Sam Adams

Writer, @SlateCulture. Member @NYFCC | @NatSocFilmCrix | @WGAEast Thinking about movies and cities.

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the posts of our lives. Here are the ones I'm proudest of from this absolute monster of a year:

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

@Valentine721 and the Duffers are clearly doing “80s pop culture homage,” which Backrooms is not

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

It is weird! That’s one of the most interesting things about it. As someone who remembers every year of the ‘90s it is fascinating to see what the decade evokes for someone born a decade-plus later, especially since they’re not even trying for historical accuracy.

[Rory Blank @BoneJail]

I have no problem whatsoever believing a 19/20 year old made Backrooms but it did feel weird to me seeing a movie set in 1990 made by someone who wasn't born until a few years after 9/11.

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

@Valentine721 Well except that Parsons was born 6 years after the 90s ended. He doesn’t even remember the decade after.

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

Netflix's Michael Jackson: The Verdict isn't everything the glossy biopic left out, but it's a lot. https://t.co/qFmlkFERJx

[Migli🔮 @artbymigli]

This hits different now

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

Netflix's Michael Jackson: The Verdict isn't everything the glossy biopic left out, but it's a lot. https://t.co/qFmlkFERJx

[The Little Platoon @PlatoonPod]

"Jyn, my stardust, I have placed a weakness deep within the system. A flaw so small and powerful, they will never find it. I have made the Death Star non-compliant under OSHA 29 CFR 1926.502, incurring a cost of $16,550 per day for failure to abate violations."

[Seth Pollack @sethmpk]

Perfect weather in NYC to walk on the right side of the sidewalk. Let’s all go outside and walk on the right side of the sidewalk

[i’m just Ben @ItsRainingBen]

Can’t wait for someone in the press junkets to ask “So, how do you two work together?”

[Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos]

The Scott Pelley story to me is a lesson in how if you work hard enough in your career to get Fuck You Money, the real reward is the day you need to say it, you can

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Scott Pelley just issued a statement on Bari's remarks this morning:

[Vadim Rizov @vrizov]

Re the Nick Bilton-Scott Pelley scenario: it's *so* nice to see one of those institution-destroyers whose only qualification is "being good in a room" be promptly and unambiguously reminded that not everyone is as stupid as the person who hired them.

[Zohran’s Femme 💖 @harshwoke]

happy pride to queers in the arts and @claireforny

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

@speriod you literally accused them of not doing their jobs lol

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

I wrote about the most important takeaway from Backrooms and Obsession’s record-smashing weekend (hint: it does not involve YouTube) https://t.co/OF3563sLso

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

Lose My Friends

[Mark Gurman @markgurman]

NEW: Apple readies iOS 27 service that will let users split bills for dinners, events by taking a photo of a receipt and assigning items to friends. This will be part of Apple Wallet and Cash, taking on Venmo and Splitwise. https://t.co/uSCQiLvGUI

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

@bullydoc I love Randy Newman but Taylor Swift has made me cry a lot more

[Sam Adams @SamuelAAdams]

given the emotional carnage of Randy Newman’s Cowgirl Jessie song it’s a little terrifying to imagine what Taylor Swift could do with the same brief

[susie @banikarim]

nick bilton making $2.5 million a year for a job he is patently unqualified for really tells you so much about this particular moment in media and who is benefiting from it.