New Order will enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year — but will they put aside their differences to perform together? We spoke with Peter Hook of New Order and Joy Division about how the splintered group could reunite.
New today on the site!!!
An interview with @carriecourogen.bsky.social on writing the first fulls scale biography about the elusive & ever brilliant Elaine May, going down internet rabbit holes, her writing inspirations, and a deep love for ISHTAR.
good ass movie
Sad to see this ingratitude towards the Democrats for enabling the killings of tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza. Please give credit where it's due.
hell yeah, snagged one!
I've added *5* more of these to the shop after selling through the initial pre-order (that I had already bumped up to 25)! Thank you all so much!
Look:
A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE by Jordan Harper
book trailer
directed by Ijaaz Noohu
youtu.be/T-vgZmWN5-w?...
The Reagan counterrevolution only deepened America's problems. It turned the country against government and against taxation. Remember, after eight Republican years in the 1950s, with George Humphrey as Secretary of the Treasury, the highest marginal tax rate was 91 percent. Contrast that with the situation last year when the rich acted as if raising it from 28 to 32 percent were the end of Western Civilization. So overwhelming is that opposition, that politicians who privately see no other alternative to raising taxes, remain silent, because to favor tax hikes publicly would be political suicide.
the past is another country
Delighted to share that my first attempt at color correcting a faded and fragile print from the library's collection is now online for viewing! Far from perfect, but I'm just happy to have been able to help get Rob Williams' The Matter With Me out there in a better quality than previously available.
Great news! UNION COUNTY, the fantastic feature debut from writer-director Adam Meeks with a never-better Will Poulter, was just picked up by Oscilloscope Laboratories for a theatrical release to come in summer/fall 2026. Read my review below from back at Sundance to get ready 📽️
Next year will be the 10th anniversary of this joke still not being dated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssj_...
Israeli forces have destroyed over 1,000 homes daily since March 2, according to Lebanon’s scientific research council.
ben stiller reserving it for when we finally see lumon's board on SEVERANCE
Pretty frustrating that the New York Times is crediting AP with uncovering the existence of Aadam’s archive when I reported on it 15 months prior. chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...
I'm glad you're enjoying! and yeah that's weird. chris are you reading the right critics? lol.
A standalone hit gets a second season with longer episodes, more characters, and bigger stars… and it’s good?
Hey, I had a hard time believing it, too. But “Beef” Season 2 rules. www.indiewire.com/criticism/sh...
Great critical piece from @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social on Dr. Al-Hashimi and The Pitt s2 finale:
"Her ending is anti-climactic and abrupt because it doesn’t feel like Al-Hashimi’s story line was about her as much as it was about Robby."
www.vulture.com/article/the-...
This week’s action roundup is a super heavy weight! If you want to stay caught up on news related to action cinema and the people who love it we’ve got you covered at The Desk. Here are podcasts, trailers, articles, CinemaCon updates and more bits you’ll dig news.rsclfilms.com/the-week-in-...
fox coverage of ramy being on SESAME STREET and daring to say the word "habibi" is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. pathetic reading off the charts. exactly like taylor sheridan's THE MADISON positing that the scariest thing to do is walk down luxurious fifth avenue
this is awesome, and people should also check out Kurt’s short films, which are incredible too
and that he's named BURBERRY. perfect.
aside from my gobsmacked awe at how the pitt pulls off its practical effects, my feature on the finale is really motivated by a small set of questions:
how does robby see himself? how does the show see him? and is there any daylight between those two perspectives?
www.vulture.com/article/the-...
“Perspective is more important than truth when it comes to making a film that is personal.” — Sophy Romvari
One of my favorite interviews ever, on the aching and awe-inspiring gift of a film that is BLUE HERON, for
@letterboxd.social: boxd.it/35Q
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without lionizing Leo XIV too much, i think people are brought up short by encountering someone in a position of authority who seems to have commitments to stable concepts of right and wrong that supersede class loyalty to other powerful people (which is largely the same as what Dan is saying)
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MAD BILLS TO PAY, the first feature by Dominican American director Joel Alfonso Vargas, opens in NYC tomororw (LA on May 1st). It’s a vibrant portrait of a young Latino man in the Bronx who is confronting fatherhood. Here’s my review out of Sundance 2025: variety.com/2025/film/re...
