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Stephanie Zacharek

@szacharek.bsky.social
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Film critic at TIME. I never travel far without a little Big Star. time.com/author/stephanie-zacharek

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(Screams From The) Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dune 3: You Should Have Someone Take A Look At That
Poster for Dune Part Three depicting a phallic object with an unsightly bulge on one side
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
9/30/50: The Breaking Point [Curtiz] w/John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter Grittier adaptation of the Hemingway novel More: @szacharek.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post... Crowther: www.nytimes.com/1950/10/07/a... @eddiemuller.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5c7...
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is it time for a (generally great) cinematographer to get checked for cataracts? On the mess that is DIGGER: time.com/article/2026...
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Tom Cruise Bloviates His Way Through the Aggressively Unfunny Digger
Alejandro G. Iñárritu's latest film has a million moving parks and nothing to say
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
9/29/68: Shame Ingmar Bergman's shattering masterpiece, w/von Sydow, Ullmann Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/158 More: Liv: www.criterion.com/current/post... @szacharek.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post... Schrader: www.jstor.org/stable/commu... Rog: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sham...
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
9/26/45: Mildred Pierce D: Michael Curtiz from the Cain novel w/Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden More: @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/collections/... @christinalefou.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/features/joa... @justincchang.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Critic's Choice: Criterion brings 'Mildred Pierce' out of the noir shadows
It may not be as faithful or definitive an adaptation of the James M.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A movie that almost wasn't, and it's terrific. COYOTE VS. ACME: time.com/article/2026...
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Run, Don't Walk, to See 'Coyote vs. Acme'
The new Looney Toons movie, a blend of live-action and animation, is a late-summer delight that almost didn't see the light of day.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly, oh Dolly. From the vaults: www.salon.com/2000/10/31/p...
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Dolly Parton - Salon.com
The artist with one of the greatest country voices of all time says that throughout her life she's been driven by three passions: God, music and sex.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This must be the Point Break stage.
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Lotte Reiniger's silhouette animation in THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926), the earliest surviving full-length animated feature. Her attention to detail was stunning, note the wobble of the chess piece.
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
7/28/54: On the Waterfront Kazan's morally reprehensible masterpiece, w/Brando, Malden, Saint, Steiger More: @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/collections/... @thefridacinema.org: thefridacinema.org/2023/03/20/c... DT: lithub.com/how-on-the-w... @hiltzikm.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Column: Yes, Elia Kazan named names, then made ‘On the Waterfront’ to justify his treachery
Zoe Kazan created a stir this week by candidly discussing her grandfather, Elia Kazan, and his decision to name actors who had been fellow communists.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
HBD Mick Jagger!! Key films Performance/Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/200 Man From Elysian Fields/ @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2002/10/08/e... Also Charlie is my Darling/ @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/rich... Thrilling w/Marchese: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/m...
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Mick Jagger Knows He May Have Played His Last Rolling Stones Show
The legendary rock star, now 82, on how fame, touring and aging have changed him.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I knew there was a problem but couldn't quite put my finger on it.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Catching up with the NY Times. As one does.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Will always love NYC. Will always hate this “public art.”
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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Seeing a trailer for a new Marvel movie is like running into an ex on the street and realizing the extent to which you’ve moved on.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
BOTD Donald Sutherland!!! From Us - Sutherland in the 70s: midcenturycinema.org/2024/07/08/n... More: @alissawilkinson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/m... @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/6990420/dona... @scotttobias.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/m...
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15 Great Donald Sutherland Performances to Stream (Published 2024)
Whether in the lead or a supporting role, the actor’s immense talent and range were apparent in six decades of performances.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
FWIW www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
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Chastity, nodding and enormous pores: will women also love Nolan’s Odyssey?
Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation has been met with almost universal acclaim – from mostly male film critics. Might women find the journey less comfortable?
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We need more lavish, big-screen entertainments, made with care. But we still have a right to ask for more than THE ODYSSEY delivers. time.com/article/2026...
