Crackers in Bed

Jerry's Kids

On John Lennon and J.D. Salinger

Mar 14 • 

Charles Taylor

Your Orphan with His Gun

Notes on James Mangold's A Complete Unknown

Mar 2 • 

Charles Taylor

February 2025

RIP The Washington Post

On Steven Spielberg's The Post

Feb 27 • 

Charles Taylor

January 2025

Love Hurts

On Bertrand Blier's Mon Homme

Jan 21

Wrecking Ball

On our new day of mourning and refusal

Jan 20 • 

Charles Taylor

Big Noise from Missoula

David Lynch 1946-2025

Jan 17 • 

Charles Taylor

Songs for the Taking 7

On Warren Zevon's "Desperadoes Under the Eaves"

Jan 10 • 

Charles Taylor

December 2024

Songs for the Taking 6

On "Silent Night"

Dec 24, 2024 • 

Charles Taylor

Good Cop, Dull Cop

On Lili Anolik's Didion & Babitz and creative writing programs

Dec 21, 2024 • 

Charles Taylor

Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears

It was always certain that the reality of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer was not going to match our fantasies of him.

Dec 10, 2024 • 

Charles Taylor

Terminal

Apart from the executions of certain notorious criminals and the deaths of certain despots and terrorists, I can’t recall any public death provoking the…

Dec 6, 2024 • 

Charles Taylor

Hard to Be Human Again

On Mike Leigh's Hard Truths

Dec 5, 2024 • 

Charles Taylor