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Chloé Zhao's HAMNET, reviewed. Bring tissues; wet streams may come. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Hamnet” Feels Elemental, but Is It Just Highly Effective Grief Porn?
In Chloé Zhao’s film, adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, the death of a child gives rise to the creation of a literary masterpiece.
www.newyorker.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Chloé Zhao's HAMNET, reviewed. Bring tissues; wet streams may come. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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My belated reviews of Christy, Blue Moon, and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. lytrules.substack.com/p/quick-take...
Quick Takes: Christy, Blue Moon, Legs/Kick
Did a Syd Injustice rule the world? What makes a non-supernatural horror?
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November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My belated reviews of Christy, Blue Moon, and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. lytrules.substack.com/p/quick-take...
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Here is the cover art for my 2027 Disney page-a-day calendar from Chronicle Books. Anna and Elsa finally made the cut.
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Disney A Year of Animation 2027 Daily Calendar a.co/d/0ySBbiI
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November 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Here is the cover art for my 2027 Disney page-a-day calendar from Chronicle Books. Anna and Elsa finally made the cut.
Disney A Year of Animation 2027 Daily Calendar a.co/d/0ySBbiI
Disney A Year of Animation 2027 Daily Calendar a.co/d/0ySBbiI
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Had a lovely conversation with Mary Jo and Chris about the new book: #filmsky #booksky 📽 📚 @maryjopehl.bsky.social
🎄MST3K's Mary Jo Pehl chats with author and film critic ALONSO DURALDE about CHRISTMAS MOVIES!🎄
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November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Had a lovely conversation with Mary Jo and Chris about the new book: #filmsky #booksky 📽 📚 @maryjopehl.bsky.social
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For the @latimes.com, I reviewed REBUILDING, a film about trying to hold onto something after you’ve lost everything.
Review: Josh O'Connor, ever fascinating, continues to roam a lonesome range in 'Rebuilding'
A story singed by disaster in a way that might be triggering for Angelenos, Max Walker-Silverman’s drama handles the aftermath of a wildfire with sensitivity.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
For the @latimes.com, I reviewed REBUILDING, a film about trying to hold onto something after you’ve lost everything.
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We're off to see the Wizard (and find some snow). But first: My Saturday Matinee newsletter. #WickedforGood, #Keeper, #JayKelly #TheMorningShow finale and so much more. Hope you'll join me as we head into this holiday week.
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The Wicked Weekend of the West
I'll get you, my pretty. But first, I must express my angst ... in song!
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November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We're off to see the Wizard (and find some snow). But first: My Saturday Matinee newsletter. #WickedforGood, #Keeper, #JayKelly #TheMorningShow finale and so much more. Hope you'll join me as we head into this holiday week.
christylemire.beehiiv.com/p/the-wicked...
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I reviewed RENTAL FAMILY, a sweet, life-affirming movie, and maybe the ideal Thanksgiving family film if you aren’t doing heading to Oz. In @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: In 'Rental Family,' it's sympathy and compassion for hire — and sometimes a groom
In this gentle comedy from the one-named Japanese director Hikari, an agency specializes in providing actors to make life's tough moments go a little more smoothly.
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I reviewed RENTAL FAMILY, a sweet, life-affirming movie, and maybe the ideal Thanksgiving family film if you aren’t doing heading to Oz. In @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT, which is now on Apple TV, movingly portrays Andrea Gibson's battle with cancer and their love affair with longtime partner Megan Falley.
‘Come See Me In The Good Light’ review: Affecting doc follows US poet Andrea Gibson’s cancer battle
'Good Night Oppy' director Ryan White spends time with terminally ill Gibson and their partner Megan Falley
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November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT, which is now on Apple TV, movingly portrays Andrea Gibson's battle with cancer and their love affair with longtime partner Megan Falley.
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For my second of three very belated pieces from this year's New York Film Festival, I tried to put into words the grandeur of Óliver Laxe's SIRĀT, the boldest, most wrenching film of the year, for Taipei Mansions. taipeimansions.com/2025/11/20/t...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
For my second of three very belated pieces from this year's New York Film Festival, I tried to put into words the grandeur of Óliver Laxe's SIRĀT, the boldest, most wrenching film of the year, for Taipei Mansions. taipeimansions.com/2025/11/20/t...
