James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I can't say a Johnny Depp comeback is something I'm craving. 060
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just returned from a brief unsatisfactory visit to Substack where the itchy and scratchy literati are perplexingly obsessed with "little magazines" and a lingering condition diagnosed as "the Partisan Review ideology." Of what relevance Partisan Review has to the present moment, oh well never mind. 030
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Poetry is where you find it. Today instant captioning rendered the Strait of Hormuz as "the strain of whore moose." 1142
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And let me use this occasion to wish Katya Zamolodchikova a healthy and full recovery from post-op complications... 020
Reposted by James WolcottGeorge Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Roses are red, Violets are blue, Drag queens ain't done shit to you 11567461184
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Instead we've got morose, embittered men with midlife crises mucking about in Marseille and making everything worse. 020
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Season 5 of FAUDA (Netflix) confronts the trauma of October 7th with an extra helping of bathos, dazed flashbacks, and poor decision-making by its reputed seasoned professionals that is compounded by hot-heated, trigger-happy macho impulsivity that makes every perilous situation worse. 120
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The hee-ya! factor in BROTHERS (Apple TV; McConaughey-Harrelson) looks a little too high for me. 021
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Trump's new auburn coif might revive the craze for coonskin caps. #DavyCrockettKingoftheWildFrontier 062
Reposted by James WolcottFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Gloria Steinem’s involvement with the CIA seems to be of great concern to people who are fucking insufferable. 6326524
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Teenage girl at Wawa wearing a t-shirt showing a cartoon squirrel in the bathtub with soap and brush with the message DON'T FORGET TO WASH YOUR NUTS. Inspiring seeing the younger generation doing its part to promote personal hygiene, as I'm sure Paul Schrader would agree. 050
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 04/09/2026that Paul Schrader spent TWO WEEKS on Winksy* before figuring out that he was chatting with a switchboard of bots and not actual women taking bubble baths** bespeaks a certain lack of discernment *the site's name should have tipped him off **if I were on Winksy I would request an Elke Sommer bot 1235
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I'm a regular viewer of The Nerve, though I skip the segments devoted to Meghan-Harry and/or Blake-Ryan--there are limits. 010
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Met Gala-Galliano-Wintour balls up makes me wish Camille Paglia were still in action. (She's alive but inactive on the culture beat.) 90% of the commentators are too conventional and re-hashy to strike any matches. 140
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Or, Anna Makes an Oopsie. apnews.com/article/met-...apnews.comMetropolitan Museum of Art cancels planned Met Gala exhibit on fashion designer John GallianoThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is canceling its planned exhibit honoring British designer John Galliano, which had led to severe backlash in the Jewish community and beyond because of the designer’s p... 051
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Calling All Rabbis! Or, Where is CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM when you need it? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/s...nytimes.comCritics Blast Metropolitan Museum’s Plan to Honor John GallianoGalliano, a fashion industry giant championed by Anna Wintour, was found guilty of a hate crime for his antisemitic outbursts in 2011. 030
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So the chief obstacle standing between Democrats and retaking Congress is...Hasan Piker??? It's like a memo went out and everyone jumped into their bumper cars. 0162
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 23/08/2026With Gypsy Rose Lee teaching proper deportment and etiquette! 021
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 17/08/2026LANTERNS looks utterly drear. Fake-gritty has become TV's default aesthetic. 010
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Most annoying woman on TV is the grinning dame in the aqua exercise class who asks the young dolt next to her, "Penny for your thoughts?" To which the Zach Braff dude worriedly says,"Will I be able to retire?" "Good question," she replies, hoisting her mini-weights, absolutely no help whatsoever. 060
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Have to admire the smooth way Ossoff rolled that hand grenade under the tent flap. Excellent killer instincts. 0275
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It was a zealous pile-on all out of proportion to the facts of the case, an opportunity for culture warriors to get their whacks in and furrow their brows over the shabby State of Academe. Bastards. 0103
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Much appreciation to Mireille Enos for saving the season finale of SUGAR (AppleTV) from complete soupiness. Inspired wardrobe and makeup enhanced her character's she-boss guru star power, an Aimee Semple McPherson for our time. 060
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 28/07/202660 minutes stopwatch..."And reporting from the West Bank, Bret Stephens in a Darth Vader helmet." 071
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Newly hired at 60 Minutes, Ross Douthat will soon be checking in anonymously at a Brazilian clinic for charisma injections and a professional "glow-up." 180
