DOWNHILL RACER (and Robert Redford) forever. Some lovely tributes here:

Alright, who got a hold of the cursed monkey‘s paw and asked for an ANACONDA remake?

“I could never escape this recognition that there was a time when I didn’t exist—and, inevitably, that there is going to be another time when I don’t exist.” Sharing this time I interviewed the great @kogonada.bsky.social about presence, absence, and architecture for @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/Va

What a remarkable human Robert Redford was. He has to be the number one consummate movie star - but also a seriously good director, indie film icon and generous humanitarian. Look at the “he’s gotta invite us to stick around” moment from Butch and Sundance for an example of his effortless charisma.

“I could never escape this recognition that there was a time when I didn’t exist—and, inevitably, that there is going to be another time when I don’t exist.” Sharing this time I interviewed the great @kogonada.bsky.social about presence, absence, and architecture for @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/Va

This one’s just patently insane

Column: If the Emmys can’t muster excitement for television, why should anyone else? Seriously, what are we doing here? Gift 🔗

OK, not even getting into the ethics or the existential issues around AI: Have some goddamn self-respect. If you're a writer and you do this I don't know how you look at yourself, but I know exactly how I look at you.

Robert Redford, a long-reigning lion of the American cinema, has died at 89. What is there to say about somebody so iconic, so beloved as him? Forever a legend.

Rolling Stone needs Alan Sepinwall quite a bit more than Alan Sepinwall needs Rolling Stone, but FFS

David Lynch being in the #Emmys in memoriam broke something in me. He embodies so much of the medium’s potential that it’s almost impossible to think about him in the past tense.

How do you accept the Emmys’ humanitarian award while saying absolutely nothing of substance about any specific, meaningful cause? The answer’s in the question, of course.

SAY NOTHING deserves so much more than what was essentially a shutout at the Emmys, and I hope everyone sees it.

“we have friends everywhere”

“Go Birds, fuck ICE, free Palestine” is an instant all-timer, Hannah Einbinder forever #Emmys

Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON feels more dead-on by the day. So does our @letterboxd.social interview: “Everybody has lost track of a bigger world outside of themselves. They only see the dimensions of the small world they believe in, and distrust anything that contradicts this small bubble of certainty.”

David Strathairn is so extraordinary in A LITTLE PRAYER that seizing the moment of its release to walk with him through his amazing, illustrious career for @letterboxd.social made a world of sense. He was so present and thoughtful in this interview. Grateful for his time, his insight, his grace.

Ari Aster’s EDDINGTON feels more dead-on by the day. So does our @letterboxd.social interview: “Everybody has lost track of a bigger world outside of themselves. They only see the dimensions of the small world they believe in, and distrust anything that contradicts this small bubble of certainty.”

You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.

Cinematic parallels

We need to make a David Strathairn/A LITTLE PRAYER Oscar campaign happen people!!!! (Bangs pots out of windows)

In honor of Jeremy Saulnier’s Emmy win, an appreciation post for his ultra-timely GREEN ROOM and a very special fuck off to Nazi punks everywhere

Trump has declared war on Chicago and now his secret police are running racist ads in Edgewater. Let’s be clear: ICE isn’t welcome here. Trump isn’t welcome here. And they’re certainly not going to recruit their goons from here.

Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.

This scene impregnates me constantly

Truly an incredible body of work, just banger after banger

In honor of Rebel Ridge’s well-deserved Emmy win last night, please check out the review I wrote for IndieWire last fall. It’s one of my favorite reviews I’ve written: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...

Strathairn is so consistently excellent in every film. been a fan since Eight Men Out.

screaming "Attica" in celebration

Fun memento from this past year in film: got Carson Lund and Keith William Richards to sign a baseball at the EEPHUS game played during NYFF last fall

David Strathairn is so extraordinary in A LITTLE PRAYER that seizing the moment of its release to walk with him through his amazing, illustrious career for @letterboxd.social made a world of sense. He was so present and thoughtful in this interview. Grateful for his time, his insight, his grace.

Should’ve been recognized more but I will take this and run with it

REBEL RIDGE has won Best TV Movie at the Emmys.

My favorite original scores of the year so far: Alexandre Desplat, THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME Ludwig Göransson, SINNERS Jung Jae-il, MICKEY 17 Emile Mosseri, PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE Young Fathers, 28 YEARS LATER

Rewatching SUSPIRIA for the umpteenth time, and it occurs to me that Jessica Harper is essentially giving a “sole human actor in a Muppet movie” performance.

“PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE is as sensitive to such painful, implacable realities as it is alive to the possibilities that nevertheless emerge, in small moments of tenderness and connection, between its characters,” writes @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/prep...

Nobody is ready for the mid-film twist TWINLESS so deviously executes. This is a bold, exciting film about the lengths we all go to feel less alone with ourselves. Loved chatting with James Sweeney and Dylan O'Brien about all the things, for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

"You’re enough, just so you know. Just be in the moment, listen, and respond." @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social speaks w/ director Jay Duplass and star Michael Strassner on their new holiday classic, THE BALTIMORONS. www.rogerebert.com/interviews/j...

THE BALTIMORONS is one of those rare, perfectly bittersweet comedies I'd recommend to anyone and everyone. A total joy. On the eve of its theatrical release, I spoke with filmmaker Jay Duplass and co-writer/star Michael Strassner, for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

It's published! I'm thrilled to share this in-depth conversation with the magnificent David Strathairn for @letterboxd.social; as A LITTLE PRAYER hits theaters, we discussed not only his awards-worthy performance there but the trajectory of his entire career, from John Sayles to Jason Bourne. A joy.

Fantastic career interview here from @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social with the legend David Strathairn

Pritzker again exhorts the news media to tell the truth about what's happening: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal."

It's published! I'm thrilled to share this in-depth conversation with the magnificent David Strathairn for @letterboxd.social; as A LITTLE PRAYER hits theaters, we discussed not only his awards-worthy performance there but the trajectory of his entire career, from John Sayles to Jason Bourne. A joy.

This was a quiet, slice-of-life movie, something that indie cinema used to excel at - Strathairn was great, of course.

Levitated out of my seat when Denzel started double-dollying toward the bank. Wild to see how brilliantly Spike Lee plays the blockbuster game while keeping things on his terms — and in his New York, where the pursuit of capital can only conceal so long a corrupt system built on racial exploitation.

Rewatching Spike Lee’s INSIDE MAN, and it’s almost blinding, the amount of star power radiating out of any individual scene with these three

There is no possible reason in this world to justify THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN being almost three-hours long but, since I've sat through it, here are some thoughts on it for @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/venice-film-...