BJordan Firstman says he and his fourteen-year-old co-star are now "way closer" than when they shot "Club Kid" — seven minutes of Cannes applause later.
BSeven minutes is a long time to clap for a nightclub promoter.
BIt became the talk of the festival. Reuters posted on X that Firstman says they grew even closer on the press tour.
BThe same guy who made those pandemic-era impression videos?
BThat's him. From fake crying online to directing a coming-of-age film.
BA club promoter makes a coming-of-age film and has to grow up. Very original.
BThe reviews say it's not just that. It works because Firstman and Reggie Absolom actually feel like family.
BThat part's true. Reuters confirms Firstman said he feels like a proud parent toward him.
BI liked "Rotting in the Sun," but this seems soft. I didn't expect that.
BIt was shot at real parties with non-actors. That keeps it raw, not sentimental.
BVogue called it "the talk of Cannes" and a bidding war followed. That's real money seeing something.
BA bidding war makes the festival buzzy. It doesn't make the film good.
BBut screen time with non-actors is what makes it feel real, not just a studio version.
BFine. The texture is genuine. But the boy is the actual draw.
BAV Club says it works because of their rapport.
BAnd Diego Calva told Vanity Fair Firstman has a "superpower" for being vulnerable with a child actor.
BHe's fourteen. Firstman says he protected him on set, let him be a kid.
BA fourteen-year-old in an adult club drama? Some parents will push back.
BThat contrast is exactly why it stands out.
BThat'll win over parents. It opens tomorrow, so the rest of us can decide.
BDifferent world entirely. David Rothschild posted on Bluesky that Rubio has three problems.
BLet me guess — Kushner runs the world, Rubio is window dressing, and he's pathetic.
BClose. "Just so pathetic" is the exact ending.
BThat's a hit piece, not analysis.
BMaybe. But if the Secretary of State isn't making the big calls, that's a real problem.
BRubio took over the State Department, and he's rebuilding.
BThen he should say that. Instead we see photo ops while Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, has the back channel.
BThe president gets to choose who he listens to. That's how it works.
BThat is exactly my point. The Secretary of State has one job, and he's not doing it.
BHe is doing it — just the unglamorous part. You can't judge him on six months.
BRothschild isn't only talking about six months. He's saying the system is built to bypass Rubio.
BSo we're supposed to accept a second foreign policy run by the son-in-law?
BYou don't have to accept it, but it's not a crime.
BNobody said crime. It's a problem of accountability.
BIf the critics are right, voters deserve to know who's actually steering.
BFine. That's a fair test. And if Kushner is running Eastern Europe, that's a real story.
BRight now, it's just a post.
BSpeaking of foreign policy, Ulrike Franke posted on Bluesky a quote from Western intelligence officials about Russia and Iran.
BThey say the two "have further deepened their partnership" during the Middle East war.
BThat directly cuts against Trump's claim Moscow was doing "very little, if anything" to help Iran.
BBut no named agency has put its name to it. So treat it as a claim from intelligence circles.
BIt fits the pattern, though. Iran needs missiles, Russia needs drones.
B"Fits the pattern" and "confirmed" are two different things.
BFair. But it's a post worth watching.