For @screenslate.bsky.social , I reviewed Brad Abrahams' 2017 documentary LOVE & SAUCERS, about painter and UFO abductee David Huggins: www.screenslate.com/articles/lov.... It plays @spectacletheater.com tonight and later this month.

I wrote about Linda Linda Linda (2005) for @screenslate.bsky.social, one of my favorite musicals that is back in theaters tomorrow! www.screenslate.com/articles/lin...

Ken Camp’s queer horror video art masterpiece HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS has its long-belated New York premiere tomorrow at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social! Read about it on @screenslate.bsky.social today: www.screenslate.com/articles/hig...

Phone Booth is @screenslate.bsky.social's pick of the day, and lucky you, it's screening tonight, July 21, and on July 24, here at BAM on 35mm as part of the series “NYC 2000s.” www.screenslate.com/articles/pho...

I’ll defend John Carpenter’s weirdo sequel to my death. New piece about ESCAPE FROM LA at @screenslate.bsky.social today! Screening on 35mm at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social tonight, for those in NY.

We have gone from the margin of error to the margin of effort. On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you. zohranfornyc.com/gotv

CASTRATION MOVIE was featured on @screenslate.bsky.social / @screenslatesf.bsky.social today in advance of its Bay Area premiere at the New Parkway next Monday as part of Frameline. There are still a few tickets still available — don’t miss out! www.screenslate.com/articles/cas...

“Programming a Theater Near You: An Interview with David Schwartz” interview @screenslate.bsky.social! 🎉 www.screenslate.com/articles/pro...

We live to defeat the Equilibrious Beast another day

Within the past few days, we’ve lost P. Adams Sitney and Flo Jacobs. www.criterion.com/current/post...

Head over to @screenslate.bsky.social for my Scene Report from this year's notorious Nitrate Picture Show! www.screenslate.com/articles/how...

Tonight's screening gets the @screenslate.bsky.social treatment! www.screenslate.com/articles/day...

For @screenslate.bsky.social , I reviewed Pierre Bennu's RED BONE GUERILLAS: www.screenslate.com/articles/red.... It plays @spectacletheater.com tonight.

Mikio Naruse @ 4Columns and @thefilmstage.com, Todd Haynes @ Notebook, André Téchiné and Catherine Deneuve @screenslate.bsky.social, @coreyatad.com on ANDOR, Jia Zhangke @ NYRB and @avclub.com … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...

And in case any of you locals aren't signed up for the NY Daily, the mother ship @screenslate.bsky.social has an interview out today with Jia Zhangke on the occasion of his latest, Caught by the Tides, which opens at the Roxie and Smith Rafael this weekend: www.screenslate.com/articles/ent...

My partner interviewed André Téchiné, whose films are currently showing at L'Alliance Française in NYC, for @screenslate.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/sph...

Tonight you can see Dorothy Arzner's DANCE GIRL DANCE on 35mm at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social! More from me on this all-time banger in @screenslate.bsky.social: www.screenslate.com/articles/dan...

some news: in 2026, i will become the president and owner of @milestonefilms.bsky.social, the distribution home of charles burnett, kathleen collins, bridgett m. davis, and many others. to be a champion of cinema is my life’s greatest honor & pleasure. learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/m...

The folks at @screenslate.bsky.social kindly asked me to write something about the legendary Kumar Shahani, whose select films are playing this weekend at Prismatic Ground in NYC @anthologyfilm.bsky.social I highly recommend you go if you’re around the area! www.screenslate.com/articles/kum...

They still exist. A24 has filmmaker commentary tracks on nearly all of their releases. Boutique labels have filmmaker and expert commentary on nearly all of their releases. Even streaming purchases come with commentary track audio options. People are crazy.

By this logic the final job will actually be film programming.

“Dracula is actually that your mom died” is the actual plot of Sopranos creator David Chase’s first screenplay

My interview with Sylvain George is now live on @screenslate.bsky.social @screenslatesf.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/poi...

