Different career path, for sure, but so few able to do the actor as “embrace.”

pretty sure i’m going to be at 3 views in my first week, which is not at all usual for me. truly, what a picture.

Even worse, I think it’s pretty charitable, and maybe not all that founded, to call these businesses “terrified.”

personal take is that the fascist thought and nazism is just the most potent lean-in on the nihilism. often feels like it’s a uniform on top of the nihilism, not the foundation.

a simple (admittedly deranged) example of this in reverse is Kinzinger’s popularity across the bipartisan center in IL, which i bet could net him a good share of votes in the Gov or Sen races here.

A divisive movie championed by Walter Chaw is precisely my taste. Planning to see it in Chicago with Aster Q&A.

I think the moment in Twilight where Newman momentarily discusses the nature of his, erm… injury, is something that almost no other actor could have delivered without bricking the movie. Pure craft.

Look on the bright side—I think Trump MAYBE just admitted that he pays Kid Rock and Ted Nugent to have dinner with him.

Was talking about this with a friend, and Jordan Peele is one of the only other proximally aged directors we could think of. (Along with Greta Gerwig, and at a lesser box-office level, Robert Eggers and the Safdies.)

not if you count the fifth Monkee, which you really should. if you count the fifth Monkee, there’s the same number, which is also interesting

First, Steves finds a way to talk about institutions and oligarchy that is dirt simple:

1. Institutions are PUBLIC WEALTH. They are our shared wealth, dammit.
2. Billionaires can't stand wealth they don't control.
3. So they are going to dismantle our public wealth to better bleed us dry

I’ve been where you’re at, and know how it feels. And thanks for your writing. (Should note: also enjoy it when your criticism is critical. Sometimes even prefer it!)