Nicholas Britell's ravishing score & Linus Sandgren's exquisite cinematography smooth out purposeful, referential tonal shifts in the wistful, corny, occasionally elegant JAY KELLY. 💙 www.jdbrecords.com/2025/11/jay-...

Getting into CHINA BEACH, which is finally available to stream on @therokuchannel.bsky.social. Amazing, ahead-of-its-time show so far, with an outstanding ensemble. Dana Delany is remarkable in it. 💙

DIE MY LOVE often feels corrosive, spinning out of control with no end in sight. Highlights: Lawrence & Spacek's wily and effective turns, the quirky music cues, and unexpected allusions (BAMBI, among them). film-forward.com/book-adaptat... @film4ward.bsky.social 🔥

I was genuinely surprised by how much I liked CHRISTY. Though the film follows a well-worn story type, its cast infuses it with scrappy energy. film-forward.com/biopic/christy @film4ward.bsky.social 🥊

NUREMBERG feels overwrought at times, but it’s most compelling when it zeroes in on the psychological interplay between Crowe and Malek. film-forward.com/book-adaptat... @film4ward.bsky.social

Great profile of the artist Rama Duwaji (Zohran Mamdani is her husband) in the latest RVA Magazine. Includes many examples of her excellent work. She's a Virginia Commonwealth University Arts grad. Virginia can claim her! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, VCU. rvamag.com/art/rama-duw...

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

👑 NEW INTERVIEW 👑 DEE WALLACE, horror legend Tune in to hear about making popular horror hits like “The Hills Have Eyes,” “The Howling,” “Cujo,” “Critters” & “The Frighteners.” 🎬 💻 WATCH at youtu.be/5HVX06XGb58 🎧 LISTEN at HappyHorrorTime.com or on any podcast platform @promotehorror.bsky.social

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Alexi Wasser's comedy MESSY is now on VOD and in limited theatrical release. I saw it at the @ptownfilm.bsky.social Film Festival this past Summer and it's still one of Top 5 favorites of the year! My @film4ward.bsky.social PIFF review here. film-forward.com/film-festiva... 💙

My poem, "Forester," in the beautiful print edition of Wayfarer Magazine. 💙

When people say they want to be "blown away by a movie," they should probably check out SIRĀT. Teaser trailer from @neon-rated.bsky.social.

New trailer for SENTIMENTAL VALUE. Still my favorite film of the year so far! 💚

My debut poetry collection, RE-ANIMATOR, forthcoming in 2026, is now available for preorder! The cover is from one of Michael Galinsky’s 1989 mall photographs. I am so excited to finally share this book with you! Preorder here at Indolent Books: tinyurl.com/mhc9atta ❤️

My third book, This Elegance, is out from @boa-editions.bsky.social in May 2026. Cover design by Sandy Knight with art by Diedrick Brackens. Available to preorder now 🙏🏿

I’ll be reading poems on Tuesday, 10/21 at 8 PM at Dada. Come join me! w/ @michaelmontlack.bsky.social @davidgroff.bsky.social 💙

My review of BELÉN, an impactful story & Argentina's Oscar submission for International Feature. 🖤https://jdbrecords.com/2025/10/belen.html

My @film4ward.bsky.social review of PILLION, "A bold and remarkably assured feature directorial debut plays out mostly like a fizzy—albeit sexually explicit—romantic comedy, with deep dramatic undertones." film-forward.com/film-festiva... 🖤

Enjoyed the early 70s, muddled, blurry feel of Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND. Another fine character study from her. My @film4ward.bsky.social review here: film-forward.com/crime/the-ma... 🤎

Official trailer & poster release for THE SECRET AGENT. One of my favorite films of the year so far! ❤️ www.jdbrecords.com/2025/10/the-... @neon-rated.bsky.social

I’ll be reading poems on Tuesday, 10/21 at 8 PM at Dada. Come join me! w/ @michaelmontlack.bsky.social @davidgroff.bsky.social 💙

“Dead Mall, Christmas Eve, 2022” by Robert Fillman bodies bound to endless loops / past shuttered shops and naked / window displays.

