The History of Concrete: basically just an 100-minute episode of How to With John Wilson in which he ponders the impermanence of TV shows, rocks, and all living things. loved every minute of it. an obvious early #Sundance2026 standout.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
January 23, 2026 at 6:42 AM
The History of Concrete: basically just an 100-minute episode of How to With John Wilson in which he ponders the impermanence of TV shows, rocks, and all living things. loved every minute of it. an obvious early #Sundance2026 standout.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
in the past week more than 400 people have cumulatively donated more than $23,500 to my fundraiser for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund!
it would be *amazing* to hit $26,000 by the time the video drops tomorrow 👀
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
it would be *amazing* to hit $26,000 by the time the video drops tomorrow 👀
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
January 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
in the past week more than 400 people have cumulatively donated more than $23,500 to my fundraiser for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund!
it would be *amazing* to hit $26,000 by the time the video drops tomorrow 👀
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
it would be *amazing* to hit $26,000 by the time the video drops tomorrow 👀
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
my video countdown of the 25 best films of 2025 will be up on tuesday 1/20.
this year's fundraiser is for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which provides medical & humanitarian care to kids in Gaza and beyond. please consider donating if you can!
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
this year's fundraiser is for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which provides medical & humanitarian care to kids in Gaza and beyond. please consider donating if you can!
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
January 14, 2026 at 9:48 PM
my video countdown of the 25 best films of 2025 will be up on tuesday 1/20.
this year's fundraiser is for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which provides medical & humanitarian care to kids in Gaza and beyond. please consider donating if you can!
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
this year's fundraiser is for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which provides medical & humanitarian care to kids in Gaza and beyond. please consider donating if you can!
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
we've raised almost $10,000 in the last 24 hours! let's keep it going! here's a bit more about what the Palestine Children's Relief Fund does:
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
January 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
we've raised almost $10,000 in the last 24 hours! let's keep it going! here's a bit more about what the Palestine Children's Relief Fund does:
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
www.gofundme.com/f/david-ehrl...
on tuesday night i held several of the world's greatest filmmakers hostage for a 15-minute speech about what critics & artists owe to each other in the age of rapid enshittification. i'm not entirely sure why i did that.
anyway you can read it here if you want to: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
anyway you can read it here if you want to: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
on tuesday night i held several of the world's greatest filmmakers hostage for a 15-minute speech about what critics & artists owe to each other in the age of rapid enshittification. i'm not entirely sure why i did that.
anyway you can read it here if you want to: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
anyway you can read it here if you want to: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
The Testament of Ann Lee: the Brutalist team returns for another, possibly even better historical epic about a European sailing to America & building a church, this one a quasi-musical starring Amanda Seyfried as Jesus 2.0. Often *transcendent*
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
September 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Testament of Ann Lee: the Brutalist team returns for another, possibly even better historical epic about a European sailing to America & building a church, this one a quasi-musical starring Amanda Seyfried as Jesus 2.0. Often *transcendent*
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
Ballad of a Small Player: Colin Farrell is dealt a bad hand in Edward Berger's dysfunctional Conclave follow-up, a wonky and exasperating Netflix thriller about a gambling addict in Macau. think Sam Mendes doing Uncut Gems. hard fold.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ballad of a Small Player: Colin Farrell is dealt a bad hand in Edward Berger's dysfunctional Conclave follow-up, a wonky and exasperating Netflix thriller about a gambling addict in Macau. think Sam Mendes doing Uncut Gems. hard fold.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Deliver Me from Nowhere works as a spare character study of a depressed rock god on the cusp of superstardom, falls flat whenever it tries to flesh that out with biopic trappings. i'll take it over the Dylan one any day.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Deliver Me from Nowhere works as a spare character study of a depressed rock god on the cusp of superstardom, falls flat whenever it tries to flesh that out with biopic trappings. i'll take it over the Dylan one any day.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
No Other Choice: loved Park Chan-wook's bleakly hilarious capitalism satire about an unemployed guy who's so desperate for a job that he starts murdering the other candidates. a little Parasite, a little Looney Tunes, and then a big gut punch.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
No Other Choice: loved Park Chan-wook's bleakly hilarious capitalism satire about an unemployed guy who's so desperate for a job that he starts murdering the other candidates. a little Parasite, a little Looney Tunes, and then a big gut punch.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
Cover-Up: Laura Poitras' damning new film clinically unpacks 50 years of American malfeasance, effectively connecting the dots between the My Lai massacre and the genocide in Gaza. one of the year's best docs.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Cover-Up: Laura Poitras' damning new film clinically unpacks 50 years of American malfeasance, effectively connecting the dots between the My Lai massacre and the genocide in Gaza. one of the year's best docs.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
Jay Kelly: very mixed on Noah Baumbach’s saddest but most sentimental movie, in which George Clooney turns out to be weirdly miscast as George Clooney. Sandler wasted. The last five minutes just about save the whole thing tho.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
August 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Jay Kelly: very mixed on Noah Baumbach’s saddest but most sentimental movie, in which George Clooney turns out to be weirdly miscast as George Clooney. Sandler wasted. The last five minutes just about save the whole thing tho.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
I’m writing a book about A24.
it’s going to glimpse deeper inside the mind of Charles Swan III than anyone has ever glimpsed before.
coming 2027ish from Norton/Liveright.
it’s going to glimpse deeper inside the mind of Charles Swan III than anyone has ever glimpsed before.
coming 2027ish from Norton/Liveright.
April 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I’m writing a book about A24.
it’s going to glimpse deeper inside the mind of Charles Swan III than anyone has ever glimpsed before.
coming 2027ish from Norton/Liveright.
it’s going to glimpse deeper inside the mind of Charles Swan III than anyone has ever glimpsed before.
coming 2027ish from Norton/Liveright.
truly cannot believe i just spent 4 hours and 1,700 words writing about this movie.
February 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
truly cannot believe i just spent 4 hours and 1,700 words writing about this movie.
Mary Bronstein's surreal, hilarious & super harrowing "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" is easily the best movie i've seen at Sundance so far. come for a career-best Rose Byrne as an unraveling mom, stay for Conan O'Brien as her miserable therapist.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
January 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Mary Bronstein's surreal, hilarious & super harrowing "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" is easily the best movie i've seen at Sundance so far. come for a career-best Rose Byrne as an unraveling mom, stay for Conan O'Brien as her miserable therapist.
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
my review: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
January 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
hi! my annual video countdown of the year's best movies will be up on monday, january 13.
on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live:
gofund.me/ae3c2b9f
on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live:
gofund.me/ae3c2b9f
January 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
hi! my annual video countdown of the year's best movies will be up on monday, january 13.
on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live:
gofund.me/ae3c2b9f
on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live:
gofund.me/ae3c2b9f
realizing that Megalopolis might just miss my top 25 of the year
December 21, 2024 at 3:33 AM
realizing that Megalopolis might just miss my top 25 of the year
can't wait for people to really ~discover~ The Outrun. the kind of movie that lives in your bones and makes me wish i still had a tumblr. what a picture.
December 17, 2024 at 3:48 AM
can't wait for people to really ~discover~ The Outrun. the kind of movie that lives in your bones and makes me wish i still had a tumblr. what a picture.
this is like in the virgin suicides when no one can figure out how James Woods fathered all the Lisbon girls
December 9, 2024 at 10:44 PM
this is like in the virgin suicides when no one can figure out how James Woods fathered all the Lisbon girls
