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Beatrice Loayza

@bealoayza.bsky.social
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Film critic // New York Times, Criterion, Artforum, 4Columns, Film Comment, etc.

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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Out today at UK retailers, and already shipping from our site, is our latest set of international crime films WORLD NOIR VOL. 5 This three-film set includes a rigid box and new writing by @pasqualeiannone.bsky.social, @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social , @bealoayza.bsky.social , and Roberto Curti.
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Magali Lesauvage @maglesauvage.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
À propos de Disclosure Day : "The ease with which horrifying images capturing the mass atrocities in Gaza, Sudan, Lebanon and other countries have been and are ignored should throw dreams such as Spielberg’s into question" @bealoayza.bsky.social @artreview.bsky.social artreview.com/the-limits-o...
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The Limits of Spielbergian Humanism
Watching ‘Disclosure Day’, Beatrice Loayza wonders if Hollywood’s great empath is losing his way
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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Critic and author @bealoayza.bsky.social breaks down the tenuous authority of Joan of Arc in this special feature newly made for our release of JEANNE LA PUCELLE, Jacques Rivette's moving and grounded two-part adaptation of the classic French martyr.
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Guy Lodge @guylodge.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
So thrilled to have one of my favourite current critics, @bealoayza.bsky.social, now writing at Variety, among her other illustrious outlets. More from her at Cannes soon, but for now, here she is being both witty and authoritative on a title I can’t fit into this tweet. variety.com/2026/film/re...
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‘That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea’ Review: A Franchise Bonus Primarily for Fans
Yasuhito Kikuchi's 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea' is an anime franchise extension largely just for fans.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/03/2026
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s post–#Me Too take on The Bride of Frankenstein is both energetic and baffling. From @bealoayza.bsky.social: trib.al/7IpOUwr
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The Frankensteined Feminism of The Bride!
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s post–#Me Too take on The Bride of Frankenstein is both energetic and baffling.
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Proud of this one!
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Proud of this one!
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Here I am on MARTY SUPREME for @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2044...
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Marty Supreme Is a Love Letter to the Underdog
Streetwise spirals into chaos centered on charismatic hustlers are director Josh Safdie’s signature.
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The Believer @thebeliever.net · 19/12/2025
“Sports fandom seizes upon our religious instincts, and demands a cocktail of faith and devotion.” —from @bealoayza.bsky.social’s Resurrector column on Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday www.thebeliever.net/resurrector-...
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Resurrector: Any Given Sunday - Believer Magazine
Sports fandom seizes upon our religious instincts, and demands a cocktail of faith and devotion. The typical Hollywood football movie—think Remember the Titans (2000) or Rudy (1993)—tends to bring out...
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Here she is… my @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy EOY list…
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
My favorite Berlinale film—tried to drum up enthusiasm in my write-up here, but crickets… www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/m...
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In Berlin, Anxious Movies for Dark Times
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New essay by yours truly on one of the film’s of the year… for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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A Visceral Look at the Impossible Task of Mothering
Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is at once harrowing and mesmerizing.
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Guy Lodge @guylodge.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A pleasure to serve on this year’s Gotham Awards nominating committee for Best Director and Best Breakthrough Director, alongside excellent colleagues @bealoayza.bsky.social, @davidehrlich.bsky.social, @bmluse.bsky.social and @ldbahr.bsky.social. Really proud of both these rangy nomination fields.
BEST DIRECTOR
Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Kelly Reichardt, The Mastermind
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Oliver Laxe, Sirāt

BEST BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
Constance Tsang, Blue Sun Palace
Carson Lund, Eephus
Sarah Friedland, Familiar Touch
Akinola Davies, Jr., My Father’s Shadow
Harris Dickinson, Urchin
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Tonight!! Talking all things NYFF with a murderer’s row of critics
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Wrote about The Smashing Machine (or How the Rock Learned to Lose) for 4Columns 4columns.org/loayza-beatr...
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Wrote about The Smashing Machine (or How the Rock Learned to Lose) for 4Columns 4columns.org/loayza-beatr...
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Wrote about nunsploitation— the gender politics and history of the wily subgenre— for Criterion ⭐️ www.criterion.com/current/post...
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Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Thanks to @bealoayza.bsky.social and her stellar New York Times review of Rosa la rose - our limited edition of which is shipping now. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/m...
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‘Rosa la Rose: Fille Publique’ Review: Lady Liberty of the Streets
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Wrote about the new films by Ari Aster, Richard Linklater and Christian Petzold as part of my @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy Cannes dispatch, which is now available online: www.filmcomment.com/blog/cannes-...
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Cannes 2025: Out of Breath
Running on empty: Ari Aster‘s Eddington, Christian Petzold‘s Mirrors No. 3, and Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague fail to be more than mere reflections of their grander ambitions and inspirations
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
New critic’s pick🤪 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/m...
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Reviewed nu-Bonjour Tristesse for 4C 4columns.org/loayza-beatr...
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Profiled Dea Kulumbegashvili for the NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/m...
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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
For the past two months, I've been speaking to striking Alamo Drafthouse workers in New York about their grievances with the company and battling for a new contract. This is the result. For Mubi Notebook. Check it out. mubi.com/en/notebook/...
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Rushes Extra | The Battle of the Alamo
Reporting from the picket lines of the New York cinema workers strike at Alamo Drafthouse.
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Wrote about Val Kilmer for the Atlantic. Here’s a gift article for your reading pleasure www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Huge delight to have written the liners for the @criterion.bsky.social release of Alan Rudolph's CHOOSE ME. I'm particularly proud of this one, perhaps because the film hits too close to home. Heterosexuality is masochism and we like it! www.criterion.com/current/post...
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Miraculously found my way onto French television via France 24’s Perspective program. Spewed some hot Oscar goss😌
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Bye Berlin. Saw the movies, did the thing, thought about the German historical memory complex: www.nytimes.com/by/beatrice-...
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Feeling privileged to have been given the space and (extra) time to write about David Lynch for 4_columns. Here I am on him and his women... 4columns.org/loayza-beatr...
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Thanks to my readers + editors for making this freelance writer thing work another year. It's a tough gig but I'm lucky enough to do it full-time in relative comfort and write about things I genuinely love. Here are some selected longer form pieces of mine, links on my site beatriceloayza.com
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Worth noting the B&N Criterion sale (till tomorrow!) applies to big boxsets, like the monumental CC40 collection — within which you’ll find a few new essays including one on NAKED by yours truly⚡️⚡️⚡️
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Beatrice Loayza @bealoayza.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Wrote 3k+ words on Catherine Breillat, her ideas on victimhood, & the accusations lodged against her by Caroline Ducey. CB is my favorite living director so it behooved me to seriously grapple with her vision & practices—what an honor to do it for NYRB www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
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