Infuriating.

John McCain’s widow (!), Cindy, is saying this. This is not a drill.

A must-read: ⁦

New York Magazine⁩ teamed up with the staff of the student-led ⁦Columbia Daily Spectator⁩ to turn out this vivid oral history of the Columbia University protests and arrests nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Saw The Fall Guy on Thursday and Bilge Ebiri’s behind-the-scenes article made it even more enjoyable in retrospect. Read this - and then go see the movie!

If you want more original summer blockbusters, I'm begging you to go have the absolute best time at the theater you'll have this year by seeing The Fall Guy.

One of the best things is when a writer finds that thing they can’t stop writing fun stories on.

I loved it so much I may try and see The Fall Guy again this weekend, what a blast

wait what

For The New Republic, I wrote about Ryusuke Hamaguchi's excellent and unsettling modern fable EVIL DOES NOT EXIST, a movie that grows larger and bleaker in the rear view. newrepublic.com/article/181196…

I was recording a video when they sprayed me with pepper spray on May 1st. I finally looked at it and I saw some of the people behind me, around me, and what they were doing. You can see the spray. I've got a video of that red sweatshirt guy using pepper spray earlier.

Consider hiring me to write about film music because I’m very good at it - don’t believe me? Ask Mondo, the British Film Institute, Arrow Video, Film Stories, Roger Ebert, Fangoria, The Quietus, and other places that my words have graced

New Hamaguchi good, sad. vulture.com/article/evil-d…

This from Brian Newman Sub Genre Media newsletter. mailchi.mp/f2367d51449c/m…

“Critics are within their rights to dislike Taylor Swift’s latest album.” The phrasing of this particular sentence is…interesting. Like we’re getting off on a legal technicality or something.

my roommate's gofundme has already raised a truly incredible amount in a short span of time, but if you are able to donate or just share it is much appreciated. grateful for the outpouring of love here from everybody. gofundme.com/f/emergency-re…