SEVEN turns 30 today and I wrote about it for The Guardian. One of those great movies where its imitators took all the wrong lessons from it: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Miller was incredibly smart in Trump 1 -- he hid from the chaos and bided his time and let all the stupider people self-immolate so he could ascend to his current spot atop MAGA world. But he's feeling himself now. He's cocky, always out front, and I hereby predict a spectacular fall from grace.

What it feels like to make jokes on social media right now.

Picked up a copy of the GENERATION X Epic Collection, and it even has an interview I did for Marvel — conducted by @franktieri.bsky.social himself!

"Oh, Mr. Grant!" It looks like Hulu is celebrating THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW's 55th anniversary by dropping it Sept 30. #ClassicTV #TVSky

Dutch late night TV has its take

A Riverside sheriff's deputy became "obsessed" with a fitness influencer, using police databases to track her down, even making up a crime as an excuse to visit. But a judge ruled "nothing actually happened." My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Thanks to Craig Francis Coates at Cold Caller for letting me ramble about writing and my story “Road to Nowhere,” in this year’s Best American Mystery and Suspense. coldcallermag.substack.com/p/bams-25-me...

and a retired meteorologist shall lead us

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

Check it out, the collection of my GENERATION X run is out today. It contains my complete run, plus the issue of NEW WARRIORS that I wrote that crosses over with GenX. This was my first regular series. A lifetime ago! I’m excited that it’s all collected in one place.

reminder: Jimmy Kimmel is enough of a mensch that he devised a segment on which actors who are just short of having enough work to qualify for union healthcare come on his show and deliver a single line of dialogue deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...

First time watching NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER and here’s Mandy Patinkin playing a Puerto Rican cabbie.

The best thing Kimmel could do right now is do what the Right does when it is deplatformed: replatform yourself on another service, go live, and dunk on the administration harder than ABC would ever have allowed him to. Go full South Park on them. Do an hour on Patel lying under oath about Epstein.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

Check it out, the collection of my GENERATION X run is out today. It contains my complete run, plus the issue of NEW WARRIORS that I wrote that crosses over with GenX. This was my first regular series. A lifetime ago! I’m excited that it’s all collected in one place.

LOS ANGELES!!!!!!! Are you attending L.A. Comic Con in a couple weeks? Wanna see my award-winning short film, JUST THE JANITOR? GUESS WHAT? We're playing on Sunday, September 28th as part of GeekFest's Film Festival! Join us in Room 403B at 2PM!

Look, folks, SNEAKERS is in the LEVERAGE ancestors list. it’s a must see, and a true pleasure, unlike some influences that are necessary for context but haven’t aged well.

Just got this excellent, scary, hopeful, honest piece by @moryan.bsky.social in my inbox. It starts off being about Rolling Stone's decision to part ways with Alan Sepinwall and then zooms out to put what happened in a larger, even more troubling context. www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

These are probably my four favorite Robert Redford films. But seriously, if you asked me tomorrow my list would probably be different. What a legend. You believed him every second he was on-screen.

I think it’s in William Goldman’s book but at one point on set a director says to Redford of his character “this woman isn’t in love with you. She won’t sleep with you.” And Redford, without irony, goes “… what do you mean?” Didn’t get the note. As it had never happened to him. Ha. RIP

my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"

What Robert Redford contributed to American films via Sundance is genuinely immeasurable. He was also an extraordinarily talented director--Ordinary People and Quiz Show are two of the best American studio movies of their eras--and an actor who somehow wore his incredible charisma almost shyly. RIP.

everyone please join me in a very hearty WHAT THE FUCK

Was watching ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING and I couldn’t figure out who was playing young Lester, the doorman. I was shocked to find out it’s Emory Cohen, who was also one of the dirty cops in REBEL RIDGE. Impressive range!

“Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?”

Had a planning zoom with the Revenge Of boys today and this one is gonna be a barn burner. We’re going for it. Don’t miss THE Los Angeles comics event of the year! See you November 8th!

SISKEL & EBERT, which premiered #OTD in 1986, had a master class of an opening sequence. Thirty-five seconds, 21 shots, and a flawless establishment of the professional rivalry of two Chicago newspapermen who inspired a generation of film buffs. #FilmSky #TVSky

This is a time for *civility.* And if any of you repulsive maggots so much as *think* a single thought that is different from the ones I am shouting into this microphone you should be beaten and jailed and ruined and set upon by wild dogs who feast on your flesh, you miserable shitstains.

Matthew Dowd gets fired by MSNBC but this jackass will certainly keep his job. Totally different rules.

We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet

BOOM! Studios is looking for a new assistant editor! You can read the job posting here and follow directions to apply to the greatest comics editorial team in the world! bit.ly/42ooXLq

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I cannot believe (though yes, I can) that the Wall Street Journal broke a *huge* media and business news story with massive consequence-- confirmation that months of rumors about a Par bid for WBD were true--and it's buried under a half dozen stories about a social media influencer.

You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.

Dog is my co-pilot!

CALAVERA from @oni-press.bsky.social !

Double Indemnity. Sunset Boulevard. The Apartment. He directed some of the most influential movies ever made, and he's the subject of Season 2 of The Filmographers Podcast. He's the one, the only...Billy Wilder. Subscribe to our Patreon for the entire Wilder story--

My writing partner today.

I got to spend 40 minutes on the phone talking to the one and only David Letterman about his days in morning TV, launching Late Night, his love for Mulaney, why his wife feels the need to explain his jokes, and, yes, CBS's decision to nuke LATE SHOW. Only on @vulture: www.vulture.com/article/davi...

The "real" case that inspired the new Conjuring movie happened in northeastern Pennsylvania, where I grew up. The movie was shot in England, so I can't wait to see how they made it look like 1980s PA.

This is it! Into the final 24 hours (ish) of the Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists Kickstarter campaign! www.kickstarter.com/projects/epa...

Friends, do yourself a favor and get ready for the new season of my pal Cole's fantastic podcast, 5AM StoryTalk. He interviews a wonderful selection of writers, artists, creators.

WGA Members: today's a great day to CAST YOUR VOTE for our new Officers & Board of Directors! If you need help finding your ballot or guidance on other candidates, please message me.

Disney+ just added (or re-added) a treasure trove of pre-1980 live-action family films, WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY movies + nature documentaries. They now have more than 230 pre-1980 titles — one of the best single-studio libraries in streaming. List in alt text. #FilmSky #DisSky #Disney #Streaming

If you're feeling down this morning this tweet might cheer you up.

You had me at “Terriers.”

Not shitting on the review but a big problem of the streaming era is shows are expected to come out of the womb fully a hit, when it usually takes a couple seasons for a show to find its footing and then its rhythm. Even Seinfeld needed three seasons to become the show people laud now

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