Nathan Rabin’s Happy Place

1 week ago | nathanrabin.com | Nathan Rabin

In 2021, Nicole Kidman appeared in an AMC ad written by Billy Ray, the screenwriter of The Color of Night and Shattered Glass. The ad wasn’t for any specific movie. Instead, it promoted movie-going, quickly going viral and attaining an ironic cult following. Kidman wasn’t shilling for one of her movies; she was rhapsodizing about the ecstasy of a night out at the theater.

1 week ago | nathanrabin.com | Nathan Rabin

Trump is all about controlling the narrative. He doesn’t want the public to view Biden as an amiable old man who dedicated his life to public service and helped the country recover from the COVID-19 crisis. He wants people to see Biden the way that he sees him, as an evil, insane, senile fool who can barely stand up or form a coherent sentence, yet is somehow also personally responsible for everything terrible in the world.

1 week ago | nathanrabin.com | Nathan Rabin

Yet in the conflict between a vulnerable minority group whose already difficult lives grow more difficult by the day thanks to people like Donald Trump and J.K. Rowling, Lithgow’s thoughts and concerns were not with trans kids or teens but rather with the world’s richest transphobe. Lithgow pondered airily, “I wonder how JK Rowling has absorbed it. I suppose at a certain point I’ll meet her, and I’m curious to talk to her.”The Blow Out star seems to see Rowling as the real victim.

2 weeks ago | nathanrabin.com | Nathan Rabin

To that end, I hope to launch a Fractured Mirror-themed podcast soon. With this article, I am launching the Fractured Mirror spin-off column Fractured Mirror 3.0—Mirrors. I’ve seen and written about every narrative American movie about filmmaking. With Fractured Mirror 3.0, I will be writing about other filmmaking-themed media, including books, television shows, television movies, and concept albums. I love movies about making movies. And I adore horror and science-fiction anthologies.

3 weeks ago | nathanrabin.com | Nathan Rabin

Donald Trump lives by his mentor Roy Cohn’s sacred rules: 1. Attack attack attack2. Admit nothing, deny everything3. Always claim victoryThe 45th and 47th president’s arrogance can’t help but infect members of an administration convinced that they can do no wrong, and Joe Biden is solely responsible for everything. People who grew up rich and famous are particularly prone to toxic narcissism. That is quadruply true if they’re members of the Kennedy dynasty.