Manu knows what we want

I like that this one is still getting some faves. Gentlemen… relax.

My birthday is May 6th guys!!!

THE MALE GAZED comes out in paperback 5/21!

I spy the spine for #145 there 👀

'From its very first shot, Minhal Baig's masterful WE GROWN NOW grabs you. A still shot of an empty hallway (in, as we learn, the Cabrini-Green housing project in Chicago) beckons you to discover it, to let the many lives it houses drift through you.' - Manuel Betancourt, The A.V. Club

It makes me restless and that makes me unhappy, but I cannot keep them still. If only I had grey, green, black, brown, yellow eyes; I would stay at home and do something.

Robert Abele Amazingly, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER, a queered riff on superhero lore, has made it to theaters. You owe it to the perseverance of this team to see it. Here's Manuel Betancourt on the movie. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Terrific list of the indispensable. Bravo to Matt Brennan Carlos Aguilar Mark Athitakis Manuel Betancourt paperhaus david kipen Amy Nicholson Chris Vognar Los Angeles Times latimes.com/entertainment-…

Review: In 'The People's Joker,' an iconic villain is co-opted for sly trans expression latimes.com/entertainment-…

'It’s been said that #Hollywood is more an idea than a place, and no task punctuates the notion quite like asking people to choose the best Hollywood book of all time...' In anticipation of LA Times Festival of Books - a must-read from all-star lineup of writers: latimes.com/entertainment-…

Loved taking part in LAT Entertainment’s 50 Best Hollywood Books of all Time project, and writing about Fisher’s fab funny novel. latimes.com/entertainment-…

With advance praise from Manuel Betancourt, help us celebrate Income (syn)tax's birthday today by preordering his upcoming memoir, SPLICE OF LIFE! buff.ly/3U1YTlx

Susan Schulman IPGbook

A great variety of movies this week on FilmWeek 🎥 (w/ critics Manuel Betancourt and Peter Rainer)

First Omen, Monkey Man, The Beast, Housekeeping for Beginners and much more.

Listen now below or wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧 laist.com/shows/filmweek…

COVER REVEAL!!

I cannot wait to unleash HELLO STRANGER out into the world next January!

Thanks to the fab Catapult team for this very sexy cover!

🚨🚨New book incoming!! 🚨🚨

For the Monday crowd: my thoughts on The Matrix at 25 and what it tells us when seen alongside such films in its wake as A.I., Her, Ex Machina & After Yang. latimes.com/entertainment-…

In the latest installment of Los Angeles Times’ yearlong series on the cultural landmarks of 1999, Manuel Betancourt writes about “The Matrix” — a film that refuses to see A.I. as an entity just like us: latimes.com/entertainment-…