no, no, no Jake I didn't hit anyone. I've been minding my own business getting jacked up mainlining testosterone.
Emily Nussbaum
@emilynussbaum.bsky.social
Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
Walking down 6th Avenue, just heard some guy passing by tell two of his friends, “… so it’s an app that lets you SNIFF other WOMEN!”
Today is one of those days where I discover all over again that there is only not enough coffee or too much coffee
I'm seeing a lot of SUPERHERO MOVIES ARE BACK posts in the wake of #BrandNewDay's success. Spider-Man movies were breaking box office records well before the MCU existed. They are a cinema phenomenon onto themselves, because Spider-Man is a singularly resonant and relatable character.
How amazing that Ben McKenzie took time off from an exemplary career to critique crypto. (PS -- he's still acting! He's excellent as the spiritually exhausted but still idealistic detective in the current Motor City.)
Ben McKenzie@benmckenzie.bsky.social · 2d agoYes, I’m still going to see “The Odyssey”. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
I had a long, honestly pretty spectacular conversation with Antonio Banderas (!!!!) and i think you will really enjoy reading it www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Antonio Banderas’s Acts of Faith
Antonio Banderas on meeting Stephen Sondheim, staging “Godspell” for the Pope, and the thrill, in the new Anthony Bourdain bio-pic, of playing someone “good.”
newyorker.com
That stupid & terrible Max Miller video oddly reminded me of the "Oh yeah? Could a human do THIS?!" scene from Buffy. "Sure, yeah, humans do that."
Every law student in America should be required to read this as a cautionary tale. Every lawyer at Paul Weiss should be required to read this to understand what they have become. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
nytimes.com
You’d be surprised at how much Rush I’ve been exposed to of late
So far this week, we have watched two excellent movies about sadsack loser artist guys: one set in the 40s (Blue Moon), one in the 60s (Inside Llewyn Davis.) Is there a really good one set in the 80s/90s or later? (Could also be about a sadsack woman!)
Audiobooks about music should have the actual music folded into them
Among the silliest and worst persistent social media trends is the argument that being an asshole is praxis if you belong to the right identity group.
I could barely afford vibranium as it was
Asperas Bompar@asperasbompar.bsky.social · 6d agoWakanda tariffs going to get doubled now
This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 7d ago“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
I grew up in a proper country, in which Gore Vidal had beef w everyone & Lillian Hellman sued Mary McCarthy for something MM said on the Dick Cavett Show ("every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' & 'the'"--honestly an all-timer of a burn). Srsly critics fighting is a sign of cultural health!
Widow's Bay DSA@gonebabygone.bsky.social · 7d agoI really do think Emily Wilson and JCO could conceivably escalate this to the point of dueling
Blue Moon, second time seeing it, what a beautiful movie
Loved the show, loved this review. Among my fave things about Cat Cohen are how she both skewers and revels in the attention industry, and how she uses raunchy material to build a public persona. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/t...
In ‘Cat Cohen: Broad Strokes,’ a Comic Faces Death (and Being Basic)
After recovering from a life-threatening stroke, a fame-hungry musical comedian contends with a worse fate: She might just be average.
nytimes.com
I Have One Eye and It's In the Center of My Head. Here's What Christopher Nolan Gets Wrong About People Like Me.
Admirably malignant trickery, anonymous caption writer!
Should me and my 18-year-old son watch Inside Llewyn Davis, Sideways or Clockwatchers?
While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.
Emma Thompson adapting feminist retelling of Iliad for big screen
The actress told the Hay Festival she is writing a film version of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to draw attention to sexual abuse in war zones
thetimes.com
"They know this is TV, right??" a CBS News senior staffer texted me about this news. "I hate it here," another CBS reporter said.
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.
Goblin Market 3-D Smellovision Starring Elle & Dakota Fanning and Jacob Elordi as the Goblin
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
VO: He's a peaceful man. He doesn't have a lot of rules. He starts every day with plums for breakfast. You don't want to see him if they go missing. You don't want to know what happened to the last guy who did that. NO FORGIVENESS. [The Rock: "You want something sweet and cold? TASTE THIS!"]
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now