Don't know what's worse: the slopification of all culture, or the media commentary on the slopification of all culture.

You tick off Big Ballet at your peril.

It Was Just an Accident is the best film to come out this year. A real film from a real cinematic artist.

The new Running Man should have been set in the metaverse when legs were invented.

Shooting the demimonde from the penthouse - in realrealrealism

A Beautiful Tragedy: Reimagining the Blacklist A Beautiful Tragedy: Reimagining the Blacklist | Vague Visages (Vawg-Vee-Sawj)

I have a new piece at Vague Visages about the Hollywood blacklist, political witch hunts and historical amnesia, if that's the sort of thing you'd like to read:

vaguevisages.com/2025/10/11/t...

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs - order now on DVD & Blu-ray YouTube video by BFITrailers

I've been thinking about this film a lot recently, for some reason:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Ds...

A Beautiful Tragedy: Reimagining the Blacklist A Beautiful Tragedy: Reimagining the Blacklist | Vague Visages

New by D.M. Palmer • A Beautiful Tragedy: Reimagining the Blacklist

vaguevisages.com/2025/10/11/t...

Say what you will about Lacan, the guy had a lovely smile.

Nobody did insufferable like Robin Williams,
as hard as some might try,
RIP to a real one.

The A24 guide to auteur heaven:

1. Make one entertaining 'elevated' genre film

2. Follow it up with a string of increasingly turgid, self-indulgent vanity projects with major stars

3. Befriend Marty

There is no room for perversion on the Professional Internet.

Tightrope Walker: Dirk Bogarde’s Post-War Rebellion Tightrope Walker: Dirk Bogarde’s Post-War Rebellion | Vague Visages

Dirk Bogarde and the spirit of post-war rebellion in the UK, if that's the sort of thing you'd be interested in reading about:

vaguevisages.com/2025/07/08/d...

Late night's loss will soon be podcasting's loss.

Tightrope Walker: Dirk Bogarde’s Post-War Rebellion Tightrope Walker: Dirk Bogarde’s Post-War Rebellion | Vague Visages

I have a new piece at Vague Visages about Dirk Bogarde and the spirit of rebellion in post-war Britain:

vaguevisages.com/2025/07/08/d...

i haven't been medically cleared to post today

one of these podcasts should rank all the Scorsese films

wheezing 'i am a fighter and not a quitter' while trapped under a giant boulder

i lost everything betting on Schwingen

Is the ability to do a perfect YouTube thumbnail face a God-given gift, or can it be learnt?

Nostalgia for the landfill.

Incredible to think that people are actually nostalgic for early-to-mid '00s culture.

"The Boss" shows up for one last rancid gasp of Boomer nostalgia.

BREAKING: Curtis Yarvin has been devoured by alligators.

The Western Enters the 70s - Part 1: Sam Peckinpah's Lonely Cowboy The Western Enters the 70s - Part 1: Sam Peckinpah's Lonely Cowboy | Vague Visages

Part 1 of a series I wrote about 70s westerns:

vaguevisages.com/2019/06/07/w...

The Western Enters the 70s – Part 2: Kicking Down the Doors The Western Enters the 70s – Part 2: Kicking Down the Doors | Vague Visages

Part 2 of a series I wrote about 70s westerns:

vaguevisages.com/2019/06/21/w...

The Western Enters the 70s – Part 3: Expansion Pains The Western Enters the 70s – Part 3: Expansion Pains | Vague Visages

Part 3 of a series I wrote about 70s westerns:

vaguevisages.com/2019/07/05/w...

The Western Enters the 70s – Part 4: The Iconoclast's Dilemma The Western Enters the 70s – Part 4: The Iconoclast's Dilemma | Vague Visages

Part 4 of a series I wrote about 70s westerns:

vaguevisages.com/2019/07/19/w...

I would suggest that constructing your moral universe around the dragon show is a bad idea 🤷

Hollywood Confronts Itself: Cynicism and Self-Doubt in the 50s Hollywood Confronts Itself: Cynicism and Self-Doubt in the 50s | Vague Visages

A piece I wrote about 1950s Hollywood:

vaguevisages.com/2019/08/09/5...