I'd actually argue that horror is the most Christian genre of film. Obviously that's not true of the torture porn stuff -- films in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre tradition -- but supernatural horror is often subtly Christian and sometimes very explicitly Christian. It's the only category of film where the supernatural, demons, spirits, exorcisms, the Church, etc, are consistently taken seriously. The only genre where the priest might actually be the good guy. Horror has deep roots in Christian thought and tradition.

I understand why the genre might not be someone’s cup of tea. I don’t particularly gravitate to it myself, usually. But it’s okay for Christians to tell and enjoy stories that are tense, suspenseful, even scary. There’s nothing inherently sinful about any of those feelings. And the categorical insistence on avoiding those feelings is precisely why almost all “faith based” entertainment is terrible. I would argue that bland, bad, boring “Christian entertainment” — which is almost all of it, truly — is a far greater cultural problem for Christians than any horror movie ever could be. Christians used to be the great storytellers of western civilization. That was back when they told difficult, complicated, sometimes bleak and violent stories. Not anymore. Now the stories are all very nice and pleasant, but they also suck and nobody with any taste can stand to watch them.

As much as I love being the contrarian, I must report that “You Can See Everything” is indeed an extraordinary bit of filmmaking. Just from a pure craft perspective, it is unquestionably a masterpiece. An effective and emotionally layered psychological thriller in the form of a documentary — and it holds your attention for 3 hours. I don’t think anyone has ever done anything like that with the documentary genre. And I say that as someone who has made two of them. Pretty easily the best movie of the year. It wont be to everyone’s taste but it’s hard to deny that, artistically, it’s a triumph. Other filmmakers in the genre (myself included) need to up their games. Meanwhile, Nathan Fielder — across TV and now film — has never made a bad piece of media. Batting a thousand. Remarkable.

“That’s not indecision. It’s judgment” “That’s not competition. It’s a scrimmage.” This is the most ChatGPT speech I've ever heard. Why? You're Matthew McConaughey. You have a very distinct and recognizable way of speaking. Why outsource that to AI? I don't get it.

We watched “Below,” which is the top show on Netflix right now. I heard it was like Jaws but with a giant killer squid, so obviously I was sold right out of the gate. Turns out it’s more like Free Willy with a giant killer squid. The show takes a hard left turn in the final two episodes and becomes a climate change sermon where PETA activists rescue a squid from an evil white male corporate guy or whatever. It abandons almost every random subplot it establishes early on with no attempt at any kind of coherent resolution. A Somali guy who spends most of the show trying to kill one of the main characters turns out to have a heart of gold and gets unofficially adopted into the family or something. Plus there was a random evil white girl with hair over her face (à la The Ring and every other horror movie from the years 1998 to 2017), which turns out to be just a local girl from a neighboring island who for some reason shows up in your room at night drenched in water and haunts you? It’s never explained how or why she would do that. Anyway, it’s one of the worst shows ever made. There is so much unmitigated slop on streaming. I usually assume every show will suck so I don’t waste my time. But this time I suppressed that instinct because the Jaws With A Squid logline was too much to resist. I will not be fooled like that again.