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Hereās my latest Awards Season Update! Is Chalamet in real trouble? Will Netflix ever figure out how to produce an awards show??
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Chalamet Might Not Win That Oscar, Huh?
The Screen Actors Guild awards have further confused an already confused awards narrative.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/chalamet-might-not-win-that-oscar-huh
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Wrote some Maura Higgins fanfic for ya
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āThe Traitorsā Finale Recap: Maura Money, Maura Problems
Letās talk about how this season wrapped up.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-us-season-4-finale-recap
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Wrote some Maura Higgins fanfic for ya
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āThe Traitorsā Finale Recap: Maura Money, Maura Problems
Letās talk about how this season wrapped up.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-us-season-4-finale-recap
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In this week's what-to-watch column: thoughts on the uneven Scream 7, Jessica Chastain's new moral drama, and of course SURVIVOR.
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āScream 7ā Takes a Stab at the Fandom
Notes on the latest installment in a 30-year-old film franchise, plus a pair of recommendations for your weekend viewing.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/scream-7-review
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In this week's what-to-watch column: thoughts on the uneven Scream 7, Jessica Chastain's new moral drama, and of course SURVIVOR.
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āScream 7ā Takes a Stab at the Fandom
Notes on the latest installment in a 30-year-old film franchise, plus a pair of recommendations for your weekend viewing.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/scream-7-review
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Did some more fanfic in this weekās Traitorās recap
www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-s...
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Accidentally emailed to all subscribers a day early, full of typos. If you're a subscriber, sorry about that! Anyway, here it is, with some edits made
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Is Tyra to Blame for It All?
Some thoughts on the new documentary series about Americaās Next Top Model.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/reality-check-inside-americas-next-top-model-tyra-banks
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A little travelogue
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Notes from Berlin
A dispatch from the other big European film festival.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/berlin-film-festival-2026
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This week's Traitor's recap is all about the thrill of seduction
www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-u...
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This week's Traitor's recap is all about the thrill of seduction
www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-u...
17 days ago
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I quite like the JFK Jr show, LOVE STORY when it isnāt giving us a Kennedy history lesson. Todayās newsletter contains expanded thoughts on that.
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Here's a review of the dull, dumb Wuthering Heights
www.premiereparty.com/p/wuthering-...
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The Withering Lows of āWuthering Heightsā
Emerald Fennell makes a squalid mess of a highly anticipated adaptation.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/wuthering-heights-2026-review
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Here's a review of the dull, dumb Wuthering Heights
www.premiereparty.com/p/wuthering-...
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The Withering Lows of āWuthering Heightsā
Emerald Fennell makes a squalid mess of a highly anticipated adaptation.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/wuthering-heights-2026-review
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This week's shocking Traitors episode has me considering God. Full recap here:
premiereparty.com/p/the-traito...
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This week's shocking Traitors episode has me considering God. Full recap here:
premiereparty.com/p/the-traito...
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Highlight of my career, probably
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I have a bone to pick with this weekās Traitors episode
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My Sundance watch has ended. It was a wild and woolly week, swinging from great stuff to genuinely baffling misfires. You can read my 13 reviews here!
www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/richa...
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Richard Lawson
Richard Lawson is a critic and culture writer living in Brooklyn. He was the chief critic at Vanity Fair from 2013-2025. A member of the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film C...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/richard-lawson/
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My newsletter today is about the end of Sundance as we know it, and is free to all subscribers. No paywall! I'd love it if you gave it a read!
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Goodbye, Sundance
Reflections on the end of a festival as we know it.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/goodbye-sundance
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It truly is the strangest pairing of director and material sinceā¦ likeā¦ I dunno, did Lynne Ramsay direct any episodes of My Life With the Walter Boys?
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Really weird movie alert
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āChasing Summerā Review: Arthouse Meets ClichĆ© in This Seriously Strange Coming-Home Comedy From Iliza Shlesinger and Josephine Decker
The stand-up comic plays a woman who returns to her Texas hometown for the summer in this film co-starring Garrett Wareing, Tom Welling and Megan Mullally.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/chasing-summer-review-iliza-shlesinger-josephine-decker-1236485656/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
good explanation from
@rilaws.bsky.social
and
@alisonwillmore.bsky.social
on this weekās critical darlings on how F1 made best picture due to the Oscars voting process
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I have endeavored to review the cool movie for cool people
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āThe Momentā Review: Charli xcx Comes to Bury āBrat,ā but Also to Praise It, in a Muddled Mockumentary Thatās Mainly for the Fans
Slated for a late January release by A24, Aidan Zamiri's satire of a cultural phenomenon also features Alexander Skarsgard, Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant and Hailey Benton Gates.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-moment-review-charli-xcx-brat-mockumentary-a24-1236483562/
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I have endeavored to review the cool movie for cool people
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āThe Momentā Review: Charli xcx Comes to Bury āBrat,ā but Also to Praise It, in a Muddled Mockumentary Thatās Mainly for the Fans
Slated for a late January release by A24, Aidan Zamiri's satire of a cultural phenomenon also features Alexander Skarsgard, Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant and Hailey Benton Gates.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-moment-review-charli-xcx-brat-mockumentary-a24-1236483562/
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Todayās TRAITORS recap is all about Rob, the seasonās true star
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āThe Traitorsā Recap: Robertās Rules of Disorder
Episode six saw a star player wracked with doubt, while a true villain emerged.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-season-4-episode-6-recap
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Todayās TRAITORS recap is all about Rob, the seasonās true star
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āThe Traitorsā Recap: Robertās Rules of Disorder
Episode six saw a star player wracked with doubt, while a true villain emerged.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-season-4-episode-6-recap
about 1 month ago
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It's Sundance time! Here are some of the movies I'm looking forward to seeing. I'll have a newsletter dispatch or two from the ground, and will also be filing reviews for
@thr.com
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The Sundance Movies I Canāt Wait to See
A preview of some of the titles I'll be checking out in Park City over the next week.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/2026-sundance-film-festival-preview
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It's Sundance time! Here are some of the movies I'm looking forward to seeing. I'll have a newsletter dispatch or two from the ground, and will also be filing reviews for
@thr.com
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The Sundance Movies I Canāt Wait to See
A preview of some of the titles I'll be checking out in Park City over the next week.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/2026-sundance-film-festival-preview
about 1 month ago
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The people demanded answers and I have given them!