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Netflix has Clint Bentley’s TRAIN DREAMS, a gorgeous new film starring an extraordinary Joel Edgerton, based on a novella by the late Denis Johnson. It’s sort of a tone poem to early America, to trees and trains and to grief. Watch it at night with the lights low and your phone put away.
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Netflix has Clint Bentley’s TRAIN DREAMS, a gorgeous new film starring an extraordinary Joel Edgerton, based on a novella by the late Denis Johnson. It’s sort of a tone poem to early America, to trees and trains and to grief. Watch it at night with the lights low and your phone put away.
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Baum's away. The remarkably terrible WICKED: FOR GOOD, reviewed: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Wicked: For Good” Is Very, Very Bad
In the second of two movies adapted from the Broadway musical, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo battle fascism, bigotry, and some fairly dreadful filmmaking.
www.newyorker.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Baum's away. The remarkably terrible WICKED: FOR GOOD, reviewed: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Hi, meet your new favorite movie.
The action spectacular of the year stars a 66-year-old man in a speeding truck. “Sisu: Road to Revenge” declares its intention in the title — it’s a scrappy, indie translation of “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
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The action spectacular of the year stars a 66-year-old man in a speeding truck. “Sisu: Road to Revenge” declares its intention in the title — it’s a scrappy, indie translation of “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: Speed to the theater for 'Sisu: Road to Revenge,' Finland's madcap take on 'Fury Road'
Hollywood just hired Finnish director Jalmari Helander to reboot "Rambo" and this grisly, hilarious, full-throttle chase movie easily proves why.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hi, meet your new favorite movie.
The action spectacular of the year stars a 66-year-old man in a speeding truck. “Sisu: Road to Revenge” declares its intention in the title — it’s a scrappy, indie translation of “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
The action spectacular of the year stars a 66-year-old man in a speeding truck. “Sisu: Road to Revenge” declares its intention in the title — it’s a scrappy, indie translation of “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Ghosts of girlhoods past: on the haunting, labyrinthine mysteries of Mascha Schilinski's SOUND OF FALLING, one of 2025's great films. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Ghosts of Girlhoods Past in “Sound of Falling”
Mascha Schilinski’s dark, century-spanning ensemble drama sees four generations of women take up spectral residence in a German farmhouse.
www.newyorker.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ghosts of girlhoods past: on the haunting, labyrinthine mysteries of Mascha Schilinski's SOUND OF FALLING, one of 2025's great films. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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I really dug SISU. Unfortunately, the sequel is more of the same overkill. Here's my review of ROAD TO REVENGE.
‘Sisu: Road To Revenge’ review: The vengeful Finnish soldier returns in gory, underwhelming sequel
Jorma Tommila's grieving commando goes up against Stephen Lang's Red Army commander to muted results
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November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I really dug SISU. Unfortunately, the sequel is more of the same overkill. Here's my review of ROAD TO REVENGE.
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Isabel Castro’s documentary SELENA Y LOS DINOS is now streaming on Netflix. With never-before-seen home videos and new interviews, the filmmaker manages to create an incisive portrait of Selena Quintanilla’s private life. I reviewed for @Variety at Sundance: variety.com/2025/film/ne...
November 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Isabel Castro’s documentary SELENA Y LOS DINOS is now streaming on Netflix. With never-before-seen home videos and new interviews, the filmmaker manages to create an incisive portrait of Selena Quintanilla’s private life. I reviewed for @Variety at Sundance: variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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Wrote a few words about Pierre Creton and Vincent Barré's 7 WALKS WITH MARK BROWN, one of the best documentaries of the year, for Taipei Mansions.
taipeimansions.com/2025/11/18/7...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Wrote a few words about Pierre Creton and Vincent Barré's 7 WALKS WITH MARK BROWN, one of the best documentaries of the year, for Taipei Mansions.
taipeimansions.com/2025/11/18/7...
taipeimansions.com/2025/11/18/7...
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For the @latimes.com, I reviewed KEEPER, in which Osgood Perkins tries a Soderbergh-like genre doodle.
