Jason Bailey

A bottle of “Giallo Elicriso” hand lotion

Why would you need hand lotion if you’re always wearing black gloves?

But nothing tastes better than fash boot, right CNN?

“Defend your culture, no college required” is about as concise a summary of MAGA as you’ll find.

A guide to Martin Scorsese, actor: The 6 performances you need to know The legendary filmmaker is also an indelible onscreen presence in his work and others'. Here's our field guide to Scorsese's most memorable performances.

For the @latimes.com, I paid tribute to Martin Scorsese, the actor.

Meet the Feebles

Frame 1: “I'm all for ending this oppressive system but only if we do it without violence.” Frame 2: “So… by magic?”

i keep thinking about this more and more with each passing day

Columbo Etude in Black / Concerto con Delitto by thecolumbophile Design based on the original Italian movie poster for Concerto con Delitto (released as Etude in Black in English-speaking countries), featuring imagery of Peter Falk and John Cassavetes.

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Uh huh

Second Glance: The Scorsese-esque Melancholy of ‘Cop Land’ Welcome to “Second Glance,” a bi-weekly column that spotlights an older film of note (thanks to an anniversary, a connection to a new release, or new disc or streaming availability) that was not as…

COP LAND - still Mangold's best in a walk - was released on this day in 1997. I wrote a little love letter to it on the old site:

It’s a poster for that Columbo episode with Cassavetes but the title is in Italian

I’m in Italy so I’m wearing my only Italian shirt

Shawn Levy talks CLINT Podcast Episode · Writers on Film · 03/08/2025 · 1h 13m

If Writers on Film makes your day ( @shawnlevy.com on CLINT this week) please leave a nice five star review on Apple Podcasts and like and subscribe on Spotify

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Throw him out with the rest of the trash, NEXT

the fucking gall of Alvin to name his band ‘Alvin and the chipmunks’. As if he’s not a fucking chipmunk too

As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

One of Most Disturbing NYC Thrillers of the 1980s Has Been AWOL -- Until Now Impossible to see for nearly 40 years, Night of the Juggler returns to screen as a time capsule with a vengeance.

I first saw NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER on cable when I was a kid. If you like late Horror City sleaze-pulp filled with '70s character actor and featuring James Brolin at peak Brawny-mascot hotness, you owe it to yourself to see this restoration on a big screen.

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Zero Tolerance Five years after the George Floyd protests, many liberals blame “wokeness” for stifling open debate. So why can’t they handle being disagreed with?

I bet that reading Andrea Long Chu on Thomas Chatteron Williams will brighten up my day. www.vulture.com/article/post...

This airport suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks

Of COURSE he calls books “content,” deeply baby-brained shit right here

Cory Booker is so void of any real principles or substance or policies, he is pure political theater and represents everything people hate about the typical American politician—of course he has nothing to say about someone who is so fundamentally the opposite of him

Flying to Paris, byeeeeeeeee

I think Mamet wrote some good plays (not Oleanna) some good screenplays, and I will always defend Spartan (with Kilmer’s best performance). But he’s yet another casualty of Boomer Psychosis and his tough guy act today where the nicest and gentlest interviewer made him go ballistic was embarrassing

Holy shit, bravo

Best news from Staten Island since Tess McGill was hired by Trask Industries and got the office with the view.

Nuclear reactor on the moon… who put it there

Flavorwire Interview: Billy Bob Thornton on Returning to Directing in ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car’ It has been 12 years since Miramax Films unceremoniously dumped Daddy and Them, the third film written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, into a straight-to-cable release and, it seemed, put an end…

Happy 70th birthday to Billy Bob Thornton, born on this day in 1955. I interviewed him for the old site:

How ‘sex, lies, and videotape’ Changed Indie Filmmaking Forever It began with three brief items in his notebooks. “A film about deception and lost earrings,” went one. “Everybody has a past,” went another. And finally, “Friend on the couch. Affair with the wife.”…

'sex, lies, and videotape' was released on this day in 1989. A deep dive on why it was such a groundbreaker:

Classic Corner: Rear Window — Crooked Marquee Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 favorite (out now in a gorgeous new 4K transfer) remains one of his most effective movies – and one of his kinkiest.

Happy birthday to Hitch's horniest, released on this day in 1954:

imo people are too hesitant to embrace The Departed, despite the fact that it’s *fucking incredible*

1.6% to the candidates.

Not another dime. If you get a text about a candidate that you want to support, GO DIRECTLY TO THEIR SITE, instead of clicking on the link in the spam text.