The Testament of Ann Lee: the Brutalist team returns for another, possibly even better historical epic about a European sailing to America & building a church, this one a quasi-musical starring Amanda Seyfried as Jesus 2.0. Often *transcendent*
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
September 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Testament of Ann Lee: the Brutalist team returns for another, possibly even better historical epic about a European sailing to America & building a church, this one a quasi-musical starring Amanda Seyfried as Jesus 2.0. Often *transcendent*
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
Ballad of a Small Player: Colin Farrell is dealt a bad hand in Edward Berger's dysfunctional Conclave follow-up, a wonky and exasperating Netflix thriller about a gambling addict in Macau. think Sam Mendes doing Uncut Gems. hard fold.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ballad of a Small Player: Colin Farrell is dealt a bad hand in Edward Berger's dysfunctional Conclave follow-up, a wonky and exasperating Netflix thriller about a gambling addict in Macau. think Sam Mendes doing Uncut Gems. hard fold.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Deliver Me from Nowhere works as a spare character study of a depressed rock god on the cusp of superstardom, falls flat whenever it tries to flesh that out with biopic trappings. i'll take it over the Dylan one any day.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Deliver Me from Nowhere works as a spare character study of a depressed rock god on the cusp of superstardom, falls flat whenever it tries to flesh that out with biopic trappings. i'll take it over the Dylan one any day.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
No Other Choice: loved Park Chan-wook's bleakly hilarious capitalism satire about an unemployed guy who's so desperate for a job that he starts murdering the other candidates. a little Parasite, a little Looney Tunes, and then a big gut punch.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
No Other Choice: loved Park Chan-wook's bleakly hilarious capitalism satire about an unemployed guy who's so desperate for a job that he starts murdering the other candidates. a little Parasite, a little Looney Tunes, and then a big gut punch.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
Cover-Up: Laura Poitras' damning new film clinically unpacks 50 years of American malfeasance, effectively connecting the dots between the My Lai massacre and the genocide in Gaza. one of the year's best docs.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Cover-Up: Laura Poitras' damning new film clinically unpacks 50 years of American malfeasance, effectively connecting the dots between the My Lai massacre and the genocide in Gaza. one of the year's best docs.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
Jay Kelly: very mixed on Noah Baumbach’s saddest but most sentimental movie, in which George Clooney turns out to be weirdly miscast as George Clooney. Sandler wasted. The last five minutes just about save the whole thing tho.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Jay Kelly: very mixed on Noah Baumbach’s saddest but most sentimental movie, in which George Clooney turns out to be weirdly miscast as George Clooney. Sandler wasted. The last five minutes just about save the whole thing tho.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
I’m writing a book about A24.
it’s going to glimpse deeper inside the mind of Charles Swan III than anyone has ever glimpsed before.
coming 2027ish from Norton/Liveright.
it’s going to glimpse deeper inside the mind of Charles Swan III than anyone has ever glimpsed before.
coming 2027ish from Norton/Liveright.
April 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I’m writing a book about A24.
it’s going to glimpse deeper inside the mind of Charles Swan III than anyone has ever glimpsed before.
coming 2027ish from Norton/Liveright.
it’s going to glimpse deeper inside the mind of Charles Swan III than anyone has ever glimpsed before.
coming 2027ish from Norton/Liveright.
truly cannot believe i just spent 4 hours and 1,700 words writing about this movie.
February 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
truly cannot believe i just spent 4 hours and 1,700 words writing about this movie.
Mary Bronstein's surreal, hilarious & super harrowing "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" is easily the best movie i've seen at Sundance so far. come for a career-best Rose Byrne as an unraveling mom, stay for Conan O'Brien as her miserable therapist.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
January 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Mary Bronstein's surreal, hilarious & super harrowing "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" is easily the best movie i've seen at Sundance so far. come for a career-best Rose Byrne as an unraveling mom, stay for Conan O'Brien as her miserable therapist.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
January 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
hi! my annual video countdown of the year's best movies will be up on monday, january 13.
on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live:
gofund.me/ae3c2b9f
on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live:
gofund.me/ae3c2b9f
January 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
hi! my annual video countdown of the year's best movies will be up on monday, january 13.
on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live:
gofund.me/ae3c2b9f
on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live:
gofund.me/ae3c2b9f
realizing that Megalopolis might just miss my top 25 of the year
December 21, 2024 at 3:33 AM
realizing that Megalopolis might just miss my top 25 of the year
can't wait for people to really ~discover~ The Outrun. the kind of movie that lives in your bones and makes me wish i still had a tumblr. what a picture.
December 17, 2024 at 3:48 AM
can't wait for people to really ~discover~ The Outrun. the kind of movie that lives in your bones and makes me wish i still had a tumblr. what a picture.
this is like in the virgin suicides when no one can figure out how James Woods fathered all the Lisbon girls
December 9, 2024 at 10:44 PM
this is like in the virgin suicides when no one can figure out how James Woods fathered all the Lisbon girls
my 5-year-old son decided that he *really* needed to watch Todd Solondz’s Happiness tonight for some reason, and then got really upset when I told him he couldn’t (and then after this video got even more upset cause I couldn’t stop laughing)
December 6, 2024 at 2:35 AM
my 5-year-old son decided that he *really* needed to watch Todd Solondz’s Happiness tonight for some reason, and then got really upset when I told him he couldn’t (and then after this video got even more upset cause I couldn’t stop laughing)
this feels like it's gonna be the best picture lineup.
not terrible, but also some truly unprecedented potential for the academy to pick absolute dog shit over an obvious new american masterpiece.
not terrible, but also some truly unprecedented potential for the academy to pick absolute dog shit over an obvious new american masterpiece.
December 5, 2024 at 7:36 PM
this feels like it's gonna be the best picture lineup.
not terrible, but also some truly unprecedented potential for the academy to pick absolute dog shit over an obvious new american masterpiece.
not terrible, but also some truly unprecedented potential for the academy to pick absolute dog shit over an obvious new american masterpiece.
I think The End is one of the best movies of 2024. I also think the shrimp
socks that Michael Shannon wore to our Q&A last night are some of the best socks of 2024.
socks that Michael Shannon wore to our Q&A last night are some of the best socks of 2024.
December 4, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I think The End is one of the best movies of 2024. I also think the shrimp
socks that Michael Shannon wore to our Q&A last night are some of the best socks of 2024.
socks that Michael Shannon wore to our Q&A last night are some of the best socks of 2024.
it’s not a spaceship, it’s a time machine
December 1, 2024 at 4:01 AM
it’s not a spaceship, it’s a time machine
every year a24 sends increasingly dark holiday gifts but the We Live in Timer is going to be really hard to top
November 26, 2024 at 10:05 PM
every year a24 sends increasingly dark holiday gifts but the We Live in Timer is going to be really hard to top
11 months later and no scene this year got under my skin like this one.
November 22, 2024 at 5:28 AM
11 months later and no scene this year got under my skin like this one.