The more Timmy Chalamet speaks, the more his relationship with a Jenner makes all the sense in the world

As far as I know, quite a few billionaires and tech companies still exist in the bay, and yet the underfunded BART is under threat of shutting down a bunch of stations within the next few years. So…I’m not really sure their presence matters all that much to the average person.

One would think that 10 seasons in, Netflix would've upped the budget by now for these LOVE IS BLIND bachelor/bachelorette parties. Looks hella basic and depressing; I do not believe that they are actually enjoying themselves!

Never trust overalls and a smile

Maura represents the last 10 years of American politics; no I will not explain myself further

This is one of the best movies I saw last year, and will very likely be one of the best movies released this year.

Rewatched JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE IRT tonight instead of doing something else and I love it, happy BLACK HISTORY MONTH to meeeeeeee

Omg they gave Addy Walker slicked-down baby hairs lololololol 😭 🫠 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/s...

I've already made peace with the fact that SINNERS will likely strike out in many, if not most categories, especially performance. It took me a really long time to get here, but my emotional investment in awards season overall these days only goes as deep as what's required of me for my job.

I’m not going to pretend as if I’ve ever thought much about Tourette’s. I would like to understand if it’s “normal” for someone who has it to shout “nigger” when suddenly in the presence of a black person (as opposed to just exclaiming it randomly) variety.com/2026/film/aw...

Woody, Buzz & co. have officially had more existential crises than I ever hope to have in a lifetime

Just realized this year marks a decade since Dan Kois and I put out the Black Film Canon, an entry point to filmmaking history, and three years since we updated it. Love to see it's still be used as a reference point for movie enthusiasts! slate.com/culture/2023...

I've been mostly nonplussed by Timmy Chalamet's whole awards season schtick, even a bit amused by it at times, but now I've learned American Cinematheque just programmed a retrospective for him and I wanna break shit

Forget AI my dudes, put your tech savvy to actual good use for when it's nonstop pouring outside and invent a rainproof force field bubble for my dogs that hovers off the ground and opens below when they're ready to do their business These doggie raincoats ain't cutting it; we all hate it

thinking about the conversation I had with Jesse Jackson in 2019: "The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Wrote about Tyra Banks performing something like "accountability" in the new Netflix docuseries, and how the only real way this occurs has less to do with what *she* says than what everyone else involved with the show says in contrast/rebuttal to her: www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...

I don’t believe there is a god, but when Benito said “God bless America,” I was moved nonetheless. All I want is for everyone to just live how they want to, and let others do the same while causing as little harm as possible. Is that too much to ask for?

Let’s not erase the last several years of history just to prove that the right-wing outcry about Bad Bunny is racist af. Because right-wingers complain about the Super Bowl going “woke” every year it’s not, like, an aged white rock band. They were pissed about Beyoncé hijacking Coldplay ffs

DICK VAN DYKE LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO

The story goes that when I was an infant, my dad was at the mall with me and a white woman told him I was "as cute as a little monkey." Clearly thought she was "complimenting" me, but my dad, one of the most mild-mannered people I've ever encountered, set her straight real quick.

"At least there's a new episode of TRAITORS tonight," I say to myself in the midst of a mild panic attack and baseline despair about the general State of Things™️

Catherine O'Hara changed the way I say "baby," I only say "bébé" these days, what a motherfucking icon

oh well fuck goddamn i hate it here

Watching TRAITORS. My husband: Oh my god, she’s Cruella de Ville! Me: No. She’s LISA FUCKING RINNAAAAA!!!!

The 1990 classic House Party celebrated its 35th anniversary last year. A bona fide classic, it has deservedly received the @criterion.bsky.social treatment in all of its zany and energetic glory. I was lucky enough to chat w/ writer/director @reghud.bsky.social about its lasting impact and legacy.

The execution of this is lacking (Chappelle/Rock fumble the best lines, b/c they are not good actors) but the point about the continuous erasure of black and brown history in the face of each “new” atrocity playing out here has always been true, & is happening again now youtu.be/SHG0ezLiVGc?...

At Sundance. As I hopped into my Lyft just now, I noticed the pickup truck had a thin blue line American flag sticker on the back window. Hesitated, got in anyway, and thankful this is a 6 minute drive.

Oh, mercy mercy me

I’m a black woman, and I love GOODFELLAS—good luck classifying me. If you’ve got an issue with me, take your shot. You’ve never seen the likes of me. I’m so unpredictable, so heterodox.

Hard agree.

I feel more meh about Oscars season than I usually do because it all seems especially meaningless compared to literally anything else happening in the world right now, and yet about once a day I'll catch myself thinking something like, "WE ARE NOT TALKING ENOUGH ABOUT HEDDA, WTF!!!!!"

Ron Funches on TRAITORS is a balm

Imagine if Marty Supreme flew all that way to Japan and instead of demanding a rematch with Endo he was just like, "Gimme that award you won fair and square, bro," and Endo was just like, "Sure bro, no prob, here ya go, you truly are supreme"

If “black people have to work twice as hard …” were a(four) movie character(s):

I meant every word of it! 🙂

At the start of every year, I write a column for NPR trying to predict big media trends. Must say, I have never written a more pessimistic column w/one shining hope: Today's media consumers have more power than they realize, and they are using it. READ: https://loom.ly/0NqWH54

The PCHH newsletter drops in a few minutes, and everything I review and recommend this week has been engineered to offer an infusion of joy, of humor, of, essentially, Not This. Sometimes this job feels like a calling. This week, especially.

Will forever be side-eyeing every single person who was involved with adapting HILLBILLY ELEGY, I don’t care how much great art they’ve produced otherwise

Seven days into 2026 and I'm already ready to take it out back and put it too out of its misery

Most of the credit belongs to our very diligent producers, who take the time to track down pronouncers for all of our episodes! And then I try my damndest to make it sound as close as possible within the confines of my own accent. It means a lot when listeners notice! 🙂

Thinking about how I grew up thinking Toni Braxton and others were all whispering “dog chow” at the beginning of their songs, and me, being a kid, didn’t think that was a weird thing to say at all

There's a DJ (Hollywood Tramp) who's replacing all of Nicki's guest verses with other female rappers so he can still play the songs without feeling icky, and this is great 2026 energy. (The Doechi swap on "Bang Bang" is 🔥🔥🔥)

Anywho: sharing my final year-end lists, since my day job deadlines for such things are early and I’m always cramming in new viewings up until Dec. 31. Happy new year, ya filthy animals.

Look, it's NYE and I'm a couple drinks in and haven't fully thought this through, but I think the rise of AI slop is a direct byproduct of the slow and steady decline in support for the arts and arts education in the last several decades (all the funding cut to programs at schools, specifically)

No matter how many times I watch this, I always lol when Sally says she’s leaving the NYE party because of “the thought of not kissing someone” at midnight, and Jess cuts her off and is like, “I’ll kiss you,” right in front of his wife, Marie. Oh really, my dude??? 😂

This is such an extraordinary reaction shot, no notes, perfection

BABY FISH MOUTH!

Took some time to think about what I needed from the movies aiming to engage with the current political landscape this year. Shout out to both my fantastic editor Clare Lombardo and the truly dreadful ELLA MCCAY, for helping me crystalize my perspective. www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...

This year's edition of TCM Remembers makes the heaviness of all we lost really sink in www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...

December 24, 9pm, eastern standard time From here on in I shoot without a script