Joshua Rivera
@jmrivera02
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writer for hire. catch me at slate, vulture, vanity fair, the Atlantic, and elsewhere. repped by @lynnjohnstonlit.
Joined January 2010
I wrote about the rapture, and how hard it is to reach people who are waiting for the world to end https://t.co/Wgu4wX3vPz
slate.com
It’s hard to overstate how large the rapture looms for many evangelicals in America,
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NEW: @jmrivera02 has written Game File's first freelance game review--about one of 2025's stranger games "Blippo+ feels like something I was lucky enough to catch in the wee hours of the night, on a channel that I wasn’t supposed to receive" https://t.co/XxswbGYP1X
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A review of Blippo+, one of 2025's stranger new games for Switch and PC (previously on Playdate!)
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did you know Netflix has a house and you can go there https://t.co/XvNqU8Gn1P
slate.com
What it’s like visiting Philadelphia’s Netflix House, a disorienting experience housed in a giant mall.
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did you know Netflix has a house and you can go there https://t.co/XvNqU8Gn1P
slate.com
What it’s like visiting Philadelphia’s Netflix House, a disorienting experience housed in a giant mall.
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Jesse Plemons said he tried to embody Michael Shannon-like intensity for his role in GAME NIGHT.
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Philly pals! Our second reading—celebrating the launch of @lukeoneil47's new book of short stories, 'We Had It Coming'—is going down at the @PenPencilClub on November 6. 7pm. 21+. Featuring readings from @dhm, @sad13, and @CDYRGO and co-presented by the amazing Lot 49 Books!
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superheroes…they’re not doing so hot. Like, emotionally https://t.co/7bGKDgdr1d
slate.com
What are supes here to save us from now? Gen V, Peacemaker, and this year’s superhero movies can’t seem to find an answer.
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superheroes…they’re not doing so hot. Like, emotionally https://t.co/7bGKDgdr1d
slate.com
What are supes here to save us from now? Gen V, Peacemaker, and this year’s superhero movies can’t seem to find an answer.
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Style > substance imo
Sony’s latest open-world opus, ‘Ghost of Yotei,’ has style—but does its style suit its substance? @jmrivera02 searches for cool in open-world games:
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posting work here seems futile but I wrote a piece wrestling with First Reformed, The Exorcist, and prayer. I’d very much like you to read it https://t.co/xKpJK5bxm4
tesseractcinema.com
Joshua Rivera ties together the religious terror of The Exorcist and First Reformed.
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posting work here seems futile but I wrote a piece wrestling with First Reformed, The Exorcist, and prayer. I’d very much like you to read it https://t.co/xKpJK5bxm4
tesseractcinema.com
Joshua Rivera ties together the religious terror of The Exorcist and First Reformed.
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Speaking as a showrunner with two writers rooms going on now, this article from Ankler is insane. I don’t know who the insider is, but they should call bullshit. This is a GPT press release.
The “GPT-5 pass” has gone from curiosity to mandate. Scripts, trailers, pitch decks are all being filtered through an AI model that remembers every draft and forgets what originality looks like. @ebarmack on Hollywood’s uneasy reset: https://t.co/d3gh36HbEF
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Seems like a treaty that ought to be submitted to the Senate for ratification
This is really something. Trump has signed an executive order basically pledging Article 5-esque security guarantees to Qatar.
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Come hang!
Is it really true that culture is 'so back'? Doing a live roundtable today on 'One Battle After Another,' topical cinema, and Geese at 4pm ET with @jmrivera02 and @drewmillard on Substack. Subscribe to @culturejourno on S*bst*ck to get notified when it starts!
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i truly think they have at least two more marriages to each other in them
Jennifer Lopez on how Ben Affleck financed her new movie ‘KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN’: “I told him this was the role I was born to play and I wanted to do it, and he was like, ‘OK,’ and he helped make it happen.”
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How this make you feel white boy
The problem with evil Halloween decorations is that they are real, they summon real monsters, they bring forth real beings. It’s not a game. Festivities matter.
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Moki Cherry made tapestries, 'Talking Heads' and children's TV with her musician husband. A new exhibit at the Fabric Workshop and Museum is the largest staging of her art in North America.
phillyvoice.com
The Moki Cherry exhibit at the Fabric Workshop and Museum is the largest staging of her art in North America.
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so funny they let him make the Drawn Together-ass dog neutering movie but they're waffling on this one
Genndy Tartakovsky has shared a test animation clip from his new film ‘THE BLACK KNIGHT’ • Follows a knight who controls a 20ft tall suit of armor in the 14th century • Sony Animation is unsure if there is an audience for the film theatrically so they haven’t greenlit it
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