For Drunk for Life I've translated an article by Marcelo Alderete ( @aldemarce.bsky.social ) on the 2024 Busan film festival. Features an extensive breakdown of the top festivals in the world. Enjoy. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/translatio...

Sort of amusing that the pieces I am most invested in get negative views somehow.

When they bury me put the tv diary columns in with me...

The best thing you could do in 2026 is become a subscribers. Drunkforlife.substack.com

For Drunk for Life, a translation of a Stephane du Mesnildot text on Nobuhiko Obayashi for Cahiers + an interview. Enjoy. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/translatio...

I’ve got an essay in the @imprintfilms.bsky.social super deluxe release of John Woo’s The Killer viavision.com.au/shop/the-kil...

For paid subscribers and all that- on Obayashi's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/the-girl-w...

New for Drunk for Life - a translation of a Marcelo Alderete ( @aldemarce.bsky.social ) text on the DMZ Docs 2024 edition. A hugely entertaining read... Please enjoy. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/translatio...

For Drunk for Life some very ill-considered thoughts on the 2026 Berlinale lineup. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...

For paid subscribers and al that. Drunk for Life returns withNew Kinds of Love. This time with Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 1971 classic, Guddi, about a young girl's love for Dharmendra. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/new-kinds-...

I've written a bit about my top 10 along with some honorable mentions. Enjoy! drunkforlife.substack.com/p/drunk-for-...

If you're in the mood for some Oscars counter-programming, In Plain Sight has you covered. Our contributors Tony G. Huang and Aret Frost share their top ten films of 2025 and discuss their respective years in film. inplainsightcinema.substack.com/p/2026-year-...

This is the third year we've done this and it remains a pleasure to go through all the lists. Everyone here had a little hand in helping us these last 3 years. Our little corner of the film world has slowly expanded...

⚡ emitai.fr est en ligne ⚡ Revue de cinéma critique et décoloniale. Fondée avec les camarades Héléna Alet-Quesneau, Lisa Durand, Simon Hoareau, Occitane Lacurie, Lola Maupas, Marcos Nuñez et Öykü Sofuoğlu. Avec un site magnifique conçu par Adrien Chuttarsing.

Passionnant premier article de Corentin Lê pour Emitaï, nouvelle revue critique et décoloniale qu’il a cofondée emitai.fr/essai/lodeur...

Next tuesday.

For Drunk for Life a translation of a text by Marcelo Alderete centered around the 2024 edition of the Jeonju film festival... but it's also much more. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/translatio...

Later in January...

The best thing you could do in 2026 is become a subscribers. Drunkforlife.substack.com

Very soon...

Bon Brooks day à tous·tes ! Ah en fait non. Bon on a décidé de publier quand même www.critikat.com/actualite-ci...

For paid subscribers and all that, a text on C. Prem Kumar's Meiyazhagan, one of the key films of the last few years. More specifically on the "Potato" cut of the film. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/meiyazhaga...

There is an account on letterboxd that translates reviews and articles from the current Cahiers editorial team. This is their review of Ella McCay. boxd.it/cqxQZV

A list of the physical media releases I have worked on that are available for purchase right now. Some good movies and discs here.

My favorite movies of 2025:

My only accomplishment this year.

Découvrez le top 10 2025 de la rédaction.

Let's revisit my favorites from 2024, one year later... 20. Un movimiento extraño (Francisco Lezama)

• Le cinéma est mort.

More 2025 films... drunkforlife.substack.com/p/capsules-2...

Gotta get those subscriber numbers up to Nuzzi levels… Thechinesecinema.com

To celebrate the release of Ella McKay, I am unlocking this piece on How Do You Know from earlier in the year. Enjoy!

For Drunk for Life, new capsules on films by Nobuhiro Doi, Zach Cregger, Antonin Peretjatko, Richard Linklater and Hal Hartley. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/capsules-2...

Très beau texte de @robinvaz.bsky.social

Awards and lists that pull exclusively from the same pool of 30 films that sent out fyc screeners are completely useless and might as well be compiled by distributors and their PR firms.

Naoko Yamada’s 2025 film, The Colors Within, is streaming on HBO. www.hbomax.com/movies/color...

For Drunk for Life, Movie Clubbing returns with Mani Ratnam's Dil Se and Nayagan. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/movie-club...

Le top de Critikat paraîtra cette année le 23 décembre. À mon avis il va être bien.

The only list that matters... in January.

Apparently Drunk for Life is Rising on the Film & TV section of Substack. This can only mean one thing - more Jose Celestino Campusano content coming up (subscribe today, I guess!)

For Drunk for Life, The Decade Project returns! This time around dealing with Jose Celestino Campusano's Fango (for paid subscribers). drunkforlife.substack.com/p/the-decade...

For Drunk for Life, I've translated a conversation between two Argentine critics (Tomas Guarnaccia and Lucia Requejo) centered around the 2024 FICValdivia festival. Very fascinating conversation. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/translatio...

For paid subscribers, on Takahiro Miki's latest film, My Beloved Stranger. drunkforlife.substack.com/p/my-beloved...

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