Hey critic friends, don't make your year end documentary lists without seeing HOLDING LIAT. It skipped doing an awards-qualifying run because it qualified by winning Berlin. It's opening theatrically in January. DM if you need a link.

Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...

@kjshepherd.bsky.social and I are back at @ifccenter.bsky.social the week after next with SEX DEMON and a special reel of newly-digitized super rare gay xxx trailers 😈 www.ifccenter.com/films/sex-de...

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Doing standby for MASTERMIND at NYFF which I mention in case anyone happens to have one extra ticket!

This movie is incredible

Final two chances to see LAWRENCE OF ARABIA this year on our pristine new 70mm print! Tonight at 7:30 PM October 5 at 5:05 PM Tickets: paristheaternyc.com/film/lawrenc...

Bit of a slow news day in Kingston, NY and I'm not mad about it www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/09/12/a...

"★★★★ Powerful and complex... HOLDING LIAT is a valuable work" – @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social @theguardian.com Winner, Documentary Award, Berlinale In UK cinemas this Friday www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Praised by Times UK critic Kevin Maher as “a gorgeous, heartbreaking epic,” Christopher Nolan’s INTERSTELLAR stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Ellen Burstyn & Michael Caine on a mission to save humanity. See it in 70mm on Sept 13 & 23 in our Big & Loud series!

One LINDA after another

Reminder that I'm doing this on Saturday and it's going to be amazing!

“What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” he said. Not an antisemite. www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...

Highlights include: 35mm screenings of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, FAT GIRL and INCENDIES The NYC premieres of two new restorations: THE SWEET HEREAFTER and CHRISTIANE F. Special guests such as John Turturro, Brady Corbet, Kenneth Lonergan, Kathleen Turner, Todd Solondz and more!

Bleak Week New York is back! 😭 Co-presented by American Cinematheque, we are delighted to bring you 17 of the bleakest and most harrowing films, plus exciting in-persons. www.paristheaternyc.com/series/bleak...

The vast majority of people in Gaza — 93 percent — are facing crisis levels of food insecurity, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen said that the United States is “complicit” in their hunger.

Underrated doc.

we’re absolutely fucking failing as a people

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

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Audiences can't stop raving about YOUR FAT FRIEND, @jeaniefinlay.com's documentary that's "soft, generous, questioning, and filled with empathy" (@sightsoundmag.bsky.social). @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social is back on Jolt for a limited time. Watch now! on.jolt.film/3Zj9mv8

See HOOKERS ON DAVIE on Monday at 7 PM! The lives and eventual activism of a group of (mostly trans) Vancouver sex workers working in a neighborhood often dubbed “the prostitution capital of Canada” are explored in this acclaimed doc by Janis Cole & Holly Dale. www.ifccenter.com/films/hooker...

Happy Mother's Day! 🌺 @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social, the award-winning documentary by @jeaniefinlay.com has a powerful mother-daughter story at its heart. Watch it or share with a loved one today. Use promo code YFFMOM50 for 50% off! on.jolt.film/42QUQgx

please continue to normalize big tough dudes loving their trans kids thank you

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Hi Bluesky friends. 👋 Earlier today, we quietly dropped in Barry Jenkins name as moderator at our Saturday BONJOUR TRISTESSE Q&A and it's not sold out yet. Posting here first, because we thought you might like to know. Get tickets before they're gone! www.ifccenter.com/films/bonjou...

No Other Land is available to rent directly from the filmmakers (until May 9th I believe) and all proceeds will go directly to those in Masafer Yatta at supportmasaferyatta.com. You can also donate on that same page directly if you've already seen the film or want to give a larger or smaller amount.

