Megan Abbott
@meganabbott.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com
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Megan Abbott
@meganabbott.bsky.social
· May 24
Megan Abbott and the lure of private worlds
The crime writer talks about her new novel, “El Dorado Drive,” and what keeps her motivated: “I always want to go to a place I haven’t gone.”
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This interview was incredibly fun (and a great excuse to live out my film noir dreams with the photo shoot)
Big thanks to Sophia Nguyen (and to Amir Hamja)
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Big thanks to Sophia Nguyen (and to Amir Hamja)
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HBD, the incomparable Martin Scorsese, whose movies and commitment to art changed my life.
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
HBD, the incomparable Martin Scorsese, whose movies and commitment to art changed my life.
I was so wary of this, but it completely delighted me.
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‘Nouvelle Vague’ Review: Richard Linklater’s Ode to ‘Breathless’
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November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I was so wary of this, but it completely delighted me.
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Just in time for the holidays ❄️❄️🎄
Got to write about one of my favorite movies, Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT, for the stunning new Criterion 4K digital restoration...
ohttps://www.criterion.com/films/34534-eyes-wide-shut?srsltid=AfmBOoorcvuw0Dv3elxzFc7LYEvAIkUAVzRYu38kPS5oHFMgf3J-k5Zq
Got to write about one of my favorite movies, Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT, for the stunning new Criterion 4K digital restoration...
ohttps://www.criterion.com/films/34534-eyes-wide-shut?srsltid=AfmBOoorcvuw0Dv3elxzFc7LYEvAIkUAVzRYu38kPS5oHFMgf3J-k5Zq
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just in time for the holidays ❄️❄️🎄
Got to write about one of my favorite movies, Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT, for the stunning new Criterion 4K digital restoration...
ohttps://www.criterion.com/films/34534-eyes-wide-shut?srsltid=AfmBOoorcvuw0Dv3elxzFc7LYEvAIkUAVzRYu38kPS5oHFMgf3J-k5Zq
Got to write about one of my favorite movies, Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT, for the stunning new Criterion 4K digital restoration...
ohttps://www.criterion.com/films/34534-eyes-wide-shut?srsltid=AfmBOoorcvuw0Dv3elxzFc7LYEvAIkUAVzRYu38kPS5oHFMgf3J-k5Zq
Happy pub day to @sarahweinman.com! And get your hands on her brilliant and urgently important new book.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
She Was a Victim. She Became a Headline. Here, She’s a Person.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Happy pub day to @sarahweinman.com! And get your hands on her brilliant and urgently important new book.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
cormac mccarthy, full of surprises
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
cormac mccarthy, full of surprises
I saw this last night--one of the most intense, upsetting and thrilling nights at the theater I can recall.
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Oedipus on Broadway | Robert Icke’s Political Thriller
Direct from its Olivier Award-winning West End run, Oedipus arrives on Broadway. A gripping political thriller starring Mark Strong & Lesley Manville.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I saw this last night--one of the most intense, upsetting and thrilling nights at the theater I can recall.
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oedipustheplay.com
HBD the great Sam Shepard, always magnificent ruthless with his art, himself
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
HBD the great Sam Shepard, always magnificent ruthless with his art, himself
don't forget to vote!
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
don't forget to vote!
Who could have so much fun talking about two of the darkest of films noirs? Well, we could.
🕵️♂️ 405 - DETOUR (1945) + THE 7TH VICTIM (1943) ft.
@meganabbott.bsky.social 🕵️♂️
This week we kicked off Noirvember with two of the most dreamlike, expressionist & nihilistic 40s B-noirs.
Listen here:
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@meganabbott.bsky.social 🕵️♂️
This week we kicked off Noirvember with two of the most dreamlike, expressionist & nihilistic 40s B-noirs.
Listen here:
soundcloud.com/sleazoids/40...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
open.spotify.com/episode/0gHc...
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Who could have so much fun talking about two of the darkest of films noirs? Well, we could.
"All pain comes from desire."
Fantastic interview with @realgdt.bsky.social
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Fantastic interview with @realgdt.bsky.social
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Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"All pain comes from desire."
Fantastic interview with @realgdt.bsky.social
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Fantastic interview with @realgdt.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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Hedda is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, which is its wide release; it's terrific and, while I wish it had a long theatrical run (I saw it twice on the big screen—it's even better the second time), hard to imagine it even existing without a streamer's backing.
