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Popping over to check the Twitter feed after a while away:

“Aina Clotet creates a world in which the future feels increasingly uncertain. Introspective, darkly funny, and occasionally chaotic, VIVA ultimately asks whether embracing life means learning to live with the certainty of death.” - Leona Suri reviews. #filmsky

LA BOLA NEGRA screens again @camfilmfest.com on Thursday: “…posits that “too many love stories have been buried in the soil”, and although the suffering that accompanied them was buried also, the film proves they can yet bloom again into something touching.” takeonecinema.net/2026/la-bola...

“LA BOLA NEGRA posits that “too many love stories have been buried in the soil”, and although the suffering that accompanied them was buried also, the film proves they can yet bloom again into something touching.” - @jimgr.com reviews. #filmsky

“WILD HORSE NINE possesses some wonderful delivery from its lead actors, but its muddled placement in a broader thematic picture results in a less enduring whole than Martin McDonagh’s best work.” - @jimgr.com reviews. #filmsky

"FATHERLAND is a taut character study that ripples out from the central contradiction of its subject and typifies Paweł Pawlikowski’s continuing exploration of postwar Europe’s psychic scars." - @carmenchloie.bsky.social reviews: takeonecinema.net/2026/fatherl...

“The sheer fun of the cinematic experience HOPE creates makes its flaws much easier to forgive.” - Saoirse White reviews. #filmsky

"THE SOCIAL RECKONING is an absorbing look at the process of airing Big Tech’s dirty laundry. However, in its desire for catharsis and heroes the film itself reckons with very little. The film stares into the algorithmic abyss, blinks, and looks away." - @jimgr.com reviews: buff.ly/vJcu3H5

"While a lack of male heroes may sometimes serve as a catalyst, female heroes in dystopian films have unique opportunities. In a dystopian world, female status becomes its own kind of power." - Mia Humphreys on Future Female: Women in Dystopian Cinema -- buff.ly/6QpaqRb

“JOSEPHINE deftly handles the many tricky moral and emotional elements, and ends on a hopeful note: that people can look after each other and find a way to move forward in a violent world. ” - @reaffirmsfaith.bsky.social reviews. #filmsky

“THE MATCH is a dynamic and bold look at Argentina v England in 1986, but the narrow focus starts to feel like fawning and incurious tunnel vision rather than dedicated analysis.” - @jimgr.com reviews. #filmsky

“I LOVE BOOSTERS is a disorienting rip through numerous ideas, but if recent years have shown anything, it’s that we have to drink from the fire hose and do our best to take action now. Now is not the time for nuance.” - @jimgr.com reviews. #filmsky

"[In the] mainstream spectacle of the JACKASS films, self-injury becomes culturally valuable through its exposure to an audience, raising the fundamental question of whether suffering only acquires cultural meaning when it is witnessed by others." - feature from Saoirse White: buff.ly/7tq3Xdk

Director Kevin Walls talks to @scottaawilson.bsky.social about Glasgow-set romcom PREMATURE, his experience finding the right leads, doing Glasgow justice on screen, and why, to him, it is a coming of age story at heart -- buff.ly/bxA511Y

“HOW TO GET FILTHY RICH is an engaging and original look at the decline in living standards and the beginnings of working out what to do about it.” - Helny Hobbs reviews. #filmsky

"The mere existence of [...] #ZIDANE: A 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT speaks to the idea that Zidane’s balletic movement & flowing motion inspire thought & artistry beyond that conducted with a football." - @jimgr.com on the subject of our latest TAKE TWO feature: takeonecinema.net/2026/zidane-... #filmsky

“Zach Cregger's creative choices evoke the survival horror player experience at the core of the video game series, making RESIDENT EVIL a strong and effective adaptation.” - Dawood Ali reviews. #filmsky

The Heistpod reaches OCEAN'S ELEVEN, @jimgr.com & @simonxix.com discuss the jump in quality, the stylishness of the filmmaking, importance of the music/tight script, & the lack of common ground with the original. They also discuss Brett Ratner and MELANIA for a while for some reason: buff.ly/168E6jO

The 'premise'? The premise is funny puppets. What the fuck are we even talking about?

