Chris Feil

This Isn’t Your Typical Regina Hall Playing a revolutionary decades into the fight gave the One Battle After Another actress a new understanding of idealism.

Talked to Regina Hall about the “psychic” nature of One Battle After Another, screaming into the void, and whether Scary Movie 6 will be an A24 parody

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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

A ★½ review of The Smashing Machine (2025) An embarrassing dress-up hanging on to its aesthetics for dear life. Been a minute since I’ve seen something that loathed its characters this much

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Ooh boy everyone is being way too kind to The Smashing Machine

Here’s how I get them to screen The Savages (1/372):

and to our enemies: FAFO

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A ★★ review of A House of Dynamite (2025) CBS Fridays 8e/7c

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big huge hell yeah

Anyway, OBAA has me listening to Steely Dan, which is nice

A House of Dynamite

I saw a special film at the #NYFF: Peter Hujar's Day, Ira Sachs's meditative recreation of a 1974 interview with the photographer. Vividly evocative of a lost gay New York, and Ben Whishaw, using only a transcript, goes so deep; he does the kind of work that should be up for awards but rarely is.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)

Happy Sunday from Ben Whishaw

An usher intro’d our 70MM IMAX screening and asked the audience how many folks traveled in from out of town (as I did) and about 90% raised their hands

Well, One Battle After Another is an unflaggingly vivid, wacko, emotional Exhibit A of the genius of essentially everyone involved

🚨SPOILERS🚨: I wrote about the ~ENDING~ of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER; what it says about the past, present, and future of this country; and how beautifully it envisions an "I have friends everywhere" mode of resistance. again, SPOILERS. at @vulture.com:

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So true

Listen to a preview of today's A Woman Robbed, discussing Shelley Duvall in The Shining and Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls!

@chrisvfeil.bsky.social joins me to review their performances, discuss why they weren't nominated, and more! Full episode on Patreon!

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Me making Oscar predictions over at anklerpundits.com? Likelier than you think!

LB favs refresh, why not etc.

Hamnet is a tearjerker that “doesn’t feel like medicine or homework.” It’s no surprise the film racked up the TIFF Audience Award and seems primed for domination, think @kateyrich.bsky.social, @chrisjrosen.bsky.social and @chrisvfeil.bsky.social prestigejunkieafterparty.substack.com/p/fall-fest-...

The indefinite removal of Jimmy Kimmel Live under government pressure is not an isolated incident. It is part of a disturbing trend of increasing interference in creative expression. This kind of political pressure on broadcasters and artists chills free speech and threatens the livelihoods of thousands of working Americans. When a private citizen, business, or television network bows to government intimidation, it strikes at the heart of our First Amendment rights. Creative artists must be free to do their work without fear that their careers or their family’s livelihoods will be disrupted simply for their opinions. These cases pull the rug out from under the hardworking American workers behind the scenes who make these productions possible. At a time when America’s film and television industry is still struggling due to globalization and industry contraction, further unnecessary job losses only make a bad situation worse. Finally, media companies have a responsibility to defend their workers and the integrity of the stories they tell. All broadcasters must stand firm in defense of free expression and the First Amendment, not capitulate to a policy of political appeasement.

JOINT STATEMENT: Hollywood Labor on Pulling of Jimmy Kimmel Live w/ @sagaftra.org @directorsguild.bsky.social @afm-union.bsky.social

The media allowing Trump plausible deniability on Project 2025 during the campaign is right up there with Iraq War stenography in craven, lazy disgracefulness

“You used to be able to say anything” comedians never been more quiet in their lives

Have an amazing time, Jordan!!

Well tonight I saw David Byrne live and in another life I think I would have been a premiere league groupie.

This list is good and correct but also I will be a broken record all season about the god-tier performances from Ethan Hawke in BLUE MOON and Yeom Hye-ran in NO OTHER CHOICE

He went out on such a high note

One of my faves of the year is now available to rent or buy on demand! 💙