I did not attend Cannes this year, but six people I know did. So I asked them about the movies they watched and the meals they ate! Big thx to everyone who contributed including @danschindel.bsky.social www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/cannes-foo...

On my last night in LA I ate six tacos before boarding my red eye flight. Zero regrets. www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/18-days-in...

Definitive only for annoying millennial hipsters (I am one of them)

Tony Leung explores the possibility of plant consciousness in SILENT FRIEND. A promising subject, but it ultimately leaves much to be desired. The root cause? European arthouse formalism where observational distance begets hollow characterization. www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/leaves-muc...

Two of last year's #NYFF63 selections are now in theaters: Italians drink & drive in pleasant fashion in “The Last One for the Road” and indigenous dispossession in Argentina is examined in “Our Land,” Lucrecia Martel's first foray into documentary. www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/film-revie...

With demon twinks, Basque hippies, Vatican conspiracies, Lebanon archives, John Early as brat, and so much more, this year's edition of New Directors/New Films had a lot to offer New York cinephiles. I reviewed the 10 films & 5 shorts I saw at the festival. www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/new-direct...

Bart Neglia 🤣

Revelations of Divine Love is being released in NYC this weekend! I spoke with the chef who supplied the cast and crew of the medieval movie—made for just $100,000—with healthy, flavorful meals. www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/craft-serv...

That was an elegantly handled In Memoriam, probably the best ever. One of the only times in Oscar history that it actually felt like the show was asking people to stop, think, remember, smile, and mourn.

final final oscars predictions (yes I am swinging for Leo winning Best Actor & The Secret Agent sneaking in for International Feature) plus i polled my dinner guests on their favorites and villains... the answers may surprise you! www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/final-osca...

Each year I host a ten-course Oscars dinner party. One dish for each Best Picture nominee. And I made it for 38 people. I recapped the menu, which begins with pão de queijo and ends with a bûche de Joël (Edgerton), with plenty of caviar bumps in between www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/oscars-din...

A multiplex ticket taker has become a favorite w/ filmgoers thanks to his knowledge and enthusiasm. If you love the shared experience of going to the movies, this will warm your heart. www.westsiderag.com/2026/03/11/h... #FilmSky #MovieSky

Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

Sharks Ready To Move On From Liljegren? (H/T Brian Truong) sanjosehockeynow.com/san-jose-sha...

I interviewed my buddy Jason again about betting on the Oscars. He's never lost money in his seven years of doing this and feels pretty good about the bets he made at the start of the year... With one big exception. www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/betting-on...

My high school is barely 20 years old so the most famous alumni appears to be the 368th best golfer in the world. A future Olympic ping pong player went to my middle school but I didn't know her.

Our scanning system is super gentle on the films. But some films need repairs before scanning. _Monkey & Tanuki_ was so brittle that it fell apart at the slightest touch. Owner Yo Sato-sensei generously let us bring it to Bucknell for repairs. Enjoy the time lapse (4-hour surgery!) & final result!

Perestroika post-punk, Von Stroheim VVinter, Italian Monty Python: I wrote about the films I've seen at MoMA's essential program To Save and Project - a few days to go! - plus the new restoration of Queen Kelly. www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/checking-o...

i haven't done this since twitter but at the request of 1 (one) person, OSCAR NOMINEES AS SIMPSONS SCREENCAPS THREAD

sarah: i want to write a buying guide me: about what sarah: 😈

Oscar noms coming tomorrow! PLEASE remember this before any impassioned tirades:

Locked in my predictions for Oscars nominations! My full list, containing wonky analysis about Best Casting, Documentary, Acting, and more, can be found on my newsletter: www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/oscars-202...

I just saw The Housemaid. It is perfect, high-gloss, beach-paperback Friday-night-movie trash of the kind we never get anymore. Everybody involved understood the assignment and aced it, and small heresy, this should have been Amanda Seyfried's Oscar campaign. Preposterously entertaining.

Welcome to the Public Domain, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) 🎖️ 🎬 The third film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards is a realistic look at World War I. Experience the first filmed adaptation now in the #publicdomain. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay

I have a new piece in the latest @nymag.com about the crisis at Mubi www.vulture.com/article/mubi...

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

There we go.

