Nathan Rabin
@nathanrabin.bsky.social
I've been writing about pop culture for 28 years, primarily as the head entertainment writer for The A.V. Club and staff writer for The Dissolve. My Substack is Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas, and my main site is Nathan Rabin's Happy Place. Author, autistic
To promote my new book about American movies about filmmaking, The Fractured Mirror, I'm running a ten-part series on the 100 greatest movies on the subject. We kick off with entries 90-100. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
To promote my new book about American movies about filmmaking, The Fractured Mirror, I'm running a ten-part series on the 100 greatest movies on the subject. We kick off with entries 90-100. www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
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There are only a few days left in Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas Freaking Golden Deal: sign up for a yearlong membership for 50 dollars and get signed copies of my massive new book, The Fractured Mirror, and my "Weird Al" coloring book free, a 50-dollar value for nuthin'! nathanrabin.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
There are only a few days left in Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas Freaking Golden Deal: sign up for a yearlong membership for 50 dollars and get signed copies of my massive new book, The Fractured Mirror, and my "Weird Al" coloring book free, a 50-dollar value for nuthin'! nathanrabin.substack.com
All pop stars make albums about Travis Kelce's enormous penis. That was the subject of most of Exile on Main Street, but due to sexism, only Taylor Swift is criticized for it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
All pop stars make albums about Travis Kelce's enormous penis. That was the subject of most of Exile on Main Street, but due to sexism, only Taylor Swift is criticized for it.
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To promote my new book, The Fractured Mirror, I'm running a 10-part list of the 100 worst American movies about filmmaking. We begin today with 90-100. I saw all of these stinkers so that nobody else has to. You're welcome! substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
To promote my new book, The Fractured Mirror, I'm running a 10-part list of the 100 worst American movies about filmmaking. We begin today with 90-100. I saw all of these stinkers so that nobody else has to. You're welcome! substack.com/home/post/p-...
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To promote The Fractured Mirror, my massive book about movies about movies with a foreword by Joe Dante and illustrations by Felipe Sobreiro, which comes out TODAY, I'm running this list of the 20 juiciest documentaries about filmmaking: nathanrabin.substack.com/p/the-twenty...
The Twenty Juiciest Behind the Scenes Documentaries About Filmmaking
There are a lot of documentaries about filmmaking. These are objectively the juiciest and best.
nathanrabin.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
To promote The Fractured Mirror, my massive book about movies about movies with a foreword by Joe Dante and illustrations by Felipe Sobreiro, which comes out TODAY, I'm running this list of the 20 juiciest documentaries about filmmaking: nathanrabin.substack.com/p/the-twenty...
There are only a few days left in Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas Freaking Golden Deal: sign up for a yearlong membership for 50 dollars and get signed copies of my massive new book, The Fractured Mirror, and my "Weird Al" coloring book free, a 50-dollar value for nuthin'! nathanrabin.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
There are only a few days left in Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas Freaking Golden Deal: sign up for a yearlong membership for 50 dollars and get signed copies of my massive new book, The Fractured Mirror, and my "Weird Al" coloring book free, a 50-dollar value for nuthin'! nathanrabin.substack.com
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New Nathan Rabin book (that’s about movies that are about movies), just in time for the holidays. I’ve been looking forward to this one!
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
New Nathan Rabin book (that’s about movies that are about movies), just in time for the holidays. I’ve been looking forward to this one!
I've seen two DIFFERENT terrible movie-themed movies called Final Draft. That likewise is not something to be proud of.
You might be the only other person in the world I know that has seen the James Van Der Beek evil clown movie FINAL DRAFT! This isnt something to be proud of, mind.
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I've seen two DIFFERENT terrible movie-themed movies called Final Draft. That likewise is not something to be proud of.
To promote my new book, The Fractured Mirror, I'm running a 10-part list of the 100 worst American movies about filmmaking. We begin today with 90-100. I saw all of these stinkers so that nobody else has to. You're welcome! substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
To promote my new book, The Fractured Mirror, I'm running a 10-part list of the 100 worst American movies about filmmaking. We begin today with 90-100. I saw all of these stinkers so that nobody else has to. You're welcome! substack.com/home/post/p-...
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My journey through the 100 greatest songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic continues with entries 60 through 69! www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
The Greatest "Weird Al" Yankovic Songs, 60 Through 69 — Nathan Rabin's Happy Place
Our journey through the 100 greatest “Weird Al” Yankovic songs continues.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My journey through the 100 greatest songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic continues with entries 60 through 69! www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
Big first day for my new book! A lot of folks wisely accepted my F****** Golden Deal! Very exciting.
