out now on Nebula: LEGACY SEQUELS PART 2 the whole episode is a legacy sequel to Part 1 I grew a beard for it co-written by the great @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social featuring spectacular original music by @brianmetolius.bsky.social nebula.tv/videos/patri...

New York press/guild folks: if you’re seeing “Marty Supreme” on 11/20, stick around after for my Q&A with Director Josh Safdie, writer Ronald Bronstein, DP Darius Khondji, costumer Miyako Bellizzi, sound editor Skip Lievsay, prod. designer Jack Fisk, and composer Daniel Lopatin

A video on cultural nostalgia that I wrote with @patrickhwillems.bsky.social—about our current landscape, and how we got here—as a sequel to his video on sequels. Now on @nebula.tv, out on YouTube soon. nebula.tv/videos/patri...

Nicolas Cage delivers one of his best (and most understated) recent performances in "The Carpenter's Son," a horror-adjacent faith drama that has a lot more going on than initially meets the eye—if you can ignore its conservative optics surrounding gender. www.ign.com/articles/the...

Still find it hard to get even the most mainstream Indian cinema written about at US publications; if you’re an editor and this is of interest to you, hit me up! 🤗

A few months ago, the folks working on “Last Days” reached out about significant changes to the film since Sundance, where I first watched and reviewed it. Pretty fascinating what some tightening and re-focusing and can do, even at the exact same runtime: joysauce.com/the-new-and-...

In Czech Oscar entry "I'm Not Everything I Want to Be," queer photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková becomes the co-author of a documentary photoroman that embodies her art by making it not just a source, but a medium. Out this week: variety.com/2025/film/re...

“New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, led by an immigrant… So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.”

RIP to Dick Cheney and congrats to Mayor Zohran

New York: tickets are on sale for the premiere of @patrickhwillems.bsky.social’s hilarious “The Dinner Plan” on November 20th, followed by my Q&A with him and the cast store.nebula.tv/products/the...

Viva la revolución

He’s from da pitt

In Edward Berger's "Ballad of a Small Player," Colin Farrell delivers a magnificent performance as a conman/gambling addict wandering through Macau, in an otherwise dull film where Chinese people and myths are reduced to fleeting backdrops. joysauce.com/colin-farrel...

With "Baahubali: The Epic," SS Rajamouli turns his landscape-shifting action duology into a rousing myth. Despite structural speedbumps and discomforting optics, it remains one of the most resplendent examples of Indian blockbuster melodrama. Out this week variety.com/2025/film/re...

Among the more scattered works from Park Chan-wook, “No Other Choice” is no less entertaining as a jet-black comedy about a willing/eager cog in the industrial machine, played to note perfection by Lee Byung-hun. Some scenes take off like a rocket. #NYFF63 joysauce.com/lee-byung-hu...

Thrilled to be nominated (alongside distinguished peers) by the @lapressclub.bsky.social for the 18th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards

Also, was excellent to see @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social moderating and proving there’s always an appropriate wrestling shirt for any event

For @certifiedforgot.bsky.social: There’s homage and there’s derivation; Chris Stuckmann’s part-found footage debut “Shelby Oaks” strays too far into the latter, often sidestepping its most intriguing ideas. Still, certain tense scenes show he has potential certifiedforgotten.com/shelby-oaks-...

My parents are visiting the U.S. and it’s their first Halloween. Now accepting costume ideas (so far all we have is Mustard & Ketchup)

Thank you to whoever asked this on @patrickhwillems.bsky.social’s latest live stream

Excellent review from Siddhant as always. I probably lean a bit higher on the film, but where we agree is the potential Stuckmann has going forward. Check out Shelby Oaks if it's playing in your area & take a few minutes to read Siddhant's review. One of our best working writers today.

Thrilled we were able to pick up @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social's SHELBY OAKS review at @certifiedforgot.bsky.social. I've been looking forward to this movie, and his review is a welcome reminder that a mixed review from a great writer can still be more enticing than a glowing review from a bad one.

For @certifiedforgot.bsky.social: There’s homage and there’s derivation; Chris Stuckmann’s part-found footage debut “Shelby Oaks” strays too far into the latter, often sidestepping its most intriguing ideas. Still, certain tense scenes show he has potential certifiedforgotten.com/shelby-oaks-...

With "Deliver Me From Nowhere," Scott Cooper once again proves he's a great director of performance, but comes up short everywhere else. Jeremy Allen White plays Springsteen by way of James Dean, in a film I wish had anything beneath the surface. #NYFF63 observer.com/2025/10/movi...

Today, film critic @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social joined my 7th graders to talk about film and film reviews! Thanks for joining us from NY!

