*Paul Verhoeven explodes in the distance*

In the new edition of The Noseletter, I wrote about Nine Inch Noize — and about Trent Reznor as a (surprisingly?) central Gen X figure.

I’ve reached the point in life where the boxers that I think of as the new ones are starting to fall apart.

Drop a film with a single word title …

That this cover is flagged as “adult content” is pretty hilarious.

Holy shit y’all this is not a drill, David Letterman and Stephen Colbert are dropping stuff off the rooftop of a building near the Ed Sullivan Theater!

I 100% support this take. Both of these movies are among the movies I’ve seen the most times, and I’ve seen both some number of times measured in dozens. (The Paper is a bit flawed. It tries to be a serious drama for a while toward the end, and fumbles the tone change. But I still love it.)

First wearer in team history. Crazy.

This is very cool.

Personal theory is that Empire looks and feel so good and has such good forward momentum partly b/c the lighting visually follows the rhythm of one day: Hoth is brightly morning, mid movie is neutral, Cloud planet is happening at sundown, Luke v. Vader is at night. Simple stuff but effective!

I’m pretty sure that Hank Azaria’s “You’re a robot” line reading here has replayed in my head every time I’ve seen or heard the word “robot” over the last 17 years.

I feel like I may not be getting a representative slice of the internet here, folks.

Near the top of my feed, there’s a friendly argument about whether Broadcast News is a rom-com. Just a couple screen lengths down, there’s a discussion of the story about CBS News with the quote calling Tony Dokoupil “literally the William Hurt character from ‘Broadcast News.’”

For me, Studio 60 is near the top of the list. bsky.app/profile/timc...

I maintain that The Wizard of Oz is, probably because of its ubiquity, ultimately somewhat UNDERrated.

The Bridgeport Islanders have played their final game, a 5-2 loss to the Hershey Bears that also ends the Islanders’ postseason run.

Kneecap is an actually existing actually recent actually good MUSIC biopic, no less.

HBO Max has a Charlie Chaplin Birthday Collection w/ 9 shorts and 9 features — including more-relevant-than-ever masterpieces like MODERN TIMES (1936) and THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940). Who knows what the future holds for HBO Max, so enjoy this while you can! #FilmSky

Just 10 years ago, Connecticut had four professional baseball teams, three pro hockey teams, a pro tennis tournament every year in New Haven, and a WNBA franchise at Mohegan Sun. By next year in those four sports, we’ll be down to one pro baseball team and two pro hockey teams. And that’s it.

This shit is incredible. #nineinchnoize #coachella

Depluralize a movie: One Battle

Depluralize a movie: Back One the Future

UConn led 1-0, 2-0, and 73-72. There was a tie at 2-2. Duke had the lead for the rest of the game. Duke won the first half, 44-29. UConn won the second half, 44-28.

UCONN STUNS DUKE TO REACH THE FINAL FOUR! Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, and Grant Hill on the call for the insane UConn go-ahead 3. 🏀🧅🧅🧅🧅🦅🚨🎙️ #MarchMadness #NCAATournament

Is it the best shot in the history of UConn basketball? It’s either this or Scott Burrell/Tate George. And it might be this.

At one end of the sports on-screen graphics spectrum, you have Apple TV’s baseball and soccer broadcasts. At the other end, you have this shit on Netflix right now.

Posited: The half-time “I’ll be gone” bars of Take on Me are as heavy as any heavy metal produced in the 1980s.

My son, who turned se7en today, opening his presents later.

You, a rube, ranking the Damian Chazelle movies according to the conventional wisdom: 1. Whiplash 2. La La Land 3. First Man 4. Babylon Me, enlightened, ranking the Damian Chazelle movies with all my refined taste: 1. Babylon 2. First Man 3. Whiplash 4. La La Land

Literally no one who is over 40, but under 50, has meaningful memories of the 1970s.

Yes, it did. But I can’t imagine thinking of Network as “one of the greatest movies of 1976.” I’ve said basically for forever that Network should appear more prominently in the conversation around what the greatest movie is, period. Of ever.

What is your favorite song over 10 minutes long? I’m disqualifying stuff without words. But still. So hard. I mean, how do I not say “45:33?” Or “Pneuma” by Tool? Or basically any of the live versions of “In Your Eyes?” Or a dozen other things? But. I think there’s actually a correct answer.

Radio is an underrated way to experience sports. Olden times were onto something.

It’s pretty funny that they’re called Movies

Quote with a movie you’d rate a perfect 10/10.

One. Hundred. Percent.

"What do you think the Devil's gonna look like if he's around? He will be attractive. He'll be nice and helpful. He'll get a job where he influences a great God-fearing nation. He'll never deliberately hurt a living thing. He'll just, bit by little bit, lower our standards where they're important."

Those movies are both comedies, though, so …

The problem with watching playoff football on Prime Video is that it’s too complicated to change the “channel” during the commercials.

Two by myself, two with my first grader son.

A thing that I think about sometimes is that the current president has said — out loud, in public — that there are too MANY holidays.

Damn I’m happy to be working in nonprofit news.

I agree with pretty much every word of this. The Force Awakens is a GREAT Star Wars movie — even if it's a super derivative Star Wars movie. And I'll just add that The Force Awakens teaser (which isn't what's embedded in this article) is among the greatest trailers ever made.

During the Cuban missile crisis, the U.S. implemented a naval quarantine of Cuba … because a blockade is an act of war.

It’s a few years ago that I realized Turner Classic Movies is my favorite television station by a wide margin. Who even knew that having a favorite TV station is a thing? But this is exactly why.

Rob Reiner is also basically the reason the phrase “bucket list” exists. (This seems crazy now, but it comes from that movie. Screenwriter Justin Zackham coined it.)

I honestly can’t imagine why anyone would go back to Twitter.

The first decade of Rob Reiner’s career as a director is somewhere among the best decades by any director ever. This Is Spinal Tap Stand by Me The Princess Bride When Harry Met Sally… Misery A Few Good Men (Those last five right in a row.)

Name your fav Tom Hanks film.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel. (The list of movies I’ve seen more than six times is LONG, and it includes zero Star Treks, LOTRs, or Marvels. So not really that hard, but hey.)