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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Got to write about some weird stuff this week that I haven't seen anyone else covering, starting with some of the best animation of the year (which is somehow on Netflix!) www.avclub.com/mononoke-the...

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The trippy Mononoke trilogy is some of the most adventurous filmmaking Netflix has ever platformed

A feminist, period-piece crime anime unfolds over three overwhelmingly psychedelic parts in Netflix's Mononoke The Movie.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You know a game is good when it stresses your dog out to watch you play it, lol

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Decided to hop on over to the video game beat for @ebertvoices.bsky.social with STAR WARS: GALACTIC RACER, which kicked my ass in all the best ways:

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“[These are] both abstracted, subjective tales of the relationship between mankind and the world around them." From NYFF, @clintworthing.bsky.social reviews BARDI and HEIL JUPITER!

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NYFF 2026: Bardi, Heil Jupiter!

On two mesmerizingly abstract films from this year's New York Film Festival.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

To close out my #nyff64 work at @ebertvoices.bsky.social, here I am with a dispatch on two of the most abstract, opaque works out of the fest (for good and ill): Tala Hadid's mesmerizing BARDI and Carlos Reygadas' maddening provocation HEIL JUPITER!. www.rogerebert.com/festivals/ny...

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NYFF 2026: Bardi, Heil Jupiter!

On two mesmerizingly abstract films from this year's New York Film Festival.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 01/10/2026

In space, no one can hear you scream—and I can't hear you reading the first part of a long series on Alien spacecraft either. Starring Ron Cobb, Chris Foss, and H.R. Giger. Together, they would revolutionize space sci-fi and influence everything that followed.

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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Godzilla Minus Zero "uses the monster as an avatar for collective wartime guilt, sublimated urges for revenge against those who dropped the bomb, and—finally—losing faith in our institutions’ power to protect us." — @clintworthing.bsky.social, kaiju connoisseur www.rogerebert.com/reviews/godz...

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Godzilla Minus Zero review: R-rated sequel follows in the first's cavernous footsteps

“Minus Zero” doesn’t quite reach the miraculous highs of its predecessor, but the old boy still has plenty of bite.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"It's life, Jake. You can miss it if you don't open your eyes." 😭😭😭😭

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Funny that, on top of TONY, the other on-screen depiction of Anthony Bourdain's culinary philosophy this year is the sloppy but pulpy Adult Swim comic adaptation GET JIRO, a messy gumbo w/ too many ingredients & not enough seasoning. For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/streaming/ge...

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Adult Swim's "Get Jiro" Serves Up Bloody, Sloppy Culinary Revenge

The show appeals most when it leans into the food-themed action.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

GODZILLA MINUS ZERO follows up the populist melodrama of its predecessor for something grimmer, bloodier, and more cynical, even as it doesn't reinvent the kaiju wheel. Still visceral, heart string-tugging entertainment. For @ebertvoices.bsky.social, f/ #nyff64: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/godz...

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Godzilla Minus Zero movie review

“Minus Zero” doesn’t quite reach the miraculous highs of its predecessor, but the old boy still has plenty of bite.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Godzilla Minus Zero movie review

“Minus Zero” doesn’t quite reach the miraculous highs of its predecessor, but the old boy still has plenty of bite.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The free (and sold out!) SHORTS FROM THE BLOCK program at the Obama Center (presented by Black Harvest Film Festival) features five Chicago-centric shorts centering on Black life in the city. For @blockclubchi.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/25/o...

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Obama Center Hosting Black Harvest Film Festival Shorts Tuesday

Registration is currently full for "Shorts from the Block: Black Harvest's Chicago Stories," but an onsite waitlist will be available for potential attendees.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Always been obsessed with Milla's fishnet flared pant getup in this one

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Didn't make it into the review, but: At one point, McConaughey says he's "got no problem with Joe Rogan, except he's not from Texas." Woof.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's giving '90s point-and-click adventure game, and I can't decide whether I hate that or not

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson poke just the lightest bit of fun at themselves in Apple TV's hokey sitcom BROTHERS; given how gossamer-thin the whole thing feels, one wishes the self-parody had more teeth. My review for @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/streaming/br...

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Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Are Just Alright, Alright, Alright in Apple TV's "Brothers"

Time may be a flat circle, but "Brothers" is just flat.

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 22/09/2026

Today is the last day!!!

