Paul Matwychuk
@myelbow.bsky.social
PENTHOUSE and EIGHTEEN BRIDGES film columnist, co-host of the TRASH, ART & THE MOVIES podcast. Stairs in either direction are a nightmare.
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Unpopular opinion: my opinions should be more popular
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Unpopular opinion: my opinions should be more popular
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So the CBC are mind readers now?
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
So the CBC are mind readers now?
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on the first page of a book they used to say that you should never buy books at a discount with the covers ripped off. and it always made me mad i paid full price. no one ever told me where this coverless bookstore was
September 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
on the first page of a book they used to say that you should never buy books at a discount with the covers ripped off. and it always made me mad i paid full price. no one ever told me where this coverless bookstore was
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Elton John voice:
It seems to me / that you lived your life/ like a fuckin piece of shit
It seems to me / that you lived your life/ like a fuckin piece of shit
September 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Elton John voice:
It seems to me / that you lived your life/ like a fuckin piece of shit
It seems to me / that you lived your life/ like a fuckin piece of shit
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Henry Badowski - "My Face" [England, New Wave](1982) The whole album Life Is A Grand is prolly the best forgotten new wave record of the whole period. Recently reissued for the first time in 40-plus years. A true gem.
https://redd.it/1nbr0bg
https://youtu.be/EOuPeVbsej8
https://redd.it/1nbr0bg
https://youtu.be/EOuPeVbsej8
Henry Badowski - "My Face" [England, New Wave](1982) The whole album Life Is A Grand is prolly the best forgotten new wave record of the whole period. Recently reissued for the first time in 40-plus years. A true gem.
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Henry Badowski - "My Face" [England, New Wave](1982) The whole album Life Is A Grand is prolly the best forgotten new wave record of the whole period. Recently reissued for the first time in 40-plus years. A true gem.
https://redd.it/1nbr0bg
https://youtu.be/EOuPeVbsej8
https://redd.it/1nbr0bg
https://youtu.be/EOuPeVbsej8
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Snoop's ignorance reminds me of this dynamite passage from Bill Russell's book "Second Wind." He wrote this in 1979 and it still applies today: People use children to express their bigotry and narrow-mindedness.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Snoop's ignorance reminds me of this dynamite passage from Bill Russell's book "Second Wind." He wrote this in 1979 and it still applies today: People use children to express their bigotry and narrow-mindedness.
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*stuck in traffic because of an accident ahead* this better be good
July 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
*stuck in traffic because of an accident ahead* this better be good
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The six words every woman wants to hear
July 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The six words every woman wants to hear
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Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Gorgeous!!
The Jensen Sisters -I Can’t Deny [USA, rural lounge pop?](78) one of the loveliest records
https://redd.it/1l7kptl
https://youtu.be/DktyhbaPTsI
https://redd.it/1l7kptl
https://youtu.be/DktyhbaPTsI
The Jensen Sisters -I Can’t Deny [USA, rural lounge pop?](78) one of the loveliest records
youtu.be
June 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Gorgeous!!
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This clip has a way of disappearing off YouTube - but here Mel Brooks (#BOTD) tells the story of meeting - and hanging out with - Cary Grant. It's kind of a famous story but it's how he TELLS it. Starts at 9 minutes in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEjK...
Mel Brooks Hilarious Cary Grant Story | Carson Tonight Show
YouTube video by Johnny Carson
www.youtube.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This clip has a way of disappearing off YouTube - but here Mel Brooks (#BOTD) tells the story of meeting - and hanging out with - Cary Grant. It's kind of a famous story but it's how he TELLS it. Starts at 9 minutes in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEjK...
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Second look at strange women lying in ponds distributing swords as basis for government?
June 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Second look at strange women lying in ponds distributing swords as basis for government?
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Every streaming service should have two categories for documentaries, “Documentaries” and “Okay, But, Like, Actual Documentaries”.
June 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Every streaming service should have two categories for documentaries, “Documentaries” and “Okay, But, Like, Actual Documentaries”.
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I can’t think of anything more Orwellian than waking up to find out you’d transformed into a giant bug
May 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I can’t think of anything more Orwellian than waking up to find out you’d transformed into a giant bug
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my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
May 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies
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Look you might not like Carville, but you have to admit that, 33 years ago, he helped the most charismatic politician of my lifetime win 43% of the vote against an unpopular incumbent in the middle of a recession. Surely he knows what he's talking about.
April 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Look you might not like Carville, but you have to admit that, 33 years ago, he helped the most charismatic politician of my lifetime win 43% of the vote against an unpopular incumbent in the middle of a recession. Surely he knows what he's talking about.
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The surviving types of studio movies:
- Brutal horror-comedy shot in Australia
- Ordinary Man Has Awesome Kill Skills
- Authorized musician biopic
- Christian film that looks like Skyrizi ad
- Arch auteurist bit from 31yo A24 guy
- Christopher Nolan (biennial)
- 2010-style raunch comedy (biennial)
- Brutal horror-comedy shot in Australia
- Ordinary Man Has Awesome Kill Skills
- Authorized musician biopic
- Christian film that looks like Skyrizi ad
- Arch auteurist bit from 31yo A24 guy
- Christopher Nolan (biennial)
- 2010-style raunch comedy (biennial)
March 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The surviving types of studio movies:
- Brutal horror-comedy shot in Australia
- Ordinary Man Has Awesome Kill Skills
- Authorized musician biopic
- Christian film that looks like Skyrizi ad
- Arch auteurist bit from 31yo A24 guy
- Christopher Nolan (biennial)
- 2010-style raunch comedy (biennial)
- Brutal horror-comedy shot in Australia
- Ordinary Man Has Awesome Kill Skills
- Authorized musician biopic
- Christian film that looks like Skyrizi ad
- Arch auteurist bit from 31yo A24 guy
- Christopher Nolan (biennial)
- 2010-style raunch comedy (biennial)
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Reagan was such a good president that you can see his impact on nearly every measure of America's economy and livelihood ♥️ in that he destroyed everything for everyone and is in hell being tortured by demons right now
![Life Expectancy vs. Healthcare Spending
Over Time, from 1970 to 2014
[reagan fucked it up]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:awzzrtrcrvpnxi3ph2sbhxwv/bafkreigoo6hej24xrhel2xwcwz6bj27abtnwqagull3rweydak2xzmsysu@jpeg)
![United States Debt in 2014 Dollars and as Percent of GDP
[reagan fucked it up]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:awzzrtrcrvpnxi3ph2sbhxwv/bafkreigzqvxe3gejxl7bqoplcpaztty5uzv3p646gi4uclmfz7wso3n2lu@jpeg)
![Top Marginal Tax Rate from 1966 to 2014
[reagan fucked it up]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:awzzrtrcrvpnxi3ph2sbhxwv/bafkreifosqgwchxj3sieekssveapq4is4dh67nzqfnpqklmv5hedsds5y4@jpeg)
March 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reagan was such a good president that you can see his impact on nearly every measure of America's economy and livelihood ♥️ in that he destroyed everything for everyone and is in hell being tortured by demons right now
Man, what a contrast between Conan's Oscar monologue and the one Shane Gillis did on yesterday's SNL. The confidence of a pro who rolls with the jokes that don't land very hard versus a comedian who doesn't even seem comfortable telling jokes.
March 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Man, what a contrast between Conan's Oscar monologue and the one Shane Gillis did on yesterday's SNL. The confidence of a pro who rolls with the jokes that don't land very hard versus a comedian who doesn't even seem comfortable telling jokes.
Watching the latest ep of SEVERANCE with my wife. When the sinister nurse character was onscreen, she asked, "Is that Oscar de la Toya?" You will never in a million years guess what the hell she was talking about.
March 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Watching the latest ep of SEVERANCE with my wife. When the sinister nurse character was onscreen, she asked, "Is that Oscar de la Toya?" You will never in a million years guess what the hell she was talking about.
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YOUNG MAN, there's no need to feel down
i said YOUNG MAN, pagliacci the clown
you can SEE HIM
he is playing in town
you should go
and
have
a
good time
i said YOUNG MAN, pagliacci the clown
you can SEE HIM
he is playing in town
you should go
and
have
a
good time
February 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
YOUNG MAN, there's no need to feel down
i said YOUNG MAN, pagliacci the clown
you can SEE HIM
he is playing in town
you should go
and
have
a
good time
i said YOUNG MAN, pagliacci the clown
you can SEE HIM
he is playing in town
you should go
and
have
a
good time
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Not Like Us sitting there waiting like chekov’s gun right now
February 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Not Like Us sitting there waiting like chekov’s gun right now