Zach Schonfeld
@zachschonfeld.bsky.social
Freelance writer and editor. Contributor to Pitchfork, Paste, Vulture, The Guardian, etc. Author of two books. Still sitting in a room. Email: [email protected].
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Zach Schonfeld
@zachschonfeld.bsky.social
· Nov 17
My book is finally out now. I spent three years researching Nicolas Cage's early years, studying his formative performances, and interviewing more than 120 people who worked with him and shared untold stories with me. I hope you find it interesting.
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I went long on Marty Supreme—or as I like to call it, "One Paddle After Another."
Marty Supreme Runs on Timothée Chalamet’s Pure Mania
Josh Safdie’s solo outing turns table tennis into a nerve-shredding portrait of ambition, ego, and postwar anxiety.
www.metroweekly.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I went long on Marty Supreme—or as I like to call it, "One Paddle After Another."
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Frantically commenting "First!" on Pitchfork's 0.0 review of NYC Ghosts & Flowers.
January 21, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Frantically commenting "First!" on Pitchfork's 0.0 review of NYC Ghosts & Flowers.
They should nominate Emilia Pérez for Best Picture again just to fuck with people.
January 20, 2026 at 6:24 PM
They should nominate Emilia Pérez for Best Picture again just to fuck with people.
Look, son. I'm sorry your Bar Mitzvah was a disaster, but when you said you wanted a BTS theme, your mother and I really thought you meant Built to Spill.
January 20, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Look, son. I'm sorry your Bar Mitzvah was a disaster, but when you said you wanted a BTS theme, your mother and I really thought you meant Built to Spill.
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THE ZONE OF INTEREST (2023)
Maybe it's just cope, but my longstanding conviction is that what fascists experience as "love" would not be recognizable as such to real humans
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 AM
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (2023)
Google obliterated their search function for this
January 20, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Google obliterated their search function for this
People are nostalgic for 2016 because it was the last time any reasonable person felt exhilarated and excited by the prospect of a Kanye album rollout.
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
People are nostalgic for 2016 because it was the last time any reasonable person felt exhilarated and excited by the prospect of a Kanye album rollout.
Spotted at East Broadway F platform
January 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Spotted at East Broadway F platform
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Jennifer Kelly is facing a tough battle against cancer after her diagnosis on Christmas Day, and the costs are overwhelming. Please consider clicking the link below to donate or share it with others who might help. gofund.me/7a7486b6b
Donate to Support Jennifer Kelly’s battle against cancer., organized by Jennifer Kelly
On December 25 (yes, Christmas), I was diagnosed with a large, aggressi… Jennifer Kelly needs your support for Support Jennifer Kelly’s battle against cancer.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Jennifer Kelly is facing a tough battle against cancer after her diagnosis on Christmas Day, and the costs are overwhelming. Please consider clicking the link below to donate or share it with others who might help. gofund.me/7a7486b6b
"The Testament of Arthur Lee," my epic biopic about the making of Forever Changes and the paranoid mid-'60s L.A. milieu, will be released in select 70mm IMAX theaters next year.
January 17, 2026 at 2:38 AM
"The Testament of Arthur Lee," my epic biopic about the making of Forever Changes and the paranoid mid-'60s L.A. milieu, will be released in select 70mm IMAX theaters next year.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
I love this David Lynch quote about surrealism and how it surrounds us
January 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I love this David Lynch quote about surrealism and how it surrounds us
One year after David Lynch's death, I'm feeling sad that he never got to make Ronnie Rocket, his long-developed screenplay "about electricity and a three-foot guy with red hair"
![After Blue Velvet, Lynch had tried and failed to get several other movies going, including an original screenplay called Ronnie Rocket, which he had been trying to get made since the late seventies. Ronnie Rocket was to Lynch what SMiLE was to Brian Wilson: a long-unrealized dream project. Back in 1981, in fact, Lynch had met with Francis Ford Coppola at his Napa Valley estate regarding Coppola’s interest in producing the film through Zoetrope. Coppola apparently gave a copy of the Ronnie Rocket script to seventeen-year-old Cage, who gave it to Crispin Glover—a young Lynch fanatic—who adored it.
