Doing my annual September rewatch of HOPE FLOATS

every time I see another story about AI taking over a creative job I think about this scene in YOU’VE GOT MAIL and weep

for the evening crowd

In this week’s Directed By Women Viewing Guide I am recommending two retrospectives, a few of my favorite films on the big screen, an Irish short film lensed by the great Jomo Fray, a Belgian sports drama, and a Palestinian road trip film.

I really dug Andres Veiel’s skewering of Leni Riefenstahl, which uses her own words, images, and writing to condemn her. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social of RIEFENSTAHL.

In this week’s Directed By Women Viewing Guide I am recommending two retrospectives, a few of my favorite films on the big screen, an Irish short film lensed by the great Jomo Fray, a Belgian sports drama, and a Palestinian road trip film.

On a kinder note, along with several other critics for @ebertvoices.bsky.social, I paid tribute to Robert Redford by writing about THE NATURAL.

I took on this challenge shortly after reading CINEMA HER WAY by @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social earlier this year: a wonderfully rich collection of interviews with a wide variety of women who make films. www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...

For @ebertvoices.bsky.social, I wrote about Robert Redford in THE WAY WE WERE Read: www.rogerebert.com/features/the...

I just have to say I hate everything I have heard about THE LOST BUS. I overheard person at TIFF call it “Speed meets Dante’s Peak” I don’t think a natural disaster in which an entire rural town was destroyed should be turned into a 90s style actioner for your entertainment

Tubi is wild for this

I watched 31 films in total

For @letterboxd.social's WATCHLIST THIS! I wrote about Neo Sora's rebellious teenage dystopian film HAPPYEND.

I wrote about Sierra Falconer’s SUNFISH (& OTHER STORIES ON GREEN LAKE) and Rachael Abigail Holder's LOVE, BROOKLYN for this edition of @letterboxd.social's Watchlist This!

I'm watching this Together For Palestine concert from Wembley and Richard Gere has just rocked up on stage "Netanyahu has got to go!"

Lizzie Borden's (@lizziela.bsky.social) New York Feminisms trilogy is now on Blu-ray thanks to the @Criterion Collection. Here’s an excerpt from my conversation with Borden about her films in my book “Cinema Her Way" Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/celebratin...

“I want to tell the stories that haven’t been told about women who may have been in the shadows or explore the issues that other people aren’t.” — Lizzie Borden speaking with @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social about how the only directing projects she was offered were *erotic thrillers*!!

Lizzie Borden's (@lizziela.bsky.social) New York Feminisms trilogy is now on Blu-ray thanks to the @Criterion Collection. Here’s an excerpt from my conversation with Borden about her films in my book “Cinema Her Way" Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/celebratin...

RIP to one of the best

Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, stars of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, play Guess Your Movie based on your Letterboxd reviews ✨  Watch the full video ➡️ boxd.it/bMg A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is in theaters September 19 via Sony Pictures.

An admittedly finger wagging post by me about the hunting for celebrity photos at festivals [a paywalled post].

Glad to hear Sophy Romvari's BLUE HERON won Best Canadian Discovery Award at #TIFF50. Here's my review out of Locarno. My thoughts via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.

A heartbreaking performance from Dickie in this. What a film.

ICYMI, I’ll be introducing Andrea Arnold’s feature film debut RED ROAD at FACETS today, September 14th, at 3:00pm!!! Tickets: facets.org/programs/red...

Any news organization with a shred of decency would fire Brian Kilmeade immediately. There is no gray area about this.

"happening now: Israeli army raiding the house of oscar winner Basel Adra after Israeli settlers attacked his village earlier and beat up his family member. Soldiers could try to abduct Basel into one of Israel's prisons which are effectively torture sites" -Yuval Abraham x.com/yuval_abraha...

We gotta pool our resources and buy the David Lynch compound

Here's all my #TIFF50 coverage so far (I have a few more things I plan to write for my newsletter as well) 👇

I watched 30 films as part of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

In this week's guide I am recommending Chicagoans come see me present an Andrea Arnold film at Facets this weekend, a wonderful summertime anthology film, a hybrid documentary/visual album featuring the songs of an incarcerated musician, and a short film from a Palestinian-American filmmaker.

Banksy is a pillar of British culture. He’s been daubing walls for three decades. As soon as he satirises peaceful protesters being dragged through the courts for holding placards opposing Israel’s genocide, he faces being unmasked and prosecuted.

Please help Mahmoud to find food to keep his daughter alive. gofund.me/59ed8572

Sunfish is great and I was super impressed by Falconer’s work

"I hope people feel nostalgia for home & maybe even for this place that they’ve never been to." For Female Filmmakers in Focus, @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social spoke w/ dir. Sierra Falconer abt the sun-kissed & tender, SUNFISH (& OTHER STORIES ON GREEN LAKE): www.rogerebert.com/interviews/f...

🎻 We cannot wait for folks to see SUNFISH! Thanks @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social!

They're selling my book at TIFFLightbox! And @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social's too!

"I hope people feel nostalgia for home and for where they grew up, and maybe even a little nostalgia for this place that they’ve never been to" For this month's column at @ebertvoices.bsky.social, I spoke to Sierra Falconer about her film SUNFISH (& OTHER STORIES ON GREEN LAKE)

This week's Directed By Women Viewing Guide highlights some selections premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival over the next week and a half.

Ernest Borgnine and LeVar Burton on MURDER, SHE WROTE!

ICYMI: My four-star review of the Palme d'Or winner IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT.

As A Little Prayer hits theaters, David Strathairn talks to Isaac Feldberg about his progression from indie stalwart to acclaimed character actor, making cinema with a conscience, and working with directors from Wong Kar-wai to Guillermo del Toro. boxd.it/2HE

Everything I watched and wrote in August!

amazing promo photo from THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

and goodnight

So grateful to @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social for continuing this important annual tradition that makes my day better. A lot better.

Not young Andy Garcia mugging Jessica Fletcher!!!

TIFF tickets secured.

y'all know what day it is