Max Havey

St. Louis-based Freelance Culture Writer, @mujschool Grad (BJ 15/MA 17), Words: @stlmag, @Biz417 ([email protected])

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Me, whenever someone asks me what I do/write about:

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It’s all fun and games having Criterion Channel 24/7 playing in the background on the TV until you look up and suddenly realize they’re showing Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher

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Exciting new one for @stlmag! I got to chat with beloved character actor @RealRichardKind about playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray at @TheMuny in June: https://t.co/jrgtGSgivY

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John Darnielle drawing a connection to Rivers Cuomo as a fellow “failed intellectual” is really top notch stuff too

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Before seeing the Mountain Goats again tonight (for the sixth time, I think), I read back through this excellent GQ profile on John Darnielle from last year! Really lovely and insightful stuff! https://t.co/mYjDJfC8m1

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Delighted to learn that Yo La Tengo’s score to The Sounds of Science, included in this @Criterion Jean Painlevé collection, was recorded at the @wufilmseries here in St. Louis back in 2005!

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Since @geese_band is back in the news after performing on SNL last night, I thought I may as well bump this niche nonsense I made back in October:

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I spent part of my Sunday morning trying to see if I could make Geese's Trinidad sync up to the opening tracking sequence from Orson Welles' Touch of Evil, and it worked out better than I expected:

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@vrizov So sorry to hear that Vadim! I’ve always looked forward to reading your writing and interviews. Hope you land on your feet somewhere new!

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Preparing accordingly for Midwest Emo’s Last Waltz (@Foxing’s last two shows) this weekend

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I spent part of my Sunday morning trying to see if I could make Geese's Trinidad sync up to the opening tracking sequence from Orson Welles' Touch of Evil, and it worked out better than I expected:

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Second, I also got to chat with @glanderco about his delightfully offbeat and surreal debut feature Boys Go to Jupiter, ahead of its run at @HIPointe this weekend: https://t.co/buIdlnjcmt

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Here are two recent articles for @stlmag I’m pumped to share! First up, I got to chat with Alex Ross Perry about Videoheaven, his great essay film about depictions of video stores onscreen, ahead of its screening at @arkadin tonight: https://t.co/ukQRskvPZE

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One of the great joys of seeing Wilco play in St. Louis is knowing they’ll always close with Casino Queen!

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Really really dug this deep dive into Goose, following their surprise second release of the year! As a recent-ish jam convert, Goose continues to surprise and excite with every new release and show I catch!

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On the eve of the biggest show of their career—a curfew-breaking blowout at Madison Square Garden—America’s biggest indie-rock jam band (or vice versa) look back at their crooked flight to the top. https://t.co/uzA0MUWoMh

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Here’s my latest Rep Roundup for @stlmag! We’ve got Kurosawa and Ôbayashi retrospectives at @HIPointe & @arkadin, a King Hu classic at @wufilmseries, the Way of the Samurai series at Alamo, and so much more. Check out my full roundup here: https://t.co/QGTcsYeNlX

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Just saw Carrie for the first time and while I know the crazy Jesus/martyr statue is supposed to look like Piper Laurie, I just kept thinking about how much it looked like Weird Al Yankovic

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It is objectively hilarious that there are going to be Fortnite skins from a movie adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film ‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’ is getting a Fortnite collab.

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@HR_Pundit Godspeed in checking it off your watchlist! Not exactly an easy watch, but it was a lot funnier than I expected!

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An older couple sat behind me at a rep screening of Happiness tonight, remarking that they didn’t know what it was about. They lasted about 30 minutes before leaving, calling the film disgusting. A ringing endorsement for the enduring potency of Todd Solondz though!

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But also, genuinely bananas to imagine going to a movie and not looking anything up about what you’re going to see. Right up there with the ladies who rolled up to Wiseman’s Menus-Plasairs not realizing it was a cool four hours long

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Happy Mid-year List Season! Here’s a bunch of movies and music (new and old) I’ve enjoyed in 2025, so far!