At the #LAFCA awards, Kleber Mendonça Filho listed some of his favorite Los Angeles films: XANADU, THEY LIVE, PUNCH DRUNK LOVE, TANGERINE, LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF & more. @lafilmcritics.bsky.social

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago. The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

Happy 85th Birthday to Hayao Miyazaki! “I wanted to retire, but life isn’t that easy” he told Roger Ebert back in 2002 for the release of SPIRITED AWAY. www.rogerebert.com/interviews/h...

2025 Lotería! To share with you the list of my 30 favorite films of 2025, here is my 9th annual lotería card with drawings representing each of the movies I loved most this year. Thank you above all to the amazing @conorholt.bsky.social!

It’s a Christmas miracle!! New festive episode of Viva featuring SECRET MALL APARTMENT, SAILOR SUIT MACHINE GUN, and this years Dogsmas movie, I WANT A DOG FOR CHRISTMAS, CHARLIE BROWN! Happy holidays! 🎄📼📀🎁 youtu.be/NDbKbNlmUms?...

Happy 30th Anniversary to CUTTHROAT ISLAND! As a pirate-obsessed kid, this film was everything to me.

I contain multitudes! The last two pieces I wrote were on Albert Serra’s AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE and on Kronk from THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE (both for New York Times). Neither got much traction, but I’ll put the gift links in the replies in case anybody is curious to read.

The New York Times let me write about Kronk for the 25th Anniversary of THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, one of my favorite movies as a kid. I talked to some of the artists who brought the beloved himbo henchman to life: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

Thank you Rob Reiner for your incredible life. Thank you for THE PRINCESS BRIDE, STAND BY ME & so many other wonderful classics, as well as your inspiring political activism. Losing you & Michele is heartbreaking, but your memory will live on.

We will be giving a Special Citation to Judy Kim of Gardena Cinema, a historic 800-seat, single-screen movie palace that has operated as an independent cinema and beacon of community since the Kim family took ownership in 1976. #LAFCA

We are also awarding a Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Special Award to Thom Andersen for his body of work. #LAFCA

#LAFCA So happy that Best Cinematography went to Adolpho Veloso for TRAIN DREAMS! Wonderful win.

So great to have writers Pat Casey & Josh Miller at the Gardena Cinema for a screening of VIOLENT NIGHT! The sequel is coming next year! #ViolentNight 🎄

This Friday! VIOLENT NIGHT at Gardena Cinema at 7:30pm! Q&A with writers @patcasey.bsky.social & @joshmillerlite.bsky.social (of the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG films)! Tickets below. #ViolentNight 🎄

So thrilled to see my profile of Brazilian star Wagner Moura is print today on the cover of LA Times’ entertainment section! THE SECRET AGENT opens in LA today. You can read the piece here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I profiled Brazilian star Wagner Moura for LA Times. With input from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and José Padilha. We talked THE SECRET AGENT, his predilection for politically charged roles, and being himself even if Hollywood wants to change him: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Spirit Awards: thrilled to see nominations for TRAIN DREAMS, SORRY BABY, TWINLESS, ENDLESS COOKIE and BOYS GO TO JUPITER! #SpiritAwards

This Friday! VIOLENT NIGHT at Gardena Cinema at 7:30pm! Q&A with writers @patcasey.bsky.social & @joshmillerlite.bsky.social (of the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG films)! Tickets below. #ViolentNight 🎄

VIOLENT NIGHT at Gardena Cinema! Friday, December 5th at 7:30pm. Q&A with writers Pat Casey & Josh Miller (of the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG films)! Tickets below. #ViolentNight 🎄

THE SECRET AGENT opens in NY today. It’s a masterful feat of storytelling about the past speaking to the present in more ways than one. Here’s my review for @theplaylist.bsky.social and I have another piece coming next week for the LA release: theplaylist.net/the-secret-a...

Beloved in Latin America, 31 MINUTOS, Chile’s answer to The Muppets and Sesame Street, is a musical puppet show that parodies a newscast. They recently did a Tiny Desk concert and they have a new Prime Video special. For LA Times, I interviewed the creators: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Now that I’ve seen most animated films, included major releases, these are the 4 I think are the best/my favorites: -LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN 🇫🇷 -BOYS GO TO JUPITER 🇺🇸 -ELIO 🇺🇸 -ARCO 🇫🇷

I interviewed Amy Madigan for the LA Times about playing Aunt Gladys. “She is just a girl trying to get through life,” Madigan said about the WEAPONS villainess who’s quickly become a horror icon and might earn her a second Oscar nomination: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

You might get a kick out of this: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... #SiskelandEbert #Siskel&Ebert #movies #film #filmsky

50 years ago, “Coming Soon to a Theater Near You” debuted on Chicago pubic access TV, starring Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert. The rest, as they say, is history. #SiskelAndEbert

Jafar Panahi! Last night I had the great honor of moderating a Q&A at the DGA with the courageous master Iranian filmmaker about his Palme d’Or winning stunner IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. Thank you to the incredible interpreter Sheida Dayani for facilitating our conversation.

Angel’s Egg, Chainsaw Man & The Boy and the Heron, all playing in cinemas nationwide. 10 years ago this would’ve been unbelievable. Anime fandom in the USA has truly exploded.

Happy 40th Anniversary to Vidiots! From Santa Monica to Eagle Rock, from VHS to 4K, this legendary video store continues to champion cinema & make it available to everyone. Long live Vidiots!

For LA Times, I interviewed the directors of LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, my favorite animated film of the year, about a Belgian girl in Japan who thinks she is God. A joy to hear from directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han about this triumph: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Vote YES on Prop 50! #ElectionDay #Vote #California

For #Halloween we are Sensei’s “a few small beers.”

Vampire? No, I’m Weird Al! Now won’t you invite me in? #Sinners #WeirdAl #Halloween

Happy 30th Anniversary to GOOSEBUMPS! The premiere episode “The Haunted Mask” still haunts my nightmares. #Goosebumps

For the New York Times, I talked to Vasilis Marmatakis, the Greek artist behind the unique posters for Yorgos Lanthimos’ brilliantly bizarre films starting with DOGTOOTH, and for every film since, including his latest, BUGONIA: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/m...

Blockbuster Video opened its first store on October 19th, 1985 in Dallas. It grew to over 9000 stores worldwide. Now there’s only one left in Bend, Oregon. 40 years of rise & fall, from unbeatable brand to nostalgic memory. Save the Video Store. #BlockbusterVideo

I’m so excited to part of the features jury for the Animation Is Film Festival, which kicks off today, alongside actor and filmmaker Jemaine Clement and Oscar-winning animator Torill Kove. Looking forward to discussing the strong lineup.

Tonight! I’m thrilled to be a guest on the @disc-connected.bsky.social YouTube show, talking about new physical media releases, and this week’s topic: obscure horror films! Join us at 6:30pm PST!

Honored to have written the liner notes for the Criterion Premieres release of Jia Zhangke’s masterful CAUGHT BY THE TIDES. One of the absolute best films released this year. Feel very lucky to have my writing in this one. @criterion.bsky.social

THE DEAD is coming to @criterion.bsky.social! John Huston’s stunning final film is a masterful adaptation of James Joyce, and now it’s finally coming to BluRay/4K! AND it includes the out-of-print documentary John Huston & The Dubliners! #Criterion

AZTEC BATMAN: CLASH OF EMPIRES reimagines the cape crusader as an Aztec warrior fighting Spanish conquistadors in Tenochtitlán. For De Los at @latimes.com , I interviewed the Mexican team behind it, director Juan Meza-Leon and producer Jose Carlos Garcia de Letona: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...

RIP Drew Struzan. Thank you for your amazing posters, especially the holy trilogy of 90s Pirate films: HOOK, MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND and CUTTHROAT ISLAND. You were truly one of a kind.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

“You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.”

Mexican party for a 1-year-old baby: “We are having a few small beers.”

ONE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES AFTER ANOTHER (2025) Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

I talked to THE Stephen King for the New York Times, as well as to directors Edgar Wright, Mike Flanagan, Mary Lambert, Andy Muschietti and Francis Lawrence, who’ve made films based on his novels, about bringing the author’s words to the screen: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/m...