Jack Hamilton
@jackhamilton.bsky.social
Professor of American Studies and Media Studies at the University of Virginia and pop critic for Slate magazine. Author of JUST AROUND MIDNIGHT: ROCK AND ROLL AND THE RACIAL IMAGINATION
phenomenal nile rodgers interview here, so much going on in this paragraph www.vulture.com/article/nile...
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
phenomenal nile rodgers interview here, so much going on in this paragraph www.vulture.com/article/nile...
"can't do it sally" has to be one of the coldest line readings in film history. RIP to one of the greatest www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFqg...
For Old Times' Sake
YouTube video by Bil Carter
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February 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
"can't do it sally" has to be one of the coldest line readings in film history. RIP to one of the greatest www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFqg...
shouldn't expect more from someone still obsessed with "cancel culture" in 2026 but this is just staggeringly ill-informed. wilson was absolutely exceptionally racist by the standards of his day, it's all over the historical record. even many of his present-day defenders concede this! read a book
February 15, 2026 at 3:29 PM
shouldn't expect more from someone still obsessed with "cancel culture" in 2026 but this is just staggeringly ill-informed. wilson was absolutely exceptionally racist by the standards of his day, it's all over the historical record. even many of his present-day defenders concede this! read a book
“Nothing but Trouble” (1991)
“Mother!” (2017)
“Mother!” (2017)
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
“Nothing but Trouble” (1991)
“Mother!” (2017)
“Mother!” (2017)
I think my favorite critique of the BB halftime show booking was "the players don't even listen to him!" which a) is almost certainly untrue and b) presumes that a whole bunch of dudes on, say, the 2009 saints were huge fans of the who
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I think my favorite critique of the BB halftime show booking was "the players don't even listen to him!" which a) is almost certainly untrue and b) presumes that a whole bunch of dudes on, say, the 2009 saints were huge fans of the who
Imagine if Bad Bunny came out and just did a whole set of CCR covers in a flawless Fogerty fake-Cajun accent
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Imagine if Bad Bunny came out and just did a whole set of CCR covers in a flawless Fogerty fake-Cajun accent
I think what i've come around to w/ cole is that if you always felt like his stuff was boring and derivative (as I did) then you also weren't really the intended audience for it (too old, too jaded). it reminds me some of the way older people used to complain about the strokes when I was younger
February 6, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I think what i've come around to w/ cole is that if you always felt like his stuff was boring and derivative (as I did) then you also weren't really the intended audience for it (too old, too jaded). it reminds me some of the way older people used to complain about the strokes when I was younger
weirdly comforting that we're doing j cole discourse once more... you can always go home again
February 6, 2026 at 7:47 PM
weirdly comforting that we're doing j cole discourse once more... you can always go home again
the people who are outraged over bad bunny are not worth engaging, they don't know anything about him and don't want to learn anything about him, they just need to be mad at whatever right-wing media tells them to be mad at because they've forgotten any other way to live their lives
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
the people who are outraged over bad bunny are not worth engaging, they don't know anything about him and don't want to learn anything about him, they just need to be mad at whatever right-wing media tells them to be mad at because they've forgotten any other way to live their lives
funniest thing about the kid rock clip is that it doesn't even seem like his mic is on
February 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
funniest thing about the kid rock clip is that it doesn't even seem like his mic is on
I teach this song in various contexts almost every semester and every time i'm reminded that it's one of the very best pieces of american art ever made www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKbP...
That's the Joint
YouTube video by Funky 4 + 1 - Topic
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January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I teach this song in various contexts almost every semester and every time i'm reminded that it's one of the very best pieces of american art ever made www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKbP...
David Adelman looks like a Garbage Pail Kid version of Pete Buttigieg
January 8, 2026 at 2:20 AM
David Adelman looks like a Garbage Pail Kid version of Pete Buttigieg
okay who let iñárritu make another movie
December 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
okay who let iñárritu make another movie
the dano thing was weird and stupid but suggesting that Tarantino doesn't watch non-Anglophone movies is one of the more insane things i've ever read
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
the dano thing was weird and stupid but suggesting that Tarantino doesn't watch non-Anglophone movies is one of the more insane things i've ever read
as a former 90s teen I am unconvinced of the necessity of a counting crows documentary
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
as a former 90s teen I am unconvinced of the necessity of a counting crows documentary
wrote about the new deluxe reissue of the best album that's called LET IT BE slate.com/culture/2025...
The Rock Masterpiece That’s One of the Great Quantum Leaps Forward by Any Band
One of the best albums of the 1980s is also one of the great albums about coming of age.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
wrote about the new deluxe reissue of the best album that's called LET IT BE slate.com/culture/2025...
Reposted by Jack Hamilton
We have the PREDATOR sequel PREDATOR: BADLANDS. Now we just need the BADLANDS sequel BADLANDS: PREDATOR.
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We have the PREDATOR sequel PREDATOR: BADLANDS. Now we just need the BADLANDS sequel BADLANDS: PREDATOR.
i'm in the middle of listening to this and it's unsurprisingly really great. check it out!
I'm thrilled to announce the pilot episode for a new sports history podcast called Replay Booth. The pilot, "Wilbur Huckle for President," is live now. If you liked Slow Burn and/or One Year and/or Hang Up and Listen, you'll love this www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...
www.replaybooth.show
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
i'm in the middle of listening to this and it's unsurprisingly really great. check it out!
slate's doing a pop-up series on biopics so of course I wrote about the GOAT slate.com/culture/2025...
America’s Greatest Living Filmmaker Does His Best Work in a Much-Criticized Genre
The director of Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and The Wolf of Wall Street shows the secret to saving the biopic.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
slate's doing a pop-up series on biopics so of course I wrote about the GOAT slate.com/culture/2025...
awesome story, truly takes some unexpected twists and turns www.thecut.com/article/nann....
The Nanny Who Moved in and Wouldn’t Move Out
A couple thought they’d found Mary Poppins. Until she refused to leave.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
awesome story, truly takes some unexpected twists and turns www.thecut.com/article/nann....
oh okay i'm just supposed to trust the guy who got fired from g'n'r
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
oh okay i'm just supposed to trust the guy who got fired from g'n'r
from over the weekend: I reviewed HBO's new IT spinoff series, which is mostly just terrible slate.com/culture/2025...
HBO’s Big New Show Accomplishes One Thing: Ruining Stephen King’s Masterpiece
It: Welcome to Derry accomplishes one thing: Ruining Stephen King’s masterpiece.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
from over the weekend: I reviewed HBO's new IT spinoff series, which is mostly just terrible slate.com/culture/2025...
deleted social media from my phone a while back so haven't been around much lately but dropping in here to share something I wrote about d'angelo, whose music meant the world to me slate.com/culture/2025...
The Man Behind Two of the Greatest Albums of the Century Is Gone
D’Angelo fused hip-hop with R&B like no one had before—then kept on exploring.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
deleted social media from my phone a while back so haven't been around much lately but dropping in here to share something I wrote about d'angelo, whose music meant the world to me slate.com/culture/2025...
this would seem to blow a pretty big hole in the idea that the clippers didn't know about kawhi's fake sponsorship deal www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...
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September 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
this would seem to blow a pretty big hole in the idea that the clippers didn't know about kawhi's fake sponsorship deal www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...
the best lists are both highly thoughtful/informed and deftly calibrated to ignite a ton of arguments. on both counts this is a real triumph www.indiewire.com/lists/best-7...
The 100 Best Movies of the 1970s
From "Alien" and "All that Jazz" to "World on a Wire" and "Zabriskie Point," these are the films that defined the '70s.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
the best lists are both highly thoughtful/informed and deftly calibrated to ignite a ton of arguments. on both counts this is a real triumph www.indiewire.com/lists/best-7...