I remember last year, when I referred to splitting the musical into two films as a cash-grab, some fan corrected me that it was an artistic choice that allowed the universe to be explored in so much more detail. And clearly they were right!
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I remember last year, when I referred to splitting the musical into two films as a cash-grab, some fan corrected me that it was an artistic choice that allowed the universe to be explored in so much more detail. And clearly they were right!
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
Ah yes, the Virtuosity Award for being virtuous
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ah yes, the Virtuosity Award for being virtuous
Come to read Justin on his very best pun game, but stay for the most detailed and on-point breakdown I’ve read of what a sad retrofitting exercise this all is.
Baum's away. The remarkably terrible WICKED: FOR GOOD, reviewed: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Wicked: For Good” Is Very, Very Bad
In the second of two movies adapted from the Broadway musical, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo battle fascism, bigotry, and some fairly dreadful filmmaking.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Come to read Justin on his very best pun game, but stay for the most detailed and on-point breakdown I’ve read of what a sad retrofitting exercise this all is.
Add “oral sex” to the long, long, long list of things that make Jeff Wells uncomfortable
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Add “oral sex” to the long, long, long list of things that make Jeff Wells uncomfortable
On reflection, retitling it WICKED: FOR GOOD was the right move, as it’s the only way for those of us who don’t know the musical to tell which of the almost entirely indistinguishable songs in the second half is supposed to be the big one
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
On reflection, retitling it WICKED: FOR GOOD was the right move, as it’s the only way for those of us who don’t know the musical to tell which of the almost entirely indistinguishable songs in the second half is supposed to be the big one
You know when you’re watching a movie at home and you really need to go to the bathroom, so you pause it, and then start it again, only to find there were only five minutes left? Make those five minutes 135 minutes, and that’s WICKED: FOR GOOD.
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
You know when you’re watching a movie at home and you really need to go to the bathroom, so you pause it, and then start it again, only to find there were only five minutes left? Make those five minutes 135 minutes, and that’s WICKED: FOR GOOD.
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A rave for SIRĀT, the movie of the year: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Sirāt” Is a Harrowing, Exhilarating Dance of Death
In Oliver Laxe’s desert thriller, an intensely agonizing journey reveals both the pitiless nature of fate and the stubborn persistence of compassion.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A rave for SIRĀT, the movie of the year: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I know money is nice, and people who have a lot of it seemingly can’t have enough of it, but if I were a talented and well-regarded actor, and Ryan Murphy offered me a role playing second fiddle to Kim Kardashian in his latest junkfest, I’d tell him where to stick it.
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I know money is nice, and people who have a lot of it seemingly can’t have enough of it, but if I were a talented and well-regarded actor, and Ryan Murphy offered me a role playing second fiddle to Kim Kardashian in his latest junkfest, I’d tell him where to stick it.
A pleasure to serve on this year’s Gotham Awards nominating committee for Best Director and Best Breakthrough Director, alongside excellent colleagues @bealoayza.bsky.social, @davidehrlich.bsky.social, @bmluse.bsky.social and @ldbahr.bsky.social. Really proud of both these rangy nomination fields.
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A pleasure to serve on this year’s Gotham Awards nominating committee for Best Director and Best Breakthrough Director, alongside excellent colleagues @bealoayza.bsky.social, @davidehrlich.bsky.social, @bmluse.bsky.social and @ldbahr.bsky.social. Really proud of both these rangy nomination fields.
Really funny that Jeff Wells thinks NO OTHER CHOICE — a lithe, pulpy murder comedy based on a Donald E. Westlake book — is punishing arthouse gruel, but I guess he really does find it that hard to look at Asians for two hours
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Really funny that Jeff Wells thinks NO OTHER CHOICE — a lithe, pulpy murder comedy based on a Donald E. Westlake book — is punishing arthouse gruel, but I guess he really does find it that hard to look at Asians for two hours
Just saw ROOFMAN: there was a time when you could go to the multiplex any weekend and see something straightforwardly grownup with this much comfy storytelling nous and easy-breezy star power, but now it feels like something rare, which gets it sized up as a prestige item, which isn’t quite right.
