Megan Abbott
@meganabbott.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A dream assignment: writing about Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT for the stunning new Criterion Collection 4K edition. Just in time for the holidays! ❄️❄️❄️ ❄️ @criterionchannl.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A dream assignment: writing about Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT for the stunning new Criterion Collection 4K edition. Just in time for the holidays! ❄️❄️❄️ ❄️ @criterionchannl.bsky.social
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“You must always be yourself no matter what the price. It is the highest form of morality.”
HBD, the unforgettable Candy Darling ...
📸Peter Hujar, 1973
HBD, the unforgettable Candy Darling ...
📸Peter Hujar, 1973
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“You must always be yourself no matter what the price. It is the highest form of morality.”
HBD, the unforgettable Candy Darling ...
📸Peter Hujar, 1973
HBD, the unforgettable Candy Darling ...
📸Peter Hujar, 1973
HBD, the late, great Robert Towne ...
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
HBD, the late, great Robert Towne ...
HBD, the incomparable Martin Scorsese, whose movies and commitment to art changed my life.
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
HBD, the incomparable Martin Scorsese, whose movies and commitment to art changed my life.
Just in time for the holidays ❄️❄️🎄
Got to write about one of my favorite movies, Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT, for the stunning new Criterion 4K digital restoration...
ohttps://www.criterion.com/films/34534-eyes-wide-shut?srsltid=AfmBOoorcvuw0Dv3elxzFc7LYEvAIkUAVzRYu38kPS5oHFMgf3J-k5Zq
Got to write about one of my favorite movies, Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT, for the stunning new Criterion 4K digital restoration...
ohttps://www.criterion.com/films/34534-eyes-wide-shut?srsltid=AfmBOoorcvuw0Dv3elxzFc7LYEvAIkUAVzRYu38kPS5oHFMgf3J-k5Zq
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just in time for the holidays ❄️❄️🎄
Got to write about one of my favorite movies, Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT, for the stunning new Criterion 4K digital restoration...
ohttps://www.criterion.com/films/34534-eyes-wide-shut?srsltid=AfmBOoorcvuw0Dv3elxzFc7LYEvAIkUAVzRYu38kPS5oHFMgf3J-k5Zq
Got to write about one of my favorite movies, Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT, for the stunning new Criterion 4K digital restoration...
ohttps://www.criterion.com/films/34534-eyes-wide-shut?srsltid=AfmBOoorcvuw0Dv3elxzFc7LYEvAIkUAVzRYu38kPS5oHFMgf3J-k5Zq
cormac mccarthy, full of surprises
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
cormac mccarthy, full of surprises
HBD the great Sam Shepard, always magnificent ruthless with his art, himself
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
HBD the great Sam Shepard, always magnificent ruthless with his art, himself
don't forget to vote!
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
don't forget to vote!
“I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.”
HBD, the incendiary Sylvia Plath ...
HBD, the incendiary Sylvia Plath ...
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.”
HBD, the incendiary Sylvia Plath ...
HBD, the incendiary Sylvia Plath ...
“I don’t hate hardly ever, and when I love, I love for miles and miles. A love so big it should either be outlawed or it should have a capital and its own currency.”
HBD Carrie Fisher, sorely missed ...
📷 Harry Benson, 1978
HBD Carrie Fisher, sorely missed ...
📷 Harry Benson, 1978
October 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“I don’t hate hardly ever, and when I love, I love for miles and miles. A love so big it should either be outlawed or it should have a capital and its own currency.”
HBD Carrie Fisher, sorely missed ...
📷 Harry Benson, 1978
HBD Carrie Fisher, sorely missed ...
📷 Harry Benson, 1978
“I’m not interested in realism. All my films hinge on the fantastic. I'm not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream.”
HBD, the great Jean-Pierre Melville ...
HBD, the great Jean-Pierre Melville ...
October 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“I’m not interested in realism. All my films hinge on the fantastic. I'm not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream.”
HBD, the great Jean-Pierre Melville ...
HBD, the great Jean-Pierre Melville ...
“I never see my bad guys as simply bad. They want pretty much the same thing that you and I want: they want to be happy.”
HBD, the king himself, Elmore Leonard …
HBD, the king himself, Elmore Leonard …
October 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“I never see my bad guys as simply bad. They want pretty much the same thing that you and I want: they want to be happy.”
HBD, the king himself, Elmore Leonard …
HBD, the king himself, Elmore Leonard …
From the great novelist Sherwood Anderson, a letter to his son.
October 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
From the great novelist Sherwood Anderson, a letter to his son.
Came across this long-ago Frances McDormand interview (with Cameron Crowe) and found this gem:
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Came across this long-ago Frances McDormand interview (with Cameron Crowe) and found this gem:
“There is no doubt in my mind that the most beautiful music is sad, and the most beautiful photography is in a low-key, with rich blacks.”
HBD, cinematographer and noir master John Alton ...
HBD, cinematographer and noir master John Alton ...
October 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“There is no doubt in my mind that the most beautiful music is sad, and the most beautiful photography is in a low-key, with rich blacks.”
HBD, cinematographer and noir master John Alton ...
HBD, cinematographer and noir master John Alton ...
Great and very funny Q&A with Benny Safdie & @davidehrlich.bsky.social after a screening of THE SMASHING MACHINE, an utterly winning portrait of an athlete as tortured artist. Dwayne Johnson is transcendently good.
October 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Great and very funny Q&A with Benny Safdie & @davidehrlich.bsky.social after a screening of THE SMASHING MACHINE, an utterly winning portrait of an athlete as tortured artist. Dwayne Johnson is transcendently good.
“There is a splinter of ice in the heart of a writer.”
HBD, Graham Greene...
📸Kurt Hutton, 1954
HBD, Graham Greene...
📸Kurt Hutton, 1954
October 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“There is a splinter of ice in the heart of a writer.”
HBD, Graham Greene...
📸Kurt Hutton, 1954
HBD, Graham Greene...
📸Kurt Hutton, 1954
HBD, the king of noir, Jim Thompson ...
September 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
HBD, the king of noir, Jim Thompson ...
“You’ve got sadness in you, I’ve got sadness in me – and my works of art are places where the two sadnesses can meet, and therefore both of us need to feel less sad.”
HBD, Mark Rothko ...
HBD, Mark Rothko ...
September 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“You’ve got sadness in you, I’ve got sadness in me – and my works of art are places where the two sadnesses can meet, and therefore both of us need to feel less sad.”
HBD, Mark Rothko ...
HBD, Mark Rothko ...
HBD, the extraordinary F. Scott Fitzgerald ...💔
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
HBD, the extraordinary F. Scott Fitzgerald ...💔
Cormac McCarthy's living room, with shelves he designed to fit 1,000 books, or 5% of his personal library.
📸Wayne Martin Belger, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
📸Wayne Martin Belger, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Cormac McCarthy's living room, with shelves he designed to fit 1,000 books, or 5% of his personal library.
📸Wayne Martin Belger, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
📸Wayne Martin Belger, @smithsonianmag.bsky.social