# ![@MrPhillipsPart2 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::89018859.png) @MrPhillipsPart2 Michael Phillips

Michael Phillips posts on X about movies, the most, this is, fine the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Duvalls secret ingredient: He never indicates the obvious peaks and valleys or treats Chayefskys words as solemn or Important. He just energizes the entire scene like the all-timer he was. If you asked me to choose a single acting performance that explains why the world is the way that it is I would choose this. RIP Robert Duvall one of the most complex and ingenious actors of the New Hollywood. https://t.co/TjfhPSLLeX If you asked me to choose a single acting performance that explains why the world is the way that it is I would choose this. RIP Robert Duvall one of the most complex and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2023920866191425605)  2026-02-18T00:41Z 19K followers, 13.2K engagements


"And just like that hockey left Canada forever Reporter: What do you think about the UK getting into business with China Trump: Very dangerous and its more dangerous for Canada to do that. Canada is doing very poorly. The first thing they're going to do is say you are not allowed to play ice hockey anymore. That's not https://t.co/Apm4JApTr2 Reporter: What do you think about the UK getting into business with China Trump: Very dangerous and its more dangerous for Canada to do that. Canada is doing very poorly. The first thing they're going to do is say you are not allowed to play ice hockey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2017262649780715756)  2026-01-30T15:44Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"An astute judge (sorry meant to type "latest blatant example") of psychological projection Trump to CNN's Kaitlan Collins: I don't think I've ever seen you smile. I've known you for ten years. You know why you're not smiling It's because you know you're not telling the truth.🤣 https://t.co/xmWxj6sZ9D Trump to CNN's Kaitlan Collins: I don't think I've ever seen you smile. I've known you for ten years. You know why you're not smiling It's because you know you're not telling the truth.🤣 https://t.co/xmWxj6sZ9D"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2018875554733126063)  2026-02-04T02:33Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Ratners directors cut goes all in on the dialectical tension BREAKING: Another movie theatre in Philadelphia interrupted a screening of the Melania documentary halfway through and started projecting screenshots of the Epstein Files detailing Donald Trump's rape allegations. BREAKING: Another movie theatre in Philadelphia interrupted a screening of the Melania documentary halfway through and started projecting screenshots of the Epstein Files detailing Donald Trump's rape allegations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2019064946160529434)  2026-02-04T15:06Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Thank you Mayor. Frederick Wiseman changed the way we see the world. From the classrooms of High School to the corridors of Hospital he turned his camera on the institutions that shape us inviting us to look closer sit longer & confront truth with empathy. May his memory be a blessing. Frederick Wiseman changed the way we see the world. From the classrooms of High School to the corridors of Hospital he turned his camera on the institutions that shape us inviting us to look closer sit longer & confront truth with empathy. May his memory be a blessing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2023924916148478300)  2026-02-18T00:57Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"I mean screw peace: He's threatening to conquer Greenland because he's mad about not getting the Nobel Prize. https://wapo.st/4a0DeSK https://wapo.st/4a0DeSK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2013306408658170173)  2026-01-19T17:43Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"my fucking god Breaking News: Rejecting decades of science the chair of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said that shots against polio and measles and perhaps all diseases should be optional. https://t.co/oQ2J89nxVM Breaking News: Rejecting decades of science the chair of the federal panel that recommends vaccines for Americans said that shots against polio and measles and perhaps all diseases should be optional. https://t.co/oQ2J89nxVM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2014823882448924731)  2026-01-23T22:13Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @DavidAFrench: Utterly obscene. I disagreed strongly with her op-ed but there is absolutely no justification for this arrest. None"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2015192198627672089)  2026-01-24T22:37Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Do I wish the movie were as clever and resourceful as Rachel McAdams and Sam Raimi Yep. But she's a real star and he's a wily one behind the camera. My review from @sfchronicle: via @sfchronicle https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/movies-tv/article/send-help-review-21311558.phputm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/movies-tv/article/send-help-review-21311558.phputm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2018874427933622511)  2026-02-04T02:29Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"With @tcm saluting Bugs Tweety and the entire glorious Warners animation gaggle here's your reminder that "Duck Amuck" may be the greatest single movie about moviemaking as well as one duck's Job-like reckoning with a real stinker. #goodnessknows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2018884879669178667)  2026-02-04T03:10Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @royalpratt: This is a fine time to recall that Michael Ferro is the scumbag who sold out the Tribune to give Alden its foothold. To the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022801354293445004)  2026-02-14T22:33Z 19K followers, [--] engagements


