The Slashers are back!!! Ready for Halloween, Jason (@bingemovies.bsky.social), Paul (@countdownpod.bsky.social), and I reunited to talk about even more horror movies: slashers in the second half of the 1980s. Listen to Season 2, Episode 1 on 1985 now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

*NEW EPISODE!!* We discuss the films: • HEDDA • BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER Listen: spoilerpiece.libsyn.com/episode-590-...

The newsletter is soft-launching this weekend. Sign up now and get the first edition tomorrow. #ghost #newsletter #filmsky www.itsthepictures.com#/portal/signup

The new website for the Ghost newsletter is now live if you'd like to sign up for the newsletter! www.itsthepictures.com

New on @bostonhassle.bsky.social: I had a lot of fun with NOUVELLE VAGUE, Richard Linklater’s fizzy love letter to Jean-Luc Godard’s BREATHLESS. Catch it on the big screen while you can at @thecoolidge.bsky.social, West Newton Cinema, or the Kendall! bostonhassle.com/review-nouve...

Wrote some words inspired by Sorry, Baby and loss and watching others commiserate life.

Happy (almost!) Halloween! Here's (almost!) every episode of SCHLOCKTOBER ever from 2011-2024 in one 10+ hour video for your spooky enjoyment 🎃 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3OR...

An intense performance by Colin Farrell drives BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER. Farrell lets us see both the false confidence Doyle attempts to exude and his increasing desperation as things go wrong. #filmsky

New on @cambridgeday.com! It’s week 2 of @iffboston.bsky.social’s Fall Focus at @brattletheatre.bsky.social— here’s my cheat sheet!

*NEW EPISODE!!* We discuss the films: • FRANKENSTEIN • THE MASTERMIND Listen: spoilerpiece.libsyn.com/episode-589-...

@spoilerpiece.bsky.social Do you have a newer episode I could share? Want to make sure I'm finding it.

You like Keanu? Of course you do. Listen to the latest podcast.

What it seems to have come down to is “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” was asking too much of some viewers (and critics), who prefer straight-ahead narratives uncomplicated by tonal shifts. Take a chance on it and go with the flow. It’s worth the trip. #filmsky

So I have a ko-fi now, if people are feeling in a generous and/or "Like you, but not enough to sign up for Patreon" mood 🤷‍♂️ ko-fi.com/moviebob0168

🎙️New Podcast | @reelrecon.bsky.social and @maxcovill.com are joined by @crumpandy.bsky.social to talk about Keanu Reeves. itsthepictures.libsyn.com/206-keanu-re...

I’m not surprised that LITTLE AMELIE won the Jury Prize at the Animation is Film Festival. A stunning and life affirming gift of a film. Seek it out when it opens near you. youtu.be/R4UzR12bBBE?...

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week, catch the GlobeDocs festival at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, Marta Mateus at HFA, Corman’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS in a garden(!), and a whole slew of Halloweek offerings!

My review for 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle' which I found abysmal and dull @theplaylist.bsky.social theplaylist.net/the-hand-tha...

New in @bostonhassle.bsky.social: I loved Yorgos Lanthimos’ bonkers BUGONIA, perhaps the first horror movie about what listening to podcasts does to a person’s brain. bostonhassle.com/review-bugon...

Justin Lin's dramatization of John Allen Chau's ill-fated quest to convert an isolated tribe will raise hackles on all sides... but also, compelling questions. open.substack.com/pub/cinesaur...

Kathryn Bigelow delivers suspense packed into command centers, situation rooms, and a handful of critical minutes as the world trembles on the brink of nuclear war.

This week at @cambridgeday.com I reviewed SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, a listless and dour biopic of The Boss in full WALK HARD mode.

In the newsletter, I shared what I've been up to and alluded to the chances coming to the It's the Pictures brand. itsthepictures.substack.com/p/a-big-chan...

If you are looking for titles to add to your cart for the @criterion.bsky.social sale, check out this post. itsthepictures.substack.com/p/criterion-... #filmsky #Criterion

Okay, that's more like it: SCHLOCKTOBER 2025 - "MONSTROID" (1980) www.youtube.com/watch?v=SasM...

