Joe Leydon
@joeleydon.bsky.social
Entertainment Editor at Cowboys & Indians, Film Critic for Variety, Immigrant's Son
Filmmaker Mira Nair certainly looks proud of her newly elected son tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Filmmaker Mira Nair certainly looks proud of her newly elected son tonight.
OK, Jays! Let’s win!
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
OK, Jays! Let’s win!
Do you ever wonder how you will be remembered? Or if you will be remembered at all?
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Do you ever wonder how you will be remembered? Or if you will be remembered at all?
In 1990, while on my way to the Cannes Film Festival, I stopped off in Paris to interview Diane Kurys. And she very graciously directed me to the Montmartre Cemetery, where I could pay respects to Francois Truffaut. Someday, I keep telling myself, I want to go back.
October 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In 1990, while on my way to the Cannes Film Festival, I stopped off in Paris to interview Diane Kurys. And she very graciously directed me to the Montmartre Cemetery, where I could pay respects to Francois Truffaut. Someday, I keep telling myself, I want to go back.
Anne must have misplaced her glasses. She’s having to move ever closer to the TV so she can see George Springer better.
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Anne must have misplaced her glasses. She’s having to move ever closer to the TV so she can see George Springer better.
Jesus, I was one dapper dude in 1973. What happened?
October 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Jesus, I was one dapper dude in 1973. What happened?
Distracted while writing, I grabbed a handful from left bag instead of right, and started munching. To be totally honest, it didn’t taste all that bad. Still, will be more careful in future.
October 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Distracted while writing, I grabbed a handful from left bag instead of right, and started munching. To be totally honest, it didn’t taste all that bad. Still, will be more careful in future.
Long before there was @letterboxd.social, this is how I kept track of movies I watched.
September 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Long before there was @letterboxd.social, this is how I kept track of movies I watched.
The Times of London ran this chart taken from FBI source, based on homicides per 100,000 people in each city.
September 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Times of London ran this chart taken from FBI source, based on homicides per 100,000 people in each city.
Well, Astros may be getting ass-whipped, but that didn’t stop Orbit from giving the guys in the ESPN broadcast booth a taste of Houston hospitality. Bravo!
September 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Well, Astros may be getting ass-whipped, but that didn’t stop Orbit from giving the guys in the ESPN broadcast booth a taste of Houston hospitality. Bravo!
Front page story in today’s Houston Chronicle.
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Front page story in today’s Houston Chronicle.
It is an odd and perhaps selfish thing to remember, but: During the first few hours afterwards, some people at CNN kept referring to Osama bin LAY-don. And all I could think was: "Oh, Christ! Not one of my relatives, please!" Because given my father's IRA connections...
September 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It is an odd and perhaps selfish thing to remember, but: During the first few hours afterwards, some people at CNN kept referring to Osama bin LAY-don. And all I could think was: "Oh, Christ! Not one of my relatives, please!" Because given my father's IRA connections...
Celebrated our 49th anniversary last night. No, I can't believe it, either.
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Celebrated our 49th anniversary last night. No, I can't believe it, either.
See! There really was a time when my hair was REALLY red!
August 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
See! There really was a time when my hair was REALLY red!
Whenever I hear a film I love described as “problematic,” or a belief I cherish dismissed as “woke.”
August 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Whenever I hear a film I love described as “problematic,” or a belief I cherish dismissed as “woke.”
No, Joe, you can’t make the bed. I’m using it now.
August 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
No, Joe, you can’t make the bed. I’m using it now.
It’s only a little rabbit. I’ll just cut its head… JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!
August 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It’s only a little rabbit. I’ll just cut its head… JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!
Birthday dinner with Anne and George.
August 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Birthday dinner with Anne and George.
I can remember when THE LIMEY, maybe my all-time favorite Terence Stamp movie, was in heavy rotation on cable. And whenever I came across it, no matter at what point in the movie, I almost always watched it until the very end. Here is my 1999 review. www.movingpictureshow.com?p=8848
August 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I can remember when THE LIMEY, maybe my all-time favorite Terence Stamp movie, was in heavy rotation on cable. And whenever I came across it, no matter at what point in the movie, I almost always watched it until the very end. Here is my 1999 review. www.movingpictureshow.com?p=8848
RIP Terence Stamp. Here is my 1994 interview with the great actor for "Priscilla Queen of the Desert." www.movingpictureshow.com?p=3970
August 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
RIP Terence Stamp. Here is my 1994 interview with the great actor for "Priscilla Queen of the Desert." www.movingpictureshow.com?p=3970
See: I used to be somebody.
August 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
See: I used to be somebody.