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Zach Schonfeld

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Freelance writer and editor. Contributor to Pitchfork, Paste, Vulture, etc. Author of new book "How Coppola Became Cage." Still sitting in a room. Email: [email protected].

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · Nov 17

My book is finally out now. I spent three years researching Nicolas Cage's early years, studying his formative performances, and interviewing more than 120 people who worked with him and shared untold stories with me. I hope you find it interesting.

bookshop.org/p/books/how-...

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · Aug 28

[strangers in goat masks dance around a bonfire as I’m being tied to a wooden stake] It's getting pretty late, I should probably head out

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, the new one is a bit underwhelming, but I'd say it's definitely better than The Dead Don't Die.

Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 7h

A dangerous woman up to a point once said: "Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville Junction!"

Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 22h

Every movie I saw at NYFF this year, ranked:

1. The Secret Agent (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho)
2. Jay Kelly (dir. Noah Baumbach)
3. Father Mother Sister Brother (dir. Jim Jarmusch)
4. A Private Life (dir. Rebecca Zlotowski)
5. Dracula (dir. Radu Jude)

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 1d

I'm available to serve as ghostwriter...

Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 1d

Billy Corgan trying really hard but ultimately realizing you can't look goth while hawking an overpriced smoothie partnership

Black and white photo of Billy Corgan holding a smoothie

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 1d

Alan Parker, so wildly underrated

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Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social · 2d

The mumbles, hesitations, nose scratches, nervous laughter that Brando, Clift, et. al. introduced to acting — Diane Keaton incorporated them into a range of performances. She was a superb dramatic actor (SHOOT THE MOON) and a dizzy comedian. RIP. wp.me/pzXeC-e5Y

On Diane Keaton (now RIP)

La-dee-da, la-la. Few actresses have based a performance, let alone an early career, on the melodic and rhythmic possibilities of this aside, uttered by Diane Keaton in Annie Hall when she needs sp…

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 2d

My dad learned about Geese from reading The Week magazine. "Their new album is inspired by Frank Zappa," he informed me.

Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 2d

Johnny Cash isn't cool? Well, then why is Nine Inch Nails covering his classic song "Hurt" on tour every single night???

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 3d

Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 11d

Bari Weiss isn't really a journalist in any meaningful way, she's just a preening troll who excels at flattering power, it's hard to see her succeed to such an extent without feeling like maybe you're the one who's losing their mind

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 3d

please post your questions in the Reddit thread!

Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 3d

Going pretty well so far

"How did it get burned?"
"I DON'T KNOW!!!!!"

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 3d

Good afternoon. I'm doing a Reddit AMA about my book and all things Nicolas Cage... starting now.

www.reddit.com/r/onetruegod...

Photo of me sitting at my desk, holding a sign that says "Reddit, Ask Me Anything. October 10 2025, 12 pm Eastern. I'm Zach Schonfeld u/zzzzaaaacccchhh."

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 3d

it's one of those masterpieces that hits me differently at different stages of my life

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 3d

You would've seemed like a crazy alarmist a year ago if you predicted that Trump 2.0 would brazenly abuse the courts to get revenge on his enemies and send the National Guard into Portland and Chicago, right

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 4d

Went to see One Battle After Another again and I had some thoughts about how Jonny Greenwood's incredible score shifts and mutates with each distinct section of the film

A ★★★★½ review of One Battle After Another (2025)

Watching this a second time—in IMAX 70mm this time, for which I booked it to AMC Lincoln Square before 9 a.m. on a Sunday—I was captivated by how the musical score shifts and mutates with each distinc...

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 13d

I wrote about the 90th anniversary of Bride of Frankenstein, a film that's one of the last gasps of both an era of horror and of Universal Pictures. It's a gorgeous, tragic story of a world populated by "gods and monsters." www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

90 Years Later, The Most Important Sci-Fi Horror Sequel Ever Just Got A Huge Upgrade

For its 90th anniversary, the iconic horror sequel 'The Bride of Frankenstein' just got a 4K upgrade.

www.inverse.com

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 4d

Happy birthday to PJ Harvey. Here's some incredible footage of her performing at a festival in Germany in 1998

PJ Harvey - Bizarre Festival 1998 [partial concert]

YouTube video by 90`s Live Archive

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 5d

no no, that's the Connecticut-based jam band Juice

Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 5d

Confusing and upsetting everyone at the party by insisting that her name is pronounced "Lucy Da-COOS"

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 5d

to be fair, I don't know if he was a right-winger back then but he definitely is now.

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 5d

Skill issue. PJ Harvey fell in love with a right-wing freak and then made Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

Is Taylor Swift Too Happy to Make Good Music? by Tyler Foggatt

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