ANIMALS: You cannot imagine how many terrible drone shots there are in this movie.
Tim Grierson
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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
Rosalind Eleazar is terrific in MISTY GREEN, Chris Rock's angry, sometimes dramatically shaky takedown of Hollywood's racism and sexism.
‘Misty Green’ review: A scorching performance from Rosalind Eleazar powers Chris Rock’s thorny Hollywood satire
Rock's Toronto Gala Prentation also stars Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya and Anna Kendrick
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Sunday! Me and @timgrierson.bsky.social discuss Funny Business at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena.
For the @latimes.com, I hung out with Cristian Mungiu. We talked about fatherhood, his brief time making comedies, what everybody knows about Romania, and his great new film FJORD.
He wants you to argue about his movie, even if you can't pin him down politically
Cristian Mungiu’s 'Fjord' follows a Romanian-Norwegian couple accused of abusing their children, placing clashing cultural values at the center of a courtroom drama.
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On their own, neither Nathan Fielder nor Lance Oppenheim has ever made anything as singular as YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING. It's a funhouse mirror, a psychological thriller and one of the most haunting things I've seen in a good long while. Here's my review.
‘You Can See Everything’ review: Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes proves a slippery subject for fascinating documentary
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's knotty feature opens in the US on October 16
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I enjoyed watching Andrew Garfield play an exceptionally slimy Sam Altman, but otherwise ARTIFICIAL is a bit of a disappointment, turning our AI fears into a fairly standard SOCIAL NETWORK-style cautionary tale.
‘Artificial’ review: Andrew Garfield impresses as OpenAI’s Sam Altman in Luca Guadagnino’s surprisingly toothless AI thriller
The film premieres in New York before opening in the US in December and the UK in January
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There are 29 days until the midterms.
Trump suggests letting Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign rally
Trump made the remarks during a rambling speech in which he said gas prices would be lower soon, touted his ouster of Venezuela’s dictator, and made attacks on news outlets.
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The second installment of MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS is a very different film than the first. And a must-see.
‘My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile’ review: Julia Loktev’s portrait of Russian journalists in exile deepens in its second chapter
The follow-up to 2024's 'Last Air In Moscow' proves every bit as compelling, if more intimate
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This week, we go long on "Digger." (Don't worry: No spoilers.) Then, we review "Verity" and "Fjord." Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6fjx... Lots to talk about! Hope you enjoy.
I agree with every word of Mark's astute thread. DIGGER bombing the same weekend as the Skydance merger takes hold is going to be looked at as one of the most significant moments in movie history.
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 6d agoSeriously: Hate Digger all you want, but [pauses for flow of hate] movies like Digger are why we need studios. A world in which Digger doesn't get made one in which Sinners and One Battle also don't get made. You miss with Heaven's Gate and you still swung. You miss with Paw Patrol and you >
I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts,
I agree with every word of Mark's astute thread. DIGGER bombing the same weekend as the Skydance merger takes hold is going to be looked at as one of the most significant moments in movie history.
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 6d agoSeriously: Hate Digger all you want, but [pauses for flow of hate] movies like Digger are why we need studios. A world in which Digger doesn't get made one in which Sinners and One Battle also don't get made. You miss with Heaven's Gate and you still swung. You miss with Paw Patrol and you >
All things considered, DIGGER getting a C+ from Cinemascore feels like a victory. I wouldn't have been surprised if it had scored far lower.
I've seen Reed Van Dyk's ATONEMENT twice now, and I'm struck by how fair it is to its three main characters, who couldn't be more different but are inextricably connected by a deadly firefight during the Iraq War. I reviewed this modest beauty for the @latimes.com.
Review: Three lives linked by wartime atrocity come together in the painfully honest 'Atonement'
Based on a subtly powerful New Yorker story, writer-director Reed Van Dyk’s debut drama picks up where most Iraq war movies end, exploring aftermath.
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I reviewed VERITY, which fails to tell the difference between trashy-bad and trashy-good.
‘Verity’ review: Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway struggle to lift flimsy Colleen Hoover adaptation
Source: Sony Pictures 'Verity' Dir: Michael Showalter. US. 2026. 117mins A knowingly trashy thriller whose outrageousness eventually overwhelms its logic, Verity stars Dakota Johnson as a struggling ...
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L.A.! This is less than two weeks away! My first ever book signing in Los Angeles. Can’t wait. I hope I get to sign some Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectaculars and Opposable Thumbs as well.
Matt Singer, in conversation with Tim Grierson, discusses & signs Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever
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Not since MEGALOPOLIS have I encountered a film like DIGGER, which similarly has massive ambitions to tell a sprawling story about The Way We Live Now. In both cases, I don't think the final product works at all, although I do find each movie genuinely fascinating in its failure.
‘Digger’ review: Tom Cruise fails to convince as a bullish Texas oilman in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ambitious misfire
John Goodman, Riz Ahmed and Sandra Hüller also star in Iñárritu's audacious, shallow satire
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Plenty of superb movies coming to AFI Fest. But I want to give a special shout-out to one I've loved since Sundance: THE FRIEND'S HOUSE IS HERE.
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Not since MEGALOPOLIS have I encountered a film like DIGGER, which similarly has massive ambitions to tell a sprawling story about The Way We Live Now. In both cases, I don't think the final product works at all, although I do find each movie genuinely fascinating in its failure.
‘Digger’ review: Tom Cruise fails to convince as a bullish Texas oilman in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ambitious misfire
John Goodman, Riz Ahmed and Sandra Hüller also star in Iñárritu's audacious, shallow satire
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It's been a few years since my book THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A MOVIE came out. I'm tickled that videos like this from readers still find their way to me after all this time.
THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A MOVIE #TimGrierson #ThisIsHowYouMakeAMovie #Book #Filmmaking #FYP #Explore
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My review of Lee Chang-dong's POSSIBLE LOVE, which in a just world would be a Best Picture nominee.
‘Possible Love’ review: Lee Chang-dong explores class, desire and exploitation in powerful Venice competition return
The 'Burning' director reunites with star Sul Kyung-gu for an enigmatic drama about two married couples divided by wealth
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In honor of its New York Film Festival screening, here's my review of MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART II - EXILE, Julia Loktev's exceptional follow-up to the best movie of last year.
‘My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile’ review: Julia Loktev’s portrait of Russian journalists in exile deepens in its second chapter
The follow-up to 2024's 'Last Air In Moscow' proves every bit as compelling, if more intimate
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One of the more slept-on films of this fall festival season has been Andrew Haigh's A LONG WINTER, which I think is among his best. It plays today at the New York Film Festival.
‘A Long Winter’ review: A sheltered young man faces a seismic shift in Andrew Haigh’s masterful 1950s Rocky Mountain drama
Haigh follows All Of Us Strangers and 45 Years with this atmospheric study of a splintering family
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In honor of it being the opener for this year's New York Film Festival, here's my Cannes review of PAPER TIGER, in which James Gray gets terrific performances from Adam Driver and Miles Teller, who both play against type as brothers unintentionally orchestrating their own destruction.
‘Paper Tiger’ review: Adam Driver, Miles Teller and Scarlett Johansson drive James Gray’s textured 1980s crime thriller
Gray's Cannes Competition premiere unfolds in 1980s Queens
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HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! reminded me how much I love dance movies. This, sadly, is not a great one.
Review: Grief falls away on the dance floor in the lithe 'Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!'
Rinko Kikuchi, the breakout star of 'Babel,' finds a new emotional register as a dancer picking up the pieces in a movie that flirts with seriousness.
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Like its hitman protagonist, YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER is rife with contradictions, and all the more compelling because of it.
Review: Mahershala Ali goes on a quest for breast milk in 'Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother'
A hit man's infant daughter won't drink formula, so he goes searching for the real thing in writer-director Bassam Tariq's unique action film.
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To celebrate our 500th episode, we each picked the 10 best films to come out since the podcast began. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4jpI... We couldn't have gotten to this milestone without you. Thanks for listening. Here's to another 500!