All That Remains with Ryan Marino 🎞️ All That Remains Saturday, April 26 Spectacle Theater In Person: Ryan Marino

Wrote up NINJA III, one of my fave Cannon movies, for @screenslate.bsky.social today ahead of its screening at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social tonight — chug a V8 before you go!

There is no amount of money you can make that makes custom framing seem affordable

Imagine the insane riots if DOGE purges the DVDBeaver archives

Literally none of this means anything if Nintendo still lacks enough clarity around long term US trade policy to reactivate Switch 2 preorders

I’m going to hug my son a little bit tighter tonight knowing that we have a 90 reprieve until the next total world meltdown.

Eng subbed 16mm print of Jean Renoir’s final, not on DVD/BR/streaming film on EBay hmm… unfortunately it is in the UK and the power of the American dollar is failing

Thank you President Trump for calling off the tariffs on my day job office day when I can’t day trade on the news to fund the future of my money losing movie blog

🛸 I WROTE A BOOK about ED WOOD 🐙 ED WOOD: MADE IN HOLLYWOOD USA is a sympathetic critical study about his whole career. “Beautifully written, intelligently funny, packed with surprising facts on every page." - Guy Maddin PRE-ORDER from @orbooks.bsky.social: orbooks.com/catalog/ed-w...

Extraordinary @hamrahrama.bsky.social interview with Alexander Horwath for @screenslate.bsky.social. www.screenslate.com/articles/pre...

For @screenslate.bsky.social I interviewed Alexander Horwath about his excellent new doc Henry Fonda for President, now playing at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/pre...

You cannot convince me any of these movies are real

"Some of its best and fondest scenes of Bush-era public life happen when Townsend and his comrades emerge from their secret dwelling and enter the flow of retail happening just outside." Fantastic Lisa Borst piece on Secret Mall Apartment in today's @screenslate.bsky.social!

WOMEN, WORKERS, AND WHORES ON FILM April 4 – 10 Guest-curated by Ayanna Dozier and co-presented with Screen Slate. Program info: www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni... @dozierayanna.bsky.social @screenslate.bsky.social

Democracy is in shambles. The last time the Will of the People was truly heard and produced a positive result was when they postponed the movie to redesign Sonic the Hedgehog.

Some big / scary / exciting news… I’m launching my own film distribution company. It’s called @muscledistribution.bsky.social and will be handling a wide range of titles with a heavy repertory focus. The announcement is over at Indiewire: www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...

The zine is off to the press, featuring responses by Natasha Gornik, Elspeth Walker, Lauren Levitt, Lena Chen, & Zalika U. Ibaorimi. It can be ordered via Screen Slate or on-site during the screenings (4/4-10) at Anthology Film Archives ($15). Pre-orders can be sent to my Venmo account @dozierayanna

For @screenslate.bsky.social I wrote up one of my favorite movies. Catch it tonight at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social! www.screenslate.com/articles/gre...

I’m going to primary Chuck Schumer

Buñuel @nytimes.com, Pasolini @tomhall.bsky.social, Sarah Maldoror @eflux.bsky.social, Todd Solondz @screenslate.bsky.social, Pedro Almodóvar @thepointmag.bsky.social … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...

The old Siskel & Ebert review recap screens looked like the loading menu for an Atari game

RIP our brilliant colleague David Ehrenstein, the most erudite and impassioned of critics, who enlarged our understanding of cinema, especially LGBTQ and avant-garde cinema, in the pages of Film Comment, Film Quarterly, the Village Voice, The Advocate and countless others. He will be deeply missed.

Todd Solondz’s film Palindromes (2004) is getting rereleased this week. I interviewed him for @screenslate.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/eig...

This is huge: Screen Slate named the second most important newsletter in @markkrotov.bsky.social's life in the New York Times

I interviewed Paul W.S. Anderson for @screenslate.bsky.social: www.screenslate.com/articles/be-...

To be fair Walgreens lasted a little longer than the government of the United States of America without being gutted by private equity goons