Ira Sachs' PETER HUJAR'S DAY is a lovely, intimate film. Happy to say I'll be moderating a Q&A with Sachs at the Royal on Sunday. Info here: www.laemmle.com/film/peter-h...

Of the two new movies in which a film-industry father seeks to reconcile with his two neglected daughters, I'm a bit surprised to find myself preferring the honest schmaltz of JAY KELLY to the coy self-satisfaction of SENTIMENTAL VALUE. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

At Cannes, I reviewed DIE MY LOVE, impressed by its ability to put a new mother's tormented inner life on the screen in such vivid, feverish detail.

For LA Times, I interviewed the directors of LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN, my favorite animated film of the year, about a Belgian girl in Japan who thinks she is God. A joy to hear from directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han about this triumph: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I’m hosting a Q&A with Bryan Fuller tonight before the screening of Dust Bunny! #filmsky 📽

This year, I had the distinct honor to serve on the @lafilmcritics.bsky.social jury for The American French Film Festival. Our team felt passionate about 2 films, both directed by women. Best 1st Feature: The Girl in the Snow LAFCA Critics Award: Love Me Tender

Charlie Polinger’s #ThePlague floored me. It’s an immersive, harrowing horrorscape, from the chilling sound design by Damian Volpe (Nosferatu) to the sharp performances from Everett Blunck, Kenny Rasmussen & Kayo Martin. My review: freshfiction.tv/the-plague-r...

Last night at Disney, I moderated a Q&A with two of the directors of Pixar’s ELIO, Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian, and producer Mary Alice Drumm. One of my favorite films this year, animated or otherwise.

DIE MY LOVE As good and committed as Jennifer Lawrence is, there were times I wanted to rescue her from her own movie, to protect her from the fate of Faye Dunaway when “Mommie Dearest” turned another blond Oscar winner into a joke. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Give me a headline award now. #PredatorBadlands lytrules.substack.com/p/predator-b...

LA: this terrific doc (and the Czech International Feature submission) is playing this week at the @lumierecinemala.bsky.social for its qualifying run. Check it out if you can! Q&A after the Wednesday show lumierecinemala.com/film-im-not-... boxd.it/bAElEX

This Saturday at the Los Feliz 3, I'll be moderating a Q&A for the best documentary of the year, MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS. (Tickets and info here: www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...) In the meantime, here's my interview with director Julia Loktev from over the summer.

Thrilled to inform you that I just signed ten copies of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas at the Barnes & Noble at The Grove, if you were looking to buy and/or give a copy or two or more. #filmsky 📽 #booksky 📚

This was the most fun! Thanks for a great pick, Jeremy. If you'd like to review a movie with us and then get the video to keep, sign up at ChristyLemire.com 🍿

Felt like a special treat to review Lithuania’s #Oscar pick #TheSouthernChronicles for @variety.com. This uplifting crowd-pleaser about a high schooler & his post-Soviet country simultaneously coming-of-age is like Trainspotting meets John Hughes. My review: variety.com/2025/film/re...

I reviewed I AM FRANKELDA for @variety.com. The first stop-motion feature fully produced in Mexico features show-stopping musical numbers & incredibly ornate sets & characters in a story about creative empowerment. Guillermo del Toro has been a major supporter: variety.com/2025/film/re...

Hey, don’t miss my monthly DVD/Blu/4K column for Leonard Maltin dot com: #filmsky 📽 leonardmaltin.com/whats-new-on...

An honor and a pleasure to be part of the Gotham Awards nominating committee in the Screenplay categories with @timgrierson.bsky.social, @jon-frosch.bsky.social, @mcastimovies.bsky.social, and @ezwrites.bsky.social. Together we came up with an eclectic list of nominees from around the world.

I reviewed SONG SUNG BLUE, which finds director Craig Brewer recalling the themes of his breakthrough HUSTLE & FLOW, except this time focusing on a Neil Diamond tribute band.

'Stein of the times? On the wonders, blunders, and blunderbusses of Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN, a movie I liked quite a bit, even if it is, too fittingly, its own technologically compromised creature: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Fascinated that we all saw the same ending three different ways!

Humbled to be nommed with all these critics. Critics rule.

Congrats to all! Honored.

Don’t forget to get your tickets for INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS at the Egyptian on 11/10 — Philip Kaufman will be there in person in conversation with LAFCA President @robertabele.bsky.social www.egyptiantheatre.com/film/lafca-i...

