The scene at DHS headquarters.

They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.

Whoa. I suspect there's a very large shoe that's going to drop, roughly the size of an unplanted tree.

This week, Renee Good's brothers came to testify before Congress. Here, Brent shares part of Renee's eulogy expressing who she was as a person. We are going to make sure that those responsible for her murder are brought to justice.

Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”

Today at The Reveal: reviews you can use (to decide if you want to see either of this week's new releases). You can read @scotttobias.bsky.social on Luc Besson's DRACULA and read me on THE MOMENT, which creates a clever idea for an anti-documentary but doesn't take it very far.

My new book on 2000s Hollywood comedies, Funny Business, will be available on October 6 and is officially up for pre-order right now. In my wholly objective opinion, you and every person in your family should do that. You can order your copy at the link below.

Delighted my review of “Misercordia” was included in The Reveal’s year-end reader survey. I will say, my contribution is less insightful than what @scotttobias.bsky.social + @kphipps3000.bsky.social usually write on there. @thereveal.bsky.social

Thunder really need more shooting and now we get a 3 pt. specialist on a rookie deal for a pretty low cost. Good business.

"A rare misstep" for Inspector Clouseau.

ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational

Just posted: The results of our fourth annual Reveal Subscriber Poll. Many thanks to our readers for submitting their ballots and their commentary on the year 2025. You're the best. thereveal.film/the-2025-rev...

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.

You love it when your wispy three-point specialist yams on the other team’s superstar.

In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.

WEAPONS (dir. Zach Cregger)

Anyone know who they cast as Wade Robson and James Safechuck in this one? The IMDb must not be updated or something.

Now *there’s* the Thunder I remember. Been a minute since they’ve clicked like that. SGA a god.

Casually came across this Wedding Present show for SEAMONSTERS’ 35th anniversary, with oh by the way Mark Robinson playing Unrest songs. If you’re like me and this is the most urgent event you could imagine, tickets are available: lh-st.com/shows/04-14-...

That Chotiner/Spinotti interview really bringing weight to the ZONE OF INTEREST comparisons in the Guardian review of MELANIA. www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...

A reminder that Sam Raimi has gifted us with a Sam Raimi movie, straight no chaser, in the dog days of February. SEND HELP is in the middle of this list, but that's only because he's made a lot of films I've loved over 45 years: thereveal.film/worst-to-bes...

Today at The Reveal: A pair of reviews. You can read me on SEND HELP and @scotttobias.bsky.social on SHELTER:

I promise, I deliver: as deep a dive as you're going to get on Peter Yates' brilliant BREAKING AWAY, w photos, script excerpts and making-of info. tremblesighwonder.com/2026/01/28/n...

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

Every click gets me a dollar. Incredible system. The kids and I are dining at Alinea, a restaurant we just bought.

There’s simply no more sinister an icon on the internet than a laughing emoji under a news story on Facebook. Your estranged relatives are mashing it all day long.

Incredibly, this is an actual photo New York Post used for the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar.

I’m CRYINGGGGG!! Kevin Durant really got a lotion deal with CeraVe 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #NBA #Cerave #Ad

You may have heard that Sam Raimi is fully back on his bullshit with SEND HELP. I used that as an excuse to pore through 45 years of (frequently) great genre filmmaking: thereveal.film/worst-to-bes...

That scene where David Brent dances around to "Simply the Best" at the motivation seminar.

I would wager that Wemby is going to be as significant a figure off the court as he is on it. The intellectual wingspan is freakish, too.

Larry Nance Jr’s shirt at tonight’s Cavs game

If whistles are to be considered "violent weapons," just wait until that shipment of vuvuzelas arrives.

if CBS and the Washington Post both gut their newsrooms this week, that’s the nail in the coffin for the “just find a nice billionaire and settle down” theory of media preservation

Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics

Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

it was right to fire Bennet for allowing this to be published

the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens

Watching this new Will Smith NatGeo doc series for work, and it's a bit on-the-nose for this Hollywood pariah to be literally exiled to the South Pole. This arctic windstorm is like, well, a slap in the face.

Chet Holmgren has become one of the NBA's top defenders. Here are his secrets, as told by Holmgren himself in an exclusive film session with The Athletic: www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...

Today at The Reveal: You can read my review of the dreadful new MERCY and @scotttobias.bsky.social's review of the seemingly considerably less dreadful H IS FOR HAWK:

President Trump has really put a damper on Rivals Week.

Today's Film Recommendation: One of my writing idols @scotttobias.bsky.social wrote a marvelous essay about HOUSE OF TOLERANCE, a heartbreaking and beautiful film by Bertrand Bonello. Read that first thereveal.film/the-new-cult... and then head over to Kanopy to watch the movie.

The cognitive dissonance of constantly reading that I need to spend some time mastering generative AI while not knowing a single person in my industry who uses it to do good work 🤙

Today in The Reveal, I add Bertrand Bonello's HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (a.k.a. HOUSE OF PLEASURES) to the New Cult Canon. A bold, enveloping, heartbreaking film about the oldest profession. Still my favorite of his: thereveal.film/the-new-cult...