Stephanie Zacharek
@szacharek.bsky.social
Film critic at TIME. I never travel far without a little Big Star. https://time.com/author/stephanie-zacharek/
A movie that almost wasn't, and it's terrific. COYOTE VS. ACME: time.com/article/2026...
Run, Don't Walk, to See 'Coyote vs. Acme'
The new Looney Toons movie, a blend of live-action and animation, is a late-summer delight that almost didn't see the light of day.
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Lotte Reiniger's silhouette animation in THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926), the earliest surviving full-length animated feature. Her attention to detail was stunning, note the wobble of the chess piece.
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
7/28/54: On the Waterfront Kazan's morally reprehensible masterpiece, w/Brando, Malden, Saint, Steiger More: @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/collections/... @thefridacinema.org: thefridacinema.org/2023/03/20/c... DT: lithub.com/how-on-the-w... @hiltzikm.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Column: Yes, Elia Kazan named names, then made ‘On the Waterfront’ to justify his treachery
Zoe Kazan created a stir this week by candidly discussing her grandfather, Elia Kazan, and his decision to name actors who had been fellow communists.
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HBD Mick Jagger!! Key films Performance/Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/200 Man From Elysian Fields/ @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2002/10/08/e... Also Charlie is my Darling/ @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/rich... Thrilling w/Marchese: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/m...
Mick Jagger Knows He May Have Played His Last Rolling Stones Show
The legendary rock star, now 82, on how fame, touring and aging have changed him.
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I knew there was a problem but couldn't quite put my finger on it.
Will always love NYC. Will always hate this “public art.”
Seeing a trailer for a new Marvel movie is like running into an ex on the street and realizing the extent to which you’ve moved on.
BOTD Donald Sutherland!!! From Us - Sutherland in the 70s: midcenturycinema.org/2024/07/08/n... More: @alissawilkinson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/m... @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/6990420/dona... @scotttobias.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/m...
15 Great Donald Sutherland Performances to Stream (Published 2024)
Whether in the lead or a supporting role, the actor’s immense talent and range were apparent in six decades of performances.
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We need more lavish, big-screen entertainments, made with care. But we still have a right to ask for more than THE ODYSSEY delivers. time.com/article/2026...
'The Odyssey' Is Just Another Reason for Despair
Christopher Nolan's latest is a testament to the filmmaker’s solemn dedication to the hallowed tradition of filmmaking, but a movie still needs to add up to something you actually want to watch.
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You've got to be F-ing kidding me. This is what we now consider a "win"?
I don’t like getting migraines, but I love being a migraineur because it sounds so 19th-century fainting couch.
7/9/42: The Ambersons, who remain Magnificent via Orson Welles More: Molly Haskell: www.criterion.com/current/post... @kristenklopez.bsky.social: www.indiewire.com/features/gen... @jhoberman.bsky.social: www.villagevoice.com/magnificent-... @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/collections/...
100 Best Movies of the Past 10 Decades: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Find out why The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) is on the list
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7/6/64: A Hard Day's Night - the Beatles via Richard Lester (Note the H/T to Welles' The Trial) More: @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/mzs/its-gonn... @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich... @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2000/12/01/h...
"A Hard Day's Night" - Salon.com
The great Beatles movie reminds us how much they gave -- and how much we took.
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Only a person who doesn't love dogs would think this is a good idea.
Like Klaatu (the band) and the Carpenters, Steven Spielberg wants the aliens to land so he can be their friend. But his magnificent, wacky, genuinely radiant DISCLOSURE DAY is really all about us humans. time.com/article/2026...
'Disclosure Day' Is One of Spielberg's Finest Films
With 'Disclosure Day,' Steven Spielberg has gone off his rocker a little bit, and magnificently so
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John Garfield during a break from filming Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
A Cannes post-mortem: movie stars are everywhere, if you know where to look. time.com/article/2026...
Cannes Proves the Movie Star Isn’t Dead. We Just Have to Look Beyond Hollywood
At least as far as starmaking goes, Cannes is building a Hollywood of its own—and in an era when established American stars are clamoring to appear on the White Lotus rather than in movies, that’s pro...
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Speaking of Assayas - 5/17/16: Personal Shopper w/*outstanding* Kristen Stewart More: @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/4339097/kris... @mayacaspari.bsky.social: www.anothergaze.com/review-perso... @willowcatelyn.bsky.social: thefilmstage.com/willow-macla...
5/15/96: Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep w/Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud More @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/1997/06/09/v... @scotttobias.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/the-new-cult... @brofromanother.bsky.social & @bealoayza.bsky.social re 2022 reimagination: www.filmcomment.com/the-film-com...
The Film Comment Podcast: Olivier Assayas’s Irma Vep | Film Comment
Negative space: Adam Nayman and Beatrice Loayza join to discuss Olivier Assayas’s new, series-length reimagining of his classic 1996 feature
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We made sure to stock copies of Time Magazine's 100 Must-See Movies because it's a cut above the typical special issue. Every entry is written by Time film critic @szacharek.bsky.social and is unsurprisingly superb. Gorgeous images, too. (Sample gallery on inventory page.) mzs.press/TIME-Special...
TIME Special Edition: 100 Must-See Movies, by Stephanie Zacharek (Magazine, NEW)
The 100 must-see movies, as selected by Time Magazine's film critic Stephanie Zacharek , who wrote every entry in this handsomely illustrated, 114-page special edition of the magazine. Much more subst...
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I’ll be damned. The Pulitzer board did it. Good on them
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6mo agoThis is a news peg for a previous plea, that the Pulitzer board award the Miami Herald's Julie Brown a special citation, having missed the chance to give her the investigative prize years ago. www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...
This thread is amazing and has given me life.
Michael Lobel@mlobelart.bsky.social · 4mo agoUm...so I accidentally stumbled onto the UVA law library's collection of 6,000 drawings by courtroom sketch reporter Ida Libby Dengrove, who worked in NYC mostly in the '70s & '80s, & they're kind of...amazing..?? This one is tagged "Clown Attack" (thread) archives.law.virginia.edu/resources/18...