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'The Odyssey' Is Just Another Reason for Despair
Christopher Nolan's latest is a testament to the filmmaker’s solemn dedication to the hallowed tradition of filmmaking, but a movie still needs to add up to something you actually want to watch.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
You've got to be F-ing kidding me. This is what we now consider a "win"?
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I don’t like getting migraines, but I love being a migraineur because it sounds so 19th-century fainting couch.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
7/9/42: The Ambersons, who remain Magnificent via Orson Welles More: Molly Haskell: www.criterion.com/current/post... @kristenklopez.bsky.social: www.indiewire.com/features/gen... @jhoberman.bsky.social: www.villagevoice.com/magnificent-... @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/collections/...
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100 Best Movies of the Past 10 Decades: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Find out why The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) is on the list
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
7/6/64: A Hard Day's Night - the Beatles via Richard Lester (Note the H/T to Welles' The Trial) More: @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/mzs/its-gonn... @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich... @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2000/12/01/h...
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"A Hard Day's Night" - Salon.com
The great Beatles movie reminds us how much they gave -- and how much we took.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Only a person who doesn't love dogs would think this is a good idea.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I thought he would live forever. ❤️💔
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Like Klaatu (the band) and the Carpenters, Steven Spielberg wants the aliens to land so he can be their friend. But his magnificent, wacky, genuinely radiant DISCLOSURE DAY is really all about us humans. time.com/article/2026...
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'Disclosure Day' Is One of Spielberg's Finest Films
With 'Disclosure Day,' Steven Spielberg has gone off his rocker a little bit, and magnificently so
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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
John Garfield during a break from filming Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
Actor John Garfield — in costume, shirtless and wearing a pair of dark-coloured swimming trunks — captured facing the camera while standing atop a large camera dolly, his right arm resting on the back of a film camera as he moves to look through its viewfinder, smiling, two crew members visible in the near distance, in a full-length black-and-white shot taken outside during location filming in Malibu, California, for Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A Cannes post-mortem: movie stars are everywhere, if you know where to look. time.com/article/2026...
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Cannes Proves the Movie Star Isn’t Dead. We Just Have to Look Beyond Hollywood
At least as far as starmaking goes, Cannes is building a Hollywood of its own—and in an era when established American stars are clamoring to appear on the White Lotus rather than in movies, that’s pro...
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Speaking of Assayas - 5/17/16: Personal Shopper w/*outstanding* Kristen Stewart More: @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/4339097/kris... @mayacaspari.bsky.social: www.anothergaze.com/review-perso... @willowcatelyn.bsky.social: thefilmstage.com/willow-macla...
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
5/15/96: Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep w/Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud More @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/1997/06/09/v... @scotttobias.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/the-new-cult... @brofromanother.bsky.social & @bealoayza.bsky.social re 2022 reimagination: www.filmcomment.com/the-film-com...
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The Film Comment Podcast: Olivier Assayas’s Irma Vep | Film Comment
Negative space: Adam Nayman and Beatrice Loayza join to discuss Olivier Assayas’s new, series-length reimagining of his classic 1996 feature
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Can’t resist a lenticular postcard.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We made sure to stock copies of Time Magazine's 100 Must-See Movies because it's a cut above the typical special issue. Every entry is written by Time film critic @szacharek.bsky.social and is unsurprisingly superb. Gorgeous images, too. (Sample gallery on inventory page.) mzs.press/TIME-Special...
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TIME Special Edition: 100 Must-See Movies, by Stephanie Zacharek (Magazine, NEW)
The 100 must-see movies, as selected by Time Magazine's film critic Stephanie Zacharek , who wrote every entry in this handsomely illustrated, 114-page special edition of the magazine. Much more subst...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I’ll be damned. The Pulitzer board did it. Good on them
Special Citations and Awards
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Julie K. Brown
A special citation is awarded to Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 and 2018 that exposed Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women, the justice system that protected him, and, over time, his powerful network of associates and enablers.