But Coppola never produced Ronnie Rocket. That dream ended when Zoetrope fell into bankruptcy. Ronnie Rocket never became viable, neither then nor after Blue Velvet, and Lynch gradually realized that the major studios were not eager to work with him.
[excerpt is from How Coppola Became Cage by Zach Schonfeld]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrixzlaeyz3h4wiqjwd6z2ub/bafkreia2ho4uckr2qnhzlc7uh5vtjnre3keun6n7dru7hbhl5q7iiwmrpm@jpeg)
January 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
One year after David Lynch's death, I'm feeling sad that he never got to make Ronnie Rocket, his long-developed screenplay "about electricity and a three-foot guy with red hair"
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Marty Supreme and Blue Moon both depict a long-lost Broadway tradition: celebrities used to have to take a call from their publicist to hear what critics were saying about then. Probably a healthier media environment for everyone.
January 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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"Trump is an anti-constitutional figure whose very presence on the American political scene is nothing less than a full-spectrum assault on republican government and democracy. His power, as he sees it, flows from his person—not the office and certainly not the people."
Opinion | This Is Not How a Normal President Speaks
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:17 AM
"Trump is an anti-constitutional figure whose very presence on the American political scene is nothing less than a full-spectrum assault on republican government and democracy. His power, as he sees it, flows from his person—not the office and certainly not the people."
To my knowledge, I've never encountered an ICE officer IRL. Every day, I dread the day when that changes.
January 16, 2026 at 1:48 AM
To my knowledge, I've never encountered an ICE officer IRL. Every day, I dread the day when that changes.
Congrats to @jonbern.bsky.social on the release of this deeply researched biography of Justin Townes Earle
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Congrats to @jonbern.bsky.social on the release of this deeply researched biography of Justin Townes Earle
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One thing that would definitely work to increase the birth rate is decreasing the length of pregnancy. 9 women could work together in a team to produce a baby in one month
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
One thing that would definitely work to increase the birth rate is decreasing the length of pregnancy. 9 women could work together in a team to produce a baby in one month
Yeah I'm participating in "Dry" January...
January 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Yeah I'm participating in "Dry" January...
Tom Homan looks like a rodent-eating villain from a Tobe Hooper film and talks like a guy who's waited his whole career for a political climate where ICE officers can shoot protestors without consequence.
January 14, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Tom Homan looks like a rodent-eating villain from a Tobe Hooper film and talks like a guy who's waited his whole career for a political climate where ICE officers can shoot protestors without consequence.
Oscar prediction time! Looks like the Best Supporting Actor race will come down to five nominees...
January 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Oscar prediction time! Looks like the Best Supporting Actor race will come down to five nominees...
Sabotaging Hamnet's Oscar chances by doing deep, rigorous oppo research and revealing that Chloé Zhao secretly directed a movie called Eternals.
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Sabotaging Hamnet's Oscar chances by doing deep, rigorous oppo research and revealing that Chloé Zhao secretly directed a movie called Eternals.
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Was there a Founding Father™️ that didn’t have any valuable input and was maybe just there for “””vibes”””™️, or because he knew a spot in Philly that could cater the event, and slapped his name on the ole Constitution anyway?
and has this already been a Family Guy bit?
and has this already been a Family Guy bit?
January 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Was there a Founding Father™️ that didn’t have any valuable input and was maybe just there for “””vibes”””™️, or because he knew a spot in Philly that could cater the event, and slapped his name on the ole Constitution anyway?
and has this already been a Family Guy bit?
and has this already been a Family Guy bit?
I hate this new "AI Overview" gmail feature. It's distracting and invasive. Get the fuck outta my inbox, robot creeps.
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I hate this new "AI Overview" gmail feature. It's distracting and invasive. Get the fuck outta my inbox, robot creeps.