a major problem im running into career wise is that “respectable” organizations are only willing to or can only pay me a pittance while these kind of right-wing outfits offer lavish salaries and only require a fraction of the qualifications

These very true words from Steve Hely have given me tremendous comfort over the years.

The recent BSG convention from was so fun, but I have to tell you something disturbing I learned. You know the tubs they used for cylon rebirth? They would save the goo each time & reuse it. So actors would feel other people‘s hair within the goo. Not sure I’ll ever get over knowing this.

I'm in Orkney this week for an intensive tour of neolithic heritage sites, and who do I spot but our old pal John Rae, wrongfully discredited for uncovering the truth of the lost Franklin expedition!!

Our next ep will be on Paul Thomas Anderson's wildly acclaimed new movie One Battle After Another, followed by some short reviews from the London Film Festival, and then Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein!

Out now on Overinvested: Our review of Spike Lee's HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, covering its identity as an Akira Kurosawa remake, its bewildering orchestral score, and much more! www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/spi...

me and gav start going in on this film’s score before the one minute mark lmao

Kirk was a nobody to normal people, but it's now clear how important he was to the right. The dream of post-Steve Bannon conservativism: An influencer presidential candidate. A homegrown Trump. The panic we're seeing is a movement realizing they have nothing to replace Trump's cult of personality.

BREAKING: The U.K., Canada and Australia officially recognize a Palestinian state, a significant shift away from alignment with the U.S.

Out now on Overinvested: Our review of Spike Lee's HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, covering its identity as an Akira Kurosawa remake, its bewildering orchestral score, and much more! www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/spi...

i wrote about the horrendous politics of the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season finale - a story where good and evil are determined by genetics. tvguide.com/news/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-3-finale-evil-alien-problem/

For Overinvested's Patreon, @gavia.bsky.social and I talked about this year's disastrous Emmy's ceremony, THE PITT's old-school TV magic, and compared that approach to SEVERANCE's second season, which... didn't really work. Enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/139124...

in addition to being a humiliating flop, this moment is yet another baffling example of tech companies trying to market an AI tool that doesn't fulfill any meaningful purpose. this guy just needs a RECIPE BOOK. or, like, a tiktok.

notable marxist-leninist revolutionary enemy of the state James Kimmel

if you want Liberal Joe Rogan this is one way you get Liberal Joe Rogan

I think what is most upsetting right now is that this administration has not had the skill to do much of anything they are trying to do. They crumple and scurry away when people stand up strongly to them. And most of the richest & most powerful people in this country just rolled over like cowards.

The censorship will continue until free speech improves

Our new ep on Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest will be up tomorrow! In the meantime, please check out our retrospective on Crash, a fascinating and unique moment in the erotic thriller genre.

Also the creative teams, most people involved -- they want this real engagement! Not the reason to do it, but people want their work taken seriously and assessed in good faith. Writing a book right now where I challenge some stuff a show did and people I'm talking to WANT THAT. Real ones usually do.

I knew virtually nothing about the show beforehand so when this moment hit I was like ascending to another plane. WHAT a great interpretation of hades.

A thought I keep returning to — and that’s underscored by today’s news — is that a legacy publication or a deep-pocketed investor could hire an astonishing array of talent right now and make the best newspaper in America overnight.

Robert Redford used his immense fame to shape the entire landscape of independent cinema. He was a true titan.

scandalous and inexplicable. he is like THE tv critic.

In case you missed it earlier, the latest Patreon-only Overinvested ep is on Alfred Hitchcock's SHADOW OF A DOUBT, a brilliant 1940s psychological thriller with a teen girl protagonist. www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...

easily the standout character/performance of this show, a deserved win!

so if I'm understanding this correctly, the Emmy telecast has a running joke that combines the idea of "we hate celebrating beloved actors for their work" with literally taking money away from needy children...?

This is, I believe, the first official word from the Government on what happened yesterday in London. Not only inaction in the face of violence and hate, but a celebration of it. I passed through London twice yesterday with my two kids & what Labour seem to be missing is that people aren't just...

I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.

went to see Hadestown and I feel like I was truly feasting, because usually you only get one great villain song but this show gave me like. six minimum.

I’m not the first person to make this observation, but this being the biggest story in the world at present really speaks to how much Twitter still serves as a universal assignments editor for English-language journalists.

It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

All of these people could ride the convention circuit gravy train forever due to their previous projects. Not one of them is in an "I need to pay my mortgage" situation. Nobody is hard up here. This is really disappointing.

For our latest Patreon episode of Overinvested, @gavia.bsky.social and I discussed Hitchcock's SHADOW OF A DOUBT! Murder, incest, what more could you want! This is one of my personal fave Hitchcocks and it was a delight to chat about: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...

i'm traveling tomorrow and i have so many tasks to complete before i go that i just put bread in the oven without a timer, burnt it into a pompeii-style charcoal puck, then made replacement dough, and forgot to set a timer for THAT, twice.

This was a pretty fun read especially for me who does not date men. Good luck everyone!

Casually looking at pics from the Venice Film Festival and…. @colmandomingo.bsky.social doing what he does stopped me in my tracks. Perfection.

thanks spike lee for earworming me with Oh What A Beautiful Morning for 24+ hours

next Overinvested ep will be on Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest!!

my review of The Conjuring: Last Rites, an overly sentimental retread of the Conjuring formula. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

my review of The Conjuring: Last Rites, an overly sentimental retread of the Conjuring formula. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

station 11 stone cold masterpiece

Out now on Overinvested: A conversation about David Cronenberg's fascinating erotic thriller CRASH, co-hosted by Cronenberg expert @msclairebiddles.bsky.social. www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/dav...

RIP Graham Greene. Every time he popped up on screen when I was a kid, my mom would excitedly point him out for being an actual Native on the screen. Able to be deadly serious and infinitely hilarious (even in smaller roles like Last of Us), he ate up the screen. Nʌki’wah brother.

one of the greats. highly recommended Clearcut (apparently Greene's favourite of his own filmography), a gripping and angry political thriller about the conflict between an indigenous community and a logging company.

Out now on Overinvested: A conversation about David Cronenberg's fascinating erotic thriller CRASH, co-hosted by Cronenberg expert @msclairebiddles.bsky.social. www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/dav...

"On the latest Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, four Enterprise crew members take a magic potion that makes them racist." www.tvguide.com/news/star-tr...

the first two eps of Alien: Earth vs the second two = such a blatant example of foregrounding some banal IP nostalgia in order to do something way more interesting.

"On the latest Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, four Enterprise crew members take a magic potion that makes them racist." www.tvguide.com/news/star-tr...

i'm writing one of those "here's what might happen next on xx" posts for From, and it's truly the best show to recap because every subplot is like "fatima gave birth to an amniotic sac containing an adult man" or "these two characters learned in a dream that they were married in a previous life."

Amazing how such small numbers have been identified as the voice of the nation when, for comparison, 100,000 turned out for trans pride last month in London.