"Helluva use of sunset. Death by a thousand pretty euphemisms is no business plan. At the bottom of the front page of today's Washington Post. For the first Sunday in eons there are no book reviews in the paper. https://t.co/j1n1SBGgCq At the bottom of the front page of today's Washington Post. For the first Sunday in eons there are no book reviews in the paper. https://t.co/j1n1SBGgCq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2023166721779974270)  2026-02-15T22:45Z 19K followers, 12.4K engagements


"He showed us everything about human nature our institutions our ways of talking and just being alive. All because he was there. Documentarys patient dogged American giant. A beautiful long life. R.I.P. Frederick Wiseman (19302026) https://t.co/ibup5lhzlY Frederick Wiseman (19302026) https://t.co/ibup5lhzlY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2023577977762480306)  2026-02-17T01:59Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"A hand please for @colbertlateshow and @jimmykimmelLive for their unapologetic focus on everything other than business as usual. With multi-billionaire-owned newpapers from L.A. to D.C. desperately appeasing Trump it is Colbert and Kimmel who have met the moment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2020207559307849854)  2026-02-07T18:46Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Its all true and its where the arrows pointing. The US is still in crouch mode. Why More Hollywood Stars Are Flocking to International Cinema: Bold Auteurs Creative Freedom and the American Indie Crisis https://t.co/MnKTKdFXrd Why More Hollywood Stars Are Flocking to International Cinema: Bold Auteurs Creative Freedom and the American Indie Crisis https://t.co/MnKTKdFXrd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2023926906781827263)  2026-02-18T01:05Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"From @heidistevens13. That's enough for me. This one's the most humane sort of parenting and step-parenting manual in handy column form. https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-heidi-stevens-wednesday-comparing-stepmom-to-motherhood-0905-20190905-tuyvnfhrubfmrbljssgk7z6fva-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-heidi-stevens-wednesday-comparing-stepmom-to-motherhood-0905-20190905-tuyvnfhrubfmrbljssgk7z6fva-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1169689237786021888)  2019-09-05T19:10Z 19.1K followers, [--] engagements


"A beautiful review. A tonic of a film. Hunting for a used copy of Little Womenand coming across so many with beautiful personal inscriptionshelped crystallize for me the grandness and the gorgeous intimacy of what Greta Gerwig has pulled off with her own LITTLE WOMEN. https://t.co/swSmSGPTnA Hunting for a used copy of Little Womenand coming across so many with beautiful personal inscriptionshelped crystallize for me the grandness and the gorgeous intimacy of what Greta Gerwig has pulled off with her own LITTLE WOMEN. https://t.co/swSmSGPTnA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1209185055752564736)  2019-12-23T18:52Z 19.2K followers, [--] engagements


"My first time with this interview. A beauty and a moving reminder to just let people talk. Just re-read this dual Brooks-Reiner interview by @HadleyFreeman and it broke me. https://t.co/vdd349pW8I Just re-read this dual Brooks-Reiner interview by @HadleyFreeman and it broke me. https://t.co/vdd349pW8I"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1278156615359832064)  2020-07-01T02:40Z 19.2K followers, [--] engagements


