Keith Phipps
@kphipps3000.bsky.social
Movies, etc. for GQ, Vulture, Ringer and more. Co-host Next Picture Show. With @scotttobias.bsky.social I write The Reveal: http://thereveal.film. Author of AGE OF CAGE. He/Him
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The Reveal
A film newsletter from Keith Phipps and Scott Tobias. Reviews, essays, lists, commentaries, community.
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For new followers: Hello! I mostly post about movies and other forms of pop culture here (with a dash of despair about Everything That's Going On). The best way to read me regularly is at The Reveal, the film newsletter I co-write with @scotttobias.bsky.social. Paid subscribers keep us going!
Yeah, but it would still be cool.
February 19, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Yeah, but it would still be cool.
DONNIE DARKO then pause to do a double feature of EVIL DEAD and LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST.
The one example I can think of where this might actually enhance the experience would be GOODBYE, DRAGON INN/ DRAGON INN. (Okay maybe SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE/FRANKENSTEIN, too.)
Y’know when the characters in a movie go to see a movie and it feels really meta? Well, with an “Ultimate Double Feature,” we play the first movie up until the point when they enter a cinema to watch a different film… then we play that film… then we go back to the first film to finish that story.
February 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM
DONNIE DARKO then pause to do a double feature of EVIL DEAD and LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST.
We… did! How could I forget? Also, did not know a zero was possible.
February 18, 2026 at 11:56 PM
We… did! How could I forget? Also, did not know a zero was possible.
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For the fourth straight year, I've written a ranked guide to this year's Oscar-nominated shorts in all three categories. You can use it to seek out good movies *and* win the office Oscar pool. No paywall on this one, either. thereveal.film/worst-to-bes...
Worst to Best: The 2026 Oscar Shorts Nominees
A survey of this year's Oscar shorts contenders reflects a mood of global distress. And three bonus donkeys.
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February 18, 2026 at 4:33 PM
For the fourth straight year, I've written a ranked guide to this year's Oscar-nominated shorts in all three categories. You can use it to seek out good movies *and* win the office Oscar pool. No paywall on this one, either. thereveal.film/worst-to-bes...
It's always extra annoying when artists who have been widely supported by critics say this sort of nonsense.
February 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
It's always extra annoying when artists who have been widely supported by critics say this sort of nonsense.
100% medically accurate.
February 18, 2026 at 2:59 AM
100% medically accurate.
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Today at The Reveal: Wes Anderson's BOTTLE ROCKET at 30.
“You and I both respond to goals”: ‘Bottle Rocket’ at 30
'Bottle Rocket' helped establish Wes Anderson as a major filmmaker and Luke and Owen Wilson as movie stars. But it's always been more than just a humble indie launching pad.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Today at The Reveal: Wes Anderson's BOTTLE ROCKET at 30.
What a [Tom Cruise] picture!
February 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
What a [Tom Cruise] picture!
Audio commentary I'm listening to:
Guy 1: This man made a big name for himself. Remember the Tom Cruise picture?
Guy 2: About the race cars?
Guy 1: No, about flying. [long pause] Top Gun.
Guy 1: This man made a big name for himself. Remember the Tom Cruise picture?
Guy 2: About the race cars?
Guy 1: No, about flying. [long pause] Top Gun.
February 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Audio commentary I'm listening to:
Guy 1: This man made a big name for himself. Remember the Tom Cruise picture?
Guy 2: About the race cars?
Guy 1: No, about flying. [long pause] Top Gun.
Guy 1: This man made a big name for himself. Remember the Tom Cruise picture?
Guy 2: About the race cars?
Guy 1: No, about flying. [long pause] Top Gun.
Kind of a precursor to "Either they can't hear us or they don't understand" in THE LIFE AQUATIC.
February 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Kind of a precursor to "Either they can't hear us or they don't understand" in THE LIFE AQUATIC.
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Today is the first anniversary of this post. I'm still looking for more work/a new job. If anyone here is looking for a culture journalist with deep experience in reporting, critical analysis, cover stories, etc, let's connect. Highlights of my work are below. Full portfolio and email are in my bio.
As I am back on the job hunt (and, in the meantime, the freelance work hunt), I'm dropping a thread of some of my proudest work here for consideration. Contact info and journalism portfolio are both linked in my bio. www.huffpost.com/entry/future...
The Future Of 'Sesame Street' Hangs In The Balance. Its Core Audience Might Not Care.
The news that Max has ended its partnership with the iconic series raises questions about whether the show really abandoned its mission years ago.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Today is the first anniversary of this post. I'm still looking for more work/a new job. If anyone here is looking for a culture journalist with deep experience in reporting, critical analysis, cover stories, etc, let's connect. Highlights of my work are below. Full portfolio and email are in my bio.