Her Perversion of Justice series, published nearly a decade ago, revealed how prosecutors shielded Epstein from federal sex trafficking charges when he was first accused of abusing young women. She went on to document and give voice to the scores of victims who had been groomed and abused by him and others in his circle. Her work, and the release of the government's Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This thread is amazing and has given me life.
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
What does she know that you don't? Mary Magdalene, as painted by Carlo Crivelli. It's his day.
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Ostensibly a comedy, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 is an end-of-an-era movie. Kind of like THE LEOPARD, but for fashion magazines. time.com/article/2026...
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'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Is Darker Than Its Predecessor. And That Makes It Better
Imperfect as it is, the sequel is better than the original, but it's also a downer of a fashion fantasy, bracingly honest about both the state of magazines and fashion today.
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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
the Sacramento zoo has 6 BABY CAPYBARAS
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capybaras baby capybaras againone baby and its parent
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I have mixed feelings about DEVIL PRADA 2, but will say I was stunned to see Miranda Priestly wearing a shirt I actually own: a ‘90s era Ellen Tracy silk blouse. (I have an embarrassing number of these, thrifted over the years.) Go Molly Rogers!
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
BOTD Edward R. Murrow!!! Gives us a "where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio" vibe Know where he would NOT be tonight (& which network he would have resigned from) Highly rec the Clooney film [ @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2005/09/23/g... More via @dbauder.bsky.social: fortune.com/2026/03/20/c...
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CBS News won't celebrate the 100th anniversary of Edward R. Murrow's radio network. It will cancel it instead | Fortune
When it went on the air in September 1927, the service was the precursor to the entire network.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
4/24/84: Stop Making Sense - The Talking Heads via Jonathan Demme More: @janetmaslin.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/1984/10/19/m... @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/1999/09/16/s... @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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“Stop Making Sense” and the Transformative Power of Collaboration
Jonathan Demme’s 1984 Talking Heads film is the rare concert movie that is itself a successful work of art.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Attractive July slate from Criterion incl Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore w/Ellen Burstyn (who shaped production), Kristofferson, + Extras incl commentary from the gang, @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social interview w/Burstyn, + @szacharek.bsky.social essay: www.criterion.com/films/29004-...
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Also: Someone please program a Michelle Pfeiffer retrospective? With the pictures (I Could Never Be Your Woman, Chéri, Stardust, White Oleander, etc.) that people have either never seen or forgotten?
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
1. Everyone should watch Margo's Got Money Troubles, which is terrific. Smart and open-hearted in the best way. 2. Michelle Pfeiffer is a delight. time.com/article/2026...
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The Quiet Risk Taking of Michelle Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer brings her gifts to two wildly different small-screen roles, in 'The Madison' and 'Margo's Got Money Troubles'
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
HBD Julie Christie!!! Key 60s/70s incl Darling (Schlesinger) FH 451 (Truffaut) Petulia (Lester) McCabe (Altman) Don't Look Now (Roeg) Shampoo (Ashby) More: @szacharek.bsky.social: www.salon.com/2001/06/12/j... @annebillson.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Yeah, "tough on crime" is always the first thing we're looking for in a pope.
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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
4/11/62: Agnes Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7 Our Varda-bration, via Cineaste: midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u... More: @dodgyboffin.com: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2020/06/05/c... @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2023/ju... @szacharek.bsky.social: time.com/collections/...
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100 Best Movies of the Past 10 Decades: Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Find out why Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) is on the list
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tami lam @cuppy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Man, you ever think how lucky we are to have BOOKS? And how no matter how fast we read or how long we live, we will never run out of fantastic books to read? What a life
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
(It’s from @theonion.com, and yes, it’s perfect.)
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Stephanie Zacharek @szacharek.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
THE DRAMA: Why does this movie even exist? time.com/article/2026...
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'The Drama' Is a Bleak Comedy With No Payoff
Co-stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson do what the story asks of them, but Kristoffer Borgli's film asks a lot of questions it never bothers to answer.
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