Coleman Spilde

New York

Senior Culture Writer and Critic at Salon

critic (previously @thedailybeast, now freelance) and creator of ‘top shelf, low brow’ | bon mot slinger https://t.co/X6vkTmeE6l

Articles

"Sacramento" makes a hilarious, heartfelt case for California's capital

1 week ago | salon.com | Coleman Spilde

As the song goes, “I left my heart in San Francisco.” Yet, I find there’s not much in the Golden City worth pining over that hard. The food’s good, the people are pretty nice and the hills assure everyone’s calves are shredded year-round. But in all my time spent within state lines, I remember the days in San Francisco the least. The quieter locales of California are the most notable to me. There might be a mythic air to places like San Francisco or its pretentious older sister city, Los Angeles.
"Sacramento" makes a hilarious, heartfelt case for California's capital

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Coleman Spilde

As the song goes, “I left my heart in San Francisco.” Yet, I find there’s not much in the Golden City worth pining over that hard. The food’s good, the people are pretty nice and the hills assure everyone’s calves are shredded year-round. But in all my time spent within state lines, I remember the days in San Francisco the least. The quieter locales of California are the most notable to me. There might be a mythic air to places like San Francisco or its pretentious older sister city, Los Angeles.
Eat the rich films have run their course

2 weeks ago | salon.com | Coleman Spilde

No, please, I couldn’t eat another bite. Is it too late to ask the waiter to cancel the rest of our order? Or maybe we can ask them to bring out a palate cleanser? I’ve heard they do a nice mango sorbet here. I’ll need something, anything, before we continue. I’m simply too full from eating the rich. Perhaps that’s my fault.
Eat the rich films have run their course

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Coleman Spilde

No, please, I couldn’t eat another bite. Is it too late to ask the waiter to cancel the rest of our order? Or maybe we can ask them to bring out a palate cleanser? I’ve heard they do a nice mango sorbet here. I’ll need something, anything, before we continue. I’m simply too full from eating the rich. Perhaps that’s my fault.
In the queer thriller "Misericordia," coming home is anything but melodramatic

3 weeks ago | salon.com | Coleman Spilde

To shoot his new thriller “Misericordia,” Alain Guiraudie went to the only place in the world capable of dredging up an all-consuming, metaphysical melancholy just by crossing the city limits: home. The film is set in the French director’s native region of Occitanie, during the rainy autumn season when fresh mushrooms crop up almost as frequently as secrets.
Val Kilmer, Hollywood's oddball bad boy, was the real deal until the end

3 weeks ago | salon.com | Coleman Spilde

Val Kilmer, the enigmatic actor, revered as much for his relentless authenticity as he was for his bevy of charismatic onscreen performances — playing everyone from the Caped Crusader to Jim Morrison — died at the age of 65.
Val Kilmer, Hollywood's oddball bad boy, was the real deal until the end

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Coleman Spilde

Val Kilmer, the enigmatic actor, revered as much for his relentless authenticity as he was for his bevy of charismatic onscreen performances — playing everyone from the Caped Crusader to Jim Morrison — died at the age of 65.
"The Friend" gives a voice to those of us hounded by self-obsessed dog parents

3 weeks ago | salon.com | Coleman Spilde

Have you ever been inside of a crowded Trader Joe’s and thought, “Man, I wish there were more dogs in here”? Or squeezed yourself past five carts parked in the middle of a grocery aisle to get your hands on the only sensibly priced vanilla extract in town, only to find that the vanilla is being blocked by a poor, overstimulated puppy, whose owner is talking on the phone and looking the other direction?
"The Friend" gives a voice to those of us hounded by self-obsessed dog parents

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Coleman Spilde

Have you ever been inside of a crowded Trader Joe’s and thought, “Man, I wish there were more dogs in here”? Or squeezed yourself past five carts parked in the middle of a grocery aisle to get your hands on the only sensibly priced vanilla extract in town, only to find that the vanilla is being blocked by a poor, overstimulated puppy, whose owner is talking on the phone and looking the other direction?
"Holland" could've been the Nicole Kidman freak show, but her weirdness is merely a sideshow

4 weeks ago | salon.com | Coleman Spilde

Very few moments in Mimi Cave’s new Nicole Kidman-starring thriller “Holland” could be deemed “brilliant.” The film has a hard enough time as it is just trying to scrape past decent, barely ever producing the thrills that the movie’s subgenre promises, despite its fervent attempts to create suspense out of thin air. Even with a performer as adept as Kidman in the lead role, the film's slapdash script only lets her do so much.