Eileen Jones
@eileenj19.bsky.social
JACOBIN film critic, FILMSUCK podcaster
New Filmsuck essay! On THE LOCKET, a great film noir with an unusual nesting-doll structure--similar to the one in FRANKENSTEIN--that deals with men who claim their lives have been destroyed by a femme fatale named Nancy.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New Filmsuck essay! On THE LOCKET, a great film noir with an unusual nesting-doll structure--similar to the one in FRANKENSTEIN--that deals with men who claim their lives have been destroyed by a femme fatale named Nancy.
www.patreon.com/posts/locket...
www.patreon.com/posts/locket...
New Filmsuck essay! I revel in the "Blackout Noir" series on Criterion Channel, noirs which focus on a favorite plot device of mine involving interludes of amnesia--usually alcohol-induced blackouts--during which a character may or may not have committed murder.
www.patreon.com/posts/blacko...
www.patreon.com/posts/blacko...
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
New Filmsuck essay! I revel in the "Blackout Noir" series on Criterion Channel, noirs which focus on a favorite plot device of mine involving interludes of amnesia--usually alcohol-induced blackouts--during which a character may or may not have committed murder.
www.patreon.com/posts/blacko...
www.patreon.com/posts/blacko...
New Filmsuck episode! I enthuse about the delirious new Yorgos Lanthimos film BUGONIA with special guest Conan Neutron of the Movie Night Extravaganza podcast!
www.patreon.com/posts/bugoni...
www.patreon.com/posts/bugoni...
November 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
New Filmsuck episode! I enthuse about the delirious new Yorgos Lanthimos film BUGONIA with special guest Conan Neutron of the Movie Night Extravaganza podcast!
www.patreon.com/posts/bugoni...
www.patreon.com/posts/bugoni...
New Filmsuck essay! I recommend some films for that post-Halloween shift to All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day when, if you've got a soul, it requires tending. Try the doomed paranormal romance of THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, PORTRAIT OF JENNIE, and THE BISHOP'S WIFE. www.patreon.com/posts/doomed...
October 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New Filmsuck essay! I recommend some films for that post-Halloween shift to All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day when, if you've got a soul, it requires tending. Try the doomed paranormal romance of THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, PORTRAIT OF JENNIE, and THE BISHOP'S WIFE. www.patreon.com/posts/doomed...
Latest Filmsuck! My essay on the new horror movie GOOD BOY, which seemed especially designed to draw me to the theater and then torment me. All about a dog named Indy whose seriously ailing human moves them into a haunted house. But only Indy can see the ghosts. www.patreon.com/posts/good-b...
October 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Latest Filmsuck! My essay on the new horror movie GOOD BOY, which seemed especially designed to draw me to the theater and then torment me. All about a dog named Indy whose seriously ailing human moves them into a haunted house. But only Indy can see the ghosts. www.patreon.com/posts/good-b...
New Filmsuck essay! In praise of the Val Lewton Gothic horror film THE SEVENTH VICTIM, in which a woman seeking wisdom finds out nobody has any to offer, including the Satanists. www.patreon.com/posts/sevent...
September 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New Filmsuck essay! In praise of the Val Lewton Gothic horror film THE SEVENTH VICTIM, in which a woman seeking wisdom finds out nobody has any to offer, including the Satanists. www.patreon.com/posts/sevent...
New Filmsuck essay! After seeing HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, I went back and re-watched Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW. Great as ever, and I wrote about the ending, which is a killer. www.patreon.com/posts/cumula...
September 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New Filmsuck essay! After seeing HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, I went back and re-watched Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW. Great as ever, and I wrote about the ending, which is a killer. www.patreon.com/posts/cumula...
New Filmsuck essay! In which I investigate the missing persons case of the actor John Cusack, long absent from mainstream screens and doing straight-to-video schlock like the vile malefactor Mel Gibson. What condemned Cusack to such a fate? www.patreon.com/posts/whatev...
August 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New Filmsuck essay! In which I investigate the missing persons case of the actor John Cusack, long absent from mainstream screens and doing straight-to-video schlock like the vile malefactor Mel Gibson. What condemned Cusack to such a fate? www.patreon.com/posts/whatev...
Latest Filmsuck essay! On MY MOM JAYNE, Mariska Hargitay's somber HBO/Max documentary about her mother, movie star Jayne Mansfield. Personally, I can't help joining director John Waters in celebrating Mansfield's "lunatic glamor" and exhibitionist joie de vivre. www.patreon.com/posts/my-mom...
