The cover of BFI Film Classics volume VELVET GOLDMINE — a pink and blue watercolor rendering of Brian Slade — sits on a tabletop on Scrabble tiles

IT’S REAL! It’s full color! It’s coming to a bookstore near you (in a little while)!
I cannot wait till my VELVET GOLDMINE book is out in the world (on June 11! Less than 2 months away!)

Preorders from @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social or your favorite bookstores

absolutely wonderful news--congratulations!

Y'all, this book is the real deal--buy two because you're going to want to give one to someone before you finish chapter two!

I have some huge news! I am making my debut on a Criterion disc for their stunning 4k restoration of Neil Jordan's THE CRYING GAME. I wrote an essay for the booklet and I'm very excited for everyone to check it out.

www.criterion.com/films/33812-...

"This episode of Grayhawk 10 is sponsored by ..."

I want a Car Talk-style show that's just Bob calling Comrade Josh.

Tell me you’re reading INFINITE JEST without telling me you’re reading INFINITE JEST.

David Lynch’s American Dreamscape How are David Lynch's films as much in dialogue with literary and musical traditions as they are cinematic ones? By interrogating this question, David Lynch's A…

I wrote a book about the books and music David Lynch’s films are in conversation with.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/david-lyn...

Find Him if you wanna get found.

I’m teaching INFINITE JEST again this summer for @roundtable92ny.bsky.social—join me for a thematic tour through this novel for its 30th anniversary!
roundtable.org/live-courses...

So excited to get my hands on a hard copy of this review.

Just finished draft one of a little thing I've been working on.

Joan Cusack: Best Supporting Energy Five scenes in five unexpected movies to showcase the actor's irrepressible talents.

For Women Writers Week, Jen Johans writes about Joan Cusack, and how she’s "crackling, high-voltage live wire who commits to scenes with an intensely funny mischievous ferocity."

It's so great and clarifying on so many levels--thank you for writing it.

"A movie like Blue Velvet and a performance like Rossellini’s have to make us feel uncomfortable in order for it to be honorable. They hold true to her experiences by showing us that Vallens is a woman with no protection from her emotions and her exposed vulnerability."

Superb essay.

The Mysteries of Dorothy Vallens: On Isabella Rossellini in “Blue Velvet” A look at one of the most essential performances of the '80s.

I was invited to participate in Women Writers Week at the Ebert website, and I wrote about Isabella Rossellini's performance in BLUE VELVET, and how she helped guide the film into its dark and mysteries places.

www.rogerebert.com/women-writer...

Yeah I watched the State of the Union

It's amazing how close to each other most of them are. Really reinforces the small-town feel.

13. The kid who lived here had the longest tongue in the world ...

12. Party House

11. Ben's (This Is It)

10. The Warehouse

9. The Slow Club

8. Arlene's

7. Beaumont's Hardware

6. Sandy's house

5. There's trouble till the robins come ...

4. Sandy's School

3. The Deep River Apartments ...

2. Where he finds the ear ...