Tomris Laffly
@tomilaffly.bsky.social
Film Writer/Critic | ✍🏼 Variety, RogerEbert.com, The Playlist, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, TIME, Vulture, W Mag, Filmmaker Mag etc. | NYFCC member | Dog lover… ♥️
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She spent the whole morning performatively screaming at Congressmen, but this image of Bondi saying nothing and refusing to turn around will be the only real takeaway from her testimony today.
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 6:31 PM
She spent the whole morning performatively screaming at Congressmen, but this image of Bondi saying nothing and refusing to turn around will be the only real takeaway from her testimony today.
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Not too surprisingly, when a woman becomes a critic, the terms in which she is customarily described indicate the condescension and hostility that men seem to be unaware of. (1972)
February 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Not too surprisingly, when a woman becomes a critic, the terms in which she is customarily described indicate the condescension and hostility that men seem to be unaware of. (1972)
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
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It is *SO FUCKED* that, in his final days, he had to sell memorabilia in order to pay his medical bills. This fucking country.
James Van Der Beek Raises $47K for His Colorectal Cancer Fight by Auctioning Dawson’s Creek Items - OncoDaily
James Van Der Beek Raises $47K for His Colorectal Cancer Fight by Auctioning Dawson’s Creek Items / cancer, celebrities with cancer, Colorectal Cancer
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February 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
It is *SO FUCKED* that, in his final days, he had to sell memorabilia in order to pay his medical bills. This fucking country.
I have no bigger social media enemy lately than the “movies are so terrible nowadays” people. I hate them. They dress up their ignorance and incuriosity as some sort of truth-telling and get high on AI slop with equally stupid folk. And sadly, they’re growing in number.
February 11, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I have no bigger social media enemy lately than the “movies are so terrible nowadays” people. I hate them. They dress up their ignorance and incuriosity as some sort of truth-telling and get high on AI slop with equally stupid folk. And sadly, they’re growing in number.
Bart Layton’s CRIME 101 is a very enjoyable driving-around-in-LA-at-night crime movie, which is among my favorite subgenres. Obvious Michael Mann influences. But guess what, it works. And it scratched my Los Angeles movie itch. 👍🏼
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Bart Layton’s CRIME 101 is a very enjoyable driving-around-in-LA-at-night crime movie, which is among my favorite subgenres. Obvious Michael Mann influences. But guess what, it works. And it scratched my Los Angeles movie itch. 👍🏼
Gorgeous (custom Givenchy). VERY happy that someone finally had a talk with Timothée Chalamet re: his wardrobe of late. Glad he went back to dressing like the handsome, modern-day movie star that he is & retired (hopefully forever) his taste-starved-son-of-a-tech-billionaire aesthetic.
February 11, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Gorgeous (custom Givenchy). VERY happy that someone finally had a talk with Timothée Chalamet re: his wardrobe of late. Glad he went back to dressing like the handsome, modern-day movie star that he is & retired (hopefully forever) his taste-starved-son-of-a-tech-billionaire aesthetic.
Washing an unwilling dog who hates water is a perfectly respectable class of Olympic sport.
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Washing an unwilling dog who hates water is a perfectly respectable class of Olympic sport.
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The “should of” is a cringeworthy nice touch.
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
The “should of” is a cringeworthy nice touch.
Mad Men. S6 E5: THE FLOOD.♥️
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Mad Men. S6 E5: THE FLOOD.♥️
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One of our best critics 👇. As a writer of the Brontes' story for DreamWorks/Paramount (still hoping!) it's so interesting to me that Fennell took a safe approach here. #scriptsky #wutheringheights #filmsky #moviesky
I love Emerald Fennell. But I’m puzzled by her curiously timid WUTHERING HEIGHTS, that keeps teasing a spirited, emotionally arousing movie that never quite arrives. As target audiences go, I’m the low-hanging-fruit for this fare. And yet… My review. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wuth...
Wuthering Heights movie review (2026) | Roger Ebert
It’s hard to feel freely when you are constantly and loudly reminded by every aspect of the movie that you are supposed to feel things.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
One of our best critics 👇. As a writer of the Brontes' story for DreamWorks/Paramount (still hoping!) it's so interesting to me that Fennell took a safe approach here. #scriptsky #wutheringheights #filmsky #moviesky
I love Emerald Fennell. But I’m puzzled by her curiously timid WUTHERING HEIGHTS, that keeps teasing a spirited, emotionally arousing movie that never quite arrives. As target audiences go, I’m the low-hanging-fruit for this fare. And yet… My review. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wuth...
Wuthering Heights movie review (2026) | Roger Ebert
It’s hard to feel freely when you are constantly and loudly reminded by every aspect of the movie that you are supposed to feel things.
www.rogerebert.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I love Emerald Fennell. But I’m puzzled by her curiously timid WUTHERING HEIGHTS, that keeps teasing a spirited, emotionally arousing movie that never quite arrives. As target audiences go, I’m the low-hanging-fruit for this fare. And yet… My review. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wuth...
