Don’t cry for us, Argentina! It’s time for a new episode of Mousterpiece Melodies, as @scottrenshaw.bsky.social and I are joined by our old friend @gbucsko.bsky.social to discuss the many songs of the 1996 film version of Evita: mousterpiecemelodies.podbean.com/e/mousterpie...

I hate telling NYCers to pay Broadway prices for anything. But Ragtime? You won't regret it. Here's Joshua Henry singing the powerful anthem "Make Them Hear You." Listen to that earthshaking 20-second final note. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXwx...

Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9

None of the films Rock Hudson made w/ director Douglas Sirk are streaming — not even as a VOD rental. But 4 of them are on TCM tonight starting at 8pm ET. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate his centenary. #FilmSky #TCMParty

Here’s the last month of my life: Why, 40 years later, THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN is still invincible. I got quotes from pretty much everybody, there are multiple Jon Peters stories involved, and I had an extremely unpleasant interaction with the screenwriter www.indiewire.com/features/int...

I talked to Wes Anderson about his new film THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME and the darkness that has crept into his work in recent years. www.vulture.com/article/wes-...

Okay. Let's try this again. Here's a piece I wrote about Pee-wee Herman, the history and weaponization of the celebrity closet, and how cultural representations of closeted characters have changed over decades. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/t...

We need someone to give Amber Ruffin and her writers a platform so we can hear what she had planned for the WHCA dinner. Until then, watch her perfect response to the cowards who run that organization. youtu.be/rUlTIeKeTVA?...

Here, via tonight's @latenightseth.bsky.social, is Amber Ruffin's reaction to the WHCA cancelling her: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUlT...

Career extra-base hit No. 800 for Andrew McCutchen is a no-doubter

I've been wanting to write a piece about Ken Burns' BASEBALL for sometime. For @ebertvoices.bsky.social, I wrote about the importance of the Negro Leagues history recorded in part five SHADOW BALL, especially when the government is erasing Jackie Robinson.

Starting this Monday, it’s time to podcast once more. @scottrenshaw.bsky.social and I are teaming up for Mousterpiece Melodies, a new podcast all about the songs of Disney movies. Our first episode is on the songs of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (and also the new film). Get excited.

A very small piece of good news. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

Presenting our Top Ten films of 2024. In honor of David Lynch, for whom words of analysis were somewhat inimical to cinema, we acknowledge that this magazine’s writing has only ever been an attempt at understanding that which we often cannot fully grasp. reverseshot.org/features/329...

not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff

We failed FURIOSA. www.digitaltrends.com/movies/furio...

I'm so sorry to hear this. Ned Comstock was a great help to me during my research for Pictures at a Revolution, pointing me toward material I never would have known to look for. So many film books are better because of his vast knowledge and the interest he took in writers and researchers. RIP.

Remembering Abraham Polonsky on his birthday 🎂 📷 Scotty Welbourne, 1948 With John Garfield on the set of Force of Evil. "Polonsky had made the real thing: an American movie that dissected capitalism." - David Thomson 📽️