NYFCC votes today! I am no longer chair; that’s @davidehrlich.bsky.social but I will be making sure Payakan wins every award

The “Wicked” sequel takes a dreary turn from the irresistible first film, David Sims argues—even its stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande “can’t keep the film from collapsing under the lightest scrutiny.” theatln.tc/iwcCq5Vm

"Ralph Finnes is the Charmeleon to Tom Blyth's Charmander and Donald Sutherland's Charizard" is a sentence I can say that makes sense

greatest video game of all time

Nouvelle Vague gets me.

we should acknowledge that job-a-day superhero movie composer and Zimmer apprentice Henry Jackman absolutely blacked out with this one

come see a sleepy david sims talk for a couple mins before the utter delight that is KISS KISS BANG BANG

love this scene in the movie

peeped at twitter and the few remaining cool people on there appear to be completely consumed by what way you take your penis out to pee at a urinaI so everything's going great I assume

the best part of MR. SCORSESE is how Isabella Rossellini keeps talking about just how tiny Marty is

talked to the sweetly devoted Jeremy Strong, who had me googling “anechoic” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

situation normal

leon my husband

Wow, I feel sore. I mean physically, not like a guy who's angry in a movie in the 1950's. nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...

Four ads from the Previews catalogue for Topps adaptation of the Coppola Dracula movie

so proud and excited for my pal @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social

The Daniel Day-Lewis Hall of Fame on The Big Picture, with @davidlsims.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/1ZC2...

I have been waiting for this Caity story for SO LONG www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

this is so sweet

Hey everyone! My new body horror sex comedy short CAR STUFF is now available online! Would love for you to give it a watch and share it with your nastiest friend <3 youtu.be/LpvYROeKXMk?...

it’s amazing to consider how many movies you could make about the recording of specific Springsteen albums

just FYI I love the new york mets and I love BASEBALL

I went to the Tesla Diner! It bummed me out www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

sobbing

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is movie of the year www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension is a chilling precedent that could have deep consequences if it isn’t swiftly undone, @davidlsims.bsky.social argues:

Robert Redford’s talent could seem invisible until the right conditions made it heroically apparent. K. Austin Collins on the how the late actor snuck into our lives and onto our screens with understated grace:

maybe the sexiest a man has ever been in a movie

Hard to imagine a better final starring role than this one

More tomorrow, but now might be a very good time to consider subscribing to What’s Alan Watching? alansepinwall.ghost.io

they’re trying to make me hate the mets but i’ll never hate the mets let’s go mets

yes

The road in #OneBattleAfterAnother absolutely earns getting its own character poster. Buckle the fuck up.

edwin diaz you cannot do these things to me this late in the day

I am reading Shawn Levy's great new Clint Eastwood biography and it is crazy how every few chapters some new person shows up at Clint's door and is like "BTW I am ALSO your kid" and he's like "damn ok let's get ya on the list"

MEGA MAN X2 CAPCOM 1994 SNES

love how sarcastic the starfox bosses are

this site is bad! it's going to fail! its user base has plateaued! it's not making any money! nobody here is smart except for me! everybody here is stupid! nobody is having any good discussions! i don't like being here! ok that's it for now. be back in 90 minutes

when the world broke open: katrina and its afterlives opens TONIGHT at MoMA! through september 21, the series takes a look at new orleans before, during, and after the storm. co-curated by maya s. cade and k. austin collins.

This is the best episode of Blank Check.

Holst blacked out with this one www.tiktok.com/t/ZPHGupvQnM...

forgot to mention I went on Ian Moran's podcast to talk HARD TRUTHS!! he's been covering Leigh's entire filmography, worth checkin the whole series out! podcasts.apple.com/th/podcast/h...

hell yeah @joeysims.bsky.social in the new york times www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/t...

For all its initial sloppiness, “Highest 2 Lowest” has enough Spike Lee magic to justify a trip to the theaters, @davidlsims.bsky.social argues: