Career highlight! This summer I went to Fraunces Tavern with Ken Burns to talk about American history. That interview is now live at @vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

Even those who love movies may feel that they can't always handle the emotions that a film heats up. They need to talk to friends, to read critics, in order to understand why they're reacting as they are, and whether it's an aberration or others feel the same way. (1976)

Though I've lived in NYC for 25+ years, I know very little about Staten Island (beyond the stuff everybody knows, like, that it's extremely conservative). Curious about this little fringe of blue on the voting map. What's -that- part of Staten Island like?

[Exit Clown.]

Haven't loved any film this year more than NOUVELLE VAGUE. It's both a shout of joy and a call to arms; great artistry is worth caring about, even if the big-time bean counters in our current culture treat it as throwaway. Linklater clearly poured his soul into this thing. time.com/7286313/nouv...

Pantsuit Girlboss

On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable

Dan Smith “Knowledge Wins” World War I Propaganda Poster (American Library Association, 1918) movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-po...

11/1/46: Powell & Pressburger's outstanding A Matter of Life and Death, w/David Niven, Kim Hunter Peak P&P More: @szacharek.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post... @briangdillon.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2016/no... @charlesdrazin.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fiv...

Today, we’re proud to announce the newest member of the New York Film Critics Circle: Ryan Lattanzio of IndieWire. Congratulations and welcome! The #NYFCC will vote on its awards for 2025’s best achievements in film on Tuesday, December 2.

A movie about creating something great in the midst of depression—not an easy needle to thread. SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE: time.com/7328225/spri...

Take the (awesome molded leather) box, leave the crown.

Hell, I'm feeling nostalgic for when they used to make airport paperback books into BAD movies.

East Wing ballroom construction at the White House "will be near it but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of." - President Trump, July 31, 2025

I know nothing should surprise me, but I'm stunned by this picture. If you own a designated historic property (not that I do), usually you can't even install a doorbell that isn't period-specific. Or at least you wouldn't. This makes me heartsick.

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

Another reason to support Wikipedia with actual $, if you're not doing so already. Think of it the way you think of public radio.

"Ethical concerns" is one phrase for it.

10/14/72: Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris w/Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider (Varda & Trintignant in on screenplay) More: The legendary Kael rev: criterion.com/current/post... Must-read @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/5464020/bern... Also @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

If you read one Diane Keaton tribute today, make it this one. "... though many people associate her mostly with the brainy doodle of a performance she gave in Annie Hall—a brilliant one—she was astonishingly versatile. She was great without ever trying to *be* great..."

One of the signature actresses of her or any era, and a woman who paved a path most Hollywood actresses -haven't- followed: dressing to express joy and a sense of self. On Diane Keaton: time.com/7325208/dian...

Rarely do it, but I walked out of GOOD BOY. Beautiful, expressive dog actor. But a story that exploits a dog’s trusting nature & shows him feeling fearful, anxious, & betrayed by his master? And filmmaking that thinks it’s clever, but isn’t? No thanks.

Dress for the job you want

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

THE SMASHING MACHINE is an indie Oscar vehicle, not a franchise tentpole, and the idea that Johnson needs to come out and explain why it didn't have a massive opening weekend is a sign that both celebrity culture and entertainment journalism have reached new levels of delusion.

I have two and only two pieces of Georgian jewelry, but sometimes I hold them in my hand and marvel that they’re around 200 years old.

I seem to be the only individual who disliked—maybe hated?—MARTY SUPREME. Time will tell...

Oh no he didn't.

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

Any day you see a Satyajit Ray film is a good day. First time seeing DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST, newly restored, at NYFF. A nuanced knockout. See it when/if you can.

Blue Öyster Cult legal team, mobilize!

Another great photo of Jane Goodall, when she was very young. You can recognize her face. And with cat!

before and after hegseth's directive

9/26/45: Mildred Pierce D: Michael Curtiz from the Cain novel, w/Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden More: @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/collection/1... Imogen Sara Smith: www.criterion.com/current/post... @justincchang.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I always thought when it was time for a mid career change of profession there would be professions left.

Bartender, I'll have a chicken p shot, and if the kitchen is still open, a side of hepatitas with guac on the side, please.

Best new-baby gift ever, from @nybooks.com. You're welcome! shop.nybooks.com/products/i-a...

Not a Paul Thomas Anderson worshiper by any means, but Leonardo DiCaprio in a plaid grandpa bathrobe? Irresistible. On ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER: time.com/7318569/one-...

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Note well that this is a rousing call for journalism -- as it was and as it should be.

I think one of the better, more subtle tributes to Robert Redford's life is the string of utterly iconic female co-stars who've come forward to eulogize him; each of them take-no-shit types like Fonda and Streisand, and every one of them without a single bad thing to say. A model for male behavior

He was beautiful, and extraordinary. time.com/7317852/robe...

New Yorkers! Come on, you know you want to see this BIG!

Every day when I read the news my jaw drops to the point where I feel I need to tie it up in a little kerchief Jacob Marley-style, but that nudie Trump sketch & accompanying text is just next-level insanity.

a really wonderfully considered piece from @nymag.com. cultural criticism is the heartbeat of american cultural production and its history. the form gives tangibility to how we remember and how critique brings us to a place of societal betterment…. there is no life worth living without it.

Another insightful piece by @szacharek.bsky.social on a current and seemingly widespread trend undoing, or revising significantly, the old rom-com playbook. time.com/7310400/anti...

Nothing I love more than a cute, bald baby on a plane. (btw, he’s laughing, not crying, and if he did cry once or twice it was not bothersome because sometimes babies just gotta let it out.)

Stressful. Essential. From Venice: Kathryn Bigelow’s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE time.com/7314253/a-ho...

I wore palazzos to a palazzo, because how many chances does one have?