This sucks. That's it. That's the post. 😢

“THE SAVIORS has interesting things to say about xenophobia, suspicion, and acceptance, even if it holds its most interesting cards in reserve for a hand it never ends up playing.” - @jimgr.com reviews. #filmsky

“With plenty of insight into the turbulent life of a beloved creative, the experience of watching Pedro Almodóvar's BITTER CHRISTMAS absolutely worthwhile.” - James Learoyd reviews. #filmsky

“In LEVITICUS, from debut writer director Adrian Chiarella, the idea of conversion therapy is turned into a literal, terrifying and violent real life curse in the spirit of IT FOLLOWS.” - Oscar Aitchison reviews. #filmsky

TAKE ONE Presents...returns, sticking up a new franchise for all the critical insight we can get. @simonxix.com & @jimgr.com go back to 1960's OCEAN'S 11, discussing political lives of the Rat Pack (aka the Clan 😬), languid pacing, Vegas, & the film's unfortunate racist conclusion. buff.ly/O66shHu

“THE END OF OAK STREET is a mostly forgettable adventure that evokes the better alternatives it seeks to use as inspiration. ” - Oscar Aitchison reviews. #filmsky

“Conservative commentators may not yet connect with Zohran Mamdani’s words at his inauguration, but cinema heard them and is articulating what civility and empathy are for.” - new feature piece from @jimgr.com: takeonecinema.net/2026/the-goo... #filmsky

“OBSESSION is at once familiar, with a simple premise, but devastatingly effective, unrelenting, unsettling and terrifying.” - Mia Humphreys reviews. #filmsky

“Instead of portraying resistance as heroic, EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC examines the subtle, often demeaning negotiations individuals make with power.” - Duru Usanmaz reviews: takeonecinema.net/2026/eagles-...

"When Odysseus speaks of “ten years of rage” being unleashed upon Troy, [a] specific modern echo is difficult to pin down, [yet] THE ODYSSEY is a triumphant piece of filmmaking; one that fills the frame in all dimensions, spatial and emotional." - @jimgr.com reviews: buff.ly/KGLLkUZ #filmsky

“As AKIRA took to the cinema screen once again for a re-release just this year, it reminded us of its storming arrival to the science-fiction genre in 1988. The film may not suggest a perfect tomorrow, but promises a future we can choose.”, writes Saoirse White. #filmsky

“As we approach twenty years after the release of CHILDREN OF MEN, Alfonso Cuarón’s imagining of a grim world racked not by a plague or natural disaster, but by human apathy, remains a fitting warning.”, writes Logan Fox. #filmsky

Final(!) episode of Terminator pod series. In this epilogue, @simonxix.com & @jimgr.com wrap up thoughts as a whole, give final rankings of the films, and expand thoughts how the impact of capital on the franchise made it more commodity than creative endeavour: takeonecinema.net/podwithusify...

“Despite some odd omissions, OUR LAND is a sweeping exploration of the relationship between the people of England and their land.” - Helny Hobbs reviews. #filmsky

“With a nuanced perspective and a harmony of performances and technical elements, THE INVITE elevates itself into a surprisingly affecting examination of love from director Olivia Wilde. ” - Olivia Stoll reviews. #filmsky

“At the rotting core of ROSEBUSH PRUNING, there is nothing new or purposeful to be gleaned from its boring, pointless provocations.” - Oscar Aitchison reviews. #filmsky

“BLUE HERON is a gentle demonstration of cinema’s power, and Romvari's ability to create a tangible, shared experience of something difficult to put into words. The film is one of fuzzy memories & half-truths, but the impression it leaves is firm & enduring.” - @jimgr.com reviews. #filmsky

R.I.P. Sam Neill

“THE LAST GUEST OF THE HOLLOWAY MOTEL is a testament to a wish to change the oppressive gender ideals living in the football sphere and start building a community in support of queer football players.” - Asia Lo Savio reviews as part of BFI Flare: takeonecinema.net/2026/the-las...

“Based on the 1919 book, Tina Garavi's film adds entertaining anachronisms and dramatic storylines to suit its new medium; some of these choices land, others are not given the time to warrant their daring.” - @reaffirmsfaith.bsky.social reviews. #filmsky

Is TERMINATOR: DARK FATE good or have @SimonXIX.com & @jimgr.bsky.social been in the Terminator mines too long? They talk about the conversation w/ T2, Linda Hamilton's return, contemporary representation of Mexico, & how controversy around the opening scene links to THE LAST JEDI: