Welp I saw The Ballad of Wallis Island and found the Sundance movie I'm going to be championing for the next year. I have a cold stony heart but damned if it didn't get a tear out of me. The Tom Basden/Tim Key Oscar train starts here!

It's our 3rd Christmas TV movie special, and this time it's the surprisingly good Hallmark Hall of Fame James Garner/Julie Andrews romance ONE SPECIAL NIGHT

Joining us is the delightful @audreyfox.bsky.social.

Here or wherever you get podcasts!

open.spotify.com/episode/6s28...

Give Paul Mescal's thighs an Oscar already

Hey friends, quick PSA: If you read a listicle and disagree with it, I promise it's ok if you just move on with your life instead of tracking down the personal email of the writer to let them know they're dumb and wrong

Have been working on this for a while -- got the chance to do an oral history of Night of the Comet, one of my absolute fave '80s horror movies, over at @nerdist.bsky.social!

nerdist.com/article/nigh...

Hi there editors! Due to one of my main outlets having budget cuts heading into Sundance, I'm still looking for commissions -- let me know if you need any coverage, especially for films screening exclusively in person!

A post-fall festival roundup of my favorite films of 2023!

Can't wait until the sex scene discourse nerds watch Poor Things

Catching the tail end of NYFF but am very excited to check out Poor Things, Janet Planet, The Curse, Maestro, All Of Us Strangers, and May December -- trying to make the most of just under 48 hours!

Am officially on the ground in Toronto for my 5th #TIFF as press -- can't wait to get started, say hi if you see me around!

Wrote this piece over at Crooked Marquee for the 25th anniversary of Saving Private Ryan -- give it a read if you're so inclined!

https://crookedmarquee.com/saving-private-ryan-and-the-world-war-ii-everyman/

Ronald Reagan died 6969 days ago today. 1 reskeet is 1 piss on his grave

I have drawn a line in the sand and threads is way the fuck over there, Zuck's not fooling me again

when movies get deleted for tax reasons, they should legally become public domain. people should be allowed to upload it anywhere they want. that's the tradeoff you make if you wanna delete your own movie released this year for a few extra bucks, and i think it's fair

It's the 4th of July so I want to share the most American piece of US foreign policy I know: the US has a habit of not signing international treaties, not because it doesn't support them, but because it doesn't want to set the PRECEDENT of letting the United Nations TeLL tHeM wHaT tO dO.

Having 15,000 followers on Tw*tter but 20 (?) on here makes me feel like a cab driver who was a doctor in their home country that got politically destabilized by the CIA.

Reconnecting with my Twitter mutuals

Thought for a while about what my first post should be and obviously landed on Paul Newman in Venice