one of the best scenes in a movie

imagine if Ontario had an opposition that would seize on this sort of thing to make Doug Ford look like a whole lot like Donald Trump

THEY’RE FUCKING BLAMING HIM?!?

literally what does this mean?

i used to think it was the craziness of the Trump administration that made us forget how fucked the 2000s were, but i just realized it was actually the Obama administration that wiped our memories

working on a thing where i'm gonna recommend GQ readers watch The Devil Probably

who's seen OBAA? got a couple questions

the fucked up thing about reading Middlemarch is that you have to stop at the end of every sentence—sometimes every clause!—to collect yourself because the writing is so fucking good

one of the very best films ever made

okay look, they got a whole bunch of Babu Friks in this that's compelling

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2, when?

god i’m gonna miss this beautiful stupidity

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale time!

so The Long Walk is one of those movies where you really wish it had an actually good script, because those actors are determined to deliver Jonsson’s gonna win an Oscar some day

trailer for this new Predator movie feels off to me, looks a little too much like a video game?

had Hungarian stuffed cabbage rolls today. a perfect food.

they got Tony Hawk and his skater army promoting the PTA!

gonna double feature The Long Walk and Downton Abbey tonight

spent the day making Hungarian stuffed peppers with my mom, and guys, look at this!

Nolan when studio heads bring up the millions they’ve paid him over the years

just finished listening to the new Hit Factory episode on Saving Private Ryan, in which @brendanhodges.bsky.social effectively argues what i’ve also been saying for years: SPR is a subversive, humanist masterpiece about the contradictions of war and the national character

the exemplar for me, as usual, is Sam Harris, who says some of the most atrocious things, from defending torture to justifying war crimes to spreading myths about black criminality and the biological reality of race but he says it all with a calm monotony, and *that* is the primary thing he values

always interesting to me to hear non-Jews talk about aspects of the Jewish experience, because you can really hear their confused position, thinking they can relate easily enough because we’re all* white, while still not getting the complex relationship Jews have to ethnicity and faith

WHAT A FUCKIN’ MOVIE!!

got five answers to this: the most life-changing: Magnolia the most perfect: Punch-Drunk Love the most substantial: The Master the most purely enjoyable: Phantom Thread the most Tenet-like (best for getting stoned): Inherent Vice

WHAT A FUCKIN’ MOVIE!!

let’s do this

christ remember how good The Fabelmans was?

*my* president

heard there’s a new @hitfactorypod.bsky.social about Saving Private Ryan in which @brendanhodges.bsky.social mounts a defence along the lines of this thread

oh baby, let’s gooooo

a film so perfectly reactionary that it ultimately diagnoses everything wrong with America

watching His Girl Friday in 4K and two things must be noted: it looks fucking spectacular, and it’s like the best movie ever made probably

“Regardless of how the jack-booted attack on Jimmy Kimmel is resolved, this isn’t a skirmish. It’s a siege.” deadline.com/2025/09/ando...

quite proud of my piece from over the summer on 28 Years Later, which i think might still be my favourite film released so far this year

was just re-reading this long piece i wrote about The Brutalist earlier this year, and was reminded what a joy it was to write i've got a version of this stewing about The Testament of Ann Lee, as well, which i think might be an even better, more illuminating film

thinkin' of spending 80% of my Saturday on the couch mainlining movies

so me

finally back to rewatching Goldfinger, and will actually finish it this time! man, these new 4K transfers look fucking terrific

writing about Jeremy Saulnier was such a pleasure! big thanks to @lukeoneil47.bsky.social for reaching out and having me do it

it’s so insane that the genocide in Gaza is going on in the timeline of the current season of The Morning Show, and they’re devoting time to an anti-Iran storyline in which one character claims Iran and Iraq are close allies?!??!

I don't say this lightly, but Sam's interview with Terry Gross is a fucking delight. Take a break from the shitty world and give it a listen/watch.

This was terrific. Highly recommend, especially for professional question-askers No one preps more to interview a guest than Sam (or Terry!) and it shows here

Tracy Letts declaring that the trench run in Star Wars is the most boring climactic sequence in cinema history is why podcasts exist

Did you know that APOLLO 13 is getting an IMAX rerelease this weekend? Well, now you do. Also, it’s still great. www.vulture.com/article/revi...

Apollo 13 is one of the most down the middle good American movies, never once great, but in its consummate pursuit of goodness, it achieves its own kind of greatness a five-star three-star motion picture, in other words

Avatar 3 looks dope, but Cameron should’ve waited a decade longer, the proximity to Way of Water is making this feel “franchise”

fuck it, midday Apollo 13 IMAX screening, here i come

writing about Jeremy Saulnier was such a pleasure! big thanks to @lukeoneil47.bsky.social for reaching out and having me do it

i do not give a shit about Jimmy Kimmel, a mostly unfunny comedian, or whether he gets to have a show, but there are lines, at least i was told there were growing up, i believed it