Doug Markowitz

Writer/Critic @residentadvisor @TheArtNewspaper @hyperallergic @TheBrooklynRail | Editor

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

As of today my role with @residentadvisor is officially wrapped. I'm now back on the market seeking full time and freelance work. Feel free to get in touch and see what I can do: https://t.co/KGpjd2fSh9

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Some news: I’m starting next week as a temporary news writer for @residentadvisor covering North America!

For the next 8 weeks I’m looking for stories on dance music and nightlife in the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. DMs are open, please get in touch!

[Popstonox @Popstonox]

Hasan Piker confirms he will attend NBA Finals Game 3 in Madison Square Garden

Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump will also attend

[BenDavid Grabinski @bdgrabinski]

The greatest dude.

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Dudes Rock

[Variety @Variety]

“The Thing” director John Carpenter praises Keith David as an “astonishing actor” while honoring him at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.

https://t.co/eDWMdmQbmo

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Very true. Certainly film and film criticism has a long tradition of recognizing artists that were able to transcend the systems in which they worked.

[Richard Brody @tnyfrontrow]

Art is one thing, arthouse sophistication is another; auteur wars all over again: Hitchcock, Hawks, Sirk, Lubitsch aren't arthouse sophisticates, either, just (like Scorsese) some of the great artists of cinema, despite working in commercial systems and popular styles.

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Even for a publication as self-aggrandizing as the NY Times establishing an entire department dedicated to declaring the canon of any given artistic medium, as if you have the sole influence over such a thing, just goes so far beyond the heights of arrogance it turns into insult.

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

This is a great program

[MoMA Film @MoMAFilm]

Immigrant Nation: People in Transit
Jul 3–Sep 10

We celebrate America's 250th birthday with a series focused on immigrants’ experiences in—and journeys to—the US. Over 60 films, from John Ford, Ang Lee, Mira Nair, Mati Diop and more.

Full schedule:
https://t.co/HteTmT8Etf

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Four favorite Japanese films:

Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021)
High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
Kiki’s Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, 1989)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima, 1983)

[Galarian Borowczyk @sohamncheese]

Four favorite Japanese movies:

Himiko (Masahiro Shinoda, 1974)
High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
An Autumn Afternoon (Yasujiro Ozu, 1962)
Cure (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997)

[alex lei @alexL_E_I]

checking in with the goat

[Juan Ponce @ElOzymandias]

Truly one of the best.

[La vida en viñetas @lavidaenvinetas]

Marjane Satrapi

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Wow, this is unbelievably shocking. RIP to a great artist.

[Catsuka @catsuka]

RIP Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Videodrome
The Fly
Dead Ringers
Crash
eXistenZ

[Neil Bahadur @NeilBahadur]

Impulsive, personal top 5 Cronenberg

1. Crimes of the Future
2. Crash
3. Videodrome
4. eXistenZ
5. The Shrouds

[Barry Hertz @HertzBarry]

Possibly the most anti-art statement to so far be uttered from the relentlessly impatient, and thus intellectually infantile, pro-AI crowd. Time is not the enemy of film — it is the key.

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Nothing will make me lose respect for an established director more than using AI. Just pissing your legacy away to help the enemy. It’s pathetic. Scorsese and Soderbergh and anyone else who launders this destructive tech can piss off.

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Scorsese doing AI makes me want to die

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Underrated Persona 5 bit is the protagonist constantly having to eat curry because it’s the only dish on the menu at the cafe he lives at, and how this doesn’t seem to be an issue at all. “Hey good morning, what’s for breakfast. Ah, curry again? Splendid.”

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

The Thing
They Live
Assault on Precinct 13
Big Trouble in Little China
Escape From New York

[Adam Nayman @brofromanother]

This is a fun prompt, why not

1. The Thing
2. They Live
3. In the Mouth of Madness
5. The Fog
5. Prince of Darkness

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Get a job stay away from her

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Zack Snyder is set to write and direct a reimagining of Escape from New York, the dystopian cult classic from John Carpenter https://t.co/86MGRFMtpX

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Even more excited for this now.

[Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing @swen_ryan]

Overjoyed to have written a booklet essay for @Film_Movement's Blu-ray of Neo Sora (@nope_sooope)'s exquisite, surprisingly hopeful HAPPYEND via @VinegarSyndrome/@ocndistro; many thanks to him and @eye_ko_tai_ko for their invaluable advice! https://t.co/7gKWlJF0JD

[Doug Markowitz @DougMarkowitz]

Genuine question, what did Marc Jacobs do to deserve that cover placement, I don’t know enough about the guy to have any idea why he’s so well respected in fashion circles