(Dressed head to toe like Radio Raheem but my boombox is blasting “River Man” by Nick Drake)

Keep honking, I’m listening to an endless loop of 1:12-1:20 of the song “Technique” from Prefab Sprout’s debut 1984 record Swoon over and over again

Why do we permit Ryan Murphy to do stuff?

I have liked the writing and podcasting of the guy who roasted Sean Fennessey, but unfortunately for him, Sean (who does not identify himself as a critic, for one thing) has a way more appealing personality and gives a huge regular platform to Adam Nayman and Alex Ross Perry, among other geniuses

Every single single-card actor in Burn After Reading should’ve won an Oscar. I know that doesn’t make mathematical sense but they should’ve made exceptions. Clooney and Malkovich Best Actor. McDormand and Tilda Best Actress. Jenkins and Pitt Best Supporting. Slumdog still wins BP tho

as a true hater when it comes to Dwayne The Rock Johnson I'm not particularly sad that his Oscar hopes may be dashed by the underperformance of his movie this weekend. as a true hater of the person partially responsible for that underperformance, I am conflicted

I haven't actually watched any Ken Jacobs in full yet but just learning about and watching bits of Star-Spangled to Death back in the day helped level up my ability to understand and appreciate avant-garde cinema. A body of work I look forward to digging into--perhaps, now, sooner rather than later

working on a conspiracy theory that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is actively refusing to give Amy Adams and Emily Blunt Oscars in order to keep them busy acting in the worst pieces of shit you've ever seen or heard of in your entire life because they'd be too powerful otherwise

I'm too fucking tired to debunk every stupid thing that Ryan Murphy said about Christine Jorgensen or how the public response to Ed Gein was catastrophic to the the perception of trans people so I'll just point to my book. We covered all of it. bookshop.org/p/books/corp...

fellas is it gay to avoid a physical altercation by pepper spraying your attacker

(1) This movie is so sick. Unshowy but slick, well-acted, efficient, and unexpectedly moving. One of the best movies we have or are going to cover this year. (2) Garrett Hedlund definitely looks like he could be Charlie Hunnam's brother (3) I hate that John Singleton is dead

gun to my head could not tell you who Bari Weiss is. some lady people are mad at, presumably for good reasons, is what I would say in such a scenario. cc Ezra Klein. I would say sorry for my ignorance but I genuinely don't believe I would have anything to contribute to society if I did know

Nate Moore, who was in the writers room on Guardians of the Galaxy and eventually produced Black Panther 1&2, is on the current season of Survivor getting inundated with Millennial and Gen-Z lingo

as a true hater when it comes to Dwayne The Rock Johnson I'm not particularly sad that his Oscar hopes may be dashed by the underperformance of his movie this weekend. as a true hater of the person partially responsible for that underperformance, I am conflicted

throwback to a little weird art project I did a couple years back called "a gesture, in combination with a word." Inspired by that very phrase--from Tenet--I sketched hand gestures from movies & TV in MS Paint, added digital background elements, then printed phrases with an antique letter press

Bad Bunny to the Kid Rock criticism of him playing at SB XL: “You mad ‘cause the only halftime show you’re getting is at the county fair. Don’t talk about ‘real performers’ when your biggest hit was before Wi-Fi existed. If culture moved past you, maybe try catching up instead of crying about it.” 🎯

I have liked the writing and podcasting of the guy who roasted Sean Fennessey, but unfortunately for him, Sean (who does not identify himself as a critic, for one thing) has a way more appealing personality and gives a huge regular platform to Adam Nayman and Alex Ross Perry, among other geniuses

imo, this is a really good conversation

it always makes me laugh that the concept of the trilogy was developed by these really sophisticated ancient Greek playwrights and now it's like "the Lost Boys trilogy"

Every single single-card actor in Burn After Reading should’ve won an Oscar. I know that doesn’t make mathematical sense but they should’ve made exceptions. Clooney and Malkovich Best Actor. McDormand and Tilda Best Actress. Jenkins and Pitt Best Supporting. Slumdog still wins BP tho

