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You Can't See the Desert: Casino at 30 | In Review Online A new film essay titled You Can't See the Desert: Casino at 30 for film review site In Review Online.

Casino turned 30 over the weekend. I wrote about the maximalist brilliance many critics missed in 1995 and why they missed it, as well as its place in Scorsese’s filmography three decades later.
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A beautiful requiem for the miracle that was D'Angelo.

The pen, the voice, the face, the talent.

The three classics.

The genius that he could summon by force of will.

The impossibility of categorizing him.

The void that his death leaves.

By Abe Beame

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The Anointed One: A Requiem For D'Angelo | Passion of the Weiss Abe Beame eulogizes the inimitable genius of the soul icon who tragically passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer.

Dug this heartfelt tribute to D'Angelo by @abebeame.bsky.social. "With each project that parallel line between the sound of mainstream R&B & whatever TF D’Angelo is up to continued to diverge...but the songs were no less potent or beloved." HT @nitishpahwa.com | www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/d...

few people beat @abebeame.bsky.social when it comes to passionate, deeply felt obits of our greatest artists

Inside Timothée Chalamet's Surprise Marty Supreme Screening (and the Afterparty Supreme) A sneak preview of Josh Safdie's Chalamet-led ping-pong-wizard epic at the New York Film Festival sold out in minutes. We dreamed big and made it past the velvet rope.

so, @abebeame.bsky.social finagled his way into the NYFF's Marty Supreme events, then penned a dispatch for the ages

The Best Coen Brothers Movies, Definitively Ranked For over 40 years and 20-plus (mostly) revered films, together and (lately) separately, no dudes abide quite like Joel and Ethan Coen. To mark the opening of Ethan Coen's lesbian noir ‘Honey Don't,’ we've ranked every Coen film—and if you disagree, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Feed: "GQ UK"
By: Abe Beame on Friday, August 22, 2025

"Ramen Weather" is a Construct. In NYC, it's Killing an Industry. The "ramen weather" phenomenon is largely confined to the Northeast, and it’s badly stunting the growth of a once-thriving, now arguably in decline genre of cuisine.

Wrote about a beloved, once thriving industry in decline and why you’re all responsible for it.
www.bkmag.com/2025/08/18/r...

Rediscovered: Raekwon’s ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…’ Raekwon’s ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…’ became the standout album of the Wu-Tang Clan’s discography. Okayplayer reflects on the legendary ‘Purple Tape.’

another solid Cuban Linx retrospective from @abebeame.bsky.social: www.okayplayer.com/rediscovered...

This is a good deep dive on Meek. Being Philly all the way down to my bones means he reps the city and vice versa but it's known that his limitless talent is matched only by the fucking mess of a life he has outside the studio.

Also he lost a rap beef to Drake, but mainly it's the other things.

An Unfiltered Conversation With Meek Mill We talked to Meek Mill about social media, Diddy rumors a...

Profiled Meek Mill and discussed criminal justice reform, label bullshit, and you know who.
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Lil Wayne Turned Madison Square Garden Into a Time Machine on His 'Tha Carter VI' Tour The legendary MC took the stage in front of a sold-out crowd at the iconic venue for a generation spanning run through his extensive catalog

Saw Wayne move into a new stage in his career last night and considered the passage of time for @rollingstone.com
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Recurring Wes Anderson Actors, Definitively Ranked Across 13 films, the beloved director has often returned to the same famous faces. But which actors have been best utilized within the Wes Anderson Cinematic Universe? Let's find out.

Updated the great Wes Andersonverse actor rankings
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The Billionaire’s Happy Meal | Abe Beame Tilman Fertitta’s grim vision for the future of dining out may already be here.

As a restaurateur, Tilman Fertitta has exhibited no specific taste other than a hunger for a thick, juicy bottom line. We sent @abebeame.bsky.social to dine at his latest and buzziest establishment: The Corner Store.

The Billionaire’s Happy Meal | Abe Beame Tilman Fertitta’s grim vision for the future of dining out may already be here.

Spent the last few months thinking and writing about Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire restauranteur attempting a hostile takeover of New York’s restaurant scene, for @thebaffler.com
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Last Call at Bed-Vyne & Brew After 12 years of serving a community that seemingly willed them into existence, Bed-Vyne & Brew is closing this week.

I wrote about the end of a great bar in Bed Stuy and some real bullshit for @bkmag.bsky.social
www.bkmag.com/2025/05/28/b...

It goes on an impressive length of time

A definitive ranking of Tom Cruise’s 26 best action movies Plus: the definitive ranking of Tom Cruise’s best Mission: Impossible running scenes

I spent the entirety of Q1 rewatching and definitively ranking every Tom Cruise action movie.
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With ‘The Rehearsal’ and ‘The Accountant 2,’ Pop Culture Is Thinking Differently About Autism Nathan Fielder's indescribable reality-TV experiment and the Ben Affleck mercenary thriller are changing the conversation around a much-discussed and oft-misunderstood condition.

Wrote about a decades long evolution in how we represent the spectrum on screen.
www.gq.com/story/rehear...

a man in a spiderman costume is surrounded by fans wearing new york knicks shirts ALT: a man in a spiderman costume is surrounded by fans wearing new york knicks shirts

He still ain’t good in Dyckman.

Why Knicks fans have rallied around ‘F*** Trae Young’ Knicks fans celebrating their NBA Playoffs run have found an unlikely unifying figure in the Atlanta Hawks All-Star.

Wrote about the staying power of “Fuck Trae Young” as a revolutionary slogan for a new generation of Knicks fans.
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How Rob49 Became Rap's Most Viral Hitmaker The mastermind behind the inescapable “WTHelly” on the art of the viral rap song, the travails of the New Orleans Pelicans, getting Justin Bieber on a remix, and his new album ‘Let Me Fly.’

Linked with my guy Rob49 to talk the art of virality and what it’s like collaborating with Justin Bieber
www.gq.com/story/how-ro...

12. Isle of Dogs
11. Asteroid City
10. Aquatic
9. Bottle Rocket
8. Fox
7. Darjeeling
6. Moonrise
5. Phoenician
4. French
3. Rushmore
2. Tenenbaums
1. Budapest

It expanded to 60 theaters this weekend and I believe it goes wide Friday?

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Tim Robinson's ‘Friendship’ Is Officially A Box-Office Hit. No, Seriously ‘I Think You Should Leave’'s auteur of awkwardness Tim Robinson is the star of the year's highest-grossing limited release. Yes, we're sure about that.

@coreyatad.com claims sharing work on here is better for writers, so prove him right by performatively liking this Unified Theory of Tim Robinson piece I wrote for GQ that no one on Twitter gives a shit about
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For Gummy Bears it was apparently John Williams son?!

YouTube video by Disney Plus Adventures of the Gummi Bears - Theme Song | Disney+ Throwbacks | Disney+

I wonder if Disney had their own Neptunes for the Saturday morning themes department
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Defining “Lynchian” | Los Angeles Review of Books Abe Beame traces the history of a curious term.

you may think you never want to read anything about the adjective "Lynchian" ever again, but I promise you that the great @abebeame.bsky.social has written an etymology extremely worth your time: lareviewofbooks.org/article/defi...

Rappers Used to Sell the Booze. Now They Own It. E-40 and Ja Rule got real about taking control of the liquor industry’s love affair with hip-hop.

Wrote about the history of rap and booze.
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Remembering Voletta Wallace, the Guardian of Biggie's Legacy After the Notorious B.I.G.'s death, his mother, Voletta Wallace, stepped up to make sure his legacy was never forgotten.

Said goodbye to Ms. Wallace
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