I got to talk with Boots Riley last night at the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social about SORRY TO BOTHER YOU as part of IND/EX.

lmao what the fuck

I love how the casting director of JURASSIC PARK was like, "okay, but hear me out" and cast these four weirdos as the leads of a multi-million dollar four quadrant blockbuster.

Fresh off causing the death of a bystander in a dangerous and unwarranted car chase this past weekend, the US Park Police is now chasing tourists on foot for ... touching water in a public place.

Must-Watch Indies is back at FACETS Chicago July 11th through July 19th! All three films -- Sophy Romvari’s BLUE HERON, Lucrecia Martel’s NUESTRA TIERRA (OUR LAND), and David Lowery’s MOTHER MARY -- are about our personal and collective memories. Tickets on sale now: facets.org/portfolio-ca...

"So, in a way, humor is what saved my life, and that is political, always." For @ebertvoices.bsky.social, I spoke with the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters!

I spoke with director Shu Lea Cheang about the new restoration and Criterion release of her anti-capitalist ecofeminist parable FRESH KILL. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/interview-...

Must-Watch Indies is back at FACETS Chicago July 11th through July 19th! All three films -- Sophy Romvari’s BLUE HERON, Lucrecia Martel’s NUESTRA TIERRA (OUR LAND), and David Lowery’s MOTHER MARY -- are about our personal and collective memories. Tickets on sale now: facets.org/portfolio-ca...

"Nobody, except maybe Barbra Streisand, thinks they are making a movie that’s going to be around forever. Nobody thinks that."

On The X-Files, Disclosure Day, Taken, and the power of empathy. I wrote this while I was driving 65mph through a canyon in eastern Oregon 🤷‍♀️ 👽 🛸

Forever grateful to write for the place, the people, that first offered me an opportunity to be published, and very proud of this piece which started cooking in my head, the moment the Drama discourse started. www.rogerebert.com/black-writer...

Alan Greenspan was an acolyte of Ayn Rand, dutifully carried class war & harmed millions and outlived so many people who were better than him even if no one knew their names. Tramp the dirt down.

The NYT Alan Greenspan obituary says he oversaw "a period of immense wealth creation." In reality, his time at the Fed from 1987-2006 was a period of average GDP growth — BUT the growth that there was flooded to America's richest people, making them think it was a period of immense wealth creation.

r.i.p. Alan Greenspan, met Ayn Rand when he was 26 and went on to make the most incredible mess of the U.S. economy based largely on her insane theories www.theawl.com/2011/04/when...

"Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth."

I haven't see a whole lot national coverage of this. This an epic disaster. And it affects millions of people who've already been through too much.

got another piece related to The X-Files brewing in my head. Stay tuned. 👽✌️

A look at some of my favorite father and son legacies that started in the silent era. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/fathers-an...

icymi

“i want to say this directly: sometimes I feel like awareness is the lowest tier of knowledge. to make people aware of something is great…[i’m] trying to move away from awareness toward making knowledge tangible, to make it something that people carry with themselves.” this interview is fantastic.

the candor & generosity this storied filmmaking trio showed me during this roundtable for @letterboxd.social is unlike any conversation i’ve ever had. it adds new depth to the history of cinema to hear what the artists had to say about “making it” as a black director and its aftermath:

Esta publicación estupenda me sirve de perfecta excusa para volver a declarar mi amor por Fairbanks Jr. 🥹🫶

A look at some of my favorite father and son legacies that started in the silent era. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/fathers-an...

icymi

On The X-Files, Disclosure Day, Taken, and the power of empathy. I wrote this while I was driving 65mph through a canyon in eastern Oregon 🤷‍♀️ 👽 🛸

Two more days of Must-Watch Indies at FACETS Chicago this weekend! 🦆 YES -- Saturday, June 20 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, June 21 at 6:00 PM ✍️ A POET -- Saturday, June 20 at 2:30 PM and Sunday, June 21 at 1:00 PM 🍎 FORBIDDEN FRUITS -- Saturday, June 20 at 5:00 PM and Sunday, June 21 at 3:30 PM

