it would be kind of awesome if Ryan from The O.C. takes down the Trump Bros.

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Phil and Meredith are the best people i’ve ever had the privilege of writing for. Fango readers are so lucky to have them

new column! i watched Michael Mann's Blackhat, an interesting digital companion to Manhunter.

new column! i watched Michael Mann's Blackhat, an interesting digital companion to Manhunter.

I've shared tidbits when I could, but here's the full story. Thank you for your patience and support through the absolute dumpster fire that has been the last month. I'm out of jokes, so please imagine this ends with something whimsical. www.picketywitch.com/good-luck-ha...

i was in therapy when i found out James Van Der Beek died so i’m actually okay

for this week's column, i revisited The Devil All the Time, a movie that stars *all the guys*

for this week's column, i revisited The Devil All the Time, a movie that stars *all the guys*

if you haven't heard from me lately it's because the screaming lady in my brain has escaped containment and i am currently only capable of communicating in incoherent shrieks

for this week's column, i watched Alexander Skarsgard's Tarzan movie, which is surprisingly not bad?

for this week's column, i watched Alexander Skarsgard's Tarzan movie, which is surprisingly not bad?

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Catherine O'Hara is as much of a "good in absolutely everything, no matter how good the thing itself was" actor as Philip Seymour Hoffman.

this is devastating

lady please shut up, they are killing people and arresting journalists

did they use the Madame Web ADR technology

Let's talk about the accusations levelled against the Safdie brothers and how "ooh, how will this impact Marty Supreme's Oscar chances" is the stupidest way to react to them. gossipreadingclub.substack.com/p/lets-talk-...

this implies that young people were “in love” (gross) with liberalism or any political ideology to begin with. kids only have eloquent political opinions in those annoying tweets from munchausen moms

“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”

"here's a podcast" is the centrist lib version of "thoughts and prayers." useless.

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it's a cliche that people in texas don't know how to deal with winter weather, but there is a man outside my apartment who's been stabbing the frozen sidewalk with a pitchfork for the better part of an hour

for this week's column, i finally watched The Electric State, an *insane* movie that uses sentient AI robots as a metaphor for the marginalization & oppression of immigrants, co-opting real-life horrors for AI propaganda. also Mr. Peanut signs a peace treaty with a deepfake Bill Clinton.

What was the first thing you saw when you woke up this morning and was it someone being murdered by ICE in the street? Don’t look away.

for this week's column, i finally watched The Electric State, an *insane* movie that uses sentient AI robots as a metaphor for the marginalization & oppression of immigrants, co-opting real-life horrors for AI propaganda. also Mr. Peanut signs a peace treaty with a deepfake Bill Clinton.

i’m always saying

i am only 4 minutes into The Electric State and this movie is positing a world in which Walt Disney invented an entire race of robot slaves and is thus responsible for the the apocalypse

what is the opposite of spielberg face

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025 A Video Countdown vimeo.com/1156345183

for this week’s Memory Holed, i revisited Adrian Lyne’s underrated Deep Water, which still rocks:

"So many of the platforms that have come to dominate our daily lives were born out of the simple desire to see women exposed. Objectification isn’t a bug; it’s a feature." excellent piece from @sophiegilbert.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

for this week’s Memory Holed, i revisited Adrian Lyne’s underrated Deep Water, which still rocks:

Holy shit. Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

my favorite part of this nice video of a man yelling incredible insults at ICE nazis is when he calls one “soup sandwich”

lol remember when people said alex garland’s civil war was unrealistic

reviewed The Rip, which feels like one of those great movies that'd play incessently on cable for a stretch there, and the entire time you'd wonder, "Did this actually come out in theatres?" and the correct answer is just, "Who cares?"

The Black Panthers in Philadelphia have initiated armed community defense initiatives to counter ICE kidnapping raids within the city. (January 15, 2026) ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾

great news everyone, i’m watching Deep Water again and it still rules

On the right's diehard belief in finding a switch they can flip that will make everyone hateful, Gamergate, and why the vibes aren't shifting. episodes.ghost.io/vibe-shift/

My review of the fantastic #28YearsLater #TheBoneTemple for @movie-web.bsky.social movieweb.com/28-years-lat...

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oh fuck off

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

"my watto fandom is a vestige of millennial irony culture," i tell my boyfriend in an attempt to get ahead of questions like "why did you spend $28 on a watto action figure"

for this week's column, i revisited Gamer, a goofy Neveldine/Taylor action thriller featuring a killer Michael C. Hall performance. it's better—and uglier—than i remembered:

this is why we can’t have a nice lysistrata

Y’all ever listen to me when I tell you about the greatness that is Gamer, so maybe you’ll listen to Britt?

for this week's column, i revisited Gamer, a goofy Neveldine/Taylor action thriller featuring a killer Michael C. Hall performance. it's better—and uglier—than i remembered:

a little preview of tomorrow’s Memory Holed…