I am seeing Steven Spielberg everywhere on my social feeds these days. And I have reached the conclusion that this is exactly the correct amount of Steven Spielberg to see. Everywhere, at all times, non-stop. ♥️
February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I am seeing Steven Spielberg everywhere on my social feeds these days. And I have reached the conclusion that this is exactly the correct amount of Steven Spielberg to see. Everywhere, at all times, non-stop. ♥️
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I need journalists to ask Hollywood actors why they’re in pro-AI commercials.
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
I need journalists to ask Hollywood actors why they’re in pro-AI commercials.
This rewatch reminds me of a super hot banter I had w/ Jon Hamm at an unrelated party years ago:
JH: What do you do?
Me: I’m a film critic.
JH: I read TV critics mostly b/c of Mad Men.
Me, fast & cheeky: Oh. You were in that?
JH [laughs]: I was. (Beat)… I played Pete.
I never felt cooler. Ever.
JH: What do you do?
Me: I’m a film critic.
JH: I read TV critics mostly b/c of Mad Men.
Me, fast & cheeky: Oh. You were in that?
JH [laughs]: I was. (Beat)… I played Pete.
I never felt cooler. Ever.
My MAD MEN rewatch continues. I just wept through the S5 episode where Joan makes partner (IYKYK how), and Peggy resigns to Don.
This level of intricate, exceptional, layered writing…this is really what I want from storytelling. My god.
This level of intricate, exceptional, layered writing…this is really what I want from storytelling. My god.
a man and a woman are sitting on a couch talking
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting on a couch talking
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February 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
This rewatch reminds me of a super hot banter I had w/ Jon Hamm at an unrelated party years ago:
JH: What do you do?
Me: I’m a film critic.
JH: I read TV critics mostly b/c of Mad Men.
Me, fast & cheeky: Oh. You were in that?
JH [laughs]: I was. (Beat)… I played Pete.
I never felt cooler. Ever.
JH: What do you do?
Me: I’m a film critic.
JH: I read TV critics mostly b/c of Mad Men.
Me, fast & cheeky: Oh. You were in that?
JH [laughs]: I was. (Beat)… I played Pete.
I never felt cooler. Ever.
My MAD MEN rewatch continues. I just wept through the S5 episode where Joan makes partner (IYKYK how), and Peggy resigns to Don.
This level of intricate, exceptional, layered writing…this is really what I want from storytelling. My god.
This level of intricate, exceptional, layered writing…this is really what I want from storytelling. My god.
a man and a woman are sitting on a couch talking
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting on a couch talking
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM
My MAD MEN rewatch continues. I just wept through the S5 episode where Joan makes partner (IYKYK how), and Peggy resigns to Don.
This level of intricate, exceptional, layered writing…this is really what I want from storytelling. My god.
This level of intricate, exceptional, layered writing…this is really what I want from storytelling. My god.
Could not be happier for Paul Thomas Anderson’s DGA win. Truly. ♥️
February 8, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Could not be happier for Paul Thomas Anderson’s DGA win. Truly. ♥️
We are currently all living in the answer to, “BUT HOW COULD THEY LET THIS HAPPEN?”
I want to scream. Every day. Our president raped children and nothing is being done.
I want to scream. Every day. Our president raped children and nothing is being done.
February 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
We are currently all living in the answer to, “BUT HOW COULD THEY LET THIS HAPPEN?”
I want to scream. Every day. Our president raped children and nothing is being done.
I want to scream. Every day. Our president raped children and nothing is being done.
My review of Hasan Hadi’s THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE. variety.com/2025/film/re...
‘The President’s Cake’ Review: Hasan Hadi’s Warm and Heart-Tugging Tale Sends Dutiful Kids on an Odyssey in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
Playing the Cannes Film Festival, Hasan Hadi’s compassionate directorial debut follows two Iraqi children living under Saddam Hussein.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:59 PM
My review of Hasan Hadi’s THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE. variety.com/2025/film/re...
At any given moment, there are approximately a million things to be outraged about—from the pres being a rapist pedophile to….gestures at everything. I can multitask and be outraged about it all, but I also fear that we’re growing numb towards anger. Maybe one reason he is still holding the office…
February 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
At any given moment, there are approximately a million things to be outraged about—from the pres being a rapist pedophile to….gestures at everything. I can multitask and be outraged about it all, but I also fear that we’re growing numb towards anger. Maybe one reason he is still holding the office…
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It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
February 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
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Not one reporter in the room willing to ask to be treated with respect. Not one.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Not one reporter in the room willing to ask to be treated with respect. Not one.
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
Debra Messing isn’t even remotely hiding her racism now…
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Debra Messing isn’t even remotely hiding her racism now…