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Los Angeles Film Critics Association
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The official Bluesky account of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). Founded in 1975. lafca.net
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 27d
We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.
FILM CRITICS’ GROUPS DENOUNCE NEXSTAR AND DISNEY-ABC DECISIONS TO SUSPEND “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!” We, the members of the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air. For decades, our organizations have represented a profession that is enabled by the First Amendment. Kimmel’s long-running talk show promotes free speech, including when it gives film artists the chance to discuss their work. There is only one word to describe the decision by powerful media corporations to silence an individual’s perspective due to fear of repercussions by the government: censorship. This is the antithesis of the values embodied by our work. We demand a reversal of this decision and encourage our colleagues across the industry to do the same.
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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · 1d
Epic fail-safe: A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is a high-minded piece of doomsday schlock — and a baffling misuse of the director Kathryn Bigelow's talents. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“A House of Dynamite” Is a Major Misfire from a Great Filmmaker
In Kathryn Bigelow’s ensemble drama, a nuclear attack exposes more failures of screenwriting than of geopolitical-crisis management.
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Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing @swenryan.bsky.social · 1d
Better late than never: for my first of three reviews from NYFF 2025, I fittingly wrote about Kent Jones's LATE FAME and Ira Sachs's PETER HUJAR'S DAY, two fascinating approaches to 1970s New York artistry, for Taipei Mansions: taipeimansions.com/2025/10/14/a...
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Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 17h
It feels like Guillermo del Toro's entire career has been building toward him doing an adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN. The result is a movie that showcases his considerable strengths and nagging limitations as a filmmaker.
‘Frankenstein’ review: Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi spark in Guillermo del Toro’s operatic adaptation
Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz and Charles Dance also star in del Toro's epic take on Mary Shelley's Gothic novel
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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 16h
Honored to have written the liner notes for the Criterion Premieres release of Jia Zhangke’s masterful CAUGHT BY THE TIDES. One of the absolute best films released this year. Feel very lucky to have my writing in this one. @criterion.bsky.social
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Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tien-hsing @swenryan.bsky.social · 2d
Finally caved and decided to make my Substack: welcome to Stray Comrades, which will serve as a paid newsletter for those who prefer to receive my reviews (which will remain on Taipei Mansions) by that method. open.substack.com/pub/straycom...
Welcome to Stray Comrades!
In which I decide to branch out once more...
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Alonso Duralde @aduralde.bsky.social · 2d
On our latest episode, we discuss a couple of great fall titles and remember a legend. #filmsky 📽️ @linoleumcast.bsky.social @dlelandwhite.bsky.social apple.co/4nLFqlB
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Linoleum Knife Podcast @linoleumcast.bsky.social · 2d
New episode! #filmsky 📽️ apple.co/4nLFqlB
Collage featuring the one-sheets for One Battle After Another and Good Boy, as well as a red-carpet photo of Diane Keaton
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William Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 2d
THE TWITS is genuinely unpleasant to look at. I respect some of the choices they made in adapting this material, but almost none of it works.

My review of the latest Netflix Roald Dahl adaptation is at TheWrap.
‘The Twits’ Review: Look at These Good Intentions! Where Could They Possibly Lead?
One of Roald Dahl’s ghastliest books is now a ghastly Netflix animated movie (not in the good way).
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Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 1d
Here's hoping mine will be on the only review of Aziz Ansari's GOOD FORTUNE that includes a quote from an E.M. Forster novel.
A guardian angel visits Aziz Ansari in his naïvely class-conscious feature debut Good Fortune
Aziz Ansari's debut film, Good Fortune is a pedestrian class comedy without much to say - even when an angelic Keanu Reeves is saying it.
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Amy Nicholson @theamynicholson.bsky.social · 2d
Wrote a bit about an icon whose breezy, awkward, insecure candor made her feel like a friend.

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Appreciation: Diane Keaton showed us how to dress up our insecurities and be kooky with confidence
Her singular fashion sense — best captured in 'Annie Hall' — masked the actor's insecurity. But when it came to Diane Keaton, we fell in love with the whole package.
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Alonso Duralde @aduralde.bsky.social · 2d
I just wish it were a good one. #filmsky 📽 youtu.be/3pS9stBTEkQ?...
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LYTtle Pale Girl @lytrules.substack.com · 2d
It's awards season, so I'm going to do a lot of quick takes, and not necessarily by release date, since those become a blur this time of year. Today: #Sirat and #Hamnet! lytrules.substack.com/p/quick-take...
Quick Takes: Sirat and Hamnet
How undiscovered need these cinematic countries be?
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Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 4d
For @rollingstone.com, I wrote about Diane Keaton, one of the great actors of the New Hollywood era, even if she's rarely thought of in those terms.
Diane Keaton Was Nobody's Fool
Diane Keaton's roles in the 1970s, from 'The Godfather' to 'Annie Hall,' 'Manhattan,' and more, showed her range, intellect, and unique charisma.
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LYTtle Pale Girl @lytrules.substack.com · 5d
Quick Takes: Bugonia and Shell
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Quick Takes: Bugonia and Shell
Body horror and power dynamics wanna bug the shell outta you
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Christy Lemire @christylemire.bsky.social · 4d
An insane week for new movies, but I'm here to guide you through it at my Saturday Matinee newsletter: #TronAres #Roofman #KissoftheSpiderWoman #AHouseofDynamite and more. Plus: an update on our sweet foster dog, Moseby. Read and subscribe below ⬇️
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Farewell to Moseby on This Saturday
Thankfully, there's a ton of new movies to keep me (and you) occupied
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Alonso Duralde @aduralde.bsky.social · 4d
Celebrate National Coming Out Day with an assortment of films dedicated to queer history (from Jenni Olson and Marlon Riggs, among others), streaming FREE, worldwide, all month long, courtesy of Frameline. #filmsky 📽️ @framelinefestival.bsky.social @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
The World Is Watching - Frameline
Frameline, Invisible Histories, and Appalshop present a free-to-access streaming showcase, The World Is Watching: Queer History.
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Amy Nicholson @theamynicholson.bsky.social · 6d
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, a sexual, scatological dazzler about an inmate‘s obsession with a musical, sounds like a thing some folks won’t watch even if they, too, were imprisoned for years.

