Not high on the list of fires to be put out, but as an American living in Europe, it is dispiriting to realize that it’ll take generations to rectify this … www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Good to see @lacinetek.bsky.social doing these lists again. 30 favorites from Kelly Reichardt @letterboxd.social — letterboxd.com/lacinetek/li...

An AI-driven reconstruction of THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS @newyorker.com, Wes Anderson @thepointmag.bsky.social, Michael Almereyda @nytimes.com + @hammertonail.bsky.social + @screenslate.bsky.social, @szacharek.bsky.social on the underappreciated … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...

“Andrzej Wajda: Portraits of History and Humanity” is on now at BFI Southbank — www.criterion.com/current/post...

The MoMA series “Seoul After Dark: Personal Memories of Korean Cinema” is on through February 25 — www.criterion.com/current/post...

It’s happening after all! variety.com/2026/film/gl...

Been Berlinale previewing, and now it’s time to do some catching up: Notes on the winners of the awards at Sundance … www.criterion.com/current/post... And remembering the great, great Catherine O’Hara … www.criterion.com/current/post...

Amir Naderi and Bahram Beyzaie @ Metrograph, Joan Crawford and Robert Aldrich @ 4Columns, Hlynur Pálmason @reverseshot.bsky.social, Reginald Hudlin @letterboxd.social and @indiewire.com, Béla Tarr @eflux.bsky.social … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...

Notes on three Sundance Premieres that critics seem to like, Olivia Wilde’s THE INVITE, Padraic McKinley’s THE WEIGHT, and John Wilson’s THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE — www.criterion.com/current/post...

“Luis Buñuel: Desire and Deviance” opens Friday @tiffnet.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...

Conceived by William Greaves and directed by David Greaves, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM captures a lively gathering of Harlem Renaissance luminaries in 1972 — www.criterion.com/current/post...

In this month’s books roundup: Judy Garland, Martin Scorsese, Kelly Reichardt, Alejandro Jodorowsky, John Sayles, Tilda Swinton, Gilles Deleuze, Robert Kramer, Abel Ferrara … www.criterion.com/current/post...

This is really excellent, glad to see you given the space to go big with this @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Max Ophuls @ Metrograph, Erich von Stroheim @newyorker.com, the long gone Biden years @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, David Lynch @ Posteritati, A Rabbit’s Foot, and @sightsoundmag.bsky.social, the best of 1935 … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...

As I note in today’s brief column, this is a good day to read or revisit @aadowd.bsky.social’s excellent piece for @prospect.org, “The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want” — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Notes on this year’s Berlinale lineup — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Jafar Panahi talks about the Iranian regime’s crackdown during a discussion w/ Oliver Laxe, Mascha Schilinski, and Joachim Trier just before the European Film Awards were presented over the weekend — www.youtube.com/live/4PfFNW9... An overview of the EFA winners — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Alain Gomis, Angela Schanelec, Lance Hammer, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Eva Trobisch, Anthony Chen, a Markus Schleinzer with Sandra Hüller … The city will likely complain about the lack of flash, but in my eyes, this Berlinale Competition lineup looks mighty promising — www.berlinale.de/en/press/pre...

“101 best Los Angeles movies, ranked” @latimes.com, BLADE RUNNER @thestranger.com, Michael Almereyda + Radu Jude on Eisenstein, Welles, Godard @ Filmmaker, Rodrigo Teixeira @thefilmstage.com, Louise Weard (@weard.moe) @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...

a reminder that there's an American film set in a dystopic future where a fascist U.S. government deploys unidentifiable goons to snatch people from the street for detention, and it's called ICE, and it was made in 1969. metrograph.com/ice-kramer/

This is a tremendously fun read. I've never heard Teixeira speak, so I don't know if it comes at you in a rat-a-rat mile a minute, but that's what I was hearing in my head. That enthusiasm seems to be fueling a lot of terrific films.

Berlinale Classics, Forum, Panorama, and Generation programs, plus SXSW and more … An overview of recent lineup announcements — www.criterion.com/current/post...

There’s a Visconti retrospective on in Vienna, a newly restored Comencini in NYC, and the Harvard Film Archive will soon be screening films by Antonioni, Olmi, and Bertolucci — www.criterion.com/current/post...

A filmmaker’s acting teacher asks her to reenact three recent interviews she’s given—but she can’t remember them—in Hong Sangsoo’s THE DAY SHE RETURNS, slated to premiere at the Berlinale — www.berlinale.de/en/2026/prog...

these videos have raised more than $180,000(!) for a variety of urgent causes over the last few years. this year i'm once again supporting the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, whose work is tragically as vital as ever. please consider giving if you can! www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...

