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Train Dreams nominated for Best Picture

Isn’t that a poaster’s Film?
Glittery trailer park
  01/22/26
XO Train Dreams
Lime associate
  01/22/26
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red high-end half-breed
  01/24/26
Yes also nominated for cinematography, adapted screenplay, a...
odious lettuce
  01/22/26
I watched and it was great. Shoe-in for best cinematography....
Glittery trailer park
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odious lettuce
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I thought it was great
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odious lettuce
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18000 looks like he also did the Imitation Game? wow
Mahogany tantric brunch gaming laptop
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only seen the trailer but it looks like a gorgeous film
razzmatazz tattoo
  01/22/26
It's beautiful
odious lettuce
  01/22/26
Gorgeous film
Lime associate
  01/22/26
Everyone IRL is saying Train Dreams is the best movie of the...
odious lettuce
  01/22/26
my sister is calling her first child Train Dreams
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razzmatazz tattoo
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It was an unreserved filmic success in my view. The director...
Low-t nighttime round eye state
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*moves film to the top of backlog*
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Low-t nighttime round eye state
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Sienna fantasy-prone resort
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Truly XO Train Dreams
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Sienna fantasy-prone resort
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Supple pink orchestra pit sneaky criminal
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Sienna fantasy-prone resort
  01/24/26
great thread
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Embarrassed to the bone abode
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Supple pink orchestra pit sneaky criminal
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Low-t nighttime round eye state
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Congrats to goy orbison! Are you the lawyer who went to p...
unhinged mint spot ratface
  01/23/26
So I guess that means playboy playmates, governors, vice pre...
coral aphrodisiac pistol
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Supple pink orchestra pit sneaky criminal
  01/23/26
who was the governor?
Dashing Violet Becky Wrinkle
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Greg Abbot’s Twitter linked an xo thread
black concupiscible box office telephone
  01/23/26
Odds are also 90+% that RDS has lurked at a minimum. Was at ...
Disgusting Electric Furnace Parlor
  01/25/26
Was going to add POTUS but I don't believe Big Mike ever poa...
sexy dysfunction
  01/23/26
also like 1-2 Y-Combinator adjacent companies
bateful internal respiration
  01/23/26
A triumph
Big blue main people
  01/23/26
Haven't seen it, but from reading the premise it seems like ...
curious wild base nibblets
  01/23/26
It's ersatz Terence Mallick Joel Eddington looks anachron...
Twisted menage
  01/24/26
Explain the Hollywood processes at play behind adding the GI...
Floppy ladyboy
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Please mark spoilers —cowgod
Big blue main people
  01/24/26
There’s a badass fiery fearless forest service lady wh...
Floppy ladyboy
  01/24/26
Is the Chinese ghost friend in the book?
unhinged mint spot ratface
  01/25/26
Only Jews care about movie awards
red high-end half-breed
  01/24/26
watched the movie very nicely done, but quite a fucking g...
razzmatazz tattoo
  01/25/26
STOP ASIAN HATE
Lime associate
  01/25/26


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Date: January 22nd, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: Glittery trailer park

Isn’t that a poaster’s Film?

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Date: January 22nd, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Lime associate

XO Train Dreams

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Date: January 24th, 2026 11:47 AM
Author: red high-end half-breed



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: odious lettuce

Yes also nominated for cinematography, adapted screenplay, and best song! We are celebrating today on xo! Xo train dreams!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49609343)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: Glittery trailer park

I watched and it was great. Shoe-in for best cinematography.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49609630)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 5:02 PM
Author: odious lettuce



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 3:16 PM
Author: chrome soul-stirring national elastic band

I thought it was great

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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:36 PM
Author: odious lettuce



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: Mahogany tantric brunch gaming laptop

18000

looks like he also did the Imitation Game?

wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49609353)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 3:40 PM
Author: razzmatazz tattoo

only seen the trailer but it looks like a gorgeous film

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49609415)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:36 PM
Author: odious lettuce

It's beautiful

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Date: January 22nd, 2026 10:07 PM
Author: Lime associate

Gorgeous film

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49610597)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: odious lettuce

Everyone IRL is saying Train Dreams is the best movie of the century and maybe all time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49609618)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:09 PM
Author: stirring area weed whacker

my sister is calling her first child Train Dreams

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49610132)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:11 PM
Author: doobsian adulterous kitchen



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: odious lettuce



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 10:06 PM
Author: Very tactful station trust fund



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 6:24 AM
Author: razzmatazz tattoo



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:47 PM
Author: Low-t nighttime round eye state

It was an unreserved filmic success in my view. The director’s courage in being willing to not merely depict penetrative anal sex between these industrial timber scavengers at the liminal threshold of civilization and wilderness but to use slow, lingering, detailed closeup shots to convey the full magnificence of the act was sublime. At an inflection of economic history, along the personal topography of the human heart as it inhabits men at work and in family, in the intimate darkness of flannel and campfire and tobacco—the masculine way—something magical and anal is revealed.

