‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Review: A Modest True Crime Doc Where the Answers Are Out in the Open #Berlinale2026 variety.com/2026/film/re...

‘My Wife Cries’ Review: A Wry Relationship Drama Whose Delights Don’t Always Cohere #Berlinale2026 variety.com/2026/film/re...

‘Queen at Sea’ Review: Juliette Binoche and Tom Courtenay Lead a Gentle, Shattering Drama About Dementia and Autonomy #Berlinale2026 variety.com/2026/film/ne...

“The Secret Agent” Review: Wagner Moura delivers a burdened, career-best performance in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s resplendent excavation of time, place, and political memory. Out now in U.K. cinemas and on VOD in the U.S. www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

Completing his informal trilogy on growing up in Singapore, Anthony Chen reflects on the country’s fabric through the wistful lens of an estranged father and son (and the women in their lives) in the powerful drama “We Are All Strangers” #Berlinale2026 joysauce.com/anthony-chen...

Re that last RT, i can totally understand pivoting to “vote for the lesser of the two evils” *once primaries are over and it’s a two person race* what i don’t understand are the people insisting you have to eat shit months or even years out from a primary! Why should I eat shit!

“The Secret Agent” Review: Wagner Moura delivers a burdened, career-best performance in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s resplendent excavation of time, place, and political memory. Out now in U.K. cinemas and on VOD in the U.S. www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

Completing his informal trilogy on growing up in Singapore, Anthony Chen reflects on the country’s fabric through the wistful lens of an estranged father and son (and the women in their lives) in the powerful drama “We Are All Strangers” #Berlinale2026 joysauce.com/anthony-chen...

Working on wedding playlist

‘Dust’ Review: A Stylish Saga of Friendship and Fraud That Slowly Plateaus #Berlinale2026 variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Picked up by Sumerian Pictures for release this year:

‘Heysel 85’ Review: A Real Soccer Riot Becomes a Tense Political Metaphor #Berlinale2026 variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” is a disastrous film of dulled desires, strange optics, and mediocre craft. Out this week: joysauce.com/the-dull-des...

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Review www.ign.com/articles/nir...

Germany plays Turkey in the stirring, surprising political drama "Yellow Letters," a #Berlinale2026 competition title that inadvertently rebukes recent statements from the jury's president. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Farhan Akhtar as Ravi Shankar in the 4-movie Beatles project

Will be part of the Moirée critics grid at this year's Berlinale along with plenty of esteemed names. You can follow along here: moir.ee/editions/ber...

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Review www.ign.com/articles/nir...

The Mamdanist caliphate of New York is already providing bountiful harvests

Some more great #Sundance2026 documentaries to look out for this year: filmfreeway.com/articles/bes...

“Taxi Driver” turns 50. On Martin Scorsese’s dark premonition of America: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

As the rare Simon Williams lifer: Marvel’s “Wonder Man” pulls only a few grace notes from the comics, leaving little overlap between the page and the screen. The show is all the better for it. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

As the rare Simon Williams lifer: Marvel’s “Wonder Man” pulls only a few grace notes from the comics, leaving little overlap between the page and the screen. The show is all the better for it. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

“On the plus side, at least Fennell doesn’t wait until the final act to let the air out of the room this time.” Oof.

Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” is a disastrous film of dulled desires, strange optics, and mediocre craft. Out this week: joysauce.com/the-dull-des...

Editor pals: I’ll be at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, in case you’re on the lookout for coverage. A thread of all my reviews, interviews and editorials from last year’s edition: x.com/SiddhantAdla...

Director Hasan Hadi's film uses nonprofessional actors to bring lived-in naturalism to 1990s Iraq, where the combined effects of sanctions and privatization left ordinary citizens struggling to survive.

“Taxi Driver” turns 50. On Martin Scorsese’s dark premonition of America: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”

Emerging from post-Sundance hibernation to declare: I'm on the lookout for a new full-time job. Seeking Chicago-based or remote editing and writing opportunities—don't have to be in the field; I'm extremely open to copywriting, technical writing, marketing stuff, etc. Email and portfolio in profile.

Tuning the radio

Filmmaker Hasan Hadi's “The President’s Cake,” Iraq's submission for the Academy Awards, explores Western sanctions through the eyes of a child on a fraught mission. By @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social

Kogonada's post-studio cleanse "zi," a 3-week sci-if experiment shot in Hong Kong, is aesthetically inviting, but doesn't remotely cohere. #Sundance2026 joysauce.com/kogonada-tak...

And here is Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social for Observer "The era’s mood and zeitgeist are granted three-dimensional life by these artistic pairings, practically an act of curation by the film and its creators." observer.com/2026/01/sund... 📽️

"A pulsing, essayistic docu-fiction piece that defies categorization" re @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social @variety.com. Last chance alert... Tonight (Mon) at 8:25pm, Kahlil Joseph's BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS > bit.ly/BLKNWS-TERMS-CONDITIONS

Really excellent news: picked up by NEON for theatrical release.

A pretty great Last Dance, especially for docs. Adding all my #Sundance2026 coverage here: boxd.it/SowoE

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My first for @avclub.com: Alex Gibney's documentary "Knife" examines Salman Rushdie, his work, and his transformation into a symbol of martyrdom—and through intimate, grisly footage of his attack and arduous recovery, re-humanizes him. #Sundance2026 www.avclub.com/knife-the-at...

Catching up

The subtext here is “we’re going to give them more money”

Not only is it Black History Month. It’s also its 100th anniversary!! To commemorate its centennial, I wrote a list of 10 Black films, one from each of the last 10 decades, to stream.

New York: If you're attending Wednesday's Academy screening of "The Voice of Hind Rajab"—Tunisia's Oscar entry and now nominee—stick around after for my Q&A with director Kaouther Ben Hania

New York: come watch the haunting, harrowing, Oscar-nominated road saga “Sirāt” at @ifccenter.bsky.social on Thursday Feb. 5th at 7:15pm, followed by my Q&A with director Oliver Laxe. Tickets available.

Just announced: releasing theatrically from NEON on April 10

Had a fun time chatting with @nicolasrapold.bsky.social over on The Last Thing I Saw about some films from #Sundance2026 (namely, "Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!," When a Witness Recants," Undertone" and Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie") podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Editor pals: I’ll be at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, in case you’re on the lookout for coverage. A thread of all my reviews, interviews and editorials from last year’s edition: x.com/SiddhantAdla...

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