@Slate's culture editor. He/him.
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12 May 2025
I spent months investigating a heinous crime: the wrongest bird in the history of cinema. Tonight the results of my investigation are in print for the first time. (🧵)
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Jun 11
The Knicks after Wu-Tang Clan performed at halftime
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Jun 8
Still cracking up at this lede from @jack_hamilton.
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this week is Spielberg Week at @slate, the cinematic corollary to 2016's Wonder Week. my contribution is this essay on spielberg's colossal 1993, which was fun to write slate.com/culture/2026/06/ju…
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Mar 12
Definitely making this for my Oscars watch party on Sunday.
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me at Maya Rudolph’s Oh Mary
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Feb 9
This is the close read of Bad Bunny’ Super Bowl performance that I wanted to read, from @jmrivera02.
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10 Dec 2025
I swear I did nothing to force @Slate’s movie critic to put LISTERS on her list of the 10 best movies of 2025.
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23 Nov 2025
“are you wearing the—“
“Elphaba’s sex cardigan? Yes, I am.”
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24 Sep 2025
Today in @Slate: CRITICISM'S BIGGEST STRAWMAN: Once & for all, here's what "poptimism" was & wasn't, and why people keep blaming it for everything they dislike in culture. Most recently the esteemed Kelefa Sanneh, often (wrongly) said to have started it! slate.com/culture/2025/09/ta…
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22 Sep 2025
Picture books are not the same as when we were little. In many ways, they’re better.
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15 Sep 2025
LISTERS is the real deal: the funniest, most horrifying movie I've seen since WEAPONS. @TheBirdist explains:
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6 Aug 2025
Since 2019, @Slate has scientifically rated the scariness of nearly 50 different major horror movies, with charts.
I'm not sure any movie has ever scored as high as WEAPONS.
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6 Aug 2025
NOSFERATU also scored high in several categories (this was, of course, pre-thirst).
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6 Aug 2025
If you, like me, frequently find your life ruined by a horror movie, you can find all of the other movies and shows we’ve rated here: slate.com/tag/scaredy-scale
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The spoof movie was one of our most popular genres—and then, for years, it vanished. Who killed it?
Det. @DItzkoff investigates, talking to original Naked Gun director @TheDavidZucker, new Naked Gun director Akiva Schaffer of @thelonelyisland, and more.
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14 Jul 2025
this that shit he put in the peach
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10 Jun 2025
it's impossible to do justice to sly's art and legacy but I did my best slate.com/culture/2025/06/sl…
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10 Jun 2025
Mr. @AlanSiegelLA has been the definitive writer about The Simpsons for more than a decade now, so I can't wait to read his new book. For now, here's a taste—about when the show’s writers told the censors to eat their shorts:
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