Mark Harris
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Freelance: T, New York, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
Ugh, just texted “Thanks.” to someone when I meant “Thanks!” No recovering from that.
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ugh, just texted “Thanks.” to someone when I meant “Thanks!” No recovering from that.
This is disgraceful toadying to someone who could well be dead, out of office, or both by the time this reanimated corpse knuckle-drags itself to the screen. Some context: Ratner directed the state-approved Melania doc that is coming to Prime, so he's now a friend of The Family. >
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is disgraceful toadying to someone who could well be dead, out of office, or both by the time this reanimated corpse knuckle-drags itself to the screen. Some context: Ratner directed the state-approved Melania doc that is coming to Prime, so he's now a friend of The Family. >
Niche post for critics and movie-awards-season nerds: Don't sleep on The Plague, a superb, excruciatingly tense American debut film--not horror, but in its way terrifying--about being a 12- or 13-year-old boy among other 12- or 13-year-old boys. Opens next month; it's haunted me since I saw it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Niche post for critics and movie-awards-season nerds: Don't sleep on The Plague, a superb, excruciatingly tense American debut film--not horror, but in its way terrifying--about being a 12- or 13-year-old boy among other 12- or 13-year-old boys. Opens next month; it's haunted me since I saw it.
I cannot tell a lie--this was fun to write. (Please note that it was conceived, written, edited, and closed well before recent events involving the mizzdeedzz of zzertain journalizzts.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
How to Get Revenge
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I cannot tell a lie--this was fun to write. (Please note that it was conceived, written, edited, and closed well before recent events involving the mizzdeedzz of zzertain journalizzts.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
I clicked on this video because I love this production of Merrily We Roll Along, and something so bad happens in the first ten seconds that I am now forming a commission to investigate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAlV...
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I clicked on this video because I love this production of Merrily We Roll Along, and something so bad happens in the first ten seconds that I am now forming a commission to investigate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAlV...
Everything that comes out of the Trump administration is so rudderless these days. It's one thing to play to the base; this is playing to the bubble, which is different and is not going to do anything to help their terrible approval numbers.
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Everything that comes out of the Trump administration is so rudderless these days. It's one thing to play to the base; this is playing to the bubble, which is different and is not going to do anything to help their terrible approval numbers.
This remarkable obit carries a century of American cultural, social, racial, and political history in it. (As H. Rap Brown, Al-Amin has a one-sentence cameo in my book Pictures at a Revolution, describing Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in language not shareable here.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This remarkable obit carries a century of American cultural, social, racial, and political history in it. (As H. Rap Brown, Al-Amin has a one-sentence cameo in my book Pictures at a Revolution, describing Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in language not shareable here.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
As long as I'm causing chaos: They're both leads.
[mounts broom, flies away]
[mounts broom, flies away]
My most alienating Oscar opinion of the year is that Wicked pt deux is not a sequel but the simultaneously shot second half of one movie and that therefore it'd be weird to renominate the two stars. This isn't the Emmys; you don't get rewarded for the same role year after year. Will delete shortly.
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As long as I'm causing chaos: They're both leads.
[mounts broom, flies away]
[mounts broom, flies away]
My most alienating Oscar opinion of the year is that Wicked pt deux is not a sequel but the simultaneously shot second half of one movie and that therefore it'd be weird to renominate the two stars. This isn't the Emmys; you don't get rewarded for the same role year after year. Will delete shortly.
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My most alienating Oscar opinion of the year is that Wicked pt deux is not a sequel but the simultaneously shot second half of one movie and that therefore it'd be weird to renominate the two stars. This isn't the Emmys; you don't get rewarded for the same role year after year. Will delete shortly.
They should definitely keep putting this highly relatable down-to-earth dude worth $600 million in front of cameras to keep explaining to all the dumb poors that the economy is good, actually. He's got the magic touch.
WELKER: Inflation has gone up. It's at 3% now up from 2% in April when the tariffs were imposed--
BESSENT: No, no no no. So, inflation hasn't gone up. The one thing we're not gonna do is do what the Biden administration did and tell the American people they don't know how they feel
BESSENT: No, no no no. So, inflation hasn't gone up. The one thing we're not gonna do is do what the Biden administration did and tell the American people they don't know how they feel
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
They should definitely keep putting this highly relatable down-to-earth dude worth $600 million in front of cameras to keep explaining to all the dumb poors that the economy is good, actually. He's got the magic touch.
