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Here Comes β€˜The Bride,’ Unfortunately Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second directorial effort is pretty much a disaster.

Begun the BRIDE wars have. My review of Maggie Gyllenhaal's astonishing mess of a movie:

04.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

We were all dancing in the aisles

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It's really a choice

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Here Comes β€˜The Bride,’ Unfortunately Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second directorial effort is pretty much a disaster.

Begun the BRIDE wars have. My review of Maggie Gyllenhaal's astonishing mess of a movie:

04.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Chalamet Might Not Win That Oscar, Huh? The Screen Actors Guild awards have further confused an already confused awards narrative.

Here’s my latest Awards Season Update! Is Chalamet in real trouble? Will Netflix ever figure out how to produce an awards show??

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Chalamet Might Not Win That Oscar, Huh? The Screen Actors Guild awards have further confused an already confused awards narrative.

Here’s my latest Awards Season Update! Is Chalamet in real trouble? Will Netflix ever figure out how to produce an awards show??

02.03.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜The Traitors’ Finale Recap: Maura Money, Maura Problems Let’s talk about how this season wrapped up.

Wrote some Maura Higgins fanfic for ya

27.02.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜The Traitors’ Finale Recap: Maura Money, Maura Problems Let’s talk about how this season wrapped up.

Wrote some Maura Higgins fanfic for ya

27.02.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜Scream 7’ Takes a Stab at the Fandom Notes on the latest installment in a 30-year-old film franchise, plus a pair of recommendations for your weekend viewing.

In this week's what-to-watch column: thoughts on the uneven Scream 7, Jessica Chastain's new moral drama, and of course SURVIVOR.

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β€˜Scream 7’ Takes a Stab at the Fandom Notes on the latest installment in a 30-year-old film franchise, plus a pair of recommendations for your weekend viewing.

In this week's what-to-watch column: thoughts on the uneven Scream 7, Jessica Chastain's new moral drama, and of course SURVIVOR.

26.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Did some more fanfic in this week’s Traitor’s recap www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-s...

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Is Tyra to Blame for It All? Some thoughts on the new documentary series about America’s Next Top Model.

Accidentally emailed to all subscribers a day early, full of typos. If you're a subscriber, sorry about that! Anyway, here it is, with some edits made

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Notes from Berlin A dispatch from the other big European film festival.

A little travelogue

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Not to mention everyone thinks there’s something suspect about your crotch

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This week's Traitor's recap is all about the thrill of seduction
www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-u...

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This week's Traitor's recap is all about the thrill of seduction
www.premiereparty.com/p/traitors-u...

13.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You (lovingly) beat this into me years ago and I still do it even tho I no longer capitalize β€œinternet”

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I quite like the JFK Jr show, LOVE STORY when it isn’t giving us a Kennedy history lesson. Today’s newsletter contains expanded thoughts on that.

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The Withering Lows of β€˜Wuthering Heights’ Emerald Fennell makes a squalid mess of a highly anticipated adaptation.

Here's a review of the dull, dumb Wuthering Heights www.premiereparty.com/p/wuthering-...

09.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Withering Lows of β€˜Wuthering Heights’ Emerald Fennell makes a squalid mess of a highly anticipated adaptation.

Here's a review of the dull, dumb Wuthering Heights www.premiereparty.com/p/wuthering-...

09.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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This week's shocking Traitors episode has me considering God. Full recap here: premiereparty.com/p/the-traito...

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This week's shocking Traitors episode has me considering God. Full recap here: premiereparty.com/p/the-traito...

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Highlight of my career, probably

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β€˜The Traitors’ Recap: Pearls Be for Swine Colton continued to suck and Rob continued to seduce on this week’s episode.

Read the rest of my recap here!

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I have a bone to pick with this week’s Traitors episode

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Richard Lawson Richard Lawson is a critic and culture writer living in Brooklyn. He was the chief critic at Vanity Fair from 2013-2025. A member of the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film C...

My Sundance watch has ended. It was a wild and woolly week, swinging from great stuff to genuinely baffling misfires. You can read my 13 reviews here! www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/richa...

29.01.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Goodbye, Sundance Reflections on the end of a festival as we know it.

My newsletter today is about the end of Sundance as we know it, and is free to all subscribers. No paywall! I'd love it if you gave it a read!

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Oh it was a total mess for me

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I’m glad people are into it! I just could not wrap my lizard brain around it

27.01.2026 05:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It truly is the strangest pairing of director and material since… like… I dunno, did Lynne Ramsay direct any episodes of My Life With the Walter Boys?

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