Corey Atad
@coreyatad.com
Freelance writer @ The Star, GQ, Defector, The Baffler, Gawker, Esquire, Hazlitt. Air Bud admirer. Favourite cheese: Gouda. [email protected] / www.coreyatad.com
just a few words about my grandmother, along with some photos my sister dug up from her albums, like this one from her childhood during the war www.justatad.xyz/p/eva-rachel...
January 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
just a few words about my grandmother, along with some photos my sister dug up from her albums, like this one from her childhood during the war www.justatad.xyz/p/eva-rachel...
fuckin knew i was right about this guy
January 12, 2026 at 1:03 PM
fuckin knew i was right about this guy
that's *my* royal family
January 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
that's *my* royal family
whoa whoa whoa how did i never clock Lance Henriksen in Close Encounters of the Third Kind until just now?
January 11, 2026 at 11:25 PM
whoa whoa whoa how did i never clock Lance Henriksen in Close Encounters of the Third Kind until just now?
so many period movies set in the '70s miss the fact that actually THIS is what it looked like.
January 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
so many period movies set in the '70s miss the fact that actually THIS is what it looked like.
lmao fucking incredible shit, nobody's doing production design like this anymore.
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
lmao fucking incredible shit, nobody's doing production design like this anymore.
if a leftist in America was photographed lighting a cigarette with a burning photo of Donald Trump, i wonder if he’d celebrate it, or count it as the growing and palpably disturbing bloodlust of polarized Americans
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
if a leftist in America was photographed lighting a cigarette with a burning photo of Donald Trump, i wonder if he’d celebrate it, or count it as the growing and palpably disturbing bloodlust of polarized Americans
The Plague is great. tweenage bullying dynamics as psychological thriller. it’s got lighting! and blocking! and it’s well written and the kids are great. it’s also real as hell. tense and upsetting.
January 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The Plague is great. tweenage bullying dynamics as psychological thriller. it’s got lighting! and blocking! and it’s well written and the kids are great. it’s also real as hell. tense and upsetting.
can’t believe i’m still friends with @amiresque.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
can’t believe i’m still friends with @amiresque.bsky.social
there are a lot of bad TikTok film influencers, but this guy who gets weirdly personal and emotional in every single interview is the worst
January 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM
there are a lot of bad TikTok film influencers, but this guy who gets weirdly personal and emotional in every single interview is the worst
well, at least there's *something* to look forward to
January 8, 2026 at 4:57 AM
well, at least there's *something* to look forward to
obviously what counts for paywall content and what doesn't is gonna be subjective, but i do think it's incumbent on media outlets, especially large ones, to make public information, well, public
January 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
obviously what counts for paywall content and what doesn't is gonna be subjective, but i do think it's incumbent on media outlets, especially large ones, to make public information, well, public
crush on Vera Farmiga two decades strong
January 7, 2026 at 5:53 AM
crush on Vera Farmiga two decades strong
it's late, but fuck it: Manchurian Candidate 2004 in 4K
nobody did it like Jonathan Demme and Tak Fujimoto
nobody did it like Jonathan Demme and Tak Fujimoto
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 AM
it's late, but fuck it: Manchurian Candidate 2004 in 4K
nobody did it like Jonathan Demme and Tak Fujimoto
nobody did it like Jonathan Demme and Tak Fujimoto
every single choice Cruise makes in this scene has me like
January 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
every single choice Cruise makes in this scene has me like
throwing on this 35mm print scan i've got of The Name of the Rose
never seen it before; already learned the word "palimpsest!"
never seen it before; already learned the word "palimpsest!"
January 5, 2026 at 11:45 PM
throwing on this 35mm print scan i've got of The Name of the Rose
never seen it before; already learned the word "palimpsest!"
never seen it before; already learned the word "palimpsest!"
made points, i do believe www.justatad.xyz/p/this-is-wh...
January 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
made points, i do believe www.justatad.xyz/p/this-is-wh...
what’s happening is so transparent
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
what’s happening is so transparent
a take so out of pocket i can’t even muster an argument, which is how you know @isaacbutler.bsky.social’s the king
go buy (and potentially read, but more importantly, buy) The Method, an incredible book about art and history, in bookstores everywhere
go buy (and potentially read, but more importantly, buy) The Method, an incredible book about art and history, in bookstores everywhere
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
a take so out of pocket i can’t even muster an argument, which is how you know @isaacbutler.bsky.social’s the king
go buy (and potentially read, but more importantly, buy) The Method, an incredible book about art and history, in bookstores everywhere
go buy (and potentially read, but more importantly, buy) The Method, an incredible book about art and history, in bookstores everywhere
just saw a screening on Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, which i hadn’t seen since high school, and whose gorgeous style i appreciated a LOT more this time
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
just saw a screening on Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, which i hadn’t seen since high school, and whose gorgeous style i appreciated a LOT more this time
project for the year: Criterion’s 100 Years of Olympic Films, which i’ve only barely cracked open
January 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
project for the year: Criterion’s 100 Years of Olympic Films, which i’ve only barely cracked open