Angie Han
@ajhan.bsky.social
critic @ The Hollywood Reporter. backup human to 2 cats @ home.
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Took some time to think about what I needed from the movies aiming to engage with the current political landscape this year. Shout out to both my fantastic editor Clare Lombardo and the truly dreadful ELLA MCCAY, for helping me crystalize my perspective.
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
'Raising questions' isn't enough. The best films of the year took a stance
Now is not the time for subtlety, nostalgia or neutrality on screen.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Took some time to think about what I needed from the movies aiming to engage with the current political landscape this year. Shout out to both my fantastic editor Clare Lombardo and the truly dreadful ELLA MCCAY, for helping me crystalize my perspective.
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Beat Bobby Flay is really up there with Shark Tank in terms of shows that feel like real letdowns from the titles
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Beat Bobby Flay is really up there with Shark Tank in terms of shows that feel like real letdowns from the titles
the most middle aged i have ever felt is when the heated rivalry cuties sit down to eat their Tuna Melts of Love and my first thought was “omg would it kill you guys to put some coasters under those ginger ales”
December 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
the most middle aged i have ever felt is when the heated rivalry cuties sit down to eat their Tuna Melts of Love and my first thought was “omg would it kill you guys to put some coasters under those ginger ales”
“it’s a wild fantasy about a universe where a new york hockey team is actually good” - me pitching Heated Rivalry to my Rangers fan husband
December 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“it’s a wild fantasy about a universe where a new york hockey team is actually good” - me pitching Heated Rivalry to my Rangers fan husband
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I did a test to see if I could remember all the Roman numerals, but I forgot 1, 1000, 51, 6 and 500.
IM LIVID!
IM LIVID!
December 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I did a test to see if I could remember all the Roman numerals, but I forgot 1, 1000, 51, 6 and 500.
IM LIVID!
IM LIVID!
okay bye
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
okay bye
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Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
when I was a kid I thought adults would say shit like "wow, you're getting so big!" just to flatter me. I now understand what they were actually doing was reckoning with the inexorable march of time and their own mortality
December 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
when I was a kid I thought adults would say shit like "wow, you're getting so big!" just to flatter me. I now understand what they were actually doing was reckoning with the inexorable march of time and their own mortality
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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Pulp fiction: on the murderous paper chase of Park Chan-wook's NO OTHER CHOICE, starring Lee Byung-hun in one of the year's great performances. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“No Other Choice” Eliminates the Competition with Style
In Park Chan-wook’s adaptation of Donald E. Westlake’s crime novel, Lee Byung-hun plays a newly laid-off executive who launches his own campaign of mass termination.
www.newyorker.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Pulp fiction: on the murderous paper chase of Park Chan-wook's NO OTHER CHOICE, starring Lee Byung-hun in one of the year's great performances. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Tried something a little different this year and looked back on some of my favorite pop culture moments, from Serena's surprise (and petty) Super Bowl cameo to the sweet bromance of TWINLESS:
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
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The 2025 pop culture yearbook, from pettiest cameo to nerdiest movie moment
Dueling Safdie brother movie projects, Love Island USA chaos, a feces-filled And Just Like That … finale: looking back on an eclectic year for pop culture.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Tried something a little different this year and looked back on some of my favorite pop culture moments, from Serena's surprise (and petty) Super Bowl cameo to the sweet bromance of TWINLESS:
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
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ICYMI Wrote about how One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent and It Was Just An Accident form a crowning triptych, speaking to each other and capturing the zeitgeist the way Killers of the Flower Moon, The Zone of Interest and Oppenheimer did before. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
From California to Tehran, this year has been about the films that resist
Films such as One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent and It Was Just An Accident celebrate the importance of fighting back against oppressive forces
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
ICYMI Wrote about how One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent and It Was Just An Accident form a crowning triptych, speaking to each other and capturing the zeitgeist the way Killers of the Flower Moon, The Zone of Interest and Oppenheimer did before. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
so heated rivalry takes place in a bizarro alternate universe where a banana is considered a wild and novel addition to a smoothie and not THE most quintessential basic smoothie ingredient
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
so heated rivalry takes place in a bizarro alternate universe where a banana is considered a wild and novel addition to a smoothie and not THE most quintessential basic smoothie ingredient
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The Sound of Music is on TV tonight, so we must point you, yet again, to this all-timer by Melinda Taub from our archives.
