Emerald Fennell stripped all the complexity out of WUTHERING HEIGHTS, threw in the usual racism, added some new racism, and tried to compensate by making every shot as gorgeous as possible. My review is at @thewrap.com.

Tonight at the @egyptianla.bsky.social, we kick off Valentine’s Week with SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE, followed by a Q&A with Laura San Giacomo. Tickets and info here:

Emerald Fennell’s #WutheringHeights / #WutheringHeightsMovie is her best film to date - one that’s a decadent homage to the sweeping melodrama of golden era Hollywood. Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi are undeniably terrific. My review: freshfiction.tv/wuthering-he...

But it's an *entertaining* uneven mess! I reviewed Emerald Fennell's shamelessly melodramatic WUTHERING HEIGHTS.

Join us tomorrow night at the @egyptianla.bsky.social to kick off Valentine’s Week with SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE! www.egyptiantheatre.com/film/lafca-s...

" 'WUTHERING HEIGHTS,' " reviewed. Quite the aspic ratio on this one: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

My review of Wuthering Heights for The Film Verdict #filmsky 📽️

The new film GOAT takes a dad joke premise - it's about a goat who wants to be the GOAT - and turns it into a strikingly animated story about why sports should be completely inclusive. It's a charmer. My review is at @thewrap.com!

Meanwhile, my favorite movie out of Cannes, the hypnotic survivalist epic SIRĀT, hits local theaters today. Here's an interview I did with its director Oliver Laxe. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Good morning! There seem to be some delivery issues with my Saturday Matinee newsletter today, so if you're not seeing it in your inbox, please click here. If you don't care about the Super Bowl, I've got you covered this weekend. Hope you'll join me ⬇️ christylemire.beehiiv.com/p/celebratin...

For LA Times I reviewed SCARLET, the new film by Japanese animation great Mamoru Hosoda. A movie that asks us to forgive our enemies, even when they show no remorse. That’s a big ask, but it gives the film major emotional stakes. Read here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

On the latest Linoleum Knife, Dave and I get bratty with some new arthouse releases as well as playing a little 2025 catch-up. #filmsky 📽️ @dlelandwhite.bsky.social @linoleumcast.bsky.social

Corin Hardy's WHISTLE is to FINAL DESTINATION and IT FOLLOWS what URBAN LEGEND was to SCREAM. It's not reinventing the formula, it's just an entertaining example of it. Oh yeah, and a couple of these kills are WILD. My review is at @thewrap.com!

Thirty-five years ago today, David Lynch filmed his last scene as Gordon Cole in the original run of TWIN PEAKS. I unpack the hotly debated circumstances surrounding this scene's genesis in my book THE DREAMER'S PATH, which covers the entirety of Lynch's on-screen life. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGGDFCDK

Perhaps you’d like to be taken to dinner first before licking Alexander Skarsgård's boots in an alley, but PILLION is about his submissive's needs — specifically his need to please — and we're challenged to root for his bliss. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I tried to put down in words what it was like to attend the the decidedly melancholy 2026 Sundance Film Festival. A sampling of the tremendous movies I highlight: BEDFORD PARK, JOYBUBBLES, THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, THE FRIEND’S HOUSE IS HERE. Please have a gander. observer.com/2026/02/art-...

In my first piece for Sphaera, I wrote about why there are less U.S. Latino films than Latin American ones. And the hope that the global interest in Latin music can eventually extend to Latino film. Wrote this before Bad Bunny’s Grammy win. Read here: sphaera.vip/articles/lat...

THE STRANGERS - CHAPTER 3 has finally been unleashed, and I can finally say with confidence that all Renny Harlin's three-film reboot accomplished was making THE STRANGERS three times longer, and very bad. My review of the best film in Harlin's trilogy - which still stinks! - is at @thewrap.com.

Join us today for Movie News LIVE! It's been a few weeks so we've got lots to catch up on. Noon Pacific at our Breakfast All Day YouTube channel. Make sure you hit the Notify Me button so you don't miss a thing 🍿⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/VCbytKh... @bfastallday.bsky.social @aduralde.bsky.social

Sometimes I review stuff people just send me links to. Here's a twofer of some recent submissions: lytrules.substack.com/p/streaming-...

#Whistle blows. A try-hard, foolhardy attempt to mash up better horror films (like Final Destination, Talk to Me, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Flatliners & Smile 2), yet what’s regurgitated is a junky, poorly-executed mess. My review: freshfiction.tv/whistle-revi...

My review of Solo Mio for The Film Verdict. #filmsky 📽️

The Olivia Colman/John Lithgow family draw JIMPA has much to recommend while also being incredibly frustrating.

I love this movie

Next week! Join us at @egyptianla.bsky.social for SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE with Laura San Giacomo! www.egyptiantheatre.com/film/lafca-s...

