The Epstein emails have had "a bipartisan impact on how people think about power and wealth in contemporary society,” @marshallshaffer.bsky.social writes, and “as screenwriters begin to process this shift, they’ll have a varied set of cinematic antecedents from which to pull."

The Epstein emails have had "a bipartisan impact on how people think about power and wealth in contemporary society,” @marshallshaffer.bsky.social writes, and “as screenwriters begin to process this shift, they’ll have a varied set of cinematic antecedents from which to pull."

"The phone is a party pooper, but the party is a decadent one. It’s a party where you dance on dead bodies, and the phone reminds you of the texture of the floor you’re dancing on." Talked to Nadav Lapid about his "sick" film YES for @slantmagazine.com: www.slantmagazine.com/film/nadav-l...

What would an "eat the rich" cinema inspired by the bipartisan outrage over the Epstein files look like? I tried to read the tea leaves by way of READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME (of all things) for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social: crookedmarquee.com/ready-or-not...

Gianfranco Rosi’s POMPEII: BELOW THE CLOUDS leaves us with a haunting sense of life in Naples existing in a liminal state. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's review.

Matt Johnson's NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE offers a joyous throwback to the optimistic feeling of the early internet creator era. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's review.

Think I can officially call it a wrap on Sundance, 50 films later: marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/sundance-2...

Beth de Araújo’s sophomore feature JOSEPHINE is a harrowing chronicle of a premature maturation. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's #Sundance review.

Gregg Araki's I WANT YOUR SEX, starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman, gets too caught up in concern trolling about the sexual timidity of today’s youth. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's #Sundance review.

ICYMI: ‘Chasing Summer’ Review: Josephine Decker Brings The Art, Iliza Shlesinger Brings The Heart To This Texan Tale [Sundance]

i haven't done this since twitter but at the request of 1 (one) person, OSCAR NOMINEES AS SIMPSONS SCREENCAPS THREAD

For anyone who's seen it: is the Baz Luhrmann Elvis doc worth waiting to see in IMAX, or is a press screening room fine enough to get the effect?

It’s started: Oliver Laxe said on Spanish television that THE SECRET AGENT is doing well because there are too many Brazilians in the Academy — “ultranationalists” who would vote for a shoe if it were Brazilian and now this is what the comment section on the SIRÂT Instagram looks like x 5,000.

Today's newsletter: a highlight reel from the 15 of this year's Oscar nominees whom I've interviewed 📬 marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/what-i-lea...

Maybe a niche NYC post, but I feel like I should have seen the IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT nomination falloff coming when the showtimes became so minimal at Lincoln Center and Film Forum didn't even keep it until nominations

who knows a guy with a VIVA VERDI screener

Bubble burst!

Today’s newsletter 📬 Trying to understand what the new Oscar Achievement in Casting will entail? I chatted with a friend with experience in the field to break it down: marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/what-does-...

Read our interview with Lav Diaz about his "acid trip" version of MAGELLAN, poking holes in mythmaking, working with Gael García Bernal, and more. tinyurl.com/nhd6e6zf

📝 FIRST PIECE OF 2026 Had a blast talking with Lav Diaz about making MAGELLAN (out starting Friday 1/9), which at *only* 160 minutes might seem like a diet meal for the Filipino filmmaker ... but is still rich to digest. Interview at @slantmagazine.com: www.slantmagazine.com/film/lav-dia...

Broke the Letterboxd odometer 😮‍💨

Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while. My top 10 movies of 2025: marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/my-top-10-...

Can't think of any greater compliment for an actor than being called the modern-day Jack Lemmon NO OTHER CHOICE is Now Playing at the Music Box, presented in 35mm Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.

Sundancing friends, who do you use to get from SLC airport to Park City? My usual transportation service has DOUBLED their rates for 2026, so it's time to do what Gina Rodriguez would call "mama let's research"

I love this guy. Absolutely in love with going to the hospital.

“If it were episodic, you would feel like you were marching through history. One of the things I really wanted to avoid is the audience thinking that history is inevitable.” Talked to Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus about COVER-UP, which is on Netflix today: www.slantmagazine.com/features/lau...

Happy MARTY SUPREME Christmas Day to all 🎅🏼 www.slantmagazine.com/film/marty-s...

"For me, I think the modern-day Jack Lemmon or Jimmy Stewart is Lee Byung-hun, which is why I decided to cast him for the role." Talked with Park Chan-wook and Lee Byung-hun for @slantmagazine.com about NO OTHER CHOICE, out in theaters beginning tomorrow. www.slantmagazine.com/film/park-ch...

One last set of streaming recommendations, for once you’ve powered through that last yearly watch of your holiday favorite: marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/the-downst...

Perhaps the most scathing review I've ever had to issue. Hated ANACONDA! theplaylist.net/anaconda-rev...

“2025 has been a year not just bookended by fire but defined by it on screens big and small,” @marshallshaffer.bsky.social writes.

2003 was a stacked Golden Globes musical/comedy year, but still somewhat wild to me that Will Ferrell didn’t crack that field for ELF. (Maybe now with their six nominee field…?)

“2025 has been a year not just bookended by fire but defined by it on screens big and small,” @marshallshaffer.bsky.social writes.

Who by fire…my dispatch on a shockingly prevalent motif and theme in 2025 movies.

Major crime in the New York City subway was lower in 2025 than any year since 2009, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul. nyti.ms/48UIV4t

Getting real “series finale” vibes for cinema this month

When ‘Miss Congeniality’ hit theaters 25 years ago today, it was marketed as a broad, goofy, makeover comedy. But there’s much more happening under its surface, @marshallshaffer.bsky.social writes: crookedmarquee.com/miss-congeni...

I spend all year keeping a document with everything that I obsess about in culture, and I've vomited it all into this post. Behold, my favorite newsletter of the year. marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/2025-in-cu...

I love both One Battle After Another and Sinners, but if you don't think they're doing at least as much to work you over and get you to a certain emotional place as Hamnet is, I don't know what to tell you. There's no rule that it's okay to go for your adrenaline but cheating to go for your tears.

Anyone here with political aspirations, please take note. We live in an era, policy-wise where there is such a dearth of humanity that if you simply allow basic fundamental baby-brained levels of human decency to guide your policy it’s like 99% certain you’ll be goddamn Superman to the average voter

Does anyone have a PR contact at Letterboxd perchance...

Not only excluded from A-List but **non-refundable**

10 solid streaming options new to their platforms in December, rounded up in today's newsletter: marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/the-upstre...

Josh Safdie's MARTY SUPREME rapturously reprises a siren song that transcends any single American era, beckoning hustlers to heed its call. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/47xpsxfn

Happy first Sunday of Advent — and the ideal day to start @abbyolcese.bsky.social’s FILMS FOR ALL SEASONS!

not sure what Gen Z has to do with a 43-year-old’s adaptation of a 52-year-old’s novel—and lest you think it’s just the hed, the piece calls Hamnet “mumblecore Shakespeare, conceived for the TikTok generation,” never mind that mumblecore predates TikTok by like 20 years

A good day to chat all things Greta Gerwig with @lauravenning.bsky.social, author of GRETA GERWIG: ICONS OF CINEMA, over on my Substack! marshallandthemovies.substack.com/p/thankful-f...

Attention, shoppers! We’re having a Black Friday sale at The Reveal. 20% for first-time subscribers. There is much behind that paywall, plus access to comments and our excellent Discord server: thereveal.film/the-reveals-...

🐦 LADY BIRD is a Thanksgiving movie 🦃 decider.com/2022/11/24/g...