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Count Binface's multipoint manifesto is impressive, inspiring, in its scope and refinement. 2: "I will cut your taxes, and raise everyone else’s." 11: "A windfall tax on cosy crime novels written (or 'written') by celebrities." 16: "A referendum on whether Pluto should regain its planet status. 061
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Quite a lambasting here. www.wsj.com/opinion/pres...wsj.comOpinion | President Vance Goes AWOLThe leader of the Senate could bring Congress together. He’s hawking a book. 071
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Even allowing that he's a moony extraterrestial still acclimating to our earthly ways, John Sugar (Colin Farrell) is one lousy excuse for an private investigator--zero situational awareness, slow on the uptake, walking into obvious traps and getting his head bonked (or worse). 121
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 17/07/2026So many of the reviewers of Nolan's THE ODYSSEY seem to be swing for the fences and twisting into pretzels, as if this is Their Moment too. 061
Reposted by James Wolcott🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 12/07/2026graham choosing to put off medical care that likely would’ve saved his life because he was scheduled to be on meet the press in the morning is the most perfect encapsulation of his career one can imagine 643575689
Reposted by James WolcottJustin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Jeremy Brett had a very good career at Olivier's National. Eric Porter was a step above that - he was a star at the RSC as in the early 60s, Macbeth, Shylock, Lear, Henry IV, Pinter with Peggy Ashcroft. Then he was a TV star with Forsyte Saga. The silent scene with Holmes @ Reichenbach is stunning. 2196
Reposted by James WolcottJustin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Buckethead/Binface hated Boris, that’s clear, but he really hates Farage 😂 4302
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 09/07/2026"It's bona to vada your dolly old eek," is classic Polari. 030
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 09/07/2026For the initiated: "Hello, I'm Julian and this is my friend, Sandy." www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA8Z...youtube.comWogan's Radio Fun - Julian and Sandy - Kenneth Williams - BBC1 - 30-12-87YouTube video by studio2television 170
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 09/07/2026There are moments in interviews when Count Binface sounds uncannily like the late great comedic performer Kenneth Williams of CARRY ON and "Julian and Sandy" fame. In that spirit of tribute, the Count should campaign on the slogan "Make Britain Bona Again." 020
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Such a crass demonstration of in-crowd arrogance capped by Lena's beaming moonface. 0173
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Some shticks just don't travel. www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/...lemonde.frClavicular: An American masculinist in Paris gets rejectedThe young influencer rose to fame on social media with his hyper-masculine and aggressive videos. Today, he is widely mocked for his unsuccessful attempts at flirting, which he broadcast live from the... 150
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 04/07/2026"It's very important that the socialist movement have swag." --Hasan Piker, just now. 040
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Speaking of flaccid, Louis CK's new comedy special RIDICULOUS (Netflix) is pooped-out from the start, low vibrational and paunchy, with an opening bit about getting AIDS from effing a rat. Great way to win the crowd over, Louis! Content aside, he's lost his standup chops and stage purpose. 040
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Bill Clinton used to be derided by his enemies as "Slick Willie" but there's never been anyone slicker in political life than JD Vance, a vacuous compilation of preening mannerisms. The way he crooks his finger and thumb to frame a point, just for example. 1294
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Hasan Piker's dramatic, exasperated dissection of Bill Maher's flaccid conversation with/ JD Vance is quite inspiriting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXxD...youtube.comHasanabi Live StreamYouTube video by Hasan Live FAN CHANNEL 1142
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 29/06/2026So they're following Keir Starmer's lead (and a fat lot of good it did him.) 060
Reposted by James WolcottJustin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Lake should be in prison. 021
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 24/06/2026He did mention scouting for real estate in Tel Aviv but basically he sat shiva w guests Eli Lake, who dresses like a 12 year old on LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, and some smooth mouthpiece from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, whose expertise looks a bit hinky in light of the Iran war... 140
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Hoping that today's edition of Commentary Magazine Podcast opens with John Podhoretz packing his bags and announcing to the camera, "That's it--I'm outta here." #MamdaniSweep 280
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The case could be made that the Reflecting Pool has become sentient. 152
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 24/06/2026“It’s a great night for—Hasan Piker! And a dark night for America.” —JPod, Mark Halperin, every Fox News panel tmrw. 070
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 24/06/2026If it’s truly a Mamdani sweep, John Podhoretz will completely flip his poptop on tmrw’s Commentary podcast. 080
James Wolcott @jwolcott.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I early-voted for Darializa and a white dove landed on my shoulder. 160
