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
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
Look what the fuck someone did to my lock to steal my bike. I’m almost impressed
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Look what the fuck someone did to my lock to steal my bike. I’m almost impressed
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
One of her finest line readings
October 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
One of her finest line readings
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
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
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
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
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
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?
After my spinal surgery I was given a bland hospital cane, and I need to upgrade. Suggestions are welcome, but for now here is my fancy cane mood board
June 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
After my spinal surgery I was given a bland hospital cane, and I need to upgrade. Suggestions are welcome, but for now here is my fancy cane mood board
Me with my post-emergency spinal surgery cane
June 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Me with my post-emergency spinal surgery cane
This is almost certainly wrong
June 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is almost certainly wrong
What the hell is happening
June 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What the hell is happening
The most mind-blowing thing I learned this week is that William F. Buckley Jr. did not have a Mid-Atlantic accent. His upbringing was less patrician than peripatetic, producing the multi-ethnic blob that is one of the 20th century’s most euphonious sounds
June 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The most mind-blowing thing I learned this week is that William F. Buckley Jr. did not have a Mid-Atlantic accent. His upbringing was less patrician than peripatetic, producing the multi-ethnic blob that is one of the 20th century’s most euphonious sounds
Fans of Alan Partridge and ‘90s British comedy shows know this image from the original Mission: Impossible is very funny
May 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Fans of Alan Partridge and ‘90s British comedy shows know this image from the original Mission: Impossible is very funny
When I was a sheltered kid of 10 and 11 and 12, my favorite TV show was, randomly, about people sitting in a bar. George Wendt was a major fixture of that period of my life. RIP, and though I haven’t myself read it, I have it on good authority that this book is very enjoyable
May 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
When I was a sheltered kid of 10 and 11 and 12, my favorite TV show was, randomly, about people sitting in a bar. George Wendt was a major fixture of that period of my life. RIP, and though I haven’t myself read it, I have it on good authority that this book is very enjoyable
A 60-something David Niven may or may not have been randomly present at Damo Suzuki’s eardrum-shattering maiden show with Can, and he was profoundly unimpressed
May 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A 60-something David Niven may or may not have been randomly present at Damo Suzuki’s eardrum-shattering maiden show with Can, and he was profoundly unimpressed
I get voicemail. (Note: I have no idea who this is and these arrived within the same minute)
May 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I get voicemail. (Note: I have no idea who this is and these arrived within the same minute)
Sven Nykvist had quite the run here
April 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sven Nykvist had quite the run here
Been revisiting Madvillainy a lot recently, and somehow I never looked up some of the samples. This one blew my tiny mind
April 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Been revisiting Madvillainy a lot recently, and somehow I never looked up some of the samples. This one blew my tiny mind