"Though its ambition surpasses its grasp, it leaves one yearning for more of this dynamic duo in the franchise’s ever-inconsistent future,” writes @rendy.bsky.social about WONDER MAN.

"In these three selections you can see just how varied the US Dramatic competition is this year,” writes @812filmreviews.com about BEDFORD PARK, HA-CHAN SHAKE YOUR BOOTY, & TAKE ME HOME.

“The alternately half-developed and overcooked ideas make it feel like something got lost or never filmed along the way,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

“Films like DIE MY LOVE & IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU say something big & loud:ours is a difficult world for mothers,” writes @alishamgl.bsky.social.

"We sometimes find ourselves working only on the bigger ideas, on politics, but I want to write about what I know and what’s around me.” @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social spoke w/ Hlynur Pálmason & Julius Krebs Damsbo about THE LOVE THAT REMAINS & being shaped by one’s surroundings.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you are a teen, you are probably going through it,” writes @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social, connecting the Sundance films BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY, HOLD ONTO ME, & TELL ME EVERYTHING.

In his latest dispatch, @briantallerico.bsky.social reviews UNION COUNTY, THE MUSICAL, & JOSEPHINE, which he calls "the best film of Sundance so far.”

"In this dispatch are three works from the US Documentary competition that, to varying degrees, attempt to match a purposeful style to their important subject,” writes @812filmreviews.com about JOYBUBBLES, SOUL PATROL, WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH?

“At other points, you start watching the films you know you won’t shut up about for the rest of the year,” writes @812filmreviews.com about ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM, WICKER, & THE GALLERIST.

"3 of the most anticipated movies of Sundance 2026 dropped over the first few days of the fest. They’re all worth a look, to varying degrees,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about THE SHITHEADS, HISTORY OF CONCRETE, & THE INVITE.

"The three films in this dispatch are so uniquely wild in their premises and varied execution that it was difficult not to have my eyes locked on the screen,” writes @812filmreviews.com about LEVITICUS, BUDDY, & MUM I’M ALIEN PREGNANT.

In her 1st dispatch out of Sundance, @oldfilmsflicker reviews BIRDS OF WAR, ONE IN A MILLION, & SILENCED.

My first #Sundance2026 dispatch for @ebertvoices.bsky.social features three midnight movies: LEVITICUS, BUDDY, and MUM I'M ALIEN PREGNANT.

First off ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM is amazing. It’s probably the best film at #Sundance2026 For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I wrote about that film, THE GALLERIST, and WICKER.

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“There are performances in both to admire,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about CAROUSEL and HOT WATER, two Dramatic Competition films out of Sundance.

In his 1st dispatch from Sundance, @briantallerico.bsky.social reviews the anticipated premieres of I WANT YOUR SEX, THE INCOMER, & PARALYZED BY HOPE: THE MARIA BAMFORD STORY:

“It's amusing to watch Charli skewer her own public persona, celebrity culture, and its corporate packaging, poking fun at money-driven executives and how other creative forces can affect the way we see our favorite performers,” writes @mcastimovies.bsky.social movies about THE MOMENT.

“It’s very much worth seeing for anyone who loves horror—especially the atmospheric and gory, dread-based type, rather than the kind that is single-mindedly obsessed with staging jump-scares,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social about MOTHER OF FLIES.

"For a movie that should be about high stakes, all-or-nothing risks, there was almost no heat until the last quarter of the movie,” critiques @mcastimovies.bsky.social about CLIKA.

"With so much competition out there, it feels increasingly difficult to preach patience with a show that has so little personality,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about FX’s MEMORY OF A KILLER.

"The hair-raising narrative content notwithstanding, the movie doesn’t create much emotional traction,” writes @glennkenny.bsky.social about THE BIG FAKE.

"A lot of thrillers are exciting but empty. IN COLD LIGHT is thrilling but very full in unexpected and complicated ways,” writes @sheilakathleen.bsky.social.

"The film’s strengths lie squarely with Foy, whose performance is restrained where it should be and revelatory at some moments you don’t expect,” writes @isaacfeldberg.bsky.social about H IS FOR HAWK.

"Still, it’s hard to knock a sequel too much for landing exactly where its creators seem to have aimed for, especially when most of its shared references still have their background-Jumbotron-video-at-OzzFest-charms,” writes @simonsaybrams.bsky.social about RETURN TO SILENT HILL.

TRAIN DREAMS has received 4 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Original Song. Read @briantallerico.bsky.social's review, where he writes that it’s “a meditation on the beauty of everyone and everything, how we are connected to both the earth and those who walked it before us."

SENTIMENTAL VALUE has received 9 Oscar nominations, including Best Film Editing & Actress in Supporting Role. Read @briantallerico.bsky.social review who writes that it "sneaks up on you like great fiction, blending theme and character in a way that allows it to live in your mind after you see it.”

Today is a great day to read my review of the best movie I saw last year:

THE SECRET AGENT has received 4 Oscar nominations, including Best Actor for Wagner Moura & Achievement in Casting. Read @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social's review, where he claims “ once in a while, you see a movie that doesn’t feel made, but extracted from a dreaming mind.”

Kate Hudson received a Best Actress nomination for SONG SUNG BLUE. Read @mcastimovies.bsky.social’s review, where she praises Hudson for her “pitch-perfect vision of Claire: warm, excited to perform, and so in love with her partner.”

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER has received 13 Oscar nominations, including Original Score and Actor in a Supporting Role. Read @briantallerico.bsky.social review, who praises it for “ embedding any timely commentary one wants to read in it in entertainment.”

SINNERS received a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations. Read @812filmreviews.com and @odienator.bsky.social discussion where they talk about their varying thoughts on the film:

MARTY SUPREME has received 9 Oscar nominations, including Original Screenplay & Cinematography. Read @briantallerico.bsky.social's review, where he writes how it’s “unlike anything released this year.”

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT has received 2 Oscar nominations: Original Screenplay and International Feature Film. Read @812filmreviews.com’s review, where he praises Jafar Panahi’s film for having “no wasted shots and no squandered moments.”

HAMNET has received 8 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture & Director. Read @christylemire.bsky.social review, who writes "The craft on display alone is enough to bring a tear to your eye.”

FRANKENSTEIN has received 9 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture & Production Design. Read @glennkenny.bsky.social review, who writes that “Guillermo Del Toro makes something almost new, and definitely rich and strange, out of a story we all thought we knew well.”

“F1 has received 4 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture & Visual Effects. Read @812filmreviews.com review, who writes “though it has little to say about the sport’s past, present, or future, the propulsive ride it engineers isn’t a wasted diversion.”

Rose Byrne received an Oscar nomination for Actress in a leading role for IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU. Read Cortlyn Kelly's review where she praises Byrne’s “magnificent & unflinching” performance.

BUGONIA has received 4 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture & Best Actress for Emma Stone. Read @812filmreviews.com review, who writes that "an enraged picture. It’s mad at the world; it’s mad at humanity.”

BLUE MOON has received 2 Oscar nominations: Best Screenplay & Best Actor in a Leading Role for Ethan Hawke. Read @briantallerico.bsky.social’s review, who writes that “Richard Linklater has crafted 1 of his finest dramedies, a consistently fascinating exploration of the frailty of the artist."

Contributor @thirdmanmovies.bsky.social recaps the biggest snubs of today’s Oscar nominations, from Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or winner, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, to Eva Victor’s wonderful directorial debut, SORRY, BABY.

"Purely on a craft level, MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN is skillful and engrossing, never more so than when it’s capturing wrenchingly painful moments in people’s lives with a detachment that ensures that the focus on the subjects,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social:

"As THE 99-YEAR-OLD MAN!” makes clear, Brooks is still the man—still willing to do anything for a laugh and still wanting us to love Melvin Brooks,” writes Donald Liebenson.

"By the halfway mark of the screen-popping and kinetic but ultimately tiresome and borderline dopey AI thriller MERCY, I found myself yearning for a wireless mouse so I could log off,” writes Richard Roeper.

Our portal to all of our awards season coverage is live, with links to reviews and associated interviews for some of the year’s most acclaimed films. Sit back, pour a cup of your favorite beverage, and enjoy:

SINNERS was nominated for 16 Oscars, breaking the previous record held by the likes of TITANIC, ALL ABOUT EVE, & LA LA LAND. It was an impressive morning for the Academy; read the list of all the nominees: www.rogerebert.com/festivals/si...

I didn’t have enough space in here to talk about how the Emmy this year should go to Harrison Ford. He’s doing some of the best work of his career.

“Ryan Murphy’s THE BEAUTY is not a show meant to silence his critics … it’s meant to delight his fans, and it’s best appreciated as a wild ride,” writes Cristina Escobar about the adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name.

“It feels increasingly like a balm for troubled times, a reminder that nothing is more important in this world than the people we love,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about the latest season of Apple TV’s SHRINKING.