Today at The Reveal: Wes Anderson's BOTTLE ROCKET at 30.
“You and I both respond to goals”: ‘Bottle Rocket’ at 30
'Bottle Rocket' helped establish Wes Anderson as a major filmmaker and Luke and Owen Wilson as movie stars. But it's always been more than just a humble indie launching pad.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Today at The Reveal: Wes Anderson's BOTTLE ROCKET at 30.
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Unless Frederick Wiseman was working on another film when he died, his final work will be Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros, my favorite documentary of 2023 (and in my overall Top 5 of all movies that year). Making masterpieces all the way to the end. We were blessed to have him for so long.
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Unless Frederick Wiseman was working on another film when he died, his final work will be Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros, my favorite documentary of 2023 (and in my overall Top 5 of all movies that year). Making masterpieces all the way to the end. We were blessed to have him for so long.
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TBC: David is a very good boy who is too pure for this world.
February 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
TBC: David is a very good boy who is too pure for this world.
Every day I get a little closer to turning into one of the Flesh Fair celebrants in AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
February 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Every day I get a little closer to turning into one of the Flesh Fair celebrants in AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Born in 1970: Ted Cruz, Melania Trump, Kirk Cameron, Fred Durst. (But also Ethan Hawke, Raekwon and Tina Fay.)
February 13, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Born in 1970: Ted Cruz, Melania Trump, Kirk Cameron, Fred Durst. (But also Ethan Hawke, Raekwon and Tina Fay.)
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We’re all trying to do something for our neighbors in need here in Minnesota. My wife and I want to raise money to get diapers to families who need them.
Never run a GoFundMe before. Please help if you can.
gofund.me/299cbf1ff
Never run a GoFundMe before. Please help if you can.
gofund.me/299cbf1ff
Donate to Help Saint Paul Families Provide Diapers for Kids, organized by Jill Moe
Kids in Minnesota need diapers.
Amid the ongoing ICE occupation, many f… Jill Moe needs your support for Help Saint Paul Families Provide Diapers for Kids
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February 13, 2026 at 1:14 AM
We’re all trying to do something for our neighbors in need here in Minnesota. My wife and I want to raise money to get diapers to families who need them.
Never run a GoFundMe before. Please help if you can.
gofund.me/299cbf1ff
Never run a GoFundMe before. Please help if you can.
gofund.me/299cbf1ff
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Four reviews up today from @kphipps3000.bsky.social and I at The Reveal, and I'll say I'm generally pleased to note that you will have a compelling experience at all of them. This isn't supposed to happen in February. thereveal.film/in-review-wu...
In Review: ‘“Wuthering Heights”,’ ‘Pillion,’ ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,’ ‘Crime 101’
A big week at the movies includes an unconventional Emily Brontë adaptation, an unconventional love story, a tale about the end of the world, and a meat-and-potatoes crime thriller.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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Four reviews up today from @kphipps3000.bsky.social and I at The Reveal, and I'll say I'm generally pleased to note that you will have a compelling experience at all of them. This isn't supposed to happen in February. thereveal.film/in-review-wu...
In Review: ‘“Wuthering Heights”,’ ‘Pillion,’ ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,’ ‘Crime 101’
A big week at the movies includes an unconventional Emily Brontë adaptation, an unconventional love story, a tale about the end of the world, and a meat-and-potatoes crime thriller.
thereveal.film
February 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Four reviews up today from @kphipps3000.bsky.social and I at The Reveal, and I'll say I'm generally pleased to note that you will have a compelling experience at all of them. This isn't supposed to happen in February. thereveal.film/in-review-wu...
Today the The Reveal: A bounty of reviews! You can read @scotttobias.bsky.social on PILLION and CRIME 101. And you can read me on "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" and GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE.
In Review: ‘“Wuthering Heights”,’ ‘Pillion,’ ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,’ ‘Crime 101’
A big week at the movies includes an unconventional Emily Brontë adaptation, an unconventional love story, a tale about the end of the world, and a meat-and-potatoes crime thriller.
thereveal.film
February 12, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Today the The Reveal: A bounty of reviews! You can read @scotttobias.bsky.social on PILLION and CRIME 101. And you can read me on "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" and GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE.
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I wrote about what now looks like the most prescient dystopian vision of the dystopian movie boom years of the '10s.
‘The Purge’ Saw All This Coming
The horror franchise’s vision of an authoritarian dystopia echoes throughout the news of the day.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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