Zach Zahos

My better half Matt St. John and I wrote a blog for Bordwell & Thompson’s @ObserOnFilmArt, responding to a Variety column that blamed audiences for neglecting art house films. We dispute this with a look at current trends in indie distribution/exhibition. davidbordwell.net/blog/2024/09/1…

Some personal news: This is my last week at The Washington Post. I’ve loved so much of the last 9 years here, but my faith in the paper’s current leadership is broken beyond repair. Incredibly excited to get to work with the newsroom below (I start in June) & join the extraordinarily talented kickass reporters such as @anna_c_kramer, @OrianaBeLike, @reesejgorman & many more Please get in touch w/ me anytime on Signal: 9178872891

what the land sees when you acknowledge it

Wiseman foi o melhor e mais importante cineasta norte americano das últimas seis décadas e os filmes que ele fez ali entre At Berkeley e Menu Plaisirs no final da vida são muito vitais, e mantinham um esforço de relação com o mundo que poucos artistas da idade dele mantiveram.

Very apt for the DHS to try to repurpose a video about a penguin losing his mind and heading toward inevitable suicide and make it about the path America is on.

@vrizov Shit news. So sorry, Vadim! Your Filmmaker work was varied and reliably terrific--you'll land that new plum gig soon.

Some news: I'm being laid off! After 11+ years and 48 issues, Friday will be my last day. I'm 100% looking for work and definitely not married to being in film. I have many transferable corporate/organizational skills. Email in bio.

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Clear, intelligible, simple, frequently repeated, tangible, visceral policy objectives

We are heartbroken to announced that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time as our family grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world. Love & Mercy

On Brandon Colvin’s THE WORLD DROPS DEAD. substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/zzaho…

@JStein_WaPo Wow—congrats, Jeff! Incredible news!! 🤩

Really excited for this announcement & to get started on the writing and reporting

losing Ophuls and Roemer back to back is rough. we are losing our 97 year old German emigre kings

Ahead of his career-spanning retrospective at MoMA this week, notes on two recent challenging and rewarding video works by avant-garde legend @larrygottheim. zzahos.substack.com/p/repetition-a…

My friends Amy and Dennis built @MilestoneFilms into the "small but mighty" outfit it is today. So proud of their decision to entrust @mayascade with that legacy and, needless to say, excited for Milestone's next generation! nytimes.com/2025/05/06/mov…

@swen_ryan Thank you, Ryan!

Happy birthday @zzahos!

An invaluable, inexhaustible new resource just dropped (not a moment too soon): the @wcftr's newly digitized and searchable collection of Wendy Clarke's video art, including 250+ "Love Tapes." Read about and access it all for free here: wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/2025…

Back Street (1932): The Case of John M. Stahl. (Link in reply.) My fellow boutique blu-ray nuts, there’s a mission-critical poll atop this piece that you won’t want to miss…

@wifilmfest zzahos.substack.com/p/wrapping-up-…

Over at the S**st**k, closing thoughts on the wonderful 2025 @wifilmfest, with special attention paid to revival screenings of STARSHIP TROOPERS and one notorious, hard-to-see Rolling Stones doc. (Link in replies)