Michael Snyder
cultureblaster.bsky.social
Michael Snyder
@cultureblaster.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, critic, man-about-two-towns, host of Culture Blast on GABNet, pundit on The Mark Thompson Show & the infamous Coastal Commuter
In the wake of the #Oscar noms, I bring @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube my reviews of #Mercy #HIsForHawk #Atropia & #ReturnToSilentHill & the #Netflix shows #SevenDials & #DeathByLightning & broach the awful idea of #Trump, recording artist: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: youtu.be/zLJEheZVXKU?...
Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 1-23-26
YouTube video by Michael Snyder
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"Sunrise at Campobello," the film biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was so successful that I've decided to write a script about the current president: "Sundown at Mar-a-Lago." It's a sordid gangster story that descends into pathological drama and apocalyptic tragedy by the third act.
January 21, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It's the January movie dead zone when studios & distributors dump lesser releases into theaters - with a few exceptions. I review two examples of the detritus (#Greenland2 and #Primate) & an outlier (#28YearsLater: #TheBoneTemple) in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/those-januar...
Those January movie doldrums - The Voice of San Francisco
As tradition dictates, a gaggle of prestige movies made it into theaters for official awards consideration by critics’ groups and industry guild members before the end of the calendar year. Some of th...
thevoicesf.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
A "Happy Martin Luther King Day" greeting is particularly inappropriate when freedom, equality & democracy are flagrantly undermined by the vile administration abusing power in our country. MLK Day has never been more solemn than today as Trump & his goons trash everything that Dr. King fought for.
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
One of the ongoing flurry of smart, rousing science-fiction TV shows, #Pluribus has enflamed online fan groups and water-cooler debate with its spin on a classic motif -- and I'm there for it, as imparted in my coverage for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/invasion-of-...
Invasion of the brainy sci-fi - The Voice of San Francisco
Even if they turn out to be short-lived in their popularity, certain television shows debut and instantly generate fervent online fan groups or, to put it in more old-school terms, inspire water-coole...
thevoicesf.org
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I've decided to do Dry January, so I'll be sleeping in the sauna every night.
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
For #NewYearsEve's #CultureBlast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube, I discuss my #Top10Movies of 2025 & the sitcom #AManOnTheInside, eulogize lost friends, wonder about rainbows & reveal my plans to enjoy the #ConstellationClub NYE bash: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social
youtu.be/aQWmQdIL_iI?...
Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 12 31 25
YouTube video by Michael Snyder
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
As a professional film reviewer, I'm traditionally required to compile a list of my favorite movies of the year every December. My Top 10 for 2025 (plus 15 more titles worth watching) are revealed via my current column in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #bestmoviesof2025
thevoicesf.org/wrapping-up-...
Wrapping up the best movies of 2025 - The Voice of San Francisco
As tradition requires in late December, it’s time for critics and pundits to compile and reveal their annual best-of-the-year lists. For this movie reviewer, the standard Top 10 never seems to be enou...
thevoicesf.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Civic rivalry aside, I prize the tonal contrast between the TV comedies #AManOnTheInside, set in San Francisco, & #ILoveLA, set in Los Angeles, reflective of their respective locales - favorably reviewing the two shows in my column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: thevoicesf.org/mapping-a-co...
Mapping a contrast in TV comedy from S.F. and L.A. - The Voice of San Francisco
Aside from the traditional notion of a civic rivalry between San Francisco and Los Angeles, it would be hard to miss the distinct tonal differences between two current TV comedies set in those respect...
thevoicesf.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#RentalFamily #TrainDreams & #Rebuilding are small-scale movies telling intimate, emotional stories that linger long after viewing. Writing for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social, I rave about these three antidotes to blockbuster overload:
@TheMTS.bsky.social #moviereviews thevoicesf.org/antidotes-to...
Antidotes to big-screen bombast  - The Voice of San Francisco
Conveniently released on the cusp of awards season in Hollywood, three current movies are not only artistic successes; they’re intimate, humane, emotionally satisfying antidotes to mega-studio blockbu...
thevoicesf.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#CultureBlast glows up @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube as I weigh in with reviews of #WickedForGood #RentalFamily #SisuRoadToRevenge #TrainDreams #Rebuilding, commend the re-release of #TheBeatlesAnthology series & skewer a certain big piggy. #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/2mFBn9hUCVU?...
Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 11 21 25
YouTube video by Michael Snyder
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Among the recent spate of movies inspired by true stories, #NouvelleVague & #PeterHujarsDay stand out as unique glimpses of significant times, places & people. I elaborate in my latest film column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/true-stories...
True stories reclaim past glories - The Voice of San Francisco
If a movie released in recent times isn’t a mega-budget thrill ride derived from an action, science fiction, or fantasy franchise, it might be an adaptation of a best-selling young-adult romance novel...
thevoicesf.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
With two new movies now in theaters, #EthanHawke takes a break from the big screen to star as a scruffy investigative journalist in #TheLowdown, a TV series rife with intrigue, secrets & murder. I give the lowdown on the show in my column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social:
thevoicesf.org/getting-lowd...
Getting lowdown and dirty to solve crime - The Voice of San Francisco
In the age of prestige television, several high-profile movie actors are signing up to star in shows that depict a flawed representative of the law or a freelance do-gooder trying to solve a case whil...
thevoicesf.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Based on Alysia Abbott's memoir of growing up as the daughter of a gay single dad in San Francisco during the ’70s & ’80s, #Fairyland comes to the screen with an unerring sense of time & place. I commend the movie as astute & heartbreaking in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.org: thevoicesf.org/finding-an-e...
Finding an ephemeral home in Fairyland - The Voice of San Francisco
In 1967, the Summer of Love heralded some particularly progressive and turbulent years for San Francisco as thousands of young people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in search of a counte...
thevoicesf.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM