Mark Harris
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Freelance: T, New York, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
A lady in her eighties who lives in my building asked me if she should see Marty Supreme, or as she put it, "the one about the pisher who thinks he's a big shot," and I don't think this movie has anything to teach her that she doesn't already know.
December 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A lady in her eighties who lives in my building asked me if she should see Marty Supreme, or as she put it, "the one about the pisher who thinks he's a big shot," and I don't think this movie has anything to teach her that she doesn't already know.
Please stop printing out and posting my nightmares, it's intrusive.
Y’all ever walk into a public restroom and immediately whisper “Jesus Christ”
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Please stop printing out and posting my nightmares, it's intrusive.
I'm late to Pluribus but I've seen 6 now and my gosh. Staggeringly well-made, pleasurable television. I'm slightly bewildered by the people who find it slow; I've been mesmerized. Feels like it says something new about the seductiveness of giving in/up and who's cut out for the misery of resistance.
December 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I'm late to Pluribus but I've seen 6 now and my gosh. Staggeringly well-made, pleasurable television. I'm slightly bewildered by the people who find it slow; I've been mesmerized. Feels like it says something new about the seductiveness of giving in/up and who's cut out for the misery of resistance.
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The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
Trump looked pretty rough today -- note that both of his hands are discolored
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
(Joe Raedle/Getty)
December 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.
Everyone is being very hard on Vichy homosexual Ric Grenell about this, and...please continue.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Everyone is being very hard on Vichy homosexual Ric Grenell about this, and...please continue.
I miss the days before covid, when in New York, in Times Square or a crowded subway, you would sometimes see people wearing masks and think, "Why are they wearing those? Oh, right--it's none of my fucking business." Let's get back to that.
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I miss the days before covid, when in New York, in Times Square or a crowded subway, you would sometimes see people wearing masks and think, "Why are they wearing those? Oh, right--it's none of my fucking business." Let's get back to that.
Delightfully bonkers that someone decided these two movies would make a good "comedian double feature."
December 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Delightfully bonkers that someone decided these two movies would make a good "comedian double feature."
My curmudgeonly thought for the day: We would not need so many "The ending of blahblahblah EXPLAINED" videos if full-length works of narrative fiction were still routinely taught in grades 5-12. If fairly straightforward plotlines are baffling this many people, something has gone seriously wrong.
December 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My curmudgeonly thought for the day: We would not need so many "The ending of blahblahblah EXPLAINED" videos if full-length works of narrative fiction were still routinely taught in grades 5-12. If fairly straightforward plotlines are baffling this many people, something has gone seriously wrong.
That frustrating moment when all your deleted Bluesky drafts begin "As I believe I clearly said..."
December 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
That frustrating moment when all your deleted Bluesky drafts begin "As I believe I clearly said..."
Most of what I wrote this year was a book. And I can't share that yet. But I did write a handful of stories that I liked, and since this is the week many of us share our year's work, here are three. 1) An essay on Paul Reubens and the painful history of the closet. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/t... >
Coming Out of the Closet Was a Liberation. Why Are Some Peeking Back In?
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Most of what I wrote this year was a book. And I can't share that yet. But I did write a handful of stories that I liked, and since this is the week many of us share our year's work, here are three. 1) An essay on Paul Reubens and the painful history of the closet. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/t... >
I sort of get the "Avatar has no cultural impact" argument, because it connects to what Cameron prioritizes in his movies. Going to that movie is like visiting a self-contained world, and people clearly love doing it, but most people couldn't tell you who "Jack Champion" is if you held them hostage.
December 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I sort of get the "Avatar has no cultural impact" argument, because it connects to what Cameron prioritizes in his movies. Going to that movie is like visiting a self-contained world, and people clearly love doing it, but most people couldn't tell you who "Jack Champion" is if you held them hostage.
Heavy snow, and my neighborhood in NYC, including the main thoroughfare of Amsterdam Avenue, is woefully unplowed. Thanks, Mamda--no, wait, I googled and apparently the mayor of New York is someone named...Eric Adams?
December 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Heavy snow, and my neighborhood in NYC, including the main thoroughfare of Amsterdam Avenue, is woefully unplowed. Thanks, Mamda--no, wait, I googled and apparently the mayor of New York is someone named...Eric Adams?
One more Heated Rivalry thought: As a journalist I have participated for literal DECADES in the "Will audiences ever accept a frankly sexual romance between two hot actors?" discussion. It has always been used as an imaginary gay benchmark: "We'll know we've won when the day comes that..." etc. >
December 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
One more Heated Rivalry thought: As a journalist I have participated for literal DECADES in the "Will audiences ever accept a frankly sexual romance between two hot actors?" discussion. It has always been used as an imaginary gay benchmark: "We'll know we've won when the day comes that..." etc. >
One interesting lesson of the show's success for me: Queer culture can get ahead of its consumers and decide that some big, monolithically defined version of "we" have all moved past stories about coming out, embracing our identity, figuring out what being gay means. Clearly, "we" have not.
Just finished Heated Rivalry. What has happened with this show in the last few weeks is just wild and FAST. True surprise hits are so rare. Do these two guys even understand that they're stars now?
December 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One interesting lesson of the show's success for me: Queer culture can get ahead of its consumers and decide that some big, monolithically defined version of "we" have all moved past stories about coming out, embracing our identity, figuring out what being gay means. Clearly, "we" have not.
Just finished Heated Rivalry. What has happened with this show in the last few weeks is just wild and FAST. True surprise hits are so rare. Do these two guys even understand that they're stars now?
December 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just finished Heated Rivalry. What has happened with this show in the last few weeks is just wild and FAST. True surprise hits are so rare. Do these two guys even understand that they're stars now?
Once again!
I try to remember to say this at the end of every year. If you buy my books, thank you. If you buy them as ebooks or audiobooks, thank you. If you buy them used, thank you. If you borrow them from a library, thank you. If you borrow them from a friend or steal them from an enemy, thank you. ❤️
Library purchases are purchases. They pay the press. The press counts them towards advances and royalties. And (gasp) the book is in a library!! It’s wonderful and no one should ever feel bad about getting a book through a library instead of buying it.
December 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Once again!
Guests kissed goodbye, dishes done, stomachs full, Criterion Channel selection made. In this household, The Shining is a Christmas movie.
December 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Guests kissed goodbye, dishes done, stomachs full, Criterion Channel selection made. In this household, The Shining is a Christmas movie.
"Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas."
A time to cherish the axiom that his posts are always about him.
A time to cherish the axiom that his posts are always about him.
Trump says the people who “thought Epstein was the greatest guy on earth, only to drop him like a dog when things got too HOT” are “sleazebags.”
Trump is criticizing people who…stopped hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein?
Trump is criticizing people who…stopped hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein?
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas."
A time to cherish the axiom that his posts are always about him.
A time to cherish the axiom that his posts are always about him.
Shoutout to all of my raised-mostly-culturally-Jewish-but-with-a-Catholic-mother-so-grew-up-loving-Christmas friends!
(We are many.)
(We are many.)
December 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Shoutout to all of my raised-mostly-culturally-Jewish-but-with-a-Catholic-mother-so-grew-up-loving-Christmas friends!
(We are many.)
(We are many.)
Okay. This menu has been perfectly planned and timed. What did I forget?
[has tense fight over random ingredient]
[drops dish on floor, curses]
[slashes thumb while washing newly sharpened knife]
Ah, yes. NOW it's Christmas!
[has tense fight over random ingredient]
[drops dish on floor, curses]
[slashes thumb while washing newly sharpened knife]
Ah, yes. NOW it's Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay. This menu has been perfectly planned and timed. What did I forget?
[has tense fight over random ingredient]
[drops dish on floor, curses]
[slashes thumb while washing newly sharpened knife]
Ah, yes. NOW it's Christmas!
[has tense fight over random ingredient]
[drops dish on floor, curses]
[slashes thumb while washing newly sharpened knife]
Ah, yes. NOW it's Christmas!
Wishing you all a peaceful moment today! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Room Tone 2025
Celebrate the holiday season with this special treat from our production team.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Wishing you all a peaceful moment today! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Connor Storrie's long Russian monologue in Heated Rivalry E5: HOT. And impressive.
December 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Connor Storrie's long Russian monologue in Heated Rivalry E5: HOT. And impressive.
The gall of this opportunistic shill. Unearned self-confidence is truly a disease.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The gall of this opportunistic shill. Unearned self-confidence is truly a disease.