I went on one of my favorite podcasts (Pure Cinema Podcast) to talk about shark movies, Billy Zane’s TOMBSTONE hair, and other fun movie stuff!

I had a great time talking about Vietnam movies on The B-Side. Thanks for having me on!

For the new issue of NOIR CITY Magazine, I wrote about some of my favorite L.A. crime movies of the 1980s, from TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. to 8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE to 52 PICK-UP. If you donate to Film Noir Foundation, you get a copy of the whole issue, which looks rad: shorturl.at/moBM0

For The New York Times, I wrote about the decades-long fight over Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War," one of the most celebrated YA novels ever written--and one of the most hotly contested: shorturl.at/eiwBF

Hey MALKOVICH! Think fast! Brian Raftery is here with MZS to discuss BEING JOHN MALKOVICH today at 5!

Dallas, Texas: today at 5 PM at TexasTheatre we show being John Malkovich! Then I will interview author Brian Raftery about the movie, and his book on films of 1999. Tickets here: thetexastheatre.com/film/class-of-…

For The New York Times, I wrote about the 25th anniversary of Thomas Harris' "Hannibal," the long-anticipated blockbuster that was greeted with huge sales--and some hard-to-digest reviews--when it was released in 1999: shorturl.at/n70Z5

For The New York Times, I wrote about the 50th anniversary of Peter Benchley's "Jaws"--the book, the phenomenon, the whole damn thing: shorturl.at/hBV8H

Had a great chat with the nice people at How Could You Podcast about all things 1999. Thanks for having me!

Some news: Next week, I'm launching a new narrative podcast with Spotify and The Ringer. "The Hollywood Hack" is a three-part look at the 2014 cyberattack on Sony Pictures. The series launches Monday on the The Big Picture, but you can hear me babbling semi-coherently about it here...

I went on one of my favorite pods to talk about the Sony hack. Thanks to Matthew Belloni and everyone at THE TOWN for having me!

I had a great time talk to Dennis about THE HOLLYWOOD HACK. Thanks for having me on!

For The New York Times, I wrote about how a long-lost manuscript from filmmaking legend George Romero became a great new novel by Daniel Kraus: shorturl.at/slANd