... in which @thefienprint.bsky.social and @ajhan.bsky.social admit to loving ALL'S FAIR. I kid! A handful of good recs and many more great insights here, as usual.

Never would have guessed I'd have so much fun with a Ryan Murphy assignment, but my sage THR editor, @jon-frosch.bsky.social, knows me better than I know myself. BRB, just going to get salmon sperm facial-filler shots. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-review...

Editing this was a truly joyful way to start the week. Thank you, @david-rooney.bsky.social!

So much fun to be on the Original and Adapted Screenplays committee for the Gothams this year with ace fellow critics @timgrierson.bsky.social @ezwrites.bsky.social @carlosfilm.bsky.social @mcastimovies.bsky.social. Proud of our choices and excited for these films.

For the first time ever, the Gothams are giving out awards for adapted and original screenplay. Very happy to be on that inaugural committee, alongside @jon-frosch.bsky.social, @mcastimovies.bsky.social, @carlosfilm.bsky.social and @ezwrites.bsky.social. Here are our nominees.

Excited to be recognized alongside my fantastic critic colleagues @david-rooney.bsky.social @thefienprint.bsky.social @ajhan.bsky.social and proud of all the Hollywood Reporter nominees @thr.com!

Congrats to all! Honored.

Our 2026 Career Achievement Award recipient is Philip Kaufman

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The Hollywood Reporter critics team rounds up 15 favorites from Venice, Telluride and Toronto, including new films from Guillermo del Toro, Kathryn Bigelow, Chloé Zhao, Jim Jarmusch, Laura Poitras and more. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Really liked THE CURRENTS, a lush & hypnotic Argentinian drama about a designer who unravels very stoically after a work trip gone awry. TIFF and NYFF slots should give writer-director Milagros Mumenthaler a much-deserved bump in recognition. My review:

Shocker: I liked a movie in which Callum Turner is hot

Another TIFF review! My Hollywood Reporter debut and already the word “hunk” is in the headline. I cannot be stopped

TWINLESS deserves so much better than whatever dog-days dump release it's getting. Dylan O'Brien gives one of the year's best, most surprising performances, & the film is twisted, funny & perceptive, w/shades of Almodovar. Super promising for writer/director/costar James Sweeney.

It's eight years since Kathryn Bigelow's last film & she hasn't missed a beat. A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is a crackling thriller, precision-tooled, viscerally immersive, very much of a piece with THE HURT LOCKER and ZERO DARK THIRTY. Great stuff. #Venezia2025 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Jim Jarmusch is working in a PATERSON vein in his funny, tender, minor-key triptych FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, a beautifully realized ensemble piece with not a single forced note of humor or poignancy. One of the #Venezia2025 competition standouts. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Not all of us are sports fanatics, but we all love sports movies. So we @thr.com critics ranked and wrote about our faves. Let the Monday-morning quarterbacking begin! cc @thefienprint.bsky.social @ajhan.bsky.social @david-rooney.bsky.social Leslie Felperin & Jordan Mintzer

Anxious times can yield exceptional horror movies and the 21st century has had plenty of both. Here’s 25 bone-chilling favorites that messed with my dreams, ranked. Feel free to respond with your own picks. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/25-bes...

You don't have to love every single thing he's ever said to be excited about the idea of this guy as mayor of NYC.

Eva Victor's sharp, touching debut SORRY, BABY is out in theaters today, marking the arrival of an exciting triple threat. My review out of Sundance back in January:

Happy 50th birthday, JAWS. A few thoughts on my undimmed obsession with Steven Spielberg’s ageless shark shocker. Might have something to do with growing up on Australian beaches in the years before sonar systems & air surveillance changed shark detection. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Jonathan Millet's GHOST TRAIL — a riveting thriller about Syrian refugees in France — is out today. Don't miss it. Adam Bessa has the soulful magnetism of a real star, and Tawfeek Barhom gives a chilling supporting turn. My review from last year's Cannes.

Panahi for the Palme! And other exciting picks from Binoche's Cannes jury, including Best Actress for the absolutely amazing Nadia Melliti from Hafsia Herzi's THE LITTLE SISTER. I sang her praises in my review.