July 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Latest Filmsuck essay! On MY MOM JAYNE, Mariska Hargitay's somber HBO/Max documentary about her mother, movie star Jayne Mansfield. Personally, I can't help joining director John Waters in celebrating Mansfield's "lunatic glamor" and exhibitionist joie de vivre. www.patreon.com/posts/my-mom...
New Filmsuck episode! Gotta hand it to writer-director Celine Song in a way--she got us all to grapple with her damn "romantic comedy" MATERIALISTS. Here are Dolores and I grousing about it in pitiless detail: www.patreon.com/posts/materi...
July 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Filmsuck episode! Gotta hand it to writer-director Celine Song in a way--she got us all to grapple with her damn "romantic comedy" MATERIALISTS. Here are Dolores and I grousing about it in pitiless detail: www.patreon.com/posts/materi...
Here's the new Filmsuck essay about the animated film PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS that's running on Hulu and Disney+. Its all-action structure of successive human fighters--Viking, Samurai-turned-ninja, WWII pilot--going up against aliens induces a nice trance state! www.patreon.com/posts/mesmer...
June 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Here's the new Filmsuck essay about the animated film PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS that's running on Hulu and Disney+. Its all-action structure of successive human fighters--Viking, Samurai-turned-ninja, WWII pilot--going up against aliens induces a nice trance state! www.patreon.com/posts/mesmer...
Hey there action fans, here's the new Filmsuck episode delving into the world of JOHN WICK 1-4 which also includes the new spin-off BALLERINA. Special guest Forrest "Flacko" Miller of the Movie Night Extravaganza podcast joins me in pondering the fantastical mayhem! www.patreon.com/posts/john-w...
June 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hey there action fans, here's the new Filmsuck episode delving into the world of JOHN WICK 1-4 which also includes the new spin-off BALLERINA. Special guest Forrest "Flacko" Miller of the Movie Night Extravaganza podcast joins me in pondering the fantastical mayhem! www.patreon.com/posts/john-w...
New Filmsuck essay! On the inventive cinema of Rene Clair which got its start in the Dada art film movement that followed the horrors of WWI. Just knowing about the revolutionary politics of avant-garde filmmakers of that era makes the films a lot more accessible. www.patreon.com/posts/rene-c...
June 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
New Filmsuck essay! On the inventive cinema of Rene Clair which got its start in the Dada art film movement that followed the horrors of WWI. Just knowing about the revolutionary politics of avant-garde filmmakers of that era makes the films a lot more accessible. www.patreon.com/posts/rene-c...
New Filmsuck essay! In which I indulge my unhip love of mysteries, especially the comedy-mysteries that got a boost from the huge success of KNIVES OUT. The latest faves are the David Mitchell vehicle LUDWIG, and THE RESIDENCE, featuring a murder at the White House. www.patreon.com/posts/knives...
May 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New Filmsuck essay! In which I indulge my unhip love of mysteries, especially the comedy-mysteries that got a boost from the huge success of KNIVES OUT. The latest faves are the David Mitchell vehicle LUDWIG, and THE RESIDENCE, featuring a murder at the White House. www.patreon.com/posts/knives...
New Filmsuck episode on SINNERS! Because we've never seen anything quite like it, and Dolores and I are enthusiastic about its delirious genre-bending thrills. www.patreon.com/posts/praise...
May 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
New Filmsuck episode on SINNERS! Because we've never seen anything quite like it, and Dolores and I are enthusiastic about its delirious genre-bending thrills. www.patreon.com/posts/praise...
New Filmsuck essay! I'm clearly trying to avoid the horrors of current reality by writing about clothes in film. Specifically, the designing of costumes and the way actors do or don't make the most of them. (Pictured: Brando's T-shirt in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ). www.patreon.com/posts/clothe...
April 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New Filmsuck essay! I'm clearly trying to avoid the horrors of current reality by writing about clothes in film. Specifically, the designing of costumes and the way actors do or don't make the most of them. (Pictured: Brando's T-shirt in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ). www.patreon.com/posts/clothe...
New Filmsuck essay! It's worth taking another look at Alfred Hitchcock's grim semi-documentary drama THE WRONG MAN (1956) about being run through the machinery of the American justice system. A real McCarthy era masterpiece of dread that's all too timely right now. www.patreon.com/posts/bleak-...
April 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
New Filmsuck essay! It's worth taking another look at Alfred Hitchcock's grim semi-documentary drama THE WRONG MAN (1956) about being run through the machinery of the American justice system. A real McCarthy era masterpiece of dread that's all too timely right now. www.patreon.com/posts/bleak-...
