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Caryn James
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Film and TV critic, novelist. Film Critic BBC Culture. Contributor to The Hollywood Reporter, among others.
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Orwell meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in Vince Gilligan's brilliant, entertaining Pluribus
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Pluribus review: This new sci-fi from Breaking Bad's creator is 'one of 2025's smartest shows'
This series from Vince Gilligan stars Rhea Seehorn as a cynical woman living in a world where people are constantly happy. It's George Orwell meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Mira Nair, in addition to being a brilliant filmmaker, is now officially the mom of the MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY!
Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, in a historic victory for progressives
Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Highlights of the NYFilm Festival 1st weekend: On screen, Wagner Moura in Kleber Mendonca Filho's searing The Secret Agent. Off-screen, Bruce Springsteen performing after Deliver Me From Nowhere. Honorable mention to Luca Guadagnino's glittery silver jacket on opening night. @FilmLinc #NYFF
September 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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We join our colleagues in @lafilmcritics.bsky.social and @nsfc.bsky.social in condemning the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" off the air.
September 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Can't wait to see this. Paterson is so lovely.
August 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I love this weirdo movie.
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‘The Last Viking’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Is Funny and Poignant in Danish Crime Comedy About Delusion and Brotherly Love
Revolving around an unusual pair of brothers, Anders Thomas Jensen's latest absurdist feature premiered in Venice out of competition.
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August 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Huge respect to Amy Sherald for not giving in. I'm sorry for the people in D.C. who won't get to see her show, one of the most bracing by a contemporary artist in recent years. Her Michelle Obama portrait is, frankly, the least of it. Show is still up at the Whitney.
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Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
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July 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert
July 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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No one believes the CBS line that this is all about finances. No one.
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‘Late Show’ Shocker: CBS Ending Late-Night Franchise in 2026
Host Stephen Colbert announced the news during the taping of Thursday’s show.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Typically astute, to-the-point take from @sulliview.bsky.social "The Mamdani story, however, fell far short of the newsworthiness bar."
Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid? | Margaret Sullivan
With their made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani
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July 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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They buried the lede: NYT is poring over the hacked confidential information.
bfishbfish.bsky.social Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · Jul 4
From a journalistic ethics standpoint. whoever permitted this should lose their job.
While Mr. Mamdani was not a target of the hack, the information about him was included in a database of millions of student applications to Columbia going back decades. The data was shared with The Times by an intermediary who goes by the name Crémieux on Substack and X and who is an academic and an opponent of affirmative action. The Times agreed to withhold his real name.
July 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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In a word: Eww! Jurassic World Rebirth is pretty stinky.
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Jurassic World Rebirth review: 'Stale' and with 'few thrills', it may be the weakest of the franchise
Starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey, the latest in the dinosaur blockbuster series follows the template created by the original Jurassic Park – but it's no match for it.
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June 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Part zombie-apocalypse, part Heart of Darkness, but best of all: Ralph Fiennes.
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28 Years Later review: Zombie-apocalypse horror is a 'never-dull' monster mash-up
Alex Garland and Danny Boyle have reunited for a follow-up to their 2002 classic. It has visual flair, terrifying adversaries and a scene-stealing performance from Ralph Fiennes.
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June 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Celine Song beautifully sidesteps the romcom

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Materialists review: This 'captivating' romantic drama explores love and money with 'piercing honesty'
Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal make for a starry love triangle in this exquisite new film from director Celine Song, who previously made the Oscar-nominated Past Lives.
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June 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Ryan Werner is exiting Cinetic Marketing to be Neon's President of Global Cinema.
Neon Appoints Ryan Werner from Cinetic Marketing to Newly-Created President of Global Cinema Role
Ryan Werner is exiting Cinetic Marketing to be Neon's President of Global Cinema.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Oh, apparently now he's calling foreign films "a national security threat" 😂
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Trump announces 100% tariff for movies produced outside US
Trump said he was authorizing the U.S. Trade Representative to process the institution of the tariff because the United States' movie industry is dying "a very fast death" due to other countries offering incentives to attract filmmaker's and studios.
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May 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Starry May: Julianne Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard and more . . .
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The Four Seasons to And Just Like That…: 10 of the best TV shows to watch this May
From Tina Fey's new relationship comedy to an action drama from the creator of Lost, and the return of Sarah Jessica Parker in the third season of And Just Like That...
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May 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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You *could* vote for him for this post alone.
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · May 2
Jalen Brunson has given New York City the greatest gift of all: the chance to beat Boston.
May 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Sinners is at the top of my list. Sex, blues and vampires – what more could you want?
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Warfare to Sinners: 10 of the best films of 2025 so far
BBC film critics Caryn James and Nicholas Barber pick their cinema highlights of the year so far, from a brutal war epic to an ambitious period vampire drama.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Being too faithful to source material is the worst thing an adaptation can do ... Posting my Last of Us (no spoilers) review now that the jaw-dropping event has happened.
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The Last of Us season two review: 'The plot twist tears the heart out of the series'
The video game adaptation won many plaudits for its grim-but-humane first season. Amidst a semblance of civilisation, the second series is an uneven odyssey.
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April 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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unprecedented protests this morning on heard and macdonald islands, as the population rises up against trump imposition of 10% across the board tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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I'll be watching to see if Netflix edits out the Trump jokes when it drops there. No excuse for doing that.
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Savage Trump Jokes Dominate Conan’s Kennedy Center Ceremony
Another famous “orange” man was in the spotlight as the Kennedy Center undergoes a number of major Trump-inspired changes.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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From 100 YEARS OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: “New cast member Zeppo Marx walked out in protest, but Lorne Michaels defended his choice of host for the 1933 Christmas episode. ‘You can’t deny Adolph Hitler is an interesting figure, and that’s what we do here — the new, the interesting.”
March 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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For everyone thinking movies are are great escape/ consolation, this is your weekend! I'm guessing Anora for Best Picture, but Conclave is a real possibility.
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Oscars 2025 predictions: Who will win - and who should?
In one of the most exciting and dramatic awards seasons ever, the field is wide open in several fields. Here are the BBC film critics' expert predictions.
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March 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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I don't know where Coppola posted this, but it's the best acceptance speech since any of Kieran Culkin's (high bar).
stevenhyden.bsky.social Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · Feb 28
Francis Coppola on his Razzie award nominations should be the thing that that finally kills the stupid Razzies out of shame and embarrassment.
February 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM