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Caryn James

@carynjames.bsky.social

Film and TV critic, novelist. Film Critic BBC Culture. Contributor to The Hollywood Reporter, among others.

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David Rooney@david-rooney.bsky.social · 6d ago

Love these projects where the THR critics team wrestles over favorites. Proud of the range of work in our ranked breakdown of the 25 greatest docs of all time. And hats off to our amazing editor @jon-frosch.bsky.social for streamlining a mountain of copy. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-d...

The 25 Best Documentaries of All Time, Ranked

From 'Grey Gardens' to 'The Gleaners and I,' 'Gimme Shelter' to 'Grizzly Man' and beyond, THR critics pick their favorite non-fiction films of all time.

hollywoodreporter.com

Caryn James@carynjames.bsky.social · 3mo ago

So many great lines in this savvy op-ed by Bill Carter. On Trump & Colbert, "a grudge match made in media heaven." Pointedly, on CBS' claim that canceling Colbert was a business decision, "Nobody really believes that."

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"CBS is assenting to its own diminishment." "The biggest loss is to core America values, including the right to speak freely, even in brutally mocking terms, about those in power..." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...

Helena Fitzgerald@hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m in one group chat where the whole thing is that we exclusively talk about and share poetry we like and somebody shared this in the chat today and we were all like “yes, absolutely right, this belongs in here alongside John Ashbery”

RM@dorsalstream.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
Caryn James@carynjames.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I LOVE this spot-on review, which made me laugh out loud, and am so glad it calls out Sheridan's maddening NYC-phobia. Would also point out to Sheridan that the Met Gala is never on Saturday as the show claims, but famously first Monday in May. That's just willful ignorance. But Pfeiffer is great.

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Paramount+'s "The Madison" is two shows at once, one that's among the most mature and introspective that Taylor Sheridan has ever made, boasting a GREAT Michelle Pfeiffer performance, and one that's embarrassing garbage. My review:

Caryn James@carynjames.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Wuthering Heights is pretty dazzling. Pure Emerald Fennell on the surface, but she channels something essential in Bronte too: the anger and jealousy beneath the passion. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

Wuthering Heights review: This bold reinvention of Emily Brontë's novel is 'sexy, dramatic and swoonily romantic'

Starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, Emerald Fennell's new take on the classic romance is far from faithful to the original book – but it is "utterly absorbing" in its own right.

bbc.com

Caryn James@carynjames.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Highlights of the NYFilm Festival 1st weekend: On screen, Wagner Moura in Kleber Mendonca Filho's searing The Secret Agent. Off-screen, Bruce Springsteen performing after Deliver Me From Nowhere. Honorable mention to Luca Guadagnino's glittery silver jacket on opening night. @FilmLinc #NYFF

Julia Ioffe@juliaioffe.bsky.social · last yr.

One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert