Tim McElreath

kerning matters, people

It's probably two of these options.

Goddamit am I going to have to read Satantango now

Smash two movies together to make a new movie

Schindler’s Lisztomania

The Crimes of Passion According to G.H.

7. Tri-X 120mm B&W Film

“My Undesirable Friends: Part I” Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent In Julia Loktev’s epic documentary, filmed before, during, and after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, several courageous Moscow reporters see their worst fears realized.

The New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

‘Kept fighting despite the odds’: the Russian journalists who risked everything to report the truth In an expansive five-hour documentary, young journalists are branded ‘foreign agents’ for continuing to report independently as authoritarianism spreads

The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow’ Review: Strangling Democracy

NYT review (gift article): www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/m...

My Undesirable Friends poster. "Doc of the year" - New York Magazine. "Bowled me over" - New York Times. "Intimate, enormous, urgent" - Variety

One day this will be regarded as one of the all-time great documentaries. And Part II is already partially completed (spoiler: it's also amazing)

Film Forum · MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I — LAST AIR IN MOSCOW MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I — LAST AIR IN MOSCOW Opens Friday, August 15

I've had the privilege of being part of a viewing group giving feedback to Julia Loktev and editor Michael Taylor over the last couple of years as this film has taken shape, and I'm so glad that it's finally starting to get the recognition it deserves.

Now at filmforum.org/film/my-unde...

It’s five hour-ish-long episodes, interweaving the stories of about a dozen journalists, and it’s one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen (part two is shot and being edited now)

It’s five one-hour episodes, with a second season on the way. Hopefully it lands on a streaming platform soon

Six POINT ONE.

ante-pasto

Sullivan's Travels:
"Drive carefully, now" - "You know me!"
"Why, Mr. Smearcase, aren't you getting a little familiar?"

The Palm Beach Story:
"That's one of the tragedies of this life - that the men who are most in need of a beating up are always enormous."
"What's knittin', kittens?"

Expect a snippy letter from the prime minister of ichlor

It’s especially fun when reading Pynchon because I sometimes have to go back several paragraphs to figure out where the hallucinations started

Churro in the Birdbath is my favorite English Beat song

A classic Nostradumbass

The bargain bin at the Strand is a freaking goldmine

Jerome, desist!

Standard #1: Thou shalt not side-eye the fuckery

we are all jerry now

Jerry, no. in elvish

His kids went to the same middle school as mine and I can confirm that he’s a total mensch

Of course I made one