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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 3d

If you have good taste — and I know you do! — you'd see this ASAP.

IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU 📽️

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'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' Gives You the Nonstop Panic Attack That Is Motherhood

This relentless A24 comedy about Rose Byrne fighting a hostile world — and losing — answers the question: What if you made 'Uncut Gems' for moms?

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 3d

and...

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the unhinged performance of mia goth in infinity pool (2023)

YouTube video by the final girls

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 3d

These are the two greatest moments in cinema history and there is no third choice

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Outlaw King (2018) - Feast of the Swans

YouTube video by King Malric

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 5d

"Luca Guadagnino's handwringer about campus politics and cancel culture is definitely a cautionary tale, as in we strongly caution you against seeing something this empty and enraging."

AFTER THE HUNT 🎥

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'After the Hunt': Julia Roberts' #MeToo Drama Is 100-Percent #OhHellNo

It takes a lot of hard work and the perfect alignment of movie stars to make a social drama this irredeemably awful.

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 10d

The headline says it all. Huge, huge, huge fan of Rebecca Miller's five-hour docu-series MR. SCORSESE, which I wish was twice as long... #NYFF 🎥

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'Mr. Scorsese' Is the Definitive Portrait of Our Greatest Living Filmmaker

Five-part Apple docuseries is everything a fan of the director of 'Taxi Driver,' 'Goodfellas,' and 'The Wolf of Wall Street' could want — and more.

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 10d

There is stumping for your movie, and then there’s stumping for your movie, Benny Safdie-style…

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 11d

Did Jimmy Kimmel write this caption?

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 12d

Print the legend

Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 12d

You have probably heard this story from me, but a tale went around that one guy I knew was so creeped out by watching THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT at his house in the woods that he put towels over all the windows and watched A BUG’S LIFE twice in a row. Probably apocryphal, but I don’t care.

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 12d

I can't recommend ORWELL: 2+2=5 enough — a perfect use of a 20th century figure as a lens to examine 21st century authoritarianism, a great example of how to use mural-like filmmaking as a weapon, another reason why Raoul Peck is an invaluable documentarian. 📽️

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How Did a Documentary on George Orwell Become the Scariest Movie of 2025?

Orwell: 2+2=5 look at writer who gave us a modern dystopian classic—and examines how authoritarianism works that feels way too familiar.

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 15d

This was Kaleb's piece on Norm. Absolutely fucking amazing piece of writing from an absolutely fucking amazing guy.

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 15d

When Norm MacDonald passed away, I remembered a writer who'd previously written about him and reached out. His name was Kaleb Horton. The appreciation he turned in remains the thing I'm most proud to have worked on as an editor at RS. This is a huge loss.

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The last magazine writer

What left with Kaleb Horton.

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 16d

ANEMONE will be heralded as the return of Daniel Day-Lewis, Screen Actor GOAT, and rightfully so — but it's also the sort of directorial debut that displays a young filmmaker taking big swings, and I hope one story doesn't eclipse the other. Really dig this. 🎥

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'Anemone' Is More Than Just the Return of Daniel Day-Lewis

The Oscar-winner's performance as a stoic recluse welcomes the legend back to the screen. Yet this familial drama is anything but a mere showcase.

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 17d

"I mean, that’s the job. Yes, fight these daily battles. Be nice. Keep your head down. Get on to the next fight, but don’t give up."

A long conversation with Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio on making #OneBattleAfterAnother 🎥

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'Get On to the Next Fight, Don't Give Up': Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio on 'One Battle After Another'

The filmmaker and star open up about finally collaborating together, how not to burn out and fade away, why River Phoenix is the GOAT, and more.

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 19d

Hanging in a diner with Benny Safdie, talking about getting punched in the face and sending fan letters and machines that, like, smash...

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Benny Safdie Knows How to Take a Hit

'The Smashing Machine' director Benny Safdie talks about how the Dwayne Johnson drama came together and the state of his partnership with brother Josh

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 27d

I remember seeing THERE WILL BE BLOOD and walking out dizzy from having seen what felt like an instant masterpiece. That was the exact same sensation I got from seeing Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. May be my favorite of his work after TWBB. 📽️
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'One Battle After Another' Is an Act of Resistance -- and a Stone-Cold Masterpiece

Paul Thomas Anderson's stunning, thundering thriller about fathers, failed revolutions and our fucked-up times is, simply put, the movie of the year.

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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 28d

I loved All Is Lost.
If you haven’t seen it, it’s great late Redford

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Cannes 2013: 'All Is Lost' review

★★★★★ American director J.C. Chandor first made a name for himself with 2011 talkathon Margin Call, which strove to present the 07-08 financial crisis...

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 28d

Certainly mine. I mean, did you see that dude in '69?! Or '74?!?!

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28d

i respect how every tribute to robert redford is at least a little bit horny

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 28d

A few thoughts on Robert Redford, a star whose movies I watched endlessly, who walked the activism walk, who I was lucky enough to interview several times and unlucky enough to piss off during a moderated Q&A (a story for another time.) 🎥

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Robert Redford Was the Definition of a Movie Star

Redford, who died at 89, was a groundbreaking environmentalist, the patron saint of independent film, an Oscar-winning director — in short, an icon.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 28d

Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:

Don't stop believing

Some news, as they say

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · 29d

Give Stephen Graham all the awards — not just all the Emmys— and give Stephen Colbert the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Jen Chaney @jenchaney.bsky.social · 29d

If you haven't seen SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE I truly cannot recommend it enough and i have already recommended it quite a bit.

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 29d

Man, it's going to be HI-larious when that Boys & Girls Club total hits zero. Will we then go into negative numbers, with the kids running up a tab? Thrilling!

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · Sep 14

Even with the Locarno big-ups, was surprised by how solid this unique take on an old chestnut one was. Sophie Romvari is a real discovery. Keep an eye out for it if it comes to a theater, or streamer, or drive-in, or sheet hung up on a wall in a dark room near you.

Brian Tallerico @briantallerico.bsky.social · Sep 14

So my last TIFF movie of the year turned out to be one of the best. Sophy Romvari’s Blue Heron is major.

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · Sep 14

Proud to know all three of these writers/world-class wonks/extraordinary people @swin24.bsky.social @andrewperez.bsky.social @nikkimcr.bsky.social

Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · Sep 14

"To Trump, Miller is a useful battering ram, the policy answer to his lingering question of “Where’s my Roy Cohn?”

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Inside Stephen Miller's Reign of Terror

Everything you loathe or love about Donald Trump’s America, you hate or cherish about Stephen Miller’s republic of fear.

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David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social · Sep 14

A completely subjective, highly personal, totally prejudiced list of the Best Films at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival—or "TIFF," as the locals call it—that is also the only truly correct 10 best list and you should accept no substitutes #TIFF2025 🎥

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The 10 Best Movies at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival

From a devastating doc about a tragedy in Gaza to a Gothic monster movie with a heart and soul — the highlights of TIFF's 50th anniversary edition.

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