it's always a great feeling to finish something, so that you can at last move on to the next thing that you'll finish in 20 or 30 years' time...

Can we begin the Benecio del Toro Oscar campaign now? Such a cool, controlled force in the chaos of DiCaprio's frayed live wire desperation.

A few of us horror-lovers at FSR started something crazy back in 2018 -- a new top 10 list for each day of October, culminating in a new giant list for the 31st. Gonna share some this month, starting with my love for RETURN OF SWAMP THING! filmschoolrejects.com/10-best-comi...

Juno Mak's otherworldly gangster epic is out today in Hong Kong!

The 22nd Hong Kong Asian Film Festival announces its full line-up, boasting a tantalising selection of features from around the region. The festival runs from 22/10 - 9/11 and tickets go on sale from noon tomorrow. For the SCMP, I single out 12 titles not to be missed. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

My new company name: Oogle.

The rumours are true. Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is an absolute banger. Although inspired by a novel penned in the 80s, this couldn’t have been tailored better to fit our tense uncertain times. Thrilling, terrifying and frequently hilarious, this needs to be seen big & loud.

Once I wanted to be popular. Then I realized I didn’t care.

DOLLHOUSE: Packed with jumps, scares, skin-crawling stand-offs and breathless belly laughs, Masami Nagasawa stars as a grieving mother who adopts a possessed doll in this absolute gift of a J-horror comedy. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

Three more from #FantasticFest. "When We Were Live" is the homerun for me so far. dallasfilmnow.com/2025/09/24/f...

GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE was the final secret screening of #FantasticFest and it is a delirious vision of the algorithm/AI apocalypse, courtesy of Gore Verbinksi. Hilarious if shaggy, and at times fuckin DARK. Sam Rockwell runs that shit.

Pretty, pretty good. dallasfilmnow.com/2025/09/23/o...

My favorite film of #FantasticFest so far- "When We Were Live".

Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but LUGER is my fav from this year's Fantastic Fest (so far). Think AFTER HOURS, but instead of an office worker it's two criminals stuck dealing with a varied array of murderers, lawyers, nazis, veterinarians, and more as one bad day turns into an even worse night.

Watching Paul Thomas Anderson’s #OneBattleAfterAnother tonight reminds me that I snuck into the final night of #FantasticFest in 2007 to watch #ThereWillBeBlood in a folding chair. I was spellbound.

Once it gets rolling, Paul Thomas Anderson’s #OneBattleAfterAnother is like a runaway freight train barreling down a steep hill at top speed until it crashes through the finish line. Awesome experience in #IMAX.

Thoughts on 3 more films at #FantasticFest: dallasfilmnow.com/2025/09/22/f...

THE GREAT FLOOD: the high water mark of Kim Byung-woo Netflix extravaganza is its bravura opening, before all that good will is swept away in a torrent of baffling sci-fi twists and turns. The film premiered at Busan this past week, and drops on the streamer December 19. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-...

Still in a 'remembering Robert Redford' mood, so I spent yesterday afternoon watching his wilderness adventure. Twice. www.everythingbuthorror.com/p/70s-rewind...

We are so fortunate that MAN FINDS TAPE is playing so many amazing festivals, and now we get to add @sxswsydney.com to the list! Get ready to get weird and creepy, Australia!

Tall, good-looking, aware of the environment and cultural issues. Robert Redford cut a large figure with a long shadow. And he made a few pictures, too. screenanarchy.com/2025/09/now-...

Note to self: quit eating dinner during the Alien show, man.

Evening viewing? Tonight, I’ll be mourning both Robert Redford and a once-great paper. www.criterionchannel.com/all-the-pres...

I made it through an hour of #TheEmmys and then had to tap out. I can deal with ads and reality shows but not that stupid fake “I’ll give money to children but only if you cut short your moment of glory. I am rich and I get to decide how you live your life.” 🙄

Can someone sit the producers of the Emmys down and explain that we watch for the speeches? And why are they producing the Emmys if they don't know it?

Honoured to have contributed the booklet essay to @ifcfilms.bsky.social's two-disc special limited Blu-ray edition of Václav Marhoul's horrific wartime boy's-own Odyssey/Telemachy THE PAINTED BIRD (2019) vinegarsyndrome.com/products/the...

