Images you can hear.

Zodiac is a July 4th movie.

"It subverts the crime film convention where the heist inevitably falls apart as a result of in-fighting, incompetence, betrayal, greed, and so on. Instead, the system intrudes." -- a great piece by a great critic about her favorite movie, Thief; many angles in here that I never considered

Is Heat 2 worth reading?

My pick: They Live (Carpenter, 1988) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/m...

Hearing this plays over the end credits of THE ODYSSEY.

Trump discloses 327 unreported stock trades made a day before his first tariff pause www.nbcnews.com/business/mar...

I'd pay handsomely for a KOKO adaptation from Refn. Laird should write the screenplay.

I reviewed Paul Tremblay's newest (and got off one of my favorite puns in recent memory) - gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/b...

Watched TENDER MERCIES for the first time. Spectacular magic. The film is as subdued as its characters, rich with understated emotion. People living in the aftermath of life shattering losses, but somehow they must keep living. Shoutout to @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social for the recommendation!

Mel Brooks and the Davids.

Pat Benatar

Eager for @philnobilejr.bsky.social's take on this.

ten minutes to behead a sperm whale?

I squid you not. Cthulhu is this for?

Someone needs to stick their neck out and speak up.

What would we do without such piercing insight from prediction markets?

I remember this was the moment when I decided that TV had peaked (har har). Nine years later, yep. Still plenty of cool stuff out there, but nothing comes close to what Lynch did here. Nothing.

I know the Kubrick Criterion set is a big deal. But don't sleep on this. www.rhino.com/article/ween...

Hot damn.

Whoa! Great news.

News: Meta is currently building a prediction markets app to rival Polymarket and Kalshi, according to sources the app, currently called "Arena," will be a standalone offering and was ordered up by Mark Zuckerberg www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/t...

Yes, I'm getting that Kubrick set.

Cox rox boxd.it/eROrC1

The sort of thing you get offered by a guy in a Hold Steady song

Terrific movie. Prometheus, too. Damn the haters.

Good song, but yep.

Hm. This take leaves out the most important theological conclusion in the movie -- courtesy of a Catholic nun, no less -- that aliens would actually bolster the case for faith.

Daveigh Chase, star of ‘The Ring’ and the voice of Lilo in Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ dies at 35.

Is it me, or does it feel like the Obama Presidential Center has already opened three times?

From Book-It to kick-the-bucket www.nbcnews.com/business/con...

Late rec: Watch Devil in Silver, from @victorlavalle.bsky.social … epic horror on an intimate scale. (Read the book, too!)

this is amazing tbh all it needs is midi renditions of take me out to the ball game

My movie Gremlins 2: The New Batch turns HOW OLD today?? Wow. Who here first saw it in theaters OTD in 1990? Celebrate the fun with a new still on our Renfield Collection site. Gizmo and I are available for any custom autographs upon request! www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...

Things I’m saying today that I wouldn’t dare say 30 years ago: Let’s go Knicks!

They're all gone now

Miracle Mile is a proto-Safdie movie.

Here’s the story of me, against my better judgement, trying to talk to Steven Spielberg at a party. Also I couldn’t resist the temptation of ranking some Spielberg movies.

SpaceX’s PAC has given to almost entirely Republicans this election cycle, and ahead of its IPO. Previously, it’s been more bipartisan, but now it is turning sharply to the right. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

Trump Mobile's T1, once marketed as "Made in the USA," is now labeled as "assembled in the USA." We took a look inside and found it's almost certainly made with Chinese components. www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets...

We tore down the "assembled in America" Trump phone, X-rayed it, and conducted a technical analysis. It is nearly identical to the HTC U24 Pro, which is made by a Taiwanese company with Chinese parts. Read the full analysis here: www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets...

Doctor Whom

Essential essay. Deep, fuzzy bass lines.

As a mega Sabbath fan, great headline Bloomberg people.

Good lord. "Meeting held"?! My journalism professors would use this as an example of how NOT to write a hed.