Has any filmmaker blown their early career lead as much as Nicolas Winding Refn?

So happy to see this.

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Yea.

happy sigourney weaver pumpkin photoshoot day to all who celebrate

Watched this a second time, and it's just as great. It also got me thinking about how so many of our great directors have spent the last 20 years hiding from contemporary storytelling -- including 'blank check kings' like Nolan and Tarantino. I hope this movie breaks that trend.

It's not supposed to go this way. Directors aren't supposed to make a film 30+ years in their career that stands easily as their very best movie, but also represents a wild departure from anything they ever made. But here are, folks. An instant classic that's also very much OF. THIS. MOMENT.

YES

The Right: Calling us Nazis and fascists is hate speech. Also The Right:

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

CONSERVATIVES: People keep tryin' to take away my rights**!!! (**to try and take away their rights!)

Today is Woodworking's PUB DAY. I'm so proud of this book, and I'm so glad to hear how many of you have bought and enjoyed it already! You can buy it here if you're so inclined: bookshop.org/p/books/wood... And now, the hardest sell I can think of, this book's biggest advocate has thoughts:

And this is when Disney needs to tell Sinclair, "That's cool. You just can't have any sports, either." See how they choke that shit down.

How are they gonna do Fortnite and not Tron 3?

"I like to sing-a, about the summer and the June-a and the spring-a!"

Me rolling up to the theater on Thursday night to say, "One ticket for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, please!"

First the frauds blamed moms (i.e., frigid mothers) for causing autism. When that was thoroughly debunked, the frauds pivoted to blaming pharmaceuticals (i.e. vaccines). With this Tylenol nonsense, they have managed to find a way to blame both moms AND pharmaceuticals at the same time. Way to go?

“Behind closed doors” being the most important words. fortune.com/2025/09/21/b...

rfk jr has short eyes

I love comic book movies and I'm not trying to be a snob, but it kinda sucks watching people memorialize a legend like Robert Redford by referencing the character he played in Captain America.

That time in 1972 when Jesus and Batman got together. No truth to the rumor, they were just good friends. Photo: Joel-Peter Witkin

As far as I’m concerned, this makes The Criterion Collection complete.

A friend perfectly summed up why legacy media is unequipped to adequately report on this moment/era in history:

The US health secretary’s attack on public health safeguards is not just a disaster for the United States, but the whole world.

Yes, Dinesh, this boy was clearly 'radicalized' by college professors from the radical left hell hole that is ::checks notes:: Utah....

Better hope they don't do the same for the 'species' that was actually responsible....

Nintendo showing that like the USA, they have no problem repeating their greatest mistakes.

Interrupting the chants to 'blame the libs' to say this guy looks the same way most of these shooters do: another white kid who had access to weapons he should never been allowed to own.

Saturday! Join me for an evening of comic book and strip-related shorts and oddities, featuring forgotten TV shows and specials, short films, music, commercials, and more! No DC and Marvel allowed, we're far too cool for the mainstream! Starting at 7pm CST on 9/13 at app.kosmi.io/room/@dekkop...!

am i hallucinating that at one point we had antitrust laws in this country

Fanboy reaction: This means we get a Batman vs. Ninja Turtles moobie!

This is the take.

I love how The Dark Crystal is such a weird movie that this African poster design is basically a 1:1 comp.

The great QANON twist nobody saw coming: Maybe the real treasure was the actual pedophiles they helped to elect along the way.

Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels turns fifty years old.

adding "doctors" to the list of professions that, alongside judges and lawyers, have so far given a good account of themselves under authoritarianism

Happy 26 years Dreamcast! 🌀 🎂 🎈 Share some of your most memorable moments with us—we'd love to hear your stories!

First we blamed moms. We then pivoted from blaming moms to blaming pharmaceutical companies. Now we’re blaming moms AND pharmaceutical companies.

How was Trump’s Epstein letter actually WORSE than we thought it was? How was it worse?!?!

So. You elected a child-rapist

At this point, most sane people should believe that in terms of his connection to Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump doesn't have a 'smoking gun.' He has a smoking artillery.

Something to remember as JD Vance positions himself as the Appalachian Batman, waging a crusade against illicit painkillers because they 'killed his mom':

JD’s mom was not getting drugs from cartels, she was a nurse who was stealing painkillers from her patients. Her patients suffered and she got high. As a medical professional, I will tell you the lowest life form is someone who steals drugs from their patients. Zero sympathy for JD or his mom.

Hey check out @drewmcweeny.com’s latest episode of THE HIP POCKET featuring ME! A reunion a LOOONG time coming. Was great to get back together with one of my old AICN brethren and talk about three of my favorite movies and one of his. Much fun! na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

And, of course, it's HIP POCKET o'clock again, and we've got a guest today that should be familiar to people who have been reading my work for decades... drewmcweeny.substack.com/p/the-hip-po...

I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators. Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!

TW: The first person I knew who believed in QANON conspiracies was also a guy who, while working with me on a Christian puppet ministry at my dad's church, basically told everyone he had raped his much younger kid sister. Easier to fight the pedos in their imaginations vs. the ones in the mirror.

Can't unsee this.

BREAKING As expected, Senator Joni Ernst will not be seeking re-election in 2026.