And Now My Pillion Review is Here

Pillion Week continues! First we got the posters, then we got the trailer, then we got Alexander Skarsgard maybe coming out as bi, and now my review! Click on over to read my thoughts on the film, starring Alexander Skarsgard as the dom to Harry Melling's happy sub, at Pajiba right here. This is my first review of several to come out of NYFF 2025 -- first because twas the easiest to write. This is a movie to just fall in love with! Just so lovely...

Pic of the Day

I think we're probably all agreed that Aaron Taylor-Johnson's current beard situation is a bit much, so I'll remind us that it's for Robert Eggers' now-filming werewolf movie. And with that out of the way let's just appreciate the fact that his wife saw fit to take and post this photo for us today. I'm almost tempted to do a "Who Wore It Best" poll between ATJ and the statue but I have no idea who the statue is supposed to be of and that seems like an important missing piece of that puzzle. Anybody recognize that ancient fella?

Quote of the Day

“I found that in this case, it’s not really relevant what my background is. I mean, I do have a kid, but what I’ve done in the past, who I’ve been with, men, women… To me, what was important was that this felt like an opportunity to tell a story about a subculture I hadn’t seen portrayed this way – with so much authenticity... My experience of watching this on screen was through Cruising, where it’s this dark underbelly of New York City and it’s dangerous, murderous and scary. Leather gays are scary. I’m no Ray, but I have a little bit of experience from that world and I know that’s not the truthful depiction."

Everybody's theorizing that Alexander Skarsgård just came out as bi with these comments made at a Q&A after a screening of his gay fetish romance Pillion at the Zurch Film Festival this week (via, thx Mac) and... I'm inclined to agree, although there is I suppose some wiggle room. I honestly 1) don't find this surprising and 2) doubt he cares that much. He's got that European attitide towards sex and sexuality, which is part of why we love him. I suppose he could come back and say he was talking in theory or he was talking about filming his gay sex scenes in True Blood et cetera but I would actually be surprised if he bothered to go and qualify the comments that way after the fact. Anyway go see Pillion! My review is coming later today and spoiler alert you want to see this movie. Shocker!

Happy 25 to Kid A

People don't spend time just staring at images for very long anymore do they? (Well unless they're these photos of Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor anyway.) No but seriously -- it used to be a thing when a new album would come out that you'd listen to it and sit staring at the artwork on the album while you did so. And so it went when Radiohead's record Kid A came out on October 2nd 2000 -- you have no idea how much time I spent staring at that weird mountainous landscape created by artist Stanley Donwood seen above. Hours and hours of my life. I'd just moved to New York and (I'm pretty sure I've shared this on one of its earlier anniversaries) I listened to this album constantly. You cannot overestimate how much I mean by "constantly." All my first months here were spent wandering the streets listening to this music. And I still can't hear any song on Kid A without being immediately transported to that time. It's also the reason I got to see Radiohead perform in a small(ish) space -- on October 11th 2000 they performed at the Roseland Ballroom and it was the greatest show I've ever experienced. They had a heap of musicians on-stage with them, besides the usual band members -- I specifically remember trombones. I also remember feeling as if I was levitating off the floor. Anyway this record is a masterpiece and I'm going to go listen to it right now. Actually somebody uploaded the entire audio of that Roseland show and I'll share it below and we can listen to that together -- funny to realize this was before we could film things with our cell phones, so audio seems to be all there is...

Five Frames From ?

What movie is this?

Good Morning, World

I did start watching the HBO series Task before I got swallowed up by NYFF duties but it's fallen by the wayside for the past few weeks -- that doesn't mean all of my Spidey-senses didn't start a'tingling once our dear House of the Dragon hunk Fabien Frankel was seen to take his top off however (thx Mac). Swoon! Nobody spoil anything for me please but if you'd like to tell me generally if the show is worth picking back up once I'm not so busy again I'd like to hear it. I wasn't sold on the first couple of episodes save Fabien and Mark Ruffalo looking like adorable little fur-baby brothers that had me screaming "Make out!" every time they shared the screen. 

Jonathan Bailey Six Times

One of these days I won't be desperately behind on everything -- here's a fun fact: I'll actually be here at my desk all day tomorrow! But today is not that day so here are the photos of Jonny Bailey for Time magazine that dropped... some time this week. Hell it may've even been yesterday -- I have no concept of time right now. Or Time Magazine either! Wow really set myself up for that one. Y'all I'm so fucking tired. Hit the jump for the rest...

