M.K.

For my September wrap-up, I thought about doubles with the help of Emily St. James’ Exit Party and a bit of Leigh Bardugo’s Dead Beat: thedeskofmkcarr.substack.com/p/september-...

I clearly don’t have good friends bc no one texted me about CMAT TINYDESK!!!! youtu.be/xPIMk4d4ulI?...

Today my book ‘Playing the Victim: How the Powerful Deny and Attack Survivors of Violence, from Domestic Abuse to Genocide’ comes out! My book draws the connections btwn domestic abusers’ tactics (particularly DARVO) and imperialism, Zionism & state violence. Link/more on it below:

I really fw Kimi… I too would be trying to Google Maps my way out of a crisis

There’s still time to get in on the Anti-Prime Day action at bookshop!

For @avclub.com's fall TV preview, here's an exclusive clip from Netflix's Josh Hartnett-led #Below. I spoke to the show's creator & producer about setting an atmospheric thriller in Newfoundland & how the show blends local folklore & history with present-day reality:

Finally finishing Furious… the soundtrack includes FOB’s “What A Catch, Donnie” and “Heavy Balloon” by Fiona Apple they were NOT playing around

I have only just now become aware that NBC canceled Stumble, probably my favorite new comedy of the season… so delightfully weird and heartwarming. Why aren’t shows allowed to grow anymore💔 you should check it out on peacock if you haven’t seen it. youtu.be/0XGH5emJiRY?...

Watching Colin From Accounts: 😊 Remembering it’s the last season: 😞

Based on data I’m collecting from Hinge I have discovered that Kony 2012 is the young millennial man’s “Roman Empire”

My best friend has a book coming out next year and the cover reveal was featured in People today!!!! people.com/see-the-cove...

For my August wrap-up, I wrote about craft, Phoebe Bridgers, and Katy Simpson Smith’s new novel The Maltese Version (among other things). Read it here! substack.com/@mkcarr94/no...

Absolutely obsessed with this open.spotify.com/track/2km0sa...

I love everything about Sterling Point including the girl who’s like “I’m not ‘COOL’ I’ve never ‘DRUNK ALCOHOL’” meanwhile she literally always has a prerolled joint on hand to smoke while reading classic literature

The Thomas Crowne affair is about the dangers of having too much time on your hands as a divorced deadbeat dad

I just saw a piece in @thebookseller.com about this fundraiser - to protect and share a collection of over one million Black books in the UK, a labour of love by one collector, Baba Pepukayi, but a vital resource for the nation. www.gofundme.com/f/save-1-mil... Please share, and donate if you can.

Hannah just said they’ve explored each others bodies

For my July wrap-up, I shared my quest to get a last-minute 70mm IMAX Odyssey ticket, and what the experience was like inside the theater: open.substack.com/pub/thedesko...

My biggest gripe with Odyssey criticism is how much of it seems to be about what the film isn’t, rather than engaging with what it is… everyone gleefully repeating “there are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible” like that’s a failing of Nolan’s instead of a filmmaking choice…?

A thought I’m having after publishing this is that when people (artists) steal from each other, it comes from a place of feeling: jealousy, identification, inspiration… if someone lifts something from me I know it’s because they cared enough to do it. When AI steals it’s just programming

"Expressing our own flawed subjectivity just makes us feel better." - @mkcarr.bsky.social

A service I need is to be able to input old films I want to see in theaters and then get notified when screenings are scheduled in my city

I’ve been on the bandwagon for Tony winner Alden Ehrenreich since BEAUTIFUL CREATURES

My favorite new release of the week!! Katherine Arden’s Winternight trilogy is amazing and this lush standalone historical fantasy does not disappoint. SOOO good

Top Gun being 80s Great Waldo Pepper omg I’m gagged