Their loss.

In the spirit of the film, I’ll try to change their mind.

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: An emboldened redo of 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' dazzles, despite unsticky songs
The director of "Chicago" and "Dreamgirls" reworks the Broadway musical into a thematic powerhouse that stars Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and breakout Tonatiuh.
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Courtney Howard @lulamaybelle.bsky.social · 6d
Over on @variety.com this week, I reviewed #TheWomanInCabin10. Suspense & intrigue are confoundingly kept at a minimum in the waterlogged Agatha Christie homage. Keira Knightley, however, proves nimble & capably equipped for the task.

My review: variety.com/2025/film/re...
‘The Woman In Cabin 10’ Review: Keira Knightley Sets Course for Agatha Christie-Inspired Intrigue in Netflix’s Thriller Drowning in Contrivance
In 'The Woman in Cabin 10' with Keira Knightley, a journalist’s article about a charity cruise escalates into a murder investigation.
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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · 5d
Byrne notice: on Mary Bronstein's frayed-nerves tour de force IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, led by one of the year's great performances. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Virtuosic Maternal Freakout of “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
In Mary Bronstein’s film, Rose Byrne plays a therapist contending with a sick child, an absent husband, an uninhabitable home, and a world that seems nightmarishly bent on her failure.
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William Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 5d
Stephen Kostanski's DEATHSTALKER may not be as brilliant as PSYCHO GOREMAN, but it's a good-natured sword and sorcery throwback with a silly sense of humor, and an imagination that's only limited by its budget - and even then, it's not that limited.

My review is at TheWrap!
‘Deathstalker’ Review: Cheesy B-Movie Reboot Has More Imagination Than Most Blockbusters
The forgotten sword and sorcery franchise Deathstalker returns with a wild, cheesy, low-budget epic with memorable monsters and mayhem
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Amy Nicholson @theamynicholson.bsky.social · 6d
The Julia Roberts v. Andrew Garfield v. Ayo Edebiri college cancel culture drama AFTER THE HUNT attacks academia as a rat’s nest of egomaniacs and cowards and insular, faux-radical thinking.

It's a mystery with no curiosity, a cautionary tale with no good advice.

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Review: Luca Guadagnino's college cancel culture drama 'After the Hunt' flunks out
Luca Guadagnino follows up hot-blooded 'Challengers' and 'Queer' with a chilly Yale-set campus mystery that stars Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri.
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Courtney Howard @lulamaybelle.bsky.social · 7d
Bryan Bertino has made two of my favorite horror films: THE STRANGERS and THE DARK AND THE WICKED (the bleakest!). Yet VICIOUS plays it too cautious when it should go in for the kill. Dakota Fanning is great though!

My review: freshfiction.tv/vicious-revi...
‘VICIOUS’ Review: Bryan Bertino’s Bloody Moral Psycho-Thriller Plays It Too Cautious
Courtney Howard // Film Critic VICIOUS Rated R, 1 hour and 42 minutes Directed by: Bryan Bertino Starring: Dakota Fanning, Kathryn Hunter, Mary McCormack, Rachel Blanchard, Devyn Nekoda, Klea Scott…
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Courtney Howard @lulamaybelle.bsky.social · 9d
After a decade-long hiatus, Gore Verbinski returns with #GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie. Yet his punk-rock middle finger comes across as flippant, leading to an abrasive action-comedy that yields few laughs & even fewer disarming thrills.

My review: freshfiction.tv/good-luck-ha...
‘GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE’ Review: Gore Verbinski’s Grating Condemnation of AI is Rarely Fun
Courtney Howard // Film Critic GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE Not Yet Rated, 1 hour and 40 minutes Directed by: Gore Verbinksi Starring: Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz…
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LYTtle Pale Girl @lytrules.substack.com · 8d
To think, some sites would have had me entitle this "Nine Inch Nails trump Jared Leto and Jeff Bridges in lackluster Tron: Ares" for SEO or some shit. This is better: lytrules.substack.com/p/tron-ares-...
Tron Ares Review: Almighty Morbin' Pow Arranger
Jared Leto plays digital Jesus. He's also in this movie.
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Tim Grierson @timgrierson.bsky.social · 8d
ROOFMAN turns a fascinating true story into a play-it-safe drama that sidesteps all the reasons why it would have made a great movie.
‘Roofman’ review: Channing Tatum charms in real-life crime caper from Derek Cianfrance
Kirsten Dunst also stars in 'Blue Valentine' director's conventional spin on quirky tale
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Alonso Duralde @aduralde.bsky.social · 10d
Dave and I, we got thoughts. #filmsky 📽️ apple.co/4o5Eqsr @dlelandwhite.bsky.social
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Linoleum Knife Podcast @linoleumcast.bsky.social · 10d
New episode! apple.co/4o5Eqsr #filmsky 📽️
Collage of one-sheets for Him (2025), The Long Walk, Eleanor the Great, 7 Walks with Mark Brown (French version)
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