JC Stewart (he/him)

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I wrote about Billy and Liz.

YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING – I try to resist hyperbole. Decades of moviegoing, and I've seen it all, right? Except no. I've never seen anything like this. A dizzying, formally accomplished documentary about the mysteries of human behaviour – and one that transcends the boundaries of the form itself. 📽️

Would you lie to this man? EXCLUSIVE: Nathan Fielder, codirector of the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything,’ sat down with WIRED for an extended interview—the first he’s given to discuss the film. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/nathan...

And with that my edition of #TIFF26 comes to a close. Great movie slate from Korean New Wave to Eastern European existentialism. Looking forward to plenty I didn’t catch past week. boxd.it/Xs836

Another great year at #TIFF2026 📽️! Here's my ranked list of all the films I saw at the festival:

Tony Soprano statue by artist Donatas Jankauskas in Vilnius, Lithuania (no … I don’t know why).

POSSIBLE LOVE - Folks, this flick is going to be major. Loosely connected a chapter of DEKALOG, this masterfully observed tale features my favorite lead performance of 2026. Jeon Do-yeon’s face says everything. A sharp study of desire and how, no matter our class, we’ll always want more. #TIFF26 📽️

MINOTAUR – Andrey Zvyagintsev returns after nine years and transposes his marital-strife tale against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. An austere, icily chilled portrait of how the personal can never be separated from the political. One of the most dread-filled highlights of #TIFF26. 📽️

POSSIBLE LOVE: You could crassly reduce this to PARASITE without the genre trappings, but Lee Chang-dong’s DEKALOG-inspired journey into the depths of yearning is so much deeper and knottier, building up to a true fight against the tides of misplaced desire. Superb stuff. #TIFF26

Lauren Miller Rogen's #Babies takes a truthful look at child-free marriage. Read @jaredmobarak.com's #TIFF26 review:

JOSEPHINE - The first great film I’ve seen at #TIFF26. Never want to see it again; been an hour since the screening ended & I still can’t shake its raw brutality. Staying entirely within the 8-year-old’s POV makes its portrait of a child failed by every avenue of protection devastatingly powerful. 📽️

They’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of Star Trek

Happy 60th on this wonderful Star Trek day. Beautiful ceremony, good to see family. 

Put on billboards. Hang it above everyone’s computer. Have it messaged prompt before posting anywhere.

i did it, i finally wrote about Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (and the Statue of Liberty, and Planet of the Apes, and Iris Murdoch)

Physical Media Collector Pumped For Downfall Of Humanity https://theonion.com/physical-media-collector-pumped-for-downfall-of-humanity/

What makes Dolly's letter to Eminem so great is that she doesn't just pay him professional compliments. She goes out of her way to tell him something personal: "you are special and people love you." Someone like Eminem gets complimented all the time. How often does someone tell him he's special?

my debut for the @newrepublic.com! on Dolly, and how she was always entirely herself even in a world that wasn't ready for it newrepublic.com/article/2147...

randomly giving out genuine compliments is such an easy way to make the world a little nicer, i'm always surprised more people haven't figured that out and have a ton of respect for those who have

Show me a Star Trek scene that never fails to bring a tear (good or bad) to your eye 🖖

OK this from Jane Fonda on Dolly might have broke me

I wasn't planning to see The Odyssey because I was so mad about how egregiously Nolan explored similar themes in Oppenheimer, but my best friend (a Classics prof) encouraged me to see it, and I'm so glad she did. I loved it, and I finally realized why I hated Opp so much, so I wrote about both:

I went long on THE ODYSSEY for @brightwalldarkroom.com, writing how Nolan's genocidal epic makes us complicit in an apocalypse of eternal return. Very proud of this one: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2026/08/14/s...

Several people have asked about VAST OF NIGHT recently, as it's no longer streaming on Amazon. Spoke with director Andrew Patterson about it last night and he took the rights back, partnered with someone, and a physical and new streaming release is coming soon. So VAST OF NIGHT is coming back!

In case you missed these two last night

Post the best picture you’ve taken of your pet.

Scored 3 more unanswerd runs after his 7th inning stretch. Hereby call it the Cookie Monster Rally Game! 🍪⚾️🐻

oh hey, a YouTube version

People on Bluesky sigh and talk about The Discourse as if it were something required of them instead of something they opt to partake in, day in and day out. You really don't have to. Post about your favorite cheese

holy shit

Comet can relate to Nymeria when you have very little runway to work with when there's 2ft of snow.

This is Bruno and Rocket. Rocket insists on making a grand entrance. Bruno is happy to help with that. 13/10 for both (IG: bruno_da_doxie_doggie)

Blue Heron is on Criterion Channel today in the US. it's the best film of 2026 in my humble (and admittedly biased) opinion.

Because of our lawsuit, a judge just blocked the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger from continuing as we move forward with our case. Remember: When Trump's DOJ turns a blind eye to corporate greed, state AGs are stepping up to fight for you.

This is Ender. He pressed the belly rub button and assumed the position. Now it's time for your end of the deal. 12/10 (TT: enderthehavanes)

This is Cookie. She's a big proponent of reusable shopping bags. Partly for the environment, but mostly for naps. 12/10 (TT: all.themunchies)

What he doesn't say, of course, is that his stature in Australia helped get that project financed. And when JURASSIC PARK made him a bankable star he used that juice to get other movies going elsewhere. He wasn't precious about it, didn't demand EP credits or anything. He just liked working.

Time and tide: the beguiling coastal mysteries of Carla Simón’s ROMERÍA and Mark Jenkin’s ROSE OF NEVADA. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

my hot take is that this is the actual america 250. just a ton of different people coming together, showing people what makes America weird and fun. people being welcoming. and yeah there’s some bullshit too, which is also very true to America! but the good and community far outweighs it rn.

Andrés Cantor: “Stand up, ladies and gentlemen, and applaud them both, victors and vanquished…”

We had dinner with my Chinese immigrant in-laws last night, and we talked about America. My MIL said that living in America, a place that values freedom, gave her permission to become the person she wanted to be. If you’re looking for something to celebrate today, I think it’s a good place to start.

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