 years

Planning out my Sundance schedule now and I think this is the first time in 24 years that I've selected a film based solely on how the director approached her headshot?

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

2 years

With Tatiana Maslany trending, I must now take this moment to remind you that the excellent GROWN UP MOVIE STAR, for which she deservedly won a special jury award for breakout performance at Sundance in 2010, is streaming free on @Tubi as well as on TVOD via @PrimeVideo .

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Dor Dotson

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28 days

@FliesLordofthe Same! Other than the passage of time and her undeniable talent, do we have the Duffer Brothers to thank for that resurgence, I suppose? Well-deserved.

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Dor Dotson

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4 years

@zoeinthecities In my family, we are lucky because the extrovert with the biggest need to be out in the world 👋 is also the one with the strongest immune system. Thank heaven for small favors.

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Dor Dotson

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4 years

This is a thread dedicated to the kittens living in my guest room for the next two weeks.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

8 months

In Park City for my 25th consecutive Sundance Film Festival today. A quarter of a century. It’s a little dorky, but I’m in a nostalgic mood. Thought I’d share my 25 favorite things about my Sundance experience. Films, memories, cheesy reflections. In no order and as time permits.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

5 years

My 15 year old niece who just came out & has been struggling with depression is visiting NYC from MN. I showed her Hedwig and the Angry Inch. She said it is now her favorite movie of all time. (It unseated Titanic?!) Tonight we go see JCM & @stephentrask . Very exciting times.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

6 years

In case you need a small dose of joy this morning, you can look at this small person I made nine weeks ago

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

28 days

@Geniusbastard Man that must have been fun. Did you have a nonstop parade of celebrities? I helped Britney Spears once. She rented THE GIFT (Sam Raimi). Loved that job!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

B is also for Boy. J is for January. E is for Excited! 👶🎉

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

7 years

One of the best and most emotionally impactful works of art I have seen at Sundance this year is this wall of Donuts at the awards party

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! Exactly one year ago today I was hanging out with iconic International woman Sonia Braga. The last time I was inside a movie theater.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

5 years

A personal fave. Wish I could go to this.

Film at Lincoln Center

@FilmLinc

5 years

In BIG BUSINESS, @LilyTomlin & @bettemidler pivot nimbly between their dual roles, comic foils to each other and themselves, working from a script that Jane Wagner finessed in its final stages. Playing this Sunday in 35mm:

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

3 years

You know it’s been a while since you’ve worn makeup when you first greet your toddler after daycare and he says “mama! Is that your new mouth?” Lol

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

8 months

Sundance-bound. Year 25!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

28 days

@ManixWolf I'm sure you did! What a time. I miss video stores. Oh man and that crazy parking lot. And the second floor, all VHS tapes! I still have a decent DVD collection and sometimes I'll find something mid and be like oh yeah. It was cheap. Still has the two for one sticker on it 🤣

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

👋 8 more weeks til baby! ☺️😬Just posting some pics for posterity since I see so few people and those I do see are just via Zoom.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

5 months

Nine years since Josh and I exchanged rings at MoMi

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

I'm at a big hospital where in another wing, there are COVID patients. Every time one is discharged, a couple bars of the refrain from "Here Comes the Sun" get played from every nurse's station. It's actually quite lovely & something I never won't think about when I hear it. ☀️

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

I can’t help but think I am being unfairly implicated here... 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

8 years

Hi I'm Dor and for the first time in 18 years of Sundance I loved a movie so much I'm seeing it here twice nice to meet you

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

2 years

Walked into my first movie of the day and Tori Amos is playing in the theater. Next I see a doc on my childhood fave Judy Blume and then a theater camp mockumentary starring Amy Sedaris that was shot in the Hudson Valley. More like DorDance amirite? Sorry to all who aren’t me 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Janus Films

@janusfilms

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What's the craziest thing that ever happened to you in a movie theater?

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Dor Dotson

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28 days

@eileenv21 My impression then was less that she was down to earth and more that she was a bit cautious, nervous of other people (rightfully) but like - really excited to let her guard down and nerd out whenever she could find genuine common ground. From afar she seems so much chiller now

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

10 years

. @pattonoswalt in CALL ME LUCKY: "We cannot surrender our rude, obnoxious truth-tellers. They're our best weapon." sums up the film well.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

1 year

Happy #AutismAcceptanceMonth to all the autistic folks I follow, as well as the terrific autistic individuals in my own family like my perfect, hilarious, brave, strong, beautiful four year old son Nigel!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

I like the new @toriamos song. I'd also like her to commit to doing some kind of live virtual performance in Dec, including her Merry Little Christmas cover. Those lyrics... it'll be brutal, and healing. Maybe someone can organize a Meet Me In St. Louis virtual event/fundraiser.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

7 years

ME: Quit judging me, cats MY FRIENDS: Dude Dor your cats are not judging you MY CATS:

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

9 years

"Make stuff. Make films. Draw. Write. It'll make a world of difference." YES!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

Got an appointment to get vaccine #1 on Thursday in Albany. So here is a video of my tiny son being excited. 🎉

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

2 years

Love @HeatherMatarazz and thus this interview in @IndieWire . All the mom stuff 💔😡 Fun fact: I had (actually still have) GETTING TO KNOW YOU (on VHS!) after seeing a sneak preview screening of it at @lafilmschool in the late 90s. I'm due a re-watch!

