Ted Pillow

10 Words or Fewer Summary: Masked killers terrorize dysfunctional, asshole family

Live from New York is, not coincidentally, one of many oral histories on this list (for the uninitiated, an oral history is a piece of non-fiction writing culled mostly from interviews with various knowledgeable sources and featuring minimal authorial interjection).

Anxiety is a very convincing argument for “Ignorance is bliss.”

“In a sense, pornography is the most political form of fiction, dealing with how we use and exploit each other, in the most urgent and ruthless way.”

It’s that time of year again – the time of year when you ask me if I’d like to go to the beach with you.

10 Words or Fewer Summary: Iranian female skateboarding vampire…ah, screw it just read below

Have you ever wondered why, exactly, Glen Bishop existed in the Mad Men universe? What was the point of this marginal character who somehow kept turning up again and again? Well, he’s played by Marten Weiner, the son of showrunner Matthew Weiner. So, there you go.

The finale features one of these gooey, grotesque parties, and honestly, it’s not all that different from watching drunk people eat Domino’s. But, even more incredibly, it also has a nutty incestuous scene in which the main character’s mother and sister’s bodies combine to form some kind of double-ended flesh finger trap, while his father’s head emerges from his own anus.

Australia’s The Babadook has a rightful spot on any short list of the best horror films of the past 10 years.

You know that ambitious dream you’ve always wanted to accomplish? Yeah, it’s not happening today.

Can I borrow that pacifier? I’m tripping so hard right now.

How many of these embarrassing, late-90s mistakes did you make?