NEW! YORK! CITY! The east coast leg of the GANDOLFINI book tour begins THIS SUNDAY at noon, when I’ll intro Jim’s breakthrough movie, Tony Scott’s TRUE ROMANCE, at the beautiful Paris Theater! Books for sale and signing after! Tickets available now:

That time (exactly ten years ago today) that Josh and I got married at MoMI and we recreated the dance from ROMY & MICHELLE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION and it was so much fun. Showed our kids tonight and they laughed and laughed. vimeo.com/125763973

I interviewed Sepideh Farsi, director of the Cannes-bound PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK, whose subject, Fatma Hassona, was killed in an Israeli strike this week. www.vulture.com/article/fatm...

Now available to stream on VOD starting today at www.nootherland.com with all of the filmmaker proceeds going to support the community of Masafer Yatta profiled in the film, the Oscar-winning NO OTHER LAND remains one of the most absolutely essential documentaries of our time 📽️

Hey all so the word is out that the Brattle got hit with a sudden 5-day closure this week, lots of special events had to be canceled, and overall we are feeling frustrated! If you can i’d super appreciate any donation to help get us through: brattlefilm.org/2025/04/17/f...

Today, Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal resident of Vermont, walked into an immigration office to complete a final step for citizenship. Instead, he was arrested by plain-clothed, armed individuals with faces covered. This is immoral, inhumane, and illegal. He must receive due process and be released.

If you don't have a RealID, make an appointment right now with the DMV to get it. I hate making appointments almost as much as doing DMV stuff and it could not have been faster. I literally just Googled "make a DMV appt" and not two minutes later I had one booked. No login required. Do it now!

Looooooove this

Something about this - the mundane observations and imagining Adrian’s very public descent into a full horror meltdown - is very funny to me

NEW! YORK! CITY! The east coast leg of the GANDOLFINI book tour begins on Sunday, 4/27, when I’ll intro Jim’s breakthrough movie, Tony Scott’s TRUE ROMANCE, at the beautiful Paris Theater! Books for sale and signing after! Tickets available now:

Yep. We really did it! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/m...

More than 40 years before RuPaul’s Drag Race, the ground-breaking documentary THE QUEEN showcased the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, introducing audiences to the world of competitive drag. Come see @schlockvalue.bsky.social's personal print at @ifccenter.bsky.social MONDAY 4/7 at 7pm!

People of New York City: What are the best record stores? I particularly like stores with lots of old comedy records and other oddities.

🚨THIS JUST IN... Britt Lower will join for the extended intro tonight before the 9:40 screening of PSYCHO THERAPY: THE SHALLOW TALE OF A WRITER WHO DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER! Tickets: www.ifccenter.com/films/psycho...

NEW! YORK! CITY! The east coast leg of the GANDOLFINI book tour begins on Sunday, 4/27, when I’ll intro Jim’s breakthrough movie, Tony Scott’s TRUE ROMANCE, at the beautiful Paris Theater! Books for sale and signing after! Tickets available now:

You might remember last year my beloved floof-ball Elliott Stabler needed surgery. Though I was eventually able to pay it down from $4500, there's still $3,000 remaining which, as a freelancer, is gonna take me awhile so any support (even a share) is a huge help.

NEW! YORK! CITY! The east coast leg of the GANDOLFINI book tour begins on Sunday, 4/27, when I’ll intro Jim’s breakthrough movie, Tony Scott’s TRUE ROMANCE, at the beautiful Paris Theater! Books for sale and signing after! Tickets available now:

It's been difficult being away from Miss Fanny during this time. She went into heart failure literally the day of my first book event and I just got back yesterday. she is doing SO MUCH BETTER, but her heart will be an issue for the rest of her life. any help would be greatly appreciated.

After being handcuffed and beaten all night, Hamdan Ballal is free and about to go home to his family, says co-director Yuval Abraham:

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

I couldn't agree more.

JUST ADDED! 📺 🍸One more screening of STRANGERS WITH CANDY, this one featuring extended intro with Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello. Thursday, March 27 at 9:50 PM. Get tickets before they're gone. www.ifccenter.com/films/strang...