New Filmsuck episode, "How Deep Is the Water? WHITE LOTUS Season 3." As Mike White says, in spite of the reverence for HBO/Max "prestige TV," what he's really doing is "basically a reboot of LAVERNE & SHIRLEY meets FANTASY ISLAND with some SURVIVOR dropped into it."
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April 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New Filmsuck episode, "How Deep Is the Water? WHITE LOTUS Season 3." As Mike White says, in spite of the reverence for HBO/Max "prestige TV," what he's really doing is "basically a reboot of LAVERNE & SHIRLEY meets FANTASY ISLAND with some SURVIVOR dropped into it."
www.patreon.com/posts/how-de...
www.patreon.com/posts/how-de...
In this "Tribute to the Totally Forgotten," I celebrate the career of tap-dancer Eleanor Powell, who was so good she intimidated the legendary Fred Astaire, who complained, "She dances like a man." Her mentor was Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. www.patreon.com/posts/tribut...
April 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In this "Tribute to the Totally Forgotten," I celebrate the career of tap-dancer Eleanor Powell, who was so good she intimidated the legendary Fred Astaire, who complained, "She dances like a man." Her mentor was Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. www.patreon.com/posts/tribut...
New Filmsuck essay! In praise of Jean Renoir's THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (1936), a raffish film celebrating a workers' cooperative that can only flourish if they can get rid of their venal, abusive boss permanently. Hmm, what to do, what to do... www.patreon.com/posts/jean-r...
March 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
New Filmsuck essay! In praise of Jean Renoir's THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (1936), a raffish film celebrating a workers' cooperative that can only flourish if they can get rid of their venal, abusive boss permanently. Hmm, what to do, what to do... www.patreon.com/posts/jean-r...
New Filmsuck essay! I'm writing about the French Poetic Realism series on Criterion Channel. They're 1930s films made by socialist/communist filmmakers as fascism overtook France. Fascists hated Poetic Realism, which ought to be recommendation enough for anybody. www.patreon.com/c/filmsuck?v...
March 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New Filmsuck essay! I'm writing about the French Poetic Realism series on Criterion Channel. They're 1930s films made by socialist/communist filmmakers as fascism overtook France. Fascists hated Poetic Realism, which ought to be recommendation enough for anybody. www.patreon.com/c/filmsuck?v...
So pleased and proud that my brilliant Filmsuck co-host Dolores McElroy was chosen to interview her favorite director, Todd Haynes, after a screening of Haynes' FAR FROM HEAVEN at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley last night. So dreams still come true, at least at the PFA!
March 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So pleased and proud that my brilliant Filmsuck co-host Dolores McElroy was chosen to interview her favorite director, Todd Haynes, after a screening of Haynes' FAR FROM HEAVEN at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley last night. So dreams still come true, at least at the PFA!
Latest Filmsuck! We're talking I'M STILL HERE, the new political drama directed by Walter Salles (MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, CENTRAL STATION). In the running for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best International Picture, and Best Actress for Fernanda Torres. www.patreon.com/posts/were-s...
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Latest Filmsuck! We're talking I'M STILL HERE, the new political drama directed by Walter Salles (MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, CENTRAL STATION). In the running for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best International Picture, and Best Actress for Fernanda Torres. www.patreon.com/posts/were-s...
New Filmsuck essay! It brings me to the outmost edge of escapism as I write at ridiculous length about the new BRIDGET JONES movie playing on Peacock, subtitled MAD ABOUT THE BOY and promising to be "the final chapter." www.patreon.com/posts/bridge...
February 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
New Filmsuck essay! It brings me to the outmost edge of escapism as I write at ridiculous length about the new BRIDGET JONES movie playing on Peacock, subtitled MAD ABOUT THE BOY and promising to be "the final chapter." www.patreon.com/posts/bridge...
New Filmsuck episode we're calling "Valentine's Day Massacre: 3 Films." What do Rainer Werner Fassbinder's THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT and Preston Sturges' THE LADY EVE and THE PALM BEACH STORY have in common? You'll have to listen to find out! www.patreon.com/posts/valent...
February 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New Filmsuck episode we're calling "Valentine's Day Massacre: 3 Films." What do Rainer Werner Fassbinder's THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT and Preston Sturges' THE LADY EVE and THE PALM BEACH STORY have in common? You'll have to listen to find out! www.patreon.com/posts/valent...