Andrew t
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Need some distraction? Here are two random Oscar predictions.
1) If three foreign movies get Best Picture nominations this year, which is very possible, the Academy's old guard will start arguing that they should be ineligible.
2) The Michael B. Jordan Best Actor nomination is shakier than it looks.
1) If three foreign movies get Best Picture nominations this year, which is very possible, the Academy's old guard will start arguing that they should be ineligible.
2) The Michael B. Jordan Best Actor nomination is shakier than it looks.
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Need some distraction? Here are two random Oscar predictions.
1) If three foreign movies get Best Picture nominations this year, which is very possible, the Academy's old guard will start arguing that they should be ineligible.
2) The Michael B. Jordan Best Actor nomination is shakier than it looks.
1) If three foreign movies get Best Picture nominations this year, which is very possible, the Academy's old guard will start arguing that they should be ineligible.
2) The Michael B. Jordan Best Actor nomination is shakier than it looks.
I have issues with how the proshot was directed (was constantly begging a wide shot lol) but so glad that this amazing production was captured for all to see. It took me right back to when I saw it on Broadway.
The pro shot version of Merrily We Roll Along with Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez hits theaters this weekend. I don't see any reviews, so maybe there's an embargo, in which case it would be completely inappropriate for me to say "Do not miss it."
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I have issues with how the proshot was directed (was constantly begging a wide shot lol) but so glad that this amazing production was captured for all to see. It took me right back to when I saw it on Broadway.
Call me crazy but Wicked: For Good is better than the first movie?? If only because Jon Chu doesn't butcher Defying Gravity so he can audition to direct Shang-Chi 2. Still a mediocre adaptation of a stage musical. Ariana Grande ought to land another Oscar nom - but as a Lead Actress.
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Call me crazy but Wicked: For Good is better than the first movie?? If only because Jon Chu doesn't butcher Defying Gravity so he can audition to direct Shang-Chi 2. Still a mediocre adaptation of a stage musical. Ariana Grande ought to land another Oscar nom - but as a Lead Actress.
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haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
If this song was written for a mid-aughts satire about the sexualization of teen starlets, it would be hailed as a masterpiece of good fake bad pop music.
Someone found an mp3 of the creepy "Jailbait" song Olivia Nuzzi released when she was 16 🫣
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If this song was written for a mid-aughts satire about the sexualization of teen starlets, it would be hailed as a masterpiece of good fake bad pop music.
For Guts Magazine, I wrote about the movies that remind me of offal and the organ meats that remind me of movies. Big thanks to Jake for working with me on this. Unlike a plate of andouilette, it was a pleasure.
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FILM301: INTRO TO CINÉMA DU OFFAL
ANDREW TRUONG ON CULT FILMS, CULT FOOD, AND MOVIES HE NEVER WANTS TO WATCH EVER AGAIN
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November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
For Guts Magazine, I wrote about the movies that remind me of offal and the organ meats that remind me of movies. Big thanks to Jake for working with me on this. Unlike a plate of andouilette, it was a pleasure.
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Keeping my opinions to myself so I don't get arrested.
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Keeping my opinions to myself so I don't get arrested.
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best ending of all time, let's be real
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
best ending of all time, let's be real
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#tbt sorry we missed this, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#tbt sorry we missed this, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Halloweekend movie reviews: Radu Jude's outrageous, AI-assisted Dracula and Anniversary, a family thriller from Jan Komasa (who made the excellent Corpus Christi) that imagines an authoritarian takeover of the US. Sounds like a reach!
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Give Them Blood, Blood, Gallons of the Stuff
Radu Jude's outrageous "Dracula" and the tightly wound "Anniversary" offer chilling reactions to the present moment.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Halloweekend movie reviews: Radu Jude's outrageous, AI-assisted Dracula and Anniversary, a family thriller from Jan Komasa (who made the excellent Corpus Christi) that imagines an authoritarian takeover of the US. Sounds like a reach!
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A belated roundup of new movies that hit theaters earlier this week, both involving female manipulators: Mistress Dispeller examines a rising phenomenon in China, while Hedda does all the things that After the Hunt attempts but way better.
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High Infidelity
Mistress Dispeller, Hedda, and the Bruce Springsteen movie you should be watching instead of the new one.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A belated roundup of new movies that hit theaters earlier this week, both involving female manipulators: Mistress Dispeller examines a rising phenomenon in China, while Hedda does all the things that After the Hunt attempts but way better.