Heather Matarazzo on Leaving the Dollhouse, Meeting the Devil, and Waiting for Her Second Chance

'90s Week: The actress was just 14 when she won an Indie Spirit for her iconic role, and she tells IndieWire how it changed her life forever

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

7 years

Today we begin marathoning all S3 #twinpeaks eps. Lester & Gracie will join in the fun & will mark which episode we're on. #FireWalkWithMeow

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

7 years

A lifetime ago I went to a sneak preview of Almost Famous at the Beverly Center and I sat right behind Winona Ryder and Beck who made out off and on during the screening which was weird

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@1sttimewatchers

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What is the most uncomfortable/awkward film viewing experience you've ever had?

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

7 years

Met two of TV's most passionate fan bases at #splitscreenstv , inspiring me to watch both shows. Orphan Black in good time, but first...

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

6 years

Boarded first flight with newborn. Surviving so far. See you in the snow, everybody!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

(Teenage me, circa 1996 ⬇️)

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

5 years

👶🏻 🎁 Happy first birthday, Nigel! For your present, we got you a house in Kingston NY, hope you like it.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

5 years

Who says all the VIPs have left #TIFF19 ?

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

Saturday night 🔥🔥🔥

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

Do your best to find someone who loves you as much as my son Nigel loves his dinosaurs.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

7 years

We're onto Part 11 of our #twinpeaks S3 re-watch with our cats. Damn good pie. Damn good show! #FireWalkWithMeow

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

6 years

@yrfatfriend My brand new son, Nigel.

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4 years

⬅️ Tired ⬇️ Not tired 😳

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

How my 20 month old son likes to spend his afternoons. 💀 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

My favorite relative turned 17 today and I am trying to win the Best Aunt Ever prize. Alternative caption: JCM is fast!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

6 years

“Every other movie needs to fuck off right now. This is the movie. THIS IS THE MOVIE!” - my husband watching CLOSE-UP for the first time right now

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 Never been a better time to check out the virtual cinema lineup at your local independent theater. You watch at home and your online rental fee supports the theater of your choice! Go to their website, now, to see what they're offering. Watch, and share the link!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

6 years

@yrfatfriend “Real women...”

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

5 years

If you loved Parasite you gotta watch Bacurau. Now playing in NYC at @IFCCenter and @FilmLinc .

Emily Nussbaum

@emilynussbaum

5 years

What current movies are worth seeing? (I've seen Parasite and Portrait of a Woman on Fire, both fantastic.)

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

6 months

@hannahcrileyy I wonder if it would also make sense to do an Instagram ad? Those are MUCH CHEAPER. If someone on your end wanted to make an Instagram account for this and DM me the credentials, i would happily set up and pay for the ad. Could blanket a 1-2 mile radius.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

28 days

@Geniusbastard Queen Latifah came into ours too - I first learned her real name is Dana Owen's by seeing it on her card lol. Wow Marchan Amick, were you a Twin Peaks viewer at the time?

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

7 years

And now for today’s “whoa that’s where I know that guy from” revelation, especially interesting for anyone who has seen Jessica Jones S2 as well as the best movie ever Almost Famous.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

8 months

Had an all-timer of a Sundance movie day yesterday with DIDI, SASQUATCH SUNSET, BETWEEN THE TEMPLES and LOVE LIES BLEEDING - absolutely loved them all. Today is A REAL PAIN, GOOD ONE, SEEKING MAVIS BEACON and DIFFERENT MAN. Great year so far. MOVIES!!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

9 years

"We must & we can change the culture so no abused women or man will ever feel they have to ask 'what did I do?' They did nothing wrong." Yep

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

6 years

Hmm. Would watching SUSPIRIA be good for inducing labor? Asking for a baby that’s due on Halloween.

House Of Spoils

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Darkness. Tears. Sighs. Tremble at the official trailer for #Suspiria , now opening one week early on October 26 in NY and LA, expanding nationwide November 2.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

5 years

Life goal: find a hobby I am even half as committed to as my son is to telling us when he sees a bus.

