Typical Legend fashion it gets nuts right out the gate

The second episode of "Leverage" has the team go up against private military contractors and congress. There's a scene where Sophie talks to a man at a party who brags about "buying congressman" and every person, on the team, criminals all, are morally disgusted by such debased behavior.

Remove the slop from your day!

there’s a “what’s the best movie about men by a woman” prompt going around, and nobody has said this because it was only written by a woman and not directed by one, but it’s Slap Shot

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

Sorry, haters; Disclosure Day rocks. A speculative fiction story about what wonders might result if the world still functioned like it did in 1994.

Hi all, Reaching out because the job hunt has been terrible and I am feeling very discouraged. If anyone has leads for writing gigs or any remote work or things in the NYC area I would be so so very grateful.

On her birthday, let's remember how hot Judy Holliday looked in drag in that brief scene in Adam's Rib (1949).

Very much looking forward to telling the world's greatest Campion anecdote and returning to this wonderful show for the fourth time!

Inspired by listening to SCREEN DRAFTS struggle with this task. They're having a great conversation (three out of five episodes down now) but it just spotlights how tough a prospect this is. letterboxd.com/drewmcweeny/...

They're all gone now

PAUL BLART WHO CAN RECALL HIS BACKLIVES (2027)

I think you need Mamdani levels of optimism about government to rebuild everything these assholes have broken but not necessarily his sunny disposition. Let's get some grumps in there too. Curmudgeons who are mad all the time but at the right people

I have this really plump inner elbow vein and all my life I reliably get compliments on it from nurses who are about to stick me. Every time I feel so proud, like this is something right I have actively done.

My local theatre has an app that is an instrument of the devil. It's the kind of app that has you jump quadruple the normal steps you usually take to buy a ticket online. But even worse is that just because you pushed the "purchase" button does not mean you purchased a ticket.

If anyone is looking for essays/commentaries/any other paid work for a film critic with 15 years of experience, please let me know? A series of unfortunate events has led to a serious financial rough patch, and I’m eager to work even more and get back on my feet!

Pride, folks, pride! Adam, Angela and I team up to pick the 11 best gay movies of the '90s, ranked. It's a measure of the quality we had to choose from that I could give you a different and very credible 11 (and I'll do that here in a few days). Meanwhile, enjoy this long, fun, wild conversation.

Just going to reiterate that this story is sharp, thoughtful, appropriately funny and appropriately disdainful-alarmed-disgusted. A number of people here seem to need a depiction-is-not-endorsement refresher course.

Curtis Sawa would never

Reactors are all about celebrating Memorial Day by watching war movies, usually SAVING PRIVATE RYAN or FULL METAL JACKET, but never watch pro-union or pro-labor movies for Labor Day.

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

@thaddeus.zone Thought of you

I saw an ad for Shopify with a lady saying, "How I got my dream job with Shopify..." I didn't click on it. It was just too depressing. The embodiment of the line "You can't even dream a whole dream, can you?"

I wish we lived in a world where this isn't necessary, but I need to run a subscription drive this month. I'm turning 56 at the end of the month, and it would be absolutely jaw on the floor amazing if I could add that many new subscribers before I get there. "Subscribe to what?" you ask. Well...

Ted Turner was briefly so destructive to film preservation that the GOVERNMENT created the National Film Registry to keep some films safe, then Turner was like “fine! You like preservation so much, here’s a channel that just shows movies unaltered for 24 hours!!!” and it was the best channel ever.

Really sad to hear about the passing of Tony Stella. What he had you can't fake.

There I was, minding my own business, listening to Screen Drafts when they announced none other than @judysquirrels.bsky.social was going to be a guest in Rookie month. Alright!

Folks online are criticizing Boots Riley because his new film was produced by Megan Ellison, the daughter of Larry Ellison, and they see this as an ethical lapse. It made me think of Roger Ebert's review of Reds, a reminder that the movie business - all art, really - requires patronage.

Every time someone realizes Liu is the best Watson, and that Liu/Miller are the best adaptation duo, I smile.

Very excited to reveal the cover for my next book, Serling: A Journey Into The Twilight Zone with TV’s First Visionary. The book will be published by Grand Central on October 13 of this year, and pre-orders are open now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-...

Opened up my Bluesky and wondered why I had 30+ notifications, all of them old. Then I saw that Bluesky had implicated AI and it all made horrible sense.

Don’t like having to share this still but im struggling to come up with funds for groceries and bills while waiting on payment from past gigs and still trying to find more work everyday. Anything helps and is appreciated♥️

Really solid episode which brings out some wonderfully insightful discussions of Altman & his work which are triggered by some of his most maligned films. Kudos to @mangiotto.bsky.social @markerryan625.bsky.social @aduralde.bsky.social & @claykeller.bsky.social

the devil just blinked

No one likes unnecessary scaffolding. Thankfully, we have a plan — and John Wilson is here to help break it down.

In case you're wondering, I am still incandescently furious that we never got Octavia Spencer's "Murder She Wrote". I will, in fact, die mad about it.

Wrote a little Euphoria primer. (Whispers: I liked the first three episodes.) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/a...

A lot of really strong films playing @mdffparkway.bsky.social this weekend! I wrote about five of them alongside @baynardwoods.bsky.social & Bry Reed:

A lot of first time discoveries for me this week. But seeing THE KILLER in theaters, where they had that audio pumping LOUD was the highlight. #LetterboxdFriday

I wrote about FACES OF DEATH in an era when the choice to seek out explicit material has been taken from us, and how to make a movie centered around a mondo horror classic when depravity is thrust upon us whether we want to see it or not. www.slashfilm.com/2143166/why-...

OMG we finally got to have Gemini queen @jenyamato.bsky.social on the show! We cover a lot of ground (karaoke, Japanese pinky violence films, Little Giants, astrology) but the hero of the day is Diane Lane as Ellen Aim in Walter Hill's 1984 banger, STREETS OF FIRE. maximumfun.org/episodes/fee...

I have 24 hours to raise the remaining $625. I have to be at work extra early tomorrow for an inspection so I am really hoping I can get the funds together by late tonight so I can take care of the room before I have to head out for that. Anything helps even sharing this post!

While we have your attention, here’s your reminder that tomorrow’s episode is on AMELIE and we’re joined by @cosbrarian.bsky.social ! If you haven’t watched the movie in a while, now is the perfect time to fall back in love!

Happy afternoon everyone! Take a mental health break and listen to me talk with stunt veteran Buddy Joe Hooker about his life of daring feats and why the movie HOOPER means so much to him. He was a real treat so give it a go! m.youtube.com/watch?v=-XFS...

One of my favorite movies. So many great quotes. I normally hate movies that are simply about what they are about but something about Kramer's INHERIT THE WIND burrowed inside me and made a nest. That sounds creepy. My bad.

Got to see John Woo's THE KILLER on the big screen tonight. Fucking hell what an operatic tragedy that still hits like a ton of bricks. Incidentally, they played the trailer for the new Spielberg movie and I'm still not over hearing Emily Blunt say "Kanas City". Soul left my body kind of moment.

In the mood for gimmick-free long form conversation about the personal connection artists have to cinema? Well GOOD NEWS a new episode of Feeling Seen is out! This time talking to one of my favorite minds about the importance of Lucky McKee’s Gen X classic MAY! m.youtube.com/watch?v=ImdL...

New #Letterboxd favorites for the month of April

There’s already a date onboard for a general strike May 1st, National Strike No work, no school, no shopping www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...