Keith Phipps

Basically the same, Alan.

My dogs never seem stupider than when they bark at the UPS guy delivering their food.

Meet Caren Marsh Doll, the Oldest Living Cast Member of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Caren Marsh Doll was Judy Garland’s stand-in for ‘The Wizard of Oz’. At age 105, she’s one of the last living actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

I don't want to "Actually..." you but this is a really interesting story: www.mentalfloss.com/entertainmen...

Puzzled by your use of “until” when you clearly meant to say “especially after.”

Not going to argue this point.

Sorta?

All joking aside, it's an _extremely_ Brian Grubb-friendly movie.

Well... can you prove she isn't?

In Review: ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘Zodiac Killer Project’ The second part of "Wicked" exposes the flaws of a front-loaded musical and a true-crime doc deconstructs the true-crime doc.

Today at The Reveal: It's a pair of reviews. You can read @scotttobias.bsky.social on WICKED: FOR GOOD and read me on the clever (sort of) true-crime doc ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT. Which will top the weekend's box office?

Those two sleuths will get to the bottom of it.

In Review: ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘Zodiac Killer Project’ The second part of "Wicked" exposes the flaws of a front-loaded musical and a true-crime doc deconstructs the true-crime doc.

Today at The Reveal: It's a pair of reviews. You can read @scotttobias.bsky.social on WICKED: FOR GOOD and read me on the clever (sort of) true-crime doc ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT. Which will top the weekend's box office?

I do not know this person but I would not have discovered Jucika without them so I pitched in.

#500: What's In a Name — The Last Picture Show by The Next Picture Show A decade of podcasting.

A little over 10 years ago, The Dissolve shuttered and we started a niche movie podcast that only we had the power to shut down. This week, we celebrate the 500th episode of The Next Picture Show with a special episode on the film that inspired the title: megaphone.link/FILM9131237121

Filmspotting's The Next Picture Show — Filmspotting

You know what I don't post about enough? THE NEXT PICTURE SHOW, the podcast @tasharobinson.bsky.social, @genevievekoski.bsky.social, @scotttobias.bsky.social and I have been making since The Dissolve folded. We're 10 years and 500 episodes into so we recorded an anniversary episode:

Catching Up with the Critics, Part II (Fall 2025) Deep into prestige season, it's time again to turn to trusted colleagues to see what I've missed.

A couple times a year, I use raves from trusted critics to catch up on great films I've missed. Today's batch comes courtesy of @justincchang.bsky.social, @alisonwillmore.bsky.social, @samadams.bsky.social, Jeannette Catsoulis and my pal @kphipps3000.bsky.social. thereveal.film/catching-up-...

I love this podcast. More people should love this podcast.

I think I said I need to rewatch it. I remember not really digging it but also being in kind of a foul mood that undoubtedly colored that. See also, CITY SLICKERS, though fewer people have told me I need to give that one a second chance.

Thanks, as always, to @larsenonfilm.bsky.social, Adam Kempenaar and the rest of the Filmspotting family for taking us in. And thanks, to, to @rachelhandler.bsky.social, who was there in the early days and remains with us in spirit. (She's not dead. Just busy.)

Filmspotting's The Next Picture Show — Filmspotting

You know what I don't post about enough? THE NEXT PICTURE SHOW, the podcast @tasharobinson.bsky.social, @genevievekoski.bsky.social, @scotttobias.bsky.social and I have been making since The Dissolve folded. We're 10 years and 500 episodes into so we recorded an anniversary episode:

Marquee for Patti Smith concert. She’s performing HORSES.

Tonight!

Diane Keaton in ‘Heaven’ Keaton made her directorial debut with a quirky 1987 documentary that kept her off camera while still capturing the elusive essence that helped make her a star.

Today at The Reveal: I wrote about Diane Keaton. Specifically, I wrote about HEAVEN, her mostly forgotten directorial debut, but also about what made her such a compelling presence, even when playing characters who weren't the driving forces in their own lives:

Diane Keaton in ‘Heaven’ Keaton made her directorial debut with a quirky 1987 documentary that kept her off camera while still capturing the elusive essence that helped make her a star.

Today at The Reveal: I wrote about Diane Keaton. Specifically, I wrote about HEAVEN, her mostly forgotten directorial debut, but also about what made her such a compelling presence, even when playing characters who weren't the driving forces in their own lives:

Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.

Fine. I'll stop throwing the phrase "This f***ing rocks!!!" into all my reviews in the hopes someone notices.

In Review: ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Eternity’ This week's new releases include a reflective look at stardom and a love story set in the afterlife.

Today at The Reveal: Two new reviews from me: JAY KELLY and ETERNITY, two films both concerned about What Really Matters. Both are good. Neither pushes those questions as far as they could.

Who Got Screwed When Vinyl Me, Please Went Bust? Inside the subscription vinyl club's unpaid debts and troubled relaunch

Good morning. For @stereogum.com, I wrote another long piece about Vinyl Me, Please, this time investigating the company's millions of dollars in unpaid debts, interviewing vendors who got screwed, and examining VMP's troubled relaunch under new ownership.

In Review: ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Eternity’ This week's new releases include a reflective look at stardom and a love story set in the afterlife.

Today at The Reveal: Two new reviews from me: JAY KELLY and ETERNITY, two films both concerned about What Really Matters. Both are good. Neither pushes those questions as far as they could.

I wish the whole ABC era had lasted a lot longer. Stupid DC deal.

If he’d made different choices he would have been around to see the sequels. There’s a lesson in there somewhere.

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