I wrote this in actual words but could have just said:😴😴😴 bbc.com/culture/articl…

An absurdist take on a world tilting toward autocrats (in the laugh to keep from crying vein) with a spectacular Kate Winslet. bbc.com/culture/articl…

‘Family’ Review: Ruth Wilson and Ben Chaplin in an Artful Horror Film About Fear and Grief @thr hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-r… via @thr

Any surprises at the #Oscars will *really* be surprises. bbc.com/culture/articl…

Two words: "Godzilla Barbie" bbc.com/culture/articl…

Ripley review: 'Masterful' show is 'the Hitchcock series Hitchcock never made' bbc.com/culture/articl…

How Alex Garland's Civil War offers a warning about the US political divide bbc.com/culture/articl…

The Master and Margarita: The Russian box-office hit that criticised the state bbc.com/culture/articl…

Thanks to Thomas Mallon for giving me the perfect description of Cohn's impact: "vampiric afterlife" bbc.com/culture/articl…

A few Tribeca Festival highlights: The Cranes Call, amazing doc about a Clooney Foundation for Justice investigator finding witnesses to Russian atrocities in Ukraine; restored print of North by Northwest, in 70 mm; brilliant Carol Kane in #BetweentheTemples; indie gem Darkest Miriam

Some very astute media analysis. Captures an essential difference between @msnbc and Fox

But we still love him ... bbc.com/culture/articl…

That is a death stare that could frighten Putin. 👏👏👏

He's right about the media. Rare to hear such clear-sighted criticism.

Our faves from Venice, Telluride & TIFF include new Luca Guadagnino & Mike Leigh films, Nicole Kidman at her boldest, an intimate John Lennon doc & RaMell Ross' revelatory narrative bow David Rooney lovia Sheri Linden Caryn James Stephen Farber hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-r…

Part zombie-apocalypse, part Heart of Darkness, but best of all: Ralph Fiennes. bbc.com/culture/articl…

Is the money or the message? CBS didn't seem to be moving toward unconditional surrender in late night until a big buyout loomed. latenighter.com/features/cbs-c…

Highlights of the NYFilm Festival 1st weekend: On screen, Wagner Moura in Kleber Mendonca Filho's searing The Secret Agent. Off-screen,Bruce Springsteen performing after Deliver Me From Nowhere. Runner-up: Luca Guadagnino's glittery silver jacket on opening night.Film at Lincoln Center #NYFF

This is monumentally stupid. FCC has no authority over streaming service, which individuals pay for. Sounds like he would support censoring newspapers he doesn’t like, or paid speaking engagements. The moving camera stuff is just deranged.

bbc.com/culture/articl… Orwell meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in Vince Gilligan's brilliant, entertaining new show Pluribus.