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My @film4ward.bsky.social review of URCHIN, Harris Dickinson's gritty, impressive directorial debut. film-forward.com/foreign/u-k/... 💙

I was swept up in the story and Channing Tatum & Kirsten Dunst's chemistry in ROOFMAN. Dunst is fantastic in this. My @film4ward.bsky.social review. 💙 film-forward.com/crime/roofman

Great poem, "I, Dorothy," from @mboccardopoet76.bsky.social 🤍

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Really enjoyed Richard Linklater's BLUE MOON. Excellent performance from Ethan Hawke. My NYFF @film4ward.bsky.social review. 💙🌙 film-forward.com/biopic/blue-...

Poem, “In October.” I wrote it in 2001.

The teaser trailer for PILLION has dropped. www.jdbrecords.com/2025/10/pill... 💙

Redford was a real one. Sundance changed everything. Here he is talking with Amy Taubin about his career at the Walker Art Center. R.I.P. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOsT...

My @film4ward.bsky.social NYFF review of AFTER THE HUNT, "a character study of the tormented, thorny Alma, played to the hilt by Roberts." film-forward.com/new-york-fil... 🤎

"42°29'43.4"N 73°12'22.7"W" by Cleo Levin "The morning of my grand opening, the sun rose early and poured in through my skylights, through the doors, through the three glass pyramids that hung over my atriums. It shone on my polished tile floors and danced through the halls."

When the quake hit, I was sitting in bed reading @jdbrecords.bsky.social's forthcoming book Re-Animator, which contains lots of references to horror movies like The Exorcist and Poltergeist, and as the bed started to shake I thought "is this book in Sensurround?"

Impossible Archetype was the first place to pick up one of my poems. This was a huge burst of confidence for someone who’d been writing their entire life but had never been published. They then included me in five more issues over the years. IA will be greatly missed but the archive will live on!

NYFF faves so far: THE SECRET AGENT, THE MASTERMIND, and ROSE OF NEVADA. ♥️

“mall stops” by Jeffrey H. MacLachlan synthetic sea breeze oh the aquamarine coins mating winks track lighting chlorine siren imagined pocketing prison city wishes of caribbean sand

My Film-Forward review of PLAINCLOTHES. 🩵

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RIP Redford. 🤍

My review of THE HISTORY OF SOUND. www.jdbrecords.com/2025/09/the-... 🤍🎵

“Mill Creek Drive” by J.T. Trigonis Soon, we'd // be at the mall, that holiest of pre-adolescent holies, / shops assailing our senses, every minute feeling / Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

My poem “Aubade” is live in issue 18 of Impossible Archetype! Read the full issue here: impossiblearchetype.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

“The Five-Year Anniversary of the Tornado That Took Down Turtle Creek” by Sarah Watkins It was the first time that this city had been featured on national news, but no one wanted to speak. The damage spoke for itself. It was as if the building were run through a mandoline slicer—caved-in ceilings,…

“Mating Ritual” by Steph Auteri Sometimes, if the stars aligned, we’d see them again. By the Sunglasses Hut kiosk. On line at Wetzel's Pretzels or Cinnabon. Sitting at the fountain, flicking pennies into the water.

Thank you @dogwithoutlegs.bsky.social for ten incredible years of Impossible Archetype. Truly an impressive accomplishment, a wonderful LGBTQ+ poetry journal, and an incredible opportunity for new and established poets. impossiblearchetype.wordpress.com

“155,000M2 of Shopping, Entertainment and Leisure” by Samuel Prince All that swank and show, the imitation / of riches, gone, not even the fountain can spare a few cents / in its dried-up basin, its limescaled font – all wishes spent.

“Extended Call” by Larissa Hikel Where is the fashion parade, the conveyor belt of available products and prospects, that makes life seem so full of possibilities?

My review of TWINLESS is now up at Film-Forward. film-forward.com/star-reviews... 💚

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