The downfall began when Ross McElwee and Michael Moore decided they were more interesting than anything they were "documenting." CGI sequences and drone shots put the final nail in the coffin. Les Blank and the Maysles/Maysles/Zwerin triumvirate remain my favorites. Barbara Kopple another great.

In 2026, every single time some asshole tries to tell you you have to accept a self-evidently false assertion as something you're required to debate, reply "fuck you." And block them.

Not a cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment.

Spokeswoman: "Unlike other wafers, Satellite Wafers are filled with ass!"

Mediocre throwaway jokes now get entire articles. Present day entertainment writing depresses me in a way that makes me feel utterly broken as a human being.

She did not reference the Bible, she wrote a two page fundamentalist diatribe. Read it yourself, it's online. It's frighteningly extremist. This is a person who forcefully resists independent thought. Honestly mystified she is at any university outside of an extremist Christian college.

Watching IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE for the millionth time and goddammit, and I mean this in all sincerity, Jimmy Stewart and Lionel Barrymore give two of the greatest performances in cinematic history. Especially Stewart. Truly extraordinary command of his character. A brilliant performance.

"Hollowed halls." Editors don't exist anymore.

Once Blondie and Dagwood go public domain on January 1st, I am tearing that shit up! Updated rom-coms, a Kill Bill send up with Blondie as the Bride and Dagwood as Bill, a whole series of YouTube shorts on sandwiches with me as Dagwood, and a daily comic strip where Dagwood is a stuffed tiger.

I just think it's cool that Emily Blunt does the weather in an evening gown.

I always mix up Cleo Abrams with Julie Nolke. Either I see Abrams and ask, why is Nolke doing a science video, or I see Nolke and think, oh, Abrams does comedy now. I usually figure it out after a minute or so. Usually.

Haha! The director, Jeffrey Goodman, was a regular commenter at my blog which is why the writer showed up. Jeff told him he'd sent me a screener and there'd be a post up with discussion. Then Bill barged in unannounced. Haha.

I have always enjoyed how Tippi Hedron, outraged, sends an entire shipload of birds to Rod Taylor. Hijinks ensue.

To be clear, as has been pointed out by, at this point, countless outlets, AI is currently a revolving payment scheme from data center to ai company to data center to ai company, etc. They have done almost nothing to show actual practical value. Time has selected con men and grifters. That's all.

Somehow worse than Hitler. #Time #SlopOfTheYear

You could also just say, "Tom Waits Turns 75."

My own personal take is that Margaret Qualley's character should have remained mysterious. The moment she is given 20 minutes to talk about college sex, she not only stops the movie dead in its tracks, she reveals herself quite unworthy of any idolization. She's a bore.

The good thing about the Golden Globes is that they have so many categories, if you had anything to do with a theatrically released movie at all, you have an even chance for a nomination.

I think I have to accept that I am not entering, but have long since entered and settled down in the phase of my life where I hate everything in popular culture.

I think I have to accept that I am not entering, but have long since entered and settled down in the phase of my life where I hate everything in popular culture.

Two things here. One, we have officially arrived at the point $8.99 for a chocolate bar is considered *NOT* a premium price tag. Two, Dubai chocolate cannot die fast enough for me. "Hey, we're a theocracy that will imprison or possibly execute you for being gay or trans but look at our chocolate!"

Really? One, it was less of a series than a collection of made for broadcast movies. Two, very few shows *don't* get good reviews these days as an unsettling amount of television "critics" like everything they see, and three, Jeremy Brett was a hell of a lot better as Sherlock Holmes.

I have unlocked raging fire level.

We have booze all over the house, btw. Drop by and I'll mix you up whatever you want.

For the first time in years, we are not hosting Thanksgiving, and not going anywhere! Having coffee and sitting by the fire with NOTHING in the oven. This is already the best Thanksgiving I have ever had, bar none.

1. Police Academy 3: Back in Training 2. Yes, Giorgio 3. Rhinestone 4. Ernest Goes to Camp

My arm is Poppy's body pillow.

Constance Cummings (May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005). Photo by Lusha Nelson in 1935.

Let's scroll through Roku's horror section and see what they have. Ah, yes, West Side Story, with its famous Jets vs the Sharks vs Jason and Freddy story.

But... wait... it was 1974, it wasn't made in black and white because they couldn't afford color stock, it was made to resemble the original movies that... [trails off in disbelief] [stares, mouth hangs open] WHAT??!!??!?!?!!!!

I just want to get serious here for a minute and say how important it is for all of to appreciate how lucky we are that we live in a world where limited edition holiday shapes of Reese's and Snickers exist.

One of my favorite village cats in Switzerland this summer. Such a sweetie.

I once smoked a marijuana cigarette, which my friends referred to as Mary Jane, and I went on a cross country killing spree shortly afterwards with a girl named Holly.

Roger Ebert said, basically, the whole story exists just to get to this ending. It is, in both the short story and the movie, one of the most incredible and moving works of prose in existence. youtube.com/watch?v=elrV...

If you say Poppy three times, she appears.

If you say Poppy three times, she appears.

Recycling old boxes and I can't find Poppy now. If anyone has any ideas where she might be, please let me know.

“We are so sorry,” said his wife, Mary Liz. “I feel like no one thinks that we're sorry.” You know why they don't think you're sorry, Mary Fucking Liz! Because you ignored flood zones to make money and are now reopening, you fucking ghoul! Burn in Hell, monsters. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

One of the most hilariously telling things with all of this, especially in comments on Twitter, is how shocked right wingers are that libs aren't rallying around people like Clinton and Summers. They think because they have lockstep loyalty to their leaders, Dems must as well. Absolute idiots.

“Interested in my commentary on her outfits.” I absolutely guarantee she was not.

Poppy pondering pulling plastic plug #caturday

I rewatched THE SENTINEL for the first time in years and using people with facial body abnormalities as the demons from Hell made me feel kinda gross. Like, in Freaks, it's about people in a side show, and they're treated as human beings. In THE SENTINEL, they're used to save on the makeup budget.

When oh when oh fucking when is this goddamn AI bubble going to burst?!?!! I'm beyond sick of it. I have entered the "in a rage every day" stage of AI hatred. futurism.com/artificial-i...

What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?

What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?

My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash

"You know, there are only two things more beautiful than a good gun: a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere."

Godspeed You! Black Emperor has removed their entire catalog from all music streaming platforms. Well, I've still got functioning CDs so that's good. Honestly surprised they were ever on them to begin with. F♯ A♯ ∞ remains a cherished favorite.

Today for @thebulwark.com I take a look at two undersung folk horror classics, Masahiro Shinoda's UNDER THE BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES, and Lindsey C. Vickers's THE APPOINTMENT! www.thebulwark.com/p/an-interna...

I think this is finally going to be the year for @faceyouhate.bsky.social