Five Frames From ?

What movie is this?

Yes It's the Pillion Trailer

Yesterday I shared the first pair of posters for Pillion with you and now -- yes a few hours late but whatever, I'm busy! -- we've got the trailer! The responsible portion of me feels the need to say what Pillion is about every time I post about Pillion but I've posted about Pillion a billion (heh rhymes) times now and I think y'all know that this is the movie where Alexander Skarsgard takes Harry melling on as his sub boy. Anyway as I also said yesterday my review of this from NYFF is incoming and I'll link to that when "incoming" has actually "come" but for now, do watch:

I'm actually surprised A24 already dropped this trailer since the movie's not in theaters until February, but hey -- nobody's gonna complain about some of Alexander's cum-gutters hitting any ol' day, I think. Not here on this website anyway.

Good Morning, World

Yes it's another day where I'm in NYFF screenings this morning and prepping this post the night before -- so goes the busy active lifestyle of a big man on the move y'all! I'm so goddamned hip I can hardly stand it. But not too hip to share these new Tyriq Withers photos with you (via) -- never too hip for that. Anyway I'll be in proper this afternoon -- until then hit the jump for these Tyriq flavored treats... 

Aldis Sure Ain't Gonna Show You His Dick

I didn't even really like the Road House remake in the first place -- although it has shown itself to be fun to re-watch pieces of while doing something else in the time since it was released, and really isn't that how these streaming movies are intended to be consumed? -- but that was never going to keep me from documenting every tidbit of the sequel to the remake since Jake will be coming back. And now, NOW, they have gone and cast sexy-ass Aldis Hodge opposite him. I mean good lord! How much hotness can one small screen hold? I guess we're about to find out. Hopefully Aldis shares Billy Magnusson's predilection for black speedos from the first film? Is that too much to ask? No idea if Aldis will be the villain or maybe he'll be the Sam Elliott type from the original movie -- one of Jake's old UFC buddies who comes to help him kick ass. (In black speedos? Stay tuned.) Anyway I think I forgot to report that Guy Ritchie had to drop out of directing this, and now Ilya Naishuller the guy who made the wild first-person action flick Hardcore Henry from 2015, as well as that Nobody movie with Bob Odenkirk (never saw it), is taking over. And no offense to Mr. Naishuller but this sounds far far less gay than whatever Guy Ritchie would've come up -- sigh!

A Pair of Pillion Posters

A24 dropped two posters for their forthcoming Gay BDSM Romance Pillion today -- one featuring star Alexander Skarsgård seen above and one featuring star Harry Melling on, you know, the bottom. Heheh see what I did there? Sso clever. So naughty! That's me in a nutshell. Aaaanyway they're also promising the first trailer will drop tomorrow so I imagine you should stay tuned. And you should likewise stay tuned because this movie screens at NYFF this Thursday and Friday and there might just be a review from yours truly dropping shortly. Just saying! Get your nutshells ready. 

Charlie Hunnam Six Times

When I posted the trailer for the sexy serial killer program starring Naked Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein I got accused in the comments of running "a porn site" for trotting alongside Ryan Murphy by participating in the objectification of real world horrors... which, okay. Ain't nobody got time for placating some stranger's moral lines in the sand today. I see a hot Charlie Hunnam, I post a hot Charlie Hunnam. This show is just clearly going to be very silly nonsense and I don't think it's worth getting that worked up over. To paraphrase one of the models in an early season of America's Next Top Model, in other people's countries there are war. On that note this new shoot for Variety has me feeling fine! Not in the least morally questionable, but perhaps a little porographic down below, ahem. Hit the jump for the rest of them...

Good Morning, World

Instead of posting today's "Good Morning" post a little late like I did yesterday when I got to my desk from a NYFF press screening I'm doing this one in advance -- so yes I lied when I said "yesterday" since I am actually writing this yesterday to you people of the future.  Anyway point being Tuesday morning I'm at another screening but I'll be back to my desk by Noon-ish again, so here to tide you over are a pair of new photo-shoots of The Long Walk actor and freshly minted MNPP obsession Garrett Wareing, including a few more from this shoot I shared back on the 11th. I have yet to see The Long Walk but I'm assuming it'll hit digital before Halloween and it will make a good get-in-the-mood movie right? I mean the Halloween mood, not the horned up mood, although judging by all the set photos that Garrett's shared of himself shirtless in suspenders it'll probably be a bit of both. Anyway a good Tuesday morning to you, and now you may hit the jump for a dozen more...

