Noah Gittell

A Complimentary Profile Of Jason Lee That Was Surprisingly Difficult To Publish | Defector If you walked down Colorado Boulevard in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles at some point in the past three years, you might have noticed a modest, pueblo-style beige building with “PHOTO” pai...

As someone who has seen Mallrats more times than I care to admit, this is a fascinating profile that has a couple twists along the way. Crazy how even mentioning the word "Scientology" to a former Scientologist provokes a Pavlovian response of hostility and near-immediate legal action.

Can't argue with that. Chau is always great.

THE MENU is definitely the dumbest movie that I can't stop watching clips of on youtube

we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago

It's from the movie Paul (2011)

I can't stop watching this

Now that I have some distance from the world of film criticism, I am baffled as to why we talk about the Oscars as if they're the arbiter of anything.

There are no "snubs," "oversights," or "mistakes." An "Oscar winner" just represents the plurality opinion of 12,000 people in the film industry.

You kinda cracked a code there.

I know this is a rhetorical question, but the answer is....because it doesn't sound good. Stuff has to sound good for us to want to say it.

Or just rip off The X-Files but call it something new. That'd be fine, too!

I know. I was just poking gentle fun at your thoroughness. It is very clear. And I am very convinced.

Is this still all your first point???

25 years ago, I would drive to a 7-11 parking lot in the Bronx, call a guy named "Shake" on a payphone, and hope that he showed up. If he did, I would then spend an hour pulling the seeds and stems out of the bag.

If I told that to a young person today, I'm not sure they would believe me.

Incredible threat to the integrity of the public comment process

My early 2026 ranking of pitchers who sound most like early 70's British lead guitarists:

1) Mick Abel
2) Ian Seymour
3) Hunter Greene
4) Hunter Brown
5) Paul Skenes

I did a BBC piece on COOL RUNNINGS for the summer Olympics a while back, and I vividly remember interviewing @justinpeters.bsky.social, who had this incredible line.

"Calling COOL RUNNINGS a cult movie is an insult to movies and, frankly, to cults."

🤣

You're the what now

This is the thing. There's nothing he can do to them that he hasn't already done. What's the harm in standing up for yourself against his bullying?

I don't laugh with my friends anymore. Not the kind of big, whole-hearted laughs that I used to share with friends.

Now it's only YouTube videos that get that joy out of me. This is a problem.

Glen Powell is trying to be an old-fashioned movie star, but his recent failures are demonstrating the system is no longer set up to create or support old-fashioned movie stars.

Man, I'd write the shit out that essay if I were still writing that sorta thing.

This is so fucking wrong. This should never happen in this country.👇

having a "googling could the movie The Core actually happen" kinda day over here

Not in the mood for that? 10-4

I just think gratitude is a useful practice when the world seems like a big flaming poo

Right. But I'm talking about practicing gratitude. It's good news that so many of your favorite artists are alive and doing great work, no? Every day PT Anderson doesn't die is a good day.

The thing about good news is that's not really news. "Paul Thomas Anderson is still alive and making great work" doesn't make headlines

Hey, if you're in the Cleveland area, I'm playing a very fun show on Friday night. Be there!

It's February 18, and I've seen two 2026 movies that will almost certainly be on my year-end Top 10 list. It's gonna be a good year.

I’m peeing out my butt