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“I remember I was saying to my team, ‘I don’t think my film is very cool.’” Director Rungano Nyoni is self-conscious about having an A24 film, ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL. For what it’s worth, her film is very cool. @ezwrites.bsky.social spoke to her about making it. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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At the Oscars, an indie film ruled but, as @theamynicholson.bsky.social writes, the night was won by Hollywood workers, never far from mind. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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SCENT OF A WOMAN? Seriously? Amid tons of awards coverage @latimes.com has planned for the weekend (check out our special Sunday print section), here's something I kicked around with Glenn Whipp, who has seen his share of Oscars shenanigans. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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These are the ones we cherish and quote from the most. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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I have many thoughts about Gene Hackman, but first, here's an anecdote David Fincher told me about him, from the casting for SEVEN. Somehow it captures something very Hackman.

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Somehow the restored PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is even gauzier and more malevolent. Ground zero for so much languid, erotic horror that stumbles onto unwelcome ground. Sofia fans, assemble. Also, this typewritten complaint letter from 1979 hanging in the Laemmle Royal lobby rules.

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Not expecting ROPE to hit so hard (at the Egyptian on nitrate). Sleek sociopathic fascists hung up on their own superiority — not just for 1948!

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When I was in LA I sat down for an hour with Theo James to talk about The Monkey and how he had to get people to look past him being "fucking hunky or whatever" to see his naughty sense of humor www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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At long last, Charles Burnett's THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH is getting a theatrical release. I reviewed this quiet beauty for the @latimes.com.

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I went to the #BAFTAs last night and took some very serial killer-looking notes, resulting in this behind the scenes piece for @latimes.com. Thanks to my editor @joshuarothkopf.bsky.social for making my ramblings sound more sane.

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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I interviewed Fernanda Torres! For LA Times, I talked to the Brazilian Best Actress Oscar nominee about awards season, the reaction to her triumphs in Brazil and about her mother, the great Fernanda Montenegro. Honored that at long last I got to do this: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Ever had questions about that swanky Neon box? How expensive is it to produce? Is Neon weaponizing influencers with Instagrammable swag? @timgrierson.bsky.social asked and they were game to answer. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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"I mean, it’s insane what he’s saying." Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham, the co-directors of NO OTHER LAND, have thoughts about Trump's Gaza plan. @indiefocus.bsky.social spoke to them about the Oscars, self-distribution and what they see as a longer project of activism. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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"I don’t really know the game that well — people are telling me now that we’re actually in the conversation again." Sean Baker is humble and stunned in this post-PGA-DGA moment. Glenn Whipp sat down with him at the Aero Theatre on Tuesday and caught something candid. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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I actually called this months ago, because I’ve seen DAMNATION ALLEY. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

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Valentine's Day tip: @ezwrites.bsky.social really understands rom-coms, how they speak to something essential in us. She's signing copies of her new book on Friday at Los Feliz 3 and introing BROADCAST NEWS, one of the very best. Go say hi to her.

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This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!

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“Let’s keep dreaming during this difficult time — let’s dream together.” Ang Lee, accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the DGAs.

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I'm in awe of this piece: personal thoughts from a lifelong Angeleno, @justincchang.bsky.social. We've done some of these things over the years: driving on Mulholland in the middle of the night, praying for something Lynchian to happen. (A coyote stared at us once.) www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

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Adios to Sundance, who closed out the fest with a fascinating string of films about big names, big fans, and big tensions www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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We watched scores of titles before and during #Sundance2025 and emerged with just over a handful of our absolute favorites. You'll be hearing a lot more about these in the coming months — start here. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Loved being at Sundance and reconnecting with so many old friends, but flying back over Los Angeles — to my city — was overwhelming. And watching these artists come together for the cause is inspiring. #FireAid

