Daniel Joyaux
@thirdmanmovies.bsky.social
Pop Culture critic/journalist/historian
Writing: The Ringer, IndieWire, Vanity Fair, Roger Ebert, Cosmo, The Verge
Former: Sundance Copy Editor
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Writing: The Ringer, IndieWire, Vanity Fair, Roger Ebert, Cosmo, The Verge
Former: Sundance Copy Editor
OCPD 🫠
Letterboxd: Djoyaux
Also love and may post about: basketball, comics, dogs, democracy
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Daniel Joyaux
@thirdmanmovies.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Re-upping my proposal for a five-hour Oscars, because that’s what we deserve:
www.theringer.com/2023/03/06/o...
www.theringer.com/2023/03/06/o...
@seanfennessey.bsky.social I just caught up to the Chicago Draft episode, and Risky Business is absolutely a drama!
I wrote about the Criterion release for Roger Ebert, and the original ending makes the ennui of Brickman’s story crystal clear.
www.rogerebert.com/features/ris...
I wrote about the Criterion release for Roger Ebert, and the original ending makes the ennui of Brickman’s story crystal clear.
www.rogerebert.com/features/ris...
"Risky Business" Remains One of the Most Daring Films of the '80s | Features | Roger Ebert
Risky Business recently joined the Criterion Collection. It's even better than you remember.
www.rogerebert.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
@seanfennessey.bsky.social I just caught up to the Chicago Draft episode, and Risky Business is absolutely a drama!
I wrote about the Criterion release for Roger Ebert, and the original ending makes the ennui of Brickman’s story crystal clear.
www.rogerebert.com/features/ris...
I wrote about the Criterion release for Roger Ebert, and the original ending makes the ennui of Brickman’s story crystal clear.
www.rogerebert.com/features/ris...
Is anyone over 40 enjoying I Love LA?
I really wanted to like it—I love Rachel Sennott—but unfortunately I find every single character dreadfully annoying and I haven’t laughed a single time in four episodes.
I really wanted to like it—I love Rachel Sennott—but unfortunately I find every single character dreadfully annoying and I haven’t laughed a single time in four episodes.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Is anyone over 40 enjoying I Love LA?
I really wanted to like it—I love Rachel Sennott—but unfortunately I find every single character dreadfully annoying and I haven’t laughed a single time in four episodes.
I really wanted to like it—I love Rachel Sennott—but unfortunately I find every single character dreadfully annoying and I haven’t laughed a single time in four episodes.
I guess killing 600,000 kids in this calendar year isn’t disqualifying for being one of Time’s Persons of the Year
This...looks terrible? Is the magazine making some point about what AI still can't do, because otherwise, I don't get why you'd go out with something that looks like it was put together with safety scissors and Elmer's Glue.
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I guess killing 600,000 kids in this calendar year isn’t disqualifying for being one of Time’s Persons of the Year
Top 4 Christmas Movies:
1. Die Hard
2. Die Hard 2
3. Steven Spielberg’s Filmography
4. Shane Black’s Filmography
1. Die Hard
2. Die Hard 2
3. Steven Spielberg’s Filmography
4. Shane Black’s Filmography
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Top 4 Christmas Movies:
1. Die Hard
2. Die Hard 2
3. Steven Spielberg’s Filmography
4. Shane Black’s Filmography
1. Die Hard
2. Die Hard 2
3. Steven Spielberg’s Filmography
4. Shane Black’s Filmography
The best movie of the decade
The Worst Person in the World has now joined the Letterboxd One Million Watched Club 🎥
December 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The best movie of the decade
Reposted by Daniel Joyaux
A Three Men and a Baby remake, except it’s Sam Altman and two AI models named SimSam and Sam3PO
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A Three Men and a Baby remake, except it’s Sam Altman and two AI models named SimSam and Sam3PO
This is so so so so so perfectly (painfully) accurate and perfectly stated
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is so so so so so perfectly (painfully) accurate and perfectly stated
A Three Men and a Baby remake, except it’s Sam Altman and two AI models named SimSam and Sam3PO
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A Three Men and a Baby remake, except it’s Sam Altman and two AI models named SimSam and Sam3PO
The Golden Globes nominated six films for Best Musical or Comedy, and none of them are musicals or comedies.
Impressive shit.
Impressive shit.
December 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Golden Globes nominated six films for Best Musical or Comedy, and none of them are musicals or comedies.
Impressive shit.
Impressive shit.
The moment in Sentimental Value where we see what DVDs Stellan Skarsgard gifted his young grandson might be the hardest I’ve laughed in a movie theater this decade.
(Important contextual note—it’s basically been a decade completely devoid of theatrical studio comedies)
(Important contextual note—it’s basically been a decade completely devoid of theatrical studio comedies)
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The moment in Sentimental Value where we see what DVDs Stellan Skarsgard gifted his young grandson might be the hardest I’ve laughed in a movie theater this decade.
(Important contextual note—it’s basically been a decade completely devoid of theatrical studio comedies)
(Important contextual note—it’s basically been a decade completely devoid of theatrical studio comedies)
The perfect winter beer
December 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The perfect winter beer
Seeing a lot of people that don’t know what corruption is.
When an awful person does an awful thing—an awful thing which they’ve spent their entire life telling everyone they unequivocally support—that’s not corruption.
It’s just an awful person being awful because that’s who they are.
When an awful person does an awful thing—an awful thing which they’ve spent their entire life telling everyone they unequivocally support—that’s not corruption.
It’s just an awful person being awful because that’s who they are.
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Seeing a lot of people that don’t know what corruption is.
When an awful person does an awful thing—an awful thing which they’ve spent their entire life telling everyone they unequivocally support—that’s not corruption.
