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
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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.
slate.com
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.
www.thecut.com
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.
slate.com
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.
slate.com
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...
www.thestar.com
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.
www.indiewire.com
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...
THE NAKED GUN was so, so good. just incredibly funny and well-done. one small-ish thing I absolutely loved was how much Danny Huston's performance as the villain seemed to be riffing off his dad's as Noah Cross
August 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
THE NAKED GUN was so, so good. just incredibly funny and well-done. one small-ish thing I absolutely loved was how much Danny Huston's performance as the villain seemed to be riffing off his dad's as Noah Cross
wrote about my experience watching hbo's big new billy joel documentary, which I really wanted to like despite disliking his music slate.com/culture/2025...
Billy Joel Is One of History’s Most Popular Musicians. So Why Do So Many of Us Hate Him?
Even the Piano Man seems ambivalent about his success.
slate.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
wrote about my experience watching hbo's big new billy joel documentary, which I really wanted to like despite disliking his music slate.com/culture/2025...
In recent years there seems to be a growing consensus among adults that music that children love is inherently awesome as art, and I am morbidly fascinated by this development. needless to say I would push back on it, lol
June 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In recent years there seems to be a growing consensus among adults that music that children love is inherently awesome as art, and I am morbidly fascinated by this development. needless to say I would push back on it, lol
it's impossible to do justice to sly's art and legacy but I did my best slate.com/culture/2025...
Sly Stone Didn’t Just Change Popular Music. He Changed It Twice.
The musical genius, who died on Monday, was a whole new thing.
slate.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
it's impossible to do justice to sly's art and legacy but I did my best slate.com/culture/2025...
sacha jenkins and rick derringer passing away within a few days of each other feels unexpectedly consonant to me. two obscenely talented people who influenced american music in profound and unique ways
May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
sacha jenkins and rick derringer passing away within a few days of each other feels unexpectedly consonant to me. two obscenely talented people who influenced american music in profound and unique ways
I thought SINNERS was phenomenal but a lot of the reviews i've read seem to miss the mark about what (I think) the movie is saying about american music. the porosity, and all the gruesomeness that comes with it, is the point
April 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I thought SINNERS was phenomenal but a lot of the reviews i've read seem to miss the mark about what (I think) the movie is saying about american music. the porosity, and all the gruesomeness that comes with it, is the point
re-upping from the weekend: I wrote about my favorite show on tv and why i'm going to miss it so very much slate.com/culture/2025...
What Separates the Best Comedy on TV From So Many of Its Peers
HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones will be remembered as a great work of art.
slate.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
re-upping from the weekend: I wrote about my favorite show on tv and why i'm going to miss it so very much slate.com/culture/2025...
wrote about my favorite show on tv, for probably the last time. the righteous gemstones was such a gift and i'm going to miss it so much slate.com/culture/2025...
The Best Comedy on TV Is Coming to a Hilarious, Heartfelt End
HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones will be remembered as a great work of art.
slate.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
wrote about my favorite show on tv, for probably the last time. the righteous gemstones was such a gift and i'm going to miss it so much slate.com/culture/2025...
I wrote about the new daredevil resurrection, which is unfortunately about as good as you'd expect from the current MCU slate.com/culture/2025...
Marvel Just Resurrected One of Its Greatest Superheroes. You Might Wish They’d Left Him Dead.
Seven years after Netflix’s Daredevil was canceled, the MCU has resurrected the superhero for Daredevil: Born Again.
slate.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I wrote about the new daredevil resurrection, which is unfortunately about as good as you'd expect from the current MCU slate.com/culture/2025...
the rotten tomatoes ranking of every best picture winner by tomatometer score is so funny
March 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
the rotten tomatoes ranking of every best picture winner by tomatometer score is so funny
what in the world www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...
Opinion | On Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in A ‘Complete Unknown’
A poem from Deborah Garrison about watching the actor’s transporting performance in “A Complete Unknown” and what may be lost in translation between the generations.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
what in the world www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/o...
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The ever eloquent @jackhamilton.bsky.social on the new Sly Stone doc Sly Lives! (@questlove.bsky.social and @jazzbeezy.bsky.social's highly anticipated follow-up to Summer of Soul, out now on Hulu), the burden of Black superstardom and the fascinating concept of "genius."
Questlove’s Brilliant New Documentary Takes On One of Music’s Greatest Mysteries
The new movie is about so much more than Sly Stone.
slate.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The ever eloquent @jackhamilton.bsky.social on the new Sly Stone doc Sly Lives! (@questlove.bsky.social and @jazzbeezy.bsky.social's highly anticipated follow-up to Summer of Soul, out now on Hulu), the burden of Black superstardom and the fascinating concept of "genius."
I wrote about SLY LIVES!, questlove's terrific new sly stone documentary slate.com/culture/2025...
Questlove’s Brilliant New Documentary Takes On One of Music’s Greatest Mysteries
The new movie is about so much more than Sly Stone.
slate.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I wrote about SLY LIVES!, questlove's terrific new sly stone documentary slate.com/culture/2025...
publicist pitch from hell
February 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
publicist pitch from hell
I wrote about the new led zeppelin documentary that's currently in theaters, which I really liked. more music docs that actually take their subject and audience seriously! slate.com/culture/2025...
They’re the Greatest Hard Rock Band in History. A New Documentary Finally Takes Them Seriously.
Becoming Led Zeppelin does something better than printing the legend.
slate.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I wrote about the new led zeppelin documentary that's currently in theaters, which I really liked. more music docs that actually take their subject and audience seriously! slate.com/culture/2025...
not his worst but "angie" might be my personal least favorite mick jagger vocal performance. it's so mawkish and hollow. amazing that it's the same guy who sang "shine a light" just a year earlier. to quote brennan huff what the fuck happened
February 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
not his worst but "angie" might be my personal least favorite mick jagger vocal performance. it's so mawkish and hollow. amazing that it's the same guy who sang "shine a light" just a year earlier. to quote brennan huff what the fuck happened