Here's to us. Who's like us? Damn few! The recent production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along was professionally filmed by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, and it’s now accessible at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Actual Seasons in NYC, updated as of today. Welcome to Fake Fall™.

The first advanced copy of my book is here !! Less than 3 months until NORA EPHRON AT THE MOVIES is out in the world. Preorder here: linktr.ee/noraephronatth…

The trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's MEGALOPOLIS features a history of dismissive quotes from noted critics about the director's earlier masterpieces. There's one problem, however. The quotes appear to be made up. vulture.com/article/did-th…

All the “mean” critics’ quotes in the MEGALOPOLIS trailer were made up and likely came from an erroneous ChatGPT answer. Incredible

We’re pleased to announce the 24-film screening series Personal Belongings: First-Person Documentary in the 1990s, programmed by Asha Phelps and Jeff Reichert, Sep 20–29 with many special guests! See the lineup: bit.ly/personal90s

zen and the art of lap swimming

This fall, come learn to write from Joan Didion (and me) at the marvelous Center for Fiction in Brooklyn! centerforfiction.org/group-workshop…

Most reviews are poorly constructed and not much fun to read. Perhaps you’d like to learn to write a good review? I am teaching a workshop on that this fall too: centerforfiction.org/group-workshop…

“A gift from a master . . . An intensely moving experience.” — Alissa Wilkinson, The New York Times (Critic’s Pick) “To call RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS a concert film would be correct and also drastically inadequate . . . A testament to the artistic spirit and, above all, an act of love.” —

Learn about the craft of writing from two greats: Joan Didion and Alissa Wilkinson in our upcoming 4-week workshop tinyurl.com/y7t98jb6!

On this day, 30 years ago, Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Three Colours: Blue" (1993) premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, USA.

Oh, wow. There’s a lot of Parmentel in Didion’s life as a young writer in New York (he’s mentioned semi-obliquely in “Goodbye to All That,” for one): nytimes.com/2024/09/04/bus…

I talked to Stephanie Goodman, the The New York Times film editor, plus Alissa Wilkinson, Wesley Morris, and Maya Salam about their pieces on #TheMatrix, #TheBlairWitchProject, and in Wesley's case, starting your film criticism career in such a year of abundance. ⏬nytimes.com/2024/09/04/ins…

In Thursday's The New York Times: The year 1999 was arguably the greatest in movie history. I chatted with Stephanie Goodman, Alissa Wilkinson, Maya Salam & Wesley Morris about the year of cinematic riches, plus films like "The Matrix" that were at times chillingly prophetic. nytimes.com/2024/09/04/ins…

Mike Leigh, man