Why look at Bluesky when you could look into your boo's eyes.

this was very exciting to do: chatting with Kleber about being a student of history, living through historical times, and how all that observation and analysis made it into his excellent latest film, THE SECRET AGENT.

I'm on leave for the next few weeks (I got caught sending demure nudes to the Oscar statuette) and in my absence @joereid.bsky.social is handling Gold Rush. He's off to a banging start!

Our daughter when her parents try to put her into a new onesie.

This is AMAZING

"fuck ice and free palestine" while the money counter falls A LITTLE ON THE NOSE DON'T WE THINK

Put your tiny hand in mine.

(to the tune of "Under the Sea") After the Hunt

My review of One Battle After Another, a film that asks, "What if Jeff 'The Dude' Lebowski got stuck in the middle of Battle of Algiers?" letterboxd.com/kn8/film/one...

"In 30 years of acting onscreen, Winters has tended to personify a particular kind of outer-borough rage. Usually Irish or Italian; frequently a cop; spiritually, a Jets fan."

If you haven't read it yet, my Dean Winters profile includes cameos from: -Andy Warhol -Jean-Michel Basquiat -Carolyn Bessette -gangrene www.vulture.com/article/dean...

With all due respect this is not a "relatively new social media archetype," it's just a reskinned version of Male Feminist discourse from 2013. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

I'm on @vox.com's Today, Explained, talking about Obamacore and the 10th anniversary of Hamilton. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7Mp4... Apple Podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/7Mp4... The Obamacore essay: www.vulture.com/article/obam...

The word "knowledgeable" should not have that second E in it. This is my truth.

In my continuing quest to profile every character actor in Hollywood, I spent an afternoon with Dean Winters, who turns out to be the Forrest Gump of downtown New York: www.vulture.com/article/dean...

In my continuing quest to profile every character actor in Hollywood, I spent an afternoon with Dean Winters, who turns out to be the Forrest Gump of downtown New York: www.vulture.com/article/dean...

“When you’re young and you’re kind of handsome, the expectation is you want to be a leading man,’ says the actor, who has a small role in ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ and is famous for his Allstate ads. ‘I’ve always wanted to be a character actor.”

Oh man, end of an era. IOT is incredible.

I wrote a piece about how the R-word is everywhere in stand-up again. You're welcome to yell at me about it, but I would just politely ask that you read the whole article first. Thank you. www.vulture.com/article/come...

No one gets the absurd calculations of the creator economy like @rebeccajjennings.bsky.social: www.vulture.com/article/bop-...

The fact that Stephen Miller is married disproves everything incels say about the dating market.

He just like me fr www.vulture.com/article/zohr...

"Among wrestling fans, Hauser is admired for his ability to take big hits. A few weeks after our interview, he will square off with Q.T. Marshall at a Ring of Honor match in South Philly. 'We’re going to beat the shit out of each other,' he says enthusiastically." www.vulture.com/article/how-...

In my continuing quest to profile every character actor in Hollywood, I got cigars and delivery sushi with actor/wrestler Paul Walter Hauser: www.vulture.com/article/how-...

It’s been a joy to work with Paul on our Chris Farley movie. @kn8.bsky.social really captures him in this excellent profile.

Paul Walter Hauser rose to fame playing “basement-dwelling fuckups” (his words). This summer, he’s showing off his range.

Just found out this chode was in the grade below me, and apparently he sucked then, too. We are living under an administration made up of the worst kid from every high school.

Would love to sit in on the Slack conversation where the NYT editors discussed this "but."

Today in media executives shooting their organizations in the foot. Richard is among the best at doing what we do, and any smart editor would see him as someone to build around, not cast off.

James L. Brooks achieved Jack Donaghy's dream of making it 1997 again: youtu.be/hJYPGhJDjaU?...

I wrote about Sydney Sweeney, a celebrity whose image is so semiotically potent, and yet ideologically unfixed, that the whole question of What She Means becomes contested political territory. www.vulture.com/article/can-...

New DEMI, MYSELF &I ep, where @kn8.bsky.social and I talk about the surprisingly robust awards haul for Emilio Estevez's BOBBY. Yes, I am the first person to have hosted two separate podcast episodes on the film BOBBY. Subscribe now to hear all the Lindsay Lohan talk! www.patreon.com/posts/037-bo...

I just donated to Food, Water, and Cash Aid for Gaza: chuffed.org/project/1237...

The fake Post headlines. I'm dying.

Did my best to explain what I think is going on in the last act of Eddington:

this is the greatest, most all-encompassing, most important piece on Joel Embiid ever written www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

A lovely interview by @jasonspank.bsky.social:

You can view Lisa’s father’s second death as a continuity error. You can accept HBO’s ‘stepdad’ cover-up. Or you can view ‘And Just Like That …’ as an often accidental work of art that challenges the accepted timelines and borders of life and death.

Can the New York ‘Times’ turn its writers into video stars? That seems to be the bet the newspaper is making as it puts some of its most notable voices — including Ezra Klein, Ross Douthat, and now Wesley Morris — in front of the camera.

The DJ played 30 seconds of "I Gotta Feeling" before cutting to " Blue Monday" which is sort of like when you do a cold plunge to make the hot tub feel even better.

An absolutely amazing piece on 28 YEARS LATER by my wonderful former colleague @kn8.bsky.social:

Celebrating July 4 by once again writing about the most British shit imaginable: www.vulture.com/article/28-y...

I wrote about how Brad Pitt has effectively albeit transparently used F1: The Movie and its press tour to rehabilitate his image, in order to obscure the violent allegations about abuse toward Angelina Jolie & his current estrangement from his six kids, @vulture.com. www.vulture.com/article/brad...

In ‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ Scarlett Johansson’s character takes a job she doesn’t really care about simply because the money is too good. Does the movie get why that’s funny?

Mayoral RCV results are in ... and so is the first of a two-part @jasondashbailey.com special over on my newsletter! Today, we take our first stab at crafting the movies that have defined the 2020s in New York cinema. marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/movies-tha...

movie you've watched more than 6 times using gifs (no sw, st, or lotr)

Just to nip this in the bud, "Commie Corridor" is a joking term that DSA members themselves use to describe neighborhoods that are electing socialists, and this NYT op-ed was written by a very pro-Zohran analyst. It's not an example of establishment redbaiting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Seems pretty clear that Cuomo never actually wanted to be mayor. He wanted to be governor, and mayor was the seat that was open. nypost.com/2025/06/25/u...

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign had a visual language like no other, drawing on hand-painted bodega signage and New York iconography in a completely fresh way.

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