HEATED RIVALRY (lovely series, pity about some of those fans), THE PITT's strong sophomore outing, two decent Ryan Murphy shows (!), a couple of appealingly intimate franchise entries & more picks and pokes from @thefienprint.bsky.social and @ajhan.bsky.social @thr.com

Ramzi Bashour's HOT WATER is a nice (too nice?) mother-son road movie w/Lubna Azabal & Daniel Zolghadri, both good — has *just* enough that feels fresh and personal to stave off indie staleness. But a bit close for comfort. My @thr.com #Sundance2026 review: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Count me among the HEATED RIVALRY flock. Women are devouring the HBO hit in phenomenal numbers but let's not overlook the gift that the gay hockey romance represents to queer audiences. Some words of gratitude: www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-review...

"Rob Reiner grew, and grew righteously, in the small-screen spotlight." @thefienprint.bsky.social writes movingly on Reiner's TV legacy.

"Reiner’s deft marrying of the prestige and the populist seems like a wondrous, nearly lost art." A lovely and insightful appreciation from @rilaws.bsky.social.

Some great left-field choices here from @thefienprint.bsky.social and @ajhan.bsky.social, as well as some stuff you've probably already enjoyed. An odd year for TV, but not an uninteresting one.

We saw some great movies in 2025, and lots of very, very good ones. @david-rooney.bsky.social and Sheri Linden

Loved getting to hash out and dive into our favorite big-screen performances of the year with lovely critic colleagues @david-rooney.bsky.social and @ajhan.bsky.social.

what a joy to celebrate some of the very best performances of 2025, alongside @david-rooney.bsky.social & @jon-frosch.bsky.social

New Generation Award: Eva Victor, SORRY BABY. #LAFCA

Best Film: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Runner-up: THE SECRET AGENT. #LAFCA

Film Not in the English Language: THE SECRET AGENT. Runner-up: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. #LAFCA

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Runner-up: Ryan Coogler, SINNERS. #LAFCA

Documentary: MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I — LAST AIR IN MOSCOW. Runner-up: THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR. #LAFCA

Screenplay: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. Runner-up: SORRY, BABY. #LAFCA

Supporting Performance: Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Stellan Skarsgard, SENTIMENTAL VALUE. Runners-up: Andrew Scott, BLUE MOON. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE. #LAFCA

Lead Performance: Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU. Ethan Hawke, BLUE MOON. Runners-up: Timothée Chalamet, MARTY SUPREME. Wagner Moura, THE SECRET AGENT. #LAFCA

Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award: Albert Serra, AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE. Special Award: Thom Andersen for the body of his work. #LAFCA

Animation: LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN. Runner-up: KPOP DEMON HUNTERS #LAFCA

Editing: MARTY SUPREME. Runner-up: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. #LAFCA

Production design: SINNERS. Runner-up: FRANKENSTEIN. #LAFCA

Music: SIRAT. Runner-up: SINNERS. #LAFCA

Cinematography: TRAIN DREAMS. Runner-up: SINNERS #LAFCA

Will be posting our @lafilmcritics.bsky.social results as we vote today. Starting soon!

... 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: