David Hudson
@dwhdaily.bsky.social
I write the Daily column for Criterion's Current.
Buñuel @nytimes.com + @avclub.com, Rock Hudson @ 100 @ BFI, Yekaterina Golubeva @ Metrograph, Paul Schrader @thefilmstage.com …
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November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Buñuel @nytimes.com + @avclub.com, Rock Hudson @ 100 @ BFI, Yekaterina Golubeva @ Metrograph, Paul Schrader @thefilmstage.com …
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Early reviews of SCENE, Abel Ferrara’s memoir, are strong, and the generous excerpt up @literaryhub.bsky.social is especially recommended ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Early reviews of SCENE, Abel Ferrara’s memoir, are strong, and the generous excerpt up @literaryhub.bsky.social is especially recommended ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Remembering Tatsuya Nakadai … www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Remembering Tatsuya Nakadai … www.criterion.com/current/post...
One-week runs of Oliver Laxe’s SIRÂT begin Thursday @filmlinc.bsky.social and Friday in Los Angeles before @neon-rated.bsky.social rolls out a wider theatrical release in January — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
One-week runs of Oliver Laxe’s SIRÂT begin Thursday @filmlinc.bsky.social and Friday in Los Angeles before @neon-rated.bsky.social rolls out a wider theatrical release in January — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Tatsuya Nakadai, who starred in films by Kurosawa, Kobayashi, Naruse, Teshigahara, Ichikawa, and Kinuyo Tanaka, has died at 92.
“The qualities that truly define him are those that seem sprung from electrifying forces deep within.” Chuck Stephens — www.criterion.com/current/post...
“The qualities that truly define him are those that seem sprung from electrifying forces deep within.” Chuck Stephens — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai, who starred in films by Kurosawa, Kobayashi, Naruse, Teshigahara, Ichikawa, and Kinuyo Tanaka, has died at 92.
“The qualities that truly define him are those that seem sprung from electrifying forces deep within.” Chuck Stephens — www.criterion.com/current/post...
“The qualities that truly define him are those that seem sprung from electrifying forces deep within.” Chuck Stephens — www.criterion.com/current/post...
THE SILVER BOOK, Olivia Laing’s second novel, is set in mid-1970s Rome, where Fellini is shooting CASANOVA and Pasolini is at work on SALÒ — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
THE SILVER BOOK, Olivia Laing’s second novel, is set in mid-1970s Rome, where Fellini is shooting CASANOVA and Pasolini is at work on SALÒ — www.criterion.com/current/post...
The Brooklyn Rail + the Film-Makers’ Cooperative are hosting a free virtual screening of the late Ken Jacobs’s STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH on Tuesday.
David Schwartz offers a brief intro (brooklynrail.org/event/2025/1...) and goes longer on Ken + Flo Jacobs for Film Comment — mailchi.mp/filmcomment/...
David Schwartz offers a brief intro (brooklynrail.org/event/2025/1...) and goes longer on Ken + Flo Jacobs for Film Comment — mailchi.mp/filmcomment/...
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Brooklyn Rail + the Film-Makers’ Cooperative are hosting a free virtual screening of the late Ken Jacobs’s STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH on Tuesday.
David Schwartz offers a brief intro (brooklynrail.org/event/2025/1...) and goes longer on Ken + Flo Jacobs for Film Comment — mailchi.mp/filmcomment/...
David Schwartz offers a brief intro (brooklynrail.org/event/2025/1...) and goes longer on Ken + Flo Jacobs for Film Comment — mailchi.mp/filmcomment/...
Ira Sachs @ 4Columns + @newyorker.com, Joy Williams on Gene Hackman @harpers.bsky.social, Claire Atherton and Chantal Akerman @eflux.bsky.social, Terence Davies @ BFI, new @sensesofcinema.bsky.social …
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November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ira Sachs @ 4Columns + @newyorker.com, Joy Williams on Gene Hackman @harpers.bsky.social, Claire Atherton and Chantal Akerman @eflux.bsky.social, Terence Davies @ BFI, new @sensesofcinema.bsky.social …
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Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
In the run-up to the release of JAY KELLY (limited theatrical on November 14 and streaming on Netflix on December 5), @amcinematheque.bsky.social presents five films by Noah Baumbach — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In the run-up to the release of JAY KELLY (limited theatrical on November 14 and streaming on Netflix on December 5), @amcinematheque.bsky.social presents five films by Noah Baumbach — www.criterion.com/current/post...
The second AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend is on from Thursday through Sunday ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The second AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend is on from Thursday through Sunday ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Remembering Peter Watkins … www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Remembering Peter Watkins … www.criterion.com/current/post...
Tonight! @bambrooklyn.bsky.social presents new restorations of two early features by Olivier Assayas, PARIS AWAKENS (1991) and A NEW LIFE (1993) — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Tonight! @bambrooklyn.bsky.social presents new restorations of two early features by Olivier Assayas, PARIS AWAKENS (1991) and A NEW LIFE (1993) — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Still impressed by this series of posters for a 2018 Peter Watkins retrospective presented by Wolf Kino in Berlin.
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Still impressed by this series of posters for a 2018 Peter Watkins retrospective presented by Wolf Kino in Berlin.