#NowWatching SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES I'm the only person at my screening. I'm also in an auditorium that I've never been in at this theater. It kind of feels like a shed with a white sheet hung on the wall

If I hadn’t watched ALIEN: EARTH last night, maybe the big spider that suddenly jumped me in the shower this morning would still be alive.

OPERATION HADAL: I consider myself a fan of Dante Lam and have even found entertainment value in his most jingoistic of war epics, but this latest deep sea misadventure is a waterlogged dud. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

First time watch. Wonderful ghost romance w/ some great wuxia action & practical creature work sprinkled throughout. Leslie Cheung & Joey Wong’s chemistry is superb, plus it’s dope to see Wu Ma as a badass Taoist swordsman. Watched on iTunes, every frame of the movie & new restoration look gorgeous.

Rhayne Vermette shows that there is something in Manitoba that creates amazing experimental, DIY filmmakers. Her latest film LEVERS is not to be missed at #TIFF50. My review via @screenanarchy.bsky.social screenanarchy.com/2025/09/toro...

#NowWatching HARD BOILED I take every possible opportunity to watch HARD BOILED with an audience. Ever since my first experience with a sold out audience of 1100+ back in 1996, it has only gotten more powerful. This movie literally changed my life, I will forever be grateful.

Out today in Hong Kong

The journey to #TIFF50 begins with the first metro of the day. I probably should not be surprised that there are a good number of people waiting at 5:30am. People with more essential jobs than me.

It's here! Check out my essay on live broadcasts gone awry and @hauntedmeg.bsky.social 's piece on influencer horror in @arrowvideo.bsky.social's brand new UK Blu-ray of DEADSTREAM! Thanks to Arrow and Mike Hewitt for the invite 🧟‍♂️

Was starting to think we’d never get the chance to see Dante Lam’s latest military extravaganza in Hong Kong, but this is exactly what’s happening tonight:

I'm watching the Netflix political kidnap/blackmail thriller Hostage and it is deeply satisfying fun in the same way that peak Scandal was, in that it chews through about three hours of plot twists every forty minutes.

In between watching movies this weekend, I’ve been enjoying NCAA Football on the long overdue #ESPN DTC app, which has worked well, and I love the Multiview option. I’m not sure why, though, I couldn’t watch ND-Miami football and Philly-ATL baseball games in the Multiview tonight.

Phew! Saves me a trip to Vegas.

As the filmmakers clearly intended. I hate it here.

apparently this is the Meta "A.i." symbol a BIG ZERO also the hole where you throw your immortal soul if you use it at least that's what i heard

CAUGHT STEALING (2025; d. Darren Aronofsky): Much darker than I expected from marketing and advance reviews. Very good, crime-inflected, 70s inspired; good car chases and a sweetness at its core, which leavens the brutal violence.

WEAPONS (2025) Dir: Z Cregger DP: L Seiple #OnePerfectShot

one of my favourite movies. a treat to write about it for @screenanarchy.bsky.social: screenanarchy.com/2025/08/savi...

I hadn't planned on seeing F1 again, but the IMAX screenings are still happening and I had the time, so... And I gotta say, as empty experiences go, it's got that spit, polish and professionalism that one looks for in a big Hollywood movie and looks and sounds real good on that big screen.

EENIE MEANIE dropped on Hulu and it’s a ton of fun. Highly recommend it. Just gets better and better as it goes. Samara Weaving!! 🫡

grateful I got to catch an early screening of Eenie Meanie last night, which I am pleased to report whips ass

DEAD TO RIGHTS: Shen Ao’s box office behemoth about the Nanjing Massacre is a rousing and polished spectacle, but its sensational apprach threatens to veer into the realm of trauma porn. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

TIL that Wisit Sasanatieng, director of the beloved Thai acid western TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER, has a new movie, a WW2 train heist comedy/action pic called GOLD RUSH GANG, on Netflix. Out today!

My FrightFest recommendations - Odyssey, Cover, Self-Help, Mother of Flies, Crushed, Gill, Portal to Hell, Redux Redux, The Rows and Human. I'll be posting reviews all weekend on johnnyalucard.com