Joshua Rothkopf
@joshuarothkopf.bsky.social
Film Editor, Los Angeles Times | Member, LAFCA | Vice-Chair, National Society of Film Critics | I'm watching a movie right now.
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American Cinematheque Ups Chris LeMaire To Director Of Programming
Chris LeMaire, who behind the American Cinematheque's This Is Not a Fiction, Bleak Week and Beyond Fest events, has been promoted at the nonprofit.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Scott Cooper has built an impressive filmography over the years, making movies that touch upon childhood trauma and the pursuit of a belated grace. @pamelachelin.bsky.social spoke to him. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Bruce Springsteen wanted a 'Scott Cooper movie.' We asked the director what that is
Filmmaker Scott Cooper talks to us about getting the Boss' blessing on "Deliver Me From Nowhere," working with Jeremy Allen White and how his movies resist easy answers.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Scott Cooper has built an impressive filmography over the years, making movies that touch upon childhood trauma and the pursuit of a belated grace. @pamelachelin.bsky.social spoke to him. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Humbled to be nommed with all these critics. Critics rule.
Congrats to our members who were nominated for Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards by @lapressclub.bsky.social! @jon-frosch.bsky.social @theamynicholson.bsky.social @joshuarothkopf.bsky.social @carlosfilm.bsky.social @williambibbiani.bsky.social @katiewalshstx.bsky.social @ajhan.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Humbled to be nommed with all these critics. Critics rule.
There’s huge fun to be had with Tina Romero’s QUEENS OF THE DEAD. She understands her dad’s legacy better than most and queers it exuberantly. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: A daughter of horror royalty makes her bloody, liberated mark in 'Queens of the Dead'
Katy O'Brian, Jaquel Spivey and Margaret Cho battle the undead in Tina Romero's feature debut, one that honors her father's legacy while standing proudly on its own.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There’s huge fun to be had with Tina Romero’s QUEENS OF THE DEAD. She understands her dad’s legacy better than most and queers it exuberantly. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
What's happening this week, movies-wise? (🧵) If you've seen BUGONIA, you may have left wondering: Who's that kid? His name is Aidan Delbis and he went straight from high school to acting in a Yorgos film. Our Mary McNamara spoke to him: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: Friends of this L.A. teen will soon find out his big secret: He's co-starring in 'Bugonia'
An autistic actor playing an autistic character, Aidan Delbis is one of Hollywood's overnight success stories, going straight from high school to the set of a Yorgos Lanthimos movie.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What's happening this week, movies-wise? (🧵) If you've seen BUGONIA, you may have left wondering: Who's that kid? His name is Aidan Delbis and he went straight from high school to acting in a Yorgos film. Our Mary McNamara spoke to him: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Like so many kids, I played along to Kiss riffs in my bedroom. Ace Frehley doesn’t seem gone because he can never be gone for me. #RIPitout
October 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Like so many kids, I played along to Kiss riffs in my bedroom. Ace Frehley doesn’t seem gone because he can never be gone for me. #RIPitout
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I saw If I Had Legs I'd Kick You at the NYFF and it's...a horror movie with laughs? The scariest comedy ever? A sweet and gentle gift to those of us who decided not have kids? A completely harrowing experience? A perfect vehicle for the phenomenal Rose Byrne? Possibly all of the above.
October 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I saw If I Had Legs I'd Kick You at the NYFF and it's...a horror movie with laughs? The scariest comedy ever? A sweet and gentle gift to those of us who decided not have kids? A completely harrowing experience? A perfect vehicle for the phenomenal Rose Byrne? Possibly all of the above.
Rose Byrne should have three Oscars by now but the indie IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU is truly a moment for her. @ezwrites.bsky.social sat down with her in Cobble Hill. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
She's used to finding laughs in catastrophe. But Rose Byrne is only now going to the edge
After stealing focus in everything from "Bridesmaids" to "Insidious," Rose Byrne
unravels beautifully in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," a bold, career-best turn.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Rose Byrne should have three Oscars by now but the indie IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU is truly a moment for her. @ezwrites.bsky.social sat down with her in Cobble Hill. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
PTA finds his own beautiful way into Thomas Pynchon with ONE BATTLE — part of that is the needle drop of the year ("Dirty Work"), part is an even funnier phone argument than the one in PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE. But it's all him. @indiefocus.bsky.social ranks the 10 features. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
All the movies of Paul Thomas Anderson, ranked from worst to best
The director's latest, 'One Battle After Another,' is now in theaters, but the career of the Valley's No. 1 filmmaker stretches over three decades. What's his best?