Deep admiration for what he’s chosen to do here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqH9...

The Golden Globes present an opportunity to catch up with some of the most notable best-of-2025 listing and polling — www.criterion.com/current/post...

I'd love to see a reporter ask rank-and-file ICE agents if they understand that the administration is clearly hoping one of them gets killed out there. "Are you ready to give your life to become a meme pushed by incels on Twitter for a couple days?"

Lav Diaz @newyorker.com and @slantmagazine.com, Mira Nair @ A Rabbit’s Foot, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne @ebertvoices.bsky.social, Guy Maddin and David C. Roberts @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy, dispatches from @marbleicehook.bsky.social … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...

“All my movies are comedies!” Remembering Béla Tarr … www.criterion.com/current/post...

Spielberg, Nolan, Fincher, and Gerwig, of course, but also Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Mike Leigh, Radu Jude, Lee Chang-dong, Clio Barnard, Angela Schanelec, James Gray, Lulu Wang, Cristian Mungiu, Dan Sallitt, Lav Diaz, Ulrike Ottinger… The most-anticipated films of 2026 — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Of course the NYT is going to both-sides a cold-blooded murder in broad daylight caught on video that we have all seen.

Béla Tarr has died at 70. www.barrons.com/news/hungari... “This what I can say to young filmmakers. ‘Go and be more radical, be more revolutionary than I was.’” mubi.com/en/notebook/...

Remembering Brigitte Bardot … www.criterion.com/current/post...

For decades, a very good friend, an Episcopalian, and I have respectfully agreed to disagree. In WAKE UP DEAD MAN (a blast!), @rianjohnson.bsky.social beautifully encapsulates my friend’s position in Father Jud’s reply to Benoit Blanc. deadline.com/2026/01/wake...

Welcome to 2026, the future time of METROPOLIS, released in 1927.

Jonathan Demme, 1985, New Order, “The Perfect Kiss.” Runner-up, in my book, would be Michel Gondry’s 7-minute oner for Massive Attack’s “Protection” (1994/5). www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3XW...

Happy New Year, everyone!

“Wrapping 2025,” a “Did You See This?” blowout: Roundtables to watch, articles to read, podcasts to listen to … www.criterion.com/current/post...

“The Secret Agent Network,” a series programmed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, is on from January 7 through 13 @filmlinc.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...

“The art world, with all its progressive scaffolding and humanist ornamentation, practically designed to celebrate and aestheticize every rebellion, couldn’t metabolize Palestine. It still can’t.” David Velasco @equatormag.bsky.social — www.equator.org/articles/how...

Kubrick conspiracies @vulture.com, Malickian movies @yalereview.bsky.social, Spike Lee + music @letterboxd.social, Rebecca Hall @ Club Ciné, and the @slate.com Movie Club is on! Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post... Alt poster by Mike Trujillo (www.instagram.com/madmiketruji...)

“Ways of Seeing 2025,” a roundup of the latest best-of lists and polls and some fine writing to go with them — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann, Martin Scorsese and Robbie Robertson, Luc Moullet, Esfir Shub, Abel Ferrara, Sam Shepard … it’s the December Books roundup — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Besides films by Akerman, Kieślowski, Herzog, Farocki, Makavejev, Linklater, and Spike Lee, the Berlinale’s “Lost in the 90s” retrospective will feature Godard’s ALLEMAGNE ANNÉE 90 NEUG ZÉRO with Eddie Constantine’s Lemmy Caution. Hope to see some of you there ! www.berlinale.de/en/press/pre...

None of these are easy, but damn, this one … Remembering Rob Reiner … www.criterion.com/current/post...

Queer cinema pioneer Rosa von Praunheim, best known for IT IS NOT THE HOMOSEXUAL WHO IS PERVERSE, BUT THE SOCIETY IN WHICH HE LIVES (1971), has died. He was 83. @spiegel.de — www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/...

Some of the many books from our winter selection: → sabzian.be/news/new-book-releases-winter-2026

A joy working on Screen Slate's Favorite First Viewings w/ entries from our incredible contributors and from Jafar Panahi, Kahlil Joseph, Park Chan-wook, Julia Loktev, Lav Diaz, Isabel Sandoval, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Alain Guiraudie, Darius Khondji, and more! www.screenslate.com/articles/bes...