Blake Simons

Japan's female filmmaking renaissance continues with Mieko Kawakami adaptation ALL THE LOVERS IN THE NIGHT, a shimmering, elusive film in which nothing happens but life itself. My review for @IndieWire: indiewire.com/criticism/movi…

Arthur Harari’s ears twitching like a dog that just heard the word “walk”

My sexual awakening was the noises mario makes when he takes damage in mario 64

i love boosters totally fine. riley never quite brings it home in the way i want. his movies are always too much "about what they're about" for me, but it's fun to have a director whose staple is "live action looney tunes w/ characters shouting leftist exposition at each other"

new yoshi game is cute. very charming and more interesting gameplay-wise than i was expecting. it is for 8 year olds though

30° abroad: “let’s explore this town.” 30° in the UK: “I may not survive this Sainsbury’s trip.”

(at the dentist) u forgot to ask but i am sexually active

If you know who the best press contact is at NEON, please DM me, cheers :)

Cracking the fuck up in HMV at the second special feature on the Ella McCay blu ray promising the ability to "Sit down with James L. Brooks and the cast as they share their mutual appreciation for each other"

The fact that THE HANDMAIDEN won nothing — *nothing!* — at Cannes that year is absolutely nuts to me.

Looking forward to seeing Fjord in 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days.

Grogu is growing up in the public eye. Not everything he says or does is going to be perfect

As part of this year’s SXSW London, I’ll be moderating TOYS MEET TECH, a conversation with Pixar VFX artist Thomas Jordan about his work on TOY STORY 5 Hope to see some of you there :)

An American critic and an Australian critic walk into a bar near the Croisette after coming out of a screening. The American pulls out his phone, looks at his feed, and says "oh, Mungiu's Fjord won the Palme d'Or." The Australian, in surprise, says, "naur way!"

Overheard a couple quietly bickering in Target. The woman goes, “Jason, I don’t have time for your shenanigans right now,” and I glanced over to see that Jason was wearing a T-shirt that said “they hate to see a silly goose winning” 🪿

I still stand by my stance that Fjord is actually a manipulative anti-left / pro-right film and people are falling for it because it feels good to "both sides" things. I just can't stand this kind of BS and think this isn't good for our world right now. Oh well. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ #Cannes2026

david cross palme d'or

The thing about Los Javis, is that those are my sisters, and they’re amazing directors that deserved to be recognized as such, but they also must be eliminated at the earliest opportunity and I should have done it when we’re standing next to each other at a Lana Del Rey concert

Park Chan-wook with the quote of the press conference: “To be honest, I didn’t want to award the Palme d’Or to any of the films, because it’s an award I myself have never gotten! But I had no other choice”

Tao Okamoto: I wouldn't be here winning Best Actress award without Ryusuke Hamaguchi Ryusuke Hamaguchi in front of the camera: