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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · 11d

Many thanks, David.🙏

Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · 11d

I profiled Richard Linklater on the occasion of his remarkable 2025 double bill, BLUE MOON and NOUVELLE VAGUE. We talked Austin, Cannes, Paris, OKLAHOMA!, beginnings (and ends) of beautiful friendships, and how to pursue a singular vision in a collaborative medium. www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...

Richard Linklater’s Uncompromising Artists

In two new historical films, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague,” the director explores the challenges of staying true to a creative vision.

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · 12d

There Willa be blood: Paul Thomas Anderson’s exhilarating ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, reviewed. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

“One Battle After Another” Is a Powerhouse of Tenderness and Fury

In Paul Thomas Anderson’s film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s “Vineland,” the fight against American fascism is a family affair.

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National Society of Film Critics @nsfc.bsky.social · 20d

We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.

FILM CRITICS’ GROUPS DENOUNCE NEXSTAR AND DISNEY-ABC DECISIONS TO SUSPEND “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!”

We, the members of the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air. For decades, our organizations have represented a profession that is enabled by the First Amendment. Kimmel’s long-running talk show promotes free speech, including when it gives film artists the chance to discuss their work. There is only one word to describe the decision by powerful media corporations to silence an individual’s perspective due to fear of repercussions by the government: censorship. This is the antithesis of the values embodied by our work. We demand a reversal of this decision and encourage our colleagues across the industry to do the same.

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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 20d

We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 23d

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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National Society of Film Critics @nsfc.bsky.social · Sep 2

Warmest of welcomes to Lovia Gyarkye, the newest member of the National Society of Film Critics. Congratulations, Lovia!

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Manohla Dargis @manohladargis.bsky.social · Aug 24

As long as we’re on the subject of Netflix and movies (however reluctantly!) I recommend this piece by @tavlin.bsku.social about why so many Netflix movies suck: www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...

Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin

A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...

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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · Aug 13

In light of Vanity Fair's recent idiotic decision, WaPo's offering its veteran critic a buyout, the NYT's "reassigning" three arts writers critics, etc., a lot of us are talking about the public's (and thus publications') lack of interest in criticism. It's part of a larger pattern of a war...

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Aug 14

"Evil is not eternal, and truth will surely win." On dissidence, despair, and defiant hope in Julia Loktev's extraordinary five-part documentary, MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I — LAST AIR IN MOSCOW. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“My Undesirable Friends: Part I” Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent

In Julia Loktev’s epic documentary, filmed before, during, and after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, several courageous Moscow reporters see their worst fears realized.

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Aug 12

To hell with this. Richard is one of our finest critics, and Vanity Fair and its readers are so much poorer for this incredibly stupid decision.

Richard Lawson @rilaws.bsky.social · Aug 12

Area Critic (Me) Needs New Job.

Reach out if you want me to write for you! Doesn't have to be reviews!

Vanity Fair Will Refocus on Hollywood and Cut Back Some Coverage Areas, Says New Editorial Director

Vanity Fair will scale back certain areas of coverage, including shutting down The Hive, to focus on entertainment and culture, editorial director Mark Guiducci said.

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Aug 12

Two Linklaters, two Day-Lewises, and about a PILLION other reasons to be excited for the 63rd New York Film Festival's Spotlight lineup: www.filmlinc.org/nyff/daily/6...

63rd New York Film Festival Spotlight Selections Announced

This year's Spotlight section showcases a selection of 12 significant and anticipated features, including three world premieres, two U.S. premieres, and six New York premieres, as well as nine short f...

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Aug 10

Dreckier Friday

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Aug 10

Only a great critic can go into a movie as drecky as FREAKIER FRIDAY and emerge with a review as expansive, considered, and thoughtful — not just about the movie, but about the industry that produced it — as the incomparable @szacharek.bsky.social does here: time.com/7308212/frea...

'Freakier Friday' Is Humiliating to Everyone Involved

And it's just the latest in a heap of summer sequels and remakes that seem to exist to turn audiences into nostalgia zombies.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 6

The considerable power of Boris Lojkine’s new film “Souleymane’s Story” depends entirely on its moment-to-moment persuasiveness, on a set of narrative and aesthetic choices that, as presented, seldom feel like choices at all, @justincchang.bsky.social writes.

The Piercing Immigrant Drama of “Souleymane’s Story”

In Boris Lojkine’s sharply observed Paris-set drama, a Guinean refugee struggles to survive—and to cling to the truth of who he is.

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Aug 5

Sound of fall-ing: Behold, the glorious Main Slate of the 63rd New York Film Festival! Programming this with Dennis Lim, Florence Almozini, Rachel Rosen and K. Austin Collins was, as ever, a joy. www.filmlinc.org/nyff/daily/6...

63rd New York Film Festival Main Slate Announced

This year’s Main Slate showcases films from 26 countries, among them two world, eight North American, and 13 U.S. premieres.

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Jul 24

Every word of this, from @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

In Defense of the Traditional Review

Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Jul 24

Every word of this, from @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

In Defense of the Traditional Review

Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.

www.newyorker.com

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Jul 18

Was very mixed on the third one, but it looks much better now!

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Jul 18

Masked and QAnonymous: EDDINGTON, reviewed. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

“Eddington” Is a Lethally Self-Satisfied COVID Satire

In Ari Aster’s dark comedy, Joaquin Phoenix plays the sheriff of a New Mexico town riven by political clashes and pandemic anxieties.

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Jul 17

Web of lies: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s terrific CLOUD, reviewed. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Cloud” Is a Cautionary Tale of E-Commerce—and the Summer’s Best Action Movie

In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s film, a crafty online grifter learns that digital crimes beget analog punishments.

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thanks, Greg! Love them both, too.

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thanks so much, Ben!

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Manohla Dargis @manohladargis.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is a dazzling piece by Amy Taubin on the eighth episode of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks: The Return.” It’s criticism at its absolute finest. @amyornot.bsky.social

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In Dreams: The Atomic Reveries of The Return

In this exclusive essay, Amy Taubin explores the surrealist dreamscapes of The Return’s extraordinary eighth episode, tracing a line from Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca to the nuclear reveries of the Amer...

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Jun 24

Double, double oil and rubble: here's "Bleak Magic," my essay for the new @criterion.bsky.social release of William Friedkin's magnificent SORCERER. www.criterion.com/current/post...

Sorcerer: Bleak Magic

The product of a famously tumultuous production, William Friedkin’s nerve-jangling adaptation of the classic suspense novel The Wages of Fear infuses the mechanics of genre with rough-hewn realism and...

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