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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'm so fortunate to have contributed to this gorgeous blu-ray of one of my favorite vampire movies and movies of the 1990s: NADJA.

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

“Never, ever go near power. Don’t become friends with anyone who has real power. It’s dangerous.” HBD, the great Stanley Kubrick …

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

“I only eat so I can smoke and stay alive.” HBD, the eternal Harry Dean Stanton … 📷Candy Clark

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

“Heavies are closer to life than leading men. The heavy is everyman—everyman when he faces a tough moment in life. It's the heavy that has to do with the meat of life.” HBD, the sublime Warren Oates …

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

NYC! Join me on Sun June 7 to see one of the best movies of the 21st century. The identity of the Zodiac killer will, of course, be revealed, live, after the screening.

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Public Image Ltd R.E.M. Living Color Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds The Mekons The Pixies Kim Gordon Kim Deal Bill Callahan Cindy Lee

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I loved writing this piece for Criterion's glorious new blu-ray of Lawrence Kasdan's sublime neo-noir, BODY HEAT. Check it out! www.criterion.com/current/post...

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” HBD, Orson Welles ... 📷Irving Penn, 1945

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

BONNIE & CLYDE, ZABRISKIE POINT, THE GODFATHER TRILOGY, THE CONVERSATION, APOCALYPSE NOW, ONE FROM THE HEART, RUMBLE FISH -- what an artist. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/m...

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Dean Tavoularis, Oscar-Winning Production Designer for Coppola, Dies at 93

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

“You aren’t too smart, are you? I like that in a man.” 🔥🔥🔥 I loved writing the essay for the upcoming @criterion.bsky.social 4K restoration of Lawrence Kasdan’s BODY HEAT (1981). Few neo-noirs are as whipsmart, visually lush & incendiary than this one. www.criterion.com/films/32141-...

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif.

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I still can't believe I got to interview David Chase about his (often surprising) cinematic loves. A truly unforgettable conversation. Coming in May on the Criterion Channel!

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

You need to pay for news

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

HBD, the virtuoso Flannery O'Connor ...

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

“She seemed to live in a crackle of tension one could almost feel like a physical thing around her.” —Ruth Warrick on the spectacular Joan Crawford #botd 📸 Eve Arnold, 1959

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I so loved writing this, an excuse to unpack one of my favorite needledrops in movie history while also reckoning with my own rigid musical tastes (can I be moved by an Enya song? apparently I can, deeply).

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Such a joy interviewing the Coens again for the new Criterion 4K of THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, a deeply underrated noir gem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZsF...

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Joel & Ethan Coen on THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE

YouTube video by CRITERION

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

It was so delightful seeing Wallace Shawn in the lobby collecting accolades after this magnificent production. (Also spotted: Bob Balaban, Amy Heckerling, Marisa Tomei)

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Joseph Conrad, laying down some hard truths. (Heart of Darkness never not applies)

Droll thing life is--that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself--that comes too late--a crop of unextinguishable regrets.

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Travis Woods @aheartofgould.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The upcoming @filmsradiance.bsky.social 4K UHD release of CUTTER'S WAY--arguably the greatest/bleakestneo-noir ever made--features contributions from such killer hitters as @jordanharper.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, @christinalefou.bsky.social, and more (including an essay by me). GET IT.

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

This killed me dead and it still does. youtu.be/_A-ZMdw9VjA

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Gregory Peck in Taxi Driver

YouTube video by Etherial Films

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I so love reading this. Not only has @filmforumnyc.bsky.social just experienced its two best box office years ever, but a quarter of its members are under 35. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/a...

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The Next Stop for a Sundance Director: Leading New York’s Film Forum

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Went to see one of my all-timers last night at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social: John Huston's THE ASPHALT JUNGLE. With each viewing, I think more and more that it's one of the top five best screenplays in all of noir.

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

One of the absolute greats. (And if you've never seen WHAT HAPPENED WAS, do yourself a favor and watch it.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/m...

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Tom Noonan, Actor Renowned for Onscreen Menace, Dies at 74

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 20/02/2026

“We were stunned [about the prescience] for a while, but we’ve really gotten to the point where it’s really sad. It’s just sad how predictable and lame and obvious and wrong it all is. Fascism is just a total fail in the end.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

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‘Andor’ Creator Tony Gilroy Gives the Interview He Couldn’t During Its Release

While promoting his cautionary tale about fascism, Disney asked Gilroy to refrain from using the word. Nine months after it aired its finale, the 'Star Wars' series feels scarily prescient.

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Robert Duvall, 1931-2026 💔 📸 Dirck Halstead, 1976

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

still the only true WUTHERING HEIGHTS adaptation for me

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

"You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man." It was such a pleasure to write the essay for Criterion's director-approved 4K of BODY HEAT, exquisitely restored. Preorder now for May! www.criterion.com/films/32141-...

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Mac Johnson @jacmohnson.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I don’t mind adaptations that take creative liberties, but does he at least put an entire fish in his mouth and then pull out only the skeleton?

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Between IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, THE SECRET AGENT and IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, is this the year of the cinematic leg?

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

“If it weren’t for these, I reckon I might not have gotten into reading what I do.” Truly a loss. Mass-market paperbacks made me a reader. So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...

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So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

“It’s happening in the U.S. It’s happening in Brazil and in Europe. There is a group of society, usually from the far right, and they are fighting reality every day. They wake up in the morning and go to sleep fighting reality.”

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

“My father warned me about men and booze, but he never mentioned a word about women and cocaine.” HBD, the incendiary Tallulah Bankhead ...

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

one of my absolute favorite Catherine O'Hara performances:

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

and every elitist notion of Midwesterners.

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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

What an excellent, deeply thought-provoking book. As a consumer of true crime since childhood, it changed the way I'll think about it forever. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...

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A Journalist on the Inside Upends Good vs. Evil Criminal Stereotypes

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