Jeremy Beck
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Movie critic. TV addict. Editor-in-chief of MovieManifesto.com. Same handle on Letterboxd. For freelance: beck dot jeremy at gmail. he/him
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In “Long Story Short,” Jews Will Not Be Replaced - MovieManifesto
Netflix's new comedy is a powerful exploration of what it means to be Jewish. Someone should tell the Trump administration.
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New piece: I wrote about Netflix’s LONG STORY SHORT. It’s a funny and enjoyable series that also grapples with what it means to be Jewish, which makes it important given how the Trump administration is co-opting Jewishness in perverse ways.
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This weekend in “I contain cinematic multitudes” (sorry Netflix you should’ve released FRANKENSTEIN in theaters like a real movie studio):
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This weekend in “I contain cinematic multitudes” (sorry Netflix you should’ve released FRANKENSTEIN in theaters like a real movie studio):
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Panahi, A-): Snatch-and-gab job
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A ★★★★ review of It Was Just an Accident (2025)
Between this and Bugonia, Death and the Maiden sure is having a revival these days, huh? But there's much more going on here than just a suspenseful thriller of (potential) mistaken identity. Panahi b...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Panahi, A-): Snatch-and-gab job
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#ItWasJustAnAccident letterboxd.com/moviemanifes...
Rhea Seehorn’s performance in BETTER CALL SAUL was remarkable in part for how restrained it was, so it’s fascinating that in #Pluribus she’s playing someone who’s literally the most emotionally volatile person in the entire world.
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Rhea Seehorn’s performance in BETTER CALL SAUL was remarkable in part for how restrained it was, so it’s fascinating that in #Pluribus she’s playing someone who’s literally the most emotionally volatile person in the entire world.
Evening bump: I wrote about BUGONIA.
It’s one of Yorgos Lanthimos’ lesser movies, which means it’s merely Quite Good.
#Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
It’s one of Yorgos Lanthimos’ lesser movies, which means it’s merely Quite Good.
#Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
Bugonia review: Alien vs. Redditor - MovieManifesto
Yorgos Lanthimos' new whatsit lacks the power or beauty of his best work, but it's entertaining, with some sobering thoughts on America.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Evening bump: I wrote about BUGONIA.
It’s one of Yorgos Lanthimos’ lesser movies, which means it’s merely Quite Good.
#Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
It’s one of Yorgos Lanthimos’ lesser movies, which means it’s merely Quite Good.
#Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
“Where BUGONIA does endure is its portrait of contemporary America... Even if its themes and its plot clash rather than harmonize, it is *watchable*, with two memorable characters whose respective neuroses are individuated rather than purely symbolic.”
#Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
#Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
Bugonia review: Alien vs. Redditor - MovieManifesto
Yorgos Lanthimos' new whatsit lacks the power or beauty of his best work, but it's entertaining, with some sobering thoughts on America.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“Where BUGONIA does endure is its portrait of contemporary America... Even if its themes and its plot clash rather than harmonize, it is *watchable*, with two memorable characters whose respective neuroses are individuated rather than purely symbolic.”
#Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
#Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
New piece: I wrote about BUGONIA. It isn’t as majestic as Yorgos Lanthimos’ best movies, but it’s damn entertaining, with strong performances from Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, and it accurately reflects just how fucked up this country is.
Review here: #Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
Review here: #Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
Bugonia review: Alien vs. Redditor - MovieManifesto
Yorgos Lanthimos' new whatsit lacks the power or beauty of his best work, but it's entertaining, with some sobering thoughts on America.
moviemanifesto.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
New piece: I wrote about BUGONIA. It isn’t as majestic as Yorgos Lanthimos’ best movies, but it’s damn entertaining, with strong performances from Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, and it accurately reflects just how fucked up this country is.
Review here: #Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
Review here: #Bugonia moviemanifesto.com/2025/11/bugo...
“My endorsement means a lot to me” is such a spectacular tautology. Forget “many people are saying,” we’ve moved on to “I’m very important in my opinion.”
Trump: "My endorsement means a lot to me, so I was a little disappointed in the fact that New Jersey -- I thought New Jersey would do a little bit better than that."
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“My endorsement means a lot to me” is such a spectacular tautology. Forget “many people are saying,” we’ve moved on to “I’m very important in my opinion.”
