Odie Henderson
@odienator.bsky.social
Author of BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Still the Boston Globe's chief film critic for now :) Former RogerEbert.com critic. Also former IT Diva (reformed). Black, bi, badass. View are my own! NSFC and GALECA member.
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Odie Henderson
@odienator.bsky.social
· Feb 19
I wrote a book on Blaxploitation Cinema! Ya damn right! It's called BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Available at bookstores, libraries and even an audiobook (read by moi). If you want to get a copy, ask yo' mama!
In light of all its NSFC wins, a reminder that I do not endorse this movie one bit
“it opts to give just enough lip service to its supposed central theme that ‘revolutionary violence is the only way’ so that viewers can feel good about themselves without having to get their hands dirty. ‘The Spook Who Sat by the Door,’ this is not.” Yes, I panned OBAA. And I am Not Sorry.
In ‘One Battle After Another,’ the revolution doesn’t feel so relevant - The Boston Globe
Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn lean into their worst acting instincts in Paul Thomas Anderson's busy satire.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
In light of all its NSFC wins, a reminder that I do not endorse this movie one bit
Chalfant deserved our Best Actress award at NSFC. Happy about her win. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/10/a...
‘Familiar Touch’ treats dementia with dignity and grace - The Boston Globe
Starring a superb Kathleen Chalfant, Sarah Friedland’s poignant debut is honest, witty and warm.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Chalfant deserved our Best Actress award at NSFC. Happy about her win. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/10/a...
This was close! No problems with any of these.
Best Film Not in the English Language: THE SECRET AGENT (58 points)
Runners-up: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (57 points)
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (38 points)
Runners-up: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (57 points)
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (38 points)
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This was close! No problems with any of these.
To repeat: BOOOOOOO!
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (54 points)
Runners-up:
Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (48 points)
Richard Linklater, BLUE MOON and NOUVELLE VAGUE (39 points)
Runners-up:
Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (48 points)
Richard Linklater, BLUE MOON and NOUVELLE VAGUE (39 points)
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
To repeat: BOOOOOOO!
This was expected, but BOOOOOOOO!
Best Picture: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (57 points)
Runners-up:
SINNERS (29 points)
THE SECRET AGENT (27 points)
Runners-up:
SINNERS (29 points)
THE SECRET AGENT (27 points)
January 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
This was expected, but BOOOOOOOO!
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Best Screenplay: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (53 points)
Runners-up:
Robert Kaplow, BLUE MOON (50 points)
Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT (40 points)
Runners-up:
Robert Kaplow, BLUE MOON (50 points)
Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT (40 points)
January 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Best Screenplay: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (53 points)
Runners-up:
Robert Kaplow, BLUE MOON (50 points)
Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT (40 points)
Runners-up:
Robert Kaplow, BLUE MOON (50 points)
Kleber Mendonça Filho, THE SECRET AGENT (40 points)
Glad Delroy got some love here. Of all the OBAA winners, this one I can live with because del Toro is the best thing in that movie.
Best Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (54 points)
Runners-up:
Delroy Lindo, SINNERS (37)
Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (30 points)
Runners-up:
Delroy Lindo, SINNERS (37)
Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (30 points)
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Glad Delroy got some love here. Of all the OBAA winners, this one I can live with because del Toro is the best thing in that movie.
I'm happy for Hawke, though I was rooting for Michael B. Jordan. I interviewed Hawke, by the way.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/a...
January 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I'm happy for Hawke, though I was rooting for Michael B. Jordan. I interviewed Hawke, by the way.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/a...
Yay, Sinners!
Best Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, SINNERS (50 points)
Runners-up:
Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS (36 points)
Michael Bauman, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (29 points)
Runners-up:
Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS (36 points)
Michael Bauman, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (29 points)
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Yay, Sinners!
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Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Well, it was either all this or another black person in a Star Wars movie
If the movie didn't do her dirty, I might have been OK with Taylor's win here. But I was team Aunt Gladys! (the runners up here were mine as well.)
Best Supporting Actress: Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (56 points)
Runners-up:
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (47 points)
Wunmi Mosaku, SINNERS (41 points)
Runners-up:
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE (47 points)
Wunmi Mosaku, SINNERS (41 points)
January 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
If the movie didn't do her dirty, I might have been OK with Taylor's win here. But I was team Aunt Gladys! (the runners up here were mine as well.)
I loved Chalfant in FAMILIAR TOUCH. The only one I didn't like was Rose Byrne. I wrote about Chalfant here too.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/11/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/11/a...
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I loved Chalfant in FAMILIAR TOUCH. The only one I didn't like was Rose Byrne. I wrote about Chalfant here too.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/11/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/11/a...
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Film Heritage Award: the late Ken and Flo Jacobs, an irreplaceable, gravitational center of the American avant-garde, with a shared artistic sensibility that helped define experimental cinema.
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Film Heritage Award: the late Ken and Flo Jacobs, an irreplaceable, gravitational center of the American avant-garde, with a shared artistic sensibility that helped define experimental cinema.