"From my wife. I can only add: For the good of all feel free to tune out the most callous among us who downplay the pandemic in the name of personal liberty. I was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday. I'm isolating at home away from my family (all of whom tested negative) and I haven't had to go to the hospital. I'm breathing fine just very achy tired and dizzy. I'm sharing this in the hopes that . I was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday. I'm isolating at home away from my family (all of whom tested negative) and I haven't had to go to the hospital. I'm breathing fine just very achy tired and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1314249220757565440)  2020-10-08T17:00Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"@szacharek Just now talking about that over coffee Nothing like what [---] mil gets you in Privileged Heights Conn. to get the heart rate up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1373643138720489472)  2021-03-21T14:30Z 19.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@mattzollerseitz @dwhite10701 The star rating problem preceded the thumbs thoughin Chicago I believe the Tribune and the Sun-Times were already well-established by then as mercantile minded re: criticism something NYT and LAT avoided"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1428779914367537155)  2021-08-20T18:04Z 19.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Im hearing reports of the death of longtime Tribune film critic Michael Wilmington. Shocked and saddened. More when I learn more but for now: very tough news about an ardent lover of the medium"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1479288619777105920)  2022-01-07T03:07Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Recovering at home now from sepsis. Have to say its a fairly harsh way to finally get a year off from covering the Oscars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1504619549542563845)  2022-03-18T00:43Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Excellent sobering work from @cashleelee and it applies to every single theater town in America. COVID pushed many artists and arts workers to look at what they werent getting from their pre-pandemic jobs and what precarious elements they had long tolerated for the love of theater. honored to share ten of their stories for @latimes' sunday cover: https://t.co/31z1KbLCrJ COVID pushed many artists and arts workers to look at what they werent getting from their pre-pandemic jobs and what precarious elements they had long tolerated for the love of theater. honored to share ten of their stories"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1509694499802521605)  2022-04-01T00:49Z 19.1K followers, [--] engagements


"It should be noted re: Slate's [----] movie club roundelay that @szacharek is absolutely no relation to S.Z. Sakall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/153901061382471680)  2012-01-02T18:10Z 19.2K followers, [--] engagements


"From my all-pro @chicagotribune colleague. Here's a map of violent crime in Chicago over the last five years (left) and a map of mayoral election results by precint (right). The areas hit hardest by violence voted for Brandon Johnson who campaigned hard on alternatives to policing instead of tough-on-crime Paul Vallas. https://t.co/jqQaXcz5p8 Here's a map of violent crime in Chicago over the last five years (left) and a map of mayoral election results by precint (right). The areas hit hardest by violence voted for Brandon Johnson who campaigned hard on alternatives to policing instead of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1643957836446154752)  2023-04-06T12:44Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@JakeSheridan_ This will not stand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1770531438036762669)  2024-03-20T19:22Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements


"I dont sense any Congressional Republican objection to a third term or any sign of alarm among the Supreme Courts committed MAGA apologists. Steve Bannon: Trump is gonna get a third term and people ought to just get accommodated with that. At the appropriate time well lay out what the plan is but theres a plan and President Trump will be the president in [--] https://t.co/1xfic2c92a Steve Bannon: Trump is gonna get a third term and people ought to just get accommodated with that. At the appropriate time well lay out what the plan is but theres a plan and President Trump will be the president in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1981516285579289010)  2025-10-24T00:21Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Best supporting actress @TheNSFC: Teyana Taylor "One Battle After Another." Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas "Sentimental Value" and Wunmi Mosaku "Sinners.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2007522634830111087)  2026-01-03T18:41Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Best screenplay @TheNSFC: Jafar Panahi's "It Was Just an Accident." Runners-up: "Blue Moon" and "The Secret Agent.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2007545607502889429)  2026-01-03T20:12Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements


