I'm assuming the Wizard of Oz sequels take on a very Dune-type of nuts, but I'm also learning they are more gay

Does anyone have any favourite films/books/music about the nice and specific theme of "returning"? For the purposes of getting cool examples, let's say I am acquainted with "Twin Peaks" and "The Odyssey"

Alex Proyas said in a Q+A for Dark City at Prince Charles a couple months ago he's been using AI for his new film. I guess if you have tons of hangups about an industry then it's easier to project life-saving benevolence on something stealing from thousands of artists, the people you care about (?)

IT'S ALIVE! I ranked 20 of the most significant FRANKENSTEIN movies from the near-100 years of Frankenstein feature films for @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/best...

current AV Club is great. if you think it’s still stuck in its Spanfeller-mandated wasteland era you should give it another shot.

I'm not crazy about Guillermo Del Toro's film, but I thought Jacob Elordi's performance was significant for an actor who's gotten comfortable playing similar shades of insidious hot men. For @teenvogue.com, I wrote about the exorcism of Nate Jacobs in FRANKENSTEIN www.teenvogue.com/story/jacob-...

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is making its way to screens stateside (and just played LFF in the the UK), and I reviewed the film for @pastemagazine.bsky.social. A wry and moving film from Jafar Panahi, perhaps more about how life rolls on than actual revenge www.pastemagazine.com/movies/it-wa...

I've been irregularly watching The Vampire Diaries with Gabby as it's basically her favourite show. The CW was and is such a marvel

Criterion have given TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME a 4K upgrade; I wrote for Inverse about how, way before THE RETURN, Lynch shows us that returning to Twin Peaks was never an option. The angels have all gone away. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

Is One Battle After Another actually Pynchon? Is Vineland my friend? A brief rundown on adaptation for TIME! time.com/7319399/one-...

'Slow Horses' Season 5 Opens with Multiple “Bad Dates.” @roryjdoherty.bsky.social recaps:

It's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER eve, and I wrote an appreciation of Leonardo DiCaprio playing hysterical losers for @flicks.bsky.social Thank you sensai THANK YOU SENSAI www.flicks.co.uk/features/one...

DiCaprio's turn in #OneBattleAfterAnother is the funniest performance of the year, says @roryjdoherty.bsky.social: "A welcome evolution of an unmissable trend in the A-lister’s career: playing sad sack losers whose stupidity and incompetence threatens to collapse their whole life."

Hey it's been fifteen years since RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE, which I made the case for being the best of the bunch for Inverse. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

I wrote about Jacob Elordi in FRANKENSTEIN, easily the film's best performance, in the context of the very charismatic and monstrous characters he made his name with. For @teenvogue.com! www.teenvogue.com/story/jacob-...

We love a savage review, and @roryjdoherty.bsky.social always provides. Read his take on Prime's expensively cheap thriller, 'The Girlfriend.'

There's not long to wait, with some of the big pics from Venice arriving in cinemas as soon as next month... @roryjdoherty.bsky.social reports back from the fest, with plenty to add to your watchlists.

How wonderful to spend an hour talking to Mark Kerr, the Smashing Machine himself, about his incredible MMA story becoming Dwayne Johnson's big dramatic pivot – for TIME. time.com/7314526/the-...

'Playing Nice' aims to be a classic Gothic thriller, but falls short of nailing the genre. @roryjdoherty.bsky.social reviews:

Our U.K. resident, @roryjdoherty.bsky.social goes in on Netflix's 'Hostage' and the nonsensical political heroism streaming services put out even as they suck up to the current British and American leadership.

The LFF Critics' Support Fund - helping low income journalists to attend the London Film Festival due to a lack of institutional support - is back for a third year! Find out more and apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I ranked every Spike Lee movie for Men's Health www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...

I spoke to Ari Aster about cynicism, tech worship, and movies about phones for @flicks.bsky.social on the eve of EDDINGTON emerging in UK cinemas. www.flicks.co.uk/features/wev...

Ari Aster’s first film grounded in a real, specific moment, #Eddington features just as much dread and uncertainty as his films about cults, demons, and psychosexual odysseys. The director shares more about the pic (where everybody’s brain is now wired differently) with @roryjdoherty.bsky.social

'Alien: Earth' honors a 45-year-plus tradition for the series – casting British actors in leading roles and then tearing them into bloody chunks. @roryjdoherty.bsky.social runs down ten of the best.