To mark Juneteenth, Maya S. Cade chairs a roundtable of Black independent filmmakers in conversation: Ayoka Chenzira, Bridgett M. Davis and Wendell B. Harris, Jr. reflect on the life and afterlife of seemingly succeeding in Hollywood. https://boxd.it/3dg

petition for a retroactive best casting Oscar for the casting director of MOONLIGHT

André Holland just coming in an absolutely stealing this whole movie in the last fifteen minutes

☀️JULY☀️ JOE DANTE w/ @drewmcweeny.com & @ericvespe.bsky.social and @dtmasterson.bsky.social JANE CAMPION SUPER w/ @thathagengrrl.bsky.social & Taylor Blackburn 21st CENTURY PALME D'OR w/ @812filmreviews.com & @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social and @thesmark88.bsky.social And in August... BROOKS MONTH!

greetings from the backrooms (aka Boise)

“Watching it took me back to everybody I knew who was like a character in this movie. I remembered friends that I’ve lost and friends that I still have.” We’re back! @odienator.bsky.social and I talked about BABY BOY on @ebertvoices.bsky.social. Read: www.rogerebert.com/black-writer...

In this week’s Directed By Women Viewing Guide I am highlighting two queer coming-of-age stories, a new Netflix romantic comedy, the latest film from Haifaa al-Mansour (which is actually terrible), and an short experimental film from Palestinian filmmaker Basma Alsharif.

New York City — your new best friend is waiting!

folks when we find a guy who's saying a bunch of dumbass shit can we get back to blocking them instead of screenshotting them and talking about their dumbass shit? these losers are not worth our time & when we let them waste it we insult the revolution

ya girl is in Montana

There's a special little film coming to Netflix tomorrow: It's writer/director David Fortune's aching father-son drama COLOR BOOK, which features two of the most lived-in performances of the year from Jeremiah Alexander Daniels and William Catlett. My review [gift article]

A year ago Cortlyn Kelly gave me her early thoughts about a pitch she'd like to write about cinematic albums. A year later on @ebertvoices.bsky.social are the fruits in the form of an ingenious piece.

Check out this great article on NEW JACK CITY by @812filmreviews.com. Your soul is required in Letterboxd!!!

"I had it in my mind that we—Black people—are on the forefront of fashion, and we’re on the forefront of hip-hop with new jack swing, [so] let’s also be on the visual forefront." For @letterboxd.social, I spoke with Mario Van Peebles about NEW JACK CITY, which is 35 this year.

the best television series ever made

🚨 The Prisoner complete series coming to Criterion Channel in July!!! 🚨

June is going to be satire month at @facetschicago.bsky.social! You won’t want to miss these Must-Watch Indies! Tickets and dates: facets.org/portfolio-ca...

July’s slate of Must-Watch Indies at FACETS are all about our personal and collective memories. Tickets and showtimes: facets.org/portfolio-ca...

#Chicago #FilmSky #FilmSeries #IndependentFilm Nuestra Tierra (Our Land) July 11-19 Mother Mary (great soundtrack) July 12-19 Blue Heron July 11-19 Yes (Chicago Premiere) June 13-21, 2026 A Poet June 13-21, 2026 alt-text: thread features gorgeous collages for the featured films

As someone who has interviewed her myself, I know that Maya is a great interview! This chat with @812filmreviews.com proves my point.

"As I begin to make my own acquisitions, I often think about how people are obsessed with one corner of Black cinema. But there are three other corners that people are not touching. What lies ahead for me is asking why people aren’t chasing these films?"

"As I begin to make my own acquisitions, I often think about how people are obsessed with one corner of Black cinema. But there are three other corners that people are not touching. " It's a pleasure kicking of Black Writers Week on @ebertvoices.bsky.social by speaking with @mayascade.bsky.social.

"The building literally rattled. Even my aunt and uncle were applauding as if their lives depended on it. You could not hear a note above that rapturous reaction." I loved reading @odienator.bsky.social paying tribute to the dual DREAMGIRLS anniversary.

'IS GOD IS is the latest in a growing roster of films that let their Black heroines express the full breadth of their fury." I've long admired @lyvie.bsky.social's work, so I'm not surprised that she murdered her debut in @ebertvoices.bsky.social. A phenomenal piece.