Bilge Ebiri

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"A while longer still in this business."

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1Mar 7, '24Show the greatest “I’m about to die” moment in cinema.204×17.6M19k1.3k1.8k
2Nov 6, '24Helpful tip: One thing you might want to do before Jan. 20th is update all your vaccinations.176×15.2M104k10k3.8k
3Jul 24, '23This must infuriate Nolan on so many levels.77.7×6.7M46k1.1k1.1k
4Jul 3, '24Shoot on film, you assholes.73.4×6.3M34k8981.3k
5Dec 25, '24This kid has cracked the code on modern celebrity. We’re living in his world now.69.2×6M143k3.6k14k
6Aug 31, '24America has *nothing but* food worthy of this reaction.57.3×4.9M155k6.4k2k
7Jul 6, '24Jesus Christ.40.3×3.5M43k1.8k3k
8Oct 19, '25As the A.I. data centers consume more water, expect these ‘experts’ to start telling us to shower like once a month.37.2×3.2M144k16k2.6k
9Aug 8, '17Can't lose the 2020 election if there is no 2020.29.2×083k26k16
10Aug 21, '24The trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's MEGALOPOLIS features a history of dismissive quotes from noted critics about the director's earlier masterpieces. There's one problem, howeve27.8×2.4M5.4k716884
11Sep 12, '24It’s Jack, by a mile, and the rest of them would probably agree.23.9×2.1M24k7501.3k
12May 16, '24MEGALOPOLIS is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.21.3×1.8M3.8k401890
13Feb 25, '25At what point did humans start mistaking ads for the real thing?20.8×1.8M106k3.3k1.1k
14May 30, '23Random Fact: In 1986, CBS premiered a sitcom called TOGETHER WE STAND, starring Elliot Gould, Dee Wallace, and Ke Huy Quan. It was a flop and was canceled halfway through its first20.1×1.7M8.4k375405
15Nov 14, '24Kidman saying Scorsese doesn’t make films with women is just her coping with the fact that he’s never offered her a part.19.5×1.7M3.7k127296
16Mar 18, '24View post on X17.7×1.5M19k1.3k413
17Nov 7, '24Turkish authorities banned a screening of Luca Guadagnino’s QUEER, which was set to open MUBI Fest İstanbul. (The reason: “contains provocative content that will endanger public pe15.9×1.4M34k3.3k1.3k
18Nov 9, '23Not a day passes that I’m not reminded of these words from Ric Sluiter, art director of LILO & STITCH.14.4×1.2M8k1.2k963
19Jul 11, '23OPPENHEIMER is...incredible. The word that keeps coming to mind is "fearsome." A relentlessly paced, insanely detailed, intricate historical drama that builds and builds and builds14.3×1.2M6.3k692262
20Feb 6, '17It's not that any ads are attacking Trump. It's that Trump is so outside all norms of decency that basic, bland sentiments feel anti-Trump.13.9×036k14k0
21Feb 14, '22The crypto ads this year are highly reminiscent of all the dot-com ads we saw in 2000, right before the market came crashing down.13.9×054k4k643
22Sep 6, '25Benny Safdie wins best director at Venice, thanks everybody in his family but, uh, not his brother? Did he mention his brother at all?12.8×1.1M7.5k142866
23Apr 28, '23And that, my friends, is why movies will die if theaters die. It will all become this kind of horseshit.12.3×1.1M7.8k1.1k215
24Jul 31, '25All questions of ethics, propriety, artistic license aside, this just looks fucking stupid.10.2×877k15k1k584
25Dec 31, '23Paul Schrader in 2005:9.6×828k6.8k619743
26Mar 11, '24It actually is quite insane that Cillian Murphy is the first person born in Ireland to win the Best Actor Oscar.9.6×825k9.8k372750
27Aug 5, '23Just watched THE DEPARTED again. It is hilarious to me that there are people out there who hate this movie.9.1×787k5.8k189163
28Aug 7, '24If this is true, somebody needs to die.8.9×769k12k1.1k568
29Oct 20, '25Photo from the 1975 soccer match between the crews of Pasolini’s SALO and Bertolucci’s 1900.8.7×749k4.5k922807
30Nov 23, '23There are so many people out there who haven’t been introduced to the greatness of AMADEUS yet.8.7×748k5.6k447534
31Oct 22, '25View post on X8.5×731k20k2k1.9k
32Nov 25, '23THE HOLDOVERS was No. 7 at the box office this weekend, playing at less than half the theaters of any movie ahead of it. That’s a hit. Whoever decided to give this only a 6-week th8.2×704k6k262175
33Mar 27, '22As I watch these stars doing the red carpet on TV while actual Oscars are being presented to their colleagues in a ceremony that ABC refuses to televise, Jessica Chastain’s decisio7.6×031k1.9k417
34Aug 19, '25Always delights me that the consensus turned so dramatically on EYES WIDE SHUT, a film so widely loathed back in 1999 that during a work retreat one of my co-workers literally got 7.6×658k11k2921.2k
