Tim Grierson
@timgrierson.bsky.social
Senior U.S. Critic for Screen International. Member: LAFCA and NSFC. Frequently in the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture, the A.V. Club and RogerEbert.com. Author of "This Is How You Make a Movie." Q&A moderator. Contact: timothygrierson@gmail.com
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Tim Grierson
@timgrierson.bsky.social
· Sep 14
Venice/Telluride/Toronto 2025: The Wrap-Up and the Rankings
When I was younger, I assumed I would never go to a film festival. That was something other critics did — it felt too far away for me to eve...
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I put together a ranking of every movie I saw that screened in Venice, Telluride or Toronto. And I wrote a little bit about going to fall festivals during a time of great uncertainty about the future of film criticism.
Rest in peace, Todd Snider, who wrote the greatest, most enraging song about George W. Bush ever.
You Got Away with It (a Tale of Two Fraternity Brothers)
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
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November 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Rest in peace, Todd Snider, who wrote the greatest, most enraging song about George W. Bush ever.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Aero on Friday for a free screening of THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR (2025) + Q&A with director Geeta Gandbhir + producers Alisa Payne & Nikon Kwantu, moderated by Tim Grierson.
You can watch THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR out now on Netflix.
You can watch THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR out now on Netflix.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Aero on Friday for a free screening of THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR (2025) + Q&A with director Geeta Gandbhir + producers Alisa Payne & Nikon Kwantu, moderated by Tim Grierson.
You can watch THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR out now on Netflix.
You can watch THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR out now on Netflix.
For the @latimes.com, I reviewed KEEPER, in which Osgood Perkins tries a Soderbergh-like genre doodle.
Review: In 'Keeper,' a romantic getaway becomes as nightmarish as you'd expect
The latest movie from horror director Osgood Perkins ('Longlegs,' 'The Monkey') shows off technical mastery while lacking the lingering sting of his better work.
www.latimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For the @latimes.com, I reviewed KEEPER, in which Osgood Perkins tries a Soderbergh-like genre doodle.
John Swab long battled opioid addiction. He turned that pain into KING IVORY, an action-drama about the war on drugs. I saw the film at Venice last year. It opens tomorrow.
‘King Ivory’: Venice Review
James Badge Dale and Ben Foster take opposite sides of America's War on Drugs in John Swab's lacklustre thriller
www.screendaily.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
John Swab long battled opioid addiction. He turned that pain into KING IVORY, an action-drama about the war on drugs. I saw the film at Venice last year. It opens tomorrow.
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I still believe Christine Blasey Ford and I still believe Anita Hill.
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I still believe Christine Blasey Ford and I still believe Anita Hill.
THE RUNNING MAN: Josh Brolin gives the Danny Huston performance of the year. (Not a compliment.)
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
THE RUNNING MAN: Josh Brolin gives the Danny Huston performance of the year. (Not a compliment.)
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This book is out today. It was a pleasure and an honor to help a little bit in the process of creating it. REFLECTIONS tells the story of Roger Deakins' life and storied career in his words—with a lot of behind-the-scenes details and, of course, many pictures.
Reflections - Roger A. Deakins
In REFLECTIONS: On Cinematography, Deakins offers his fans and film enthusiasts the improbable journey of the “boy from Torquay, England” to Hollywood.
www.rogerdeakins.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This book is out today. It was a pleasure and an honor to help a little bit in the process of creating it. REFLECTIONS tells the story of Roger Deakins' life and storied career in his words—with a lot of behind-the-scenes details and, of course, many pictures.
I've come to really enjoy Jesse Eisenberg in the NOW YOU SEE ME movies. Otherwise, NOW YOU DON'T is more sub-OCEAN'S ELEVEN silliness.
‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ review: Jesse Eisenberg heads tricky third instalment of heist franchise
Returning stars Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher and Morgan Freeman join incoming director Ruben Fleischer
www.screendaily.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I've come to really enjoy Jesse Eisenberg in the NOW YOU SEE ME movies. Otherwise, NOW YOU DON'T is more sub-OCEAN'S ELEVEN silliness.
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Aspiring film critics! LAFCA and @rottentomatoes.com are again offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to students attending L.A.-area community colleges: one to a woman and one to a person from an underrepresented group(s). Apply by Dec. 7 and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Aspiring film critics! LAFCA and @rottentomatoes.com are again offering TWO $3,000 SCHOLARSHIPS to students attending L.A.-area community colleges: one to a woman and one to a person from an underrepresented group(s). Apply by Dec. 7 and spread the word! bit.ly/LAFCAScholarship2025
With JAY KELLY, Noah Baumbach puts forward the somewhat radical theory that celebrities used to be ordinary people -- and might still be during their rare unguarded moments.
