Caroline Siede
@carolinesiede.bsky.social
Film & TV critic. Writing at The A.V. Club, The Daily Beast, and Girl Culture. CFCA member. Expert grocery shopper. She/her http://girlculture.substack.com
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Caroline Siede
@carolinesiede.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Please know that I’ve been mentally referring to this app as “blue-ski” this entire time and I don’t think I can stop now.
One of the funniest Hollywood trends is every prestige actress needing to do at least one movie where she plays the trashy girlfriend of a boxer/mixed martial artist
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
One of the funniest Hollywood trends is every prestige actress needing to do at least one movie where she plays the trashy girlfriend of a boxer/mixed martial artist
Just a note to all foreign-language film distributors that if you could stop putting white subtitles on light backgrounds, that would be great!!
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just a note to all foreign-language film distributors that if you could stop putting white subtitles on light backgrounds, that would be great!!
There was one storyline in Zootopia 2 that genuinely made me cry and then a whole lot of forgettable sequel stuff too
Zootopia 2 is a stagnant sequel with one stellar subplot
Disney seems less invested in Zootopia 2, churning out a sequel that feels more like a Disney+ TV show than an animated epic.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
There was one storyline in Zootopia 2 that genuinely made me cry and then a whole lot of forgettable sequel stuff too
Not to toot my own horn, but if I were in a Pluribus situation, I feel like I would do a much better job of asking questions.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Not to toot my own horn, but if I were in a Pluribus situation, I feel like I would do a much better job of asking questions.
I put my theater degree to good use to talk about what Wicked: For Good changed from the stage show—and more importantly, what it didn’t
Spoiler Space: Was Wicked changed for good?
The second half of the musical has always been weak. Splitting it into Wicked and Wicked: For Good only made it more obvious.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I put my theater degree to good use to talk about what Wicked: For Good changed from the stage show—and more importantly, what it didn’t
The craziest thing about the Wicked movies is that I'm finally learning the lyrics I've been mishearing for 20+ years
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The craziest thing about the Wicked movies is that I'm finally learning the lyrics I've been mishearing for 20+ years
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Wicked: For Good isn't exactly "Wonderful," but at least Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo linger like a handprint on your heart. My review!
The bubble bursts in ‘Wicked: For Good’
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are the reason to return to Oz in this lesser sequel
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November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Wicked: For Good isn't exactly "Wonderful," but at least Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo linger like a handprint on your heart. My review!
Wicked: For Good isn't exactly "Wonderful," but at least Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo linger like a handprint on your heart. My review!
The bubble bursts in ‘Wicked: For Good’
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are the reason to return to Oz in this lesser sequel
girlculture.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Wicked: For Good isn't exactly "Wonderful," but at least Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo linger like a handprint on your heart. My review!
One of the weird side effects of how memory-holed the George W. Bush presidency has become is people thinking the political critiques of Wicked are accidentally relevant to our current political climate and not pointedly aimed at another horrifying administration.
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
One of the weird side effects of how memory-holed the George W. Bush presidency has become is people thinking the political critiques of Wicked are accidentally relevant to our current political climate and not pointedly aimed at another horrifying administration.
Huge news for me personally, the world’s foremost new Jumanji fan. Bethany forever!
Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Dwayne Johnson, and Jack Black on the set of the third #JumanjiMovie.
In theaters Christmas 2026.
In theaters Christmas 2026.
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Huge news for me personally, the world’s foremost new Jumanji fan. Bethany forever!
There’s nothing more jarring than when Jon M. Chu randomly decides a lyric doesn’t have to match the action happening onscreen. That’s not how musicals works…
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
There’s nothing more jarring than when Jon M. Chu randomly decides a lyric doesn’t have to match the action happening onscreen. That’s not how musicals works…
Hmm, maybe a mistake to wear mascara on the day I do a double feature of Hamnet and Wicked: For Good…
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hmm, maybe a mistake to wear mascara on the day I do a double feature of Hamnet and Wicked: For Good…
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Listen, after four years of writing about over 100 rom-coms, I thought I might be done with the genre for good. But hearing how many of you miss my old column made me realize the love story isn't over after all. So welcome to my brand new column, You've Got Rom-Com! I hope you'll join
My new rom-com column kicks off with ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’
You've Got Rom-Com makes the case that the 2011 ensemble comedy is the *most* rom-com ever made
girlculture.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Listen, after four years of writing about over 100 rom-coms, I thought I might be done with the genre for good. But hearing how many of you miss my old column made me realize the love story isn't over after all. So welcome to my brand new column, You've Got Rom-Com! I hope you'll join
It’s time we all admit the Shakira Zootopia song is the great song ever made.
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It’s time we all admit the Shakira Zootopia song is the great song ever made.
I was thoroughly charmed by how much the cast of Now You See Me: Now You Don't clearly loves making these movies. I forgot blockbuster franchises could feel like that
The greatest trick of Now You See Me: Now You Don't is that its cast actually seems to like these movies
Sincerity and goofiness push the stuffed third entry Now You See Me: Now You Don't closer to the Fast & Furious franchise—and that rocks.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I was thoroughly charmed by how much the cast of Now You See Me: Now You Don't clearly loves making these movies. I forgot blockbuster franchises could feel like that
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This is what male solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like:
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is what male solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like:
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
Listen, after four years of writing about over 100 rom-coms, I thought I might be done with the genre for good. But hearing how many of you miss my old column made me realize the love story isn't over after all. So welcome to my brand new column, You've Got Rom-Com! I hope you'll join
My new rom-com column kicks off with ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’
You've Got Rom-Com makes the case that the 2011 ensemble comedy is the *most* rom-com ever made
girlculture.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Listen, after four years of writing about over 100 rom-coms, I thought I might be done with the genre for good. But hearing how many of you miss my old column made me realize the love story isn't over after all. So welcome to my brand new column, You've Got Rom-Com! I hope you'll join
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Trying to get ahead of that Joyce Carol Oates dunk
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trying to get ahead of that Joyce Carol Oates dunk
Did a little Broadway round-up (with superlatives!) of my recent trip to NYC, over on Instagram www.instagram.com/caroline_sie...
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Did a little Broadway round-up (with superlatives!) of my recent trip to NYC, over on Instagram www.instagram.com/caroline_sie...
Pretty bleak how relieved I felt that my ACA health insurance premiums are *only* going to double, instead of anything worse than that.
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Pretty bleak how relieved I felt that my ACA health insurance premiums are *only* going to double, instead of anything worse than that.
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Attention all When Romance Met Comedy fans: I just launched a brand new column called You've Got Rom-Com, exclusively for paid subscribers at Girl Culture! Come join the fun as I deconstruct why Crazy Stupid love might just be the *most* rom-com ever made
My new rom-com column kicks off with ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’
You've Got Rom-Com makes the case that the 2011 ensemble comedy is the *most* rom-com ever made
girlculture.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Attention all When Romance Met Comedy fans: I just launched a brand new column called You've Got Rom-Com, exclusively for paid subscribers at Girl Culture! Come join the fun as I deconstruct why Crazy Stupid love might just be the *most* rom-com ever made
My favorite movie of the year is usually the only that leaves me sobbing even after I’ve left the theater, in which case I think we have a winner with Sentimental Value.
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
My favorite movie of the year is usually the only that leaves me sobbing even after I’ve left the theater, in which case I think we have a winner with Sentimental Value.
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you can win without billionaires supporting you
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
you can win without billionaires supporting you
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to
you can win without party leadership endorsing you
you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch
we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to