Editor of Baltimore magazine, film and pop culture critic, cellist, enemy of dangling modifiers.https://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mv6fzkuh2s2kHere's my Shane Gillis theory: Lorne never wanted to fire him. The higher ups forced him to. So he's been constantly scheduling him as host out of spite.10 Sep 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6fzkuh2s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mv46quvqp22jAre everyone’s Instagram notifications like this or am I some sort of Instagram whisperer?09 Sep 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv46quvqp22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3muwpyibjus2tOne of the brilliant bits in BREAKING BAD is when Walt Jr. starts a GoFundMe for his father which Walter is siphoning money into. And Walter is secretly fuming. Not just because it’s humiliating, but because he wants everyone to know HE’S the moneymaker. Ego has always been his greatest motivation.07 Sep 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwpyibjus2thttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3musm6mz4n225Sam Mendes has found his Paul McCartney! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3musm6mz4n225https://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3muqdmeidak2lInfluencers use the word aesthetic to mean attractive and it annoys the shit out of me.05 Sep 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqdmeidak2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mud6fdrydc2qTHE DOG STARS is crazy because an entirely different movie breaks out for about 15 minutes and then it goes back to being itself.30 Aug 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mud6fdrydc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mua4fmp44c2cI gave Gus a spoonful of sour cream this morning and he clearly thought it was going to be whipped cream and the look of betrayal on his face was unmistakable.29 Aug 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua4fmp44c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mu2yp35gcc2rThe uproar over Connor Storrie getting a haircut is very Season 2 of Felicity coded.27 Aug 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2yp35gcc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mtz2y2jkqs2uWillem Dafoe shines as a poet who gets rediscovered by a group of callow young men. My LATE FAME review. https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/movie-review-late-fame/26 Aug 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz2y2jkqs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mtz2y2jkqs2uWillem Dafoe shines as a poet who gets rediscovered by a group of callow young men. My LATE FAME review. https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/movie-review-late-fame/26 Aug 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz2y2jkqs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mtupvoqbvk2vI’m going to be taking a little vacation in Hudson, NY in October. Any restaurant recommendations?25 Aug 2026 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtupvoqbvk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mttzib6noc2bThe spirit of Whit Stillman is alive and well in LATE FAME.24 Aug 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttzib6noc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mtpi5acrd22vBut The Pitt is too “woke.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpi5acrd22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mtlruggad22gI’m a creature of habit so I use the same Wordle starting word every day. It was inevitable. Today, for the first time, I scored Wordle in 1. The bot still gave me 78 skill. (JK, I got 99 skill—and luck.)21 Aug 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlruggad22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mtknd6crls27Finally saw BLUE HERON. It would make a hell of a devastating double feature with AFTERSUN.21 Aug 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtknd6crls27https://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mt5hq6x5322sTHE END OF OAK STREET is the greatest film Steven Spielberg never made. My review. https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/movie-review-the-end-of-oak-street/15 Aug 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5hq6x5322shttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mstqbd43pc2aI feel like Ben Shelton has figured something out on the return of serve. Be afraid. Be very afraid.11 Aug 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstqbd43pc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mseucqprv222Richard Gere’s son looks nothing like Richard Gere and exactly like his mother. A shame. Don’t get me wrong, his mother—and by extension her son—is very beautiful. But not Richard Gere beautiful.06 Aug 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseucqprv222https://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mruokplrvs2gMy original review of BOYHOOD, released OTD 12 years ago. "Linklater shows us life, in all its ordinary extraordinariness." https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/boyhood/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTYQhBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFHcTdtWHpsS3NQOHM0VEVFc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqYiAJT-3CB6owBpAfatv3rcv5S_tGJSKUyPdCiBWXTkciK-NRxn6Uhr9DD0_aem_xqzye1C2pYG2WDJ-Y_BCEA30 Jul 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruokplrvs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mrnhzxu7os2gHas anyone had a great peach yet this season?27 Jul 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnhzxu7os2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mrlanrkyvs2kBaby’s first Bluesky ratio [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlanrkyvs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mrfptgcjys2yWho do you think is a bigger star, Zendaya or Tom Holland? Holland has undoubtedly made more money with his films but I feel like she's more iconic.24 Jul 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfptgcjys2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mrbdahyqwk2fWhat are we gonna do with the knowledge that Christopher Nolan’s favorite James Bond is Timothy Dalton?22 Jul 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbdahyqwk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mr6jdcwncc2yIs anyone else playing DON'T WORDLE? After years of playing Wordle, it is breaking my brain. Much harder to NOT get Wordle it turns out. (In this case, you use 6 guesses and must honor all the information gleaned from the previous guesses.)21 Jul 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6jdcwncc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mqu4b3sjqk2pPlease read my review of Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY, where I compare it to...GOOD WILL HUNTING? https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/movie-review-the-odyssey/17 Jul 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu4b3sjqk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mqu4b3sjqk2pPlease read my review of Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY, where I compare it to...GOOD WILL HUNTING? https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/movie-review-the-odyssey/17 Jul 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu4b3sjqk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mqhyfbisqc24Proud of Olivia Wilde for recovering so quickly from the onslaught of misogyny that came during her relationship with Harry Styles and the promotion of DON’T WORRY DARLING. That movie is hardly a masterpiece but it did not deserve the intensity of backlash it/she received.12 Jul 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhyfbisqc24https://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mqhtbh4ilk23I’m suddenly seeing Grillo’s Pickles everywhere. Are they super trendy right now or is this a Baader–Meinhof situation?12 Jul 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhtbh4ilk23https://bsky.app/profile/maxthegirl.bsky.social/post/3mqd23y6yk22kGrownups are back, baby! My rave review of THE INVITE. https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/movie-review-the-invite/10 Jul 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:p63exlezdodpt6odxqlrii4q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqd23y6yk22k