BOTD Donald Sutherland!!! From Us - Sutherland in the 70s: midcenturycinema.org/2024/07/08/n... More: @alissawilkinson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/m... @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/6990420/dona... @scotttobias.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/m...

FWIW www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

We need more lavish, big-screen entertainments, made with care. But we still have a right to ask for more than THE ODYSSEY delivers. time.com/article/2026...

You've got to be F-ing kidding me. This is what we now consider a "win"?

I don’t like getting migraines, but I love being a migraineur because it sounds so 19th-century fainting couch.

7/9/42: The Ambersons, who remain Magnificent via Orson Welles More: Molly Haskell: www.criterion.com/current/post... @kristenklopez.bsky.social: www.indiewire.com/features/gen... @jhoberman.bsky.social: www.villagevoice.com/magnificent-... @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/collections/...

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

7/6/64: A Hard Day's Night - the Beatles via Richard Lester (Note the H/T to Welles' The Trial) More: @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/mzs/its-gonn... @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich... @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2000/12/01/h...

Only a person who doesn't love dogs would think this is a good idea.

I thought he would live forever. ❤️💔

Like Klaatu (the band) and the Carpenters, Steven Spielberg wants the aliens to land so he can be their friend. But his magnificent, wacky, genuinely radiant DISCLOSURE DAY is really all about us humans. time.com/article/2026...

John Garfield during a break from filming Nobody Lives Forever (1946)

A Cannes post-mortem: movie stars are everywhere, if you know where to look. time.com/article/2026...

Speaking of Assayas - 5/17/16: Personal Shopper w/*outstanding* Kristen Stewart More: @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/4339097/kris... @mayacaspari.bsky.social: www.anothergaze.com/review-perso... @willowcatelyn.bsky.social: thefilmstage.com/willow-macla...

5/15/96: Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep w/Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud More @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/1997/06/09/v... @scotttobias.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/the-new-cult... @brofromanother.bsky.social & @bealoayza.bsky.social re 2022 reimagination: www.filmcomment.com/the-film-com...

Can’t resist a lenticular postcard.

We made sure to stock copies of Time Magazine's 100 Must-See Movies because it's a cut above the typical special issue. Every entry is written by Time film critic @szacharek.bsky.social and is unsurprisingly superb. Gorgeous images, too. (Sample gallery on inventory page.) mzs.press/TIME-Special...

I’ll be damned. The Pulitzer board did it. Good on them

This thread is amazing and has given me life.

What does she know that you don't? Mary Magdalene, as painted by Carlo Crivelli. It's his day.

Ostensibly a comedy, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 is an end-of-an-era movie. Kind of like THE LEOPARD, but for fashion magazines. time.com/article/2026...

the Sacramento zoo has 6 BABY CAPYBARAS

I have mixed feelings about DEVIL PRADA 2, but will say I was stunned to see Miranda Priestly wearing a shirt I actually own: a ‘90s era Ellen Tracy silk blouse. (I have an embarrassing number of these, thrifted over the years.) Go Molly Rogers!

BOTD Edward R. Murrow!!! Gives us a "where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio" vibe Know where he would NOT be tonight (& which network he would have resigned from) Highly rec the Clooney film [ @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2005/09/23/g... More via @dbauder.bsky.social: fortune.com/2026/03/20/c...

4/24/84: Stop Making Sense - The Talking Heads via Jonathan Demme More: @janetmaslin.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/1984/10/19/m... @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/1999/09/16/s... @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Attractive July slate from Criterion incl Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore w/Ellen Burstyn (who shaped production), Kristofferson, + Extras incl commentary from the gang, @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social interview w/Burstyn, + @szacharek.bsky.social essay: www.criterion.com/films/29004-...

Also: Someone please program a Michelle Pfeiffer retrospective? With the pictures (I Could Never Be Your Woman, Chéri, Stardust, White Oleander, etc.) that people have either never seen or forgotten?

1. Everyone should watch Margo's Got Money Troubles, which is terrific. Smart and open-hearted in the best way. 2. Michelle Pfeiffer is a delight. time.com/article/2026...

HBD Julie Christie!!! Key 60s/70s incl Darling (Schlesinger) FH 451 (Truffaut) Petulia (Lester) McCabe (Altman) Don't Look Now (Roeg) Shampoo (Ashby) More: @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2001/06/12/j... @annebillson.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Yeah, "tough on crime" is always the first thing we're looking for in a pope.

4/11/62: Agnes Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7 Our Varda-bration, via Cineaste: midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u... More: @dodgyboffin.com: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2020/06/05/c... @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2023/ju... @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/collections/...

Man, you ever think how lucky we are to have BOOKS? And how no matter how fast we read or how long we live, we will never run out of fantastic books to read? What a life

(It’s from @theonion.com, and yes, it’s perfect.)

THE DRAMA: Why does this movie even exist? time.com/article/2026...

And we LOVE complaining about the torture of it, to ourselves if not publicly. One of the great pleasures of writing. Dammit.

Style inspo for the rest of 2026, and probably my life, is Ian McKellen in THE CHRISTOPHERS (which I adored.)

❌👑 except...

3/27/04: Clean - Olivier Assayas' underseen gem, w/Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte Seek this out @glennkenny.bsky.social: "A superb effort by a first-rank director" More: Nick Pinkerton: reverseshot.org/reviews/entr... @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2006/04/28/c...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller March 26,1951

Calvin Tomkins, age 100, is gone. Read this wonderful book, if you haven’t already.

El Capitan, you are a miracle.

Taco truck seating setup at Myrna’s place.

One-stop shopping.

Who once uttered the immortal words, “Dunk your whiskers in that.” To a snake.

No words, Los Angeles.

BOTD Bernardo Bertolucci!! MCCT5: 5)Spiders Stratagem 4)Commare Secca 3)Dreamers 2)Last Tango 1)Conformist More @manohladargis.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/m... @scotttobias.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/m... @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/5464020/bern...

Kate Hudson wuz robbed.

3/15/96: The Lives of Others Outstanding, but harder to appreciate such films at a reassuring distance today More: @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2007/02/09/l... @gointothestory.bsky.social: gointothestory.blcklst.com/classic-inte... @thehighsign.bsky.social: slate.com/culture/2007...

This guy.

Timothée Chalamet is proof that an actor can be incredibly gifted and also a TWERP.