35Feb 23, '24Ridley Scott is 86 years old. He knows he can't take it with him.7.3×632k6.7k129112
36Jan 11, '24These are the five nominees they picked over Ethan Hawke in FIRST REFORMED. Call the Hague.7.2×625k5.8k276244
37Aug 11, '24Season 4 of THE SIMPSONS might be the greatest season of any show ever.6.5×558k8.1k367349
38Dec 24, '24Christopher Nolan doing THE ODYSSEY with every actor in Hollywood sounds like a great idea and it also sounds like something that would happen in Season 5 of ENTOURAGE.6.2×533k10k465254
39Nov 5, '23The movie is doing really well. It was never supposed to recoup its budget through theatrical release. It’s already made $102 million globally. Onward.5.9×509k4.5k22350
40Jun 5, '17No, it's every day.5.9×020k3.7k0
41Mar 31, '24I refuse to believe this is real.5.7×491k4.5k83368
42May 12, '24You could not come up with a parody this good.5.7×491k4.7k218716
43Jul 26, '23TIL that Paramount is being run by the guy who directed NORBIT.5.5×479k4.2k33975
44Jun 4, '23Jeremy Strong is definitely among the most thoughtful & responsive people I’ve ever interviewed. He let me do multiple follow-ups (was not part of the agreement), even texted s5.3×455k5.2k192234
45Nov 20, '21Meanwhile, in Istanbul…A beloved street dog named Boji, who became a folk hero for riding public transit, was slandered by some for pooping on the trains. Turns out, Boji is being 5.2×016k2.8k429
46Nov 28, '24Therapist: “It’s okay. The A.I. Remastered I Love Lucy Blu-ray can’t hurt you.” The A.I. Remastered I Love Lucy Blu-Ray:5.1×438k7.8k595381
47Mar 7, '24oh my god5.0×433k4.1k55146
48Jul 10, '24At one point in TWISTERS Anthony Ramos yells, “This theater wasn’t built to withstand what’s coming!” and whoever decided NOT to put that line in the trailer should probably be tri4.8×417k16k504382
49Nov 11, '25If you’re writing a James Bond movie and you’re hung up on continuity with the last James Bond movie you probably shouldn’t be writing a Bond movie.4.7×410k27k1.6k294
50Jun 26, '24I’m sitting in a backyard in Konya, Turkey, a city I haven’t visited in 42 years, with several relatives I’ve never met before. They ask me what I do for a living. I tell them I’m 4.6×399k9.1k408286
51Aug 11, '24The closing ceremony of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics should feature Al Pacino and Robert De Niro chasing each other with guns around giant replica Olympic rings while a 200-piece 4.5×388k7k762195
52Mar 15, '24I guarantee you James Cameron considered this at some point.4.3×372k6.6k519140
53Sep 25, '23Once the strike is over they should expand BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER back out to 4000 screens and then have their respective casts do full rounds of press. Surely there's another $5004.2×363k5.7k28396
54Oct 18, '25He’s talking about de-aging tech, which has already been used extensively by people like Scorsese and Tim Burton and David Fincher. At no point in this piece does he utter the term4.1×355k7.7k533302
55Jan 6, '25It’s pretty great that Sebastian Stan won Best Actor for A DIFFERENT MAN. It’s pretty annoying that Adam Pearson wasn’t even nominated for Best Supporting Actor for A DIFFERENT MAN4.1×354k9.9k630164
56May 26, '24This man’s bad-faith BS is going to give me a heart attack. Yes, you can watch LAWRENCE OF ARABIA on a TV or a phone and still enjoy it. But in a world without theaters, NOBODY MAK4.0×342k4.8k693150
57Oct 11, '24“I believe we did.”3.9×333k4.1k160205
58Jul 13, '18I think that’s just called a staff meeting3.7×012k2.6k12
59Jul 21, '23Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity.3.7×319k4.2k271178
60May 9, '24If you’re wondering why so many movies and shows look like shit, consider the fact that 75 percent of the Art Directors Guild is currently unemployed.3.7×319k5.8k1.2k400
61Mar 22, '24That 24-hour, 9-movie STAR WARS marathon apparently begins at 8pm and kicks off with the prequels, which means you'll be watching THE PHANTOM MENACE at a perfectly reasonable hour 3.7×319k3.4k135111
62May 29, '24Hollywood’s obsession with smash-and-grab opening weekends needs to stop.3.5×306k3.2k452295
63Jun 26, '18Hitler propagandist Leni Riefenstahl denied service at Hollywood nightclubs and studios in 1938. Leaves fuming, her feelings hurt.3.3×08.4k3.3k84
64Jun 8, '25View post on X3.3×285k5k284647
