Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.

The incomparable Rock Hudson, born 100 years ago today

KEEPER is not the best of Osgood Perkins but it’s an unsettling fairytale tucked inside a rustic cabin where romance curdles. Maslany gives a great performance as she questions everything around her. The creature designs are inspired nightmare-fuel. It feels like a dark lullaby. #FilmSky

Me in public: My headphones:

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Fellow writers constantly closing pop-up windows while we work, Emma Thompson feels our pain! ♥️

Quick public reminder: if I die and you see anyone do anything involving me and AI, I would be eternally grateful if you firebombed them into oblivion and then salted the earth to make sure nothing grows there again.

Capturing the beauty of TRAIN DREAMS in words was a challenge that took a few days to even draft out. There are films that surround you, breathe, whisper, & carry you someplace both familiar & lost. TRAIN DREAMS is one of those films. It’s breathtaking. #FilmSky www.peliplat.com/en/article/1...

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... How Lady Gaga Found Herself Again: ‘I Feel Lucky to Be Alive

“The haters on the Internet are the loudest, he says. “A lot of the people complaining last year were from the creative industry who were just afraid — afraid for their jobs, afraid for what it did.” Imagine being such a wealthy piece of shit that you call people who need work “haters”

"Is it ironic that this film provoked such a loud response yet is so quiet? Much of the film is silent.” Omer M. Mozaffar reflects on NO OTHER LAND and his personal connection to the film given his proximity to Bridgeview, Illinois (nicknamed “Little Palestine”)

Hey maybe don’t be shitty to a small outlet for hyperbole in the current state of our industry. There’s other things to worry about.

When I started writing 8 years ago, I would have killed for any kind of exposure. I wrote for small publications & built up my work & opportunities slowly. Seeing young critics get more exposure now & get hated on for it is so upsetting considering we need more writing & voices now than ever

Meanwhile, on twitter, did you know that Mary Shelley never could have written Frankenstein (which is about magnets as you know) because her boyfriend was really into magnets? In fact, when you think about it, that's why women in general don't write great literature (chicks aren't into magnets).

Currently addicted to TALES OF THE SHIRE. I know it got shit reviews but I’m really enjoying wandering around the village, doing missions and other activities like fishing and cooking. Also decorating my hobbit house! It can be repetitive but it’s giving me what I want from a cozy game

The best, most stunning film I’ve seen so far this year. I’m floored. Trying to gather my thoughts but I’ll have a review coming soon!

This is a lovely and beautiful review of FRANKENSTEIN. “Frankenstein is a masterwork of gothic beauty and despair. It’s a creation worthy of its creator.”

Today’s movie

I’m enjoying DOWN CEMETERY ROAD with Ruth Wilson whose character gets caught up in a government conspiracy & drags Emma Thompson’s punk private detective down with her. Both are great but I love Thompson’s tough as nails character who slowly begins to show cracks of vulnerability.

SENTIMENTAL VALUE captures aching silences, fractured families, memory as balm & burden. Reinsve is devastating as Nora: an actress on stage, a daughter under the weight of pain & legacy. About how art, regret, and the cracks in a home echo across years. #FilmSky www.peliplat.com/en/article/1...

In David Michôd’s CHRISTY, Sydney Sweeney delivers the performance of her career as Christy Martin, a trailblazing boxer who rose from the rugged hills of West Virginia to become the face of women’s boxing in the 1990s. My review: www.peliplat.com/en/article/1... #FilmSky

With NOUVELLE VAGUE, Linklater dives headfirst into the messy, miraculous making of BREATHLESS, crafting a film about filmmaking that revels in spontaneity, celebrates rebellion, & honours the radical power of creative freedom. My @nerdspin.com review: nerdspin.com/nouvelle-vag... #FilmSky

Del Toro’s adaptation is not only one of the most faithful to Shelley’s text, but also one of the most emotionally devastating retellings ever to grace the screen. My review of FRANKENSTEIN: www.peliplat.com/en/article/1... #FilmSky

Can’t believe we got new hilary duff music before gta6

I’m just saying, I directed a movie for basically no money that debuted in the 90s on rotten tomatoes and got distribution with no stars attached, I did not get a single call and couldn’t even find a rep as a director. This was not the case for any of the male directors I went to AFI with.

It was a magical ride with all of you. Our city, our home, our fans showed up on the grand stage...and we couldn't be prouder.

I’m so sad

I sure am

this is so stressful a canadian anchor just did breathing exercises on air

My pearls are clutched I’m so nervous #BlueJays

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Top 4 first watches of October FRANKENSTEIN PARANORMAN HEDDA TWINLESS

GO BLUE JAYS GO

Del Toro’s adaptation is not only one of the most faithful to Shelley’s text, but also one of the most emotionally devastating retellings ever to grace the screen. My review of FRANKENSTEIN: www.peliplat.com/en/article/1... #FilmSky

HEDDA is now on Prime! Read my review:

Thoughts on this movie? #FilmSky

There is no better filmmaker to capture FRANKENSTEIN than Del Toro. He brings the novel to life as intricately as the Doctor his Creature, rendered in gothic decadence & melancholy. Elordi is incredible: human, heartbreaking, beautiful. A masterful adaptation of empathy & horror. #FilmSky

It’s interesting how BRING HER BACK subtly ties to TALK TO ME. Their worlds feel hauntingly connected. Both films are steeped in grief and the desperate urge to undo loss with each blurring the line between life and death through something dark and supernatural. Loved it!

Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.

This spooky, funny adventure about a kid who sees ghosts made me so happy??? Controversial maybe but I think this is my favourite Laika

I really enjoyed HEDDA. In DaCosta’s hands, it’s a masterful play of tension and manipulation. It’s an intoxicating and intelligent reimagining of the old text. Sumptuous in direction, dazzling in design, delicious in performance. My review: www.peliplat.com/en/article/1... #FilmSky

Rewatched CORALINE & one of my favourite parts is the predator vs prey symbolism. The use of the shapeshifting “Beldam” of folklore is clever as she spins beauty like a web to lure her prey. But Coraline with her dragonfly instinct turns the tables. A perfect tale of deception, survival & power.

It’s like insane that all our tax dollars have gone to helping with this genocidal project, all for the sake of grabbing more land. We all have blood on our hands

I really enjoyed HEDDA. In DaCosta’s hands, it’s a masterful play of tension and manipulation. It’s an intoxicating and intelligent reimagining of the old text. Sumptuous in direction, dazzling in design, delicious in performance. My review: www.peliplat.com/en/article/1... #FilmSky

FRANKENSTEIN is finally playing here on friday

BLUE JAYS!!!!!!!!!

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