If you take an interest in the craft of acting, it's worth seeing Florence Pugh bring emotional power to the new Marvel movie THUNDERBOLTS. My review here: jacobin.com/2025/05/mcu-...

My review of SNOW WHITE, which is lucky to have Rachel Zegler in it, because at least she salvages something out of this trainwreck: jacobin.com/2025/03/zegl...

It's getting fabulous reviews, though not from me. Soderbergh's second film released in a few months--PRESENCE came out in January. Where's the fire, Steven S.? jacobin.com/2025/03/blac...

New Filmsuck essay! In praise of Jean Renoir's THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (1936), a raffish film celebrating a workers' cooperative that can only flourish if they can get rid of their venal, abusive boss permanently. Hmm, what to do, what to do... www.patreon.com/posts/jean-r...

So pleased and proud that my brilliant Filmsuck co-host Dolores McElroy was chosen to interview her favorite director, Todd Haynes, after a screening of Haynes' FAR FROM HEAVEN at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley last night. So dreams still come true, at least at the PFA!

New Filmsuck episode! Our take on the bland and careful Oscars 2025 ceremony, featuring no outspoken troublemakers among celebrities at this time of angst and political turmoil in America. Jane Fonda, where are you? www.patreon.com/posts/this-a...

Congratulations to best picture winner ANORA! Your old pals at MNE were early supporters of the film and we did an in-depth episode w/ Eileen Jones of Filmsuck right before it became a contender. Visit/revisit now! www.movienightextravaganza.com/episode-262-... #filmsky 📽️ @eileenj19.bsky.social

My last review before the Oscars, just under the wire jacobin.com/2025/03/im-s...

He was so good, it's hard to pick which Gene Hackman performances to celebrate. But I came up with an indisputable few, I think. A tribute to the consummate actor! jacobin.com/2025/02/gene...

New Filmsuck essay! It brings me to the outmost edge of escapism as I write at ridiculous length about the new BRIDGET JONES movie playing on Peacock, subtitled MAD ABOUT THE BOY and promising to be "the final chapter." www.patreon.com/posts/bridge...

Tryhard escapism in THE GORGE, featuring two fetching snipers in love, and some gratuitous poetry. My review: jacobin.com/2025/02/the-...

Brand new episode! Our Oscar coverage begins with Sean Baker's ANORA! We are joined by Eileen Jones of @filmsuck1.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/vCcy-2F... @alwaysflacko.bsky.social @neutron.bsky.social @movieruntime.bsky.social @cosmepolitics.bsky.social @eileenj19.bsky.social #FilmSky 📽️

It seems Steven Spielberg talked Ke Huy Quan into starring in this Valentine's Day-themed action-comedy fiasco. My review: jacobin.com/2025/02/love...

LIVE NOW! Our Oscar coverage continues. We are joined by Becky Rice to talk about Jesse Eisenberg's A REAL PAIN @cosmepolitics.bsky.social @neutron.bsky.social @movieruntime.bsky.social @alwaysflacko.bsky.social #FilmSky 📽️ www.youtube.com/live/8QLl5Fd...

New Filmsuck episode we're calling "Valentine's Day Massacre: 3 Films." What do Rainer Werner Fassbinder's THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT and Preston Sturges' THE LADY EVE and THE PALM BEACH STORY have in common? You'll have to listen to find out! www.patreon.com/posts/valent...

The CFPB was dismantled over the weekend, with all activities suspended, its funding reduced to zero, and its headquarters temporarily closed—removing a crucial layer of oversight for consumer-facing financial companies. Staff members ordered to cease all ‘supervision and examination activities.

What a trainwreck every level: jacobin.com/2025/02/emil...

The title really should read "Beautiful-LOOKING," because THE BRUTALIST is shot in the gorgeous, bygone VistaVision format, but what a turgid, tortuous hash of a film this is. My attempt to figure out what the hell's going on with it here: jacobin.com/2025/02/the-...

It's a Very Special Filmsuck episode open to the public called "Dissecting David Lynch"! I interview writer and cinephile Alex Deley, who wrote a fantastic piece for JACOBIN magazine about the glories of Lynch films: www.patreon.com/posts/dissec...

It was great to discuss ANORA with the always-lively crew at Movie Night Extravaganza!

Our coalition has grown to 30,000 federal employees. Details regarding new guidance will be distributed. For those not in our coalition, here is a public message: hide any online content that is public, document everything you witness or experience, and keep daily notes at home with dates and times.

Can't exactly recommend it--it's agony to watch. But nobody can deny Mike Leigh knows how to do these tormented-working-class-people portraits. My review of HARD TRUTHS, at a time of way too many hard truths: jacobin.com/2025/01/mike...

Tonight! SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS a taut, sharply written 1957 noir/thriller about an unscrupulous PR man & a powerful broadway columnist. with Harry Marks ! @alwaysflacko.bsky.social @neutron.bsky.social @movieruntime.bsky.social @cosmepolitics.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/27uBbDS... #FilmSky 📽️

New Filmsuck episode open to the public! On FLOW, the highly praised Latvian animated feature that's up for Best Animated Film and Best International Film Oscars. Everybody else loves it. I stand alone in hating it in defiance of the whole world hahaha www.patreon.com/posts/cohost...

Steven Soderbergh's ghost movie. Not for everyone, and the ending is botched, but I like ghost movies, formalist experiments, Lucy Liu's ferocity, and--sometimes--Soderbergh films. My review of PRESENCE, now playing in theaters: jacobin.com/2025/01/pres...

My humble tribute to David Lynch, written in a certain amount of pain. Other than the Coen brothers dying together in a fiery crash on their way to make their next film together, God forbid, I can't think of a filmmaker's death that would hurt me more. jacobin.com/2025/01/davi...

Set and shot in Iceland, the period horror film THE DAMNED features the kind of quiet atmospheric chills that really get to me. Here's my review: jacobin.com/2025/01/the-...

Latest Filmsuck essay! On finding another 2024 film I really enjoyed--which is like finding a diamond in the mud--the underseen indie comedy-drama A REAL PAIN. www.patreon.com/posts/filmsu...