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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 3h

“A House of Dynamite” is a huge departure from Kathryn Bigelow’s other military films, whether or not she means it to be. Silly and frustrating in parts, it makes for a tense, surprisingly funny junk food thriller steeped in lost idealism. #NYFF63

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 5h

There was also The Blue Trail, which won the Silver Bear at Berlin this year

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 7h

One of the most accomplished and dramatically precise debuts in years, Sophy Romvari’s “Blue Heron” is a powerful film about the tragic weight of memory. observer.com/2025/10/tiff...

Screening at BFI London Film Festival: Sophy Romvari’s ‘Blue Heron’

By the time the film’s credits roll, you may feel more spiritually connected to yourself and those you’ve lost.

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 2d

Some notes on The Rock's performance in "The Smashing Machine," where it fits into his career, and how it's the latest, arguably necessary business calculation for his floundering brand image—none of which is a bad thing given where he goes emotionally joysauce.com/the-rock-reb...

The Rock, rebooted

Benny Safdie’s latest film, "The Smashing Machine," gives the mega-star a much-needed makeover as MMA fighter Mark Kerr.

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 2d

In light of Daniel Day-Lewis’s return after 8 years, I went back through 4 decades of his performances to write about and rank some of the very best, including some you might not expect: www.backstage.com/magazine/art...

The 15 Greatest Daniel Day-Lewis Performances, Ranked

As the legendary actor returns from an eight-year absence, we look back at his tremendous body of work.

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 3d

In case you haven't figure out, this is about the 4K restoration of "Sholay" 🙂

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 4d

#NYFF63

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 10d

I’m never going to stop being mad that hedge funds and tech middlemen siphoned off all the money that should’ve let someone like Kaleb Horton have the career he deserved

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 4d

#NYFF63

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 5d

Ha!

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 5d

“Dear Stranger” follows a Japanese husband and a Taiwanese-American wife, in a New York-set tale of intrigue that wields the awkward intricacies of English as a 2nd (or 3rd) language to enhance its drama. Also, Hidetoshi Nishijima drives his car. #BIFF2025 joysauce.com/dear-strange...

‘Dear Stranger’ finds a couple at their breaking point

Tetsuya Mariko’s Japan-Taiwan-U.S. production applies a unique lens to modern Asian American-ness in this domestic drama.

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 6d

“The son of a tobacco farmer who, as a young man, worked alongside immigrants during the summers of his youth. In doing so, he learned the values of hard work, collective action, and perhaps most importantly, respect for his fellow man."

Cowboy shit.

HANGMAN PAGE @hangmanpage.bsky.social · 6d

fuck ice airing commercials during dynamite, let em know:

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 6d

The Rock undergoes a radical, vulnerable transformation for Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” a cleansing sports biopic that feels like a good cry. One of the best films this year. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

'The Smashing Machine' Feels Like A Good Cry

Dwayne Johnson creates spellbinding intimacy in Benny Safdie’s sports drama.

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 9d

Any movie clubs in or around NYC (esp. high school/college) focused on or interested in Indian cinema? Get in touch, may have something fun related to #NYFF63

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 8d

Noah Baumbach crafts an exquisite, meaningful, consistently entertaining elegy for the Hollywood movie star, featuring George Clooney in a role that proves how difficult and rewarding it can be to play yourself. #NYFF63 decider.com/2025/09/30/j...

NYFF 2025: George Clooney-led ‘Jay Kelly’ is a dazzling elegy for the Hollywood movie star

Noah Baumbach’s latest is both wistful and relentlessly entertaining, taking shape not only as a career retrospective of George Clooney, but the very idea of leading men in American cinema.

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 8d

a stuffed penguin wearing a pink hat and skis is sitting on a chair .

ALT: a stuffed penguin wearing a pink hat and skis is sitting on a chair .

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 8d

Noah Baumbach crafts an exquisite, meaningful, consistently entertaining elegy for the Hollywood movie star, featuring George Clooney in a role that proves how difficult and rewarding it can be to play yourself. #NYFF63 decider.com/2025/09/30/j...

NYFF 2025: George Clooney-led ‘Jay Kelly’ is a dazzling elegy for the Hollywood movie star

Noah Baumbach’s latest is both wistful and relentlessly entertaining, taking shape not only as a career retrospective of George Clooney, but the very idea of leading men in American cinema.

decider.com

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 8d

Specifically my Robin from Batman & Robin since that happens to him in the movie

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 8d

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 9d

Any movie clubs in or around NYC (esp. high school/college) focused on or interested in Indian cinema? Get in touch, may have something fun related to #NYFF63

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 9d

Ulrich Köhler’s “Gavagai” is a sophisticated Matryoshka doll about modern filmmaking, following a contemporary French-Senegalese production of “Medea” amidst on-set affairs and subtle racial tensions. #NYFF63 variety.com/2025/film/re...

‘Gavagai’ Review: An Engrossing Meta-Drama About Racial Tensions and Modern Moviemaking

Ulrich Köhler’s sophisticated Matryoshka doll 'Gavagai' combines Euripides with neorealism.

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 11d

You couldn’t make “One Battle After Another” today.

PTA's zany, explosive Pynchon riff elides political metaphors and grabs the zeitgeist by the throat. A riveting, hilarious revolutionary saga that makes for ecstatic blockbuster cinema. Out now: www.truthdig.com/articles/pau...

"One Battle After Another" Review: Paul Thomas Anderson's Intimate Revolution

“One Battle After Another,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a Molotov cocktail lobbed right at the studio system.

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Charlie Wetherington @papusman.bsky.social · 11d

After reading that statement earlier in the week, I STILL was not prepared for how bold of a movie it is. So glad it was made when it was, and I loved every minute of it.

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 11d

You couldn’t make “One Battle After Another” today.

PTA's zany, explosive Pynchon riff elides political metaphors and grabs the zeitgeist by the throat. A riveting, hilarious revolutionary saga that makes for ecstatic blockbuster cinema. Out now: www.truthdig.com/articles/pau...

"One Battle After Another" Review: Paul Thomas Anderson's Intimate Revolution

“One Battle After Another,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a Molotov cocktail lobbed right at the studio system.

www.truthdig.com

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 19d

“One Battle After Another” arrives as a sorely needed outlier in a mainstream cinematic culture where politics is smuggled — if it’s present at all — inside stories about wizards, aliens and young adult dystopias.

Film review by @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social

"One Battle After Another" Review: Paul Thomas Anderson's Intimate Revolution

“One Battle After Another,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a Molotov cocktail lobbed right at the studio system.

www.truthdig.com

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 11d

Please do this somewhere other than where people are grieving

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