Jesse Schoem
@jesseschoem.com
I’m an actor and a filmmaker and a writer and a reader and a gamer and a dancer and a bicycler and a vegan. I used to do this on Twitter or whatever it’s called now and then I did it on Threads and now I’m here.
The grand sweep of our lives, “Train Dreams” suggests, is the sort of thing we can only begin to understand when we’re reaching life’s end, and even then we may only grasp it dimly - Alissa Wilkinson
Streaming now on www.netflix.com
Streaming now on www.netflix.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:02 AM
The grand sweep of our lives, “Train Dreams” suggests, is the sort of thing we can only begin to understand when we’re reaching life’s end, and even then we may only grasp it dimly - Alissa Wilkinson
Streaming now on www.netflix.com
Streaming now on www.netflix.com
“Frankenstein” is streaming on www.netflix.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 AM
“Frankenstein” is streaming on www.netflix.com
F1: The Movie is streaming on www.appletv.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 AM
F1: The Movie is streaming on www.appletv.com
Wrenching and at times suffocating, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” is a howl of maternal desperation spiked with jagged humor - Jeannette Catsoulis
January 30, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Wrenching and at times suffocating, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” is a howl of maternal desperation spiked with jagged humor - Jeannette Catsoulis
[“Marty Supreme”] touches on big, weighty subjects like Jewish identity, family, community, class, assimilation and success, but it isn’t didactic and doesn’t serve up any life lessons, in the pious finger-wagging manner of many American independent movies - Manohla Dargis
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 AM
[“Marty Supreme”] touches on big, weighty subjects like Jewish identity, family, community, class, assimilation and success, but it isn’t didactic and doesn’t serve up any life lessons, in the pious finger-wagging manner of many American independent movies - Manohla Dargis
“Song Sung Blue” taps into something ineffable... The couple’s earnestness sounds mockable, but it’s not: They are too sincere, too joyful and too grateful to be doing the only thing that either of them ever wanted to do - Jeanette Catsoulis
January 22, 2026 at 4:59 AM
“Song Sung Blue” taps into something ineffable... The couple’s earnestness sounds mockable, but it’s not: They are too sincere, too joyful and too grateful to be doing the only thing that either of them ever wanted to do - Jeanette Catsoulis
“Barking Dogs Never Bite” really caught me by surprise. It’s incredibly dark. It’s very funny, and it’s got a really sweet center. It felt appropriate to see ads for payday loans, and gambling apps stuck throughout - I wonder if he would appreciate the meta commentary…
Streaming on www.tubi.com
Streaming on www.tubi.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:38 AM
“Barking Dogs Never Bite” really caught me by surprise. It’s incredibly dark. It’s very funny, and it’s got a really sweet center. It felt appropriate to see ads for payday loans, and gambling apps stuck throughout - I wonder if he would appreciate the meta commentary…
Streaming on www.tubi.com
Streaming on www.tubi.com
A movie that teeters close to apocalyptic despair but also, because Bong is finally an idealist & not only one of the great filmmakers working today, lifts you to the skies - Manohla Dargis on “Mickey 17” streaming on www.hbomax.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
A movie that teeters close to apocalyptic despair but also, because Bong is finally an idealist & not only one of the great filmmakers working today, lifts you to the skies - Manohla Dargis on “Mickey 17” streaming on www.hbomax.com
The image of these hapless men, who belong to a postwar generation born in the grip of authoritarianism, standing helplessly by as one after another woman brutally dies has a blunt-force power that needs no explanation - Manohla Dargis on “Memories of Murder” streaming on www.tubi.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 AM
The image of these hapless men, who belong to a postwar generation born in the grip of authoritarianism, standing helplessly by as one after another woman brutally dies has a blunt-force power that needs no explanation - Manohla Dargis on “Memories of Murder” streaming on www.tubi.com
“Invasion of Astro-Monster” is streaming on www.criterionchannel.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:44 AM
“Invasion of Astro-Monster” is streaming on www.criterionchannel.com
“Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” is streaming on www.hbomax.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” is streaming on www.hbomax.com
“…this isn’t a story about state and institutional power. It is, rather, about commonplace people whose existence is a rejoinder to, and at times a bulwark against, the depredations of that power - Manohla Dargis on “The Secret Agent”
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“…this isn’t a story about state and institutional power. It is, rather, about commonplace people whose existence is a rejoinder to, and at times a bulwark against, the depredations of that power - Manohla Dargis on “The Secret Agent”
“Rental Family” is playing in theaters!
December 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“Rental Family” is playing in theaters!
This is a surprising movie. It’s violent, it’s bloody, it’s sadistic, but it is also well acted and directed. It is R rated. Don’t go unless you like strong action pictures, but I must say I did like it - Roger Ebert on “The Terminator”
Streaming now on www.Netflix.com and www.kanopy.com
Streaming now on www.Netflix.com and www.kanopy.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This is a surprising movie. It’s violent, it’s bloody, it’s sadistic, but it is also well acted and directed. It is R rated. Don’t go unless you like strong action pictures, but I must say I did like it - Roger Ebert on “The Terminator”
Streaming now on www.Netflix.com and www.kanopy.com
Streaming now on www.Netflix.com and www.kanopy.com
“All the Money in the World” is streaming on www.peacock.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“All the Money in the World” is streaming on www.peacock.com
Trier likes those in-between spaces where ambiguity and ambivalence exist not as momentary cerebral flashes, but as a way of being in the world - Sheila O’Malley on “The Worst Person in the World” streaming now on www.kanopy.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Trier likes those in-between spaces where ambiguity and ambivalence exist not as momentary cerebral flashes, but as a way of being in the world - Sheila O’Malley on “The Worst Person in the World” streaming now on www.kanopy.com
“Crimes of the Future” is deeply unsettling and streaming on www.criterionchannel.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
“Crimes of the Future” is deeply unsettling and streaming on www.criterionchannel.com
“Bring It On” is streaming on www.peacock.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Bring It On” is streaming on www.peacock.com
“The Northman” is streaming on www.peacock.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“The Northman” is streaming on www.peacock.com
“She Said” doesn’t style itself as a manifesto. In place of firebrand feminism, the film emphasizes decency, perspicacity and rigor - Alexis Solosk
Streaming now on www.peacock.com
Streaming now on www.peacock.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
“She Said” doesn’t style itself as a manifesto. In place of firebrand feminism, the film emphasizes decency, perspicacity and rigor - Alexis Solosk
Streaming now on www.peacock.com
Streaming now on www.peacock.com
“I Am Big Bird: The Carrol Spinney Story” is streaming now on www.kanopy.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
“I Am Big Bird: The Carrol Spinney Story” is streaming now on www.kanopy.com