The most dispiriting thing about America is learning how many people will go to ANY lengths to justify police violence, brutal immigration policies, racism, etc. These people don't just think this is okay. They feel duty bound to publicly let everyone know. It is soulless and inhumane.

Need a not-watched-to-death Christmas movie tonight? Want one with fantastic profanity and killer dialogue? THE REF (1994) is sitting out there waiting for you! Don't believe me? Read this great look back @jasondashbailey.com did on the movie a few years ago: www.flavorwire.com/594535/secon...

I'm on board with this. If trailers and articles are designed to sell me on a movie I am already wiling to prepurchase tickets for TODAY, I don't need 'em!

A great essay on one of the best movies of the last 25 years.

Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the theatrical release of CLUE! If you want to know everything about the making of the movie and its four different endings (you heard me!), then you can get a signed copy of my book at the best movie & TV bookstore on the planet, @mzspress.bsky.social

To me, a good "Best films of the year" list should be a mix of "Damn right," "Good, I've been looking forward to that one," and "Why am I just learning about this one now?!" Also, it should mention TRAIN DREAMS. On that basis, this is a very good list.

Catch movies in the theater while you still can kids, so you can tall your grandkids what it was like! (Do we even believe in antitrust laws anymore?)

Today in Cold Take Corner: CROSSFIRE, a pretty famous and Oscar-nominated film noir that people have liked since 1947... is really damn good! And Robert Ryan is incredible!

I enjoyed WICKED: FOR GOOD but it is undeniably weaker than part 1. This does a good job examining some of the weird choices that were made adapting stage to screen. (Too, did anyone else find the ending reminiscent of THE DARK KNIGHT and assume the truth will come out eventually in WICKED RISES?)

This is how I introduce myself now...

Top 5 film genres 1. I am a silent comedian and have no regard for my own personal safety 2. For this heist... we're gonna need a team 3. Pulp hero who was popular 80 years ago? Let's spend 100 million! 4. Ah this futuristic prison we have invented is 100% escape proof. Oh shit! 5. Westerns

Regret to inform, etc. www.vulture.com/article/sorr...

For me it is possibly William Wyler's epic Western THE BIG COUNTRY. Stunningly beautiful, great performances, incredible score, and a lot to say about violence, pacifism and masculinity through a classic Western tale.

I'm a big fan of this approach along with "Oh wow, what an embarrassing thing to say."

One of my kids requested more Hitchcock films in our diet so we just watched NOTORIOUS and I can't believe I hadn't read this Criterion essay from @angelicabastien.bsky.social until now: www.criterion.com/current/post... Great piece on a great movie!

This is a great piece!

consider this part one of what will be an ongoing series making the case for an imperial congress (gift link)

Holy shit this is a good piece about a very good movie. Go see FRANKENSTEIN on the big screen if it's playing near you!

In possibly unsurprising news, Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN is stunningly beautiful and soulful and you should see it on the big screen while you have the chance.

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

Drew Struzan died yesterday. RIP to an absolute legend. If you're not sure exactly how much of his artwork occupies space in your head, go search some of his work today and be amazed. gizmodo.com/drew-struzan...

I'm glad I ran across @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social 's review of Tron: Ares right after I saw it. He echoes a lot of what I appreciated about the movie: visually and aurally exciting, but also morally and ethically curious. Great sci-fi! See it on a big screen! www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tron...

This one goes out to all the babysitters of kids in the 80s, like Jon and Deedee who introduced me to Highlander, Terminator, and this little gem here (among many others.) The world needs more of these heroes.

Tooele, Hooper, Hurricane, Alta

Catch this movie on big screen if you can (it's in very limited release) but if not, it hits streaming this week and is well worth your time. Good movie and a good interview from @tomilaffly.bsky.social with director Paul Greengrass on some of the decisions that went into the making of it.

Some of the best film-related writing on the Internet AND a great community for people who love to talk about movies. A can't miss investment!

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

RIP to a favorite. What are you going to watch to pay tribute? I may go JEREMIAH JOHNSON and then OLD MAN & THE GUN.

Share some of the best eyes in movies

This statement should just be posted every day. No context needed.

And today in "This world is getting stupider all the time ..."

Friends, if you haven't come across THE TIN STAR in your Western watching, do yourself a favor and check it out at your earliest opportunity. Anthony Mann, Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins and simply one of the finest the genre has ever produced.

This review from @rockmarooned.bsky.social is pretty spot on. An entertaining movie with a great cast that I hope people check out! www.pastemagazine.com/movies/tony-...

There's a *ton* of interesting stuff in this pod with Alon Levy about why US public transit is so f'ing expensive, but I really want to highlight what I take as his Main Point, to wit ...

This piece by @matthewschnipper.bsky.social is so great. I recently rewatched THE STRAIGHT STORY with my kids and everyone from 10 to almost 50 found it incredibly moving, I'm sure for different reasons. Don't make the mistake of filing this away as "minor Lynch" (as if there could be such a thing!)

100% endorse this! We switched to inviting friends out for "Movie and a Dinner" a ways back and it's a much better experience for all the reasons listed here.

maybe there's still some good left in this world after all

Hey, just a reminder that if you ever just want to flat out astonish your movie-loving friends/family members, throw on THE RAID 2 and sit back and watch their reactions. My teenage daughter now has a grin that will not go away. What a movie!

I wish I could write about *anything* as persuasively as Nadira Goffe writes about relish: slate.com/life/2025/07.... I just added it to my grocery list.

One of our most popular signed titles is What Do You Mean, Murder?, the compulsively readable account of the making of Clue by John Hatch (@johnhatch.bsky.social). We just got some more in & will be processing orders tomorrow, so jump on this if you want a copy! It's on the front page of mzs.press!

"You looking for trouble Doniphan?" "You aiming to help me find some?" In case anyone needed reminding, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE is a goddamn masterpiece.

I think most anti-abortion people, given the choice between: - abortion rates being zero and - abortion rates remaining the same but everyone agreeing that abortion is bad, would choose the latter.

Remember this any time politicians, or the media, or misinformed people in general tell you crime is out of control.

This is a great approach because my brain is FAR better equipped to remember a new acquaintance's hobby or favorite restaurant than it is to repeat where you said you work even five minutes after hearing it.

This is a very thorough breakdown by @marisakabas.bsky.social of a story that has gotten increasingly sketchy since day one. This is the kind of clarification we need.

#westernwednesday WINCHESTER '73 (1950) One of the best of the genre. If you like Westerns and haven't seen everything director Mann and star Stewart did together, you can rectify that! Start with this one: A stolen prize rifle and the obsessive quest to get it back. Wonderful.

my big takeaway after marathoning the Raimi Spider-Men and Nolan Batmans over the weekend is that superhero movies work best when good filmmakers are allowed to marry the material’s inherent affinities with their own artistic sensibility with minimal interference go figure!

They call me... Butter Cake.