Dana Stevens (is on Bl**sky now under same handle)
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Film critic @Slate/cohost @SlateCultFest. Rep: @CheneyAgency. Camera Man, my book on Buster Keaton: https://t.co/hqgJ15dayM Work: https://t.co/79zI40I2xR
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Back here for the 1st time in months to post a movie review, mainly because we are talking about alternatives to Tw*tter on Slate Culture Gabfest this week & I want to see how a link posted on various platforms performs differently. Anyway: Dune 2 is really good! slate.com/culture/2024/0…
On the new Slate Culture Gabfest, Isaac Butler (he/him) joins us to discuss the new Nic Cage film Dream Scenario & classics scholar Dr Emily Wilson comes on to talk abt (& read aloud in Ancient Greek from!) her Iliad translation. Plus: the saga of Zaslav vs. Coyote vs. Acme. slate.com/podcasts/cultu…
Always a joy to join Slate Culture Gabfest but never so much as today—SteveM, Julia Turner & Dana Stevens (is on Bl**sky now under same handle) interview me about my book ‘Old Town Road.’ We discuss how I came to write it, the song’s many R&B/rap+country antecedents & why ☆ made such a banger. slate.com/podcasts/cultu…
This one snuck up on me: Somehow it's November 6th & tonight at 7pm I am interviewing Karen Tongson (Karen Tongson) at the Strand Book Store about her excellent new book Normporn: Queer Viewers & the TV That Soothes Us. Tickets still available! Come out! eventbrite.com/e/karen-tongso…
Tomorrow night at the Alamo Drafthouse in Lower Manhattan, I will be interviewing Matt Singer / mattsinger.bsky.social about his new book Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever. The accompanying screenings are sold out, but you can buy Matt's great book here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710246/o…
On this week's Slate Culture Gabfest we talk about Scorsese's late-period masterwork Killers of the Flower Moon; bring in Dan Kois to discuss the Buffy-reboot podcast Slayers; & wonder, along w/ Kyle Chayka, whatever happened to the Internet where you could have fun.slate.com/podcasts/cultu…