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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 32m

My penultimate dispatch from Busan International Film Festival features the big winner in the Vision section: ZOGSOOL, a smart, cagey dark comedy set during the pandemic in Mongolia. You can read about it via @ebertvoices.bsky.social

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Busan 2026: Zogsool, Full Moon, Beyond Love's Horizon

My final dispatch from Busan features what might be the most eclectic titles at the festival. They all hail from the Vision section. The first is in the Asia

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

“[It] is a testament to a woman’s unbreakable will." From the Chicago International Film Festival, @812filmreviews.com reviews ROSE:

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Rose review: Sandra Huller shines again in stark drama

A testament to a woman’s unbreakable will.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 17/10/2026

Nearly forgot to mention that I’m on the Documentary Feature jury for the New Hampshire Film Festival!!

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 17/10/2026

Don't doubt that people love the movie, and can absolutely see why, but this all feels very Andrea Riseborough coded.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 17/10/2026

I wasn't a fan of DIGGER but even if I was, Hüller legit doesn't have much to do in it.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 17/10/2026

While I was writing this I noticed that I wrote the full review for all the movies starring Sandra Hüller this year on the site. My ranking on her performances this year: 1. Fatherland 2. Rose 3. Project Hall Mary . . . . . . 4. Digger

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 17/10/2026

Sandra Hüller is great in ROSE (though I think she's even better in FATHERLAND). She's so good in this that she gives wonderful complexity to a film that can be too on the nose. The film is playing at Chicago International Film Festival. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social

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Rose review: Sandra Huller shines again in stark drama

A testament to a woman’s unbreakable will.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 16/10/2026

While at Busan International Film Festival for Cine21, I wrote a review of Nanako Hirose’s competition film BETWEEN TWO LOVERS. It’s a pretty nice throuple dramedy that finds a few places to explore in its premise. Also, it’s pretty cool seeing my writing side-by-side in both English and Korean.

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Seongyong Cho @kaist455.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Busan 2026: Birds in the Dark, Selvi, 1982 - by Robert Daniels www.rogerebert.com/festivals/bu...

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Busan 2026: Birds in the Dark, Selvi, 1982

Three vital films from Busan International Film Festival.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"All of them extol unquestionable vitality." In his dispatch from the Busan International Film Festival, @812filmreviews.com reviews BIRDS IN THE DARK, SELVI, & 1982:

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Busan 2026: Birds in the Dark, Selvi, 1982

Three vital films from Busan International Film Festival.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 15/10/2026

My second Busan International Film Festival dispatch is up on @ebertvoices.bsky.social It includes BIRDS IN THE DARK (a major work from India), SELVI, and 1982.

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Busan 2026: Birds in the Dark, Selvi, 1982

Three vital films from Busan International Film Festival.

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Film Comment Magazine @filmcomment.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“I wanted to show that the system itself is violent, and that violence is often implied to maintain order.” Read the full conversation between Robert Daniels (@812filmreviews.com) and “Paper Tiger" director James Gray.

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Interview: James Gray on Paper Tiger | Film Comment

The director talks painting and cinema, the art of sound design, and how crime films are a vessel for autobiography

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 09/10/2026

My first Busan International Film Festival (@busanfilmfest) is live on @ebertvoices.bsky.social. In this one, I wrote about the lovely SATOKO ALWAYS, the epic THE FIRST TASTE OF LONELINESS, and the chaotic Korean horror film SHAVING.

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Busan 2026: Satoko Always, The First Taste of Loneliness, Shaving

Trios of women and beleaguered screenwriters stud this first dispatch from South Korea's film festival.

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“A big part of making this film was trying to process what it was like to be a teenager from a small-town, leaving for university, and meeting my community of friends and queers and artists.” I spoke with Paloma Schneideman about BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY Read: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/f...

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 06/10/2026

A preview of what I’m seeing in Busan

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 06/10/2026

Oooooo will keep that in mind!

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 06/10/2026

Took a bit but I’m here at the Busan International Film Festival!!