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Itās a Mailbag! Oscars Edition (Mostly)
You asked questions, and Iāve answered them.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/it-s-a-mailbag-oscars-edition-mostly
about 1 month ago
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Thank you! Weāre so happy
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It's TRAITORS recap day! Colton comes out! Swinging. He comes out swinging. He already did the other thing.
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āThe Traitorsā Recap: Conniving, Commiserating Colton
Two more episodes dropped last night, and so did a few players.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/the-traitors-recap-season-4-episode-4-episode-5-recap
about 2 months ago
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It's TRAITORS recap day! Colton comes out! Swinging. He comes out swinging. He already did the other thing.
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āThe Traitorsā Recap: Conniving, Commiserating Colton
Two more episodes dropped last night, and so did a few players.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/the-traitors-recap-season-4-episode-4-episode-5-recap
about 2 months ago
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If youād like a 4,000 word piece to read today, why not choose something about serious news:
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about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
@rilaws.bsky.social
is recapping Traitors which means the phrase "Julie Taymor for Contempo Casuals couture" is now in my head and I am so grateful
www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-u...
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āThe Traitorsā Recaps Have Begun
Hereās a writeup of the first three episodes of The Traitors US season four!
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-us-season-4-premiere-recap
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The Traitors (US) is back, and so is our greatest television recapper:
@rilaws.bsky.social
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āThe Traitorsā Recaps Have Begun
Hereās a writeup of the first three episodes of The Traitors US season four!
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-us-season-4-premiere-recap
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After a 12-year hiatus, I am back on the recap beat again! Here's my first post on this season of The Traitors. This one is free to all! If you like what you read, consider subscribing.
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āThe Traitorsā Recaps Have Begun
Hereās a writeup of the first three episodes of The Traitors US season four!
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-us-season-4-premiere-recap
about 2 months ago
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Thank you, Gail!
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about 2 months ago
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Thank you, Shoshana!! Iām so happy to be back disc jockeying
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about 2 months ago
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The first episode of Critical Darlings, the podcast
@rilaws.bsky.social
and I are hosting as part of the Blank Check Cinematic Universe, is live! JOIN US
overcast.fm/+ABLIFo_rhLw
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Hey guess whatās live right nowā¦
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Hey guess whatās live right nowā¦
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Here's a little New Year's newsletter message for us all. Free to all subscribers!
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What I Learned in 2025
A little New Year's message from your party host.
https://premiereparty.com/p/what-i-learned-in-2025
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Here's a little New Year's newsletter message for us all. Free to all subscribers!
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What I Learned in 2025
A little New Year's message from your party host.
https://premiereparty.com/p/what-i-learned-in-2025
2 months ago
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Here's one of the eight 2025-inspired movie pitches contained within today's Premiere Party newsletter
premiereparty.com/p/8-pitches-foā¦
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Required reading for anyone who's loved "Heated Rivalry" and felt terrorized about it by the smart, mean gay guys in your life (or who merely exist in your head).
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Hereās something about Heated Rivalry and the defensive postures of giving your heart to something sincere
www.premiereparty.com/p/heated-riv...
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On Loving āHeated Rivalryā Earnestly
Which isnāt embarrassing . . . right?
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/heated-rivalry-season-one-finale
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I knew I liked Santa!!
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Here are (some of) the performances I loved this year. Free to all subscribers! Give it a read!
www.premiereparty.com/p/the-best-p...
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My Favorite Performances of 2025
Here are (some of) the best star turns I saw on screens and on stage this year.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/the-best-performances-of-2025
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Here are (some of) the performances I loved this year. Free to all subscribers! Give it a read!
www.premiereparty.com/p/the-best-p...
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My Favorite Performances of 2025
Here are (some of) the best star turns I saw on screens and on stage this year.
https://www.premiereparty.com/p/the-best-performances-of-2025
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I wrote about Reels!
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