ai could simply never do what i do (spend entire days gleefully falling down newspapers dot com rabbit holes)

opening day you know what that means (time to rewatch the 1982 SCTV cast and writers vs. SCTV crew softball game)

you give a ticketing monopoly one little doj settlement one time and—

as if the past decade of suffering has not been trying enough we still don't have a new joanna newsom album

This week on @podcastlikeits The 2000s @emilystjams.bsky.social and I continue our Christopher Guest miniseries by talking A Mighty Wind with @carriecourogen.bsky.social! We discuss music documentaries, Nicks & Buckingham, cults and of course the always wonderful Catherine O’Hara.

Clapping my hands like a seal the entire time I read this!!!! Glorious, unhinged, and surprisingly insightful about something supposedly stupid; a made in the lab for me essay!!!

I want to make it clearly known that I am not affiliated with this play in any manner, much as this implies my association. My publisher and agents are aware of this ongoing situation. The rights to Miss May Does Not Exist are already spoken for and in ethical, talented hands.

"To be a woman is to be a performance artist." - @carriecourogen.bsky.social on Jane Fonda and KLUTE

i wrote about catherine o'hara: a hero who did delusion like no other.

i wrote about catherine o'hara: a hero who did delusion like no other.

"We can’t wait for someone to approve of the stories we wish to tell, can’t allow a suit to tell us there’s no market for it. We have to take matters into our own hands, have to do the hard and unglamorous work, have to grin and bear it and just fucking do it." - @carriecourogen.bsky.social

This is about A Woman Under the Influence but it is also a lot about saying fuck corporations, be uncomfortable, make independent art—even if it doesn’t pay off in your lifetime

New today on the site! @carriecourogen.bsky.social on Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, and the enduring power of A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE

"Reiner may not have been showy, but that’s the other thing about genius: he didn’t have to be." @carriecourogen.bsky.social on the work of Rob Reiner, who made work you "want to crawl inside and live in." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/he-understood-us/

"It’s always winter in REDS, and someone is always thinking about the future. It’s always winter, and someone is always fighting, someone is always hoping, someone is always gritting their teeth and doing the work." - @carriecourogen.bsky.social

not seeing nearly enough commentary about what the fuck olivia nuzzi did to her eyebrows

I was able to be a part of this latest issue at @bwdr.bsky.social and sit still with the unfinished journey of this film. Thanks to @carriecourogen.bsky.social and @eccantwell.bsky.social for helping the words along. I could be moved… www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/11/24/w...

it never occurred to me that the secret to becoming a wildly successful writer was to be a terrible writer

miss may does not exist is out in paperback out today if u even care bookshop.org/p/books/miss...

This week on @podcastlikeits The 1990s Patreon I started a brand new miniseries on Mike Nichols 90s films by talking Postcards From The Edge with @carriecourogen.bsky.social! We talk Meryl, Mike, Carrie (Fisher), Gene and of course Debbie! Great movie! Great episode!

Andrew Cuomo: I pay $7800 in rent Andrew Cuomo's actual rent: $8242

i'm in new york straight up "globalizing it"............ and by "it" haha. well,,,,,,,......,,,let's just say "the intifada"

Wrote about something I've never talked about before (Warren Beatty's REDS) for @bwdr.bsky.social

I’m visiting my mom and it’s 10:30pm here which means the only way available to me to watch Reds is on my phone which I guess means I’m gonna watch Reds on my phone at 10:30pm, now

New today on the site! "The Courage to Teach" - @eccantwell.bsky.social on George Roy Hill's SLAP SHOT (🎨 by @garymillsfineart.bsky.social)

wrote about robert redford bit.ly/redfordfamin...

the greatest to do it. on sneakers, for @bwdr.bsky.social: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/08/23/s...

realizing the rilo kiley reunion tour is millennials' equivalent of boomers' fleetwood mac reunion tour i'm gonna be sick

New York’s hottest club is Lawrence of Arabia on 70mm at the Paris Theater. This club has everything: an honored intermission; elderly people standing up randomly before that; men’s room line of 520 women’s room line of 15; a Dimes Square girl saying “there aren’t any fucking women in this movie”

Real talk (reel talk?): BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.

The reaction I get from people when I tell them I’m watching Mad Men for the first time is more enthusiastic than if I told them I was getting married

audrey girls where u at

In my debut for @theatlantic.com, I wrote about the disappearance of cultural listings from major New York media outlets, and what it portends for artists, audiences, institutions, and journalists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Coming home from the beach and showering and sitting on the couch nice and clean with a popsicle and a fresh tan wet hair so happy tired because what a fun day you had and you see THE PARENT TRAP is on tv………………………………..lowkey that may be the moment in which god is real

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God. Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well. forward.com/opinion/7575...

hulk hogan rest in piss bitch

wrote about buckingham nicks everyone act surprised!!!!

it's so beautiful that Fleetwood Mac running out of archive material of which to release a millionth cash grab super deluxe reissue forced their hand to finally trot out Buckingham Nicks but in the most go girl give us nothing way possible lmao

wrote about HAVING A COLD and being TOTALLY NORMAL ABOUT IT !!!

I am not a chid of divorce but I am a fan of both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, and that's got to count for something, right

for @bwdr.bsky.social’s jonathan demme issue i wrote about rachel getting married, a movie that is very special to me for reasons vulnerable to admit but that i put into words anyway. thank you to @ohhhaeee.bsky.social for the gorgeous art and @carriecourogen.bsky.social for her brilliant edits!

an absolutely incredible piece of writing from @lindseyromain.bsky.social. i mean, fuck.

reading that prompter like he got popcorned to read out loud in class and is fighting for his life

I was going to say the media should treat Zionists—with their rampant fear mongering, delusional false claims, and complete ignorance of facts & physical reality—as rigorously as they treated Qanon freaks but then I remembered how much the New York Times covered shit like Pizzagate in earnest, oop—

anna wintour resigning from vogue the day after zohran won.......huge week for pushing out the gerontocracy

i'm in new york,,,,,,,, straight up "globalizing it" ,,,,;..... and by "it" haha. well.,, ., let's just say "the intifada"

shame on @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social for her hateful racist and islamophobic comments about zohran mamdani on the brian lehrer show if you live in new york call her office and raise some hell

I get how aggravating social media must be right now for anyone who doesn’t live in nyc, but unfortunately it’s reminded me of what I love about this stupid place. a city full of people who are too annoying to live anywhere else and simply will not shut up and I love all of us so much sorry!!

time to hit play on REDS (celebratory)

Andrew Cuomo gets publicly humiliated. Bill Clinton learns his endorsement is worth less than dogshit. What a great time to be a hater. A golden age.