‘Jay Kelly’ review: George Clooney impresses as a jaded movie star in Noah Baumbach’s gentle drama
Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and Riley Keough also star in Baumbach's Venice Competition title
www.screendaily.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
With JAY KELLY, Noah Baumbach puts forward the somewhat radical theory that celebrities used to be ordinary people -- and might still be during their rare unguarded moments.
Today is the 20th anniversary of my first review being published in Screen International. All these years later, and now Senior U.S. Critic, I remain grateful and endlessly excited to write for such a venerable trade publication. (That review was for HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE.)
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Today is the 20th anniversary of my first review being published in Screen International. All these years later, and now Senior U.S. Critic, I remain grateful and endlessly excited to write for such a venerable trade publication. (That review was for HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE.)
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If you liked that @lithub.com.web.brid.gy essay on not talking to the NYT about Mamdani, read this @nplusonemag.com piece by the same author on working class higher ed and its enemies.
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Memos of Blood and Fire | Peter Coviello
So if you ask me about the signature strength of the department where I work, I will tell you. It is world-caliber field-defining research, wedded to a fantastically dynamic practice of instruction, a...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you liked that @lithub.com.web.brid.gy essay on not talking to the NYT about Mamdani, read this @nplusonemag.com piece by the same author on working class higher ed and its enemies.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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I wrote about Jennifer Lawrence's new movie and the unconventional love song that is genuinely Having a Moment
Why a 26-Year-Old Song Is Suddenly Everywhere
Jennifer Lawrence’s Die My Love, Celine Song’s Materialists, and Lena Dunham’s new show all commit to the same old duet, in spite of its quirkiness.
slate.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I wrote about Jennifer Lawrence's new movie and the unconventional love song that is genuinely Having a Moment
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Looking forward to another extra-large episode this Sunday night. We'll be reviewing four new movies.
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Looking forward to another extra-large episode this Sunday night. We'll be reviewing four new movies.
IN YOUR DREAMS has valuable life lessons for kids, especially those whose parents are going through tough times. But as a movie, it's a total snooze.
‘In Your Dreams’ review: Netflix family animation proves something of a snoozefest
Alex Woo's lightweight directorial debut follows two siblings who enter the magical world of dreams
www.screendaily.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
IN YOUR DREAMS has valuable life lessons for kids, especially those whose parents are going through tough times. But as a movie, it's a total snooze.
Ira Sachs' PETER HUJAR'S DAY is a lovely, intimate film. Happy to say I'll be moderating a Q&A with Sachs at the Royal on Sunday. Info here: www.laemmle.com/film/peter-h...
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Ira Sachs' PETER HUJAR'S DAY is a lovely, intimate film. Happy to say I'll be moderating a Q&A with Sachs at the Royal on Sunday. Info here: www.laemmle.com/film/peter-h...
NUREMBERG is the sort of historical drama that feels like the film your lazy high school teacher makes you watch in class to learn about Nuremberg.
‘Nuremberg’ review: Russell Crowe is Nazi officer Hermann Goring in earnest courtroom drama
James Vanderbilt's second feature dramatises Goring's 1940s trial and also stars Rami Malek and Michael Shannon
www.screendaily.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
NUREMBERG is the sort of historical drama that feels like the film your lazy high school teacher makes you watch in class to learn about Nuremberg.
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the race to declare that this is not a game changing victory is in full force. the biggest trolls, shit stirrers, naysayers, and oppositionally defiant idiots will be out in force today trying to get you to temper your joy. fuck them. hold on to your hope
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
the race to declare that this is not a game changing victory is in full force. the biggest trolls, shit stirrers, naysayers, and oppositionally defiant idiots will be out in force today trying to get you to temper your joy. fuck them. hold on to your hope
At Cannes, I reviewed DIE MY LOVE, impressed by its ability to put a new mother's tormented inner life on the screen in such vivid, feverish detail.
‘Die My Love’ review: Jennifer Lawrence sparks Lynne Ramsay’s portrait of a troubled marriage
Robert Pattinson also stars in Ramsay's unnerving Competition entry about new parents under extreme stress
www.screendaily.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
At Cannes, I reviewed DIE MY LOVE, impressed by its ability to put a new mother's tormented inner life on the screen in such vivid, feverish detail.
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I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
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Tomorrow we’ll elect Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherril, Zohran Mamdani, and pass Prop 50.
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Tomorrow we’ll elect Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherril, Zohran Mamdani, and pass Prop 50.
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BREAKING:
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING:
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani. And thank you to Heems for inspiring him to considering running in the first place.
This Indie-Rap Hero Inspired Zohran Mamdani to Enter Politics
Indie-rap hero Heems on inspiring Zohran Mamdani, Democratic nominee in New York's mayoral race, to go into politics: 'I’m extremely grateful'
www.rollingstone.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani. And thank you to Heems for inspiring him to considering running in the first place.
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