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Film Heritage Award: The Film Desk, for releasing key movies from all over the world, in 35mm prints and on home video, and publishing books that have enriched the public’s knowledge of cinema.
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Film Heritage Award: The Film Desk, for releasing key movies from all over the world, in 35mm prints and on home video, and publishing books that have enriched the public’s knowledge of cinema.
Off to the NSFC voting event. Pray for me!
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Off to the NSFC voting event. Pray for me!
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We this, we that.
You know what, fuck that.
The US has never been a united country.
It’s a place built with the sole purpose of enabling white supremacy in the most destructive ways possible.
Black, Brown and Native folks have been screaming this for centuries.
Fuck outta here with ‘we.’
You know what, fuck that.
The US has never been a united country.
It’s a place built with the sole purpose of enabling white supremacy in the most destructive ways possible.
Black, Brown and Native folks have been screaming this for centuries.
Fuck outta here with ‘we.’
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
We this, we that.
You know what, fuck that.
The US has never been a united country.
It’s a place built with the sole purpose of enabling white supremacy in the most destructive ways possible.
Black, Brown and Native folks have been screaming this for centuries.
Fuck outta here with ‘we.’
You know what, fuck that.
The US has never been a united country.
It’s a place built with the sole purpose of enabling white supremacy in the most destructive ways possible.
Black, Brown and Native folks have been screaming this for centuries.
Fuck outta here with ‘we.’
Well, that escalated fast!
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Well, that escalated fast!
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The National Society of Film Critics will be voting on 2025's best achievements in film on Saturday, Jan. 3. Please follow us here for the winner and runner-up announcements, category by category.
December 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The National Society of Film Critics will be voting on 2025's best achievements in film on Saturday, Jan. 3. Please follow us here for the winner and runner-up announcements, category by category.
I dreamt that I dropped dead, and the only theater chain in Hell was AMC. The bedbugs from the AMC Bedbug 25 were there (they were the fire roaches from the 1975 insect horror movie BUG). And AMC only showed movies from my worst lists. "We come to this place for damnation" said Nicole in her ad.
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I dreamt that I dropped dead, and the only theater chain in Hell was AMC. The bedbugs from the AMC Bedbug 25 were there (they were the fire roaches from the 1975 insect horror movie BUG). And AMC only showed movies from my worst lists. "We come to this place for damnation" said Nicole in her ad.
Holy Mackerel! Joe from SOUL is really...MR CHURCH!!
"Henry Joseph Church could have been anything he wanted. He chose to cook. The secret, he said, was jazz.” -opening line from Ed-DEE's hideous movie.
They both sacrifice themselves for an ungrateful, piece of shit White woman, too. EERIE!!
"Henry Joseph Church could have been anything he wanted. He chose to cook. The secret, he said, was jazz.” -opening line from Ed-DEE's hideous movie.
They both sacrifice themselves for an ungrateful, piece of shit White woman, too. EERIE!!
January 3, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Holy Mackerel! Joe from SOUL is really...MR CHURCH!!
"Henry Joseph Church could have been anything he wanted. He chose to cook. The secret, he said, was jazz.” -opening line from Ed-DEE's hideous movie.
They both sacrifice themselves for an ungrateful, piece of shit White woman, too. EERIE!!
"Henry Joseph Church could have been anything he wanted. He chose to cook. The secret, he said, was jazz.” -opening line from Ed-DEE's hideous movie.
They both sacrifice themselves for an ungrateful, piece of shit White woman, too. EERIE!!
Not good, but still better than 90% of the overly pious religious crap that keeps getting churned out every year. And I got to see a famous chandelier at the 70mm screening.
January 3, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Not good, but still better than 90% of the overly pious religious crap that keeps getting churned out every year. And I got to see a famous chandelier at the 70mm screening.
My first movie of 2026 will be THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE this afternoon (after I visit the cat cafe--MEOW!). I do not believe I will enjoy this movie one bit, but we'll see.
January 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
My first movie of 2026 will be THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE this afternoon (after I visit the cat cafe--MEOW!). I do not believe I will enjoy this movie one bit, but we'll see.
I have a friend who likes to troll me by sending stuff that he gets by searching for me using Google AI. 90% of this Google AI generated overview horseshit is a fucking lie.
I don't know what Dhurandhar is. I never saw Homebound nor The Housemaid. And I gave Ne Zha 2 two stars. Top picks my ass.
I don't know what Dhurandhar is. I never saw Homebound nor The Housemaid. And I gave Ne Zha 2 two stars. Top picks my ass.
January 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I have a friend who likes to troll me by sending stuff that he gets by searching for me using Google AI. 90% of this Google AI generated overview horseshit is a fucking lie.
I don't know what Dhurandhar is. I never saw Homebound nor The Housemaid. And I gave Ne Zha 2 two stars. Top picks my ass.
I don't know what Dhurandhar is. I never saw Homebound nor The Housemaid. And I gave Ne Zha 2 two stars. Top picks my ass.