PARIS IS BURNING (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

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PARIS IS BURNING (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

The Drake Curse undefeated

Never count out Touchdown Tom

This 12-0 does not feel like a "Defensive masterclass", it feels like two QBs who absolutely should not be in this game right now

This game for football sickos only, of which I am not one but that's ok I'll still watch this garbage

Darnold vs Maye is definitely the most mid QB Superbowl matchup in the last 30 years right? Is there a worse one?

This game for football sickos only, of which I am not one but that's ok I'll still watch this garbage

STAGECOACH (John Ford, 1939)

STAGECOACH (John Ford, 1939)

"Hoobastank" has got to be one of the worst band names ever created. Horrible to say, horrible to hear someone else say

Six months of Shams gooning and edging just for it to end like this

Dillingham SUUUUCKS what the hell

Something I wrote last year for Jacobin: "Perhaps the saddest thing about BETWEEN THE LINES is that it feels new. It feels like it could be made right now and you wouldn't need to change a thing." jacobin.com/2025/04/betw...

Something I wrote last year for Jacobin: "Perhaps the saddest thing about BETWEEN THE LINES is that it feels new. It feels like it could be made right now and you wouldn't need to change a thing." jacobin.com/2025/04/betw...

had to share this one

Bulls Legend Mike Conley Jr. the 5 hours you spent with the team will never be forgotten

The Cavs are going for it. And by going for it I mean the 2nd round

James Harden telling a group of 1000 kids at a basketball camp in Shanghai that Darryl Morey sucks is one of the all time great #SilversLeague moments.

Shams-Agent propaganda is incredible. DeAndre Hunter is suddenly the magical “3 & D” wing who is shooting 30% from 3 and has a negative defensive box +/-.

CRYSTAL GAZING (Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen, 1982)

Beijing evangelical dad will be the most vindicated man in history

They’re still doing “film bro” discourse in 2026, the internet is cooked

No Country for Old Men (Coen Bros) Kill Bill (QT) Bacurau (Kleber Mendonça Filho) Let the Corpses Tan (Cattet/Forzani) Mimosas (Oliver Laxe) The Revenant (Alejandro Iñarritú) Meeks Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt) The Proposition (John Hillcoat) Yakuza Apocalypse (Takashi Miike) Bone Tomahawk (Craig Zahler)

THE YAKUZA (Sydney Pollack, 1975)

Watching a movie that's a clear wannabe-CASINO & this always highlights for me how Scorsese's mob films never feel cliche bc his characters are guys trying to survive a world they *think* they understand but don't while Wannabe films treat their mob guys like they're preachers or tourguides.

"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota Via DonHarris4/X

Everyone in the NBA is currently doing a Mexican standoff at the trade deadline waiting for a Giannis trade to happen first #analysis #sourcessay

lunch

Bukowski was doing “thing: 😒 …. thing, but Japanese: 😃” 30 years before the internet. It even also had that tinge of chud phrenology shoved in there too

Ok I did not know they used a giant prop ring for this shot. There’s like a million incredible forced perspective tricks they used in these movies it’s insane. That’s why they look so good

“I’m on Upscrolled. I’m on Skylight.” I’m on the brink of fucking insanity.

Also, “[insert podcast or recent tv show] brought me here!”

Live on-air Bari Weiss seppuku. I’ll accept nothing less.

Shots of the sky in FIVE EASY PIECES (Bob Rafelson, 1970)

Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

NAKED LUNCH (David Cronenberg, 1991)

Dude this looks like a PowerPoint presentation at an AA meeting

Guess it’s back to the slop-factory for Dwayne Johnson

RIP Jeff Wells, hope he doesn’t drive one of his uber customers over a cliff today

For my debut piece in Vogue, I wrote about a selection of films that I argue provide a loose narrative thread that courses through Iran's modern history, from the twilight of the Qajar Dynasty to the current uprisings. www.vogue.com/article/iran...

Always love seeing Michael Sicinski’s best of the year (this includes shorts and experimental films)

Find someone rich enough to subsidize me not having a real job

WRITTEN ON THE WIND (Douglas Sirk, 1956)