This weekend in “I contain cinematic multitudes”:
October 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This weekend in “I contain cinematic multitudes”:
“This doesn’t mean that he disappears into the role, obliterating the distinction between actor & character. Quite the opposite: Hawke flaunts his gifts with a conspicuous élan, and it’s this showboating quality that makes his performance so inhabiting.”
#BlueMoon moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
#BlueMoon moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
Deliver Me from Nowhere, Blue Moon, and the Pleasures of the Biopic Performance - MovieManifesto
Jeremy Allen White plays Bruce Springsteen, while Ethan Hawke becomes Lorenz Hart. One is solid; the other is spectacular.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“This doesn’t mean that he disappears into the role, obliterating the distinction between actor & character. Quite the opposite: Hawke flaunts his gifts with a conspicuous élan, and it’s this showboating quality that makes his performance so inhabiting.”
#BlueMoon moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
#BlueMoon moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
“White’s vocals are impressive, but otherwise, he isn’t extending himself; it’s hard not to watch him and think, ‘What if the dude from THE BEAR could sing?’ It’s a solid, sturdy performance whose lack of bravado works both for & against it.”
#DeliverMeFromNowhere moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
#DeliverMeFromNowhere moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
Deliver Me from Nowhere, Blue Moon, and the Pleasures of the Biopic Performance - MovieManifesto
Jeremy Allen White plays Bruce Springsteen, while Ethan Hawke becomes Lorenz Hart. One is solid; the other is spectacular.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“White’s vocals are impressive, but otherwise, he isn’t extending himself; it’s hard not to watch him and think, ‘What if the dude from THE BEAR could sing?’ It’s a solid, sturdy performance whose lack of bravado works both for & against it.”
#DeliverMeFromNowhere moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
#DeliverMeFromNowhere moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
New piece: I wrote about the lead performances in two recent biopics, Jeremy Allen White in SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE and Ethan Hawke in BLUE MOON. I didn’t fake an accent, but maybe I’ll still land an Oscar nomination?
#DeliverMeFromNowhere #BlueMoon moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
#DeliverMeFromNowhere #BlueMoon moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
Deliver Me from Nowhere, Blue Moon, and the Pleasures of the Biopic Performance - MovieManifesto
Jeremy Allen White plays Bruce Springsteen, while Ethan Hawke becomes Lorenz Hart. One is solid; the other is spectacular.
moviemanifesto.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New piece: I wrote about the lead performances in two recent biopics, Jeremy Allen White in SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE and Ethan Hawke in BLUE MOON. I didn’t fake an accent, but maybe I’ll still land an Oscar nomination?
#DeliverMeFromNowhere #BlueMoon moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
#DeliverMeFromNowhere #BlueMoon moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/deli...
“You can’t just sit there and do nothing.”
“I’m not doing nothing, I’m sending my best agents. And you.”
This wasn’t my favorite season of #SlowHorses, but I will always savor Gary Oldman shitting on Jack Lowden.
“I’m not doing nothing, I’m sending my best agents. And you.”
This wasn’t my favorite season of #SlowHorses, but I will always savor Gary Oldman shitting on Jack Lowden.
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“You can’t just sit there and do nothing.”
“I’m not doing nothing, I’m sending my best agents. And you.”
This wasn’t my favorite season of #SlowHorses, but I will always savor Gary Oldman shitting on Jack Lowden.
“I’m not doing nothing, I’m sending my best agents. And you.”
This wasn’t my favorite season of #SlowHorses, but I will always savor Gary Oldman shitting on Jack Lowden.
Finished S2 of #NobodyWantsThis, and if you’re interested in a smart and funny Netflix comedy that also wrestles sincerely with what it means to be Jewish in modern America, might I recommend LONG STORY SHORT?
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In “Long Story Short,” Jews Will Not Be Replaced - MovieManifesto
Netflix's new comedy is a powerful exploration of what it means to be Jewish. Someone should tell the Trump administration.
moviemanifesto.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Finished S2 of #NobodyWantsThis, and if you’re interested in a smart and funny Netflix comedy that also wrestles sincerely with what it means to be Jewish in modern America, might I recommend LONG STORY SHORT?
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moviemanifesto.com/2025/09/in-l...
