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After seeing Sydney Sweeney in Anyone But You and The Housemaid, I think she needs some acting lessons.

Controversial take: as a huge fan of movie musicals I prefer Gigi over Chicago, both Oscar winners for best picture.

You guys... I got an Agatha All Along Tarot deck! I didn't even know it existed until I opened the box. It's so beautiful 💜 Behold...

I’ve seen a lot of the acclaimed films of 2025 but I always try to see a movie on Christmas Eve. Today I went to see Song Sung Blue half-heartedly but I wound up really liking it. Jackman and Hudson are wonderful together. The musical sections are well-directed, too.

There’s a funny musical comedy series from New Zealand called Happiness playing on @pbs.org right now. My only complaint is that there are only 6 short episodes. The cast and songs are a lot of fun.

The most sane way to deal with that idiot at the White House is to ignore him. Because that’s all he wants: for you to pay attention to his pathetic excuse for a human being. But he’s not worthy of your precious time.

I know Jessie Buckley will be getting a lot of awards for Hamnet in the coming weeks but I’d like to hear Rose Byrne’s acceptance speech more than once at other awards shows for her daring work in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.

The 4K restoration of Charade is gorgeous, now showing at Film Forum. Stanley Donen’s stylish suspense movie inspired by Hitchcock with a witty Peter Stone screenplay remains a pleasure to watch many years later with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant an enchanting duo. Plus that great Mancini score.

Is there anyone in the NYC Mayor’s Office I can contact requesting stricter bike laws in the city? I am tired of almost being hit in both directions crossing the street when I have the right of way. I actually was hit by a bike a few years ago. Had to have physical therapy for weeks.

Can someone explain how Josh O’Connor has not received any award nominations this year?

If One Battle After Another is going to win every best picture award, this is going be one big boring awards season.

All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences

Josh O’Connor should receive a special award this year for his four fine performances in The History of Sound, The Mastermind, Rebuilding and Wake Up Dead Man. Which is your favorite?

When he’s gone I hope they rebuild the East Wing to its former dimensions and remove anything gold from the West Wing. Then restore the Rose Garden.

Nurses are too dedicated to their jobs to strike but I can’t imagine they are happy that the government thinks nurses shouldn’t be recognized as professionals?

Finally got to see One Battle After Another. I don’t love his films like his devoted fans do but I thought this was very entertaining and timely. Certainly one of is best. My only question: where did the Asian population disappear to in California in the movie?

I just saw Rebuilding, what a gem, one of the best I’ve seen all year. Josh O’Connor and Lily LaTorre are superb but the whole cast is so good. This gentle film is a revelation.

What do you think Mamdani really feels about his meeting with Trump yesterday?

The calm rain speaks of everything… an empty bench, and a city breathing silence 🌧️🍂 #PeacefulMoments #Rain #AutumnMood #NatureBeauty

Saw Oliver Laxe’s mesmerizing and often startling new movie Sirat at @filmlinc.bsky.social. It was shot in the southern Moroccan desert and should be viewed on the big screen. Laxe is very engaging in person. @neon-rated.bsky.social

Hey, who are you?

Unexpectedly got a ticket tonight to see Gus Van Sant’s suspenseful new movie Dead Man’s Wire based on a true hostage story that happened in 1977 Indianapolis. After the MoMA screening, Van Sant was interviewed by film curator Josh Siegel. Bill Skarsgard, Dacre Montgomery & Al Pacino star.

It’s only a matter of time until we name a Broadway theater after Laurie Metcalf.

Jesse Eisenberg’s new play The Ziegfeld Files is a funny, poignant set of readings between a patient and therapist of recordings reflecting on marriage, parenthood and self-acceptance. Eisenberg begins reading at a breathless pace with many jokes; when he finally slows down he touches the heart.

Why hasn’t @nytimes.com reviewed Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater’s wonderful tribute to the French New Wave and Breathless and currently playing at @filmlinc.bsky.social and @ifc.bsky.social?

Unhinged?

This is a punishment?

If Mamdani is elected mayor, I hope an interest in cricket happens in NYC.

Total ignorance

If I were a true Christian, I’d begin to question whether God has abandoned the USA.

This is horrifying. Disgusting.

Farewell, Diane Keaton. Truly one of a kind. I loved watching her on screen. Got to see her on Broadway in Play It Again, Sam when she was young.

After watching the three films at #NYFF63 I think Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and Jodie Foster in A Private Life surpass Julia Roberts’ work in After the Hunt.

Jim Jarmusch’s new film Father Mother Sister Brother screened tonight at Lincoln Center as the NYFF63 Centerpiece; it’s a gem and one of the director’s best. Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Vicki Krieps, Indya Moore & Luka Sabbat did a q&a and the actors said they loved working with the director.

Will Bari Weiss be the next Rupert Murdoch? The possibility is horrifying.

A moment of perfection.

He could have addressed them via video. A waste of taxpayers’ money.

@npr.org Sorry, no. There is no scientific link between Tylenol and autism.

This is gold. Emmy for Morgan Spector just for the pronunciation of "Cuomo."

After a shaky first episode, I’m finding The Paper amusing in a low-key way and the cast is definitely growing on me. I’ll keep watching despite the ads.

The reviews overall are fairly positive for The Paper. I hope it finds an audience. The cast looks like fun.

Kenneth Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me (2000) has long been one of my all time favorite films, now in a 4K @criterion.bsky.social edition. I totally relate to the touching sibling relationship depicted. Laura Linney & @markruffalo.bsky.social are superb. The ending makes me tear up every time.

If more film critics are let go by publications, will the annual critics’ awards no longer be held?

I saw this 2019 film by Roman Polanski tonight at Film Forum—impressive for its acting and its historical recreation. Jean Dujardin is excellent as a military officer who discovers that Alfred Dreyfus has been unjustly convicted for treason. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/an-o...

Have any white people been deported?

Didn’t find The Naked Gun as funny as the critics led me to believe.

Can @nytimes.com or @abcnews.bsky.social please do an honest story about how stressful it is for many Americans to watch the present administration destroy American democracy and basic human decency.

At a recent showing of the 4K restoration of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social it was the first time in my many viewings that I saw that Roland Cassard drives his Mercedes into the garage where Guy works. Cassard exits his car but Guy isn’t free to work and doesn’t meet him.

If the Ed Sullivan Show was still being broadcast today, CBS would cancel it for being too liberal.