Woody Guthrie would be so disappointed that there are still so many fascists around.

Hamnet opening on a singly tiny screen 40 miles away at my least favorite theater this weekend but I plan to be there. #filmsky

The world's greatest actor emerges from seven long years of self-imposed exile and the first thing he does is...deliver a very lengthy, very graphic monologue involving an explosive bowel movement. (Sad to say but I didn't much care for Anemone). #filmsky

Quietly chugging it's way into my top five of the year. #filmsky

Okay, okay, I watched the "dog's POV" horror flick. Does it ever transcend its gimmick? Not really. But there are a few creepy bits and the final scene is strangely touching and that dog's a helluva actor. Hope he gets offered some more great roles! #filmsky

Wondered to myself, "What's Nic Cage doing lately?" Looked it up and turns out he's in a new religious horror film called "The Carpenter's Son" where he plays Joseph alongside FKA Twigs as Mary. Well, that sounds about right. #filmsky

Love this little tribute to the late great Todd Snider from fellow Nashville songwriter Rod Picott:

Reading Cameron Crowe's new memoir about his early rock journalism and I keep thinking "No, it didn't happen like that" because I've seen Almost Famous so many times.

I was pretty close with this prediction. My screening today started with five folks in the room and ended with three. (Good movie btw).

New Lynne Ramsay (horror?) movie about post-partum depression is sure to pack the multiplexes this weekend. (Expecting at least three walkouts per screening). #filmsky

It takes a true villain to attack a laid back "alright guy" like our man Todd Snider. WTF? Hoping he's okay.

Me at 5:00 pm when we're forced to set our clocks back...

Bugonia: it got under my skin but also kinda left a bad taste in my mouth. Was prepared to laugh off its final (not too surprising) "twist" but then there's a long montage that's really affecting. Anyway, really glad that Yorgos can somehow get stuff like this made and on a lot of screens. #filmsky

The Halloween "heist" episodes of Brooklyn 99 are perfect holiday tricks and treats.

House of Dynamite: not really the kind of film I want from Kathryn Bigelow but I still found it tense and effective and maybe not as ambiguous as the angry posts on social media would lead you to believe. #filmsky

Look, Deliver Me From Nowhere is not in the top echelon of music biopics but, being a Springsteen guy, I found plenty to enjoy. #filmsky

A Springsteen biopic but focusing ONLY on the short window of time time he got profoundly depressed, read a bunch of Flannery O'Connor, and wrote a quiet haunted masterpiece? You can bet I'll be there opening day! #filmsky

After the Hunt. NOT a good movie but it's a genre I admittedly kinda enjoy: pretentious academics eating each other alive. #filmsky

Two hours into this and it's clear that five hours isn't going to be enough. #filmsky

Seeing NO evidence so far that GDT's Frankenstein will open in any Arkansas theaters during its brief theatrical run. (Stupid Netflix). #filmsky

Just about the only thing Facebook is good for these days is reminding me of random shit like the 12th anniversary of the time I came across Ed Begley Jr hawking his sodas at some kind of health fair park event in Lawrence.

The "Dirty Work" needle-drop in One Battle After Another radicalized me. Been listening to a bunch of Steely Dan. #filmsky

Okay, it's spooky season, what are some under-the-radar gems with great vibes, any era, creepy but not too gory? Horror comedies also invited. #filmsky

Is anyone tracking whether there's been an uptick in Modelo sales in the last two weeks? #filmsky

Really wish I were a Pynchon guy but I remain a DeLillo man.

Do y'all even remember that Tim Blake Nelson made a version of Othello called "O" (2001) which is set in the world of prep school basketball, stars Josh Hartnett as Iago (Hugo), and was initially deemed too controversial to release in the wake of Columbine?? #filmsky

After only one viewing, I can already tell there are lines in One Battle After Another that will become part of our lexicon forever: "I've had a few small beers." #filmsky

Going to be a busy weekend. There are 30 new Jeff Tweedy tunes to hear.