It gives me no pleasure to share this sad and troubling gossip with you. John Donne once wrote, "Any man's death diminishes me" and the same thing is true of any journalist's reputation, sort of. Please know that I transcribe these texts in sorrow, not in anger. Anyhoo, for just $10 a month, you can
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It gives me no pleasure to share this sad and troubling gossip with you. John Donne once wrote, "Any man's death diminishes me" and the same thing is true of any journalist's reputation, sort of. Please know that I transcribe these texts in sorrow, not in anger. Anyhoo, for just $10 a month, you can
Some of you are being so hard on journalists today. Surely everyone deserves a seventeenth chance.
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Some of you are being so hard on journalists today. Surely everyone deserves a seventeenth chance.
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
I liked the part where the president suddenly sang, "Because I knew you...I have been changed for good."
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I liked the part where the president suddenly sang, "Because I knew you...I have been changed for good."
what is happening today
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
what is happening today
"I have two sons. Three sons, actually. The young one I have hopes for. The other two...they're about your age. Maybe older."
"Yes."
"One of them is [switches to comedian voice] Not The Brightest."
"Mr. President, I --"
"Not The Brightest BULB. And his brother is Needy. Very Needy, actually."
"Yes."
"One of them is [switches to comedian voice] Not The Brightest."
"Mr. President, I --"
"Not The Brightest BULB. And his brother is Needy. Very Needy, actually."
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"I have two sons. Three sons, actually. The young one I have hopes for. The other two...they're about your age. Maybe older."
"Yes."
"One of them is [switches to comedian voice] Not The Brightest."
"Mr. President, I --"
"Not The Brightest BULB. And his brother is Needy. Very Needy, actually."
"Yes."
"One of them is [switches to comedian voice] Not The Brightest."
"Mr. President, I --"
"Not The Brightest BULB. And his brother is Needy. Very Needy, actually."
The Fox bros at my gym are looking a little glazed, a little numb. It’s exquisite.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Fox bros at my gym are looking a little glazed, a little numb. It’s exquisite.
Reposted by Mark Harris
Don Jr: Did he ever look at you that way?
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Don Jr: Did he ever look at you that way?
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
Eric: Nope. Never. You?
Don Jr: 😥😥😥😥
I know this is not the point of this clip, but men on TV: Listen to me. You don't have to do this. You don't have to sound like Jim Cramer or like you're hoping someone will nickname you "Mad Dog." Just talk like a normal person.
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I know this is not the point of this clip, but men on TV: Listen to me. You don't have to do this. You don't have to sound like Jim Cramer or like you're hoping someone will nickname you "Mad Dog." Just talk like a normal person.
This never happens in politics and too rarely happens in life.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This never happens in politics and too rarely happens in life.
I guarantee you that right now, JD Vance is huddling with his team of nosferatus and nazis, workshopping a "humorous" and "relatable" my-kid-did-this-to-me-but-you-childless-coastal-elites-can't-relate-to-that response
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I guarantee you that right now, JD Vance is huddling with his team of nosferatus and nazis, workshopping a "humorous" and "relatable" my-kid-did-this-to-me-but-you-childless-coastal-elites-can't-relate-to-that response
Survivor is so odd now. Nobody ever looks hungry or tired, and everyone has a lot of changes of clothes, and their hair is usually pretty clean, and all of the guys have the same over-pronouncing-every-syllable way of speaking, as if they were raised and taught to talk by sports podcasters.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Survivor is so odd now. Nobody ever looks hungry or tired, and everyone has a lot of changes of clothes, and their hair is usually pretty clean, and all of the guys have the same over-pronouncing-every-syllable way of speaking, as if they were raised and taught to talk by sports podcasters.
Reposted by Mark Harris
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
The "But did he MEAN it?" talk about Trump drives me mad. I'm sure the question of whether he is an actual murderous dictator or merely a paranoid rageaholic screaming into TruthSocial will make for a good "Interesting Times with Ross Douthat" or ten, but both are disqualifying, so why split hairs?
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The "But did he MEAN it?" talk about Trump drives me mad. I'm sure the question of whether he is an actual murderous dictator or merely a paranoid rageaholic screaming into TruthSocial will make for a good "Interesting Times with Ross Douthat" or ten, but both are disqualifying, so why split hairs?
The "Nazi problem" the current Republican Party has is that a lot of people in it are Nazis. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The "Nazi problem" the current Republican Party has is that a lot of people in it are Nazis. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...