Thomas Lowery
@tlowery.bsky.social
Writer, mostly fiction https://tlowery.substack.com/
Delighted to be watching The Americans for the first time. Also delighted to learn that Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are a couple in real life. How did I not know this?
February 13, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Delighted to be watching The Americans for the first time. Also delighted to learn that Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are a couple in real life. How did I not know this?
Found a cool 1929 copy of The Odyssey at an estate sale with illustrations by N.C. Wyeth, who also wrote this note. The poem's "magnificent flexibility and freedom from rigid consistency in presenting incidents and details" bodes well for Nolan's new adaptation. I hope he gets a little wild with it
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Found a cool 1929 copy of The Odyssey at an estate sale with illustrations by N.C. Wyeth, who also wrote this note. The poem's "magnificent flexibility and freedom from rigid consistency in presenting incidents and details" bodes well for Nolan's new adaptation. I hope he gets a little wild with it
Just re-watched Black Swan. Sort of the ultimate cinematic success story: critics loved, audiences loved it, it had a low budget but was a box office hit, it won Natalie Portman an Oscar, and, 15 years later, it holds up splendidly
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Just re-watched Black Swan. Sort of the ultimate cinematic success story: critics loved, audiences loved it, it had a low budget but was a box office hit, it won Natalie Portman an Oscar, and, 15 years later, it holds up splendidly
I'm trying to listen to more audiobooks in 2026. Starting out with Annihilation. So far so good! But I might just buy a physical copy of this too since the cover art's so cool
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I'm trying to listen to more audiobooks in 2026. Starting out with Annihilation. So far so good! But I might just buy a physical copy of this too since the cover art's so cool
Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaptation of Little Women is a gift
February 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaptation of Little Women is a gift
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Art lives in the process, in the struggle to grow and figure out the specific needs of the work, and in the arrival at a better understanding of the artist’s limitations. The product is just the end result of the art.
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Art lives in the process, in the struggle to grow and figure out the specific needs of the work, and in the arrival at a better understanding of the artist’s limitations. The product is just the end result of the art.
When a popular website redesigns its layout, I feel like one of the disoriented supermarket shoppers at the end of White Noise
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
When a popular website redesigns its layout, I feel like one of the disoriented supermarket shoppers at the end of White Noise
Finally saw Del Toro's Frankenstein. Overall I really liked this. visually sumptuous as expected. I also really appreciated the way it streamlined parts of the original tale to highlight and further address the relationship between creator and creation.
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Finally saw Del Toro's Frankenstein. Overall I really liked this. visually sumptuous as expected. I also really appreciated the way it streamlined parts of the original tale to highlight and further address the relationship between creator and creation.
Annual reminder that Prisoners is a great Thanksgiving movie
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Annual reminder that Prisoners is a great Thanksgiving movie
Nothing like a visit to the mound for a hearty theological discussion. I've always admired Peanuts from afar, but this makes me want to give it a deeper look
I wrote about one of my favorite Peanuts comic strips of all time—and a whole bunch of other ones—and why this one might be the richest single expression of Charles Schulz’s interests and imaginative world.
“Peanuts”: Suffering, baseball, and religion
[comics and the problem of evil]
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November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Nothing like a visit to the mound for a hearty theological discussion. I've always admired Peanuts from afar, but this makes me want to give it a deeper look
My latest writing strategy for fiction: making a bullet-point list of scenes and details on the notes section of my phone. I love it because I can do it anywhere and every time I add a bullet point, I feel like I'm getting work done. It then makes the actual writing process much easier for me
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My latest writing strategy for fiction: making a bullet-point list of scenes and details on the notes section of my phone. I love it because I can do it anywhere and every time I add a bullet point, I feel like I'm getting work done. It then makes the actual writing process much easier for me
I found a box of Ohio Blue Tip matches at an estate sale and had to pick them up. Fans of the movie Paterson will understand
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I found a box of Ohio Blue Tip matches at an estate sale and had to pick them up. Fans of the movie Paterson will understand
I was listening to a podcast and the host said something along the lines of "I don't like writing, but I love having written." So true! Writing can sometimes be very taxing, but when the work's done, the rewards are immense
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I was listening to a podcast and the host said something along the lines of "I don't like writing, but I love having written." So true! Writing can sometimes be very taxing, but when the work's done, the rewards are immense
Rainy day in Chicago!
October 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Rainy day in Chicago!
The 70s Midwest aesthetic of The Mastermind looks amazing. Can't wait www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWok...
THE MASTERMIND | Official Trailer | In Theaters this October
YouTube video by MUBI
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October 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The 70s Midwest aesthetic of The Mastermind looks amazing. Can't wait www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWok...
Literary folks, make sure to check out the Hay Festival in Dallas this weekend, Oct 17-19. The lineup this year is stacked and includes legends like Claudia Rankine and Junot Diaz! #dallasislit www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture...
One Of The Best Literature Festivals In The World Is Heading To Dallas
The global literature festival heads to Dallas this fall, with events at the Wild Detectives and the Texas Theatre.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Literary folks, make sure to check out the Hay Festival in Dallas this weekend, Oct 17-19. The lineup this year is stacked and includes legends like Claudia Rankine and Junot Diaz! #dallasislit www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture...
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the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
the ending of THE GODFATHER, the best american movie ever made, doesn't work without diane keaton's final look --- at the realization of who she's married and what her life is going to become and what corruption lurks behind closed doors. unforgettable, inimitable work. RIP.
sort of love that Kiran Desai won the Booker prize and then spent two decades crafting her next novel www.youtube.com/watch?v=27YN...
Booker Prize-winning author Kiran Desai is back after 20-year hiatus
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
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September 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
sort of love that Kiran Desai won the Booker prize and then spent two decades crafting her next novel www.youtube.com/watch?v=27YN...
Fall movie season has arrived!
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Fall Movie Season is Here
Quite frankly, it’s the best time of year
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September 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Fall movie season has arrived!
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Hamnet was rapturously received at Telluride and currently boasts a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. When people talk about festivals being a launchpad for Awards contenders, this is a perfect example. Hits theaters Thanksgiving weekend.
September 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hamnet was rapturously received at Telluride and currently boasts a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. When people talk about festivals being a launchpad for Awards contenders, this is a perfect example. Hits theaters Thanksgiving weekend.
There were many years when I aspired to become a professional film critic. Reading Michael Phillips in the Tribune (and watching him co-host At the Movies in 2009 with AO Scott!) was a big reason why. Very sad news.
A bit of news: The Chicago Tribune has deemed the post of film critic non-essential, and therefore zeroed-out that post. My options were to take a newsroom reassignment to be named later, or a buyout to be taken more or less immediately. So...(1/3)
August 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
There were many years when I aspired to become a professional film critic. Reading Michael Phillips in the Tribune (and watching him co-host At the Movies in 2009 with AO Scott!) was a big reason why. Very sad news.
For fans of the Daily Rituals books, Mason Currey has a new one coming out called Making Art and Making a Living. Can't wait! bookshop.org/p/books/maki...
Making Art and Making a Living: Adventures in Funding a Creative Life
Adventures in Funding a Creative Life
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August 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
For fans of the Daily Rituals books, Mason Currey has a new one coming out called Making Art and Making a Living. Can't wait! bookshop.org/p/books/maki...
I've been a fan of Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners since 2013. Even if the script has problems, it's one of the best directed genre films I've ever seen. And I love that it's now inspiring big movies like Weapons.
August 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I've been a fan of Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners since 2013. Even if the script has problems, it's one of the best directed genre films I've ever seen. And I love that it's now inspiring big movies like Weapons.
Ugh. As a devotee of the literary world, this sucks
someone else will have to come up with actual numbers, but losing book reviews from the AP means losing them from all the local papers that already aren’t paying critics to write reviews directly for them
August 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ugh. As a devotee of the literary world, this sucks
Not sure how I missed Zadie Smith's essay on Tár, but it's tremendous and in some ways feels like the definitive piece on this amazing motion picture www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Instrumentalist | Zadie Smith
During the first ten minutes of Tár, it is possible to feel that the critic Adam Gopnik is a better actor than Cate Blanchett. They sit together on a New
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August 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Not sure how I missed Zadie Smith's essay on Tár, but it's tremendous and in some ways feels like the definitive piece on this amazing motion picture www.nybooks.com/articles/202...