Elizabeth Weitzman
@eweitzman.bsky.social
Film Critic for The Wrap & Time Out. Author of the Hollywood history RENEGADE WOMEN IN FILM & TV. Member, NYFCC & CCA
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J’implore tous les dieux pour que le Canada ne commette pas aujourd’hui la même erreur que les États-Unis.
April 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
J’implore tous les dieux pour que le Canada ne commette pas aujourd’hui la même erreur que les États-Unis.
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Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is so many films wrapped in one—American epic, genre thriller, romance, musical—that it’s likely to leave you both dazed and awed by his enormous ambitions. My review, from Time Out: www.timeout.com/movies/sinne...
Sinners review: Michael B Jordan and Ryan Coogler team up for a historical horror epic with real bite
The Black Panther duo reunite for an IMAX-worthy supernatural stunner
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April 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is so many films wrapped in one—American epic, genre thriller, romance, musical—that it’s likely to leave you both dazed and awed by his enormous ambitions. My review, from Time Out: www.timeout.com/movies/sinne...
Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is so many films wrapped in one—American epic, genre thriller, romance, musical—that it’s likely to leave you both dazed and awed by his enormous ambitions. My review, from Time Out: www.timeout.com/movies/sinne...
Sinners review: Michael B Jordan and Ryan Coogler team up for a historical horror epic with real bite
The Black Panther duo reunite for an IMAX-worthy supernatural stunner
www.timeout.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is so many films wrapped in one—American epic, genre thriller, romance, musical—that it’s likely to leave you both dazed and awed by his enormous ambitions. My review, from Time Out: www.timeout.com/movies/sinne...
Many thanks to the iconic Paris Theater for inviting me to introduce Robert Altman’s opus "Nashville" today! Few films tell us more about how we got to where we are than this one does.
March 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Many thanks to the iconic Paris Theater for inviting me to introduce Robert Altman’s opus "Nashville" today! Few films tell us more about how we got to where we are than this one does.
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"'Woke' just means you give a damn about other people." If you missed Jane Fonda's fantastic SAG Awards speech, there's a recap here: people.com/sag-awards-2...
Jane Fonda Proclaims 'Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People' in Rousing Lifetime Speech at SAG Awards 2025
Jane Fonda accepted the SAG Life Achievement Award from Julia Louis-Dreyfus during the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 23
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February 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"'Woke' just means you give a damn about other people." If you missed Jane Fonda's fantastic SAG Awards speech, there's a recap here: people.com/sag-awards-2...
One of my favorite movies in recent memory is out today: Morrisa Maltz's gorgeous ode to girlhood, "Jazzy," costarring Lily Gladstone. My review, from The Wrap: www.thewrap.com/jazzy-review...
'Jazzy' Review: Morrisa Maltz's Luminous Drama Shares a Sensitive Vision of Girlhood
In "Jazzy," filmmaker Morrisa Maltz's follow-up to "The Unknown Country, we follow two girls from the ages of six to 12.
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February 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
One of my favorite movies in recent memory is out today: Morrisa Maltz's gorgeous ode to girlhood, "Jazzy," costarring Lily Gladstone. My review, from The Wrap: www.thewrap.com/jazzy-review...
Spend the day watching this year's Sundance award winners! And start with "Sorry, Baby," Eva Victor's beautifully observed, tremendously moving debut. Online screenings available right now:
festival.sundance.org/program/film...
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Program Guide | 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Discover the 2025 film lineup and our eclectic program of events, conversations, and live entertainment to round out your Festival experience.
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February 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Spend the day watching this year's Sundance award winners! And start with "Sorry, Baby," Eva Victor's beautifully observed, tremendously moving debut. Online screenings available right now:
festival.sundance.org/program/film...
festival.sundance.org/program/film...
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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
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The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
January 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
Just want to make sure everyone knows you can "attend" Sundance online through February 2. One of the movies to watch from home is Rachael Holder's promising debut romance, "Love, Brooklyn." My review, from The Wrap: bit.ly/3WGjWv6
'Love, Brooklyn' Review: André Holland Navigates Romance Within a Changing Borough
André Holland, DeWanda Wise and Nicole Beharie star in Rachel Holder's soulful indie romance "Love, Brooklyn."
