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film editor at vanyaland / member BOFCA

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Film Preview: IFFBoston's Fall Focus returns for another installment at Brattle Theatre, so here are 5 films to check out this weekend and beyond.

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October 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Film Review: 'Good Boy' is a loving tribute to the bond between dog and human, and it's also an engrossing horror movie. That's a win-win in our book.

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'Good Boy' Review: A doggone great horror picture
'Good Boy' is a loving tribute to the bond between dog and human, and it's also an engrossing horror movie. That's a win-win in our book.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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it’s awesome that channing tatum is an animotion fan.
kylebuchanan.bsky.social Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan.bsky.social · Oct 2
“I’ll perform for love, essentially: Who do you want me to be, what do you want me to be, just to love me?”

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October 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Film Review: Ronan Day-Lewis's 'Anemone' is a swell mess: Uneven, frequently gorgeous, and slowly paced, featuring a dynamic performance by his father.

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'Anemone' Review: Daniel Day-Lewis still has it
Ronan Day-Lewis's 'Anemone' is a swell mess: Uneven, frequently gorgeous, and slowly paced, featuring a dynamic performance by his father.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Film Review: Kathryn Bigelow's 'A House of Dynamite' is let down by an aggressively inert narrative and the unintended effects of the director's style.

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'A House of Dynamite' Review: Bigelow's latest never goes critical
Kathryn Bigelow's 'A House of Dynamite' is let down by an aggressively inert narrative and the unintended effects of the director's style.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Film Review: In light of recent box office drubbings, it’s somewhat poetic that The Smashing Machine is Dwayne Johnson's big return to the multiplex.

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'The Smashing Machine' Review: The Rock dominates
In light of recent box office drubbings, it’s somewhat poetic that 'The Smashing Machine' is Dwayne Johnson's big return to the multiplex.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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I looooooooooved this movie.
September 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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New from TIFF: Bob Odenkirk's upper lip isn't the only thing strange in Ben Wheatley's 'Normal.' There's also the Yakuza and Henry Winkler.

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TIFF50 Review: Bob Odenkirk kicks ass with a 'stache in 'Normal'
Bob Odenkirk's upper lip isn't the only thing strange in Ben Wheatley's 'Normal.' There's also the Yakuza and Henry Winkler.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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gotta say i’ll be really disappointed in modern hip-hop if some rapper doesn’t use “one bad ho after another” as a mixtape title
September 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Just in from TIFF: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal give two of the most accomplished and moving performances of the decade. Grab the tissues.

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TIFF50 Review: Chloe Zhao astounds with the spectacular 'Hamnet'
Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal give two of the most accomplished and moving performances of the decade. Grab the tissues.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The latest from TIFF: Go see 'No Other Choice'. Seriously, just f*cking go to it when it comes out on Christmas Day. You won’t be sorry, writes Nick Johnston.

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TIFF50 Review: ‘No Other Choice’ is probably the best movie of 2025
Go see 'No Other Choice'. Seriously, just fucking go to it when it comes out on Christmas Day. You won’t be sorry.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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New from TIFF: In light of recent drubbings, it’s somewhat poetic that 'The Smashing Machine' is Dwayne Johnson's big return to the multiplex.

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TIFF50 Review: The Rock dominates 'The Smashing Machine'
In light of recent drubbings, it’s somewhat poetic that 'The Smashing Machine' is Dwayne Johnson's big return to the multiplex.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The latest from TIFF: 'Roofman' is a rare pleasure: A big-hearted true crime picture with legitimate depth and soul. Oh, and humor. What a hoot.

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TIFF50 Review: Channing Tatum steals hearts in 'Roofman'
'Roofman' is a rare pleasure: A big-hearted true crime picture with legitimate depth and soul. Oh, and humor. What a hoot.
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September 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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New from TIFF: 'The Christophers' is a lovely tribute to the process of creative evolution via how, rightly or wrongly, an audience engages with an artist’s work.

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TIFF50 Review: Soderbergh goes 3-for-3 in 2025 with 'The Christophers'
'The Christophers' is a lovely tribute to the process of creative evolution via how, rightly or wrongly, an audience engages with an artist’s work
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September 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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New from #TIFF50: 'The Testament of Ann Lee' is spiritually inert, its passions reserved for aestheticization and accuracy rather than insight.

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TIFF50 Review: 'The Testament of Ann Lee’ won't shake things up too much
'Ann Lee' is spiritually inert, its passions reserved for aestheticization and accuracy rather than insight.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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The latest from #TIFF50: There are a fair number of frustrating things about Potsy Ponciroli’s new film 'Motor City' -- often by design.

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TIFF50 Review: Messy yet masterful 'Motor City' has musical muscle
There are a fair number of frustrating things about Potsy Ponciroli’s new film 'Motor City' -- often by design.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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i spoke with sean baker about ANORA, japanese pinku flicks, TURKISH DELIGHT, and his first criterion discs. check it out at @vanyaland.bsky.social!

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Interview: Sean Baker on Criterion, 'Anora', and exploitation
Palme d'Or and Best Picture-winning director Sean Baker chats with us about sexploitation, Letterboxd, and his first Criterion purchases.
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May 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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mood for today (thanks, @tcmtv.bsky.social)
April 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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this movie fucking rips. see it ASAP.
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Sinners' Review: A bloody great time at the movies --

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Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' is by far the most entertaining major release of the year as of right now. Seriously, go see this movie. 📸 Warner Bros.

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'Sinners' Review: A bloody great time at the movies
Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' is by far the most entertaining major release of the year as of right now. Seriously, go see this movie.
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April 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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hi friends, I got pull-quoted in the trailer for @mikeflanaganfilm.com ‘s incredible THE LIFE OF CHUCK. honored!

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THE LIFE OF CHUCK - Official Trailer - In Theaters June
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April 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Oh my goodness, Coolidge invited me back for another seminar! I’ll be talking about one of my all-time faves, Vera Chytilová’s inventive and rebellious feminist comedy Daisies! Local movie fans please come out ❤️

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Seminar: Daisies
This seminar will cover the film's production history and reception, while also offering a brief overview of Vera Chytilova's and co-writer Ester Krumbachová careers. We will also explore how Daisies ...
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April 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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looking at the ticker
April 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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gertrude stein, cow enthusiast.
gertrude stein hugging a small dog an excerpt from ‘daily rituals’ - “Miss Stein has an outsize bathtub that was especially made for her. A staircase had to be taken out to install it. After her bath she puts on a huge wool bathrobe and writes for a while, but she prefers to write outdoors, after she gets dressed. Especially in the Ain country, because there are rocks and cows there. Miss Stein likes to look at rocks and cows in the intervals of her writing. The two ladies drive around in their Ford till they come to a good spot. Then Miss Stein gets out and sits on a campstool with pencil and pad, and Miss Toklas fearlessly switches a cow into her line of vi-sion. If the cow doesn't seem to fit in with Miss Stein's mood, the ladies get into the car and drive on to another cow. When the great lady has an inspiration, she writes quickly, for about fifteen minutes. But often she just sits there, looking at cows and not turning a wheel.”
April 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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same, joan
April 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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there’s no way this could backfire. right, sam? right?
April 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM