I wrote this.

I wrote this.

So, a guy I interviewed last December is now suspected of killing his teenage girlfriend and stuffing her dismembered body in the trunk of a Tesla. And how has your week been? www.vibe.com/features/edi...

SHITTIEST SEPTEMBER EVER!!!

Of course, Stephen Colbert brings back “Stephen Colbert” to address this bullshit. youtu.be/ATxL1dLkPnY?...

If you've seen ALL IS LOST, about a man adrift at sea, you know it was one of Robert Redford's most remarkable performances. You may not know that, during the filming, director J.C. Chandor and Redford had a very candid conversation about their feelings about death www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

Remember when I was doing deep dives on soundtracks for @avclub.com? Well, now I'm doing deep dives on Blaxploitation soundtracks. Needless to say, the first one up is... www.avclub.com/sounds-of-bl...

Some weekend ish for @culturemap.bsky.social. houston.culturemap.com/news/enterta...

Kanopy and Hoopla (and Libby) are my best friends right now. Kanopy and Hoopla have so much “old” stuff I love. I love the library!

Back when I was in college and wrote for the school newspaper I wrote a whole thing about the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which eliminated media ownership restrictions, and how that was going to fuck us over forever and people were like "Dan, I dunno this is an art school," well eat shit fuckos.

The ones I’d like to hear from — @jwolcott.bsky.social, Tom Carson, @kentucker.bsky.social — got outta the racket a long time ago. It’s like they all saw this coming and were like, “Fuck that!”

Got an hour to kill, let's do some questions! Ask me anything!

I mean this is pretty on target

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

You know the one thing I miss about Biden being in office? The quiet.

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

Post a movie you like with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score.

I feel powerless to affect many things these days, and I think that's part of the system. We're not supposed to feel like anything we do can help. But migrating from Substack to Ghost and cutting off all financial support to Substack in any way feels like a small, real step that will help

Five years ago, I talked to that studly Aussie @oneblakeminute.bsky.social about one of our favorite Redford films. Before that, I vented about how the U.S. was turning into a dumpster fire. Yeah, ain’t a damn thing changed. #RIPRobertRedford podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

If you need proof that Redford was still giving extraordinary performances in his later years, I have three words for you: ALL IS LOST. #RIPRobertRedford indyweek.com/culture/scre...

It also has one of my favorite Quincy Jones soundtracks. www.avclub.com/quincy-jones...

I could say a lot of things about the screen legend who recently passed away. But, at the moment, all I’ll say is watch ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN. #RIPRobertRedford www.tumblr.com/unclecrizzle...

I just found this. canneddragons.net/posts/uncle-...

“Tl;dr: I humbly ask that, if you can, please pay writers, artists, creators and publications that bring value to your day and to the world in general. There are a lot of them.” @moryan.bsky.social is fighting the good fight. www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

1. Randall’s banana nut muffins 2. Music 3. Peppermint Pattys 4. Anything Smosh-related 5. Writing about old movies

The news of @sepinwall.bsky.social getting fired from Rolling Stone reminds me of my early years trying (and failing) to write about TV for outlets ran by people who clearly abhorred the medium. Whoever did this doesn’t binge-watch, and they’re proud of that shit.

The new issue doesn’t have movie or TV reviews, so I knew something was up.

Why was Kelly even there? youtu.be/AY0pVnNr_Rs?...

From the archives: My 2021 @pastemagazine.bsky.social assessment of post-9/11 movies. www.pastemagazine.com/movies/9-11-...

Seriously, does anyone wanna do anything right now?

The minute I heard someone say, "If you don't support the war, then you don't support the troops," I knew this country was cooked.

Technically, it premiered on this day at the Toronto Film Festival, where Miramax bought it and released it the following summer (with a tacked-on ending). BTW, I wrote this.

Some weekend ish for @culturemap.bsky.social. houston.culturemap.com/news/enterta...

How is it only Wednesday? HOW?

Buy all of your journalist friends a coffee and/or queso. Shit's been bad. Shit's gonna get worse. If you love me, seriously, SERIOUSLY, do your best to vet what you share before sharing it. Make my job and life easier, I beg you.

Yeah, I’m more choked up about this one than, um, you know.

This. I've been asked a few times if I wanted to switch from being a journalist/actor to being an influencer. No offense to influencers - they fill a pitchman niche in the marketing world and no matter what your racist uncle says have been around forever - but if I wanted to be one, I'd be one.

From THE PERFECT HOLIDAY.

Jesus, this looks bad in so many ways.

Cary has been waiting his entire life to write this. www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainmen...

If everything’s pissing you off, do what I do and watch Black improv troupe Lemon Pepper Wet (yes, that’s their name) ad-lib with White folk. youtu.be/xJOt71l205A?...

I just realized I’ve never heard a rapper call a woman the C-word. That’s when you know a word is truly fuckin’ awful.

Doctors I trust more than RFK, Jr.:

Why are some British celebs willing to fuck up their whole legacy over “gender activism”? Is there something in the water over there?

HIGHEST 2 LOWEST is streaming on Apple TV+ now. My @nashvillescene.com review: www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture...

I’m still waiting for the @vanityfair.com oral history on all the crazy shit that happened with this movie.

Some weekend ish for @culturemap.bsky.social. houston.culturemap.com/news/enterta...

I wrote this.