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Modern Fairy Tales on Film: Phantom Thread Join host Adam Nayman as he discusses P.T. Anderson's masterpiece with critics Manuela Lazic and Haley Mlotek.

Starting on March 24 I'm beginning a virtual lecture series with
@torontolibrary
on modern fairy tales on film. The first episode is about Phantom Thread, with guests Haley Mlotek and Manuela Lazic; information below. eventbrite.ca/e/modern-fai...

Still very proud of this one.

Female Filmmakers in Focus: Grace Glowicki on "Dead Lover" An interview with the writer-director-star of this month's "Dead Lover."

"I’m not terribly interested in trying to create a perfect illusion of realism. I don’t find that super interesting as an actor or a filmmaker. It’s why I like Nicolas Cage."

For this month's column at @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke with filmmaker Grace Glowicki about her horror comedy DEAD LOVER

Aidan Zamiri’s THE MOMENT, the mockumentary but also not a mockumentary, about Charli XCX, music, & fame, is now available on VOD. Satirical yet also sincere, it's a deceptively fascinating work with a great finale. Finally, you can now be a 365 Party Girl from the comfort of your own home (IYKYK) 📽️

Wow: In the early vote, it's a blow-out *so far*.

Rodney Sadler, the progessive pastor and activist, leads state Representative Carla Cunningham 75% to 18%.

(Stay tuned as we see how the Election Day vote compares, but that's an ominous start for the incumbent.)

Context:

Everyone is gonna have to do a farewell trip on the 28th to send it off. But yeah, definitely always a bummer.

Yeah, that's a fair point (though I guess we'll never know now if it would have done better elsewhere)

Wishing those folks the best, hope there are other theaters or arts orgs for them to find work at.

Posh Eastside movie theater known for waiter service and comfy seats to close Redmond's IPIC theater, which touted a 'premium' dine-in cinema experience, will close after its parent company filed for bankruptcy.

More bad news for Washington theaters: Redmond’s IPIC Theater is closing on April 28 and 64 employees will be laid off, according to a notification filed with the state of Washington late last week and posted Tuesday. Never went, but still a sad headline to see📽️

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Review: 'My Undesirable Friends' puts us front row as a real-life Russian TV channel unravels Filmmaker Julia Loktev was in Moscow following her journalist friends as Russian forces invaded Ukraine. She captured a changing media climate for reporters.

Great news: MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I — LAST AIR IN MOSCOW comes to MUBI on April 3. For a lot of people, this will finally be a chance to see 2025's best film.

To Kill a Wolf movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert In stripping down the Red Riding Hood fable to more terrestrial environs, "To Kill a Wolf" finds stronger, more nuanced ways to sell the simmering psychology of its original fable.

TO KILL A WOLF renders the Red Riding Hood tale as a grounded psychodrama with remarkable patience and craft; an elegant case study for folklore's capacity to speak across ages. Great cinematography, two surprising lead performances.

For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/to-k...

To Kill A Wolf - To Kill A Wolf | Stream Free Official home of The CW Network, featuring WWE NXT, Wild Cards, All American, NASCAR Xfinity Series, Superman & Lois, All American: Homecoming, Sullivan's Crossing, Grimm, Firefly, premium streaming s...

Now available to watch for free on CW! 📽️

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A poster for LEVITICUS with a small silver lighter with a flame busting out of the top of it illuminating the darkness with the release date 6.19 carved into the body of it.

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Aidan Zamiri’s THE MOMENT, the mockumentary but also not a mockumentary, about Charli XCX, music, & fame, is now available on VOD. Satirical yet also sincere, it's a deceptively fascinating work with a great finale. Finally, you can now be a 365 Party Girl from the comfort of your own home (IYKYK) 📽️

Thank you Canada 🇨🇦📽️

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And the winner for Rogers Best Canadian Film is...BLUE HERON by @sophyromvari.bsky.social! #TFCAawards

Pixar Knows It’s Running Out of Ideas, and That’s Okay The mostly fun Hoppers is like Avatar with a bit of The Wild Robot thrown in. It can’t live up to Pixar’s greatest triumphs, but, really, what can?

