Stephanie Zacharek
@szacharek.bsky.social
Film critic at TIME. I never travel far without a little Big Star. https://time.com/author/stephanie-zacharek/
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Stephanie Zacharek
@szacharek.bsky.social
· Nov 18
The 100 Best Movies of the Past 10 Decades
See what made TIME's list of the 100 best movies of the past 100 years
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The 100 Best Films of the Past 10 Decades, according to me. Your mileage WILL vary—which is the point! time.com/collection/1...
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Pope Leo Criterion Closet video WHEN
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Pope Leo Criterion Closet video WHEN
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All four living Hitchcock blondes should sue. And then the dead ones should come back from the grave and sue some more.
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
All four living Hitchcock blondes should sue. And then the dead ones should come back from the grave and sue some more.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
This just in, from the Water Is Wet Dept.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This just in, from the Water Is Wet Dept.
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BOTD Jean Seberg!!
MCCT5: 5)Bonjour Tristesse (Premenger) 4)Fine Madness (Kershner) 4)Lilith (Rossen) 2)Breathless (Godard) 1)Line of Demarcation (Chabrol)
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@jhoberman.bsky.social: nytimes.com/2020/02/19/m...
v fine Kristen Stewart biopic - @szacharek.bsky.social rev: time.com/5665387/sebe...
MCCT5: 5)Bonjour Tristesse (Premenger) 4)Fine Madness (Kershner) 4)Lilith (Rossen) 2)Breathless (Godard) 1)Line of Demarcation (Chabrol)
More
@jhoberman.bsky.social: nytimes.com/2020/02/19/m...
v fine Kristen Stewart biopic - @szacharek.bsky.social rev: time.com/5665387/sebe...
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
BOTD Jean Seberg!!
MCCT5: 5)Bonjour Tristesse (Premenger) 4)Fine Madness (Kershner) 4)Lilith (Rossen) 2)Breathless (Godard) 1)Line of Demarcation (Chabrol)
More
@jhoberman.bsky.social: nytimes.com/2020/02/19/m...
v fine Kristen Stewart biopic - @szacharek.bsky.social rev: time.com/5665387/sebe...
MCCT5: 5)Bonjour Tristesse (Premenger) 4)Fine Madness (Kershner) 4)Lilith (Rossen) 2)Breathless (Godard) 1)Line of Demarcation (Chabrol)
More
@jhoberman.bsky.social: nytimes.com/2020/02/19/m...
v fine Kristen Stewart biopic - @szacharek.bsky.social rev: time.com/5665387/sebe...
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Me, writing an email: I better craft three full paragraphs, with proper grammar and a few concluding bullet points, to make sure that my meaning is entirely clear.
Rich people writing emails: "good to be.. well connect on that. ,, none can tell.try to say what and we know."
Rich people writing emails: "good to be.. well connect on that. ,, none can tell.try to say what and we know."
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Me, writing an email: I better craft three full paragraphs, with proper grammar and a few concluding bullet points, to make sure that my meaning is entirely clear.
Rich people writing emails: "good to be.. well connect on that. ,, none can tell.try to say what and we know."
Rich people writing emails: "good to be.. well connect on that. ,, none can tell.try to say what and we know."
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Took the opportunity of book-list season to write about some of my favorites of the year, from Oyinkan Braithwaite, Melissa Febos, Naomi Xu Elegant, Sophie Gilbert, Aria Aber, Lily King, and Omar El Akkad
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Discover the novels, memoirs, biographies, and more that entertained and enlightened us
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Took the opportunity of book-list season to write about some of my favorites of the year, from Oyinkan Braithwaite, Melissa Febos, Naomi Xu Elegant, Sophie Gilbert, Aria Aber, Lily King, and Omar El Akkad
New York as a city of talkers, of artists, of ghosts: On Ira Sachs' intimate yet expansive PETER HUJAR'S DAY time.com/7331201/pete...
Review: Peter Hujar's Day
Ira Sachs' Peter Hujar’s Day captures that elusive feeling of the past catching up with the present
time.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
New York as a city of talkers, of artists, of ghosts: On Ira Sachs' intimate yet expansive PETER HUJAR'S DAY time.com/7331201/pete...
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November Movie Preview: www.metacritic.com/pictures/nov...
Thursday - Die, My Love [74] - "What Lawrence does in Die, My Love is so delicately textured, even within its bold expressiveness, and its fiery anger, that it leaves you scrambling for adjectives." - Stephanie Zacharek, TIME
Thursday - Die, My Love [74] - "What Lawrence does in Die, My Love is so delicately textured, even within its bold expressiveness, and its fiery anger, that it leaves you scrambling for adjectives." - Stephanie Zacharek, TIME
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
November Movie Preview: www.metacritic.com/pictures/nov...
Thursday - Die, My Love [74] - "What Lawrence does in Die, My Love is so delicately textured, even within its bold expressiveness, and its fiery anger, that it leaves you scrambling for adjectives." - Stephanie Zacharek, TIME
Thursday - Die, My Love [74] - "What Lawrence does in Die, My Love is so delicately textured, even within its bold expressiveness, and its fiery anger, that it leaves you scrambling for adjectives." - Stephanie Zacharek, TIME
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One thing the NYC mayoral race underscored for me is how easily the phrase "I don't feel safe" can be weaponized. It's an argument I would hesitate ever to use again, even for a good cause. I hope we can all agree that we have the right to BE safe. Maybe we should leave it at that.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
One thing the NYC mayoral race underscored for me is how easily the phrase "I don't feel safe" can be weaponized. It's an argument I would hesitate ever to use again, even for a good cause. I hope we can all agree that we have the right to BE safe. Maybe we should leave it at that.
