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.
And if you live in L.A. and consider Halloween a week-long affair at minimum, here's a handy guide to the scariest screenings in town over the next several days. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
The 13 best horror movies to see in L.A. from now until Halloween
What if you can't wait for Halloween? We round up the best horror classics playing in L.A. over the next eight days: special 35mm prints, giant screens, huge monsters.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And if you live in L.A. and consider Halloween a week-long affair at minimum, here's a handy guide to the scariest screenings in town over the next several days. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
When it becomes faux-fall in L.A. (you know, sunny with an occasional leaf on the ground), our thoughts naturally turn to HALLOWEEN's John Carpenter, who @tgreiving.bsky.social caught in a contemplative mood. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
John Carpenter has been thinking about death lately. Not in the way you imagine
In advance of his four-night residency at the Belasco, we sat down with the legendary director of "Halloween" and "The Thing" to talk about Bach, rock and, of course, evil.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
When it becomes faux-fall in L.A. (you know, sunny with an occasional leaf on the ground), our thoughts naturally turn to HALLOWEEN's John Carpenter, who @tgreiving.bsky.social caught in a contemplative mood. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
There's never a bad time to check in with legendary journalist Seymour Hersh, the man who exposed My Lai and Abu Ghraib, who spoke to @joshrottenberg.bsky.social about his new doc profile COVER-UP (coming in December). www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
He exposed My Lai and Abu Ghraib. Now ‘Cover-Up’ turns the lens on Seymour Hersh
The legendary investigative reporter and Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras discuss the price of exposing what others want hidden in a documentary about journalism.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
There's never a bad time to check in with legendary journalist Seymour Hersh, the man who exposed My Lai and Abu Ghraib, who spoke to @joshrottenberg.bsky.social about his new doc profile COVER-UP (coming in December). www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Critic @theamynicholson.bsky.social calls HEDDA divine, vibrant and viciously alive: "With apologies to Ibsen’s ghost, DaCosta’s tweaks have sharpened its rage." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: Tessa Thompson is the ultimate restless housewife in a viciously updated 'Hedda'
'Candyman' director Nia DaCosta and her star bring Henrik Ibsen's mean girl to vibrant life in a raucous period drama co-starring Imogen Poots and Nina Hoss.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Critic @theamynicholson.bsky.social calls HEDDA divine, vibrant and viciously alive: "With apologies to Ibsen’s ghost, DaCosta’s tweaks have sharpened its rage." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Director Nia DaCosta and actor Tessa Thompson have known each other for a decade. They've become friends, confidants and (when we're lucky) collaborators, as with their boldly reimagined HEDDA. @indiefocus.bsky.social spoke to them out of Toronto. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Parallel paths brought Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson back together for 'Hedda'
Their collaboration as confidantes goes back years, but for DaCosta and Thompson, their bold adaptation of "Hedda Gabler" is a peak for both the filmmaker and the actor.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Director Nia DaCosta and actor Tessa Thompson have known each other for a decade. They've become friends, confidants and (when we're lucky) collaborators, as with their boldly reimagined HEDDA. @indiefocus.bsky.social spoke to them out of Toronto. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Meanwhile, @theamynicholson.bsky.social loved BUGONIA, was floored by Emma Stone and called the film "a hilarious movie with no hope for the future of humanity." That's my idea of high praise. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: It's Emma Stone's planet now as the alien comedy 'Bugonia' proves
Director Yorgos Lanthimos and Stone follow 'The Favourite' and 'Poor Things' with a nasty-fun conspiracy movie that also features Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Meanwhile, @theamynicholson.bsky.social loved BUGONIA, was floored by Emma Stone and called the film "a hilarious movie with no hope for the future of humanity." That's my idea of high praise. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...