Gregory Nussen
@gregnussen.bsky.social
Lead Film Critic @screenrant. Formerly Deadline, Slant, Backstage, and In Review Online with bylines in Salon, Bright Lights Film, Knock-LA, Vague Visages, The Harbour. Programming work with AFI FEST, SIFF, HollyShorts. They/them
Beautiful when allowing Andrea and Megan to speak for themselves. What a loss of a human.
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Come See Me In The Good Light Review: Andrea Gibson's Death Is Reframed As A Stunning Invitation To Live
Ryan White's documentary intimately invites us into the queer poet's stunning relationship with writer Megan Falley.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Beautiful when allowing Andrea and Megan to speak for themselves. What a loss of a human.
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“Through a series of cell phones, there is a subtle subversion of the inurement of too many images. The more we see the more desensitized we become to the severing of limbs, the destruction of hospitals, the blockade of food and basic goods” @screenrant.bsky.social
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Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk Review: A Raw, Devastating Video Diary of Life In Wartime
Sepideh Farsi's curation of video calls with a Palestinian journalist is as devastating as it is life-affirming.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“Through a series of cell phones, there is a subtle subversion of the inurement of too many images. The more we see the more desensitized we become to the severing of limbs, the destruction of hospitals, the blockade of food and basic goods” @screenrant.bsky.social
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Ira Sachs’ recreation of a seemingly innocuous transcript is the height of cinematic poetry. My review of Peter Hujar’s Day, for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/peter-hujars...
Peter Hujar's Day Review: A Portrait of Rare Intimacy in One of the Year's Best Acted Films
Ira Sachs' uncommon film with Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall makes a common day feel magical and extraordinary.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Ira Sachs’ recreation of a seemingly innocuous transcript is the height of cinematic poetry. My review of Peter Hujar’s Day, for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/peter-hujars...
Really adored Tommy Dorfman’s I Wish You All the Best, quiet subversion of coming-of-age films which gets so much right about transness and queer identity more generally. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social
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I Wish You All The Best Review: Trans Coming-Of-Age Drama Beautifully Captures Queerness In All Its Specificity
The film's more rote moments are easily washed over by its keenly observed understanding of the trans experience.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Really adored Tommy Dorfman’s I Wish You All the Best, quiet subversion of coming-of-age films which gets so much right about transness and queer identity more generally. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social
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“Everything in the film is presented as a natural extension of Amélie's desire, confusion, joy, sadness, and ballooning understanding of the world around her.” Little Amélie, the year’s best animated film. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/little-ameli...
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain Review: A Wondrous Coming-Of-Age Tale That Transcends Space & Time
The Belgian-Japanese animated film borrows from a bevy of influences to suggest our differences are false perceptions.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“Everything in the film is presented as a natural extension of Amélie's desire, confusion, joy, sadness, and ballooning understanding of the world around her.” Little Amélie, the year’s best animated film. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/little-ameli...
I found Predator: Badlands to be a galvanizing time at the theater with enough propulsive action in it to paper over what is, ultimately, a pretty hollow husk. Just kind of empty underneath the noise. Full review of this mixed bag, for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/predator-bad...
Predator: Badlands Review - Dan Trachtenberg's Propulsive Action Sequel Hides A Lack Of Depth
Dan Trachtenberg's third Predator entry is exciting, but also tonally askew in ways that prevent it from hitting its stride.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I found Predator: Badlands to be a galvanizing time at the theater with enough propulsive action in it to paper over what is, ultimately, a pretty hollow husk. Just kind of empty underneath the noise. Full review of this mixed bag, for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/predator-bad...
Reposted by Gregory Nussen
OH MY GOD EAT SHIT GEORGE SPRINGER LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
OH MY GOD EAT SHIT GEORGE SPRINGER LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
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can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.
Retailers Dealing With Increasing Levels of Theft and Violence
Report emphasizes importance of preventive measures, coordination with law enforcement
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November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.
“There is nothing original here, nor is there anything to suggest Foster and Camacho know as much, which means this commits the cardinal sin of being both unoriginal and unwatchable.” The Wrecker is so bad. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/the-wrecker-...
The Wrecker Review: This Throwback Action Flick Starring Tyrese Gibson & Harvey Keitel Is A Complete Disaster
Art Camacho's film borrows from just about every action film before it to create a scrapyard of utter junk.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“There is nothing original here, nor is there anything to suggest Foster and Camacho know as much, which means this commits the cardinal sin of being both unoriginal and unwatchable.” The Wrecker is so bad. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/the-wrecker-...
