John Wall
@johnwall57.bsky.social
Author: Streamliner (Raymond Loewy bio), retired journalist/higher ed flack (Penn State, Juniata College). Former film critic for Thomson News Service, arts writer. USAF veteran and current VA hospital volunteer
It sounds like that one they published on Cormac McCarthy’s “ girlfriend.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It sounds like that one they published on Cormac McCarthy’s “ girlfriend.”
I think I’m going to read JUST the parodies of Nuzzi’s writing than waiting for the real article.
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I think I’m going to read JUST the parodies of Nuzzi’s writing than waiting for the real article.
A new area of expertise takes wing!
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A new area of expertise takes wing!
Is he in blue jeans?
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Is he in blue jeans?
Rick Atkinson's WW II trilogy is a masterpiece of narrative military history.
Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On is a masterpiece of long form reporting and narrative storytelling.
Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On is a masterpiece of long form reporting and narrative storytelling.
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Rick Atkinson's WW II trilogy is a masterpiece of narrative military history.
Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On is a masterpiece of long form reporting and narrative storytelling.
Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On is a masterpiece of long form reporting and narrative storytelling.
The lost art of posing with a lit( looks like hand-rolled) cigarette.
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The lost art of posing with a lit( looks like hand-rolled) cigarette.
Wasn’t the rationale that the cooking process smell permeates the clothes?
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Wasn’t the rationale that the cooking process smell permeates the clothes?
Writing like that makes you wish he was Woodward’s son.
November 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Writing like that makes you wish he was Woodward’s son.
He and Bari are shaping up to be the Sonny and Cher of the Trump Era.
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
He and Bari are shaping up to be the Sonny and Cher of the Trump Era.
Best years of our lives
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Best years of our lives
Ed Zwick is one of the few Major directors capable of understanding the military.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ed Zwick is one of the few Major directors capable of understanding the military.
The Song of Bernadette was shown every year at my Catholic elementary school in the 1960s--it was Gone With the Wind for the Ursuline nuns.
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The Song of Bernadette was shown every year at my Catholic elementary school in the 1960s--it was Gone With the Wind for the Ursuline nuns.
It looks like she'll have the same career arc as John Podhoretz, with the Ellisons standing in for Midge and Norman.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It looks like she'll have the same career arc as John Podhoretz, with the Ellisons standing in for Midge and Norman.
You have to couple it with a companion movie, The Little Girl who Lives Down The Lane, also with Jacoby and young Jodie Foster
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
You have to couple it with a companion movie, The Little Girl who Lives Down The Lane, also with Jacoby and young Jodie Foster
The environmental activist was Laurie David, Larry David’s real life wife. Now ex wife.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The environmental activist was Laurie David, Larry David’s real life wife. Now ex wife.
Because …. Polls are wrong.
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Because …. Polls are wrong.
Really the template for all the cold-blooded assassin films to follow.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Really the template for all the cold-blooded assassin films to follow.
Well, the barouche was the Cadillac (or Rolls-Royce) of its time.
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Well, the barouche was the Cadillac (or Rolls-Royce) of its time.
Might be a question for Benjamin Dreyer, if you follow him.
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Might be a question for Benjamin Dreyer, if you follow him.
Those were used primarily for telephone books, where space was at a premium.
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Those were used primarily for telephone books, where space was at a premium.
This guy looks like an extra for a musketeer movie
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This guy looks like an extra for a musketeer movie
Remember him well from Laugh In.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Remember him well from Laugh In.
Good! (I’m a veteran)
October 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Good! (I’m a veteran)
Out here in the sticks, we remember him only for his Get-in-front-of- it Covid briefings, then the harassment downfall.
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Out here in the sticks, we remember him only for his Get-in-front-of- it Covid briefings, then the harassment downfall.