#Podcast: Watch With Jen - S7: E1 - John Carpenter with Duane Swierczynski The CALIFORNIA BEAR author returns to the pod to discuss his new Storm King graphic novel DEAD FLOWERS, director John Carpenter, & films THE FOG, PRINCE OF DARKNESS, & IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS. www.patreon.com/posts/watch-...

A pleasure to reconnect with the brilliant @bobfreelander.bsky.social (@rupertpupkinspeaks) on #WatchWithJen pod. The Pure Cinema & Just the Discs pod host & film buff joined me to talk favorite tropes, heavies, and unsung, under-discussed Film Noir. You’ll hear it soon!

You’re invited! I’m talking to @jordanharper.bsky.social on April 29 at 5:00pm PST via @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social. Join us and submit questions: www.patreon.com/posts/152723...

Great article by @filmintuition.bsky.social

Here's me talking specifically about ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, which is my favorite film of last year. www.instagram.com/p/DVe6wwvjl4L/

One of the most consistently funny & iconic performers to grace our screens and far too under-appreciated. Debbie is a work of art. #JoanCusack #movies #filmsky

Released a video of my 25 Favorite Films of 2025. You can watch the entire thing for free below (where I hope you'll consider becoming a paid supporter of my work & the upcoming return of Watch With Jen pod). www.patreon.com/posts/152260...

Great piece here on Joan Cusack by Jen Johans. She's never not one of the best things about a movie

In the latest episode of #TheDecadeProject on @ohmpods.bsky.social  I talk with my dear friend, the host of Watch with Jen - @filmintuition.bsky.social  about the seductive, low-stakes elegance of #FOCUS.

For Women Writers Week, Jen Johans writes about Joan Cusack, and how she’s "crackling, high-voltage live wire who commits to scenes with an intensely funny mischievous ferocity."

When Nell & Chaz @ebertvoices.bsky.social invited me to write something again this year for Women Writers Week, I chose one of Roger Ebert’s favorite character actresses & mine, a woman who’s synonymous with Chicago, the great Joan Cusack! Read it here: www.rogerebert.com/women-writer...

A fun piece from the great @filmintuition.bsky.social on Chicago legend Joan Cusack! www.rogerebert.com/women-writer...

That thing when you have a late-night autoimmune chronic pain flare so bad you only get an hour of sleep, so you decide to write, record, & create a video adaptation of one of your fave EMDR guided meditations in case it might help someone else. Highly recommend it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M03s...

Fun chatting w/ @swierczy.bsky.social about John Carpenter, synthesizers, Jamie Lee Curtis, pocket paperbacks, rebellious priests, bubblegum, apocalypses, madness, Carpenter Country + his new graphic novel DEAD FLOWERS, for Carpenter & Sandy King's Storm King. You'll hear it soon on #WatchWithJen.

I'm superstitious enough as a writer that I don't like to say what I'm working on publicly until I finish it. Just saved the first draft of a new article I'm writing for Ebert, on one of his favorite actresses & mine, the incomparable Joan Cusack. You should be able to read it in a few weeks.

I always have a ball with Blake!!

I was asked to program 3 surprising romantic features for Valentine's Day as a pod guest recently. Watch it here: youtu.be/qrKLELkjfmM?...

Hi, I'm Jen. I talk w/ my hands, play w/ my hair, & am nerdily expressive, lol, but luckily it makes my friends laugh! (Though I'm not about to start a video podcast, lol.) Scenes from this wk's Delroy Lindo chat w/ Sean Burns & S.A. Cosby, coming in March to Watch With Jen pod. Sean wore my logo!

Recorded my first #WatchWithJen chat with the wonderful @amina.bsky.social about magazines, the fashion industry, the '90s, saying "no" to Anna Wintour, & THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. My plan is to record as many shows as I can from now through the end of Feb, & then start releasing episodes in March.

I'm recording the first two episodes of #WatchWithJen S7 this week. One of them involves speaking to a Vogue employee turned author, who worked for Anna Wintour while THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA was being written. Do you have any burning questions about Vogue or the industry you'd love to have answered?

I've received more requests for anxiety, ADHD, affirmations on creativity, & chronic pain content. These are fun little challenges, I love working in a different medium, mixing audio, video, & writing, so I'll keep sharing these if you're interested.

So excited to see @swierczy.bsky.social will be doing a @watchwithjen.bsky.social episode on Elmore Leonard Crime Flicks... After westerns and then crime, I think maybe an Elmore Leonard TV movies episode is in order

Couple years back I went long in a thread about Elmore Leonard and his westerns specifically, but that account no longer exists... Some of the best stuff from that project made it into this @watchwithjen.bsky.social episode on Leonard westerns www.patreon.com/posts/watch-...

Guests: @amina.bsky.social, @blacktopkid.bsky.social, @splicedpersonality.bsky.social, @nikkidolson.bsky.social, @swierczy.bsky.social, & @sheilakathleen.bsky.social. Pod: @watchwithjen.bsky.social More announcements coming soon!

Get psyched!

This is so good

Shared something pure with good intentions to help people de-stress, if they wish for their mental health. Worked on it all week. Someone immediately tried to pick a fight. The other day I was subtweeted by a bullying Mean Girl too. I'd rather be creative than mean. www.patreon.com/posts/147781...

I created a 30 minute relaxing guided meditation video to give us all a break during this stressful week. Inspired by Sensei in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, it's called "Ocean Waves." Watch the full video here: www.patreon.com/posts/147781...

Passions Collide. I wrote & recorded a meditation called "Ocean Waves," inspired by Sensei.

🧵When the world is as crazy as it is, we're feeling depressed, anxious, defeated, & helpless. We get irritable & pick stupid fights, myself included! I think what it boils down to is this: intentions matter. Ask yourself who the enemy really is & who you're really mad at before attacking strangers.

Gushed over LAST MAN STANDING a few years ago on the @watchwithjen.bsky.social podcast... made an audacious claim about Hill's film stacked next to Kurosawa's and Leone's and for some reason @filmintuition.bsky.social let me come back on her show again. Thanks, Jen www.patreon.com/posts/45254657

My last podcast of 2025 was a lot of fun. Jen Johans let me obsess over one of our most follicle-y endowed performers for the Bring Me the Hair of Andy Garcia episode of @watchwithjen.bsky.social. Always a good time hanging with @filmintuition.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/140767...

I find inspiration in the minds of writers who came before us, yes, & also, in things like Benicio del Toro saying "ocean waves" in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. It was my hardest year for several reasons & I know it was rough for many of you too. Hope this makes you smile: youtu.be/cqqh4GOgt3U?...

I uploaded the same video to my @FilmIntuition account on Instagram so you can watch/share it there too: www.instagram.com/reel/DS0844V...

I created a YT video of this list of Helpful Things to Do for Your Parents or Aging Relatives with everyone's brilliant additions across social media, plus things I realized I'd forgotten to include. Feel free to share it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7II...

This was our year!

Our final show of S6! We'll be back in '26 with S7!

Merry Christmas from me & my mom!

🧵Helpful things to do while visiting your parents this holiday season: - Change their remote, smoke alarm, & flashlight batteries - Make sure they're logged into all apps on their phone, Roku, etc - Turn off the motion smoothing setting on their TV - Check the fire extinguisher expiration date

Happy Holidays to You! Peace on Earth & Goodwill to everyone on Santa's Nice List, haha. No seriously, here's wishing you & your loved ones a safe, happy, & healthy holiday season. Thanks for your friendship & support during this rollercoaster year. I hope 2026 is better & brighter for us all.

#Podcast: #WatchWithJen - S6-E26 - 21st Century Westerns - Part 1: '20-'25 with Mitchell Beaupre Letterboxd editor @mitchellbeaupre.bsky.social returns to the pod to discuss FIRST COW, THE POWER OF THE DOG, & HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA - CHAPTER 1. Now available everywhere or via: bit.ly/3Y94PL4

Yeah, what he said.

This season is rough. If you're dealing with people-pleasing, the stress of being overscheduled & asked for too much, being alone, seasonal depression, grief, difficult relatives, tricky situations, etc., I recorded a Winter & Holiday Video Pep-Talk of Affirmations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HopA...

I keep forgetting to post this but if you'd like to watch the new Kelly Reichardt movie THE MASTERMIND (& so many others) for free, my invite link gives you a 30 day pass to Mubi: mubi.com/t/android/gl...

It's Jane Austen's 250th birthday! This episode is for you

With ELLA MCCAY in theaters, we discuss the directed and produced works of living legend James L. Brooks! We unpack the confounding Musical Cut of I'LL DO ANYTHING, the gem that is ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET, and of course, that sandwich from SPANGLISH: bit.ly/3MAD1fW

We're 19!

Our year in JCVD was inspired by how much fun I was clearly having researching this episode of @watchwithjen.bsky.social. www.patreon.com/posts/watch-...

Wow!

I just found out that all #WatchWithJen pod merch is currently on sale. For example, right now you can get one of our warm logo hoodies for $29! kategabrielle.threadless.com/designs/watc...