Eagles of the Republic misses a lot in the edit, just a tonal mess but the final act is aces and it’s overall message about political participation and how difficult it is to escape it, comes through. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/eagles-of-th...
Eagles Of The Republic Review: Tarik Saleh's Pseudo Comic Political Thriller Is A Mixed Bag
Tarik Saleh's concluding film of his Cairo Trilogy has a hard time balancing tone in game of dangerous art.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Eagles of the Republic misses a lot in the edit, just a tonal mess but the final act is aces and it’s overall message about political participation and how difficult it is to escape it, comes through. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/eagles-of-th...
Palestine ‘36 plays pretty well as a subversion of great big Hollywood epics and as a historical allegory for today. My full review out of AFI Fest for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/palestine-36...
Palestine 36 Review: An Anti-Colonialist Thrilling Epic of Hollywood Blockbuster Proportions
Annemarie Jacir's film is brimming with pulse-pounding action and clear-eyed politics against Western colonialism
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October 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Palestine ‘36 plays pretty well as a subversion of great big Hollywood epics and as a historical allegory for today. My full review out of AFI Fest for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/palestine-36...
S.S. Rajamouli’s follow-up to RRR is actually an abridged reimagining of the duology that introduced his maximalist aesthetic to the world, and it is an astounding feat. My full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/baahubali-th...
Baahubali: The Epic - Review: RRR Director Follows Up With Even More Inventive Opus
A compendium edit of the duology which made him famous in India, Baahubali is pulse-pounding Shakesperean action romance of the highest order
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October 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
S.S. Rajamouli’s follow-up to RRR is actually an abridged reimagining of the duology that introduced his maximalist aesthetic to the world, and it is an astounding feat. My full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/baahubali-th...
Miroirs No. 3 is more of the same fare out of Christian Petzold, a tender-hearted meditation on shadow selves, healing and the connectivity of strangers. Full review out of AFI Fest for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/miroirs-no-3...
Miroirs No. 3 Review: Christian Petzold's Latest Is A Light Meditation On Doubling & Desire
With cleanly realized symbolism and calm compositions, the German filmmaker continues to explore human connection.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Miroirs No. 3 is more of the same fare out of Christian Petzold, a tender-hearted meditation on shadow selves, healing and the connectivity of strangers. Full review out of AFI Fest for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/miroirs-no-3...
I loved Yes, which audaciously rebukes Israeli nationalism - that Lapid keeps doing this is astonishing, but especially so in the midst of his country’s continued genocide of Palestine. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/yes-movie-re...
Yes Review: Nadav Lapid's Crackling Satire Is A Blistering, Audacious Rebuke Of Israeli Nationalism
Through crackling satire and bold cinematic innovation, Nadav Lapid questions the nationalism endemic to his home country.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I loved Yes, which audaciously rebukes Israeli nationalism - that Lapid keeps doing this is astonishing, but especially so in the midst of his country’s continued genocide of Palestine. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/yes-movie-re...
Anniversary is really banal, apolitical political fare. Extremely bizarre in its avoidance of saying something overtly political while still being a film that is (sort of) about the creeping dangers of authoritarianism. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/anniversary-...
Anniversary Review: Jan Komasa's Politically Apolitical Film Is A Confounding Nightmare
Jan Komasa's film is hollow pablum disguised as political critique
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October 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Anniversary is really banal, apolitical political fare. Extremely bizarre in its avoidance of saying something overtly political while still being a film that is (sort of) about the creeping dangers of authoritarianism. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/anniversary-...
The Voice of Hind Rajab is as urgent a call I can remember, a shattering portrait of the murder of a Palestinian girl, devastatingly just one of so many in this genocide. My review out of AFI Fest, for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/the-voice-of...
The Voice of Hind Rajab: The death of a Palestinian girl rendered in heartbreaking detail
Kaouther Ben Hania's immediately urgent film is a cry of anguish for the end of a genocide
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October 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The Voice of Hind Rajab is as urgent a call I can remember, a shattering portrait of the murder of a Palestinian girl, devastatingly just one of so many in this genocide. My review out of AFI Fest, for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/the-voice-of...
The newest SpongeBob is the best since 2004. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/the-spongebo...
