Chris Willman

Senior Writer and Chief Music Critic at @Variety

[Ben Stiller @BenStiller]

You could bookend the last 50 years of American movies with Albert Brooks “Real Life” and Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder’s “You Can See Everything”.

Two of the best movies I’ve ever seen.

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

@TheDickChokers My invitation to the gala got lost in the mail

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

You compelled me to look up my '88 review... (I have no idea what I was referring to in the first paragraph here, but she must've made some recent waves with a speech right around this time.) I made this sound like a comeback, but for the life of me I can't remember if others perceived it that way. https://t.co/jynHMuY79v

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

Ella Langley Shows Winsomeness Can Win the Night, Just Like It’s Won the Year for Her, in a Stellar Turn at L.A.’s Greek: Concert Review https://t.co/F3lALp13Mm via @variety

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

Wrote a column about the most startling quality of "You Can See Everything": hard-resisted empathy. For me, it's still the movie of the year... The Most Shocking Thing About ‘You Can See Everything’: Nathan Fielder’s Sympathy for the Devil https://t.co/r2vebHU2Cf via @variety

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

@GerrickKennedy @lanikaps It is Joel Stein, the humor columnist who's been around plying the comic writing trade since the '90s. He may be an acquired taste but I've always liked him.

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

On the up side, L.A. doesn’t have to suffer the indignity of the Dodgers enjoying another photo op with Trump.

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

U2 Announces ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ Global Stadium Tour for 2027, Kicking Off in Latin America https://t.co/EQ2rqQwOJm via @variety

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

Lily Allen's Grammys FYC ad in the latest issue of Billboard, in its entirety.

[Ben Sixsmith @BDSixsmith]

Musing on the level of ice-cold narcissism that it must take to watch a man being savaged by a tiger and think, "But what if it was me, and I was stronger than it, and it liked me?"
https://t.co/XEhqmfRldl

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

@S___Elliott No one in history has ever thought this, including you.

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

@BrentALang @jkimmurphy Congrats to all… a great hire!

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

@rayfp I found it distasteful and not really full of a lot of grappling.

[Pat Saperstein @Variety_PatS]

Never too late to help us out!

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

Surprise!... Joni Mitchell Sworn In as a U.S. Citizen, Capping ‘a Journey That Began 62 Years Ago’ https://t.co/8q4yGLSzp5 via @variety

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

Kelly Clarkson Joins Brandi Carlile’s Girls Just Wanna Weekend Festival as Co-Headliner https://t.co/MJGbUOIbRv via @variety

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

I hope they have Kelly’s picture posted at the door of the Enchanted Tiki Room

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

Kacey Musgraves Fires Back After Kristi Noem Disses Her: You Don’t ‘Have a Dog in This Fight, but If You Did You Would’ve Shot It’ https://t.co/0AiJGGKxS9 via @variety

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

Some more prophesying... Record and Song of the Year Grammy Predictions: With Ella Langley, Taylor Swift, the Two Olivias and Other Frontrunners in the Race, Expect a Nail-Biter https://t.co/50gpuLVl2D via @variety

[K A C E Y @KaceyMusgraves]

I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it.