Kinda surprised One Battle After the Another is such a propulsive action movie. That shit barely lets up, even at 160 minutes. (And yes it's also very funny). #filmsky

Enjoying this series a little more than expected but would also argue that it doesn't really need to be an Office spin-off NOR a mockumentary.

Good book but it definitely makes you wanna blow up your TV and throw away your paper and go to the country and build you a home and plant a little garden and eat a lot of peaches and try and find Jesus on your own.

Just watched the first ep and, oh yeah, this is gonna be fun. "Tulsa noir," very funny, lot of references to cool books and art, Ethan Hawke at the center of it feeling a bit Dude-like, ambling through the city with his vape pen. (Streams on Hulu tomorrow).

Pretty neat that The Master has not one but TWO of the greatest performances you've ever seen in it! #filmsky

Really loving the progressive politics of some of the country/folk stuff these days (Nick Shoulders, Willi Carlisle). Give Arkansas' Dylan Earl a spin if you haven't, especially the song "Outlaw Country" off his new album. "I'd rather be a bootlegger, than a boot-licker."

At least there's a new PTA movie next week to keep us afloat and supposedly it's a stone-cold stunner. (Please God don't let the new PTA get pulled or cancelled for being too political). #filmsky

What's a highly regarded Redford film (starring or directed by) that you HAVEN'T seen? Looks like one of my big gaps is Downhill Racer. Gonna watch it soon. #filmsky

Prepping for One Battle After Another by revisiting Running on Empty (PTA lists it as an influence on the new film). Good movie! #filmsky

On the Stephen King film adaptation bleakness scale, nothing beats the time we saw The Mist on Thanksgiving. But The Long Walk (on this particular fucked up week for the country) might come in second. #filmsky

Altman's Nashville would probably be considered fringe art-house fare now but in the 70s you could be like "let's set about 20 characters ping-ponging off each other for three hours and explore the city as a nexus of music, politics, and celebrity" and people would actually go see it. #filmsky

Enjoyed an afternoon of "truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion."

Apple TV is like "Hey we got that new Spike and Denzel joint, maybe you've heard of them, watch it or not, movies aren't really our thing." (Anyway, it's streaming as of tonight if you missed its tiny and limited theatrical window). #filmsky

Made it out to see the new Coen Brother (singular) film. It's just so funny that Ethan was part of some of the greatest films of all time but now he just wants to make these slight lil lesbian crime capers. He's earned it, i guess. Considerably better than Drive Away Dolls. #filmsky

So the Criterion Channel has a big Altman retrospective up for September and still won't give us the perpetually unstreamable Shortcuts?? C'mon! #filmsky

We've got some "rockin' good news" for y'all tonight! Just discovered that Lynch's Wild At Heart (my personal fave) is available to buy or rent again after a looong stretch of being unstreamable. Thank or blame me later if you've never seen it. #filmsky

Happy to report that Caught Stealing whips ass. Nice of Aronofsky to give us a fun little treat after decades of subjecting us to some really bleak shit! (That said, it's still bracingly violent). We're fully on Team Austin Butler. And the cat is terrific. Great cat film! #filmsky

New Aronofsky film dropping in theaters on Labor Day weekend without much fanfare. Seems guaranteed to tank but actually looks pretty fun. A gritty and quirky little 90s-set crime thriller sounds good after The Whale! Plus I've become an Austin Butler fan. Count me in. #filmsky

Two episodes into Long Story Short and it's really warm and funny. Doesn't seem to have the dark edge of Bojack and it doesn't need to. Still plenty of silliness (often happening in the background). Love the clear way it handles the many time shifts.

Say what you will about Alex Garland's Civil War, this scene became really resonant and really quickly. #filmsky

Should I be the one guy at the Comic Con asking questions about My Dinner With Andre??

Good movie. Some strong writing. Difficult subject matter. Was hoping the cat would play a little bigger role. #filmsky