grateful for anyone who reads this essay -- 25TH HOUR a defining movie of our time, imo

We just bought a home, so, no?

New “j’assessing les takes” has dropped

Will 'Dune: Part Three' net Oscars next year? Or will the franchise pull an 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' or 'Wicked: For Good?' Join @kateyrich.bsky.social @chrisjrosen.bsky.social @chrisvfeil.bsky.social and @joereid.bsky.social in some recklessly early Oscar predictions: theankler.com/p/recklessly...

ICE officers getting paid for standing around doing nothing while TSA employees work without pay is a pretty succinct summation of where we're at right now

New This Had Oscar Buzz episode on 2005's JARHEAD! Hollywood's frustrated attempts to reckon with the wars in the Middle East, Jake Gyllenhaal's ho era, Dennis Haysbert selling Allstate insurance in the desert, and more! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...

Both of Amanda Peet’s parents were in hospice, on opposite coasts. Then she found out she had breast cancer. Read the actor’s essay. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Exciting news! @alisonwillmore and I are going to keep CRITICAL DARLINGS going past Oscars. It’s going to be a weekly show covering one or two new movies a week ***on our own feed!*** So please subscribe to us wherever you listen. Last BC feed ep: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Me to Zac Brown at the #Survivor Sanctuary:

BREAKING: Workers at CBS are walking out. The unionized team that works CBS' streaming service are going on a 24 hour strike in New York and San Francisco. The walkout comes after negotiations with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly imploded.

Still wrapping my head around the Oscar stage foliage, as a concept

There has never been an In Memoriam as well done as this, good god

It's the Human Resources meme but I don't care: Sean Penn winning his third Oscar and not being there to collect it is TRASH; Katharine Hepburn winning her third (and fourth) Oscar and not being there to collect it is FIERCE.

Bracing for the two-hour sobfest that will be the In Memoriam

Matt Berry pronouncing “Burger King” is the new “cellar door”

The Lawnmower Man, at long last, featured on the Oscar telecast

The way Ed Harris looked at Amy Madigan when her name was read was one of the most beautiful things. Just sheer love and pride and trust and oh my god I’m already welling up.

Modest brooches are BACK

Channing Tatum Oscar when

Conan remains a national treasure

What are the Academy Award categories that no longer exist? We discuss with @chrisvfeil.bsky.social and chat about this year's Oscar nominees on @tfsbside.bsky.social. Tune in:

Ahead of the Oscars, @chrisvfeil.bsky.social of This Had Oscar Buzz joins to discuss a few films from retired Oscar categories! We highlight Best Assistant Director, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White), and the fascinating evolution of the Music/Score category: bit.ly/3P8VOjK

Ranked all 50 of this year’s Oscar nominated movies. Many good ones! Some bad. www.vulture.com/article/ever...

from me!

New today on the site! The Best of 2025 issue concludes with @frankfalisi.bsky.social on musical theater, My Funny Valentine, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Lorenz Hart, and BLUE MOON

The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

trying out a new feature, lmk if it works

Ahead of the Oscars, I spoke with director Emilie Blichfeldt and makeup designers Thomas Foldberg and Anne Catherine Saurberg about their excellent film, The Ugly Stepsister, and what that nomination means for a film like this. Read it here: www.fangoria.com/the-ugly-ste...

The Secret Agent > OBAA > Sinners >> Sentimental Value > Hamnet > Train Dreams > Marty Supreme >> Bugonia >> F1 >>> Frankenstein

The Oscars should open with Jessie Buckley performing Sinead O’Connor’s “Troy” again

i would like to watch a very public and necessarily disrespectful referendum on the foregone conclusion that it is the job of the newspaper to dignify and coddle every terrible pov

As you might expect, I’m completely losing it

Really sharp review that wants more for everyone involved, including the audience

Team GeneCirieve

New episode of This Had Oscar Buzz this week on "The Company," Robert Altman's follow-up to "Gosford Park" for which he allowed Neve Campbell to talk him into making a ballet movie. Fun episode featuring a deep tangent into the Diane Warren biopic, for funsies. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...

Discord Addams, Trinity the Tuck et al coming up with a Snatch Game character:

Invited @letterboxd.social crew + contributors to write about our favorite underseen romances for Valentine’s Day. Check out the full list and article below. I wrote about my beloved The Clock from Vincente Minnelli.

Continuing our Tom Hanks miniseries w/ Philadelphia. A conversation about Hanks’ first Oscar, Denzel’s performance, Jonathan Demme’s direction, and how Hollywood approached AIDS stories in the early ’90s. @chrisvfeil.bsky.social  @joereid.bsky.social  @pmiscove.bsky.social  #Philadelphia #TomHanks

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This week on @podcastlikeits The 1990s Patreon I continued our Tom Hanks 90s miniseries by talking Philadelphia with This Had Oscar Buzz hosts @joereid.bsky.social & @chrisvfeil.bsky.social We talk Tom’s first Oscar, Denzel, Demme, Springsteen and Hollywood’s depictions of AIDS.

I am watching the super bowl (Magic Mike XXL)

Assessing the takes

I got to design today’s Cinematrix! Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it: www.vulture.com/article/dail...

I got to design today’s Cinematrix! Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it: www.vulture.com/article/dail...

[Brooke Dubek voice]