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"This show has more vulnerability. There’s a lot of heart." ICYMI: @clintworthing.bsky.social interviewed NEAGLEY star Maria Sten about expanding her role, the training required, & what the new series will teach us about Neagley as a person and a fighter:

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A Dog with a Bone: Maria Sten on "Neagley"

The star of the Reacher spinoff talks about building her fan favorite character to sustain the weight of her own series.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

RESIDENT EVIL: The ultimate test of whether video game movies can make video game mechanics cinematic. I'd say largely so! Especially when Abrams makes for such an endearingly doofy protagonist.

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

the greatest to ever do it

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

really beautiful that every single person who has pulled out of sheeran's tour has explicitly framed it around how no one should feel bad for them - situation sucks but we should focus on palestine and how we can help - and then ed is like "why is everyone so mean to me :( it's not MY fault"

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

hello gorgeous :’)

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“[This festival] celebrate[s] the depth and breadth of the queer spectrum." @clintworthing.bsky.social previews Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival:

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10 Queer Titles to Look Out For At the 2026 Reeling International Film Festival

A preview of what's to come at the latest edition of Chicago's preeminent LGBTQIA+ film festival.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I couldn't very well maintain my brand as the Canadian Character Actor Whisperer and not honor this man on his special day. 🫡 🫡 🫡

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it took an hour, maevey a day @maeveynot.online · 11/09/2026

the all-chicago tenant alliance fundraiser screening has been canceled by @davistheater.bsky.social. please support them here! www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This one snuck up on me, a brisk 80 minute dramedy with a lived-in feel and whip-smart writing and editing. Feels Frances Ha-ian in its bittersweetness; Isabel Hagen is a real talent. My review of ON A STRING at @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

was doing some light research on local orgs or theater companies that have put on any of lorca's work in miami and stumbled upon this incredibly cool collab between o, miami and chicago's manual cinema highlighting his life/work through shadow puppetry???

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"My Soul's Shadow" - Manual Cinema in Miami

“My Soul’s Shadow” by Manual Cinema Based on the life and work of Federico García Lorca Commissioned by O, Miami Poetry Festival 2015 Made possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation “My S...

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Okay, hear me out: A dusk-till-dawn Western screening series called Overnight Oaters

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Mi Ra SOUL @flipcritic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Somebody made a compilation of all of Siskel and Ebert's reviews of the films Dolly Parton appeared in, and I am grateful beyond words. I love Roger, Gene and Dolly. Miss them dearly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4yw...

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Siskel & Ebert & Dolly (1980-1992)

YouTube video by The Misadventures of Siskel & Ebert

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

it’s sid meier’s civilization baby, we’re all just living in it

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oh no.... I might just have the prettiest kitten in the world.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The people in power are very deliberately, very strategically, very systematically, murdering trans people, because murdering trans people is preciselywhat they want to do.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"GREEN MISSISSIPPI BOOK BURNING" is the best way I can describe Elegance Bratton's inelegant BY ANY MEANS, which sits awkwardly b/w historical race drama and skull-cracking exploitation picture. Mateen innocent; Wahlberg's nose guilty For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/by-a...

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By Any Means review: Hokey race revenge thriller has no nose for nuance

Sits discomfitingly between exploitation picture and sober-eyed historical race drama, and can't quite find a clear path to either.

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I mean, it's a Best Picture winner, how bad could it be?? 🙃 🙃

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Subjecting myself to Green Book for the first time to cover a new release this week, three guesses as to what it is

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hate that I'm secretly hoping Bitter Christmas is bad just so I can use the phrase "it's so Almo-joever" in my review

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

rewatching nine to five and it’s just so wild how playful and jokey and cartoonish comedies used to be compared to nowadays

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Honestly, I'll take "prominent member of Film Twitter" any old day

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“[It] is a curious, complicated relationship dramedy that sheds much of the meandering of his mumblecore origins without losing its messy, honest heart." @clintworthing.bsky.social reviews THE SUN NEVER SETS:

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Sun Never Sets review: Dakota Fanning bristles beautifully in Joe Swanberg's Alaskan love triangle

In squirming against the discomforts that lie between comfort and possibility, Swanberg delivers a beautiful comeback.

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James Wood @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Sprigatita tell me what’s wrong

A Sprigatito plush toy left on the dirty ground in a department store

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Lee Cronin's Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

THE SUN NEVER SETS sees Joe Swanberg refining what he does best (thorny relationship dramedies about thirtysomethings who don't know what they want) with crisp 35mm photography of its Anchorage setting and a brittle, vulnerable cast. For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...

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Sun Never Sets review: Dakota Fanning bristles beautifully in Joe Swanberg's Alaskan love triangle

In squirming against the discomforts that lie between comfort and possibility, Swanberg delivers a beautiful comeback.

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