Jon Frosch

‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ Review: Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie Go on a Generic Road Trip of the Soul in Kogonada’s Cloying Misfire The 'Columbus' and 'After Yang' helmer directs a Black List screenplay in this film also featuring Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Kevin Kline.

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Best of the Fall Fests: THR’s Critics Picks A cathartic tearjerker about Shakespeare’s family, Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear threat thriller and a wrenching Gaza docudrama are among THR reviewers’ 15 faves out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto.

The Hollywood Reporter critics team rounds up 15 favorites from Venice, Telluride and Toronto, including new films from Guillermo del Toro, Kathryn Bigelow, Chloé Zhao, Jim Jarmusch, Laura Poitras and more.
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‘The Currents’ Review: A Woman Who Has Everything Comes Undone in a Lusciously Crafted Argentinian Spellbinder Writer-director Milagros Mumenthaler's film revolves around a successful young Buenos Aires fashion designer whose world is upended after a work trip gone awry.

Really liked THE CURRENTS, a lush & hypnotic Argentinian drama about a designer who unravels very stoically after a work trip gone awry. TIFF and NYFF slots should give writer-director Milagros Mumenthaler a much-deserved bump in recognition.

My review:

‘Eternity’ Review: Elizabeth Olsen Navigates a Post-Mortem Love Triangle in Pensive, Charming A24 Comedy Miles Teller and Callum Turner also star in this glossy, mass-appeal rom-com, which premiered in Toronto before its planned November release.

Shocker: I liked a movie in which Callum Turner is hot

‘Fuze’ Review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James Headline David Mackenzie’s Savvy, Hunk-Filled Heist Thriller Sam Worthington and Gugu Mbatha-Raw costar in the latest film from the ‘Hell or High Water’ director to premiere in Toronto.

Another TIFF review! My Hollywood Reporter debut and already the word “hunk” is in the headline. I cannot be stopped

TWINLESS deserves so much better than whatever dog-days dump release it's getting. Dylan O'Brien gives one of the year's best, most surprising performances, & the film is twisted, funny & perceptive, w/shades of Almodovar. Super promising for writer/director/costar James Sweeney.

‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson in Kathryn Bigelow’s Precision-Tooled, Viscerally Unsettling Nail-Biter The Netflix thriller captures from multiple perspectives the White House response to an unattributed missile launch headed for a major U.S. city in the harrowing 20 minutes until projected impact.

It's eight years since Kathryn Bigelow's last film & she hasn't missed a beat. A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is a crackling thriller, precision-tooled, viscerally immersive, very much of a piece with THE HURT LOCKER and ZERO DARK THIRTY. Great stuff. #Venezia2025
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‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Review: Cate Blanchett and Adam Driver in Jim Jarmusch’s Funny, Tender, Astutely Observed Jewel of a Family Triptych Tom Waits, Indya Moore and Charlotte Rampling are also part of the ensemble in three minor-key stories about adult siblings and their parents, set in the Northeast U.S., Dublin and Paris.

Jim Jarmusch is working in a PATERSON vein in his funny, tender, minor-key triptych FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, a beautifully realized ensemble piece with not a single forced note of humor or poignancy. One of the #Venezia2025 competition standouts.
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Tough decisions were made!

The 25 Greatest Sports Movies of All Time, Ranked From 'Hoop Dreams' to 'Bring It On,' 'Raging Bull' to 'Bull Durham' and beyond, THR's critics pick their all-time champs.

Not all of us are sports fanatics, but we all love sports movies. So we @thr.com critics ranked and wrote about our faves. Let the Monday-morning quarterbacking begin!
cc @thefienprint.bsky.social @ajhan.bsky.social @david-rooney.bsky.social Leslie Felperin & Jordan Mintzer

The 25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century, Ranked From razor-edged satires to dark fairy tales, inspired haunted house riffs and nerve-shredding accounts of supernatural possession, the 2000s have been a goldmine for fright freaks.

Anxious times can yield exceptional horror movies and the 21st century has had plenty of both. Here’s 25 bone-chilling favorites that messed with my dreams, ranked. Feel free to respond with your own picks.
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Opinion | Plenty of Jews Love Zohran Mamdani

You don't have to love every single thing he's ever said to be excited about the idea of this guy as mayor of NYC.

‘Sorry, Baby’ Review: Eva Victor’s Feature Debut Is a Frank, Funny and Tender Spin on the Female ‘Traumedy’ Victor also wrote and stars — alongside Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges — in this Sundance-premiering film about a young New England academic gradually recovering from a sexual assault.

Eva Victor's sharp, touching debut SORRY, BABY is out in theaters today, marking the arrival of an exciting triple threat.

My review out of Sundance back in January:

‘Jaws’: The Prototype Summer Blockbuster Turns 50, Losing None of Its Bite Half a century ago, on June 20, 1975, Steven Spielberg’s classic shark thriller hit U.S. theaters and became an instant sensation. A day at the beach was never the same again.

Happy 50th birthday, JAWS. A few thoughts on my undimmed obsession with Steven Spielberg’s ageless shark shocker. Might have something to do with growing up on Australian beaches in the years before sonar systems & air surveillance changed shark detection.
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‘Ghost Trail’ Review: A Tense, Terrifically Acted Thriller About Syrian Exiles in France Premiering in Cannes' Critics' Week sidebar, Jonathan Millet's film stars Adam Bessa as a Syrian refugee tasked with tracking down his former torturer.

Jonathan Millet's GHOST TRAIL — a riveting thriller about Syrian refugees in France — is out today. Don't miss it. Adam Bessa has the soulful magnetism of a real star, and Tawfeek Barhom gives a chilling supporting turn. My review from last year's Cannes.