The remarkable filmmaker Peter Watkins—THE WAR GAME (1966), PRIVILEGE (1967), PUNISHMENT PARK (1971), EDVARD MUNCH (1974), LA COMMUNE (PARIS, 1871 (2000) has died. He’d just turned 90 on Wednesday.
@theguardian.com — www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
@theguardian.com — www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
November 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The remarkable filmmaker Peter Watkins—THE WAR GAME (1966), PRIVILEGE (1967), PUNISHMENT PARK (1971), EDVARD MUNCH (1974), LA COMMUNE (PARIS, 1871 (2000) has died. He’d just turned 90 on Wednesday.
@theguardian.com — www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
@theguardian.com — www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
A Few Great Pumpkins @reverseshot.bsky.social; Wesley Morris, @eshynes.bsky.social, and @robert-emmet.bsky.social on more scary movies; @fredmkaplan.bsky.social + @sshaviro.bsky.social on Kathryn Bigelow; MUBI roundtable on Radu Jude …
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October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A Few Great Pumpkins @reverseshot.bsky.social; Wesley Morris, @eshynes.bsky.social, and @robert-emmet.bsky.social on more scary movies; @fredmkaplan.bsky.social + @sshaviro.bsky.social on Kathryn Bigelow; MUBI roundtable on Radu Jude …
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Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
Marta Mateus (BARBS, WASTELAND; FIRE OF WIND) is presenting and discussing her work and influences @anthologyfilm.bsky.social, the Siskel + Doc Films, @acropoliscinema.bsky.social, and @bampfa.bsky.social — www.criterion.com/current/post...
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Marta Mateus (BARBS, WASTELAND; FIRE OF WIND) is presenting and discussing her work and influences @anthologyfilm.bsky.social, the Siskel + Doc Films, @acropoliscinema.bsky.social, and @bampfa.bsky.social — www.criterion.com/current/post...
The nominations for this year’s Gotham Awards are out, and each of the four front-runners takes a unique approach to a world that’s about to snap.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The nominations for this year’s Gotham Awards are out, and each of the four front-runners takes a unique approach to a world that’s about to snap.
www.criterion.com/current/post...
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The second edition of Directors’ Fortnight Extended is on this week and next at the Roxy Cinema and L’Alliance in New York and @acropoliscinema.bsky.social in Los Angeles — www.criterion.com/current/post...
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The second edition of Directors’ Fortnight Extended is on this week and next at the Roxy Cinema and L’Alliance in New York and @acropoliscinema.bsky.social in Los Angeles — www.criterion.com/current/post...
“Marx, Melodrama and Marcos: Lino Brocka from the Mid-1970s to the Early 1980s” opens Wednesday @melbcinematheque.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
October 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Marx, Melodrama and Marcos: Lino Brocka from the Mid-1970s to the Early 1980s” opens Wednesday @melbcinematheque.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Björn Andrésen, the obscure object of Dirk Bogarde’s desire in Luchino Visconti’s DEATH IN VENICE (1971) and the subject of Kristian Petri’s THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD (2021), has died. He was 70.
@thr.com — www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
@thr.com — www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Björn Andrésen, the obscure object of Dirk Bogarde’s desire in Luchino Visconti’s DEATH IN VENICE (1971) and the subject of Kristian Petri’s THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD (2021), has died. He was 70.
@thr.com — www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
@thr.com — www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Ken Russell @slantmagazine.com + @avclub.com, Clint Eastwood + Juraj Herz @ Metrograph, Abel Ferrara @harpers.bsky.social, Billy Wilder @parisreview.bsky.social, Chantal Akerman @screenslate.bsky.social + Reveal …
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October 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ken Russell @slantmagazine.com + @avclub.com, Clint Eastwood + Juraj Herz @ Metrograph, Abel Ferrara @harpers.bsky.social, Billy Wilder @parisreview.bsky.social, Chantal Akerman @screenslate.bsky.social + Reveal …
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Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
Pointers to raves for Rebecca Miller’s five-part series MR. SCORSESE — www.criterion.com/current/post...
October 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Pointers to raves for Rebecca Miller’s five-part series MR. SCORSESE — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Books! In this month’s roundup: Nicolas Roeg, Charlie Chaplin, Tilda Swinton, Ulrike Ottinger, Klaus Kinski, Bruce Lee, Ed Wood, Walter Murch, Jacques Derrida … www.criterion.com/current/post...
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Books! In this month’s roundup: Nicolas Roeg, Charlie Chaplin, Tilda Swinton, Ulrike Ottinger, Klaus Kinski, Bruce Lee, Ed Wood, Walter Murch, Jacques Derrida … www.criterion.com/current/post...
“Without Limits: The Films of Arturo Ripstein” opens Friday
@bambrooklyn.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
@bambrooklyn.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“Without Limits: The Films of Arturo Ripstein” opens Friday
@bambrooklyn.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
@bambrooklyn.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Jafar Panahi @vulture.com + @newrepublic.com, Lucile Hadžihalilović and Gaspar Noé @ Interview, London’s Film Society @ Sight and Sound, Susan Orlean (@susanorlean.bsky.social) @newyorker.com …
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October 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Jafar Panahi @vulture.com + @newrepublic.com, Lucile Hadžihalilović and Gaspar Noé @ Interview, London’s Film Society @ Sight and Sound, Susan Orlean (@susanorlean.bsky.social) @newyorker.com …
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