Thomas Lowery
@tlowery.bsky.social
Writer, mostly fiction https://linktr.ee/thomaslowery
Finally saw Del Toro's Frankenstein. Overall I really liked this. visually sumptuous as expected. I also really appreciated the way it streamlined parts of the original tale to highlight and further address the relationship between creator and creation.
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Finally saw Del Toro's Frankenstein. Overall I really liked this. visually sumptuous as expected. I also really appreciated the way it streamlined parts of the original tale to highlight and further address the relationship between creator and creation.
Annual reminder that Prisoners is a great Thanksgiving movie
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Annual reminder that Prisoners is a great Thanksgiving movie
Nothing like a visit to the mound for a hearty theological discussion. I've always admired Peanuts from afar, but this makes me want to give it a deeper look
I wrote about one of my favorite Peanuts comic strips of all time—and a whole bunch of other ones—and why this one might be the richest single expression of Charles Schulz’s interests and imaginative world.
“Peanuts”: Suffering, baseball, and religion
[comics and the problem of evil]
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November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Nothing like a visit to the mound for a hearty theological discussion. I've always admired Peanuts from afar, but this makes me want to give it a deeper look
My latest writing strategy for fiction: making a bullet-point list of scenes and details on the notes section of my phone. I love it because I can do it anywhere and every time I add a bullet point, I feel like I'm getting work done. It then makes the actual writing process much easier for me
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My latest writing strategy for fiction: making a bullet-point list of scenes and details on the notes section of my phone. I love it because I can do it anywhere and every time I add a bullet point, I feel like I'm getting work done. It then makes the actual writing process much easier for me
I found a box of Ohio Blue Tip matches at an estate sale and had to pick them up. Fans of the movie Paterson will understand
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I found a box of Ohio Blue Tip matches at an estate sale and had to pick them up. Fans of the movie Paterson will understand
I was listening to a podcast and the host said something along the lines of "I don't like writing, but I love having written." So true! Writing can sometimes be very taxing, but when the work's done, the rewards are immense
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I was listening to a podcast and the host said something along the lines of "I don't like writing, but I love having written." So true! Writing can sometimes be very taxing, but when the work's done, the rewards are immense
Rainy day in Chicago!
October 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Rainy day in Chicago!
The 70s Midwest aesthetic of The Mastermind looks amazing. Can't wait www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWok...
THE MASTERMIND | Official Trailer | In Theaters this October
YouTube video by MUBI
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October 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The 70s Midwest aesthetic of The Mastermind looks amazing. Can't wait www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWok...
Literary folks, make sure to check out the Hay Festival in Dallas this weekend, Oct 17-19. The lineup this year is stacked and includes legends like Claudia Rankine and Junot Diaz! #dallasislit www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture...
One Of The Best Literature Festivals In The World Is Heading To Dallas
The global literature festival heads to Dallas this fall, with events at the Wild Detectives and the Texas Theatre.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Literary folks, make sure to check out the Hay Festival in Dallas this weekend, Oct 17-19. The lineup this year is stacked and includes legends like Claudia Rankine and Junot Diaz! #dallasislit www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture...
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the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.
sort of love that Kiran Desai won the Booker prize and then spent two decades crafting her next novel www.youtube.com/watch?v=27YN...
Booker Prize-winning author Kiran Desai is back after 20-year hiatus
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
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September 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
sort of love that Kiran Desai won the Booker prize and then spent two decades crafting her next novel www.youtube.com/watch?v=27YN...
Fall movie season has arrived!
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Fall Movie Season is Here
Quite frankly, it’s the best time of year
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September 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Fall movie season has arrived!
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Hamnet was rapturously received at Telluride and currently boasts a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. When people talk about festivals being a launchpad for Awards contenders, this is a perfect example. Hits theaters Thanksgiving weekend.
September 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hamnet was rapturously received at Telluride and currently boasts a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. When people talk about festivals being a launchpad for Awards contenders, this is a perfect example. Hits theaters Thanksgiving weekend.
There were many years when I aspired to become a professional film critic. Reading Michael Phillips in the Tribune (and watching him co-host At the Movies in 2009 with AO Scott!) was a big reason why. Very sad news.
A bit of news: The Chicago Tribune has deemed the post of film critic non-essential, and therefore zeroed-out that post. My options were to take a newsroom reassignment to be named later, or a buyout to be taken more or less immediately. So...(1/3)
August 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
There were many years when I aspired to become a professional film critic. Reading Michael Phillips in the Tribune (and watching him co-host At the Movies in 2009 with AO Scott!) was a big reason why. Very sad news.
For fans of the Daily Rituals books, Mason Currey has a new one coming out called Making Art and Making a Living. Can't wait! bookshop.org/p/books/maki...
Making Art and Making a Living: Adventures in Funding a Creative Life
Adventures in Funding a Creative Life
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August 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
For fans of the Daily Rituals books, Mason Currey has a new one coming out called Making Art and Making a Living. Can't wait! bookshop.org/p/books/maki...