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Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda” Shoots Straight
This compelling adaptation of Ibsen’s classic play, starring Tessa Thompson and moving the action to nineteen-fifties England, expands and arguably deepens the original.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hedda is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, which is its wide release; it's terrific and, while I wish it had a long theatrical run (I saw it twice on the big screen—it's even better the second time), hard to imagine it even existing without a streamer's backing.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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“I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.”
HBD, the incendiary Sylvia Plath ...
HBD, the incendiary Sylvia Plath ...
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.”
HBD, the incendiary Sylvia Plath ...
HBD, the incendiary Sylvia Plath ...
"Do you like to watch?"
Our GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC episode (with @meganabbott.bsky.social) on Brian De Palma's BODY DOUBLE, released on this day in 1984:
“Body Double” with Megan Abbott
Edgar award-winning, New York Times-bestselling crime novelist and confirmed cinephile Megan Abbott joins us to chat about her latest hit, “El Dorado Drive,” and her long history with one of Brian De…
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October 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Do you like to watch?"
“I don’t hate hardly ever, and when I love, I love for miles and miles. A love so big it should either be outlawed or it should have a capital and its own currency.”
HBD Carrie Fisher, sorely missed ...
📷 Harry Benson, 1978
HBD Carrie Fisher, sorely missed ...
📷 Harry Benson, 1978
October 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“I don’t hate hardly ever, and when I love, I love for miles and miles. A love so big it should either be outlawed or it should have a capital and its own currency.”
HBD Carrie Fisher, sorely missed ...
📷 Harry Benson, 1978
HBD Carrie Fisher, sorely missed ...
📷 Harry Benson, 1978
“I’m not interested in realism. All my films hinge on the fantastic. I'm not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream.”
HBD, the great Jean-Pierre Melville ...
HBD, the great Jean-Pierre Melville ...
October 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“I’m not interested in realism. All my films hinge on the fantastic. I'm not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream.”
HBD, the great Jean-Pierre Melville ...
HBD, the great Jean-Pierre Melville ...
Turturro, charming as ever (and great taste)
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John Turturro | MUBI Picks at Posteritati | MUBI
YouTube video by MUBI
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October 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Turturro, charming as ever (and great taste)
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Rewatched one of my favorite underseen Keaton performances last night. What a loss.
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A ★★★★★ review of Shoot the Moon (1982)
Diane Keaton 💔 One of her very best performances in the best movie about divorce ever made. A masterful script, beautifully directed, full of humor, heartbreak and rue. You will never hear Bob Seger's...
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October 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Rewatched one of my favorite underseen Keaton performances last night. What a loss.
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boxd.it/blqT1R
my absolute favorite:
If you’ve never seen #DianeKeaton in SHOOT THE MOON, you’re missing out. An absolutely powerhouse performance that hits an astonishing range of notes. I promise, you’ll think of her every single time you hear “If I Fell.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
my absolute favorite:
Yet another reason to get rid of your Prime membership.
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Column | I tracked Amazon’s Prime Day prices. We’ve been played.
Here’s what you should do to actually get a good deal on Amazon.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Yet another reason to get rid of your Prime membership.
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“I never see my bad guys as simply bad. They want pretty much the same thing that you and I want: they want to be happy.”
HBD, the king himself, Elmore Leonard …
HBD, the king himself, Elmore Leonard …
October 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“I never see my bad guys as simply bad. They want pretty much the same thing that you and I want: they want to be happy.”
HBD, the king himself, Elmore Leonard …
HBD, the king himself, Elmore Leonard …
From the great novelist Sherwood Anderson, a letter to his son.
October 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
From the great novelist Sherwood Anderson, a letter to his son.
"morbidness, longing, the picturesque" — that seems right for THE TURNOUT, on this excellent list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...
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Dark Academia: A Starter Pack
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October 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"morbidness, longing, the picturesque" — that seems right for THE TURNOUT, on this excellent list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...
Came across this long-ago Frances McDormand interview (with Cameron Crowe) and found this gem:
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Came across this long-ago Frances McDormand interview (with Cameron Crowe) and found this gem:
“There is no doubt in my mind that the most beautiful music is sad, and the most beautiful photography is in a low-key, with rich blacks.”
HBD, cinematographer and noir master John Alton ...
HBD, cinematographer and noir master John Alton ...
October 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“There is no doubt in my mind that the most beautiful music is sad, and the most beautiful photography is in a low-key, with rich blacks.”
HBD, cinematographer and noir master John Alton ...
HBD, cinematographer and noir master John Alton ...