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January 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just want to make sure everyone knows you can "attend" Sundance online through February 2. One of the movies to watch from home is Rachael Holder's promising debut romance, "Love, Brooklyn." My review, from The Wrap: bit.ly/3WGjWv6
I know it's been a fairly slow Sundance, but there are still plenty of gems to be found. I especially liked Flora Lau's visually striking "Luz," starring Isabelle Huppert. My review, from The Wrap: bit.ly/4jzgWdJ
'Luz' Review: Flora Lau Conjures a Gorgeous Drama of Technology and Isolation
A visual marvel, Flora Lau's "Luz" is likely to send you out of the theater in search of palpable reality: some grass to touch, maybe.
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January 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I know it's been a fairly slow Sundance, but there are still plenty of gems to be found. I especially liked Flora Lau's visually striking "Luz," starring Isabelle Huppert. My review, from The Wrap: bit.ly/4jzgWdJ
If you’ve been feeling helpless, this is quick, easy & genuinely impactful; these calls really do matter. Here’s the Senate switchboard number: (202)224-3121
@indivisible.org has a script you can use to call your senators to tell them to vote no on RFK Jr., and if there's one takeaway you can take from this hearing, it's that you should use it.
January 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you’ve been feeling helpless, this is quick, easy & genuinely impactful; these calls really do matter. Here’s the Senate switchboard number: (202)224-3121
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The Doomsday clock is set at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest ever to a "global catastrophe." How appropriate, given that today marks the 61st anniversary of Kubrick's 'Dr. Strangelove,' the sharpest, most cautionary political satire.
Read on: cinephiliabeyond.org/stanle...
Read on: cinephiliabeyond.org/stanle...
January 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Doomsday clock is set at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest ever to a "global catastrophe." How appropriate, given that today marks the 61st anniversary of Kubrick's 'Dr. Strangelove,' the sharpest, most cautionary political satire.
Read on: cinephiliabeyond.org/stanle...
Read on: cinephiliabeyond.org/stanle...
If you're in NYC this weekend, you definitely want to see the Liza Minnelli doc "Liza: A Truly Terrific, Absolutely True Story." Which is, indeed, truly terrific. It's at @ifccenter.bsky.social for the week, and here's my review, from The Wrap: bit.ly/4hworjV
'Liza: A Truly Terrific, Absolutely True Story' Review: Delightful Doc Celebrates the Extraordinary Career of a Rare Icon
Tribeca 2024: Bruce David Klein's documentary spares some details as it explores what it takes to be a legend like Minnelli
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January 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If you're in NYC this weekend, you definitely want to see the Liza Minnelli doc "Liza: A Truly Terrific, Absolutely True Story." Which is, indeed, truly terrific. It's at @ifccenter.bsky.social for the week, and here's my review, from The Wrap: bit.ly/4hworjV
I’ve been recommending Walter Salles’ Brazilian drama “I’m Still Here” primarily for Fernanda Torres’ extraordinary work as a woman standing firm in the face of obscene state corruption. But…there are other reasons to see it, too.
January 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I’ve been recommending Walter Salles’ Brazilian drama “I’m Still Here” primarily for Fernanda Torres’ extraordinary work as a woman standing firm in the face of obscene state corruption. But…there are other reasons to see it, too.
The terrific newsroom drama SEPTEMBER 5 is out wide this weekend, and well worth your time. Here’s my review, from Time Out: bit.ly/3Z523Xf
September 5: this gripping newsroom drama recounts one world-altering day in Munich
A ’70s-style thriller that could only have been made in the 21st century
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January 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The terrific newsroom drama SEPTEMBER 5 is out wide this weekend, and well worth your time. Here’s my review, from Time Out: bit.ly/3Z523Xf
WaPo habitually centers men in a female obit subject’s life. This is a prime example. They were partners, but both the caption & opening define her via him *over* her own achievements. Plowright won a Best Actress Tony the year they married! Maybe that helped confer her rank? bit.ly/3PCfLfX
Joan Plowright, English actress of dazzling versatility, dies at 95
She was blessed, a critic wrote, with “unrivaled capacity for earthy truthfulness and emotional honesty.”
