Abby Olcese
@abbyolcese.bsky.social
Film critic/writer at The Pitch, Paste, Sojourners, rogerebert.com, others. Author of FILMS FOR ALL SEASONS: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hre5e
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Abby Olcese
@abbyolcese.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies a book by Abby Olcese and Josh Larsen
The Spiritual Practice of Watching MoviesWhat's your favorite Christmas movie? Easter movie? Pentecost movie? Casual viewers and movie buffs alike have favorite movies to watch at certain times of the...
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Since I have a big crop of new followers: Hi! I'm Abby! I write about movies and sometimes other things. I went viral once for posting a photo of an Abe Lincoln impersonator. I wrote a book that just came out, and you should read it!
Lord, give me the confidence of Nina Hoss' dress in HEDDA.
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Lord, give me the confidence of Nina Hoss' dress in HEDDA.
In my 20s, the price of admission to a party was a sixer or a bottle of wine. Now, in my 30s, it's toys and/or books for my friends' kids.
My party schedule is...different now.
My party schedule is...different now.
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In my 20s, the price of admission to a party was a sixer or a bottle of wine. Now, in my 30s, it's toys and/or books for my friends' kids.
My party schedule is...different now.
My party schedule is...different now.
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sorry to Wizard of Oz post, but I was raised on the Midwestern cut of the film where Oz is in black and white and Kansas is in color so that we would be discouraged from flights of fancy and excited to return to farm work
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
sorry to Wizard of Oz post, but I was raised on the Midwestern cut of the film where Oz is in black and white and Kansas is in color so that we would be discouraged from flights of fancy and excited to return to farm work
Look, I'm a tepid Osgood Perkins appreciator most of the time (The Monkey excepted, that thing owns), and even *I* think most of y'all are being too harsh on KEEPER. It's fun!
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Look, I'm a tepid Osgood Perkins appreciator most of the time (The Monkey excepted, that thing owns), and even *I* think most of y'all are being too harsh on KEEPER. It's fun!
I've never been happier to spend most of the day offline. Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time to watch my KEEPER screener.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I've never been happier to spend most of the day offline. Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time to watch my KEEPER screener.
Huckabee (not that one) 2028: Let's watch more movies
when i am president we will watch movies
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Huckabee (not that one) 2028: Let's watch more movies
Is there a speed-dating option for active churchgoers who regularly skip the gym and may or may not want kids? Or is this *just* a thing for fit pro-natalists?
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Is there a speed-dating option for active churchgoers who regularly skip the gym and may or may not want kids? Or is this *just* a thing for fit pro-natalists?
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So now that I've heard TCW labeled "Wa-Luigi Coates" I'll never think of him any other way.
Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So now that I've heard TCW labeled "Wa-Luigi Coates" I'll never think of him any other way.
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"From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible."
Who Said It: The Hell Priest Pinhead or Olivia Nuzzi?
“Olivia Nuzzi did it all for love. The former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump, and the scandal w...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible."
There was a woman next to me at WICKED: FOR GOOD tonight who I think had only seen the first movie and didn't know the show, so every reveal was a delight to her, and that was (for me) maybe the best way to watch this movie.
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
There was a woman next to me at WICKED: FOR GOOD tonight who I think had only seen the first movie and didn't know the show, so every reveal was a delight to her, and that was (for me) maybe the best way to watch this movie.
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Wicked Part Two: Forlectric Goodaloo.
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Wicked Part Two: Forlectric Goodaloo.
Also circling: Me, in the front row of a theater, waiting.
Josh Hutcherson and Caleb Landry Jones are eyeing lead roles in an upcoming A24 horror from THE FIRST OMEN's Arkasha Stevenson, which centers on a bachelor party gone horribly wrong.
Josh Hutcherson And Caleb Landry Jones In Talks For A24 Bachelor Party Horror
Josh Hutcherson and Caleb Landry Jones are eyeing lead roles in an upcoming A24 horror from THE FIRST OMEN's Arkasha Stevenson, which centers on a bachelor party gone horribly wrong.
dlvr.it
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Also circling: Me, in the front row of a theater, waiting.
I finally got to the Thomas Paine bits in The American Revolution, and would like to politely request that Matthew Rhys read me a bedtime story.
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I finally got to the Thomas Paine bits in The American Revolution, and would like to politely request that Matthew Rhys read me a bedtime story.
Y'all, I screamed.
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Y'all, I screamed.
I am very distracted by the number of times The American Revolution uses the same music as the Miller's Crossing theme.
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I am very distracted by the number of times The American Revolution uses the same music as the Miller's Crossing theme.
Y'all remember last week when I was coy for some stupid reason about the best movie of the year?
This, it's this, I don't know why I wasn't clearer, it was a long week and I was tired.
This, it's this, I don't know why I wasn't clearer, it was a long week and I was tired.
Psssssst: Here’s the theater finder page for Wake Up Dead Man! Showtimes begin 11/26, and more theaters will be popping up throughout the week. www.wakeupdeadmanfilm.com
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Official Website | November 27 2025
Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on the official site. In theaters November 27 2025 brought to you by Netflix. Directed by: Rian Johnson. St...
www.wakeupdeadmanfilm.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Y'all remember last week when I was coy for some stupid reason about the best movie of the year?
This, it's this, I don't know why I wasn't clearer, it was a long week and I was tired.
This, it's this, I don't know why I wasn't clearer, it was a long week and I was tired.
I'm online enough to know about Olivia Nuzzi, but not so much that I know about Dasha Nekrasova, and I feel like that's a good place to be.
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I'm online enough to know about Olivia Nuzzi, but not so much that I know about Dasha Nekrasova, and I feel like that's a good place to be.
So hey, turns out this was my last film review for Paste. You'll be able to find my old stuff there, but this is the last new one:
Predictable and Flat, Rebuilding Has Good Intentions, but Dull Execution
Rebuilding wants its audience to be surprised by what they find, but its filmmakers don't seem to find their story all that special.
www.pastemagazine.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So hey, turns out this was my last film review for Paste. You'll be able to find my old stuff there, but this is the last new one:
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David Strathairn in HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS…RT if u agree.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
David Strathairn in HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS…RT if u agree.
I would love to hang out in a room with the voice cast of Ken Burns' American Revolution series. What a party.
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I would love to hang out in a room with the voice cast of Ken Burns' American Revolution series. What a party.
Me at 7 p.m.: Am I really ready to watch a Ken Burns series on the American Revolution here in 2025?
Me at 7:45:
Me at 7:45:
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Me at 7 p.m.: Am I really ready to watch a Ken Burns series on the American Revolution here in 2025?
Me at 7:45:
Me at 7:45:
"I know you want there to be a plan" just rattling around in my brain for the next forever, I guess.
Time to see who else is crazy/weird/awesome enough to go watch BUGONIA in a theater during a Chiefs game.
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"I know you want there to be a plan" just rattling around in my brain for the next forever, I guess.
Time to see who else is crazy/weird/awesome enough to go watch BUGONIA in a theater during a Chiefs game.
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Time to see who else is crazy/weird/awesome enough to go watch BUGONIA in a theater during a Chiefs game.