The Amazon Original rom-com RELATIONSHIP GOALS isn't a real rom-com, it's a commercial for a real-life relationship book that Amazon wants you to buy. From Amazon. Right now. Actual dialogue: “This story hit so hard I Amazoned a copy of RELATIONSHIP GOALS right away.” My review is at @thewrap.com!

Had a very fun time reminiscing about some formative films and cinephilic experiences in response to Eddie’s incisive prompts; available on his Substack!

I reviewed PILLION, an amusing, edgy “dom-com” that turns out to be a tender coming-of-age story. Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård are just amazing www.baltimoresun.com/2026/02/03/m...

Incredibly excited that this will be my first screening as LAFCA’s new Events Chair, celebrating both Laura San Giacomo’s New Generation award and Sundance in Park City!!

One last review from this year's Sundance: Here's my take on the U.S. documentary winner NUISANCE BEAR, which captures the tension of coexistence in all its forms.

I’m hesitant to call MELANIA propaganda because I can’t imagine anyone watching this movie and thinking that Melania Trump comes off well. If it had subversive designs of being a satire about the first lady, there’s not much it would have changed. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I reviewed SEND HELP last week—fun movie! Rachel and Dylan in clown mode 🤡 (complimentary). In @latimes.com www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

We’re kicking off our partnership with @egyptianla.bsky.social in 2026 with a screening of SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE, with Laura San Giacomo in conversation with LAFCA member Lael Loewenstein. Tuesday, February 10th 7:30 pm. Get your tickets here: www.egyptiantheatre.com/film/lafca-s...

The kicks lol

I did a ranking of every film I saw at this year's Sundance. Plus, I had some thoughts about what it means when a film festival leaves its home.

Still devastated by the loss of #CatherineOHara. Thoughts on the comedy legend, plus #TheMoment #WonderMan #Bridgerton, the cult favorite #DinnerinAmerica and more. Join me and share your favorite O'Hara memories at Saturday Matinee ⬇️ christylemire.beehiiv.com/p/rememberin...

It's my look at the month's 4K/Blu/DVD releases over at LeonardMaltin dot com: #filmsky #tvsky 📽️ 📺 leonardmaltin.com/whats-new-on...

Saying goodbye to Park City, @theamynicholson.bsky.social @indiefocus.bsky.social and I reflect on years of Sundance memories — along with our 9 favorites from this year’s lineup. I love how personal this turned out. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

THE MOMENT is a satire that feels like a snuff film. When you’re at the top, as Charli XCX was at the peak of “brat summer,” the only path ahead is a tightrope between cool and cringe. So she’s made a movie about her urge to jump. Brat est mort, vive le brat! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Heed my words: If you're doing it right, film criticism is a full-contact sport. Let the professionals take this cinematic concussion for you. It's not worth it, I swear. My review of MELANIA, the feature film version of that creepy obsessive wedding video from LOVE ACTUALLY, is at @thewrap.com.

On the end of Sundance as we know it. (Yes, I wrote about Grub Steak.) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

For my first New York Times piece of 2026, I talked to some of the artists who created Aki Ross, the heroine in FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN, about the parallels and differences of that hyperrealist CGI character 25 years ago, and today’s A.I.: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/m...

Jason Statham Jason Stathams Jason Stathamly in Jason Statham's JASON STATHAM, based on the Jason Statham by Jason Statham. Now in a Jason Statham near Jason Statham. My review of JASON STATHAM is at @thewrap.com.

For @rollingstone.com, Jon Blistein and I said goodbye to Catherine O'Hara.

I ❤️ Cathy Yan’s #TheGallerist. Her salient, sun-bleached heist comedy is a bold, innovative spin on genre-blending filmmaking. Portman, Ortega, Randolph & Zeta-Jones should be in more movies together. My #SundanceFilmFestival review: freshfiction.tv/the-galleris...

A final salute to Park City where old-school stars still earn ovations and Alec Baldwin got his ass kicked playing chess. I'm optimistic about indie film's future, maybe even of the move to Boulder. But my local driver grumbled, "You will be sleeping in dorms!" www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

The satirical artifice that cloaks Charli xcx’s salient sentiments in #TheMoment is too transparent when straightforward bluntness would be daringly “brat.” This isn’t SPINAL TAP. My review: freshfiction.tv/the-moment-r...

John Turturro is so damn good in THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, which is damn fine thriller.

Maybe in the minority, but I really liked THE MOMENT, which is THIS IS SPINAL BRAT X “The Office,” sending up cookie-cutter concert popumentaries while revealing the effort and vulnerability behind the creative process. My review: www.sacbee.com/entertainmen...

A double dose of DaCosta, and more, on the new Linoleum Knife. #filmsky 📽️ @linoleumcast.bsky.social @dlelandwhite.bsky.social