🥚NEW EP🥚 It's time to get silly with a very silly - and very beautiful - sequel, Steven Soderbergh's OCEAN'S TWELVE. We're joined by the great @roryjdoherty.bsky.social to talk Julias Roberts, gentleman thieves, metafiction, and more. Check it out! PodCastyForMe.com

I ranked every Spike Lee movie for Men's Health www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...

Apple TV+'s #ChiefofWar is a daring step forward for period dramas, offering an immersive experience in an endangered indigenous language without apology. @roryjdoherty.bsky.social reviews:

A very cool opportunity thanks to @anothermag.com: I spoke to The Bear's longtime cinematographer Drew Wehde about the filmmakers who influenced the hectic, expressive visual design of the show. Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Steven Soderbergh – a delight! www.anothermag.com/design-livin...

Now the Venice festival line-up has been announced, I wanted to put the word out to the wonderful editors of the world that I'm available for reviews of the program! 🍝🎞️🍝🎞️ Happy to cover the biggest, brightest names or plug gaps in your publication's coverage. Email in bio!

As No Vibes Summer 2025 pushes on, I wrote a list recommending 10 films that capture a profound summertime sadness for @anothermag.com. If you like your summer movies melancholy and disillusioned, get these on your watchlist. www.anothermag.com/design-livin...

I am not going to jinx anything by saying the heatwave is behind us... but I am sharing this list of 10 great heatwave movies I wrote for BFI in case you want to relate to the sweatiest movie stars of cinema www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

Dark comedy #FriendshipMovie extracts strangeness and dread from its seemingly normal dramatic premise says @roryjdoherty.bsky.social: "But while Robinson takes a recognisable social dysfunction and balloons it up to oversized heights, Rudd has smuggled his humour into down-to-earth everymen"

FRIENDSHIP hits cinemas this Friday; for @flicks.bsky.social, I wrote about how Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd weaponise their usual schtick for a tense cringe ride – and how both actors have mined very different definitions of "normal" their whole careers www.flicks.co.uk/features/rob...

I ranked every Superman movie for @vulture.com www.vulture.com/article/the-...

I interviewed David Cronenberg for @bigissue.com on his latest technocurious film THE SHROUDS, now in UK cinemas and streaming on Criterion in the US. www.bigissue.com/culture/film...

SUPERMAN: Happy for the swing, can't ignore the miss. Quite a poorly assembled picture www.flicks.co.uk/features/new...

New SUPERMAN is eager to please but, like James Gunn’s hero, nakedly flawed, writes @roryjdoherty.bsky.social: "In its attempts to dodge Supermanic expectations, Superman says too much and not enough about its character and the heightened world he finds himself in"

Taron Egerton's performance in Apple TV+'s #Smoke is hot enough to belong in theaters. @roryjdoherty.bsky.social reviews:

I ranked every Jurassic Park movie for Men's Health 🦕🦖🦖🦖 www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...

Look at that handsome Rufus Sewell. No idea he's in a simulated world

Arrow Films is AT IT AGAIN with cool restorations of cool films; I wrote about the appeal of Alex Proyas' genre mash DARK CITY in a decade of slick and modern simulation thrillers for Inverse Can't wait to rewatch with Alex Proyas in attendance next month 👀 www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

I wrote about the present and eternal rotten spirit of Great Britain in 28 YEARS LATER for @avclub.com. I've been feeling some spiritual and existential grief here recently; the film is somewhat of a valve for turning rage towards compassion. www.avclub.com/28-years-lat...

truly incredible piece on 28 Years Later by @roryjdoherty.bsky.social here

I wrote the explainer for Netflix's documentary THE ASTROWORLD TRAGEDY for TIME. time.com/7291685/trai...

I've been writing for basically 9 days straight so on my leisurely weekend, here is a thread of post-Cannes work

DIE, MY LOVE: Even as I recorded the faults of Lynne Ramsay's loud, volatile domestic prison film for @anothermag.com, I continued to be overwhelmed by how she and Lawrence blur the line between escaping tortured relationships and obliterating yourself. www.anothermag.com/design-livin...

EDDINGTON sees the world as we do (fucked; desperate; scared; grifting) but Ari Aster's methodology to dramatize the breaking point of our collective digital psyche frustrates more than it compels. You Just Can't Help Yourself, Can You Ari? Review for Flicks UK www.flicks.co.uk/features/can...

I was blessed to review MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GET TO THE FINISH LINE for Inverse. It doubles down on all the bad impulses that have grown more irritable throughout McQ's run, before swan diving into a rousing and triumphant second half. Odd film 👍🏻 www.inverse.com/entertainmen...