When I realized, in the spring of 2022, that I was writing a book, I hadn't the slightest clue what I might wind up doing with it. I had the vague sense that one was meant to find someone interested i...

Alt: The adorably pouty porg face shall express my feelings at discovering zero gifs for Rian Johnson’s first masterpiece, Brick. Wtf gif search? I do love The Last Jedi, though, so it’s all good. Jk not all good, salty af. Brick is one of the most brilliantly written, beautifully acted, exquisitely crafted, stylish yet substantial films in history. And not a single gif. SMH.

How the Democrats have freed us from the Democrats

Alt: Tom Cruise in Magnolia, a flawless performance in a remarkable film. When Edward Norton was styled to evoke Frank TJ Mackey in Glass Onion flashbacks, I had something like a religious experience.

Alt: In Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt dangles on wires to infiltrate a CIA vault. It’s one of the coolest scenes ever filmed.

Alt: In Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece, Phantom Thread, fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) says curtly, “I simply have no time for confrontations.”

ALT: a man is giving a thumbs up while standing in front of a wall

Alt: Cillian Murphy in Red Eye, awakening the dark romance fan in us all. In this moment, he is calmly instructing his victim to sit down. For the purpose of the gif, someone has clearly made his powerfully blue eyes even more intensely blue, and I’m not complaining.