Charli XCX using her platform to spread awareness about the Genocide in Gaza

the year WB has had is so crazy and every single success like this makes me think of that roast where Nolan said filmmakers went to bed working for the best studio and woke up working for the worst streaming service. Bizarre turn of events lol

Keep honking, I’m listening to an endless loop of 1:12-1:20 of the song “Technique” from Prefab Sprout’s debut 1984 record Swoon over and over again

Just saw that there’s a Charles Burnett collection on Criterion, and yes, if you’ve never seen KILLER OF SHEEP or TO SLEEP WITH ANGER, they’re masterpieces, but I also wanted to give a shoutout to the lovely and compelling MY BROTHER’S WEDDING, which does not come around as much

Having a lemon pepper tofu sandwich with cucumber, spicy mustard and a slice of Gouda. It rocks

Sometimes I just sit around and am delighted to remember how much Jonathan Rosenbaum loves Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

A list of robcore viewing ideas for this spooky season.

The thing about 28 Years Later is that it rocks and I love it so much. Another thing is that it is the closest Boyle has come to making a sequel to Millions. Everybody watch Millions.

Cimino & Alex Thomson found a new kind of red for Year of the Dragon, Godard & Fabrice Aragno found a new blue for Film Socialisme, Boyle and Dod Mantle find a new green in 28 Years Later

Sometimes I just sit around and am delighted to remember how much Jonathan Rosenbaum loves Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

This title makes it sound like there’s a movie called “Woke Movie” that’s like a Friedberg/Seltzer parody of woke

I’d say the fact that Stephen Sondheim wrote a musical where the entire cast sing-screams the name “Robert” and “Bobby” for minutes at a time is one of the top three best things about having my name

I’m the mortician in Richard Scarry’s Busytown. I’m a dog who wears a baseball hat that says “who let ME out”. I drive a dried up footlong meatball sub that’s also a hearse every day.

Me watching the last five minutes of Split in theaters:

depending on whether you count Pin-Ups, Bowie’s 12th album is either Heroes or Lodger. So, in either case, he was in the middle of one of the most insane and captivating creative revolutions an artist has ever undertaken. Unfair to compare people someone famously chameleonic? imho no it is not

"Appetite" by Prefab Sprout... great song. Nothing else to report

Updated this list yesterday to include links to everything available for free online; unfortunately the one I MOST want to advocate for--the excellent and hilarious Greener Grass--is only rentable/streaming on things like Shudder. BUT if you love I Think You Should Leave and/or Lynch, seek it out!

I wish Criterion would put this out in a double feature with Mr. Death Gates of Heaven / Vernon Florida style. Maybe even a big box set with all of First Person, why not. $200 Varda box set? No thanks, $90 Errol Morris 90s interrotron box set

this is a very fun and funny read

Apropos of absolutely nothing: it never ceases to astound me how “normal” music fans are 1000% more deranged about music than the biggest underground freak you’ll ever meet.

this was the first Talking Heads I ever heard, because a lot of my early music discovery was just grabbing whatever was at my local library and this is the main thing they had by them. Took me many years to come around to them as a favorite but definitely liked them from the jump from this CD!

Memoria Zone of Interest The Fabelmans Tenet All Light Everywhere City Hall History of the Seattle Mariners Matrix Resurrections Nope Nickel Boys Killers of the Flower Moon Everything Everywhere All at Once (sorry!!! I'm trying to dele

Jacked up my eyes watching a Blake Williams 3D short film with PlayStation VR

this person did NOT pull a Falling Down (while I was around at least) but jokes like this are part of why I didn't realize I was on the wrong bus until I was too far afield to turn back and had to go on a whole roundabout journey to get where I needed to be after work yesterday...lol

This was really all I needed [to not be depressed for the five minutes it took to eat it]