Mark Harris
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Our Way (coming in fall 2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
This is really something and worth your time. For those who don't know, the guy who isn't Jeremy O. Harris is Mark Guiducci, editorial director of Vanity Fair. And having worked on the print side of magazine for decades, I can confirm that "What thay want is the picture" is the cold, brutal truth.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h agothis reveals SO MUCH about legacy media
I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil.
Will Oremus@willoremus.com · 23h agofeels like there is a group of smart and well-intentioned people who long ago made up their minds that AI Is Bad, swore off using it, and now get all their info about AI from each other. not saying they're wrong that ai is bad! but i think they're gradually losing touch with what it is and does
A perfect trifecta of morons welcomes David Ellison to X as Ellison announces that he will honor both Paramount and Warner Bros. by renaming the new company Skydance.
[Deep breath} When you predict Oscar nominations for a movie based on pedigree without seeing it, you are volunteering to aid in a publicity system that favors movies the campaigns for which are already well funded, and by doing so further disadvantaging films whose primary merit is their quality.
Since A Different World has been rebooted, I'm going to share something from deep, deep in the archives at the risk of embarrassment. 35 years ago, Entertainment Weekly decided to do a cover story on the original series. They sent...me. (File that under "Normal for 1991, not for 2026.") >
I was just typing something about the new Japanese movie All of a Sudden, and a little bubble popped up next to it saying "Concision: 'Suddenly' would be a better way to say this." If I could make the program that did this scream and beg for mercy, I would do it and sleep just fine tonight.
Digger, or, The Unexpected Virtue of Not Putting Movies on Oscar Prediction Lists Before You See Them
I'll delete this before you all beat me senseless, but I wish Lanterns was less Sunday-night-prestige-meditation-on-conflicting-versions-of-masculinity and more "guy in a cool suit fights space villains by making things with his ring."
It was actually fine when Obama tried to freeze Fox out, because Fox is not a legitimate news organization, and the fact that a CNN anchor, of all people, thinks they're equivalent is one reason CNN has lower ratings than a test pattern. Also, this is...not dignified.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTAPPER: I would ask if you could convey to Trump to let CNN back in the pool. It was not okay when Obama tried to freeze Fox out. I don't think we want a world where presidents get to decide who covers them WALTZ: We need fair, objective, & well-sourced reporting. I've been victim of this nonsense
Any Republican senator can be racist, but it takes a special one to work in racism while expressing the rare good position!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoKennedy: "I don't think any public official, including Trump or Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive"
Woke up today to see that we're all getting yelled at for not having heard of some popular country song and folks, if we're listing popular songs I've never heard, we're going to be here for literal years. Not every demographic quirk is a "liberal silo."
Putting all of my New York Film Festival viewing and thoughts in this thread for those who are interested.
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · last wk.James Gray's Paper Tiger (tonight @ NYFF64): For me, his best--an exceptionally mature, grounded, emotional crime/family drama. Beautiful work w/ actors: Adam Driver is characteristically great, Scarlett Johansson is impeccable in a surprising character role, and Miles Teller does career-best work.
A better way to phrase this Variety headline would be "Publicity Seeker Who Invented A Program Continues Long Con"
James Gray's Paper Tiger (tonight @ NYFF64): For me, his best--an exceptionally mature, grounded, emotional crime/family drama. Beautiful work w/ actors: Adam Driver is characteristically great, Scarlett Johansson is impeccable in a surprising character role, and Miles Teller does career-best work.
The sky in NYC right now. It was nice knowing all of you.
[white guy raising eyebrows meme] [and yes, it is 100% okay to do a story like this about a high-ranking cabinet member of a homophobic party, so scolds are gonna get goodbyed very quickly]
Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social · last wk.There's long been talk about Mullin but it's the first time I've seen it in the national press. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
The scene in the middle of the #Survivor51 premiere where Jeff Probst talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked was certainly an interesting way to go.
Try to live the kind of life that will make war criminals hate you.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · last wk.Netanyahu directly attacks Zohran Mamdani (and his wife) from the UNGA podium, calling him the "antisemitic mayor of New York City," parroting The Free Press's stories about Rama Duwaji, tying Mamdani to Hasan Piker, and claiming the mayor is "buddies" with Hamas.
I'm watching Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, and...man. Charlie Hunnam and Rebecca Hall definitely win this year's "So how was work today?" awards.
This is a real "opportunity for the funniest thing to happen" moment.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.The first architect of the White House ballroom resigned after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes, the Washington Post reports. “I am the code,” Trump said www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
I loved Douglas Stuart's novel John of John, reviewed it for the NYT, and am delighted to see that it just made the Booker Prize shortlist. Read it! (You can skip the reader comments on my review; they're mostly from people who are mad at Oprah Winfrey, which...fine.) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/b...
Oprah’s Latest Pick Exposes Secrets on a Remote Scottish Island (Gift Article)
In the powerful and surprising “John of John,” Douglas Stuart sends a young art student back home to a family he thought he’d left behind.
nytimes.com
I'll save a real discussion of Elsinore for when it opens but right now I'll say A) every bit of praise you're hearing for Andrew Scott's performance is justified and B) he has a very witty, smart, surprising script to work with. (Don't get me started on the glibness of calling this "Oscar bait.")
I know Swift doesn't mean anything bad by it, but...yeah. This is not great.
Alex@purplechrain.bsky.social · 2w agoI know ‘patient zero’ has now basically just entered colloquial language and it was already the title of a zombie horror movie etc. but seeing it as the title of a new Taylor Swift single still makes me cringe and will every time I hear it. that phrase has a very specific history and context!
Putting all my thoughts about this egregious Paramount/Warner settlement in this (growing) thread. (tl;dr: I am not a fan.)
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 2w agoThis will be a catastrophe for both filmed entertainment and news, and it's a great shame that the California AG caved. Trump and his people will celebrate this news today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