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Hell yeah! Congrats gang!

Congrats to our members who were nominated for Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards by @lapressclub.bsky.social! @jon-frosch.bsky.social @theamynicholson.bsky.social @joshuarothkopf.bsky.social @carlosfilm.bsky.social @williambibbiani.bsky.social @katiewalshstx.bsky.social @ajhan.bsky.social

Wonderful to have received 2 nominations for the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards along a stellar group of critics and writers. Particularly happy that my profile of Tobin Bell for LA Times was acknowledged!

For the New York Times, I talked to Vasilis Marmatakis, the Greek artist behind the unique posters for Yorgos Lanthimos’ brilliantly bizarre films starting with DOGTOOTH, and for every film since, including his latest, BUGONIA: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/m...

Oh, I'm so delighted by this news. Kaufman is a sinfully underrated filmmaker who makes movies for adults that refuse to talk down to their audiences. He also made my all-time favourite film, Quills, so obviously I love him.

Kathryn Bigelow's A House of Dynamite delivers the tension while you watch it, but fails to ultimately deliver a story alongside it -- just a message. My review: lytrules.substack.com/p/a-house-of...

We’re celebrating our 2025 Career Achievement winner John Carpenter on December 4th with ESCAPE FROM LA at the Egyptian! The Master of Horror himself will be live in conversation with @theamynicholson.bsky.social www.egyptiantheatre.com/film/lafca-e...

Emma Stone is so talented even *I'm* not sure she's human www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I reviewed SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, which is more interesting as a creative process character study than anything else. It mostly works! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Nia DaCosta’s HEDDA is fucking phenomenal and I’m shocked - and disappointed, and annoyed - that it doesn’t have more buzz. Don’t. Miss. It. My review is at @thewrap.com!

Our 2026 Career Achievement Award recipient is Philip Kaufman

Both Gus Van Sant and Justin Lin have new upcoming movies about driven young men taking stupid risks for something they really feel strongly about. My review(s): lytrules.substack.com/p/quick-take...

Last night I had the honor of moderating a Q&A with actor Gael García Bernal and Filipino director Lav Diaz after a screening of his latest film, MAGELLAN, The Philippines' Oscar entry. What a treat to chat with two artists whose work I admire deeply.

Just one day after the conclusion of Fortnight Extended 2025, we have Marta Mateus in person and a Monteiro short!

CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE: REZE ARC is just what it says on the tin: more CHAINSAW MAN. If you love the show, this is more of it. If you’ve never seen the series, this movie has zero interest in catching you up, and damn near turns into abstract shapes and colors. My review is at TheWrap!

Go see HEDDA. For real. It's fantastic. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Chris Stuckmann’s #ShelbyOaks is sufficiently spooky & should serve as a solid calling card & gateway horror. It houses an excellent leading lady performance & a fun supporting character actress one too! My review: freshfiction.tv/shelby-oaks-...

I reviewed SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, which reaffirms the greatness of Bruce's NEBRASKA without shedding enough light on the man who made it.

It was an honor and a joy to be part for the Animation Is Film Festival features jury alongside Jemaine Clement and Torill Kove. I adore our two winners, LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN and DECORADO. Two extraordinary films in a very strong lineup from around the world.

Many thanks to Alula for inviting me to moderate their opening night Q&A with Hou Hsiao-hsien’s longtime editor Liao Ching-sung! He described Hou’s presence as “a sun,” shared delight over A CITY OF SADNESS’s sync sound, and that they’re still in constant contact ❤️❤️

#NoKings today, #LesMiserables tomorrow. There's a theme here. Plus: reviews of #Frankenstein and #AftertheHunt, thoughts on #DianeKeaton and much more. Join me at Saturday Matinee ⬇️ christylemire.beehiiv.com/p/to-the-bar...

“Dreadfully boring!” raves the Los Angeles Times (my review of BLACK PHONE 2) www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I’m so excited to part of the features jury for the Animation Is Film Festival, which kicks off today, alongside actor and filmmaker Jemaine Clement and Oscar-winning animator Torill Kove. Looking forward to discussing the strong lineup.

Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winner, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, is now playing in New York and Los Angeles theatres. A film of blistering rage and implacable moral authority, in which Panahi's presence, experience and courage are stamped into every frame: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

For the @latimes.com, I reviewed BLUE MOON, which is as much a portrait of Ethan Hawke as it is of Lorenz Hart.