Jason Bailey
@jasondashbailey.com
Keep circulating the tapes.
https://www.jasondashbailey.com/
YIPPEE KI-YAY Book: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/yippee-ki-yay_9781419783753/
GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC podcast: pod.link/1274489817
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YIPPEE KI-YAY Book: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/yippee-ki-yay_9781419783753/
GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC podcast: pod.link/1274489817
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· Aug 12
Thrilled to share the cover and pub date for my next book!
YIPPEE KI-YAY: "DIE HARD," BRUCE WILLIS, AND THE REINVENTION OF THE ACTION MOVIE — an in-depth look at the origin, production, and legacy of the original 1988 classic, as well as its various sequels and rip-offs — is out 5/11/27!
YIPPEE KI-YAY: "DIE HARD," BRUCE WILLIS, AND THE REINVENTION OF THE ACTION MOVIE — an in-depth look at the origin, production, and legacy of the original 1988 classic, as well as its various sequels and rip-offs — is out 5/11/27!
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Sharing this because NYers who are unenthusiastic about casting a vote for Kathy Hochul need to know that the alternative, Bruce Blakeman, is a genuinely evil piece of shit. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/n...
Blakeman Launches Graphic Attack on Mamdani in Meeting With Hasidic Jews (Gift Article)
While seeking support from Hasidic leaders, the Republican candidate for governor, Bruce Blakeman, said Mayor Zohran Mamdani would not act if riots hit their community.
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Sharing this because NYers who are unenthusiastic about casting a vote for Kathy Hochul need to know that the alternative, Bruce Blakeman, is a genuinely evil piece of shit. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/n...
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I like how Stephen King had a pen name for when he was writing really fucked up shit that normal Stephen King would never write because it’s so fucked up and it was like imagine having to walk a lot
October 13, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I like how Stephen King had a pen name for when he was writing really fucked up shit that normal Stephen King would never write because it’s so fucked up and it was like imagine having to walk a lot
Not that Spielberg is a chump with that kinda thing but I worked for several years in a satellite TV newsroom and the control room scene in DISCLOSURE DAY is so authentic that they literally hired one of our sat operators to play one
I’m gonna reverse this question for fun: what’s a movie whose historical verisimilitude impressed you in proportion for what you were expecting? My choice is Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure bsky.app/profile/dear...
Prompts a fun question: whats the most niche historical inaccuracy in a piece of work that annoys you
Not like 'oh they were referring to the wrong king' , more 'they had the wrong king on a banknote in one scene'
Not like 'oh they were referring to the wrong king' , more 'they had the wrong king on a banknote in one scene'
October 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Not that Spielberg is a chump with that kinda thing but I worked for several years in a satellite TV newsroom and the control room scene in DISCLOSURE DAY is so authentic that they literally hired one of our sat operators to play one
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What a ridiculous figure Robert Eggers is, making a series of beautiful, confrontationally uncompromising films about subjects in which he is deeply interested. Let's get him
January 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What a ridiculous figure Robert Eggers is, making a series of beautiful, confrontationally uncompromising films about subjects in which he is deeply interested. Let's get him
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Posted a clip across platforms let’s check in on the inclusive and friendly Twitter
October 12, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Posted a clip across platforms let’s check in on the inclusive and friendly Twitter
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Hard to argue with this tbh
An Open Letter To The People Writing Lengthy Posts About 'Why I'm Going Back to Twitter'
dansinker.com/posts/2026-1...
dansinker.com/posts/2026-1...
October 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Hard to argue with this tbh
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For @crooked-marquee.bsky.social, I celebrated the 35th anniversary of Ernest Scared Stupid by giving it overdue credit for inspiring so much of the kid-somewhat-friendly horror that followed. When Spirit Halloween starts selling denim vests, my job will be done. Read on below.
October 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
For @crooked-marquee.bsky.social, I celebrated the 35th anniversary of Ernest Scared Stupid by giving it overdue credit for inspiring so much of the kid-somewhat-friendly horror that followed. When Spirit Halloween starts selling denim vests, my job will be done. Read on below.
