Here is the first new Filmspotting: SVU in eight years, with a review of Outcome, streaming recommendations on numerous platforms, a game I invented involving Letterboxd stats, and a surprisingly lengthy discussion of astronaut bathroom etiquette.
After 8 years, Filmspotting SVU, the podcast about streaming movies, is back.
Alison Willmore’s already doing Critical Darlings (which is great!) so I needed a new co-host.
My wife told me the only person who could replace Alison was @jhoffman.bsky.social, so that’s who I got to do it.
Tuesday!
First I've heard of them, def going to look them up!
Amanda Peet, playing an actor and mother of three named Dianne, sits cozily on a sofa next to writer/director/star Matthew Shear, a younger man who plays the nanny her character hires, in a still from FANTASY LIFE
Also there are still a few tickets left for the opening night screening of the funny, bittersweet indie FANTASY LIFE at the Angelika — I'll be doing a Q&A after with Amanda Peet and Matthew Shear angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/sessions...
Critical Darlings, the podcast that @rilaws.bsky.social and I launched during award season, is going year-round and has its own feed and everything. Take a gander at our new episode, on PROJECT HAIL MARY, Ryan Gosling as movie star, and, FINE, award prospects podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club!
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Yeah, it did not exist when I was a teen — and it’s enormous! Still hard for me to wrap my head around
Okay but the important issue here: Cal High or Dougherty Valley?
And one more Movie Club dispatch, on Rob Reiner and on the theme that I think is at the core of WEAPONS slate.com/culture/2025...
An ewok-looking dog is watching THE PITT screeners on a laptop
He’s been issued stern spoiler warnings
I did not write the headline and nothing you're complaining about has relevance to the piece, which is my response to one from Dana about how her feelings are much more in line with yours, nor my post, which again make it clear this is my opinion
Well, it's a good thing I was talking about my feelings and not yours!
My second Slate Movie Club dispatch, in which I blather about my love of abrasive on-screen experiences and about Mary and Ronnie Bronstein
A relief to know this was for an actual study and that I wasn't actually unknowingly enlisted to fulfill someone's extremely specific kink lol
Awards envelope-inspired artwork for the Critical Darlings podcast, with drawings of Richard Lawson and of me
The first episode of Critical Darlings, the podcast @rilaws.bsky.social and I are hosting as part of the Blank Check Cinematic Universe, is live! JOIN US overcast.fm/+ABLIFo_rhLw
Been wrestling with JAY KELLY, and why I think George Clooney's actual relationship with his own celebrity is more interesting than the emptiness-of-the-A-lister angst he performs on screen www.vulture.com/article/is-g...
Man, I'm never going back to Twitter, but getting replies that are either "PAYWALL" or "I can't take you seriously because you used hyperbolic language, I have never 'lost my mind' over anything" is a great reminder of why I have so much trouble getting motivated to post on here
Thanks for letting me know, unpleasant internet stranger!
Am joining @thehighsign.bsky.social, @justincchang.bsky.social, and @bilgeebiri.bsky.social to go deep on the year in movies as part of Slate Movie Club this year. Here's my first dispatch, on some of the smaller movies I loved alongside the much-discussed bigger ones
Feels great to be coming out of podcast semi-retirement and to be getting an excuse to blather about movies on the regular with Richard, who will soon be filled with regret when I try to make "wrong kid died!" into some kind of regular bit about HAMNET
Most underrated movie of the year! Just total delight!
THE NAKED GUN, BLACK BAG, ONE OF THEM DAYS, WEAPONS
CONGRATS!!!
The Times's reassignment of four critics is one thing, but its downgrading of the so-called traditional review is altogether another:
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
That's very kind, Brian!
Met up with Nic Rapold, who was heroically coherent despite being fresh off a plane, on the terrace of the Palais to talk about SOUND OF FALLING and another early premiere, ENZO, on his podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
You are being far too generous with me, but thank you