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September 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
PTA finds his own beautiful way into Thomas Pynchon with ONE BATTLE — part of that is the needle drop of the year ("Dirty Work"), part is an even funnier phone argument than the one in PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE. But it's all him. @indiefocus.bsky.social ranks the 10 features. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“It’s actually really nice to be here because it was another home for me. I had to appear as though I owned it — and I kind of did.”
We brought Tim Curry back to the Roxy to chat about THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, now 50. @steveappleford.bsky.social has the story. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
We brought Tim Curry back to the Roxy to chat about THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, now 50. @steveappleford.bsky.social has the story. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Tim Curry on the sexual whirlwind of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' then and now
After countless screenings, the classic midnight movie turns 50. The story of its success owes much to L.A.’s Roxy Theatre — and to the audiences who found themselves in it.
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September 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“It’s actually really nice to be here because it was another home for me. I had to appear as though I owned it — and I kind of did.”
We brought Tim Curry back to the Roxy to chat about THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, now 50. @steveappleford.bsky.social has the story. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
We brought Tim Curry back to the Roxy to chat about THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, now 50. @steveappleford.bsky.social has the story. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Spinning off from Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland," Paul Thomas Anderson’s "fun and fizzy adaptation views its Molotov cocktail as half-full," says our @theamynicholson.bsky.social in her review, a beautiful piece of writing. Make time for this one. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: The revolution gets energized in Paul Thomas Anderson's dynamite 'One Battle After Another'
Paul Thomas Anderson's brutally hilarious political thriller brings together Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and newcomer Chase Infiniti.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Spinning off from Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland," Paul Thomas Anderson’s "fun and fizzy adaptation views its Molotov cocktail as half-full," says our @theamynicholson.bsky.social in her review, a beautiful piece of writing. Make time for this one. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.
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We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.
Sitting for his first solo interview about his new movie ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, director Paul Thomas Anderson chats with Glenn Whipp about fathers, daughters and fascism. A deep read on what is unquestionably the American film of the year. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
He’s made the most incendiary movie of the year. But Paul Thomas Anderson remains an optimist
The director of "Boogie Nights" and "There Will Be Blood" returns with an angry epic about American dissent, born from grappling with Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland."
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September 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Sitting for his first solo interview about his new movie ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, director Paul Thomas Anderson chats with Glenn Whipp about fathers, daughters and fascism. A deep read on what is unquestionably the American film of the year. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Toronto is finally in the rearview and @theamynicholson.bsky.social @indiefocus.bsky.social and I have our favorites from a lineup that kept us guessing. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
The 9 best movies we saw at the Toronto International Film Festival
Strong turns by Tessa Thompson, Amanda Seyfried and Jessie Buckley arrived in movies that rose to the top of a stacked slate at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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September 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Toronto is finally in the rearview and @theamynicholson.bsky.social @indiefocus.bsky.social and I have our favorites from a lineup that kept us guessing. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Reserving my thoughts on THE SMASHING MACHINE for a moment, but it is a stroke of absolute brilliance to close on the Alan Parsons Project’s “Limelight,” which is the emotionally overwhelming Moroder song he never wrote. That’s 100% @bowedtie.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reserving my thoughts on THE SMASHING MACHINE for a moment, but it is a stroke of absolute brilliance to close on the Alan Parsons Project’s “Limelight,” which is the emotionally overwhelming Moroder song he never wrote. That’s 100% @bowedtie.bsky.social
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A dispatch from TIFF where I've been ordering Canadianos -- not Americanos -- while watching a bunch of movies about guys gone wild, including a gasp-inducing local comedy where the director shouted an onstage apology to the mayor of Toronto. (She liked the movie!)
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Review: Canadian pride booms, dual Hamlets duel and Rian Johnson's knives are out (again) at a 50th TIFF
The first days of TIFF were jam-packed with Oscar hopefuls and genre thrillers: Rian Johnson's "Wake Up Dead Man," Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet" and Potsy Ponciroli’s “Motor City.”
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September 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A dispatch from TIFF where I've been ordering Canadianos -- not Americanos -- while watching a bunch of movies about guys gone wild, including a gasp-inducing local comedy where the director shouted an onstage apology to the mayor of Toronto. (She liked the movie!)
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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I’ve been thinking about SIRÂT for months — it’s a movie that crystallizes my apocalyptic mood. Sitting down with its filmmaker Oliver Laxe was a pure pleasure. He’s a director who doesn’t wait for permission. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
His apocalyptic art film 'Sirât' dances in the face of oblivion. Maybe that's why people love it
Quietly, Oliver Laxe's euphoric, shocking movie, set at the end of the world, is winning over critics and audiences alike, a hopeful sign for challenging cinema.