For @cambridgeday.com I had the honor of speaking with filmmaker Steve McQueen (!!!!) about his upcoming Harvard Lecture and the fifth anniversary of SMALL AXE!

In our latest episode of @itsthepicpod.bsky.social, and I discuss the filmography of one of my favorite comedians: John Candy! We also review the new documentary about him, John Candy: I Like Me.

🎙️New Podcast | A new episode of the It's the Pictures podcast is now live. Join @reelrecon.bsky.social and I as we discuss the filmography of John Candy in honor of the new streaming release, John Candy: I Like Me. #filmsky itsthepictures.libsyn.com/205-john-can...

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week, catch Hal Hartley’s Long Island trilogy at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS on 70mm at the Somerville, a Truffaut/Kiarostami double feature at the HFA, and screenings of SINNERS, THE FOG, and MAD MONSTER PARTY!

Wrote about TRON: ARES a bit and A Little Prayer in a new edition of the newsletter. #filmsky open.substack.com/pub/itsthepi...

Review: TRON ARES (2025) www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MS...

You come away from “John Candy: I Like Me” with both laughter and tears, happy that his comedic talents are preserved for new generations to discover and sad to think of what might have been. #filmsky

SCHLOCKTOBER 2025: "ISLAND CLAWS" (1980) www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3UE...

I had the pleasure of sitting in with my buddies at @ettpod.bsky.social to talk KNIVES OUT! Tune in wherever you get your podcasts!

*NEW EPISODE!!* We discuss the films: • THE LOST BUS • IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU • JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME Listen: spoilerpiece.libsyn.com/episode-587-...

My Fall 2025 Anime preview is now up at @pastemagazine.bsky.social. I had a lot of fun writing this one and checking out some of the new series making their debut this season. www.pastemagazine.com/tv/anime/the...

The air is crisp, the leaves are changing color... it's a perfect weekend to spend with us at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social 🍂🍿 This year's Fall Focus kicks off tonight with AFTER THE HUNT and QUEENS OF THE DEAD! 🎟️ ow.ly/OTPH50X9fY4

For @cambridgeday.com this week I’ve got some picks from round one of @iffboston.bsky.social’s Fall Focus, which kicks off tonight at @brattletheatre.bsky.social!

For @cambridgeday.com I reviewed A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, Kathryn Bigelow’s nerve-shredding glimpse into the end of the world as we know it.

SCHLOCKTOBER 2025 🎃 "THE BEING" (1983) youtu.be/QPwY7rqW6E4?...

*NEW EPISODE!!* We discuss the films: • GOOD BOY • ARE WE GOOD? Listen: spoilerpiece.libsyn.com/episode-586-...

New Big Picture: DOOMSDAY = AVENGERS V X-MEN?? 500TH EPISODE! 😁👍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAxw...

Resharing my @popheist.com review of THE SMASHING MACHINE now that it's out in more theaters. Solid movie. #filmsky popheist.com/the-smashing...

New on @cambridgeday.com! This week catch LINDA LINDA LINDA at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, GREED at the HFA, FRIDAY THE 13TH at the Kendall, Corman’s THE HAUNTED PALACE at Somerville Public Library, and Saul Levine in Inman Square!

I was hoping for more heat from Greengrass' latest...

As an avowed wrestling skeptic I didn’t have much use for THE SMASHING MACHINE’s rise-fall-rise formula, but I quite enjoyed it as a woozy, analog mood piece. Review is up at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-the-s...

Our friends, IFFBoston, have shared the full schedule for their upcoming Fall Focus series. Oct. 9 – 12 + Oct. 30 – Nov. 4 at the Brattle iffboston.org/series/fall-...

📝New Newsletter | Max's review of One Battle After Another, formats to watch it in, podcasts, and more. open.substack.com/pub/itsthepi...

🎙️New Podcast | @reelrecon.bsky.social and I talk about Paul Thomas Anderson, his filmography, and #onebattleafteranother. #Filmsky itsthepictures.libsyn.com/204-paul-tho...

So much fun to talk with comedian Chris Grace about the solo show he's bringing to Boston. www.theatermirror.net?p=9155