The @thr.com critics saw some good movies, n'est-ce pas @david-rooney.bsky.social? Here were the 20 Best of Cannes 2025:

Loved Hafsia Herzi's Cannes competition entry THE LITTLE SISTER, a superbly judged drama about a French Muslim's lesbian awakening. Has the confidence, texture & ache of an instant queer coming-of-age classic. Lead Nadia Melliti a knockout. My review for @thr.com:

Proud to be nominated alongside my fab colleagues @david-rooney.bsky.social, @thefienprint.bsky.social, @ajhan.bsky.social and Lovia Gyarkye, as well as all the @thr.com nominees!

Good luck finding true escapism on TV these days, warn @thefienprint.bsky.social and @ajhan.bsky.social, though Netflix has a refreshing (Arctic) blast of cheer in NORTH OF NORTH.

This was a labor of, um, lust from me, @thefienprint.bsky.social, @ajhan.bsky.social, @david-rooney.bsky.social, Lovia Gyarkye and Robyn Bahr. For folks suffering from WHITE LOTUS withdrawal or a post-DYING FOR SEX drought, we've got you. (And if we don't, you'll surely let us know!)

The Ratliff bros.' happy (?) ending, Laurie's heartfelt confession, Belinda breaking bad, Fabian's squeal, Mike White's inner conflict between cynicism + nihilism, and more WHITE LOTUS season 3 finale, as peerlessly dissected by @thefienprint.bsky.social + @ajhan.bsky.social

Trump Is Selling Jews a Dangerous Lie www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

Upper West Side Theater Is Sold After Governor Allocates $3.5 Million www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/m...

In a roller-coaster ride of a convo, @thefienprint.bsky.social & @ajhan.bsky.social get in there and really *grapple* with WTF Mike White is doing w/that WHITE LOTUS incest storyline, and why. If you read one thing on the Lochlan/Saxon bromance, make it this blast of big-swing criticism.

Much to love (and argue with) on this list even for baseball non-fanatics!

Yes, THE PITT is a great counterintuitive comfort watch, ditto THE WHITE LOTUS (?!), and other sharp observations from @thefienprint.bsky.social and @ajhan.bsky.social about the current TV landscape.

I found the first 6 eps of THE WHITE LOTUS season 3 a major letdown — sour and sordid without being particularly interesting — after the masterful season 2. But @thefienprint.bsky.social's review makes a good argument as to why I should just relax and go with it.

Not a great year at #Sundance, but still some excellent stuff — as usual. @david-rooney.bsky.social @thefienprint.bsky.social @carynjames.bsky.social www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Meet Hollywood’s New It Boy: Harris Dickinson. After dirty dancing for Nicole Kidman in #Babygirl — and launching a million memes — the Brit eyes a star-making role as John Lennon as he catapults from indie prodigy to industry powerhouse. Read more here:

Eva Victor's SORRY, BABY is a winner, a soulful blend of sharp humor & disarming — at times shattering — sincerity. Naomi Ackie & Lucas Hedges are lovely & Victor herself is an irresistible presence. A new triple threat in town! My Sundance review: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Mixed feelings about Bill Condon's film of the Kander & Ebb musical KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, but there's much that's seductive, starting with Diego Luna, a revelatory Tonatiuh & a dazzling Jennifer Lopez in the scene-stealing title role. #Sundance2025 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Every passionate fan has their idea of what a Jeff Buckley bio should be. Amy Berg’s IT’S NEVER OVER didn’t always conform to mine, but it’s heartfelt and moving, full of haunting music that never sounded better. That voice always astonishes. #Sundance2025 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Not an issue I’d ever thought I’d see but an important one nonetheless. Kudos to the team at THR. www.hollywoodreporter.com/p/los-angele...

He kicked, he screamed, but @thefienprint.bsky.social has spoken (and he wisely found room for THIS IS GOING TO HURT and THE KNICK). A fun weekend read amid all the bleakness. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-m...

A characteristically smart and impassioned appreciation of David Lynch by THR's Jordan Mintzer. Well worth a read. For me it brought back the gobsmacked intoxication of midnight ERASERHEAD showings. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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I KNOW YOU THINK YOU LIKE THE MOVIE BUT I KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT BOB DYLAN AND

There were a lot of knockout film performances from relatively under-the-radar actors in 2024. Here's 15 of my favorites. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-b...

Don't miss @david-rooney.bsky.social on Glenn Close in Lee Daniels' THE DELIVERANCE! (I cackled.) www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/staff-...

For The Hollywood Reporter, my 10 favorite movies of 2024 plus 10 honorable mentions.