October 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just saw ROOFMAN: there was a time when you could go to the multiplex any weekend and see something straightforwardly grownup with this much comfy storytelling nous and easy-breezy star power, but now it feels like something rare, which gets it sized up as a prestige item, which isn’t quite right.
Absolutely fucking not
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Absolutely fucking not
I personally think press screening access for a film festival that charges a £52 accreditation fee shouldn’t be a lottery situation, but that’s me.
October 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I personally think press screening access for a film festival that charges a £52 accreditation fee shouldn’t be a lottery situation, but that’s me.
He wrote an Instagram post shrugging off the box office and saying he’s proud of the film. I’m not sure that’s the same as “issuing a statement”.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has issued a statement after The Smashing Machine became the Hollywood star's worst box office opening ever.
'You Can't Control Box Office Results' — Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Responds to The Smashing Machine's Disappointing Launch
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October 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
He wrote an Instagram post shrugging off the box office and saying he’s proud of the film. I’m not sure that’s the same as “issuing a statement”.
One film reviewing tip you can have for free is that no good critic ever refers to a director/actor/cinematographer/whoever as having done “a phenomenal job”.
October 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
One film reviewing tip you can have for free is that no good critic ever refers to a director/actor/cinematographer/whoever as having done “a phenomenal job”.
TRON: ARES, from the same definitely-not-British titling geniuses who brought you OUR SOULS AT NIGHT
October 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
TRON: ARES, from the same definitely-not-British titling geniuses who brought you OUR SOULS AT NIGHT
Whatever this film is — good, bad, nuts — that’s some prime voting-window visiblility right there.
September 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Whatever this film is — good, bad, nuts — that’s some prime voting-window visiblility right there.
Love San Sebastián forever, of course, but I would like a word with the town planner who decided that a city with an annual rainfall of over 1500mm should be mostly paved with smooth black marble
September 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Love San Sebastián forever, of course, but I would like a word with the town planner who decided that a city with an annual rainfall of over 1500mm should be mostly paved with smooth black marble
Co-sign: this film has been on my mind since January, and my mind doesn’t stay on much these days
Everybody in NYC go see PREDATORS this weekend at Film Forum, easily one of the best movies of the year
September 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Co-sign: this film has been on my mind since January, and my mind doesn’t stay on much these days
I notice so many people these days with glasses that sit way too high on their face, is it a trend or is it more people ordering them online rather than trying them on
September 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I notice so many people these days with glasses that sit way too high on their face, is it a trend or is it more people ordering them online rather than trying them on
You delivered it, you did your job, I have no complaints. But it wasn’t an experience. What do you want from me?
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
You delivered it, you did your job, I have no complaints. But it wasn’t an experience. What do you want from me?
Londoners! Support this brilliant Cinema4Gaza event on 12 Oct — lots of fun, all in aid of @medicalaidpal.bsky.social. Tickets can be bought here: link.dice.fm/ia9db9d5f732
Pride & Prejudice - The Table Read Tickets | From £18.67 | 12 Oct @ Troxy, London | DICE
Travel back to Regency England for a night of arch romance, gender-swapped casting and Palestine solidarity. On Sunday, 12th October, a table read of Jane Au...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Londoners! Support this brilliant Cinema4Gaza event on 12 Oct — lots of fun, all in aid of @medicalaidpal.bsky.social. Tickets can be bought here: link.dice.fm/ia9db9d5f732
So Chloé Zhao is the first filmmaker to win this twice? variety.com/2025/film/ne...
‘Hamnet’ Wins Toronto Film Festival Audience Award
Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet" wins the TIFF Audience Award.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So Chloé Zhao is the first filmmaker to win this twice? variety.com/2025/film/ne...