With the derivative but amiable HOPPERS, Pixar seems to admit it’s running out of ideas. www.vulture.com/article/hopp...

Late last November, I spoke with Jafar Panahi about filmmaking, the state of the world, and his latest Palme d'Or-winning film IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (now on Hulu). You should give that a read below and see this searing new film as well as all his past work which is now more essential than ever 📽️

March on The Big Pic:

3/2 6th Annual Big Picks
3/6 THE BRIDE! + THE SECRET AGENT
3/9 Anything But Oscars Live Mailbag + HOPPERS
3/12 Final Oscar Predix
3/15 98th Academy Awards
3/17 Post-Oscars Hangover
3/20 PROJECT HAIL MARY
3/23 A Special Conversation
3/25 1988 Movie Draft
3/30 Best of '26 So Far

Jafar Panahi, in Seattle, talks ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ what’s next In an interview with The Seattle Times, the Palme d'Or-winning director discusses his art, filmmaking process and what's next for him.

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Late last November, I spoke with Jafar Panahi about filmmaking, the state of the world, and his latest Palme d'Or-winning film IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (now on Hulu). You should give that a read below and see this searing new film as well as all his past work which is now more essential than ever 📽️

HBO’s ‘DTF St. Louis’ Is a Perversely Hilarious Spin on an Erotic Thriller: TV Review Jason Bateman, David Harbour and Linda Cardellini star in HBO's 'DTF St. Louis', a perversely hilarious erotic thriller from creator Steven Conrad.

if you are the kind of person for whom "erotic thriller in the style of tim robinson" is not a prompt to run screaming in the other direction, then DTF ST. LOUIS is for you: variety.com/2026/tv/revi...

What Mehdi Mahmoudian Saw Inside the Iranian Prison System The activist and Oscar-nominated co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident” speaks about the abuses he’s witnessed and endured, war between the U.S. and Iran, and the true stories behind the film.

Mehdi Mahmoudian, the activist and Oscar-nominated co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident,” speaks about the abuses he’s witnessed and endured, war between the U.S. and Iran, and the true stories behind the film. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/GFyBiZ

U.S. Confirms Three Service Members Killed as Iran Retaliates Over Death of Khamenei: Live Updates Three American service members were killed in action, the Pentagon said. At least nine people were killed in a small Israeli city near Jerusalem, as the United States and Israel renewed attacks on Iran.

Breaking News: Three U.S. troops were killed in action and five others were seriously hurt, the Pentagon said, announcing the first American deaths in President Trump’s war with Iran. Follow live updates.

The paradox of Jason Lee—to me, The Enemy, at least—is that he is a celebrity who openly invites fans to come hang out with him on a regular basis, but who also has historically remained a notably private person. Who essentially dropped out of acting for a full decade and moved to Texas, just because he felt like it. Who would eventually tell me with sincere frustration that he would have said no to our interview if he knew the extent of what I was planning to ask. Who agreed to a profile and then successfully had it killed by the magazine in which this article was originally meant to run.

A complimentary profile of Jason Lee that was surprisingly difficult to publish: defector.com/a-compliment...

A screenshot of a large group of people facing a heavily damaged building. A few of them are scaling the rubble. A headline reads: "Iran Says Dozens Are Killed in Strike on School" Photo by IRIB TV, via Agence France-Presse

During the U.S.-Israeli attack in Iran on Saturday, dozens of people, most of them likely children, were killed when a strike hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab and a high school in Tehran, according to Iranian health officials, state media and a human rights group. trib.al/y3MsQLC

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

NEW: X Is *drowning* in disinformation following US and Israel’s attack on Iran. WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

The US and Israel launched strikes across Iran this morning. Iran has responded by firing ballistic missiles and drones at Israel, and US bases in the region. Civilians have already been killed or injured in multiple countries, caught in the crossfire.