THE LOWDOWN is awfully good. www.vulture.com/article/the-...

Cormac McCarthy's living room, with shelves he designed to fit 1,000 books, or 5% of his personal library. 📸Wayne Martin Belger, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social

“Art is the opposite of politics." So said Leni Riefenstahl. Seeing this latest, most lacerating documentary at any point in the last decade would feel harrowingly relevant. Seeing it this week, well ... (now playing at the Quad in NYC) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/m...

An urgent story encapsulating what we stand to lose as a nation—there are many more Narciso Barrancos, who pay taxes, raise families, are pillars of the community, threatened w/ deportation. He Raised Three Marines. His Wife Is American. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/u...

“The industry is shit. It’s the medium that’s great.” HBD, the legendary Lauren Bacall ...

I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

Robert Redford, 1936-2025 📷 John Dominus, 1969

“I used to think I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.” HBD, Nan Goldin …

Don't miss this. Sleeper of the summer. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/m...

“Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.” HBD, the peerless Dorothy Parker … 📷Jacob Lofman, 1937

Wonderful piece about a movie I adore. I'd always wanted to know more about its screenwriter, Nancy Dowd, who deserved a better career. What a talent.

Queens, come out!

“Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife.” HBD, the ebullient Shelley Winters ... 📸Gordon Parks, 1950

"I like to watch."

Had the time of my life talking about BODY DOUBLE, one of my favorite movies, with @jasondashbailey.com and @fifthcolumnfilms.bsky.social 👀👀👀

“I don’t think anybody wanted me to know how good I was.” HBD, the miraculous Ronnie Spector ... 📷 David Gahr

One episode in, I can say this is truly great work, haunting and humane. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

“I’ve been in constant motion of escape all my life. I never really found the right corner to hide in.” HBD, the king of noir, Robert Mitchum ... 📷 Earl Leaf, 1954

This was so much fun--thank you, Dan!

“Some perfect wife I am. I’ve been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can’t boil an egg.” HBD, 👑 Myrna Loy …

I've read at least a half-dozen books on the murder of Elizabeth Short. This is by far the most trustworthy. It offers no grand theory. Instead, it does important work at busting myths & exposing the brutal misogyny that has always dominated the story. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Black-...

The fine grit of nostalgia for small things is kind of a displacement for feeling the pain of the big things that I have lost.

good morning, nyc🟠

“Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.” HBD, the extraordinary Stanley Kubrick …

One of my favorite conversations, with the great @bradlisti.bsky.social . We cover the waterfront in this one!

“Every time you think the studios have fucked you every way they can, they come up with a new way.” HBD, the chaotic iconoclast Paul Schrader ... 📷 Steve Pyke 1985

“You know what I want? I want yesterday.” Happy birthday, the luminous Natalie Wood....who can make me cry with one look. 📸Earl Leaf, 1955

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It’s EDDINGTON time baby, and nobody gets to stay neutral www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/m...

“I couldn't stand being passive. I couldn't play the placid girl.” Happy birthday, noir queen Barbara Stanwyck … 📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1938

“I only eat so I can smoke and stay alive.” HBD, the eternal Harry Dean Stanton 👑...

@lauralippman.bsky.social and me at the Enoch Pratt Library. Provide your own caption!

Or at least rarely *only* about money.

True, though, isn't it?

“Heavies are closer to life than leading men. The heavy is everyman—everyman when he faces a tough moment in life. It's the heavy that has to do with the meat of life.” Happy birthday, the sublime Warren Oates …

Greil Marcus, MYSTERY TRAIN

Here I am talking about all my favorite books, especially the deranged ones. www.elle.com/culture/book...

HBD Denis Johnson, genius and sorely missed... (Janet Steen/DETAILS/2002)

This made me super happy. @lauralippman.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/21/b...

Zohran Mamdani being a goddamn boss

Hometown crowd always extra fun. Viva Detroit. ❤️🛞

Every hotel is a haunted hotel.

And you can get signed copies from the great Poisoned Pen shipped straight to your door!

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So grateful to the sold-out crowd who came to Books Are Magic in scorching temps last night for the launch of my new book and @lauralippman.bsky.social's latest. What a grand time talking women & money, "smuggling" big ideas into crime fiction, and our divided takes on MICHAEL CLAYTON!

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Hey, it's here! My new book comes out today. Hope you like it. ❤

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I had a ball talking "women of a certain age" and late-stage capitalism with @scarletteharris.bsky.social