Need some distraction? Here are two random Oscar predictions. 1) If three foreign movies get Best Picture nominations this year, which is very possible, the Academy's old guard will start arguing that they should be ineligible. 2) The Michael B. Jordan Best Actor nomination is shakier than it looks.

I have issues with how the proshot was directed (was constantly begging a wide shot lol) but so glad that this amazing production was captured for all to see. It took me right back to when I saw it on Broadway.

Call me crazy but Wicked: For Good is better than the first movie?? If only because Jon Chu doesn't butcher Defying Gravity so he can audition to direct Shang-Chi 2. Still a mediocre adaptation of a stage musical. Ariana Grande ought to land another Oscar nom - but as a Lead Actress.

haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”

If this song was written for a mid-aughts satire about the sexualization of teen starlets, it would be hailed as a masterpiece of good fake bad pop music.

For Guts Magazine, I wrote about the movies that remind me of offal and the organ meats that remind me of movies. Big thanks to Jake for working with me on this. Unlike a plate of andouilette, it was a pleasure. gutsmagazine.substack.com/p/film301-in...

Keeping my opinions to myself so I don't get arrested.

best ending of all time, let's be real

#tbt sorry we missed this, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Halloweekend movie reviews: Radu Jude's outrageous, AI-assisted Dracula and Anniversary, a family thriller from Jan Komasa (who made the excellent Corpus Christi) that imagines an authoritarian takeover of the US. Sounds like a reach! www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/movie-revi...

A belated roundup of new movies that hit theaters earlier this week, both involving female manipulators: Mistress Dispeller examines a rising phenomenon in China, while Hedda does all the things that After the Hunt attempts but way better. www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/movie-revi...

Saw Nia DaCosta’s razor sharp hilarious brutal film adaptation of Ibsen’s play last night and my god Tessa Thompson does it all in this movie, if she doesn’t get nominated for Best Actress I swear to god

Baby's first byline in a major pub - for Reverse Shot, I reviewed Chronicles of the Absurd, an unorthodox documentary by Cuban renegade Miguel Coyula. Its very existence is proof that creative expression may be hindered or stalled, but never stopped. reverseshot.org/reviews/entr...

I seem to be the only person who saw the #NYFF63 screening of Marty Supreme who thought it was merely decent? Strong start as the Anti-Rocky until it's suddenly Uncut Gems and Good Time, then back to the table tennis. You can tell a lot was cut from the film, and it's made worse for it.

Catching up on #NYFF63 dispatches with brief thoughts on a bevy of movies I saw leading up to Opening Night: Nuestra Tierra (Landmarks), Jay Kelly, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, Resurrection, Blue Moon, Sound of Falling, A House of Dynamite. www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/nyff-dispa...

I feel very lucky that I got to talk about my Homeland-Security-mass-detention-Asian-American book on The Daily Show

Sentimental Value: was on the verge of a menty b, but it was cured by senti v. Joachim Trier's cross-generational family drama comes alive thanks to it's empathic ensemble: Stellan is stellar, Renate reigns, and though it's a relatively small role I'm stanning Fanning. #NYFF63

As part of my ongoing #NYFF63 coverage, some movie & tasting notes on One Battle After Another, The Last One For the Road (which is flying a bit under the radar IMO), and Radu Jude's Kontinental '25. @filmlinc.bsky.social www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/nyff-dispa...

#NYFF63 launches today, as does my very opinionated but very definitive list of the best restaurants and bars near the Lincoln Center. Self-care is avoiding Chipotle 💅 www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/lincoln-ce...

Back in Peter Hujar’s Day, Magellan captained the Rose of Nevada on a journey across the Sirāt bridge, with a stowaway Secret Agent. Second #NYFF63 dispatch is up, with initial impressions on more films on the Main Slate with ideas for food pairings! www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/nyff-dispa...

My first dispatch from #NYFF63! Musings on the pre-festival festival for critics, initial impressions on No Other Choice, The Mastermind, Miroirs No. 3, and Late Fame, and food/drink pairings for each of those movies. www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/nyff-dispa...

First day of #NYFF63 press screenings! Skeet length reactions to come...

THE BALTIMORONS: Every review is calling this "charming," but there's really no better word to describe this Christmas dramedy from Jay Duplass. (Plus the Charm City allusion is irresistible.) There are, of course, plenty of crab cakes. Full review: www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/movie-revi...