Nathan Rabin
@nathanrabin.bsky.social
Longtime pop culture writer. Author of 9 books, most recently The Fractured Mirror: Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to American Movies About Filmmaking
Before The Exorcist, The French Connection, Sorcerer, and Cruising, William Friedkin made his directorial debut with 1967's Good Times, a leaden filmmaking-themed Sonny & Cher vehicle that's one of over 500 movies covered in my book The Fractured Mirror. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
It's that time again! Paid subscribers can decide whether I write up SOULM8TE, SUPER TROOPERS 3, THE LAST HOUSE, ICE CREAM MAN, and/or ONE NIGHT ONLY. nathanrabin.substack.com/p/its-that-t...
The Random Rerun of the day is the Ridiculous 1993 Thriller The Temp www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
The Fractured Favorite at Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas is the Wildly Overachieving Action Extravaganza John Wick: Chapter 4 nathanrabin.substack.com/p/the-fractu...
The Other Random Rerun of the Day is the Insane, Wildly Racist 1991 John Travolta Vanity Project Chains of Gold www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
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The Daily Shard from The Fractured Mirror is Larry Buchanan's Sleazy 1976 Desecration of Marilyn Monroe's Blessed Memory, Goodbye, Norma Jean — Nathan Rabin's Happy Place
Notorious schlock merchant Larry Buchanan desecrated Marilyn Monroe’s memory with the sleazy 1976 biopic Goodbye, Norma Jean.
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In the latest My World of Flops piece, I write lovingly about 1993's Coneheads, Which Offered an Allegory for Immigration and Neurodivergence As Charming As It Was Misunderstood www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
The Other Random Rerun of the Day is the Insane, Wildly Racist 1991 John Travolta Vanity Project Chains of Gold www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
The Fractured Favorite at Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas is the Wildly Overachieving Action Extravaganza John Wick: Chapter 4 nathanrabin.substack.com/p/the-fractu...
In the latest My World of Flops piece, I write lovingly about 1993's Coneheads, Which Offered an Allegory for Immigration and Neurodivergence As Charming As It Was Misunderstood www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
The Daily Shard from The Fractured Mirror is Ben Affleck’s Oscar-Winning Hit Argo, Which is About the Faking, Rather than the Making, Of a Movie nathanrabin.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
I didn't expect the proof-of-life footage of Mitch McConnell to be a twerking TikTok, but the man is full of surprises. And life! And sick moves!
www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
The Daily Shard from The Fractured Mirror is Larry Buchanan's Sleazy 1976 Desecration of Marilyn Monroe's Blessed Memory, Goodbye, Norma Jean — Nathan Rabin's Happy Place
Notorious schlock merchant Larry Buchanan desecrated Marilyn Monroe’s memory with the sleazy 1976 biopic Goodbye, Norma Jean.
nathanrabin.com
Daily Shard from the Fractured Mirror: Kitty Green's Powerful Character Study The Assistant is a Masterpiece of Quiet Intensity nathanrabin.substack.com/p/daily-shar...
The Daily Shard from The Fractured Mirror is 1998's Gods and Monsters, a Lovely Biopic of James Whale with Powerhouse Performances by Ian McKellen and Brendan Fraser. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
In Honor of Mitch McConnell Continuing to Be Alive, I'm Rerunning This Piece on Weekend at Bernie's 2 www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
Forget the Generic Title: The 1999 Stephen King-Penned Miniseries Storm of the Century is a Creepy, Claustrophobic Sleeper nathanrabin.substack.com/p/forget-the...
My most important job as a film writer is undoubtedly periodically reminding readers that a movie exists in which, miraculously, Bill Murray played FDR and got a handjob from his cousin. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
In Honor of Mitch McConnell Continuing to Be Alive, I'm Rerunning This Piece on Weekend at Bernie's 2 www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
My most important job as a film writer is undoubtedly periodically reminding readers that a movie exists in which, miraculously, Bill Murray played FDR and got a handjob from his cousin. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
The Daily Shard from The Fractured Mirror is 1998's Gods and Monsters, a Lovely Biopic of James Whale with Powerhouse Performances by Ian McKellen and Brendan Fraser. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
The Daily Shard from The Fractured Mirror is Ben Affleck’s Oscar-Winning Hit Argo, Which is About the Faking, Rather than the Making, Of a Movie nathanrabin.substack.com/p/the-daily-...
Forget the Generic Title: The 1999 Stephen King-Penned Miniseries Storm of the Century is a Creepy, Claustrophobic Sleeper nathanrabin.substack.com/p/forget-the...
BILLY JACK was released on this day in 1971 -- or, at least, released the first time. We get into that, and much more, with guest @nathanrabin.bsky.social on this episode of GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
”Billy Jack” with Nathan Rabin
AV Club alum and “Happy Place” proprietor Nathan Rabin joins us to discuss his wonderful new book “The Fractured Mirror,” cataloging all of the movies *about* movies, as well as one of his strangest…
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The Daily Shard from The Fractured Mirror is the Woeful 1976 Biopic Gable and Lombard — Nathan Rabin's Happy Place
To avoid confusion, 1976’s Gable and Lombard, Sidney J. Furie’s appalling, wildly fictionalized biography of Clark Gable (James Brolin) and Carole Lombard (Jill Clayburgh), insists that its subjects...
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