Jennifer Arra

Mom of girls & wife of writer. Educator, photographer, film and book lover, Chicago girl, Obama/Springsteen. Dems unite. @TheNoraProject Educator of the Year.

[The Wieners Circle @TheWienerCircle]

History was made at Wrigley last night, an all time great night for the all time great city of ours, ain’t no second city

[Cap’tain Bob @BobTharin]

Bruce Springsteen is basically a human jukebox.

Ask him for almost anything, and he’ll try it.

On July 7, 2013, in Leipzig, it took him and the band a little while to lock into You Never Can Tell.

That little moment is pure delight.

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Eureka!! Hope you all are enjoying the World Cup

[Jennifer Arra @Jennarra]

@MichelleObama preaching to us all. Tears 😭 #ObamaPresidentialCenter

[Jennifer Arra @Jennarra]

What bipartisanship looks like. #ObamaPresidentialCenter

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Let us learn to be rich in a different way: more attentive to relationships, more intent on valuing the common good, more attached to the local area, more grateful in welcoming and integrating those who come to live with us.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

“Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.” - GK Chesterton

[Mambo Italiano @mamboitaliano__]

“After 2,779 years, Rome still lights up the world and fills us with pride”

Roberto Gualtieri, Mayor of Rome

Happy birthday, Rome! 🎉🏛️

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

All the President’s Men turns 50 today.

This famous “six‑minute shot” is a masterclass in phone acting and pure technical nerve.

Director Alan J. Pakula and cinematographer Gordon Willis pull off a single, unbroken slow zoom: from a wide, humming newsroom to a tight close-up on Redford. No cuts. No safety net. Tension builds in real time.

Redford carries it with typical quiet confidence. Six minutes of note-taking and talking into a phone, no flashy “Oscar clip.” He even flubs a name (“McGregor” for “Dahlberg”), corrects himself naturally, and Pakula keeps it because it feels authentic.

The background is part of the story. As Woodward hones in on his phone call, everyone behind him huddles around a TV watching Senator Tom Eagleton resign. The contrast is deliberate: they chase the “obvious” headline, while the camera drifts past them to Woodward, and the real story.

To hold Redford and the busy background in focus early on, they used a split‑diopter lens, then had to ease it out as the camera moves in. A technical tightrope. The timing of both actor and cinematographer is spot on.

As Woodward closes in on the truth, the world literally falls away: the newsroom blurs, the noise fades, and we lock into his obsession. It’s one of cinema’s great moments: Redford doing almost nothing—and somehow everything at the same time.

What makes this shot brilliant is the contrast it carves between Redford and the newsroom around him. The visual language does the talking: he’s locked in, disciplined, driven, all focus and fire. He stands apart because the work matters more than anything else.

[LanaQuest aka RosaSparks @LqLana]

Classy
Charismatic
Competent
Compassionate
Calm
Committed
Courageous
Consequential

And just fucking Cool!
#DemsUnited

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

We don’t usually defend bosses. But when a bad boss goes after THE Boss and our union brother? We won’t stand for it.

[TIME @TIME]

Historians may remember the performance as one of the most unflinching acts of musical and theatrical resistance mounted against Trump—or any President, for that matter—in the nation’s history https://t.co/7Mlt14MvUG

[Variety @Variety]

Bruce Springsteen Isn't Just Doing Protest Songs — With His 'Land of Hope and Dreams' Trek, He's Embarked on a Whole Protest Tour: Concert Review https://t.co/QfnKE8AWGy

[New York Times Music @nytimesmusic]

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band brought fiery speeches and songs to Minneapolis on the first night of their Land of Hopes and Dreams Tour. https://t.co/nP1vuKr630

[Variety @Variety]

Bruce Springsteen opened his tour last night with fiery, anti-Donald Trump speech:

“You want to talk about snowflakes? We have a president who can’t handle the truth. This is happening now. While working Americans struggle, our president and his family enrich themselves by billions of dollars trading on the people’s office in corruption unmatched in American history. This is happening now. This White House is destroying the American idea and our reputation around the world. To many, we are no longer looked upon as an often imperfect but strong defender of democracy standing for the global good. We are no longer the land of the free and the home of the brave. We are now, to many, America the reckless, unpredictable, predatory rogue nation. That is this administration’s and this president’s legacy. This is happening now."

https://t.co/DXO0cuaiQQ

[Variety @Variety]

Bruce Springsteen went on a fiery tirade aimed at Donald Trump and Pam Bondi during the opening night of his “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour in Minneapolis:

“We are living through some very dark times. Our American values that have sustained us for 250 years are being challenged as never before. We’ve got our young men and women’s lives at risk in an unconstitutional and illegal war. This is happening now. There are immigrants being held in detention centers around the country and being deported without due process of law to alien countries and foreign gulags."
https://t.co/DXO0cuaQGo

[Jennifer Arra @Jennarra]

Google for the win. #Olympics2026 #Nazgul #OlympicDog