It’s just an awful person being awful because that’s who they are.
When an awful person does an awful thing—an awful thing which they’ve spent their entire life telling everyone they unequivocally support—that’s not corruption.
It’s just an awful person being awful because that’s who they are.
There’s almost nothing liberal political pundits say that drives me more insane than any variation of “Voters can smell bullshit.”
Because here’s the thing—the last decade is nothing if not *insurmountable* evidence that voters very much cannot smell bullshit.
Because here’s the thing—the last decade is nothing if not *insurmountable* evidence that voters very much cannot smell bullshit.
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There’s almost nothing liberal political pundits say that drives me more insane than any variation of “Voters can smell bullshit.”
Because here’s the thing—the last decade is nothing if not *insurmountable* evidence that voters very much cannot smell bullshit.
Because here’s the thing—the last decade is nothing if not *insurmountable* evidence that voters very much cannot smell bullshit.
Ah shit, I just heard Steve Cropper died today. One of the true greats, a person who had incalculable contributions in shaping the sounds of pop music without ever stepping into the spotlight.
RIP.
RIP.
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Ah shit, I just heard Steve Cropper died today. One of the true greats, a person who had incalculable contributions in shaping the sounds of pop music without ever stepping into the spotlight.
RIP.
RIP.
Easy to see what spurs my deep dives. Two artists I saw movies about, two artists I read books about, one artist who died, and one artist I saw live.
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Easy to see what spurs my deep dives. Two artists I saw movies about, two artists I read books about, one artist who died, and one artist I saw live.
We don’t live in a country that does this because of economic anxiety, or because of democratic messaging failures, or any other talking head reason.
We live in a country that does this because American voters are, in the aggregate, abominably stupid people.
That’s it. That’s the whole story.
We live in a country that does this because American voters are, in the aggregate, abominably stupid people.
That’s it. That’s the whole story.
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
We don’t live in a country that does this because of economic anxiety, or because of democratic messaging failures, or any other talking head reason.
We live in a country that does this because American voters are, in the aggregate, abominably stupid people.
That’s it. That’s the whole story.
We live in a country that does this because American voters are, in the aggregate, abominably stupid people.
That’s it. That’s the whole story.
Has any major celebrity ever been a better role model for masculinity than Robert Redford?
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Has any major celebrity ever been a better role model for masculinity than Robert Redford?
Glenn Close plays every scene in Wake Up Dead Man like it’s an Oscar clip.
It’s the first Knives Out movie where several of the stars felt miscast.
It’s the first Knives Out movie where several of the stars felt miscast.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Glenn Close plays every scene in Wake Up Dead Man like it’s an Oscar clip.
It’s the first Knives Out movie where several of the stars felt miscast.
It’s the first Knives Out movie where several of the stars felt miscast.
My wife’s hot take on It Was Just an Accident is that she would’ve liked it a lot better if she hadn’t just seen Bugonia the week before
(I loved it, and strangely I never thought about Bugonia at all while watching it. The film it actually sort of reminded me of is Anora.)
(I loved it, and strangely I never thought about Bugonia at all while watching it. The film it actually sort of reminded me of is Anora.)
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My wife’s hot take on It Was Just an Accident is that she would’ve liked it a lot better if she hadn’t just seen Bugonia the week before
(I loved it, and strangely I never thought about Bugonia at all while watching it. The film it actually sort of reminded me of is Anora.)
(I loved it, and strangely I never thought about Bugonia at all while watching it. The film it actually sort of reminded me of is Anora.)
Just tried to apply for an editor job that was posted on TUESDAY and it’s already gone.
For context, yesterday was fucking Thanksgiving.
FML.
For context, yesterday was fucking Thanksgiving.
FML.
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just tried to apply for an editor job that was posted on TUESDAY and it’s already gone.
For context, yesterday was fucking Thanksgiving.
FML.
For context, yesterday was fucking Thanksgiving.
FML.
Just met a blue collar, in-law of an in-law of an in-law at Thanksgiving and he’s raving to everyone about Train Dreams.
Hell yeah, brother.
Hell yeah, brother.
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just met a blue collar, in-law of an in-law of an in-law at Thanksgiving and he’s raving to everyone about Train Dreams.
Hell yeah, brother.
Hell yeah, brother.
The Smashing Machine (2025)
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Smashing Machine (2025)
Are we counting Hamnet as Chloe Zhao’s Best Picture followup?
Obviously Eternals came out the year after Nomadland, but it was shot before Nomadland and just shelved for a year because of Covid.
So yeah, I think Hamnet is her official Best Picture followup.
Obviously Eternals came out the year after Nomadland, but it was shot before Nomadland and just shelved for a year because of Covid.
So yeah, I think Hamnet is her official Best Picture followup.
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Are we counting Hamnet as Chloe Zhao’s Best Picture followup?
Obviously Eternals came out the year after Nomadland, but it was shot before Nomadland and just shelved for a year because of Covid.
So yeah, I think Hamnet is her official Best Picture followup.
Obviously Eternals came out the year after Nomadland, but it was shot before Nomadland and just shelved for a year because of Covid.
So yeah, I think Hamnet is her official Best Picture followup.
The fact that one of our most prominent sources of cinema culture and punditry just named 25th Hour the third best movie of the century further underscores how fucking insane it is that the movie has never even had a proper blu-ray release.
Why do we have to live like this?
Why do we have to live like this?
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The fact that one of our most prominent sources of cinema culture and punditry just named 25th Hour the third best movie of the century further underscores how fucking insane it is that the movie has never even had a proper blu-ray release.
Why do we have to live like this?
Why do we have to live like this?