“Never, ever go near power. Don’t become friends with anyone who has real power. It’s dangerous.” HBD, the great Stanley Kubrick …
Megan Abbott
@meganabbott.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com
“I only eat so I can smoke and stay alive.” HBD, the eternal Harry Dean Stanton … 📷Candy Clark
“Heavies are closer to life than leading men. The heavy is everyman—everyman when he faces a tough moment in life. It's the heavy that has to do with the meat of life.” HBD, the sublime Warren Oates …
NYC! Join me on Sun June 7 to see one of the best movies of the 21st century. The identity of the Zodiac killer will, of course, be revealed, live, after the screening.
ZODIAC stars Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal & Robert Downey Jr. as investigators obsessed with bringing the Zodiac Killer to justice. Catch a special Bleak Week 35mm screening of Fincher’s masterpiece on Sun June 7, intro'ed by best-selling author Megan Abbott! paristheaternyc.com/film/zodiac-...
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I loved writing this piece for Criterion's glorious new blu-ray of Lawrence Kasdan's sublime neo-noir, BODY HEAT. Check it out! www.criterion.com/current/post...
“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” HBD, Orson Welles ... 📷Irving Penn, 1945
BONNIE & CLYDE, ZABRISKIE POINT, THE GODFATHER TRILOGY, THE CONVERSATION, APOCALYPSE NOW, ONE FROM THE HEART, RUMBLE FISH -- what an artist. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/m...
Dean Tavoularis, Oscar-Winning Production Designer for Coppola, Dies at 93
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“You aren’t too smart, are you? I like that in a man.” 🔥🔥🔥 I loved writing the essay for the upcoming @criterion.bsky.social 4K restoration of Lawrence Kasdan’s BODY HEAT (1981). Few neo-noirs are as whipsmart, visually lush & incendiary than this one. www.criterion.com/films/32141-...
I still can't believe I got to interview David Chase about his (often surprising) cinematic loves. A truly unforgettable conversation. Coming in May on the Criterion Channel!
Cannot wait for this!
Excited to announce I’ve got a new novel on the way in early 2027! Set over a single day around Thanksgiving 1991, HEAVY SUGAR is a screwball noir that pinballs from Throggs Neck to Gravesend. Thrilled I’m back with Nick Whitney at @sohopress.bsky.social.
“She seemed to live in a crackle of tension one could almost feel like a physical thing around her.” —Ruth Warrick on the spectacular Joan Crawford #botd 📸 Eve Arnold, 1959
I so loved writing this, an excuse to unpack one of my favorite needledrops in movie history while also reckoning with my own rigid musical tastes (can I be moved by an Enya song? apparently I can, deeply).
New NEEDLE DROPS w/ legend @meganabbott.bsky.social at the helm 🎶 In this edition: Enya's “Marble Halls” + Martin Scorsese’s THE AGE OF INNOCENCE 🎨 @ohhhaeee.bsky.social southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...
Such a joy interviewing the Coens again for the new Criterion 4K of THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, a deeply underrated noir gem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZsF...
Joel & Ethan Coen on THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE
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THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
It was so delightful seeing Wallace Shawn in the lobby collecting accolades after this magnificent production. (Also spotted: Bob Balaban, Amy Heckerling, Marisa Tomei)
“The dominant message is ‘this person likes books.” Richard Hell, still the coolest. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tour Richard Hell’s Book-Filled East Village Home
The punk-rock icon and writer has spent more than 50 years in his East Village tenement apartment.
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Joseph Conrad, laying down some hard truths. (Heart of Darkness never not applies)
The upcoming @filmsradiance.bsky.social 4K UHD release of CUTTER'S WAY--arguably the greatest/bleakestneo-noir ever made--features contributions from such killer hitters as @jordanharper.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, @christinalefou.bsky.social, and more (including an essay by me). GET IT.
"The world lacks heroes, Rich" "I don't want to be one" An essential neo-noir of the cynical post-Vietnam era, CUTTER'S WAY arrives on UHD for the first time ever. Out soon in the UK and US/CA, secure your copy now.
Can't wait.
First trailer for Jane Schoenbrun’s ‘TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA.’ Starring Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder, it follows a director rebooting a slasher film obsessed with the original “final girl” actor. In theaters August 7. #TeenageSexAndDeathAtCampMiasma #JaneSchoenbrun
This killed me dead and it still does. youtu.be/_A-ZMdw9VjA
Gregory Peck in Taxi Driver
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I so love reading this. Not only has @filmforumnyc.bsky.social just experienced its two best box office years ever, but a quarter of its members are under 35. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/a...
The Next Stop for a Sundance Director: Leading New York’s Film Forum
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Went to see one of my all-timers last night at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social: John Huston's THE ASPHALT JUNGLE. With each viewing, I think more and more that it's one of the top five best screenplays in all of noir.
One of the absolute greats. (And if you've never seen WHAT HAPPENED WAS, do yourself a favor and watch it.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/m...
Tom Noonan, Actor Renowned for Onscreen Menace, Dies at 74
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