65Feb 20, '24I don’t think these Sam Mendes Beatles films will happen because I suspect Peter Jackson will kill him first.3.2×279k4.7k230106
66Aug 20, '241. It’s not a public space. 2. The theater owns the space and runs a pre-show vid *telling you to turn off your phone.* 3. It bothers other paying customers; there are more of them3.2×273k5.7k618105
67Dec 22, '23They didn’t know it was a musical.3.1×271k6.1k14628
68Jul 16, '16Think of the bravery of Turkish dissidents, journalists, politicians & citizens opposing a coup that's trying to remove a govt they despise.3.0×04.5k4.5k1
70Aug 12, '19There needs to be an Oscar for Best Stunts. Full stop.2.9×09.2k1.7k110
71Dec 13, '23Rest in peace, Andre Braugher. Seeing him do HENRY V at Shakespeare in the Park in 1996 remains one of the best theater experiences of my life.2.9×247k6.5k566116
72Apr 20, '25This is *such* a bizarre headline. The film’s cost is modest by studio standards, and it just had a huge opening. It’s gonna be fine. It’s been in theaters for three whole days, it2.5×212k6.3k33294
73Jan 27, '21I spent months digging into the absolutely crazy history of the craziest Disney animated film ever, a story filled with joy, heartbreak, failure, triumph, trampolines, spinach puff2.3×05.7k1k1k
74Mar 28, '22The Oscars keep trying to manufacture these bland, dumb viral moments without realizing that the real viral moments are when shit goes incredibly wrong.2.2×09k61060
75Dec 7, '22AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER might be James Cameron’s sweetest, gentlest, most personal film. Possibly even his most emotional. It revisits all his greatest hits, but it’s always total1.9×07.3k546169
76Jun 13, '22If movies with gun violence were the problem, there would literally be nobody left in Hong Kong.1.8×06.7k76267
77Jul 23, '19I miss Disney hand-drawn animation. Like, a lot.1.8×05.4k1.1k173
78Dec 17, '16That sound you just heard was 10,000 future Trump biographers rushing at once to copyright the title "Unpresidented."1.7×05.1k1.5k0
79Jan 4, '25I don’t know if this reply was meant to be a joke or what but it is *perfect,* right down to the misspelling.1.7×148k7.5k210221
80Dec 17, '18What if your definition of “success” includes “not having to get up at 4 a.m.”?1.7×06.1k83714
81Nov 5, '19If Martin Scorsese loves cinema so much, why doesn't he create some sort of organization to preserve, restore, and re-release forgotten and neglected masterpieces from around the w1.7×06k77549
82Aug 4, '18So, here's a fun little thread that I hope won't bore you guys to tears, but it's quite special to me.1.6×04.3k1.1k212
83Oct 23, '19People predicted an armed incel rebellion and instead we got tourists taking pictures in the Bronx. I consider this a win:1.6×05k1k77
85Nov 9, '21R.I.P. Dean Stockwell, a great actor who never met a scene he couldn’t steal.1.4×04.6k87934
86Sep 30, '20So, a Sherlock Holmes movie?1.4×05.7k43432
87Feb 6, '20They're gonna get JJ Abrams to direct it and it'll be all about how Ana de Armas WAS the real murderer all along.1.4×04.8k62963
88Jan 18, '25Me to Kevin Costner:1.3×116k5.3k336109
89Mar 28, '22The reason you don’t try to fix the Oscars is because THIS SHOW is what happens when you try to fix the Oscars.1.3×05.1k43344
90Mar 17, '20Hearing that the eventual VOD-only release of TENET will involve Christopher Nolan personally coming to each house/apt in a HAZMAT suit and projecting the film on 35mm.1.2×04.2k66729
91May 24, '20If Martin Scorsese had followed his original intention of becoming a priest, he would have enjoyed this part so much.1.2×04k71450
92Mar 22, '18If Stormy can end this she deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.1.2×04.3k5892
93Jan 21, '19🧐1.1×03.6k68025
94Feb 19, '19Wait till the folks angry about John Wayne get a load of Walt Disney.1.1×03.6k65311
96Aug 16, '20Steve Bannon looks like someone Patrick Swayze had to kill in three different movies.1.1×03.7k44614
97Mar 28, '22Fun fact: POWER OF THE DOG is shorter than 7 of the 10 Best Picture nominees.1.0×04k24842
98Mar 30, '20In case anybody forgot, Scorsese's THE AVIATOR begins with 8-year-old Howard Hughes learning to spell "quarantine," and it ends with him as an adult, having locked himself away fro1.0×03.3k54167
99Mar 9, '21Yet again Ridley Scott appears to have made the greatest movie of all time.1.0×03.8k29156
100Aug 21, '22“This is really Orwellian,” said the dude, as he banned 1984.0.7×02.9k26511

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