coleman spilde
@colemanjspilde.bsky.social
critic for work. silly beautiful guy for life.
ahead of opening night at #nyff, i wrote about ‘after the hunt,’ a mercurial and cruel provocation that tests its audience’s wits and questions the modern desire to define heroes from villains in a ceaseless search for answers. i absolutely loved it. www.salon.com/2025/09/25/a...
“After the Hunt” is a slippery study of our desire to wield power
In Luca Guadagnino’s timely drama, Julia Roberts is out for millennial blood at a steep cost.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
ahead of opening night at #nyff, i wrote about ‘after the hunt,’ a mercurial and cruel provocation that tests its audience’s wits and questions the modern desire to define heroes from villains in a ceaseless search for answers. i absolutely loved it. www.salon.com/2025/09/25/a...
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On this note, I absolutely endorse this @salon.com review of the now Emmy-winning Adolescence by @colemanjspilde.bsky.social
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/a...
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/a...
September 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
On this note, I absolutely endorse this @salon.com review of the now Emmy-winning Adolescence by @colemanjspilde.bsky.social
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/a...
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/a...
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"Escola didn’t catch up to the culture; the culture caught up to them. Their win and ongoing success are fate manifested, a testament to the power of hard work and uncompromising vision. Sometimes, the right things still happen."
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"Oh, Mary!" star Cole Escola manifested their Tony win the old-fashioned way
The smash-hit play is the result of Escola's uncompromising vision and flair for the absurdly strange.
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June 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Escola didn’t catch up to the culture; the culture caught up to them. Their win and ongoing success are fate manifested, a testament to the power of hard work and uncompromising vision. Sometimes, the right things still happen."
Read the story by @colemanjspilde.bsky.social ⬇️
Read the story by @colemanjspilde.bsky.social ⬇️
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Chloë Sevigny and Lily McInerny star in "Bonjour Tristesse," a lush, haunting remake from Durga Chew-Bose. In an interview with Salon's @colemanjspilde.bsky.social, the stars open up about fleeting beauty, aging, creativity and the ache of feelings we can’t quite name.
www.salon.com/2025/05/02/i...
www.salon.com/2025/05/02/i...
In "Bonjour Tristesse," Chloë Sevigny and Lily McInerny try to capture beauty before it slips away
The stars of Durga Chew-Bose's remake find languid, new resonance in the most beguiling film of the year.
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May 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Chloë Sevigny and Lily McInerny star in "Bonjour Tristesse," a lush, haunting remake from Durga Chew-Bose. In an interview with Salon's @colemanjspilde.bsky.social, the stars open up about fleeting beauty, aging, creativity and the ache of feelings we can’t quite name.
www.salon.com/2025/05/02/i...
www.salon.com/2025/05/02/i...
david cronenberg has a very singular, special way of addressing the humor in our mortality and the deeply ironic pain of living and losing. wrestled with that for my review of ‘the shrouds,’ his prickly, agonizing, and hilarious latest. www.salon.com/2025/04/19/w...
With "The Shrouds," cinema's great body horror auteur goes for something a little lighter: grief
Perhaps the greatest living filmmaker, Cronenberg's latest — a flawed, dynamic look at loss – doesn't disappoint.
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April 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
david cronenberg has a very singular, special way of addressing the humor in our mortality and the deeply ironic pain of living and losing. wrestled with that for my review of ‘the shrouds,’ his prickly, agonizing, and hilarious latest. www.salon.com/2025/04/19/w...
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Salon's @colemanjspilde.bsky.social praises Lady Gaga's Coachella performance:
"A striking vision like Gaga’s is critical in proving that beauty is not lost; it’s just harder to find, and her Coachella masterpiece makes our world all the more beautiful just by existing."
"A striking vision like Gaga’s is critical in proving that beauty is not lost; it’s just harder to find, and her Coachella masterpiece makes our world all the more beautiful just by existing."
April 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Salon's @colemanjspilde.bsky.social praises Lady Gaga's Coachella performance:
"A striking vision like Gaga’s is critical in proving that beauty is not lost; it’s just harder to find, and her Coachella masterpiece makes our world all the more beautiful just by existing."