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Ultimately as superficial as the puff pieces it’s attacking, A24's pop-star horror film OPUS is essentially “Willy Wonka & the Hot Take Factory,” per our @theamynicholson.bsky.social — read her Sundance review. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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The real star of PETER HUJAR’S DAY is its careful soundscape of NYC 1974 that creeps in: tremulous, a place of possibility. It was when fashion and photography and writing and art-making were all adjacent in a single walk. It makes you nostalgic not just for a city but an era. #Sundance2025

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Meanwhile, are you reading our daily Sundance newsletter? Interviews, news and early critical impressions, including one of last night's buzzy screening of TOGETHER, which shows body horror continuing its march into ickiness, if not depth. Take the plunge! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Is this the Sundance of our discontent? Our critic @theamynicholson.bsky.social is finding the first half of #Sundance2025 loaded with technological alienation and, delightfully, bunnies. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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You can hear “Rose Byrne, miserable mom, Conan O’Brien, nightmarish” and that still doesn’t get you close to the sweaty, inescapable, Lynchian plunge of IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU, which is so hard on the little things. I’m awake now. (Yes, it’s midnight horror.) #Sundance2025

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Speaking to several sources on and off screen, @indiefocus.bsky.social reports on a controversial documentary that strikes at the heart of one of photojournalism’s most indelible moments. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar are writing beautiful scripts about everyday people pushing themselves toward frontiers and arriving at grace. TRAIN DREAMS is the kind of exquisite achievement the festival is thirsting for right now — also a reminder of the real people who built America. #Sundance2025

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Okay, we know our 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees. Now let's rank them worst to best 😛 www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Is the shakshouka at Five5eeds an annual thing? Yes. Find your Sundance rituals. Pace yourselves.

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Reaching out to representatives in each of the three bid cities, @indiefocus.bsky.social has a deeper look at the state of play for the future of Sundance. www.latimes.com/entertainmen... .

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Catching up with yesterday best-picture-nominated films? @theamynicholson.bsky.social has her preferences. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Bundled up, our team is headed to Park City, UT, for this year's @sundancefest.bsky.social — here are 8 movies to keep your eyes on. Expect much more once we hit the ground. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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This was always one of the craziest stories in metal to me, worthy of its own movie — I’m almost relieved to hear he had a long life after 1987. Is this love? In short, no. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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For @latimes.com Laura Dern writes about David Lynch in a reminiscence of beautiful set memories. I'm honored to have run this. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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It's been a rough week for L.A. and, almost miraculously, three movies arrive in local theaters that may heal you (🧵). First, EVERY LITTLE THING is a doc about taking care of L.A.'s wounded hummingbirds. It gets at something larger. @robertabele.bsky.social reviews: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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I had to grow up, get life experience, and rewire my brain to learn to love David Lynch. It's been one of my most valuable movie-going challenges. Wrote about that journey for myself and anyone else who had to take a deep breath before plunging into his mysteries. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Someone in L.A. please be the hero and book a 35mm print of ERASERHEAD and show it properly at midnight for a few days — that's how it all started. People will come.

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In her deeply rooted appreciation of David Lynch, @theamynicholson.bsky.social goes into her own practice of transcendental meditation, as well as her journey on the road to loving Lynch, "a challenge I’ve come to cherish." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Doing a yeoman's job, @indiefocus.bsky.social is collecting Lynch tributes from friends, collaborators and those who were deeply influenced by him. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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David Lynch consoling Robert Altman in 2002 is still my favorite Oscars cutaway.

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This is going to become a Lynch-only zone for a while: First up, Glenn Whipp has a beautiful reminiscence based on several encounters with the director over the years. These anecdotes are pure gold. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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David Lynch was always the one for me. BLUE VELVET changed my life as a 15-year-old. It made me want to be involved in movies. Reeling from this news. The paper will have full coverage in the coming hours and days.

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In London, @emilyzemler.bsky.social sat down with director Steven Soderbergh to discuss ghosts, horror, his mother, PRESENCE, camera operating and even a hint of his forthcoming spy thriller BLACK BAG. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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