“He still believes his people can be romantic heroes…” Beautiful Unloved video essay by Scout Tafoya on Alan Rudolph’s beautiful late masterpiece RAY MEETS HELEN (for my money, one of the best and most underrated movies of the last decade). www.rogerebert.com/the-unloved/...

“Seventy-six pretty perfect minutes. A fairytale from the gutter.” 🕳️ Read @wmboyle4.bsky.social on his top movie recs for this month in the latest I WAKE UP STREAMING 🍿 southwestreview.com/i-wake-up-st...

Great to see SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET in the Washington Post’s paperback roundup. Thanks to Krista Farrell for the heads up (and the pictures of the print edition). And thanks again to E.A. Aymar for the great words in his original review. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...

Hope to see you in Dallas in April! This is gonna be special!

David Lynch left us one year ago exactly. A few days after his death, we recorded a tribute episode with @harleypeyton.bsky.social, @ramseycampbell.bsky.social, Brian Yuzna, @wmboyle4.bsky.social, and Knut Larsson, who shared their thoughts and memories about Lynch's lasting legacy. 🔥

I can already tell that this is gonna be one of those movies that I evangelize about for the rest of my life.

The paperback of SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET is available today! “This book is actually worth five stars if you are into losers who live meaningless lives, and you enjoy being depressed right up to the last page.” -Karen, Amazon reviewer www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768961...

I read the first page of this and *immediately* fell into a melancholy that would've had Nietzsche ripping up The Gay Science and guzzling black coffee. Looks excellent.

This is a must read!

The paperback of SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET is available today! “This book is actually worth five stars if you are into losers who live meaningless lives, and you enjoy being depressed right up to the last page.” -Karen, Amazon reviewer www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768961...

Since Anthony Jeselnik’s got folks reading THE GETAWAY for his book club, here’s a short essay I wrote about it for a Reader’s Companion to the works of Jim Thompson published by Rivages in France. crimereads.com/william-boyl...

Finally picked this up. Damn excited to dig in.

Mail’s been on hold, so this just showed up. What a beautiful release from @cine-matographe.bsky.social.

My 2025 Letterboxd Year in Review

My 2025 Letterboxd stats

2025 didn't bring me many pleasant surprises, but Abel Ferrara's "Scene" was one of them. As were the films I watched or re-watched alongside it for research. (Gift link) www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

My writing in 2025 (a thread): My latest novel, SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, came out from Soho Crime on 2/4/25 (the paperback will be available on 1/6/26): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768961...

Buy it, you fools

great crime novel 💙📚

Terrific book!

The paperback of SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET will be out a week from today, 1/6/26. Hope you’ll pick it up! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768961...

Still have tons to catch up on (IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU, BLUE MOON, THE SECRET AGENT, NO OTHER CHOICE, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, and SIRĀT are at the top of my watchlist), but here are my favorite movies and performances of the year so far.

My writing in 2025 (a thread): My latest novel, SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, came out from Soho Crime on 2/4/25 (the paperback will be available on 1/6/26): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768961...

the best new books I read in 2025: Heart the Lover, @lilyking.bsky.social Saint of the Narrows Street, @wmboyle4.bsky.social The Crazies: The Cattleman, the Wind Prospector, and a War Out West, Amy Gamerman One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, Omar El Akkad

20 of the best books I read in 2025, including titles by @meganabbott.bsky.social, @wmboyle4.bsky.social, @danchaon.bsky.social, @craigclevenger.bsky.social, @blacktopkid.bsky.social, @derfbackderf.bsky.social, @chrisdeville.bsky.social, @elongreen.bsky.social, and @johnlingan.bsky.social

My favorite first-time reads of the year (not including any books published in ‘25)

There were a ton of albums and EPs I liked this year, but these were my favorites.

I also loved this show. Many thanks to Bill for hipping me to it.

My favorite songs of 2025 (updated with a minor correction)

Man, I loved Cooper Raiff’s HAL & HARPER as much as I loved anything this year. As great as TASK is, this is Mark Ruffalo’s best sad dad performance of the year. Raiff and Lili Reinhart are terrific. Cared about these characters so much. Wept my way through it and laughed a ton.

Listened to a lot of music this year. Could pretty easily make a list of fifty songs I loved, but I wanted to keep it reasonable. Tough to narrow it down, but here are my fifteen favorites of the year, the songs I just couldn’t stop spinning.

Firmly believe all Malick films need ten years to ferment, none more than Knight of Cups. Of course I’m gonna get my guy @honorszombie.bsky.social to tell our fortune on @ohmpods.bsky.social #DecadeProject open.spotify.com/episode/4Xda...

Smoke’s ANOTHER REASON TO FAST

My favorite TV of 2025

Seeing lots of people post clips from Sinatra in "The House I Live In" as a response to Stephen Miller being a racist about Sinatra. Just a random reminder that "The House I Live In" is in the public domain. Every once in a while it's good to remember the public domain is good...

@ramseycampbell.bsky.social, @vajra.me, @byzantienne.bsky.social, @ceruleancynic.bsky.social, @harleypeyton.bsky.social, Jen Fawkes, @peteratkins.bsky.social, @wmboyle4.bsky.social, and Stephen Volk are all on our 2025 bonus episode of AFTERIMAGES! rss.com/podcasts/aft...

“Marty Supreme” features appearances from NBA All-Stars, a “Shark Tank” investor and a supermarket mogul. Here’s a guide to some of the film’s most interesting cameos, and how they came about.

My Ten Favorite First-Time Watches & Discoveries of 2025

I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.

Watched four of my favorites of the year over the last few days.

Put this up on the back of the door in my grandparents’ old kitchen. Gonna see how long it is before my mom notices.

Saw MARTY SUPREME on 70mm at the Alamo Drafthouse. Incredible. Totally immersed from the first second (and even before that with all the terrific pre-show stuff). Great performance by Timmy C as a fuckup madman hustler. A stellar supporting cast. My kind of movie down to the bone.

Amazing. observer.com/2025/12/pari...

James Ransone, US actor known for The Wire, dies aged 46

My wife and I went to see LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD today. A privilege to get to see one of my all-time favorite actors, Laurie Metcalf, onstage. What a performance. What a play.

Prompted by seeing some posts with Brooklyn centric noir novelist @wmboyle4.bsky.social , I picked up ‘Only The Dead Know Brooklyn’ by Thomas Boyle (no relation). Enjoyable 80s NYPD (kind of) procedural roams all over the borough with an intertwined serial murder & revolutionary 70s kidnapping plot

Couldn't be happier to be on NPR's Best Books of 2025, especially with pals and heroes like @wmboyle4.bsky.social @alafairburke.bsky.social @blacktopkid.bsky.social Susan Barker, Sara Sliger apps.npr.org/best-books/?...

New memoir from Abel Ferrara out now and who better to review the goods than our certified movie-guru @wmboyle4.bsky.social NOBODY. THAT'S WHO. 😤 southwestreview.com/abel-ferrara...

#Wednesday w @ericbeetner.bsky.social >> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2025/12/favo... @jakehinkson.bsky.social @jonmcgoran.bsky.social @wmboyle4.bsky.social @claudiacravens.bsky.social @sistersincrimela.bsky.social @sincworldwide.bsky.social