Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Blood boys OVER we’re out here Renfieldmaxxing now 41297225
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Sorry to cinema but the highlight of my Toronto trip has been discovering that there's a Canadian TV show in which Jason Priestley plays a former hockey player who solves crimes www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Kl...youtube.com"Private Eyes" TV IntroYouTube video by The Rap Sheet 3579
Reposted by Alison WillmoreJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I got to talk about One Night Only aka Sex Purge on today’s Critical Darlings podcast with the great @rilaws.bsky.social and @alisonwillmore.bsky.social!!! 2707
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Of all the little things that inevitably don't end up fitting in the final draft of a profile, this is the bit I loved the most 1404
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I went to a demolition derby with Jane Schoenbrun www.vulture.com/article/jane...vulture.comThe Dawn of Jane SchoenbrunTheir first two horror films amazed Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, and Emma Stone. The third won over Cannes. What’s next? 422847
Reposted by Alison WillmoreMatt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Here is the first new Filmspotting: SVU in eight years, with a review of Outcome, streaming recommendations on numerous platforms, a game I invented involving Letterboxd stats, and a surprisingly lengthy discussion of astronaut bathroom etiquette.podcasts.apple.comApple TV’s Outcome: Testing the Limits of Keanu’s LikabilityPodcast Episode · Filmspotting · April 14 · 1h 37m 106215
Reposted by Alison WillmoreMatt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 10/04/2026After 8 years, Filmspotting SVU, the podcast about streaming movies, is back. Alison Willmore’s already doing Critical Darlings (which is great!) so I needed a new co-host. My wife told me the only person who could replace Alison was @jhoffman.bsky.social, so that’s who I got to do it. Tuesday! 2013316
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Also there are still a few tickets left for the opening night screening of the funny, bittersweet indie FANTASY LIFE at the Angelika — I'll be doing a Q&A after with Amanda Peet and Matthew Shear angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/sessions... 0101
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Critical Darlings, the podcast that @rilaws.bsky.social and I launched during award season, is going year-round and has its own feed and everything. Take a gander at our new episode, on PROJECT HAIL MARY, Ryan Gosling as movie star, and, FINE, award prospects podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...podcasts.apple.comCritical DarlingsFilm Reviews Podcast · Updated Weekly · Welcome to Critical Darlings: a podcast about the movies everyone is talking about, one new release after another. Every week, critics Richard Lawson and Aliso... 0538
Reposted by Alison WillmoreMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful! 28760793482
Reposted by Alison WillmoreJacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club! You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...linkedin.comThe A.V. Club hiring Film Critic in Greater Chicago Area | LinkedInPosted 8:42:22 PM. The A.V. Club is seeking an experienced Film Critic to join our team of trenchant writers and…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn. 39657331
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 06/01/2026And one more Movie Club dispatch, on Rob Reiner and on the theme that I think is at the core of WEAPONS slate.com/culture/2025...slate.comThe Scariest Part of Weapons Is What It Refused to ExplainIt’s easy to argue that Weapons is about school shootings. I think it’s about something else. 1243
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 02/01/2026I had lunch with Mr. Wonderful www.vulture.com/article/how-...vulture.comKevin O’Leary Wants to Be an Immortal VillainThe Marty Supreme star and reality-TV heel sees Mr. Wonderful as a means to a greater end. 4355
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 01/01/2026My second Slate Movie Club dispatch, in which I blather about my love of abrasive on-screen experiences and about Mary and Ronnie Bronsteinslate.comWhy We Love a Loathsome ProtagonistSometimes, you just need to wallow in the discomfort. 2170
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 01/01/2026The first episode of Critical Darlings, the podcast @rilaws.bsky.social and I are hosting as part of the Blank Check Cinematic Universe, is live! JOIN US overcast.fm/+ABLIFo_rhLw 511817
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Been wrestling with JAY KELLY, and why I think George Clooney's actual relationship with his own celebrity is more interesting than the emptiness-of-the-A-lister angst he performs on screen www.vulture.com/article/is-g...vulture.comGeorge Clooney’s Unconvincing Movie-Star AngstHe plays a famous actor in Jay Kelly — but Clooney’s own relationship with celebrity is far more interesting. 1261