I've been a fan of Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners since 2013. Even if the script has problems, it's one of the best directed genre films I've ever seen. And I love that it's now inspiring big movies like Weapons.
August 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I've been a fan of Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners since 2013. Even if the script has problems, it's one of the best directed genre films I've ever seen. And I love that it's now inspiring big movies like Weapons.
Ugh. As a devotee of the literary world, this sucks
someone else will have to come up with actual numbers, but losing book reviews from the AP means losing them from all the local papers that already aren’t paying critics to write reviews directly for them
August 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ugh. As a devotee of the literary world, this sucks
Not sure how I missed Zadie Smith's essay on Tár, but it's tremendous and in some ways feels like the definitive piece on this amazing motion picture www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Instrumentalist | Zadie Smith
During the first ten minutes of Tár, it is possible to feel that the critic Adam Gopnik is a better actor than Cate Blanchett. They sit together on a New
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August 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Not sure how I missed Zadie Smith's essay on Tár, but it's tremendous and in some ways feels like the definitive piece on this amazing motion picture www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Chilly Saturday afternoon, getting some writing done at The Wild Detectives #dallas #wilddetectives #literarydallas
December 8, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Chilly Saturday afternoon, getting some writing done at The Wild Detectives #dallas #wilddetectives #literarydallas
It's hard to start writing the second draft of a novel, but once you do, and you really see the thing start taking shape, it feels very exciting
December 6, 2024 at 6:54 PM
It's hard to start writing the second draft of a novel, but once you do, and you really see the thing start taking shape, it feels very exciting
"There was something unwholesome and pathetic about the 1925 Phantom, who scuttled like a rat in the cellars of the Paris Opera and nourished a hopeless love for Christine. The modern Phantom is more like a perverse Batman with a really neat cave." Classic Ebert
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'Phantom' merits a look, but don't bother listening movie review (2004) | Roger Ebert
The question at this point is whether "The Phantom of the Opera" is even intended to be frightening. It has become such a product of modern popular art that
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December 4, 2024 at 3:27 PM
"There was something unwholesome and pathetic about the 1925 Phantom, who scuttled like a rat in the cellars of the Paris Opera and nourished a hopeless love for Christine. The modern Phantom is more like a perverse Batman with a really neat cave." Classic Ebert
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/andr...
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/andr...
"Several films released this year have featured performances by female protagonists whose silence is neither a mark of trauma nor a state of oppression to be overcome but a deliberate strategy, whether for the purposes of introspection, self-preservation or self-discovery." Outstanding piece!
I wrote a little thing for the @nytimes.com's T Magazine about a spate of recent film performances by women who speak very little--not because their voices are being repressed, but because silence is their own particular way of wielding power. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/t...
Why Some of the Year’s Best Performances Are From Actresses Who Say Very Little
Films like “Conclave” and “Bird” provide a stark contrast to the recent succession of films about women finding their voices.
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December 3, 2024 at 4:13 PM
"Several films released this year have featured performances by female protagonists whose silence is neither a mark of trauma nor a state of oppression to be overcome but a deliberate strategy, whether for the purposes of introspection, self-preservation or self-discovery." Outstanding piece!
"Dune: Part 2 uncovers the ugly truths that inform how, why, and what happens when we worship heroes." Really enjoyed this piece by Chase Hutchinson on the darkness of Villeneuve's sci-fi epic www.ign.com/articles/dun...
Dune: Part 2 Shows We Need a Feel-Bad Sci-Fi Movie Series - IGN
There are no heroes in Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part 2, and that's just as author Frank Herbert intended.
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December 3, 2024 at 3:33 AM
"Dune: Part 2 uncovers the ugly truths that inform how, why, and what happens when we worship heroes." Really enjoyed this piece by Chase Hutchinson on the darkness of Villeneuve's sci-fi epic www.ign.com/articles/dun...
A year after reading it, still thinking about this outstanding essay on writing and having a day job by @rpmirabella.bsky.social
As I've weathered a whirlwind of life changes, it's been very helpful magazine.catapult.co/dont-write-a...
As I've weathered a whirlwind of life changes, it's been very helpful magazine.catapult.co/dont-write-a...
On Writing (with a Day Job)
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November 28, 2024 at 11:14 PM
A year after reading it, still thinking about this outstanding essay on writing and having a day job by @rpmirabella.bsky.social
As I've weathered a whirlwind of life changes, it's been very helpful magazine.catapult.co/dont-write-a...
As I've weathered a whirlwind of life changes, it's been very helpful magazine.catapult.co/dont-write-a...
Love this. Alissa Wilkinson offers up a succinct breakdown of whether or not you should stay for a movie's closing credits. And it's 2024, so AI is now a part of the argument
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/m...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/m...
Should I Sit Through the Movie’s Closing Credits?
The film has ended, but the names of the many people who worked on it are rolling across the screen. Do you stick around?
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November 26, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Love this. Alissa Wilkinson offers up a succinct breakdown of whether or not you should stay for a movie's closing credits. And it's 2024, so AI is now a part of the argument
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/m...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/m...