An offhand remark halfway through this conversation made me think: is this film maybe kind of a distant remake of THE GAME (1997)??

pretty confident I'm going to enjoy @youaregood.bsky.social extended episode discussing HA2 more than I would enjoy rewatching HA2 bsky.app/profile/youa...

So glad to see this written about. It takes 4 - 6 (or more!) human labor hours of editing, mixing and mastering to make a 90 minute conversation flow nicely and artfully. Video-forward shows tend to excise this process entirely and the resultant conversations flow and sound like shit as a result.

NEW EPISODE! "Red is the color of lust, but green is what lust leaves behind, in heart, in womb. Green is what is left when ardor fades, when passion dies, when we die, too." In which we embark upon the hero's journey and talk goodness, greatness and Tumblr with @vauntastic.bsky.social.

I put together this fever-dream of a dispatch, illustrating what was going on in Los Angeles (and the world at large) during the holiday season of 1975. Thanks so much to @caseycalvert.bsky.social for the cameo! www.buzzsprout.com/2563359/epis...

@candaceiswatching.bsky.social Puddles!

NEW EPISODE! "Red is the color of lust, but green is what lust leaves behind, in heart, in womb. Green is what is left when ardor fades, when passion dies, when we die, too." In which we embark upon the hero's journey and talk goodness, greatness and Tumblr with @vauntastic.bsky.social.

Thanks for listening to and supporting this show. It is such an honor to be able to make it, and to talk with folks about their feelings by way of talking about the movies we love. I truly am grateful.

Between @ifbookspod.bsky.social dunking on Elon in a deeply cathartic 2-parter and @youaregood.bsky.social’s exceptional deep dive on Home Alone 2, I have been emotionally and spiritually fortified in this, the chaotic holiday season 😂 10/10 content, team. You’re keeping this random American afloat.

I had the absolute BEST TIME on the epic You Are Good podcast discussing Home Alone II.

We are living through the darkest comedy.

New Arc of a Boulder zine (issue #7) ships next week and is exclusively available to subscribers. It features the work of (and an interview with) Natalie Bryan-Petersen, one of my very favorite photographers. www.patreon.com/c/HighOccult...

Crucifictorious drummer Caleb Landry Jones.

Available wherever you like to get podcasts: www.podpage.com/you-are-good...

Re: timestamp 1:02:34, I can see it so clearly in my mind. 1992 NYPD cop: and.... why were you trying to murder an unhoused woman? Harry: we WEREN'T trying to murder the lady, officer, we swear! Marv: yeah! We were TRYING to murder that 9-year-old! [Harry kicks Marv in the shin under the table]

NEW EPISODE! "You guys give up? Have you had enough pain?" In which @soozuk.bsky.social helps us get lost in New York and attempts to get to the bottom of what makes Home Alone 2 tick.

We have a Green Knight episode coming next week!

On another platform somebody said "Thinking about 'You Are Good' today, because Rob Reiner really felt like a patron saint of the show' and gosh ain't that the truth.

So obviously I'm watching Eyes Wide Shut because I listened to the new episode of @youaregood.bsky.social today. And this movie is so weird and fascinating, as someone who both used to go to sex parties and is incapable of having sex dreams.

Hey y'all, here is some fun news from founding You Are Good producer @carolynkendrick.bsky.social!

Hey! @carolynkendrick.bsky.social and our pal Tristan Scroggins launched a trailer for Don't Call Me Darlin' - a docuseries about a feminist newsletter produced by Bluegrass musicians in the 1990s. It is a really great, regardless of where you stand on Bluegrass. www.buzzsprout.com/2562072/free...

YES…let’s fucking GOOOOOO.

NEW EPISODE! "No dream is ever just a dream." In which @judedoyle.bsky.social takes us on a journey into a world of PNW pianists, a stoned Nicole Kidman, and a velvet-voiced Chris Isaak. Eyes Wide Shut is a Christmas movie.

Psst! Los Angeles!

Hey! I am launching a new narrative nonfiction weirdo history podcast called Los Angeles Demystified in early 2026. You can listen to the trailer nearly anywhere you listen to podcasts. Please check that out and subscribe right now!

listening to the @youaregood.bsky.social episode on THE OTHERS (one of my favorite films). Last night I watched another quiet, ominous, well-lit film with a similar (but not identical) intimate, domestic, creepy feeling called QUEEN OF BONES.

Scam or anti-scam? For the estimable @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World, I wrote about HBO's dueling fall comedies, I Love LA and The Chair Company, and their very different approaches to making a living in a society built on lying.

A comprehensive history of the house from Home Alone.

NEW EPISODE! "Death of a loved one can lead people to do the strangest things." In which we are joined by Cecilia Aldarondo and @schizophrenicreads.bsky.social to discuss grief, locked doors (metaphorical and literal), and The Others.

Stoked to check all of these out!

NEW EPISODE! "Death of a loved one can lead people to do the strangest things." In which we are joined by Cecilia Aldarondo and @schizophrenicreads.bsky.social to discuss grief, locked doors (metaphorical and literal), and The Others.

I love that the design is heavily Goth-coded.

New She’s All That bonus episode is ready for your ears!

I just recorded an episode about grief and unfortunately it won't be out until January but it is one of my very favorite conversations of all time. I can't wait to share it.

LOS ANGELES! Movie Trivia at Kibitz Room is back on December 10th! Eve will be in New York, so it will be presented by me and FRIENDS.

A lot of folks have both understandable and justifiable beef with Fey, along with receipts. It's something I was long aware of but not well-versed in, and so much of this show is— more than anything—about responding to a guest's response to / relationship with the text itself.

Marjorie Taylor Greene walking through the Capitol hurling copies of the Epstein Files everywhere like Regina George in Mean Girls.

Super quick reminder that we covered Mean Girls (2004) this week!

Super quick reminder that Alex (me) and @nikostratis.com host a show that is ostensibly about The OC and actually about being alive in this world.

There is only so much room in my brain and a lot of it is already taken up with The State quotes. (I am so old I was a full-blown adult in the early 2000s.)

NEW EPISODE! "On Wednesdays we wear pink!" In which Natalie Robehmed walks us through what it was like to learn about American high schools from Mean Girls (2004). We talk plastics, high school sociology, feelings and more.

I just recorded an episode about grief and unfortunately it won't be out until January but it is one of my very favorite conversations of all time. I can't wait to share it.

Hello! @alexsteed.bsky.social is on today's episode of What Went Wrong!

[P] If you see this, post your getaway vehicle

NEW EPISODE! "Still a buster." In which Samuel James, Kasai Richardson and Alex discuss living by codes—Dom Toretto style—while trying like heck to unpack the plot (and ideology?) of Fast-ampersand-Furious. Family.

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

I have watched 1 Fast & Furious movie in my entire life. And yet, every time they cover one of these movies I nearly bust a rib from laughing so hard.

It wasn't until over halfway through the episode I realised they weren't talking about Richard O'Brien... 🙄