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Man, I'm never going back to Twitter, but getting replies that are either "PAYWALL" or "I can't take you seriously because you used hyperbolic language, I have never 'lost my mind' over anything" is a great reminder of why I have so much trouble getting motivated to post on here 11802
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Am joining @thehighsign.bsky.social, @justincchang.bsky.social, and @bilgeebiri.bsky.social to go deep on the year in movies as part of Slate Movie Club this year. Here's my first dispatch, on some of the smaller movies I loved alongside the much-discussed bigger onesslate.comThe Underrated 2025 Movie That’s Going to Make People Lose Their Minds When It Hits NetflixThe Warner Bros. deal comes after it had an absolutely incredible year at the movies. 4757
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Feels great to be coming out of podcast semi-retirement and to be getting an excuse to blather about movies on the regular with Richard, who will soon be filled with regret when I try to make "wrong kid died!" into some kind of regular bit about HAMNET 21079
Reposted by Alison Willmoretnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025The Times's reassignment of four critics is one thing, but its downgrading of the so-called traditional review is altogether another: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comIn Defense of the Traditional ReviewFar from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future. 47320
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Wrote about the German film SOUND OF FALLING, which just premiered at Cannes and kind of blew the top of my head off www.vulture.com/article/revi...vulture.comWe May Have Already Seen the Best Film at Cannes This YearThe ambitious Sound of Falling kicks off the competition by setting a high water mark that will be hard for another film to reach. 711215
Reposted by Alison Willmorebecca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.social · 06/05/2025bill de blasio in park slope, ordering his breakfast sandwich as “mi sandwich especial” and quoting the onion headline omg www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 804725663
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Man, at a time when we've gotten so resigned to commercial interests trampling art and community, reading this is just the coolest fucking thing www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/m...nytimes.comAt Milestone Films, Passing the Torch, but Keeping the Flame Alive 2347
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Look at this massive lad, fresh from having rounded the talk show circuit, taking a break on the Angelika green room rug between Q&As 1823
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 19/03/2025deadline.comMiami Beach Mayor Caves, Drops Plan To Shutter Indie Theater For Showing Oscar Winner ‘No Other Land’The mayor of Miami Beach has scuttled his proposal to shut down an indie cinema for showing the Oscar-winning Israeli-Palestinian documentary 'No Other Land.' 1403
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 14/03/2025This is such a prime weekend to go see BLACK BAG and take 94 minutes off from thinking about the state of the world to instead spend them thinking about how great it is that Steven Soderbergh has made a movie about how hot movie stars are again 311213
Reposted by Alison WillmoreScreen Drafts @screendrafts.bsky.social · 11/03/2025🌴New in the Main Feed🌴 VACATION HORROR Drafted by @louispeitzman.bsky.social & @alisonwillmore.bsky.social Listen everywhere! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... 0244
Reposted by Alison WillmoreAlison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Spoke with Bong Joon Ho about the ending of MICKEY 17, autocrats, internalized blame, and why he thinks that, to be an optimist, you need to be willing to get bleak about our current reality www.vulture.com/article/mick...vulture.comHow Bong Joon Ho Crafted His First (Mostly) Happy EndingThe Parasite director talks about the Trump parallels and optimism of his new movie, Mickey 17. 010020
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Spoke with Bong Joon Ho about the ending of MICKEY 17, autocrats, internalized blame, and why he thinks that, to be an optimist, you need to be willing to get bleak about our current reality www.vulture.com/article/mick...vulture.comHow Bong Joon Ho Crafted His First (Mostly) Happy EndingThe Parasite director talks about the Trump parallels and optimism of his new movie, Mickey 17. 010020
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Possible I've wildly overinvested in the opening of this supermarket in hopes of continuing to feel anything at all, but look! A pelmeni bar! ny.eater.com/2025/3/6/243... 1251
