John Semley

I interviewed Carpenter once and he was hilariously blunt about wanting to license “Master of Puppets” for the soundtrack, getting denied and just ripping it off wholesale.

Just splurged on some triple-washed asparagus. Is it a free extra pennies. Sure. But hell I deserve it!

they need to introduce a “Lyle, the effeminate heterosexual” figurine.

I don’t think Tarantino is docking points on that account…

home of the iconic Crystal Beach loganberry beverage!

Someone help me with this: what’s the context of this pin? Was there ever circa the early 80s, some sort of anti-Buffalo sentiment? is it Vince Ferragamo related?

weird that they’re allowed to participate in public political life, being as they have an actual bias against the future.

considering the heat, shouldn’t he…not be tweeting stuff like this? the alcoholic warmonger mind is beyond comprehension.

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

I think the Lime-style scooter was the more perfect mousetrap: you look less stupid riding it around, and yet the haters still get to make fun of you for doing it. win-win.

The whole Olivia Nuzzi thing makes having an affair with RFK Jr. seem like more trouble than it’s worth. A lesson to the rest of us!

Our Sabres CHOKING in a national time slot. Brutal! As always!

Masks Off | John Semley Revisiting the governing paranoia of 1970s cinema and the American unease that blanketed the the Cold War era.

The paranoid thriller exemplified 1970s cinema, and recent movies like “The Mastermind” and “House of Dynamite” channel Cold War unease. But as John Semley writes, the present day predicament isn’t just paranoid—they really are out to get us.

ONN needs to do new episode of Lake Dredge Appraisal!

The Lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis? The U.S. Needs Allies The Trump Administration has undermined its alliances. But history reminds us that the U.S. cannot go it alone.

In honor of the anniversary of the day 63 years ago when Khrushchev decided to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba, I have a piece in Time magazine reflecting on the importance of alliances: time.com/7327385/less... #History🗃️ Huge thanks to @carlygoodman.bsky.social and @cmcknichols.bsky.social

he should go the Jazz! I know one person who would be court side...

tfw the word count is 750 but i've only got 100 words worth of ideas.

Masks Off | John Semley Revisiting the governing paranoia of 1970s cinema and the American unease that blanketed the the Cold War era.

for @thebaffler.com, I wrote about THE MASTERMIND, HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, and COVER-UP, three new films that drag Cold War cinema--and Cold War psychologies--into the present. thebaffler.com/latest/masks...

I feel like Spotify wrapped ages me more than smoking two packs a day.

nobody “across the pond” says “wink’s as good as a nudge to a blind bat” anymore.

it would be funny if American Canto was actually a masterwork of American literature. no chance of course. but it would be a thrilling twist in the tale!

classic Canadian thriller The Silent Partner, in which Christopher Plummer robs an Eaton’s Centre bank while dressed as Santa.

man it really is very demoralizing to be bowing and scraping for months to get a crumb of coverage of a book as criticism is basically sidelined in every publication just to see some shit like olivia nuzzi's crap get more and more and more and more and more oxygen lol

Mexico lifestyle.

they need to chase Kevin Patullo out of town like he’s Frankenstein(‘s monster).

that’s right.

well the horrid philadelphia eagles have RUINED MY LIFE again!

Trump is forcing Hollywood to make a new Rush Hour. Now it’s time for Mark Carney to demand The Sweet Hereafter II.