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (Bigelow, B): Ground control to major bomb
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#AHouseOfDynamite letterboxd.com/moviemanifes...
A ★★★½ review of A House of Dynamite (2025)
Is the triptych structure a brilliant device or a pointless gimmick? I'll go with neither. I don't know that this story *needed* to be told in this way; it's certainly possible to imagine a more linea...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (Bigelow, B): Ground control to major bomb
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#AHouseOfDynamite letterboxd.com/moviemanifes...
This weekend in “I contain cinematic multitudes” except they’re not really cinematic because fuck you Netflix:
October 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This weekend in “I contain cinematic multitudes” except they’re not really cinematic because fuck you Netflix:
Evening bump: I wrote about Luca Guadagnino’s AFTER THE HUNT.
Not a good movie, but at least it’s a serious one.
#AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
Not a good movie, but at least it’s a serious one.
#AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
After the Hunt review: Sexual Behavior in the Human Yale - MovieManifesto
Luca Guadagnino's strained tale of modern academia scores points for ambition, but it ultimately says nothing of interest.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Evening bump: I wrote about Luca Guadagnino’s AFTER THE HUNT.
Not a good movie, but at least it’s a serious one.
#AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
Not a good movie, but at least it’s a serious one.
#AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
“These questions are likely to fascinate only a small percentage of the moviegoing audience: sociologists, intersectionality majors, New York Times opinion columnists.”
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#AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
After the Hunt review: Sexual Behavior in the Human Yale - MovieManifesto
Luca Guadagnino's strained tale of modern academia scores points for ambition, but it ultimately says nothing of interest.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“These questions are likely to fascinate only a small percentage of the moviegoing audience: sociologists, intersectionality majors, New York Times opinion columnists.”
#AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
#AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
I think #NobodyWantsThis is a very pleasant show with a bunch of charming actors, but its basketball scenes drive me completely insane.
October 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I think #NobodyWantsThis is a very pleasant show with a bunch of charming actors, but its basketball scenes drive me completely insane.
New piece: I wrote about Luca Guadagnino’s AFTER THE HUNT, a movie that’s impressively made, competently acted, and largely devoid of anything interesting to say about #MeToo, “cancel culture,” or any element of modern campus life.
Review here: #AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
Review here: #AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
After the Hunt review: Sexual Behavior in the Human Yale - MovieManifesto
Luca Guadagnino's strained tale of modern academia scores points for ambition, but it ultimately says nothing of interest.
moviemanifesto.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New piece: I wrote about Luca Guadagnino’s AFTER THE HUNT, a movie that’s impressively made, competently acted, and largely devoid of anything interesting to say about #MeToo, “cancel culture,” or any element of modern campus life.
Review here: #AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
Review here: #AfterTheHunt moviemanifesto.com/2025/10/afte...
I don’t know if A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is any good, but I *do* know that Kathryn Bigelow has made a bunch of whiz-bang classics yet I can only watch her newest movie on my television set, and I frankly think that sucks.
October 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I don’t know if A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is any good, but I *do* know that Kathryn Bigelow has made a bunch of whiz-bang classics yet I can only watch her newest movie on my television set, and I frankly think that sucks.
You do, in fact, gotta hand it to #TheMorningShow for its very funny illustration of how A.I. is an impending disaster.
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
You do, in fact, gotta hand it to #TheMorningShow for its very funny illustration of how A.I. is an impending disaster.
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a 145-minute genre-hopping Pynchon adaptation which has made $62M domestic and another $101M internationally (thus far), so naturally outlets are leaping at the chance to brand it a flop.
October 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a 145-minute genre-hopping Pynchon adaptation which has made $62M domestic and another $101M internationally (thus far), so naturally outlets are leaping at the chance to brand it a flop.
Netflix released an entire season of #TheDiplomat last Thursday, and four days later outlets were releasing pieces with headlines like “We need to talk about what happened on THE DIPLOMAT finale,” and I just don’t think this is a healthy TV ecosystem for either viewers or critics.
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Netflix released an entire season of #TheDiplomat last Thursday, and four days later outlets were releasing pieces with headlines like “We need to talk about what happened on THE DIPLOMAT finale,” and I just don’t think this is a healthy TV ecosystem for either viewers or critics.