"A striking vision like Gaga’s is critical in proving that beauty is not lost; it’s just harder to find, and her Coachella masterpiece makes our world all the more beautiful just by existing."
nurse, he’s out! ahead of coachella weekend two, i wrote 2440 words on lady gaga’s “the art of personal chaos,” a magnificent live spectacle where the superstar reminds us beauty is not lost, just harder to find. www.salon.com/2025/04/16/l...
Lady Gaga's Coachella spectacle makes a case for beauty in an ugly world
The superstar's second headlining show in the desert is a magnificent display of artistry when we need it the most.
www.salon.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
nurse, he’s out! ahead of coachella weekend two, i wrote 2440 words on lady gaga’s “the art of personal chaos,” a magnificent live spectacle where the superstar reminds us beauty is not lost, just harder to find. www.salon.com/2025/04/16/l...
should i try to get back on here. i’m trying to get back on here. i’m also trying to get off social monday to friday. girl i’m trying to go full 2004 i want two hours of screen time a day and to only use it to play cartoon network dot com games
April 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
should i try to get back on here. i’m trying to get back on here. i’m also trying to get off social monday to friday. girl i’m trying to go full 2004 i want two hours of screen time a day and to only use it to play cartoon network dot com games
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Really lovely tribute to Val Kilmer here from @colemanjspilde.bsky.social www.salon.com/2025/04/02/v...
Val Kilmer, Hollywood's oddball bad boy, was the real deal until the end
Dead at 65, Kilmer spent his life in pursuit of wonderful things, even if it meant rubbing others the wrong way.
www.salon.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Really lovely tribute to Val Kilmer here from @colemanjspilde.bsky.social www.salon.com/2025/04/02/v...
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it’s almost like journalism has long since been overtaken by a media industry centering the perspectives of the establishment as the default for ‘neutrality’ & any deviation from that ruse gets you fired & shunned.
even if you do speak up you can only go so far within their ‘decorum’ boundaries.
even if you do speak up you can only go so far within their ‘decorum’ boundaries.
One week in and @sulliview.bsky.social is right to worry:
"I worry that Big Journalism is going to treat a lot of what’s happening as almost normal. In fact, in some cases, they’ve been explicitly ordered to do so by the big bosses."
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"I worry that Big Journalism is going to treat a lot of what’s happening as almost normal. In fact, in some cases, they’ve been explicitly ordered to do so by the big bosses."
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/beware-the...
Beware the sanewashing ahead on Trump's second term
Mainstream journalists do essential reporting but pull their punches. Plus: what you can do right now.
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January 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
it’s almost like journalism has long since been overtaken by a media industry centering the perspectives of the establishment as the default for ‘neutrality’ & any deviation from that ruse gets you fired & shunned.
even if you do speak up you can only go so far within their ‘decorum’ boundaries.
even if you do speak up you can only go so far within their ‘decorum’ boundaries.
scraped my soul to write about david lynch’s radically empathetic filmmaking by examining my favorite recurring image in his work: the long road in the dead of night.
would mean a lot to me if you read it. i’m so grateful to have the platform to share it. www.salon.com/2025/01/25/d...
would mean a lot to me if you read it. i’m so grateful to have the platform to share it. www.salon.com/2025/01/25/d...
David Lynch's films pull back the red curtain on our shared reality
Though surreal and sometimes impenetrable, Lynch's films lead us down dark roads to curious, new possibilities.
www.salon.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
scraped my soul to write about david lynch’s radically empathetic filmmaking by examining my favorite recurring image in his work: the long road in the dead of night.
would mean a lot to me if you read it. i’m so grateful to have the platform to share it. www.salon.com/2025/01/25/d...
would mean a lot to me if you read it. i’m so grateful to have the platform to share it. www.salon.com/2025/01/25/d...
i have been horribly neglectful of this platform which i hope to change in 2025. but first, here’s jlo’s brilliant mind singing a mashup of auld lang syne and live it up.
January 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
i have been horribly neglectful of this platform which i hope to change in 2025. but first, here’s jlo’s brilliant mind singing a mashup of auld lang syne and live it up.
personal news! next week i’m joining the culture team @salonnewsroom.bsky.social as a senior staff writer, where i’ll be tightening the scope of my criticism and analysis to film. i’m so grateful and even more excited to keep writing with empathy and wit about my favorite art form in the world.
November 27, 2024 at 12:18 AM
personal news! next week i’m joining the culture team @salonnewsroom.bsky.social as a senior staff writer, where i’ll be tightening the scope of my criticism and analysis to film. i’m so grateful and even more excited to keep writing with empathy and wit about my favorite art form in the world.
is bluesky a place that will be responsive to my latest crush aka this guy i saw hosting an hgtv show my boyfriend’s mom was watching
November 24, 2024 at 4:48 PM
is bluesky a place that will be responsive to my latest crush aka this guy i saw hosting an hgtv show my boyfriend’s mom was watching
had a productive meeting and filed a review (assuming everyone has already marked their calendars for monday when i announce news) and though those both brought me great joy, nothing can compare to taking in the latest lindsay lohan holiday “spectacular” on the couch with a beloved friend
November 23, 2024 at 12:29 AM
had a productive meeting and filed a review (assuming everyone has already marked their calendars for monday when i announce news) and though those both brought me great joy, nothing can compare to taking in the latest lindsay lohan holiday “spectacular” on the couch with a beloved friend
every day proud to have been born and raised in the greatest city on earth
In Bismarck for a show. Saw a wall that forbade kissing. Went to a restaurant that had a wall of kisses. We asked the waitress if it was a North Dakota thing and she looked aghast. “But there’s one across the street and one here,” we said. “That has nothing to do with ours,” she replied
November 20, 2024 at 4:05 AM
every day proud to have been born and raised in the greatest city on earth
‘wicked’ has its shortcomings (that consistently baffling lighting design!) but entertainment value isn’t one of them. it’s a bewitching, timely holiday movie spectacle, made with plucky earnestness that’ll charm fans and newcomers alike. my review for salon: www.salon.com/2024/11/19/w...
"Wicked" is a bewitching spectacle that smartly probes who has power in a beloved fairy tale
Cynthia Erivo is moving while Ariana Grande delights in an entertaining holiday event film that defies expectations
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November 19, 2024 at 8:09 PM
‘wicked’ has its shortcomings (that consistently baffling lighting design!) but entertainment value isn’t one of them. it’s a bewitching, timely holiday movie spectacle, made with plucky earnestness that’ll charm fans and newcomers alike. my review for salon: www.salon.com/2024/11/19/w...
wearing this to the premiere of my latest review which you can read oh so soon
November 19, 2024 at 7:42 PM
wearing this to the premiere of my latest review which you can read oh so soon
one of my biggest hopes rn is that we get a feature-length doc that follows charli from the conception of brat up to its release and through the phenomenon of the next six months. preferably intercut with sweat tour footage/backstage clips. could be on par with ‘truth or dare’ no not kidding
November 19, 2024 at 12:42 AM
one of my biggest hopes rn is that we get a feature-length doc that follows charli from the conception of brat up to its release and through the phenomenon of the next six months. preferably intercut with sweat tour footage/backstage clips. could be on par with ‘truth or dare’ no not kidding
this benefits me in ways you can’t imagine
November 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
this benefits me in ways you can’t imagine
autumn morning color yaaaayyy
November 18, 2024 at 2:10 PM
autumn morning color yaaaayyy
enjoying both the rhyme and the reality of being a bluesky reply guy
November 18, 2024 at 1:41 PM
enjoying both the rhyme and the reality of being a bluesky reply guy
one of these lookalike competitions needs to take place at a career fair damn
November 17, 2024 at 10:44 PM
one of these lookalike competitions needs to take place at a career fair damn
hearing this in ‘just my luck’ when i was 11 rerouted my entire life i was like oh my god music should be able to make your soul feel like it’s touching heaven music.apple.com/us/album/onl...
Only This Moment by Röyksopp on Apple Music
Song · 2005 · Duration 3:55
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November 17, 2024 at 3:44 AM
hearing this in ‘just my luck’ when i was 11 rerouted my entire life i was like oh my god music should be able to make your soul feel like it’s touching heaven music.apple.com/us/album/onl...