My 9th book, The Fractured Mirror, a 548-page exploration of American movies about filmmaking with a foreword by Joe Dante and illustrations by Felipe Sobreiro, comes out today. To promote it, I am offering what can only be deemed a F****** Golden Deal.
nathanrabin.substack.com/p/i-am-proud...
nathanrabin.substack.com/p/i-am-proud...
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Big first day for my new book! A lot of folks wisely accepted my F****** Golden Deal! Very exciting.
To promote The Fractured Mirror, my massive book about movies about movies with a foreword by Joe Dante and illustrations by Felipe Sobreiro, which comes out TODAY, I'm running this list of the 20 juiciest documentaries about filmmaking: nathanrabin.substack.com/p/the-twenty...
The Twenty Juiciest Behind the Scenes Documentaries About Filmmaking
There are a lot of documentaries about filmmaking. These are objectively the juiciest and best.
nathanrabin.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
To promote The Fractured Mirror, my massive book about movies about movies with a foreword by Joe Dante and illustrations by Felipe Sobreiro, which comes out TODAY, I'm running this list of the 20 juiciest documentaries about filmmaking: nathanrabin.substack.com/p/the-twenty...
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In honor of Martin Scorsese's 82nd birthday, the Joy of Positivity pick of the day at Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas is his 1985 masterpiece After Hours. nathanrabin.substack.com/p/in-honor-o...
In Honor of Martin Scorsese's 82nd Birthday, the The Joy of Positivity Pick of the day is his 1985 masterpiece After Hours
The rules are different
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November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In honor of Martin Scorsese's 82nd birthday, the Joy of Positivity pick of the day at Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas is his 1985 masterpiece After Hours. nathanrabin.substack.com/p/in-honor-o...
My 9th book, The Fractured Mirror, a 548-page exploration of American movies about filmmaking with a foreword by Joe Dante and illustrations by Felipe Sobreiro, comes out today. To promote it, I am offering what can only be deemed a F****** Golden Deal.
nathanrabin.substack.com/p/i-am-proud...
nathanrabin.substack.com/p/i-am-proud...
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My 9th book, The Fractured Mirror, a 548-page exploration of American movies about filmmaking with a foreword by Joe Dante and illustrations by Felipe Sobreiro, comes out today. To promote it, I am offering what can only be deemed a F****** Golden Deal.
nathanrabin.substack.com/p/i-am-proud...
nathanrabin.substack.com/p/i-am-proud...
My journey through the 100 greatest songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic continues with entries 60 through 69! www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
The Greatest "Weird Al" Yankovic Songs, 60 Through 69 — Nathan Rabin's Happy Place
Our journey through the 100 greatest “Weird Al” Yankovic songs continues.
www.nathanrabin.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My journey through the 100 greatest songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic continues with entries 60 through 69! www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
In honor of Martin Scorsese's 82nd birthday, the Joy of Positivity pick of the day at Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas is his 1985 masterpiece After Hours. nathanrabin.substack.com/p/in-honor-o...
In Honor of Martin Scorsese's 82nd Birthday, the The Joy of Positivity Pick of the day is his 1985 masterpiece After Hours
The rules are different
nathanrabin.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In honor of Martin Scorsese's 82nd birthday, the Joy of Positivity pick of the day at Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas is his 1985 masterpiece After Hours. nathanrabin.substack.com/p/in-honor-o...
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In honor of the new Edgar Wright movie, the Joy of Positivity pick of the day at Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas is the 1987 adaptation of The Running Man. nathanrabin.substack.com/p/in-honor-o...
In Honor of Edgar Wright's New Adaptation, the Joy of Positivity pick of the day is 1987's The Running Man
We're not in the bleak world that Stephen King chronicled in his 1982 novel The Running Man. We've stumbled into an even more hopeless reality.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In honor of the new Edgar Wright movie, the Joy of Positivity pick of the day at Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas is the 1987 adaptation of The Running Man. nathanrabin.substack.com/p/in-honor-o...
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ICYMI: I finally finished my 9th book, The Fractured Mirror, a 548-page magnum opus about American movies and filmmaking, with a foreword by the great Joe Dante and illustrations by the also great Felipe Sobreiro. Preorder it now at my site's shop; its release is imminent!
It took me twice as long as anticipated, but I finally finished The Fractured Mirror, a 548-page exploration of the complete history of American movies about filmmaking, with a foreword by the great Joe Dante and illustrations by the also great Felipe Sobreiro www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/...
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
ICYMI: I finally finished my 9th book, The Fractured Mirror, a 548-page magnum opus about American movies and filmmaking, with a foreword by the great Joe Dante and illustrations by the also great Felipe Sobreiro. Preorder it now at my site's shop; its release is imminent!