Wrote about feeling like a perpetual 22 year old, DIY magic, slowcore studies, folk poetry, 2010s R&B, good and bad experimental music, shoegaze studies, hype-regret, countrified poetry, and why Wednesday is important for my third quarter list of 2025 💫 seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/a...

WENDY AND LUCY director Kelly Reichardt interviewed by filmmaker Todd Haynes at BOMB Magazine. bombmagazine.org/articles/199...

wrote about the most influential emo band of the last 20 years reuniting and being exactly that: the most influential emo band of the last 20 years 😭 #AlgernonCadawallader, #AlbumReview seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/a...

with Dijon, Blood Orange, and Nourished by Time all floating around a certain indie R&B fan is eating GOOD rn

I generally don't mind that theaters have switched to reserved seating but once in a while someone will snag my usual spot a day ahead of time and all I can do is respect the flex that they also reserve their seats way too early

Greg Freeman is your favorite alt-country artist's favorite artist seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/a... #GregFreeman, #AlbumReview

It was my pleasure to write about a new Spike Lee joint, a film unfortunately being buried by its limited release. Yay for streaming! seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/08/23/f...

The Coen brothers changed my life. I can’t believe how bad Ethan’s movies are.

“These two films, with their fast-talking dames, cheerful vulgarity, twisty crime plots, and juicy supporting characters could’ve very well been Coen Brothers pictures… if they were just a little smarter and a little funnier,” @jasondashbailey.com writes. crookedmarquee.com/review-honey...

TFW you need a new hydroflask but all your good stickers are on your old one

"...Davis drifts from one studied and devastating observation to another, like a prophet suspicious of his own prophecy; and his songs’ longform structures, segueing from bridge to bridge and only sparingly returning to familiar melodic anchors, mirror his existential disorientation."

Every new Alex G album is my new favorite Alex G album

These BCNR lyric videos have done a good job at reminding me that A. Albums dont just disappear once theyre released and B. There are actually still fun and creative ways to promote your music even in our current internet hellscape youtu.be/3JxCnXFCW_U?...

Wrote about Cannes expectations, the blurring of the personal of the universal, right-wing extremism, left-wing capitulation, AI, performative social justice and virtually every other problem confronted in Eddington #AriAster, #Eddington, #FilmReview seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/f...

my Blusky feed is almost the perfect balance of wrong movie takes and doom and gloom progressivism, nature is healing

Darius Khondji is cinema! With Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON opening tomorrow, I profiled the Iranian-born French cinematographer for @latimes.com. He’s worked with David Fincher, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, James Gray, Iñárritu, & more in some of cinema’s most striking films: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

"The Doom Generation is even subtitled 'A heterosexual movie by Gregg Araki,' [because] it’s easier to get away with making...provocative, overtly queer outsider art within a heterosexual dynamic, [with] much less pressure to deliver 'the right kind of representation'" swampflix.com/2023/05/30/t...

I feel like watching a movie today

I wrote about baseball and time and EEPHUS and EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!

the only time Im not annoyed when the Lakers get more coverage than other teams is when it comes at the Knicks' expense 😁

my interview with david cronenberg is online @lwlies.com . needless to say a career highlight, one of the most delightful interview experiences i've ever had lwlies.com/interviews/d...

Wrote about fuzzy riffs, youth, 4AD, a new folk rock superstar, post-rock slowcore, prog-rock freak folk, "Is Rock Dead?", Justin Vernon, why Pulp is actually the best Britpop band, and Friendship for my second quarter report of 2025 💫 seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/t...

Ended up putting way more blockbusters than I expected!

the huge sigh of relief you must feel when you screw up a dish on a cooking show and then see someone else plate something raw 😮‍💨

wait what the hell is a mazarn

Wrote about my love of Past Lives, the burden of the sophmore slump, the importance of casting, overwriting, the benefit of keeping things simple, Pedro Pascal's height, and the first real takedown of a film I thought I was going to love seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/f...

the new Pulp album is pretty good now innit mate

Haven't written a rap review in a while so I made a whole ass list to catch up 🙌🏾 featuring: #billywoods, #DC2Trill,#BruiserWolf, #Papo2oo4,#Curren$y,#HarryFraud,#RioDaYungOG,#MoneySignSuede,#CEOTrayle,#Dubba-AA,#MJPAID,#ANCKHLEJOHN,#Cookin'Soul seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/t...

now here's a list!

lily seabird writes the kind of songs that would make her hero leonard cohen proud. read our interview, up now at rolling stone! www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

essential reading for anyone who's followed Katie's career "...from high school DIY popsmith to feminist punk hero, from indie rock idol to her current status as a giant of heartland poetics..." oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/on-th...

Home is Where forever, Home is Where forever and ever seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/a...

anytime I'm writing 2000 words and I only use the word "however" once I know I did my job

my interview with wes anderson is now online :) lwlies.com/interviews/w...

the NBA playoffs is really messing with my AMC schlop schedule I STILL havent seen Final Destination OR Clown in a Cornfield who even am I anymore

Every chapter in this book could probably be its own documentary. When it finally comes out it's gonna be a movie 😎

listening to Friendship on my way to see Friendship (2025)

They're playing Momma at my gym 🫡🫡🫡

For The Reveal, I did a pre-summer Catching Up With the Critics column, seeking out Jan-Apr 2025 films hailed by @kphipps3000.bsky.social, @manohladargis.bsky.social, @justincchang.bsky.social, @bilgeebiri.bsky.social and Wesley Morris. thereveal.substack.com/p/catching-u...

Wrote about the burden of influence, falling in love with music again, spirituality, sexuality, the joy of making art with your friends, furries, and how I think Car Seat Headrest is my favorite band again #CarSeatHeadrest, #TheScholars, #AlbumReview seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/a...

Listmaking is a true labor of love when it entails revisiting every movie by a favorite filmmaker. For @vulture.com, I ranked all of David Cronenberg's features! www.vulture.com/article/davi...

¡Pedro! I talked to Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, Penélope Cruz, Rossy de Palma, the late Marisa Paredes, and more about what makes Pedro Almodóvar a singular director. Almodóvar is receiving the Chaplin Award tonight. Writing this for the NYT was a dream: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/m...

@812filmreviews.com and I invite you to enjoy our sinfully good convo on SINNERS. His **1/2 review vs. my ***1/2 review--but that's not all! We talk about passing, the blues, some Jordans (not the sneakers) and the daring swings Ryan Coogler takes. www.rogerebert.com/features/rob...

Wrote about Cronenberg's legacy, his weird sense of humor, death, technology, bodies, and one of the best films of the year #Cronenberg #TheShrouds seriouslistener.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/f...

Watching THE DEVIL SMOKES got me thinking about how over the last decade Mexican filmmakers have been incredibly successful in telling stories about childhood and those pivotal moments when children become aware of the unfairness of the world, when they grow up 🇲🇽 Here’s a thread:

Our pal @zvasquez.bsky.social is on it crookedmarquee.com/nostalgia-an...

My latest review. I’m mixed on “Sinners” but there are intriguing ideas and moments of awe.

"Coogler’s camera spins and twirls through this maze of colors and sounds for a vibrant cacophony that spells the rapturous boundaries he could push if he didn’t have to turn around and figure out the vampire component of his movie." www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sinn...

"...“Sinners” works more like a pop song than a grand statement, the kind of deceptively simple high-level craft that few people can pull off." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

all music books should have accompanying playlists it really is that simple