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In his preview of the Busan International Film Festival, @812filmreviews.com previews the ten titles to keep an eye out for:

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2026 Busan Preview: 10 Films We Can’t Wait to See

A preview of this year's Busan International Film Festival

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 05/10/2026

I'm going to be at Busan for a good chunk of time (8 nights) so I'm hoping to catch a lot. Not just movies but also the sights and energy of the festival itself and of Busan.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 05/10/2026

I'm currently sitting in Hong Kong's airport awaiting my flight to Busan. I'm covering the film festival for @ebertvoices.bsky.social (a privilege I'm deeply grateful to receive). Here's a preview piece detailing the 10 films I'm most looking forward to covering.

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2026 Busan Preview: 10 Films We Can’t Wait to See

A preview of this year's Busan International Film Festival

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sampsey.bsky.social @sampsey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#BlackZombie is coming to @facetschicago.bsky.social thx to wonderful Marya Gates!💘

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For this week’s Silent Sundays, an inside look at the fabulous new exhibit Goddesses in the Machine: Fashion in American Silent Film on display at Bard Graduate Center Gallery in New York City. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/goddesses-...

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 02/10/2026

Not coming after me on LinkedIn lol

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In the Guide: a biting new comedy, a spooky feminist fable, a lesbian and anti-fascist classic, a cringe relationship dramedy, a short film about the foibles of parenthood, a millennial cult horror classic, & an intimate doc about Mexico/Palestine. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/directed-b...

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 01/10/2026

Rick Baker tells Marya E. Gates about his groundbreaking career in special-effects makeup, from building Bigfoot for Harry and the Hendersons to collaborating with Eddie Murphy on Coming to America and The Nutty Professor. boxd.it/3oe

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In August I spoke with Rick Baker about his career after he received a lifetime achievement award at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland! This was a real full circle moment for me. One of the first interviews I ever did when I was green was with Baker at TCMFF in 2012.

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

happy to be on a jury at this year's Chicago International Film Festival! their international programming is the best of the best! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 01/10/2026

Not to hijack this beautifully written #NAZA review by @812filmreviews.com, but this line made me go YES: "How many stories must be told from the wolf’s perspective before it stops hunting?" Basically the entire reason I started Mediaversity (and why the rating system is the way it is)

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 30/09/2026

Though I guess technically this substack my post counts as my 26th lol

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 30/09/2026

NAZA was the last of the 25 pieces I wrote this month.

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Iesha @ieshabewriting.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

My boy wrote another one! Seeing this Thursday before Verity and I’m so intrigued what the “twist” is. I have thoughts on what I think it is and I’m lowkey excited if it is that (play/musical??????).

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 30/09/2026

In this review I also gave a shoutout to WHO IS STILL ALIVE, which is Switzerland's Oscar submission. They're somewhat similar films in that they're based on testimonies (the latter relies on Palestinian voices) and use drawing to translate those stories. Also similar posters.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 30/09/2026

At NYFF, Zionists rented an LED truck to question the validity of NAZA by calling it one-sided and lacking critical thinking. The pure definition of brain rot.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 30/09/2026

NAZA is walking a very very very fine. It’s probably going to piss off a ton of people.

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 30/09/2026

I wrote about Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s knotty documentary NAZA and the complexity of putting this film’s narrow POV at this moment. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social

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NAZA review: Harrowing Israeli film is an essential historical document

“NAZA” stands as an ontological survey of state-sponsored violence.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“[It] is another confirmation that genocide is happening, but the film’s stamp of validation in an ideal world shouldn’t be needed." @812filmreviews.com reviews NAZA:

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NAZA review: Harrowing Israeli film is an essential historical document

“NAZA” stands as an ontological survey of state-sponsored violence.

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Chris Otto (Papergreat) @papergreat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This review contains a significant spoiler that is not revealed in the marketing (though it might be far better if it had been). And it opines which Philip Seymour Hoffman film Digger aspires to be but falls short of.

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have not seen this yet so I have no opinion just supporting the writing

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Scroll down 1/3 of the way, and then you get the "wait, *that's* what DIGGER is?" spoiler reveal and, my goodness, it's a jaw dropper.

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"if the film honed in more acutely on his persona — his elusiveness as a leading man and the crystallized carving of his celebrity identity — there’d be a truly interesting meta-commentary on Cruise’s own insecurities as a performer. But 'Digger' is devoid of substance."

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