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants review: The franchise's funniest film to date
An uncompromisingly hilarious adventure with scores of ridiculous buffoonery, Search for SquarePants may be the best silver screen adaptation yet
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October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The newest SpongeBob is the best since 2004. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/the-spongebo...
Magellan is both Lav Diaz’s most and least accessible film. The slow cinema pioneer subverts the biopic genre for a concerned disintegration of the colonialist explorer as a hero. Read my full review screened at the 2025 AFI Fest, for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/magellan-mov...
Magellan Review: Gael García Bernal Stars In Lav Diaz's Unromantic Portrait Of A Romantic Antihero In Oddly Beautiful Biopic
Gael Garcia Bernal is alluring in Slow Cinema pioneer Lav Diaz's unconventional biopic, which deromanticizes the brutal colonialist Ferdinand Magellan
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October 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Magellan is both Lav Diaz’s most and least accessible film. The slow cinema pioneer subverts the biopic genre for a concerned disintegration of the colonialist explorer as a hero. Read my full review screened at the 2025 AFI Fest, for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/magellan-mov...
Nuremberg is a bizarre prestige Holocaust drama that seems to make apologia for Nazism in its attempt to explain its psychology, a noxious example of good intentions, bad results. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/nuremberg-mo...
Nuremberg Review: This Nazi Courtroom Drama Confuses Itself With What It's Trying To Say
Between its attempts to humanize the perpetrators of the Nazis, the film inadvertently seems to throw them a bone they don't deserve
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October 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nuremberg is a bizarre prestige Holocaust drama that seems to make apologia for Nazism in its attempt to explain its psychology, a noxious example of good intentions, bad results. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/nuremberg-mo...
Shelby Oaks is bad, kind of a wild disaster for Neon. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/shelby-oaks-...
Shelby Oaks Review: This Found-Footage Horror Is Haunted by Tired Tropes
Amidst a slew of hoary clichés, Shelby Oaks loses itself by abandoning its somewhat juicy premise for unconvincing sleekness.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Shelby Oaks is bad, kind of a wild disaster for Neon. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/shelby-oaks-...
Regretting You features a mountain of poor tendencies in the YA genre: too much sentimentality, excessive tragedy, the casting of Dave Franco. Yet its worst offense might just be in how boring it is. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/regretting-y...
Regretting You Review: This Allison Williams & Dave Franco Romance Is A Sorrowful Snooze You'll Regret Seeing
The Allison Williams, Dave Franco-led romance from the author of The Last of Us is treacly and exceptionally boring.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Regretting You features a mountain of poor tendencies in the YA genre: too much sentimentality, excessive tragedy, the casting of Dave Franco. Yet its worst offense might just be in how boring it is. Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/regretting-y...
Jeremy Allen White could get his Oscar nom but boy is Cooper’s biopic a staid, painfully literal affair. My review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/springsteen-...
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Review - Jeremy Allen White Is Captivating In A Boring Biopic Portrait Of Artistic Perfection
Scott Cooper's Springsteen biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere, falls short in capturing the nuance and complexity behind the creation of the iconic album
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October 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Jeremy Allen White could get his Oscar nom but boy is Cooper’s biopic a staid, painfully literal affair. My review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/springsteen-...
“There is, frankly, not much here to salvage from the wreckage. Even the sound design and cinematography are off, with dialogue drowning in echo and footage that is blown out and poorly color corrected.” Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/vindication-...
Vindication Swim Review: English Swimming Biopic Drowns Before It Even Begins
Despite its fascinating subject, this biopic drowns in awkward acting, limp direction, and a lack of compelling storytelling.
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October 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
“There is, frankly, not much here to salvage from the wreckage. Even the sound design and cinematography are off, with dialogue drowning in echo and footage that is blown out and poorly color corrected.” Full review for @screenrant.bsky.social : screenrant.com/vindication-...
“Sung-hyun tells a compelling story of how news media can be manipulated by anyone to tell a story about anything, so long as it fits the "interests" of the state.” Full review of Good News: screenrant.com/good-news-mo...
Good News Review: Netflix's Korean Genre Mashup Is A Crackling Satire Of State Power
Director Byun Sung-hyun creates chaos, comedy and violence in (mostly) true tale.
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October 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“Sung-hyun tells a compelling story of how news media can be manipulated by anyone to tell a story about anything, so long as it fits the "interests" of the state.” Full review of Good News: screenrant.com/good-news-mo...