Wrote a thing about agents. If you’re a new writer or are actively querying, hope this helps keep you safe! gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...

Chicago people, there are now signed copies of YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME at City Lit Books in Logan Square.

Check out this interview with @jakehinkson.bsky.social, author of 🔍YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME🔎 in the Chicago Review of Books! Learn about Hinkson's inspiration for the book and how he used Chicago as a setting. https://loom.ly/FDv1Xzs

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.

@thejudyroom.com Just finished reading this absolute treasure. It was delightful knowing details about backstage of the movies, the true facts about her issues with the studio/staff and how Judy always surpass them with her natural talent. How brilliant Judy was (and still she is)! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

CHICAGO come have a drink with me!

It was such a pleasure to write the essay for Criterion's 4K+Blu Ray of CAPTAIN BLOOD, a movie I dearly love. And for friends who love commentaries, note that this has one from Curtiz biographer (and fount of knowledge) Alan K. Rode @thetallcinephile.bsky.social www.criterion.com/films/29013-...

I'll be signing copies of YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME at The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City this Tuesday. If you're around, I hope you WILL come see me because I want to see you, damn it.

Out today! Go get it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2202...

"For whatever reason I’ve always been more drawn to the cautionary stuff. The stories of bad decisions blowing up in people’s faces." @loriraderday.bsky.social's interview with @jakehinkson.bsky.social on “You Will Never See Me” (Crooked Lane Books) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/14/d...

Antifa love triangle

I love how the last image of MILDRED PIERCE ties Mildred—who, by film’s end, has lost both her empire and the family she built it for—back to the working women she sprang from. It’s an incredibly potent symbol of the film’s critique of wealth and class.

You Will Never See Me, pictured here with some friends and influences. Out October 14th from @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social

My cat, on brand and on message

One of the coolest moments in ANY movie is Kirk saying he doesn’t like losing, and pulling out his communicator to advance the story. It’s a moment that changes everything, and breathes new life into the story. It’s the second wind!

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

Every single time there’s something I want to see at Doc Films it turns out to be programmed by @kathygee.bsky.social

Heads up, New York City! I'm coming your way on Oct 21st to celebrate the launch of my new book YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME at the legendary Mysterious Bookshop. If you're in or around town, come see me! www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/jak...

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Latinx Heritage Month starts in three days, so here’s the perfect read for you. Come find out what makes the racists so angry… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

Pig sooie

Last day to submit your fiction/poetry/non fiction/play to The Coachella Review: thecoachellareview.submittable.com/submit

Firing up my Bluesky with the kind of joke that our cat loves when high on catnip.

So many adults have to fail a child before he ends up 10 years old telling CNN about the mass shooting he lived through this morning

Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he's causing families. We'll continue to follow the law, stand up for the sovereignty of our state, and protect Illinoisans.

CASABLANCA was the gateway drug that got me hooked on classic movies. And that love of classic cinema had a profound impact on my career as both a writer and a teacher.

The best shoutout to Arkansas in any Faulkner novel is at the funeral scene in SANCTUARY, “He’ll be in hell before I could even make it back to Little Rock.”

Here's me on Positive Obsession, Susana M. Morris's illuminating new bio of Octavia E. Butler. 4columns.org/columns-4/cr...

If Democratic politicians do not fight this because it's a "distraction," it will simply happen. They need to get in front of every mic and say that we will not allow Trump to destroy American history. He wants a culture war? GIVE HIM ONE. There are no distractions. Have every fight.

Saw WEAPONS tonight and thought it was a lot of fun. I’d still rate TOGETHER the better movie, though. Scarier, funnier, more twisted. See it in the theater while you can, preferably with someone you love and/or hate.

BOTD #FilmNoir maestro Robert Siodmak!! MCCT5 5)Cry/City 4)File on Thelma J 3)Criss Cross 2)Phantom Lady 1)Killers More @jhoberman.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/m... @jakehinkson.bsky.social: www.criminalelement.com/noir-s-great... @filmlinc.bsky.social: www.filmlinc.org/series/rober...

If you see this, post a bad woman you love

I did exhaustive research and this statement is correct.

This is a hate crime

August 1, 1939: The beginning of "Oz Month" for MGM.  With the premiere just a couple of weeks away, MGM's publicity machine went into hyperdrive.  Spotlight on "The Wizard of Oz" at www.thejudyroom.com/filmography/... #judygarland #wizardofoz #oz #thejudyroom @mgmmusicals.bsky.social

If we still had a functioning government I would demand congressional hearings on this. I want people in handcuffs. I want someone’s head on a stick.

Raise a glass for Peter Bogdanovich, born this day in 1939.

Before turning in tonight, I’ll join the chorus of movie fans who’ve already wished a posthumous Happy Birthday to this man. Some guys dream of being Steve McQueen. I dream of being William Powell.

No other word will do: Gestapo. American Gestapo - words I never imagined I'd associate together. A legal resident. A scientist searching for a Lyme disease vaccine. Criminality? Arrested for weed - ten years ago. Abducted at the airport by anonymous goons and disappeared. wapo.st/4lPELyy

Me when the Uber driver gets chatty. #FilmSky

July 30, 1989:  Roger Fristoe's column featured this great artwork. #judygarland #thejudyroom

One fascinating thing about the most self-serious newspaper in America with its staff of the winning journalistic meritocrats is that it routinely, institutionally publishes completely made-up bullshit speculation about pure abstractions, based on zero reporting, written as if it were plain facts

I saw F1...

Libraries are cool and librarians are awesome.

Poetry.

Finally, a retirement plan I can afford

only one thing can truly fix everything wrong with all of us: another massive and extravagant world’s fair in chicago

NOIR CITY: CHICAGO steps out of the shadows on September 5th-11th🕵️ Featuring over a dozen classic noir films on the big screen! Hosted by EDDIE MULLER (Sept 5-7) and ALAN K. RODE (Sept 8-11). Festival Passes & Advance Tickets On Sale Now: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...

“When I was young, I didn't care whether liking Billy Joel was cool — most of what I liked (musicals, Harlequin romances, writing) wasn't cool. But I think I always knew he cared deeply and couldn't help it.”