I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled
Dear friends, family, and Austrian nobility, Captain Von Trapp and I are very sorry to inform you that we no longer plan to wed. We offer our deepe...
buff.ly
December 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Sound of Music is on TV tonight, so we must point you, yet again, to this all-timer by Melinda Taub from our archives.
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I tried to unpack the enigma that is Sydney Sweeney, who is telling a different story about herself on screen than she is off (and in various endorsements). Don't yell at me lol. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/m...
Is Sydney Sweeney Today’s Most Perplexing Movie Star?
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I tried to unpack the enigma that is Sydney Sweeney, who is telling a different story about herself on screen than she is off (and in various endorsements). Don't yell at me lol. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/m...
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Sydney Sweeney drives people insane on the internet, but for those of us in the trenches, watching her prolific work on TV and in the movies, she's a fascinating (and sometimes quite good) star. Grateful to @ezwrites.bsky.social for this excellent deep dive: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/m...
Is Sydney Sweeney Today’s Most Perplexing Movie Star?
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sydney Sweeney drives people insane on the internet, but for those of us in the trenches, watching her prolific work on TV and in the movies, she's a fascinating (and sometimes quite good) star. Grateful to @ezwrites.bsky.social for this excellent deep dive: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/m...
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Finn Wolfhard was 10 months old when Kenan joined SNL.
December 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Finn Wolfhard was 10 months old when Kenan joined SNL.
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I haven't shut up about this movie in 5 years, and I'm so thankful to the @thisendsatprom.bsky.social girlies for having me on to scream about it to the masses.
SAINT FRANCES is a perfect film. One that was gobbled up by a botched quarantine release that it didn't deserve. Seek it out immediately.
SAINT FRANCES is a perfect film. One that was gobbled up by a botched quarantine release that it didn't deserve. Seek it out immediately.
NEW EP: SAINT FRANCES w/ @thatwitchmia.bsky.social
What does coming-of-age look like as life's milestones become increasingly unattainable? It looks like SAINT FRANCES, the best movie about the divine disaster of womanhood that you probably haven't seen.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
What does coming-of-age look like as life's milestones become increasingly unattainable? It looks like SAINT FRANCES, the best movie about the divine disaster of womanhood that you probably haven't seen.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
December 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I haven't shut up about this movie in 5 years, and I'm so thankful to the @thisendsatprom.bsky.social girlies for having me on to scream about it to the masses.
SAINT FRANCES is a perfect film. One that was gobbled up by a botched quarantine release that it didn't deserve. Seek it out immediately.
SAINT FRANCES is a perfect film. One that was gobbled up by a botched quarantine release that it didn't deserve. Seek it out immediately.
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
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This was one of my favorite pieces I wrote this year, so I went ahead and made it a public post.
New at the patreon. I wrote about 28 Years Later (2025) and how it takes big swings, and how I can't stop thinking about Finnes' character showing how to make a good life in a world of fire and blood. www.patreon.com/posts/28-yea...
December 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This was one of my favorite pieces I wrote this year, so I went ahead and made it a public post.
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
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These are NOT the 10 Best TV Episodes of the year, but they ARE 10 episodes of TV that @ajhan.bsky.social and I loved this year:
The 10 Best TV Episodes of 2025
A pint-sized murder mystery, a searing Spike Lee-directed doc entry and a bittersweetly hilarious Thanksgiving rank among THR critics' favorite small-screen chapters of the year.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
These are NOT the 10 Best TV Episodes of the year, but they ARE 10 episodes of TV that @ajhan.bsky.social and I loved this year: