I correctly guessed 12 out of the 24 categories, which is about as well as I usually do. (Ten of my “should win”s did win!) www.flickfilosopher.com/2026/03/my-p...

I may not have managed to write much about film in recent months, but I *have* seen most of the #AcademyAwards2026 nominees... and here are my guesses for who will win tomorrow night: www.flickfilosopher.com/2026/03/my-p... (I promise that I *am* trying to find the headspace to write again) #Oscars

Stockpiling some nonperishable groceries. And toilet paper. 🙃 Getting some stuff done I’ve been putting off because of the expense: new glasses, shingles vax. IYKYK

"Sorry, but our insane all-media evening screening, the one you'll have to queue for an hour before doors if you want a good seat? It's full. Can you come to the relaxed afternoon one in the luxe private-club screening room instead?" Um... yes? 😀 What a dilemma!

Adding things to my to-do list just so that I can cross them off. #motivation

The magnolia tree outside my room has suddenly burst into glorious pink blossoms. So the world's not actually 100 percent awful, I guess.

Hahahahahaha LOLsob. No shit. 🙄🥹🫥 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Found the opening paragraph of a film review. First thing I’ve written in months. Haven’t gotten beyond that — I’ll try to finish tomorrow — but this feels good. Feels like starting to find myself again…

Back at the end of 2025, when I was (still am) desperately trying to figure out how to reboot my life, I created this note in my reminder app: “Lean into the starving artist life…” It keeps popping up, and I keep trying to remember what I meant by that.

Trying to get back into the swing of things… again. It’s gonna stick this time, honestly.

I am filled with an enormous sense of dread…

You're a film distributor and you don't have your own YouTube channel for trailers? SMDH

Spending New Year’s Eve with Benoit Blanc…

Lee Pace. Oh my god. #Foundation

It’s time.

The best Christmas album and I will not tolerate any dissent.

The fuck is wrong with men. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Poppet got a new Christmas jumper!

#CuratedCinema: two great movies by #RobReiner. 1984’s #ThisIsSpinalTap and 1987’s #PrincessBride beautifully represent the director’s gentle genius. More + VOD links: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/12/cura... 📽️

Cursed headline. 😱 Women: Please stop mutilating your perfectly fine and normal bodies. metro.co.uk/2025/12/16/o...

Movies be like: US: Streaming on Hula Hoop, Balcony, ShoU! Rent on Banana TV, Nile Plus, Machego to Go, YouView! UK: Eh, never heard of her.

I don’t think I have ever identified more with a fictional character than I do with Carol in #Plur1bus #Pluribus.

Waitrose then: Bag for life! Recycled plastic! Replaced for free! Waitrose now, when I asked to trade in my raggedy bag for a new one: “Oh, we don’t do that anymore.”

Gonna start an Only Fans where I just abuse you over your taste in movies.

Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. www.sciencefocus.com/science/the-...

I’m sorry, #KnivesOut is no longer streaming on US #Netflix? Are you fucking kidding me?!

Finally saw Cybertrucks in the wild on Long Island during my Thanksgiving visit home. Hilarious vehicles! I’d say they look like a child’s drawing except kids draw with love and curiosity. And the Elonmobiles are just ugly-ass junk. Incredible that anyone thinks they’re cool.

The only thing worse than being stuck in stultifying suburbia where you have to drive absolutely everywhere is being stuck in stultifying suburbia where you have to drive absolutely everywhere without a car.

F U C K C O V I D. And fuck every single fucking one of our so-called leaders for abandoning public health and prioritizing corporate profits over the well-being of citizens. I hate this goddamn fucking timeline.

Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade and every song sung by the celebrity guests I’ve never heard of sounds like a parody song from a satirical movie about how insane America is. I think I’ve been away too long…

Rian Johnson’s third outing with droll detective Benoit Blanc, perhaps the most memorable original new character in decades, is a grimly funny gothic romp through modern hot-button Americana. My 🟢 review of #WakeUpDeadMan: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/11/wake... [US/UK cinemas now; Netflix Dec 12] 📽️

Rian Johnson’s third outing with droll detective Benoit Blanc, perhaps the most memorable original new character in decades, is a grimly funny gothic romp through modern hot-button Americana. My 🟢 review of #WakeUpDeadMan: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/11/wake... [US/UK cinemas now; Netflix Dec 12] 📽️

Just discovered a wild tidbit about an Internet film critic from back in the day, someone arguably on a par with me and my work, and... Wow, I really fumbled all the balls I could fumble. 🙃

Remember, remember the fifth of November…

"Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill" No mention of C0vid in this enraging article. "There were 800,000 more people out of work now than in 2019 due to health conditions" Not only predictable but actually predicted. 😡🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Funny, but it’s been a few years since I’ve seen anyone snidely dismiss concerns about the shitty economy, the lack of good jobs, and the absurd jumps in the cost of living with “Learn to code.” I wonder why… 🤔

#Bugonia is now in wide release in the US, and new in UK cinemas. Welcome to the headquarters of the human resistance. 📽️ www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/10/bugo...

Now seated for Del Toro’s #Frankenstein in @Imax at @bfi. So very lucky to be a short bus ride from the biggest screen in Britain.

One year ago. Suffice to say that it has not been a good year.

Absolutely love getting emails with links for a press screener that doesn't mention the actual title of the film anywhere: not in the subject line, not in the body of the email, not in the URL for the screener. Nowhere. Such fun! So easy to find in my in-box. #FilmCriticProblems

It's absolutely disgusting that someone can bring home -- I hesitate to say "earn" -- this much money (£30-60K per MONTH) doing something -- currency trading -- that does ZILCH to improve the world or help people. Fuck everything. #SmashCapitalism metro.co.uk/2025/10/26/m...

Grimly hilarious, this mashup of black comedy, social commentary, suspense, and horror is sharp and stinging, with a haunting gut punch of a finale... and #Bugonia is Yorgos Lanthimos’s most accessible film yet. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/10/bugo... [US cinemas now; UK Oct 31] 📽️

Grimly hilarious, this mashup of black comedy, social commentary, suspense, and horror is sharp and stinging, with a haunting gut punch of a finale... and #Bugonia is Yorgos Lanthimos’s most accessible film yet. My 🟢 review: www.flickfilosopher.com/2025/10/bugo... [US cinemas now; UK Oct 31] 📽️

This. This is metaphorical in a way that nothing else Trump has done so far has been. It’s one picture speaking a thousand, a hundred thousand words.

"Is there a timeline, a regulatory environment, in which the internet does not turn into a highly efficient manufacturer of niche suicide cults?" So many people have been so badly broken by our toxic culture. I don't know how we fix any of this. harpers.org/archive/2025...

Is getting fucking pissed off by your reminder app an ADHD thing?

Absolutely astonishing how many people are just, like, "*shrug* You have to get on board with the authoritarianism or you'll get left behind." No, you fucking do not have to get on board with it. You can fight. You can resist. If nothing else, do it for your own self-worth.

Sorry, can’t work, doggo is cuddling.

So, @Vimeo just asked me for age verification. (I'm 56, BTW.) This is gonna fuck with a LOT of filmmakers, PRs, and studios sharing their films with critics for review. #EverythingIsBroken #FuckThisShit #FilmCriticProblems

Madness. How to avoid the worst of Covid (as well as colds and flu)? WEAR A FUCKING MASK. Not one mention of that here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...