Hulu’s impeccably-performed “The Hands That Rocks The Cradle” remake introduces neat new subtext, and layers a novel mystery structure atop the original’s uncanny nanny thriller. But it peters out before going full-tilt campy. Almost something very good! variety.com/2025/film/re...

Boat’s first Diwali 🪔

Had a wonderful time chatting (remotely) with a 7th grade class in Colorado as they prepared to write their first ever film reviews (of Coppola's "The Outsiders," after reading Hinton's original novel). Lots of curiosity and eagerness about criticism, and a young Scream fan too.

Sydney Sweeny is remarkable in queer boxer biopic "Christy," even if the film around her rarely is. #NewFest37 decider.com/2025/10/21/s...

New York: come watch zombie romp “Queens of the Dead” at @ifccenter.bsky.social this Saturday at 1:50pm, followed by my Q&A with director Tina Romero, and actors Quincy Dunn-Baker and Tomas Matos

Love to get called the N word by some random guy as he tries to punch me in the back of the head (I’m fine, perks of having long hair). Only in Noo Yowk!

Always a good time to rewatch Siddhant and Patrick in India

Today marks 3 decades of DDLJ, the romance that took Bollywood global. Re-sharing the video where I took @patrickhwillems.bsky.social to India to help him explore Hindi cinema, including this film and several more: youtu.be/BSRddWXSAA4?...

Until my Green Card was approved last month, I had to keep a detailed log of all the work I was doing on my O1 Visas since December 2021. Just updated it for the last time. It's a nice portfolio—about 900 articles and 60 videos. Figured I'd publish a copy: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

"Good Fortune" is both funny and surprisingly political. Plus, Keanu Reeves as a naïve angel cast down to Earth is a wonderful delight. A good time at the movies. joysauce.com/the-supernat...

Update: I’m told “The Voice of Hind Rajab” will in fact self-distribute in the U.S. (à la “No Other Land”) and will release this year. My review:

Until my Green Card was approved last month, I had to keep a detailed log of all the work I was doing on my O1 Visas since December 2021. Just updated it for the last time. It's a nice portfolio—about 900 articles and 60 videos. Figured I'd publish a copy: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Kaouther Ben Hania’s “The Voice of Hind Rajab”—as much docudrama as reenactment—is struggling to find U.S. distribution for political reasons. As one of the year’s most thoughtfully directed, emotionally shattering films, it deserves to be seen. joysauce.com/the-voice-of...

Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” flounders before finding its footing. It doesn’t really work, except for Jacob Elordi’s soulful performance as a Creature in search of companionship. Now in theatres, on Netflix 11/7. decider.com/2025/10/17/f...

Radu Jude’s madcap, 3-hour “Dracula” often overstays its welcome, but mirrors the excesses of the vampiric generative A.I. and technofascim in its crosshairs. For better or worse, there’s nothing like it. #NYFF63 observer.com/2025/10/movi...

Out today on Apple TV: Rebecca Miller’s 5-part documentary essay “Mr. Scorsese” is a thorough, rhythmic, wonderfully engaging look at the life of an artist, and the experiences that inform his image-making. #NYFF63 www.ign.com/articles/mr-...

Kaouther Ben Hania’s “The Voice of Hind Rajab”—as much docudrama as reenactment—is struggling to find U.S. distribution for political reasons. As one of the year’s most thoughtfully directed, emotionally shattering films, it deserves to be seen. joysauce.com/the-voice-of...

Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” flounders before finding its footing. It doesn’t really work, except for Jacob Elordi’s soulful performance as a Creature in search of companionship. Now in theatres, on Netflix 11/7. decider.com/2025/10/17/f...

Radu Jude’s madcap, 3-hour “Dracula” often overstays its welcome, but mirrors the excesses of the vampiric generative A.I. and technofascim in its crosshairs. For better or worse, there’s nothing like it. #NYFF63 observer.com/2025/10/movi...

Out today on Apple TV: Rebecca Miller’s 5-part documentary essay “Mr. Scorsese” is a thorough, rhythmic, wonderfully engaging look at the life of an artist, and the experiences that inform his image-making. #NYFF63 www.ign.com/articles/mr-...

A 3-hour archival tapestry about how stories are told, and how we got to this present moment, found-footage doc “Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989” does what it says on the tin, in wildly comprehensive fashion. Out now: www.truthdig.com/articles/the...

Very much looking forward to this

Jim Jarmusch's gentle, Golden Lion-winning triptych "Father Mother Sister Brother" balances the director's sardonic wit with a wistfulness for awkward, imperfect family reunions. A lovely trio of thematically inter-connected memories. #NYFF63 observer.com/2025/10/movi...