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January 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
WaPo habitually centers men in a female obit subject’s life. This is a prime example. They were partners, but both the caption & opening define her via him *over* her own achievements. Plowright won a Best Actress Tony the year they married! Maybe that helped confer her rank? bit.ly/3PCfLfX
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“Now it’s your turn to stand guard - may you all be the keeper of the flame. May you keep the faith.”
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January 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“Now it’s your turn to stand guard - may you all be the keeper of the flame. May you keep the faith.”
😭
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Gia Coppola’s lovely, elegiac THE LAST SHOWGIRL is special in so many ways, including career-high turns from Pamela Anderson, Dave Bautista & Jamie Lee Curtis. My review, from Time Out: bit.ly/3DWuTls
The Last Showgirl review: Pamela Anderson hits a career high as a topless dancer on the brink
Anderson is a revelation in Gia Coppola’s touching elegy to Las Vegas razzle-dazzle
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January 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Gia Coppola’s lovely, elegiac THE LAST SHOWGIRL is special in so many ways, including career-high turns from Pamela Anderson, Dave Bautista & Jamie Lee Curtis. My review, from Time Out: bit.ly/3DWuTls
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Here's the sun setting in the smoke of up to 5 wildfires behind an island the fossil fuel industry built to hide their oil drilling derrick.
If you're into symbolism.
Taken at 4:52pm today in Long Beach, CA
If you're into symbolism.
Taken at 4:52pm today in Long Beach, CA
January 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Here's the sun setting in the smoke of up to 5 wildfires behind an island the fossil fuel industry built to hide their oil drilling derrick.
If you're into symbolism.
Taken at 4:52pm today in Long Beach, CA
If you're into symbolism.
Taken at 4:52pm today in Long Beach, CA
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Charity Navigator’s helpful list of legit groups doing relief work on SoCal Fires. www.charitynavigator.org/discover-cha...
Los Angeles Fires
Highly rated charities providing relief and recovery to those impacted by fires in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles and surrounding California areas.
www.charitynavigator.org
January 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Charity Navigator’s helpful list of legit groups doing relief work on SoCal Fires. www.charitynavigator.org/discover-cha...
Gia Coppola’s lovely, elegiac THE LAST SHOWGIRL is special in so many ways, including career-high turns from Pamela Anderson, Dave Bautista & Jamie Lee Curtis. My review, from Time Out: bit.ly/3DWuTls
The Last Showgirl review: Pamela Anderson hits a career high as a topless dancer on the brink
Anderson is a revelation in Gia Coppola’s touching elegy to Las Vegas razzle-dazzle
bit.ly
January 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Gia Coppola’s lovely, elegiac THE LAST SHOWGIRL is special in so many ways, including career-high turns from Pamela Anderson, Dave Bautista & Jamie Lee Curtis. My review, from Time Out: bit.ly/3DWuTls
Objectively accurate
Downtown Sasquatch was the best student band on all of the Degrassi series, and I dare anyone to argue otherwise
January 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Objectively accurate
Delighted for Demi, but my favorite Golden Globe winner is Fernanda Torres, so outstanding in the still-underseen “I’m Still Here”
January 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Delighted for Demi, but my favorite Golden Globe winner is Fernanda Torres, so outstanding in the still-underseen “I’m Still Here”
Been waiting for someone to address the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni situation with a clear eye. @katrosenfi.bsky.social's take feels just right, for an industry built on spin: www.thefp.com/p/blake-live...
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Art of the Smear
Amid a turducken of lawsuits, it’s hard to know what’s true. But truth isn’t the point for the people spinning this. The point is who has the more believable story.
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January 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Been waiting for someone to address the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni situation with a clear eye. @katrosenfi.bsky.social's take feels just right, for an industry built on spin: www.thefp.com/p/blake-live...