This year’s Berlinale was… tricky. I wrote about it for the Marquee.

Ready for my 15th #Berlinale

My favorite kind of piece to write: when I file it and the editor replies “You made me want to seek these out.” My report for the Marquee about the V-Cinema retrospective in Rotterdam.

Tromsø International Film Festival 2026: Second Dispatch More reviews from the 36th edition of the Tromsø International Film Festival.

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Tromsø International Film Festival 2026: First Dispatch Some reviews from the 36th edition of the Tromsø International Film Festival.

New from me: open.substack.com/pub/maxborg/...

My final 2025 piece for the Marquee.

A Toxic, Ugly, Exhilarating Saturday A few thoughts on this year’s Altroquando Festival.

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Possibly my favorite tweet of all time: when he said he was claiming various states in the 2020 election, and Jon Cryer commented “I hereby claim Molly Ringwald in the ‘80s.”

European Discoveries Or my experience as a member of one of the nomination committees for the European Film Awards.

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My November contribution to the Marquee.

The King’s Ending The new film version of The Running Man makes a significant, somewhat frustrating change to the plot.

Newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/maxborg/...

Short but Sweet Some thoughts on the 2025 edition of the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur.

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Brevity is the soul of wit #29ikw #kurzfilmtageWIN

Nice to be back in Lyon #lumiere2025

My newest Marquee piece.

Double duty again #ZFF2025

Vamos! #ssiff73

Films I’ve Seen in the Cinema in 2025 Every single film I saw in the cinema in 2025, in viewing order.

As of last night’s viewing of the final (?) Conjuring movie, I’ve now seen 500 films in theaters this year (features and shorts combined):

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Mary Anning | Bande-annonce officielle HD - Cinéma Public Films YouTube video by Cinéma Public Films

Aujourd'hui c'est la sortie en France de mon premier longmétrage #MaryAnning !

🦴♀️✊🦕

Ici les info, dossier presse, cahier pédagogique, etc: www.cinemapublicfilms.fr/films/mary_anning/
et pour trouver une séance:
www.allocine.fr/film/fichefi...

et ici le trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ltq...

Stephen King Adaptations: My Ranking My personal ranking of the films I've seen based on the works of Stephen King.

My updated ranking of films based on the works of Stephen King: boxd.it/EwvgE

My latest Marquee piece.

Ready for my 17th Venice #Venezia82

My review of a great little Norwegian film premiering at #Locarno78

My 19th edition overall, 11th as part of the team #Locarno78

Marvel Cinematic Universe: My Ranking All the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ranked from best to worst, in my opinion.

My updated MCU ranking:

boxd.it/2RiJS

My latest for the Marquee.

Rachel, you’ve been our Lois Lane for the past two years - now you’re the world’s. I’m lucky you’re in my life. Happy Birthday.

Photo: Jess Miglio

Major item crossed off the bucket list: my favorite Linklater, on the big screen, in the city where it was filmed.

Me on this year’s (quite good) Norwegian film at Karlovy Vary.

Dream job. Playing a villain on #RickandMorty.