Today's Mood

Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...

 ... you can learn from:

Bronson (2008)

Bronson: How would you feel, waking up in the morning without a window? My window is a steel grid, I 'ave to put my lips against that steel grid and suck in air, that's my morning... 'cause I got no air in my cell. I have to eat, sleep and crap in that room twenty-three hours of a twenty-four hour day. You tell me, what human being deserves that? Apart from the stinking paedophile or a child killer. I don't deserve that, I done nothing on this planet to deserve that. My bed is four inches off the floor, it's a concrete bed, my toilet hasn't even got a seat on it or a lid, and I 'ave to live like this month after month after month, and the way it's looking it's year after year after year. Now is that's right then so be, but let somebody else 'ave a fucking go at it, 'cause I've had twenty-six years of this bollocks and it's time to come out, and I want the jury at my trial to come and see how I'm living. But I'm not living, I'm existing.

A very happy 55 to our beloved neon mad genius Nicholas Winding Refn today! This is a good moment to remind us all that we will be getting a new movie from him next year -- I told you about his film Her Private Hell back in April when Charles Melton joined the cast, but by all accounts they've already filmed the thing so I'm assuming a next year release. It also stars current it girl Sophie Thatcher (of Companion and Heretic and Yellowjackets fame), plus Drive My Car hunk Hidetoshi Nishijima, Diego Calva, Kristine Froseth, Dougray Scott, and Havana Rose Liu from Bottoms and Lurker. This is one drop-dead gorgeous cast y'all. Can't wait for NWR to douse them all with blood and glitter.

Five Frames From ?

What movie is this?

Good (Late) Morning, World

Hey you people, happy Monday -- I'm back from an early morning screening at NYFF and figured since it's Noon-ish when I'm sitting down I could get away with a late "morning" post for those lucky people out there who get to sleep in. Me I've been running non-stop for days, weeks, months, I have no idea any more. But there new photos of Italian stallion Michele Morrone made themselves known to me over the weekend and they compliment that big batch I dropped back in June...

... especially the gay-ish ones, which I also shared a few of back then. Anyway these fresh ones are probably here right now because a book of photos of Michele is coming out in October, one I imagine to be stuffed with way more of this sultry goodness. So perhaps a pre-order is in order if he does it for you. If you need to convince yourself either way I recommending you hit the jump and stare at him some more, it helps...

A Brief Interlude

Okay well that's that for this nearly full day of "content" -- I'm running back into the warm embrace of NYFF press screenings now. Tomorrow is the Opening Night of the fest with Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt opening things up -- my reviews will probably start dropping next week over at Pajiba. See my preview of what I was most looking forward to right here. As for blogging here I'll be offline all day tomorrow, but I'll be back here Monday afternoon. So have a good weekend and if you're in NYC go see something at NYFF! Here's their site! There's a super-mass of incredible international cinema awaiting you. Otherwise -- go see One Battle After Another! Masterpiece, says me!

One Masterpiece After Another

Being a man of mystery (ha) I don't usually let on to my opinions on movies until I drop my full review of them -- the whole "spit out twenty words on social media the second the screening ends" thing is just not for me. I need to marinate in what I just watched -- especially when it's blown my mind. But this time there was enough of a break between the first time I saw Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another and when the social media embargo broke on it that I'd fully formed my opinion that it's a masterpiece (something a second viewing before I wrote my review only underlined) and so this time I did indeed jump on the "screaming my opinion in a few words on social media" bandwagon, as seen down below. (And that post is in actuality an entire thread so click on to read it all at Bluesky if you care for the Cliff's Notes version of my review.) That said my full on review of the film dropped yesterday -- READ IT HERE. There could still be some surprises down the road with movies I haven't seen yet but to be honest I can't imagine anything knocking OBAA off the top of the year right now. It's astonishing filmmaking from PTA. Urgent, funny, political -- if this is the movie that finally gets him on the Oscar stage I don't think anybody could possibly be angry about that. Well except for Republicans. They'll be angry. But when aren't they angry? Fuck those dirty diaper people.

I don't like doing miniature social media "reviews" when embargoes break but ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is so mind-blowingly good I'm breaking my own rule - I felt like I was levitating upon leaving the theater. As the end credits came up I almost started whooping "CINEMA FUCK YEAH!" at the screen

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) September 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM