Matt Prigge
@mattprigge.bsky.social
Senior Editor at The Week plus NYU prof. Bylines: Village Voice (rip), Uproxx, Vulture, Guardian, Metro (rip), Philly Weekly. mattprigge at gmail dot com https://www.mattprigge.com
Would watch a sitcom about Roberto Rossellini bringing a kangaroo home to Ingrid and the kids
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Would watch a sitcom about Roberto Rossellini bringing a kangaroo home to Ingrid and the kids
Was heartened at my UWS screening of Sentimental Value when a little jokette about Gaspae Noé’s 23-year-old Irreversible got the film’s biggest laugh
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Was heartened at my UWS screening of Sentimental Value when a little jokette about Gaspae Noé’s 23-year-old Irreversible got the film’s biggest laugh
Stoked to never have to think about Andrew Cuomo again for the rest of my days
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Stoked to never have to think about Andrew Cuomo again for the rest of my days
Caught up with Pret-à-Porter before it skedaddled from Criterion Channel and this crash zoom into Stephen Rea doing a face is among the wackiest shots in the Altman canon
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Caught up with Pret-à-Porter before it skedaddled from Criterion Channel and this crash zoom into Stephen Rea doing a face is among the wackiest shots in the Altman canon
Every other cyclist in the world after I finally have a bicycle stolen
October 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Every other cyclist in the world after I finally have a bicycle stolen
Caught up with John Badham’s Dracula, which is merely fine but which does sport Frank Langella as the only version of the Count I know of with a Mid-Atlantic accent
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Caught up with John Badham’s Dracula, which is merely fine but which does sport Frank Langella as the only version of the Count I know of with a Mid-Atlantic accent
Easily my favorite celebrity encounter ever. RIP to a queen
October 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Easily my favorite celebrity encounter ever. RIP to a queen
Shout-out to the apparent relatives of Jo Ann Harris who rolled out for Don Siegel's The Beguiled last night at Metrograph, who hooted when her name came up, and also to the dude who then shouted "Your grandma's hot!"
October 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Shout-out to the apparent relatives of Jo Ann Harris who rolled out for Don Siegel's The Beguiled last night at Metrograph, who hooted when her name came up, and also to the dude who then shouted "Your grandma's hot!"
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: I don’t like weighing in on movies in terms of topicality or personal shit, but I and a number of people I know and love have been going through some shit from several angles at once, so this kind of got to me. I also laughed my ass off
October 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: I don’t like weighing in on movies in terms of topicality or personal shit, but I and a number of people I know and love have been going through some shit from several angles at once, so this kind of got to me. I also laughed my ass off
Fond memories of watching Ken Jacob’s’ Star Spangled to Death over a winter break, watching it in fits when I could, lugging the discs around like Charlie Brown in that special where has to read War and Peace. RIP to one of the masters
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Fond memories of watching Ken Jacob’s’ Star Spangled to Death over a winter break, watching it in fits when I could, lugging the discs around like Charlie Brown in that special where has to read War and Peace. RIP to one of the masters
Watching The Great Waldo Pepper, which isn’t great though it’s much better than its non-reputation, but it has *genuinely* jaw-dropping aerial footage with Redford and Bo Svenson cruising around in vintage aircraft while endangering their lives to entertain. Impressive!
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Watching The Great Waldo Pepper, which isn’t great though it’s much better than its non-reputation, but it has *genuinely* jaw-dropping aerial footage with Redford and Bo Svenson cruising around in vintage aircraft while endangering their lives to entertain. Impressive!
How did I not know that there’s a 1985 TV movie called John & Yoko in which Peter Capaldi plays George Harrison
September 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How did I not know that there’s a 1985 TV movie called John & Yoko in which Peter Capaldi plays George Harrison
Watching The Way We Were for the first time and Young James Woods as a Marxist student protester who gets cucked at a university dance by Redford is simply beautiful stuff
September 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Watching The Way We Were for the first time and Young James Woods as a Marxist student protester who gets cucked at a university dance by Redford is simply beautiful stuff
I met Robert Redford twice. Once I was thrown into a room with him and Cate Blanchett, and when they both turned to look at me for my first question I somehow managed to speak. I have nothing original to say about him except he was incredibly kind and lovely and rest in peace man
September 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I met Robert Redford twice. Once I was thrown into a room with him and Cate Blanchett, and when they both turned to look at me for my first question I somehow managed to speak. I have nothing original to say about him except he was incredibly kind and lovely and rest in peace man
From Hyde and Go Tweet, in which the usually more conservative Friz Freleng briefly leans into Tex Avery/Bob Clampett territory
September 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
From Hyde and Go Tweet, in which the usually more conservative Friz Freleng briefly leans into Tex Avery/Bob Clampett territory
Things funnier than the “Surrender Dorothy” story from Martin Scorsese and Joseph Minion’s After Hours:
September 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Things funnier than the “Surrender Dorothy” story from Martin Scorsese and Joseph Minion’s After Hours:
I had one of my shittest ever summers — underwent emergency spinal surgery, doctors forbade me from cycling and even fucking swimming, was in lots of orthopedic pain, foot and leg torn up by an uncomfortable brace — but it did end with me seeing Oasis, and goddamn
September 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I had one of my shittest ever summers — underwent emergency spinal surgery, doctors forbade me from cycling and even fucking swimming, was in lots of orthopedic pain, foot and leg torn up by an uncomfortable brace — but it did end with me seeing Oasis, and goddamn
Still trying to score cheapish Oasis tickets for this weekend. In the meantime enjoying this presumably complete list of songs of theirs that feature “sun,” “shine," "shining," and/or "soul" www.tumblr.com/playmixt/978...
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August 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Still trying to score cheapish Oasis tickets for this weekend. In the meantime enjoying this presumably complete list of songs of theirs that feature “sun,” “shine," "shining," and/or "soul" www.tumblr.com/playmixt/978...
One of the tightest sections of my bookshelves, all heaters
August 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
One of the tightest sections of my bookshelves, all heaters
Per J. Hoberman’s Everything is Now, I’ve learned that city activist Jane Jacobs wrote this song with Bob Dylan to protest Robert Moses’ thankfully aborted highway that would have destroyed the Village — a detail not included in The Power Broker m.youtube.com/watch?v=9c09...
Listen, Robert Moses! (By Bob Dylan and Jane Jacobs)
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August 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Per J. Hoberman’s Everything is Now, I’ve learned that city activist Jane Jacobs wrote this song with Bob Dylan to protest Robert Moses’ thankfully aborted highway that would have destroyed the Village — a detail not included in The Power Broker m.youtube.com/watch?v=9c09...
I almost cried when after an hour of digital Highest 2 Lowest abruptly switched to 16
August 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I almost cried when after an hour of digital Highest 2 Lowest abruptly switched to 16
Been informed that I’m not allowed to get on my beloved bicycle till at least the end of August because of my Emergency Spinal Surgery from earlier this summer, but when I finally do, after two maddening months, I’ll look like this
August 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Been informed that I’m not allowed to get on my beloved bicycle till at least the end of August because of my Emergency Spinal Surgery from earlier this summer, but when I finally do, after two maddening months, I’ll look like this
An excellent frame from Naked Gun 2 1/2
August 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
An excellent frame from Naked Gun 2 1/2
Finally some good news: I wrote an essay about Neil Jordan for his once-hated, actually interesting escaped con priest movie We’re No Angels for its new blu-ray release by Cinématographe
July 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Finally some good news: I wrote an essay about Neil Jordan for his once-hated, actually interesting escaped con priest movie We’re No Angels for its new blu-ray release by Cinématographe
Crossing off my biggest unseen Hitch. Hitch and most everyone had a miserable time making it, Gregory Peck said it was the only picture he made that he’d like to have seen burned, its rep has long been that it’s the rare boring Hitchcock. How bad could it be?
July 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Crossing off my biggest unseen Hitch. Hitch and most everyone had a miserable time making it, Gregory Peck said it was the only picture he made that he’d like to have seen burned, its rep has long been that it’s the rare boring Hitchcock. How bad could it be?