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We used to give serious answers to, instead of raising serious questions about, fascists
October 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
We used to give serious answers to, instead of raising serious questions about, fascists
Oh does it raise serious questions, dude? Is that what it does? Are the questions both serious AND raised? Wow he really got out the baseball bat for this one
jeffries has released a statement on the omar raid
October 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Every now and then I get this braindead response on here, some centrist who's furious that anyone would ever demand that Democrats actually do something.
Yeah, I know Republicans exist, man. I just don't think they're going to listen to me.
But I think the party that asks for my vote might?
Yeah, I know Republicans exist, man. I just don't think they're going to listen to me.
But I think the party that asks for my vote might?
October 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Every now and then I get this braindead response on here, some centrist who's furious that anyone would ever demand that Democrats actually do something.
Yeah, I know Republicans exist, man. I just don't think they're going to listen to me.
But I think the party that asks for my vote might?
Yeah, I know Republicans exist, man. I just don't think they're going to listen to me.
But I think the party that asks for my vote might?
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This is a fair question and I want to answer it. Dem leadership has been promising accountability for years. Where are the specific actions they’re prepared to take? At some point, repeatedly promising accountability without identifying a mechanism or a timeline stops being a meaningful response.
He says they will pursue full accountability for rogue departments!
Take out the phrase 'raises questions' and what is your problem with it?
Take out the phrase 'raises questions' and what is your problem with it?
October 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
This is a fair question and I want to answer it. Dem leadership has been promising accountability for years. Where are the specific actions they’re prepared to take? At some point, repeatedly promising accountability without identifying a mechanism or a timeline stops being a meaningful response.
People like this are why we can’t actually win in any meaningful way. There’s never a shortage of apologists and bootlickers
I mean, get a grip. What's he supposed to do? Stand in front of the White House with a bullhorn. Save your outrage for Patel
Oh does it raise serious questions, dude? Is that what it does? Are the questions both serious AND raised? Wow he really got out the baseball bat for this one
October 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
People like this are why we can’t actually win in any meaningful way. There’s never a shortage of apologists and bootlickers
Oh does it raise serious questions, dude? Is that what it does? Are the questions both serious AND raised? Wow he really got out the baseball bat for this one
October 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Oh does it raise serious questions, dude? Is that what it does? Are the questions both serious AND raised? Wow he really got out the baseball bat for this one
+1 to all this, and what's genuinely depressing is thinking about what Dems will do about it if they come back into power (nothing)
The Omar story today and the Talarcio story yesterday are the same story of rat-fucking your opponents before an election. Except now the government does it, out in the open.
October 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
+1 to all this, and what's genuinely depressing is thinking about what Dems will do about it if they come back into power (nothing)
Another NYFF is on the books and I wrote a big ol' wrap-up, with mini-reviews of GODZILLA MINUS ZERO, BEHEMOTH, A STATEMENT, THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, PAPER TIGER, and more. Give it a read! buff.ly/K6IGkIq
Crooked Marquee’s New York Film Festival 2026 Wrap-Up — Crooked Marquee
Our final report from NYFF 64 includes thoughts on “Godzilla Minus Zero,” “Paper Tiger,” “Behemoth!,” “The Debut,” “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” “A Statement,” “Bucking Fastard,” and more.
buff.ly
October 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Another NYFF is on the books and I wrote a big ol' wrap-up, with mini-reviews of GODZILLA MINUS ZERO, BEHEMOTH, A STATEMENT, THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, PAPER TIGER, and more. Give it a read! buff.ly/K6IGkIq
New clip from our latest episode! Here, @mattsinger.bsky.social discusses why Vincent Price’s performance in THE TINGLER works so well.
Watch the full episode on YouTube:
buff.ly/xlo1kZK
Listen on Apple podcasts:
buff.ly/w6qutr2
Listen on Spotify:
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Watch the full episode on YouTube:
buff.ly/xlo1kZK
Listen on Apple podcasts:
buff.ly/w6qutr2
Listen on Spotify:
buff.ly/BUoFcI7
October 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
New clip from our latest episode! Here, @mattsinger.bsky.social discusses why Vincent Price’s performance in THE TINGLER works so well.