The beauty of the un-perfect family: On Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE, Jim Jarmusch's FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, and Ben Stiller's STILLER & MEARA: NOTHING IS LOST time.com/7328905/sent...
The Radiant Sentimental Value and the Beauty of Seeing Flawed Families On-Screen
Sentimental Value is the most stunning of several fall movies that find new depth in family drama.
time.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The beauty of the un-perfect family: On Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE, Jim Jarmusch's FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, and Ben Stiller's STILLER & MEARA: NOTHING IS LOST time.com/7328905/sent...
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Career highlight! This summer I went to Fraunces Tavern with Ken Burns to talk about American history. That interview is now live at @vanityfair.com
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
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Ken Burns Knows Who Won the American Revolution: “Ne’er-Do-Wells, Felons, and Immigrants”
“I vowed after ‘The Civil War’ not to do any more war films,” says the master documentarian. “It hurt too much.” Lucky for us, he couldn’t keep his promise—paving the way for The American Revolution...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Career highlight! This summer I went to Fraunces Tavern with Ken Burns to talk about American history. That interview is now live at @vanityfair.com
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
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Even those who love movies may feel that they can't always handle the emotions that a film heats up. They need to talk to friends, to read critics, in order to understand why they're reacting as they are, and whether it's an aberration or others feel the same way. (1976)
November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Even those who love movies may feel that they can't always handle the emotions that a film heats up. They need to talk to friends, to read critics, in order to understand why they're reacting as they are, and whether it's an aberration or others feel the same way. (1976)
Though I've lived in NYC for 25+ years, I know very little about Staten Island (beyond the stuff everybody knows, like, that it's extremely conservative). Curious about this little fringe of blue on the voting map. What's -that- part of Staten Island like?
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Though I've lived in NYC for 25+ years, I know very little about Staten Island (beyond the stuff everybody knows, like, that it's extremely conservative). Curious about this little fringe of blue on the voting map. What's -that- part of Staten Island like?
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Haven't loved any film this year more than NOUVELLE VAGUE. It's both a shout of joy and a call to arms; great artistry is worth caring about, even if the big-time bean counters in our current culture treat it as throwaway. Linklater clearly poured his soul into this thing. time.com/7286313/nouv...
time.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Haven't loved any film this year more than NOUVELLE VAGUE. It's both a shout of joy and a call to arms; great artistry is worth caring about, even if the big-time bean counters in our current culture treat it as throwaway. Linklater clearly poured his soul into this thing. time.com/7286313/nouv...
Pantsuit Girlboss
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Pantsuit Girlboss
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On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
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Dan Smith “Knowledge Wins” World War I Propaganda Poster (American Library Association, 1918)
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November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Dan Smith “Knowledge Wins” World War I Propaganda Poster (American Library Association, 1918)
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11/1/46: Powell & Pressburger's outstanding A Matter of Life and Death, w/David Niven, Kim Hunter
Peak P&P
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@szacharek.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@briangdillon.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2016/no...
@charlesdrazin.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fiv...
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@szacharek.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@briangdillon.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2016/no...
@charlesdrazin.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fiv...
A Matter of Life and Death: 5 reasons to watch
Moving between heaven and Earth, Powell & Pressburger’s wartime fantasy A Matter of Life and Death is one of Britain’s very best films. Here are some of the reasons it’s so special.
www.bfi.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
11/1/46: Powell & Pressburger's outstanding A Matter of Life and Death, w/David Niven, Kim Hunter
Peak P&P
More:
@szacharek.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@briangdillon.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2016/no...
@charlesdrazin.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fiv...
Peak P&P
More:
@szacharek.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@briangdillon.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2016/no...
@charlesdrazin.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fiv...
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Today, we’re proud to announce the newest member of the New York Film Critics Circle: Ryan Lattanzio of IndieWire. Congratulations and welcome! The #NYFCC will vote on its awards for 2025’s best achievements in film on Tuesday, December 2.
October 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today, we’re proud to announce the newest member of the New York Film Critics Circle: Ryan Lattanzio of IndieWire. Congratulations and welcome! The #NYFCC will vote on its awards for 2025’s best achievements in film on Tuesday, December 2.
A movie about creating something great in the midst of depression—not an easy needle to thread. SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE: time.com/7328225/spri...
Review: 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'
Jeremy Allen White is quietly effective as Bruce Springsteen in Scott Cooper's 'Deliver Me From Nowhere'
time.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A movie about creating something great in the midst of depression—not an easy needle to thread. SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE: time.com/7328225/spri...
Take the (awesome molded leather) box, leave the crown.
October 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Take the (awesome molded leather) box, leave the crown.
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Hell, I'm feeling nostalgic for when they used to make airport paperback books into BAD movies.
Feeling nostalgic for when they used to make airport paperback books into great movies.
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Hell, I'm feeling nostalgic for when they used to make airport paperback books into BAD movies.
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East Wing ballroom construction at the White House "will be near it but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of." - President Trump, July 31, 2025
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
East Wing ballroom construction at the White House "will be near it but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of." - President Trump, July 31, 2025