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Date: January 22nd, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: Mahogany tantric brunch gaming laptop

*moves film to the top of backlog*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49609636)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: Lascivious Milk



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone abode



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 5:01 PM
Author: Ivory autistic deer antler



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 5:01 PM
Author: Low-t nighttime round eye state



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 8:07 PM
Author: Mahogany tantric brunch gaming laptop



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 10:53 PM
Author: Sienna fantasy-prone resort



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:56 AM
Author: Supple pink orchestra pit sneaky criminal



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 5:02 PM
Author: odious lettuce



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 7:02 PM
Author: Low-t nighttime round eye state



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 10:54 PM
Author: Sienna fantasy-prone resort



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:44 PM
Author: peach skinny woman background story



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 10:07 PM
Author: Lime associate

Truly XO Train Dreams

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49610599)



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 10:53 PM
Author: Sienna fantasy-prone resort



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:56 AM
Author: Supple pink orchestra pit sneaky criminal



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Date: January 24th, 2026 8:04 AM
Author: Sienna fantasy-prone resort



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Date: January 22nd, 2026 10:54 PM
Author: Sienna fantasy-prone resort

great thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49610744)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:36 AM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone abode



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:57 AM
Author: Supple pink orchestra pit sneaky criminal



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:31 PM
Author: Low-t nighttime round eye state



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 1:17 AM
Author: unhinged mint spot ratface

Congrats to goy orbison!

Are you the lawyer who went to penn state?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49610888)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 6:43 AM
Author: coral aphrodisiac pistol

So I guess that means playboy playmates, governors, vice presidents of the united states of america, and now presumptive oscar winners poast here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49611019)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:56 AM
Author: Supple pink orchestra pit sneaky criminal



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:37 PM
Author: Dashing Violet Becky Wrinkle

who was the governor?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49611849)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:39 PM
Author: black concupiscible box office telephone

Greg Abbot’s Twitter linked an xo thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49611855)



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Date: January 25th, 2026 2:44 PM
Author: Disgusting Electric Furnace Parlor

Odds are also 90+% that RDS has lurked at a minimum. Was at HLS during the XO peak, ran a test prep company after law school and made cringey YouTube videos because he was a weird autist and also ran an edgey right wing meme page. It’s a 100% certainty that he was aware of XO 15-20 years ago though it’s possible a superstriver like him stayed clear after the lolsuit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49617651)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:41 PM
Author: sexy dysfunction

Was going to add POTUS but I don't believe Big Mike ever poasted

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49611857)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:41 PM
Author: bateful internal respiration

also like 1-2 Y-Combinator adjacent companies

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49611858)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 8:16 AM
Author: Big blue main people

A triumph

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49611153)



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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:52 PM
Author: curious wild base nibblets

Haven't seen it, but from reading the premise it seems like a legitimate triumph from another era. Hope it wins.

And as with anything that shows life in the past, it makes it clear that life before screens was much more of an adventure. We have to go back.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49611876)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 8:07 AM
Author: Twisted menage

It's ersatz Terence Mallick

Joel Eddington looks anachronistic in it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49613975)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 8:25 AM
Author: Floppy ladyboy

Explain the Hollywood processes at play behind adding the GIRRRLPOWER forest service lady and removing Kelowna Bob. Also why didn’t that one dying hobo get to tell his tale of how he molested his niece and then her dad murdered her when she got pregnant? Thank you saar.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49613987)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 9:04 AM
Author: Big blue main people

Please mark spoilers

—cowgod

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49614032)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 11:46 AM
Author: Floppy ladyboy

There’s a badass fiery fearless forest service lady who’s not in the book at all who shows up to save the forest from fires like the one that killed the main guy’s wife and (maybe) dotter and her character SPOILS the movie. Also there’s a chill Indian (feather) bro who helps the main guy and then one day some ne’er do wells in town give him his first beer and he passes out on some train tracks and gets run over by like 25 trains. I won’t give away whether he dies but I will say that he’s also not in the movie and that also SPOILS the viewing experience.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49614316)



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Date: January 25th, 2026 2:54 PM
Author: unhinged mint spot ratface

Is the Chinese ghost friend in the book?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49617685)



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Date: January 24th, 2026 11:47 AM
Author: red high-end half-breed

Only Jews care about movie awards

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49614324)



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Date: January 25th, 2026 12:26 PM
Author: razzmatazz tattoo

watched the movie

very nicely done, but quite a fucking gut punch tbh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5824991&forum_id=2...id.#49617307)



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Date: January 25th, 2026 3:44 PM
Author: Lime associate

STOP ASIAN HATE

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