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@dordotson

1 month

💔💔💔💔💔

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

3 years

My three year old has discovered the ultimate guaranteed path to getting to stay up a little later. “And after Crucify I want to listen to another ‘Toriena’ song.” Damn, I’m a sucker. At least I know it.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

8 years

Literally every woman knows what Hillary felt like with that "woo! okay." Literally every single woman.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

6 years

Raise your hand if your mom just booked you on your first flight, to your first Sundance! 🎞🎉 (And your first #ArtHouseConvergence - mom’s too!)

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

Lots of extra fun toddler times and attention the day before Nigel’s brother comes home from the NICU. ❤️

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

The moment my son realized there are elephants on his jammies.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

3 years

@yrfatfriend “HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAH” -my retainer that didn’t last til the end of 8th grade

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

9 years

Random bar patron audience: "Wait, what's The Hunting Ground?" "Whoa, where can I see that doc?" What can the Oscars do? That's what.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

7 years

Finally watching Hannibal. Just when I thought it could get no better, the always stellar (and here even more so) Michael Pitt showed up. 👍🐷

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

Want to do a good deed, watch something new and potentially great, and affirm your identity as a movie-lover in one go? Look up the virtual cinema offerings at your local art house theater. Pick something out to watch at home, and then 📣 tweet about it with a link to watch it!

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

5 years

I have a rule for myself which is that whenever something about @cincinnancy & @transformcincy crosses my Twitter timeline, I retweet it and enjoy loving thoughts of my brother’s trans kid as well as all the good in this world, a gift for which I thank her. Folks: Share. Give.

Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦

@cmclymer

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So, here's my ask, folks: consider all of this, and help ensure that @transformcincy is an enduring legacy of Nancy's love for non-binary and trans children. Please donate to this organization. Let's make sure it stays open for years to come:

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

7 years

@hujane @eehouls

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@dordotson

28 days

@farfisasynth I need to see NIGHT ON EARTH! On the list.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

9 years

Less chasing incendiary quotes from racist old white people. More robust coverage of the great work being done by talented people of color.

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@dordotson

2 years

Our four year old, Nigel, kept babbling on and on about all the places he'd like to visit, so my husband just asked him if there's anywhere he *wouldn't* want to go. "Albany."

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@dordotson

2 years

If you’re still doing Sundance in any capacity during awards weekend, prioritize BEYOND UTOPIA. Not seeing enough discussion of this profound, astonishing doc.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

4 years

I think I'm going to start tweeting out some small things I'm happy about, to mitigate the overwhelming doom I have started to associate with Twitter, a platform I generally love to use. Probably just baby photos and small wins.

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Dor Dotson

@dordotson

11 months

The trailer doesn't show it, but YOU WERE MY FIRST BOYFRIEND has a big section devoted @ToriAmos fandom. Tori peeps, you're gonna LOVE THIS! NYC Q&A 11/4 moderated by our own @noahmichelson . Seating very limited. cc @Undented @songsoftoriamos @DCTVny

Dor Dotson

@dordotson

11 months

NYC movie-lovers: do NOT miss YOU WERE MY FIRST BOYFRIEND, the moving, hilarious, hybrid doc by Cecilia Aldarondo and Sarah Enid Hagey. This one is tough to describe and SO EASY TO LOVE. Trust me. Five stars. Opens Fri at @DCTVny 🎟️

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6 years

Just arrived in Park City for my 20th Sundance (❗️) and my first with this cutie (‼️). The whole family is hanging at the restaurant at Marriot HQ until 2:30 or so. Friends, come say hi if you’re in the area.

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4 years

Still watching.

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@dordotson

3 years

🚨This is a stone-cold, best-of-the-year level, fist-pumping #longread and I am ready for it to be trending on every platform. You need not be fat nor a member of film twitter to appreciate + amplify this genius-level stuff from @thathagengrrl .

Fat Girls on Film or: how I learned to stop hating my body and start demanding more from Hollywood...

When Kate Hagen’s mission to curate a cinematic canon for fat girls came up short, she searched out films that best transcend ‘fat girl’ tropes, and suggests how Hollywood can serve an audience…

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4 years

I am reasonably certain I’ve never loved anything as much as my son loves the pool. I say that as someone who has seen her favorite singer in concert [redacted three figure #] times.

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28 days

@ladypieface I run a film marketing company.

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2 years

@toriamos play Chocolate Song in Hershey PA challenge

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6 years

Baby’s first @FilmStruck . ORDET, fyi. A little worried about the subtitles but he’s almost five days old already and he seems pretty smart so 🤷🏻‍♀️

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5 years

So happy!

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@dordotson

6 years

Home from #TIFF18 ! So many movies and people I didn't get to see at all or enough. Busy fest, but great fest. My favorites: Can You Ever Forgive Me? Destroyer Her Smell If Beale Street Could Talk The Chambermaid The Front Runner Touch Me Not Woman At War

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