‘The Little Sister’ Review: Coming-of-Age Drama About a French Muslim’s Lesbian Awakening Is a Low-Key Stunner In Hafsia Herzi's Cannes competition entry, newcomer Nadia Melliti plays a teenager struggling to reconcile her religious convictions with her burgeoning sexuality.

Panahi for the Palme! And other exciting picks from Binoche's Cannes jury, including Best Actress for the absolutely amazing Nadia Melliti from Hafsia Herzi's THE LITTLE SISTER. I sang her praises in my review.

Gay Kink, Godard (Via Linklater) and German Girlhood: THR’s Critics Pick the 20 Best Films of Cannes 2025 The new Spike Lee joint, an inventive Brazilian political thriller and a Scandinavian family drama spiked with humor were among other standouts from the world's pre-eminent film festival.

The @thr.com critics saw some good movies, n'est-ce pas @david-rooney.bsky.social?

Here were the 20 Best of Cannes 2025:

‘The Little Sister’ Review: Coming-of-Age Drama About a French Muslim’s Lesbian Awakening Is a Low-Key Stunner In Hafsia Herzi's Cannes competition entry, newcomer Nadia Melliti plays a teenager struggling to reconcile her religious convictions with her burgeoning sexuality.

Loved Hafsia Herzi's Cannes competition entry THE LITTLE SISTER, a superbly judged drama about a French Muslim's lesbian awakening. Has the confidence, texture & ache of an instant queer coming-of-age classic. Lead Nadia Melliti a knockout.

My review for @thr.com:

The Hollywood Reporter Lands 58 SoCal Journalism Noms, Including Best Website and Three Journalist of the Year Finalists Gary Baum and James Hibberd are vying for two of the biggest awards, which will be handed out at a June 22 gala.

Proud to be nominated alongside my fab colleagues @david-rooney.bsky.social, @thefienprint.bsky.social, @ajhan.bsky.social and Lovia Gyarkye, as well as all the @thr.com nominees!

Critics’ Conversation: A Gloomy Small-Screen Spring An under-the-radar, Arctic-set Netflix comedy provided a rare blast of cheer in a TV season that otherwise has reflected our bleak American moment right back at us.

Good luck finding true escapism on TV these days, warn
@thefienprint.bsky.social and @ajhan.bsky.social, though Netflix has a refreshing (Arctic) blast of cheer in NORTH OF NORTH.

The 20 Sexiest TV Shows of All Time, Ranked Just in time for the 'White Lotus' withdrawal and the post-'Dying for Sex' drought, THR critics rank the hottest television series to ever set the small screen a-sizzle.

This was a labor of, um, lust from me, @thefienprint.bsky.social, @ajhan.bsky.social, @david-rooney.bsky.social, Lovia Gyarkye and Robyn Bahr.

For folks suffering from WHITE LOTUS withdrawal or a post-DYING FOR SEX drought, we've got you. (And if we don't, you'll surely let us know!)

Critics’ Conversation: ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Finale Was a Downer. Was It Also a Series Low Point? The Thailand-set chapter of Mike White's anthology closed with dramatic deaths and a lot of resolutions in an episode that's probably more rewarding to think about than it was to watch.

The Ratliff bros.' happy (?) ending, Laurie's heartfelt confession, Belinda breaking bad, Fabian's squeal, Mike White's inner conflict between cynicism + nihilism, and more WHITE LOTUS season 3 finale, as peerlessly dissected by @thefienprint.bsky.social + @ajhan.bsky.social

Opinion | Trump’s Crusade Against Antisemitism Is Extremely Bad for the Jews Antisemitism is real. But the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend.

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Upper West Side Theater Is Sold After Governor Allocates $3.5 Million A nonprofit bought the landmark Metro Theater after receiving financial support from Gov. Kathy Hochul, the State Senate and Steven Spielberg’s foundation.

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He will forever be Sean, the dumb guy from Real World Boston.

Critics’ Conversation: On That ‘White Lotus’ Bromance and TV’s Incest Obsession As the Ratliff brothers spiral over their drug-fueled encounter, THR critics dive into the recent wave of small-screen storylines about intra-familial sexual connections.

In a roller-coaster ride of a convo, @thefienprint.bsky.social & @ajhan.bsky.social get in there and really *grapple* with WTF Mike White is doing w/that WHITE LOTUS incest storyline, and why. If you read one thing on the Lochlan/Saxon bromance, make it this blast of big-swing criticism.

The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked With Carson Lund’s ‘Eephus’ — about the final game in an amateur league of aging players — hitting the big screen, a THR film critic ranks 10 other movies that took viewers out to the ballgame.

Much to love (and argue with) on this list even for baseball non-fanatics!

Critics’ Conversation: ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘The Pitt’ and Other Winter TV Downers and Distractions THR's TV critics weigh in on recent shows reflecting the dark national mood — conspiracies and corruption and corporate greed, oh my! — as well as a few providing unexpected comfort (blood-splattered ...

Yes, THE PITT is a great counterintuitive comfort watch, ditto THE WHITE LOTUS (?!), and other sharp observations from @thefienprint.bsky.social and @ajhan.bsky.social about the current TV landscape.

‘The White Lotus’ Review: Scathingly Good Acting Helps Rescue Thailand-Set Season 3 of Mike White’s HBO Series From Fatigue Walton Goggins, Parker Posey, Carrie Coon, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Natasha Rothwell lead the ensemble cast for the latest installment of the anthology.

I found the first 6 eps of THE WHITE LOTUS season 3 a major letdown — sour and sordid without being particularly interesting — after the masterful season 2. But
@thefienprint.bsky.social's review makes a good argument as to why I should just relax and go with it.