Josh Slater-Williams
@jslaterwilliams.bsky.social
UK-based critic and culture journalist. Bylines: BFI, Sight and Sound, Total Film, Little White Lies, IndieWire and others. Member of the London Critics' Circle.
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My contributor copy of the Maiku Hama Trilogy from @thirdwindowfilms.com! For this limited edition boxset, I wrote the accompanying booklet, discussing these cool as hell private-detective films in the context of Kaizo Hayashi‘s other postmodern works (e.g. TO SLEEP SO AS TO DREAM, CIRCUS BOYS).
Bonello-Ruffalo collab
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Mark Ruffalo to Lead Vatican Thriller ‘Santo Subito!’ Directed by Bertrand Bonello, Playtime Launching Hot Project at AFM (EXCLUSIVE)
Mark Ruffalo is set to lead the cast of 'Santo Subito!,' a Vatican thriller based on a true story that will be directed by Bertrand Bonello.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Bonello-Ruffalo collab
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variety.com/2025/film/gl...
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putting her phone in a pouch would have made her killers less transphobic and violent?
Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
putting her phone in a pouch would have made her killers less transphobic and violent?
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“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
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this meeting could have been an email : this TV show could have been a movie
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
this meeting could have been an email : this TV show could have been a movie
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Incredible shit here: the man who provided the template for stomping on the BBC when it displeases malicious actors in politics, complaining that malicious actors in politics are using his template for stomping on the BBC for displeasing them.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Incredible shit here: the man who provided the template for stomping on the BBC when it displeases malicious actors in politics, complaining that malicious actors in politics are using his template for stomping on the BBC for displeasing them.
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In 2026 why don’t we stop asking clearly disinterested actors during press junkets what they think about memes, please ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
In 2026 why don’t we stop asking clearly disinterested actors during press junkets what they think about memes, please ❤️
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Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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score needs to be, like, below a 4.0 to pull a move like this off, and even then, iffy
A few months ago Indigo De Souza called Pitchfork “internet bullies” over a 6.6 review of her new album and asked her fans to tell the publication it was “whack”: “why not ONLY write reviews about art you LIKE?”
Last night she wore a shirt featuring the review onstage at Pitchfork Music Festival.
Last night she wore a shirt featuring the review onstage at Pitchfork Music Festival.
Indigo De Souza Played Pitchfork Fest In A Shirt Featuring Their 6.6 Review Of Her Album
Indigo De Souza released her new latest album Precipice back in July, and some drama ensued shortly thereafter. Stereogum contributor Grace Robins-Somerville reviewed it for Pitchfork and gave it a 6....
www.stereogum.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
score needs to be, like, below a 4.0 to pull a move like this off, and even then, iffy
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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The British commentariat is so cooked that they can't even conceive of people wanting to vote for someone who thinks shitting on minorities is bad so let's just ignore it
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The British commentariat is so cooked that they can't even conceive of people wanting to vote for someone who thinks shitting on minorities is bad so let's just ignore it
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My 15yo convinced my 11yo to watch The Fly with him. Apparently she loved it so much she wrote a review.
November 26, 2023 at 6:32 PM
My 15yo convinced my 11yo to watch The Fly with him. Apparently she loved it so much she wrote a review.
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This reads like a blurb on The Onion but it's real.
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This reads like a blurb on The Onion but it's real.
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finally the solution after spending years screaming ‘WHERE’S YOUR POPPY?’ at veg or pasta in boiling water
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
finally the solution after spending years screaming ‘WHERE’S YOUR POPPY?’ at veg or pasta in boiling water
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
I blame small talk between takes on the set of R.I.P.D. for this
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Ryan Reynolds Remaking 1970s Crime Movie ‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’ for Amazon MGM (Exclusive)
The original starred Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges, and hailed from 'Deer Hunter' director Michael Cimino.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I blame small talk between takes on the set of R.I.P.D. for this
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
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“I’ve got a great marketing plan, we’ll get the dumbest motherfucker in our industry, one that just nobody respects, and we’ll have him say the most asinine thing possible and that will be our pull quote, it’s surefire
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“I’ve got a great marketing plan, we’ll get the dumbest motherfucker in our industry, one that just nobody respects, and we’ll have him say the most asinine thing possible and that will be our pull quote, it’s surefire
I still haven't learned what THE TRAITORS is
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I still haven't learned what THE TRAITORS is
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This is because Netflix has a specific list of approved digital cameras and a specific production pipeline that ends up making everything look extremely same-y. Nothing else looks like a Netflix show, but every Netflix show looks like a Netflix show.
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is because Netflix has a specific list of approved digital cameras and a specific production pipeline that ends up making everything look extremely same-y. Nothing else looks like a Netflix show, but every Netflix show looks like a Netflix show.
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
Wake up, Coneheads
At long last a new Stephen Cone film, thank God www.instagram.com/p/DQw7E-LDnl...
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Wake up, Coneheads