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Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson is a senior editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books. He has written for Rolling Stone, GQ, New York, Pitchfork, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

Articles

As Dark as It Can Be
ARMAND HAMMER with OPEN MIKE EAGLE, The Echo, Los Angeles, October 12, 2023. On his most recent solo album—this spring’s Maps, produced entirely by Kenny Segal, the veteran of Leimert Park’s Project Blowed collective—billy woods cedes plenty ...
Oct 16
Permission to Meander: A Conversation with Drew Millard
Paul Thompson speaks with Drew Millard about his new book, “How Golf Can Save Your Life.”...
Jun 5
- Nonfiction
- Sports
Spring Break Forever
On its 10th anniversary, Paul Thompson revisits Harmony Korine’s “Spring Breakers.”...
Mar 22
- Film
The Half-Century in Bullshit: On Peter Bogdanovich’s “Paper Moon” and Robert Greene’s “The 48 Laws of Power”
Paul Thompson examines the metabolization of bullshit into our lives, by way of analyzing Peter Bogdanovich’s film “Paper Moon” and Robert Greene’s book “The 48 Laws of Power.”...
Jan 28
- Film
What Are You Looking For?: A Conversation with Open Mike Eagle
Paul Thompson interviews rapper Open Mike Eagle for issue no. 36 of The LARB Quarterly....
Jan 6
- LARB Quarterly
- Music
It’s All Pastiche: On Todd Field’s “TÁR”
Paul Thompson reviews Todd Field’s “TÁR.”...
Nov 18, 2022
- Film
- Music
I Don’t Worry About My Oeuvre: A Conversation with John Carpenter
Paul Thompson interviews John Carpenter about the state of horror, navigating Hollywood, and the movies he didn’t make....
Nov 2, 2022
The Girl and the Outlaw: Jordan Peele’s “Nope” and the End of the Alien
Paul Thompson explores the strangeness of the film industry in L.A. and its reckoning with racist histories and the natural world in Jordan Peele's "Nope."...
Sep 11, 2022