Monica Castillo
@mcastimovies.bsky.social
Film critic, programmer, dancer, dog person.
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BEST FILM: One Battle After Another
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
BEST FILM: One Battle After Another
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SPECIAL AWARD: Screen Slate
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
SPECIAL AWARD: Screen Slate
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SPECIAL AWARD: Museum of the Moving Image
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
SPECIAL AWARD: Museum of the Moving Image
She’s so brilliant in this. 💙
BEST ACTRESS: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
December 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
She’s so brilliant in this. 💙
Your reminder to check out IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT if you haven’t already
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Your reminder to check out IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT if you haven’t already
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BEST SCREENPLAY: Marty Supreme
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
BEST SCREENPLAY: Marty Supreme
Thrilled by this outcome 💙
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Thrilled by this outcome 💙
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Madigan, Weapons
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Madigan, Weapons
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BEST NON-FICTION FILM: My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BEST NON-FICTION FILM: My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow
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BEST ANIMATED FILM: KPop Demon Hunters
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
BEST ANIMATED FILM: KPop Demon Hunters
We all deserve a few small beers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We all deserve a few small beers
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: The Secret Agent
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: The Secret Agent
Annndddd we’re off! ⚾️
BEST FIRST FILM: Eephus
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Annndddd we’re off! ⚾️
It’s time! Stay tuned for more updates soon.
The New York Film Critics Circle will be announcing the winners of its annual awards on this account tomorrow morning starting at approximately 9 a.m. E.T. #NYFCC
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s time! Stay tuned for more updates soon.
This is my biggest issue with HAMNET and it was self-inflicted. 🫠
Turns out that the end credits music from Hamnet was something Max Richter had written for *the* scene. I get the urge to use On the Nature of Daylight, but the original score would've had more impact (and I love the movie) theankler.com/p/hes-the-re...
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is my biggest issue with HAMNET and it was self-inflicted. 🫠
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Enjoyed this love triangle meets DEFENDING YOUR LIFE riff that imagines purgatory like a never-ending convention advertising a number of afterlife options. Would recommend ETERNITY for a bit of post-feast escapism.
“ETERNITY takes a simple premise of a person forced to choose between two prospective suitors and elaborates the concept with clever world-building and emotional relationship dynamics,” writes @mcastimovies.bsky.social.
Eternity movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
“Eternity” may as well be a small slice of heaven on earth: a good time at the movies.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Enjoyed this love triangle meets DEFENDING YOUR LIFE riff that imagines purgatory like a never-ending convention advertising a number of afterlife options. Would recommend ETERNITY for a bit of post-feast escapism.
Lots to be grateful for even in this tough year. Especially thankful for the many friends and family members who carried me through 2025. ❤️
Lucky to have enjoyed some turkey with cranberry sauce on my first Yorkshire pudding on the banks of the Thames. Twas a jolly holiday break.
Lucky to have enjoyed some turkey with cranberry sauce on my first Yorkshire pudding on the banks of the Thames. Twas a jolly holiday break.
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Lots to be grateful for even in this tough year. Especially thankful for the many friends and family members who carried me through 2025. ❤️
Lucky to have enjoyed some turkey with cranberry sauce on my first Yorkshire pudding on the banks of the Thames. Twas a jolly holiday break.
Lucky to have enjoyed some turkey with cranberry sauce on my first Yorkshire pudding on the banks of the Thames. Twas a jolly holiday break.
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Maestro (2023)
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Maestro (2023)
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A quartet of 4-star reviews today by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social @nellminow.bsky.social @812filmreviews.com & @carlosfilm.bsky.social, along with 3.5-star raves by @mcastimovies.bsky.social @glennkenny.bsky.social @richarderoeper.bsky.social & yours truly. Movies are great again! www.rogerebert.com
Movie reviews and ratings by Film Critic Roger Ebert | Roger Ebert
Movie reviews and ratings by Film Critic Roger Ebert | Roger Ebert
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November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A quartet of 4-star reviews today by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social @nellminow.bsky.social @812filmreviews.com & @carlosfilm.bsky.social, along with 3.5-star raves by @mcastimovies.bsky.social @glennkenny.bsky.social @richarderoeper.bsky.social & yours truly. Movies are great again! www.rogerebert.com
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Here's a fun flashback to the premiere of THE IRISHMAN at the 2019 Key West Film Festival with @mcastimovies.bsky.social and @davidlfear.bsky.social. Fond memories. 🎬🎞🏝🍿😊
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Here's a fun flashback to the premiere of THE IRISHMAN at the 2019 Key West Film Festival with @mcastimovies.bsky.social and @davidlfear.bsky.social. Fond memories. 🎬🎞🏝🍿😊
Greetings on this chilly NYC morning.
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Greetings on this chilly NYC morning.
For those who need an Agatha Christie fix until the next Poirot cinematic adventure…I wish you good luck.
“MURDER AT THE EMBASSY feels like one of those quick and easy reads you’d pick up at an airport bookstore on your way to your flight. … It’s slight, not quite as exciting a time as you had hoped,” writes @mcastimovies.bsky.social.
Murder at the Embassy movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
If you’re not already in the Miranda Green fan club, there’s not much “Murder at the Embassy” can do to impress new viewers.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
For those who need an Agatha Christie fix until the next Poirot cinematic adventure…I wish you good luck.
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This is a BIG reason I wrote Burn It Down. I was v tired of doing One Bad Man stories & wanted to shout from the rooftops that every He's Just One Bad Man is NOT a one-off--each 1 is propped up by multiple interlocking systems of enabling, protection & even celebration. The SYSTEMS are def evergreen
Terrific book that unfortunately remains evergreen.
ANYWAY! My 2023 book -- about systemic, institutionalized, longstanding patterns of misconduct, abuse, predation, and the enabling and even the celebration of same by the powerful -- was titled Burn It Down 🔥🔥🔥🔥 just sayin' bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is a BIG reason I wrote Burn It Down. I was v tired of doing One Bad Man stories & wanted to shout from the rooftops that every He's Just One Bad Man is NOT a one-off--each 1 is propped up by multiple interlocking systems of enabling, protection & even celebration. The SYSTEMS are def evergreen