Review: In 'Keeper,' a romantic getaway becomes as nightmarish as you'd expect
The latest movie from horror director Osgood Perkins ('Longlegs,' 'The Monkey') shows off technical mastery while lacking the lingering sting of his better work.
www.latimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For the @latimes.com, I reviewed KEEPER, in which Osgood Perkins tries a Soderbergh-like genre doodle.
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My review of the gorgeous new animated feature ARCO includes four quotes from PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE, but in a positive context. For both films!
‘Arco’ Review: A Gorgeous and Colorful Time Travel Adventure That Lacks Thrills
Ugo Bienvenu's luscious debut animated feature introduces a far-off future where humanity lives in the clouds.
www.thewrap.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My review of the gorgeous new animated feature ARCO includes four quotes from PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE, but in a positive context. For both films!
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Psyched to chat with my hero Roger Deakins tonight about #TheBigLebowski. Plus: Reviews of #TheRunningMan ('87 and '25), #Pluribus, an early look at #WickedForGood and much more. Join me at my Saturday Matinee newsletter. It's always free ⬇️
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Happy Roger Deakins Day to All Who Celebrate
And by "all," I mean all of us
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November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Psyched to chat with my hero Roger Deakins tonight about #TheBigLebowski. Plus: Reviews of #TheRunningMan ('87 and '25), #Pluribus, an early look at #WickedForGood and much more. Join me at my Saturday Matinee newsletter. It's always free ⬇️
christylemire.beehiiv.com/p/happy-roge...
christylemire.beehiiv.com/p/happy-roge...
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A rave for SIRĀT, the movie of the year: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Sirāt” Is a Harrowing, Exhilarating Dance of Death
In Oliver Laxe’s desert thriller, an intensely agonizing journey reveals both the pitiless nature of fate and the stubborn persistence of compassion.
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A rave for SIRĀT, the movie of the year: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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No bleaker satire than making it through THE RUNNING MAN, past end credits of a raised fist with “Together Against the Network,” to see the words: A Skydance Corporation.
Or maybe there is, if someone makes a documentary about what Edgar Wright may have had to cut.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Or maybe there is, if someone makes a documentary about what Edgar Wright may have had to cut.
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Review: Edgar Wright's 'The Running Man' limps into theaters too relevant to be any fun
Stephen King’s 1982 techno-dystopian novel no longer feels sci-fi, making this remake trip over its own feet. (It's still better than the Schwarzenegger version.)
www.latimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
No bleaker satire than making it through THE RUNNING MAN, past end credits of a raised fist with “Together Against the Network,” to see the words: A Skydance Corporation.
Or maybe there is, if someone makes a documentary about what Edgar Wright may have had to cut.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Or maybe there is, if someone makes a documentary about what Edgar Wright may have had to cut.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Had the immense honor of interviewing the one and only Sylvia Chang about her fantastic performance in Huang Xi’s DAUGHTER’S DAUGHTER and her singular career at large, for Metrograph. metrograph.com/sylvia-chang...
Sylvia Chang - Journal - Metrograph
A titan of New Taiwanese Cinema and the Hong Kong New Wave discusses her latest award-winning role.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Had the immense honor of interviewing the one and only Sylvia Chang about her fantastic performance in Huang Xi’s DAUGHTER’S DAUGHTER and her singular career at large, for Metrograph. metrograph.com/sylvia-chang...
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The second time I saw the road thriller “Sirāt,” I couldn’t wait to hear the audience moan.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Review: Enjoy the sharp twists in the techno-thumping, Cannes-winning road thriller 'Sirāt'
The pleasures and agonies of Oliver Laxe’s spellbinding Cannes winner 'Sirāt' kick off at a sandy Moroccan rave where a dad and his son search for a lost girl.
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The second time I saw the road thriller “Sirāt,” I couldn’t wait to hear the audience moan.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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I tried to be quick about reviewing ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and DIE MY LOVE. But it didn't quite work. See for yourself. lytrules.substack.com/p/quick-take...
Quick Takes: One Battle After Another and Die My Love
Guess which one is my favorite of 2025 so far.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I tried to be quick about reviewing ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and DIE MY LOVE. But it didn't quite work. See for yourself. lytrules.substack.com/p/quick-take...