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Saw Nia DaCosta’s razor sharp
hilarious brutal film adaptation of Ibsen’s play last night and my god Tessa Thompson does it all in this movie, if she doesn’t get nominated for Best Actress I swear to god
hilarious brutal film adaptation of Ibsen’s play last night and my god Tessa Thompson does it all in this movie, if she doesn’t get nominated for Best Actress I swear to god
“I’m committed to presenting complex Black women on screen, especially Black women behaving badly.”
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke with Nia DaCosta about her latest collaboration with Tessa Thompson: HEDDA!
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke with Nia DaCosta about her latest collaboration with Tessa Thompson: HEDDA!
How to Define Freedom: Nia DaCosta on “Hedda” | Interviews | Roger Ebert
An interview with the writer/director of this week's Hedda.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Saw Nia DaCosta’s razor sharp
hilarious brutal film adaptation of Ibsen’s play last night and my god Tessa Thompson does it all in this movie, if she doesn’t get nominated for Best Actress I swear to god
hilarious brutal film adaptation of Ibsen’s play last night and my god Tessa Thompson does it all in this movie, if she doesn’t get nominated for Best Actress I swear to god
Baby's first byline in a major pub - for Reverse Shot, I reviewed Chronicles of the Absurd, an unorthodox documentary by Cuban renegade Miguel Coyula. Its very existence is proof that creative expression may be hindered or stalled, but never stopped.
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Chronicles of the Absurd
Reviewing the 14th edition of First Look, Museum of the Moving Image's annual festival showcasing adventurous new cinema.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Baby's first byline in a major pub - for Reverse Shot, I reviewed Chronicles of the Absurd, an unorthodox documentary by Cuban renegade Miguel Coyula. Its very existence is proof that creative expression may be hindered or stalled, but never stopped.
reverseshot.org/reviews/entr...
reverseshot.org/reviews/entr...
I seem to be the only person who saw the #NYFF63 screening of Marty Supreme who thought it was merely decent? Strong start as the Anti-Rocky until it's suddenly Uncut Gems and Good Time, then back to the table tennis. You can tell a lot was cut from the film, and it's made worse for it.
October 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I seem to be the only person who saw the #NYFF63 screening of Marty Supreme who thought it was merely decent? Strong start as the Anti-Rocky until it's suddenly Uncut Gems and Good Time, then back to the table tennis. You can tell a lot was cut from the film, and it's made worse for it.
Catching up on #NYFF63 dispatches with brief thoughts on a bevy of movies I saw leading up to Opening Night: Nuestra Tierra (Landmarks), Jay Kelly, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, Resurrection, Blue Moon, Sound of Falling, A House of Dynamite.
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NYFF Dispatch 4: Great Movies, Greater Disappointments
Dynamite Landmarks like Jay Kelly are only Falling once in a Blue Moon, pending the Terms & Conditions of his Resurrection.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Catching up on #NYFF63 dispatches with brief thoughts on a bevy of movies I saw leading up to Opening Night: Nuestra Tierra (Landmarks), Jay Kelly, BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, Resurrection, Blue Moon, Sound of Falling, A House of Dynamite.
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I feel very lucky that I got to talk about my Homeland-Security-mass-detention-Asian-American book on The Daily Show
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October 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I feel very lucky that I got to talk about my Homeland-Security-mass-detention-Asian-American book on The Daily Show
Sentimental Value: was on the verge of a menty b, but it was cured by senti v.
Joachim Trier's cross-generational family drama comes alive thanks to it's empathic ensemble: Stellan is stellar, Renate reigns, and though it's a relatively small role I'm stanning Fanning. #NYFF63
Joachim Trier's cross-generational family drama comes alive thanks to it's empathic ensemble: Stellan is stellar, Renate reigns, and though it's a relatively small role I'm stanning Fanning. #NYFF63
September 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Sentimental Value: was on the verge of a menty b, but it was cured by senti v.
Joachim Trier's cross-generational family drama comes alive thanks to it's empathic ensemble: Stellan is stellar, Renate reigns, and though it's a relatively small role I'm stanning Fanning. #NYFF63
Joachim Trier's cross-generational family drama comes alive thanks to it's empathic ensemble: Stellan is stellar, Renate reigns, and though it's a relatively small role I'm stanning Fanning. #NYFF63
As part of my ongoing #NYFF63 coverage, some movie & tasting notes on One Battle After Another, The Last One For the Road (which is flying a bit under the radar IMO), and Radu Jude's Kontinental '25. @filmlinc.bsky.social
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NYFF Dispatch 3: One Movie After Another
One Kontinental Battle For the Road.
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September 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As part of my ongoing #NYFF63 coverage, some movie & tasting notes on One Battle After Another, The Last One For the Road (which is flying a bit under the radar IMO), and Radu Jude's Kontinental '25. @filmlinc.bsky.social
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#NYFF63 launches today, as does my very opinionated but very definitive list of the best restaurants and bars near the Lincoln Center. Self-care is avoiding Chipotle 💅
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The Best Places To Eat & Drink Near the Lincoln Center, During NYFF and Beyond
A very opinionated, very definitive guide to good bars and restaurants in an area that doesn't have many.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#NYFF63 launches today, as does my very opinionated but very definitive list of the best restaurants and bars near the Lincoln Center. Self-care is avoiding Chipotle 💅
www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/lincoln-ce...
www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/lincoln-ce...
Back in Peter Hujar’s Day, Magellan captained the Rose of Nevada on a journey across the Sirāt bridge, with a stowaway Secret Agent.
Second #NYFF63 dispatch is up, with initial impressions on more films on the Main Slate with ideas for food pairings!
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Second #NYFF63 dispatch is up, with initial impressions on more films on the Main Slate with ideas for food pairings!
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NYFF Dispatch 2: Andrew Truong’s Day
Back in Peter Hujar’s Day, Magellan captained the Rose of Nevada on a journey across the Sirāt bridge, with a stowaway Secret Agent.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Back in Peter Hujar’s Day, Magellan captained the Rose of Nevada on a journey across the Sirāt bridge, with a stowaway Secret Agent.
Second #NYFF63 dispatch is up, with initial impressions on more films on the Main Slate with ideas for food pairings!
www.butteredpopcorn.org/p/nyff-dispa...
Second #NYFF63 dispatch is up, with initial impressions on more films on the Main Slate with ideas for food pairings!
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My first dispatch from #NYFF63! Musings on the pre-festival festival for critics, initial impressions on No Other Choice, The Mastermind, Miroirs No. 3, and Late Fame, and food/drink pairings for each of those movies.
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NYFF Dispatch 1: The Pre-Festival Begins
No Other Choice but to stan The Mastermind who achieved Late Fame by performing Miroirs No. 3.
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September 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My first dispatch from #NYFF63! Musings on the pre-festival festival for critics, initial impressions on No Other Choice, The Mastermind, Miroirs No. 3, and Late Fame, and food/drink pairings for each of those movies.
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THE BALTIMORONS: Every review is calling this "charming," but there's really no better word to describe this Christmas dramedy from Jay Duplass. (Plus the Charm City allusion is irresistible.) There are, of course, plenty of crab cakes.
Full review:
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Full review:
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The Baltimorons, Riefenstahl, September Movie Preview
Two reviews of new movies and my list of I want to watch this month.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
THE BALTIMORONS: Every review is calling this "charming," but there's really no better word to describe this Christmas dramedy from Jay Duplass. (Plus the Charm City allusion is irresistible.) There are, of course, plenty of crab cakes.
Full review:
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Full review:
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Roughly what Toni Servillo said, per Google Translate:
On behalf of what all Italian cinema is feeling right now, allow me to express admiration for those who courageously took to the sea to reach Palestine and bring a sign of humanity to a land where daily and cruelly, human dignity is despised.
On behalf of what all Italian cinema is feeling right now, allow me to express admiration for those who courageously took to the sea to reach Palestine and bring a sign of humanity to a land where daily and cruelly, human dignity is despised.
Servillo mentions the genocide, though my Italian is not sufficient to say more than that.
September 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Roughly what Toni Servillo said, per Google Translate:
On behalf of what all Italian cinema is feeling right now, allow me to express admiration for those who courageously took to the sea to reach Palestine and bring a sign of humanity to a land where daily and cruelly, human dignity is despised.
On behalf of what all Italian cinema is feeling right now, allow me to express admiration for those who courageously took to the sea to reach Palestine and bring a sign of humanity to a land where daily and cruelly, human dignity is despised.