Watch the full episode on YouTube:
buff.ly/xlo1kZK
Listen on Apple podcasts:
buff.ly/w6qutr2
Listen on Spotify:
buff.ly/BUoFcI7
Watch the full episode on YouTube:
buff.ly/xlo1kZK
Listen on Apple podcasts:
buff.ly/w6qutr2
Listen on Spotify:
buff.ly/BUoFcI7
This is a just a gimme
October 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
This is a just a gimme
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I realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something.
“Women wearing short shorts to the gym does not make them whores. It makes the men calling them ‘whores’ misogynists.”
Dan Levy Calls Out Shane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ Monologue and Says ‘More Men Need to Be Standing Up’: ‘Speechless That Something Like That Can Exist on Live National Television’
"Schitt's Creek" star Dan Levy is calling out Shane Gillis' "Saturday Night Live" monologue, saying that "more men need to be standing up."
variety.com
October 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something.
LFG
Houston, we are go for launch!
Runnin' Wild: The Madcap Story of Some Like It Hot, due out from @wwnorton.com and @faberbooks.bsky.social in June.
Time to pre-order!! #FilmSky #MovieSky #BillyWilder #SomeLikeItHot #MarilynMonroe #TonyCurtis #JackLemmon
www.booksamillion.com/p/Runnin-Wil...
Runnin' Wild: The Madcap Story of Some Like It Hot, due out from @wwnorton.com and @faberbooks.bsky.social in June.
Time to pre-order!! #FilmSky #MovieSky #BillyWilder #SomeLikeItHot #MarilynMonroe #TonyCurtis #JackLemmon
www.booksamillion.com/p/Runnin-Wil...
Runnin' Wild: Noah Isenberg: 9781324004035
Runnin' Wild: Noah Isenberg: 9781324004035: Hardcover: Film - History & Criticism
www.booksamillion.com
October 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
LFG
My fellow dudes, just read books and stfu about it, like normal human beings
October 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
My fellow dudes, just read books and stfu about it, like normal human beings
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“Does the world see Misty Green as a woman for sale — or does the movie?” @jasondashbailey.com asks of Chris Rock’s latest. “And unfortunately, Rock doesn’t seem to have answered the question himself.” buff.ly/V2W2qGu
October 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
“Does the world see Misty Green as a woman for sale — or does the movie?” @jasondashbailey.com asks of Chris Rock’s latest. “And unfortunately, Rock doesn’t seem to have answered the question himself.” buff.ly/V2W2qGu
Counterpoint: why on earth does it fucking matter?
Chin-scratching, soft-focus bullshit like this serves exactly one purpose: it gives these water carriers plausible deniability when the pendulum swings so they can try to reframe themselves as sensible centrists.
(See also: Beck, Glenn)
Chin-scratching, soft-focus bullshit like this serves exactly one purpose: it gives these water carriers plausible deniability when the pendulum swings so they can try to reframe themselves as sensible centrists.
(See also: Beck, Glenn)
Does Megyn Kelly, the TV host turned YouTube polemicist, really believe what she’s saying? @sophiegilbert.bsky.social asks. She spent a week watching Kelly’s show to find out:
Megyn Kelly’s Extreme Makeover
Does the TV host turned YouTube polemicist really believe what she’s saying?
bit.ly
October 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Counterpoint: why on earth does it fucking matter?
Chin-scratching, soft-focus bullshit like this serves exactly one purpose: it gives these water carriers plausible deniability when the pendulum swings so they can try to reframe themselves as sensible centrists.
(See also: Beck, Glenn)
Chin-scratching, soft-focus bullshit like this serves exactly one purpose: it gives these water carriers plausible deniability when the pendulum swings so they can try to reframe themselves as sensible centrists.
(See also: Beck, Glenn)
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Can we take just a few seconds to acknowledge the birth of a new classic meme
October 12, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Can we take just a few seconds to acknowledge the birth of a new classic meme
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yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.
Fuck Columbus.
Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket