I love this essay very much!!!!

Do you like CONTACT? Me, too. So, so much. www.drewmcweeny.com/the-hip-pock...

Xochitl Gomez and Aaron Dominguez chat about creepy kids and the societal undertones of their new film, HIVE. buff.ly/EVvz940

Next month @filmobsessive.com

SPEED RACER makes me cry at least twice. Every single time. I adore that film. And HOLY SHIT, the new 4K master is amazing. I love seeing Lily and Lana's names in the credits now. Amazing night at the Chinese.

Michael Suarez takes a look at the (season) finale of the Scrubs revival and reflects on the season as a whole 📺 #Scrubs @professorsuarez.bsky.social

Happy to report that I have lost 30 pounds since last March. I feel better than ever.

Me as a child, watching a clucking bunny lay foil-wrapped chocolate eggs: "This is factual. This is exactly how Cadbury gets them."

The absolute best movie ever made on the subject.

1996 was 30 years ago Spotify open.spotify.com/playlist/2d9... Apple music.apple.com/us/playlist/... YouTube www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated

A decade later, Terrence Malick's KNIGHT OF CUPS remains a frustrating but layered spiritual and philosophical meditation. buff.ly/lxklpTb

Dawn Weiner is the goddamn best. The end.

When you choose the movie and everyone hates it

I know how much a PhD costs. Why the fuck would someone spend that much if they're not learning anything? What's the point? Do AI enthusiasts not understand that this entire idea invalidates the notion of higher education? Why would I trust someone who used AI to get through school to do anything?

why would i watch anything a robot generated when i can watch tarsem singh's The Fall

Scrubs has returned! Here's @professorsuarez.bsky.social looking at the season premiere 📺 #Scrubs

Film Obsessive looks back at Richard Kelly's debut film DONNIE DARKO on its 25th anniversary, to explore the idea of sacrifice. buff.ly/JoQ8ihJ

a few other 90s acts far more worthy and significant than Buckley who have not been nominated: Bjork, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Hole, Liz Phair, Alice In Chains, Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, Weezer

Join us for an exploration of Albert Brooks’ MODERN ROMANCE, and how the film captures the messy, uncertain reality of dating. buff.ly/0ShuVTQ

To celebrate his Nitehawk Cinema season, Steven Soderbergh tells Isaac Feldberg how he selected nine films to program, why Spike Lee should have beaten him for the Palme d’Or, how Ernst Lubitsch inspired Ocean’s Eleven, and much more. boxd.it/2YK

New playlist 40 SYNTH-CENTRIC NEW WAVE BOPS Classics from the early days of synth pop 🟣 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0BX... 💜 Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/... 🟪 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

2026 basically

Watching Personal Shopper on Criterion 24/7 on the Criterion Channel app, because why not? I LOVE this film.

KK is why I have Rogue One and Andor in my life. I love them. As far as I’m concerned, she’ll be missed.

new playlist 100 HIGH QUALITY RARITIES BY BELOVED ARTISTS - outtakes, b-sides, demos, covers, and sessions mainly sourced from deluxe reissues 🥦Spotify open.spotify.com/playlist/5G0... 🧧Apple music.apple.com/us/playlist/... 🌼YouTube www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I loved the Stranger Things finale, particularly the epilogue. In fact, the entire fifth season is worth that epilogue. It was incredibly honest and well executed. Bravo to all involved with the finale, the season, and the entire series. I will miss these characters.

Close out 2025 with more of the Film Obsessive staff's picks for their favorite films of 2025 including SORRY, BABY, TRAIN DREAMS, and more! buff.ly/GgCs7Fw

When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.

I've got more to see before the year's over, but right now, I'd honestly say everything in my top 100 is worth seeing. I'm still trying to fine tune the order of things, but it's been such a good year for movies, folks. letterboxd.com/drewmcweeny/...

On its 20th anniversary, Film Obsessive takes a look back at Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, and Ewan McGregor in STAY. buff.ly/TdU87JF

At this point, it’s going to be hard to believe any of it. It’s been too long.

Thing I was not expecting: a 4-star review of Predator: Badlands from Matt Zoller Seitz; he calls it “an exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters, beautiful and terrifying animals (and plants), a structurally airtight script…” [rogerebert.com]

Ringing in 30 years of the 1995 neo-noir techno-thriller Strange Days, Xuanlin Tham looks back on the rage and contradictions of Kathryn Bigelow’s complex masterwork. boxd.it/2MY

Donnie Darko was released 24 years ago today 🐰

Being poor is very expensive.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is my favorite novel. That said, I did not go into @realgdt.bsky.social’s film expecting it to become my favorite film, nor even my favorite del Toro film. Alas, the film, even with its many changes, remains an incredibly faithful adaptation and one of the 2025’s best.

please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you

Got my tickets!

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this: The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural.

Jay Glennie's new book, THE MAKING OF ONCE UPON A TIME ... IN HOLLYWOOD, goes behind the scenes of Quentin Tarantino's 2019 hit. buff.ly/fwQXFbf

This scene is the pinnacle of PTA’s career

Drew Struzan forever.

Was completely on purpose

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Who watches the watchmen?

Mia on set

So Sydney Chandler is definitely going to work like mad after ALIEN EARTH, right?

Robert Redford (1936-2025) 🤍