Reposted by Alison WillmoreScreen Drafts @screendrafts.bsky.social · 28/02/2025We are recording the VACATION HORROR draft with @louispeitzman.bsky.social & @alisonwillmore.bsky.social NEXT WEEK! Which films about horrors befalling people while on holiday NEED to make the list?!media.tenor.coma woman wearing a hat stands on a beachALT: a woman wearing a hat stands on a beach 21231
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 27/02/2025What if we kissed in the weird condos above B&H Photo Video 1460
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Heyo Chicago, there are still a few tickets left for this Saturday's Filmspotting Fest screening of TANGERINE, followed by a post-screening discussion with ME (I am terrified, but you should still come!) purchase.siskelfilmcenter.org/websales/pag... 1383
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by the need to prove they can make a watchable movie out of the most random IP 31329
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Incidental now that the franchise is likely to be dissolved into a larger sea of synergized streaming content, but watching the Agatha Christie adaptation he was in last year got me convinced that David Jonsson would be a great Bond 6381
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 06/02/20255,000 @NYMag readers & counting have told @VoxMedia they plan to stand with @NYMagUnion if we walk out. Tomorrow we're back in bargaining. The time for a fair deal is now. If you haven’t signed, tell Vox you support New York’s 150 union members: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge 0467
Reposted by Alison WillmoreKathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 30/01/2025my colleagues and I are tired of hearing in all-hands meetings that our business is doing well, and then in contract negotiations hearing that they can't afford to pay us salaries that keep pace with inflation. we've pledged to walk out if we need to. join us. nymagunion.org/reader-pledgenymagunion.orgREADER PLEDGE — New York Mag Union 10830141
Reposted by Alison WillmoreJack Denton @jackwdenton.bsky.social · 30/01/202597% of @nymagunion.bsky.social members just signed a pledge to walk out of work if we don’t get a fair contract from @voxmedia.bsky.social. If you love @nymag.com and the work we do, sign our solidarity pledge to support us in the event of a walkout: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge 115245
Reposted by Alison WillmoreJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 16/01/2025Sleep well, king 👑 2457011823
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 16/01/2025A small thing in light of this shitty news, but it would be lovely if today were the day this GoFundMe for TWIN PEAKS actor Carel Struycken and his wife, who lost their home in the Eaton Fire, reached its target www.gofundme.com/f/support-ca...gofundme.comDonate to Support Carel and Tracey After Eaton Fire, organized by Michael AnspachOn the evening of Tuesday, January 7, 2025, my in-laws looked outside to see… Michael Anspach needs your support for Support Carel and Tracey After Eaton Fire 1525691975
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Fuck variety.com/2025/film/ne...variety.comDavid Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78. 432385
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Wrote about my favorite performance of the past year, and why what Marianne Jean-Baptiste does in HARD TRUTHS really feels like it's in a league of its own www.vulture.com/article/give...vulture.comFor the Love of God, Give This Woman an Oscar NominationNo one last year gave a performance that comes close to what Marianne Jean-Baptiste does in Hard Truths. 311425
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Seconding this, and want to add that the legal pressure frequently put on outlets and writers in efforts to defang or outfight kill stories like this is another reason they're so difficult to publish. Our subscriber base allows us to have the support of our own legal team! 519238
Alison Willmore @alisonwillmore.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Watch this and then donate if you're able! www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...gofundme.comDonate to Help Support the Palestine Red Crescent Society!, organized by David EhrlichHi, my name is David, I'm a film critic, and every year I cut together … David Ehrlich needs your support for Help Support the Palestine Red Crescent Society! 0133
Reposted by Alison Willmorelila pearl @lilashapiro.bsky.social · 13/01/2025I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...vulture.comThere Is No Safe WordHow the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades. 624124463689
Reposted by Alison Willmoredavid ehrlich @davidehrlich.bsky.social · 06/01/2025hi! my annual video countdown of the year's best movies will be up on monday, january 13. on the advice of "No Other Land" director Basel Adra, the annual fundraiser i launch along with it is in support of The Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the fundraiser is now live: gofund.me/ae3c2b9f 171037299