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September 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I’ve been thinking about SIRÂT for months — it’s a movie that crystallizes my apocalyptic mood. Sitting down with its filmmaker Oliver Laxe was a pure pleasure. He’s a director who doesn’t wait for permission. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Lions and tigers and AI — oh my! @theamynicholson.bsky.social headed down to Vegas to catch the Sphere-ified WIZARD OF OZ. Is it the enemy? Or just a fun ride? A little of both. tinyurl.com/5emukwub
'Wizard of Oz' at Las Vegas' Sphere feels more like a ride than a movie (with Disneyland-level pricing)
The cherished 1939 fantasy has been expanded by generative AI to fit the giant parameters of the Las Vegas immersive venue. Has too much creative license been taken?
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September 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Lions and tigers and AI — oh my! @theamynicholson.bsky.social headed down to Vegas to catch the Sphere-ified WIZARD OF OZ. Is it the enemy? Or just a fun ride? A little of both. tinyurl.com/5emukwub
The performances of this year's Telluride were marked by a quiet, concentrated intensity — it proved to be a thrilling showcase for acting. We picked our favorites. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
The six best performances we saw at the 2025 Telluride Film Festival
Several Oscar races sharpen into focus as the Telluride Film Festival, an annual window into the state of awards season, delivers more than a handful of stellar turns.
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September 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The performances of this year's Telluride were marked by a quiet, concentrated intensity — it proved to be a thrilling showcase for acting. We picked our favorites. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Chloé Zhao has the triumph of Telluride in HAMNET. Getting there was not easy. In a beautiful, intimate interview, Josh Rottenberg sat down with her and they talked about the last four years. She also told us what Ryan Coogler thinks of the new movie. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Chloé Zhao went through a 'very painful fire' before turning heartbreak into 'Hamnet'
The Oscar-winning filmmaker discusses her career after "Eternals," adapting Shakespeare’s family story and what Ryan Coogler said to her after he saw "Hamnet."
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August 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Chloé Zhao has the triumph of Telluride in HAMNET. Getting there was not easy. In a beautiful, intimate interview, Josh Rottenberg sat down with her and they talked about the last four years. She also told us what Ryan Coogler thinks of the new movie. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“People are angry. That’s what seems to define our country right now. Anger. And it doesn’t seem to be going away.”
In our exclusive #Telluride sit-down with Jeremy Allen White, the actor goes deep into his process and his own connection to Springsteen’s “Nebraska.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
In our exclusive #Telluride sit-down with Jeremy Allen White, the actor goes deep into his process and his own connection to Springsteen’s “Nebraska.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Jeremy Allen White on becoming Bruce Springsteen in 'Deliver Me From Nowhere'
In our exclusive, the star of "The Bear" and the forthcoming Springsteen "antibiopic" speaks about his preparation for the role and his connection to the music.
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August 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“People are angry. That’s what seems to define our country right now. Anger. And it doesn’t seem to be going away.”
In our exclusive #Telluride sit-down with Jeremy Allen White, the actor goes deep into his process and his own connection to Springsteen’s “Nebraska.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
In our exclusive #Telluride sit-down with Jeremy Allen White, the actor goes deep into his process and his own connection to Springsteen’s “Nebraska.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Our annual fall preview is live and I'm proud of the breadth of tastes of all who contributed. A brief 🧵: @carlosfilm.bsky.social sat down at El Mercadito with Tonatiuh, born in L.A. to immigrant parents and commanding in the new KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
His immigrant mother named him after a sun god. Now Tonatiuh is a breakout star
In the upcoming "Kiss of the Spider Woman," based on the stage musical, L.A.-born phenom Tonatiuh announces himself as a player to watch, with serious ambitions.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our annual fall preview is live and I'm proud of the breadth of tastes of all who contributed. A brief 🧵: @carlosfilm.bsky.social sat down at El Mercadito with Tonatiuh, born in L.A. to immigrant parents and commanding in the new KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
There are days on which TOBY DAMMIT is my favorite Fellini and that’s largely due to Terence Stamp, splitting the difference between LA DOLCE VITA and something much darker. One of a kind. images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5...
August 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There are days on which TOBY DAMMIT is my favorite Fellini and that’s largely due to Terence Stamp, splitting the difference between LA DOLCE VITA and something much darker. One of a kind. images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5...
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Working in media these days is getting the chance to build something beautiful with colleagues you love, and then watching it get destroyed for basically no reason.
August 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Working in media these days is getting the chance to build something beautiful with colleagues you love, and then watching it get destroyed for basically no reason.