currently at the Ford dealership and all the 20 y/o sales bros are losing it over Charlie Kirk shooting

Love this ‘stack. Made GR much more understandable and will do the same for M&D, I’m sure.

One the eve of the release of One Battle After Another, I wrote about Vineland again--this time the role of TV (or the Tube) and the Thanatoids. Also a little bit about MJ Lenderman. remybarnes.substack.com/p/you-know-i-l…

Everything you are all saying about Paul Thomas Anderson has a subtle but profound wrongness about it that might have in the past driven someone to madness. Also the band Geese

If you were ever curious to know my thoughts about every PTA film EXCEPT for OBAA, here's your chance: remybarnes.substack.com/p/punch-drunk-…

Wrote about OBAA over at elsewhere remybarnes.substack.com/p/one-take-aft…

Only correct Drafthouse take

Simple answer: these movies look bad and are while OBAA looks good and is 🤷‍♂️

Wrote about The Chair Company, Enshittification, Kafka and Pynchon over at remybarnes.substack.com/p/the-chair-co…

… Ottessa Moshfegh?

John Waters names Ari Aster's #Eddington the best film of 2025: "If you don’t like this film, I hate you.” See his full top 10: thefilmstage.com/john-waters-to…

remybarnes.substack.com/p/wont-somebod…

Wrote on the Jacob Savage Compact piece remybarnes.substack.com/p/wont-somebod…

alternately, you can read an article that IS stupid. remybarnes.substack.com/p/wont-somebod…

Forgot I submitted this lol but read my new piece out in BRUISER, my favorite lit rag

The Golden Fang. Tommy Pynchon right again.