"More categories tk but Best Film of 2025: Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another." Runners-up: "Sinners" and "The Secret Agent." @TheNSFC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2007555850769183201)  2026-01-03T20:53Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Best director @TheNSFC: Paul Thomas Anderson "One Battle After Another." Runners-up: Jafar Panahi "It Was Just an Accident" and Richard Linklater "Blue Moon" and "Nouvelle Vague.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2007562724327231663)  2026-01-03T21:20Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Best film primarily not in English: "The Secret Agent." Runners-up: "It Was Just an Accident" and "Sentimental Value." @TheNSFC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2007563492182683776)  2026-01-03T21:23Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@tnyfrontrow @tcm This late L.A. noir eluded me until today. (All hail Richard) SO GOOD one of Stanwyck's very best and Burr's career peak. Screenwriter Jo Eisinger ("Gilda" "Night and the City") delivers the sharpest unauthorized "Hedda Gabler" riff imaginable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/2010468841218810186)  2026-01-11T21:48Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Gene Hackman: One of the truest actors alive presumably retired from acting. But we can hope. Good GQ interview. http://bit.ly/j8AJ1O"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/76750428783640576)  2011-06-03T20:41Z 19K followers, [--] engagements


"@mrcsreynolds Chris in military terms I will ALWAYS be Pvt. Underpants"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/872598180944384001)  2017-06-07T23:36Z 19.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Great piece @TheAmyNicholson -- she's the best thing in "Ragnarok" by a mile. https://x.com/ira/status/926254263461916672 https://x.com/ira/status/926254263461916672"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/926547303019810817)  2017-11-03T20:31Z 19.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@benkenigsberg Good job young Kenigsberg---I only went [--] for 24"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/10157955712)  2010-03-08T05:37Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Tonight at Chicago Film Society: Andrew Bujalski's COMPUTER CHESS in an improbable newly struck 35MM print The SAME NIGHT the 70MM analog edition of ROMA starts at @musicboxtheatre It's RAINING CELLULOID @thefilmsociety https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-computer-chess-roma-0109-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-computer-chess-roma-0109-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1083014027368894465)  2019-01-09T14:54Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@benkenigsberg In other words: Dont be a geek about it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1124782424259473408)  2019-05-04T21:06Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Tnx to @kevinthepang I'm free of the generic Twitter backdrop. First to guess the PRECISE ADDRESS of this '59 Hitch exterior gets re-tweet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/11787170623)  2010-04-07T21:20Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@benkenigsberg no not [----] N. State St.hint: Cary's entering a (pretend) auction house but in reality he's looking at a certain tower"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/11788604701)  2010-04-07T21:55Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@CTGuild @crepeau Way to go Crepeau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1335000912461508609)  2020-12-04T23:19Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@benkenigsberg Go Ben go"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1412086907224403971)  2021-07-05T16:32Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"I lived catty-corner from the Blagojevich house for a decade so Hulus Being Blago -- which is good -- brought it all back. Whatever 'it' is. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/sc-ent-being-blago-hulu-column-1118-20211119-t6ybmc2y6ngzxpnyopaajkj6h4-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/sc-ent-being-blago-hulu-column-1118-20211119-t6ybmc2y6ngzxpnyopaajkj6h4-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1461408514128195592)  2021-11-18T18:58Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"You know what #Moonfall #DontLookUp. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/sc-ent-moonfall-halle-berry-0203-20220204-bahe3t4fqrgbzce5zy4xdvcx4u-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/sc-ent-moonfall-halle-berry-0203-20220204-bahe3t4fqrgbzce5zy4xdvcx4u-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1489640459177758721)  2022-02-04T16:42Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomiLaffly I love it when they go for the punctuation trifecta: Something Something: Part Something Blaggedy Blah Boom Bah. Gimme four The semi-colon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1687260169049133067)  2023-08-04T01:44Z 20K followers, [---] engagements


"Chicago: great city. Rat abatement like the lead pipe drinking water problem: a serious drag on its greatness. via @illinoisanswers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1697428876828246053)  2023-09-01T01:59Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"Benicio Del Toro Justin Timberlake and Alicia Silverstone "make a meal" out of a two-star Netflix thing called "Reptile" according to @Nina_Metz:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1707721141182161083)  2023-09-29T11:37Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"Know what's good "Fair Play" aka #FairPlay a high-grade turn of various screws from debut feature filmmaker @Chloe_Domont. In theaters this week on @Netflix Oct. 6:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1707725165763711118)  2023-09-29T11:53Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"Really tasty finale recap. Every paragraph contains a new pearl of bring-down. From @JakeSheridan:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1707729066076393843)  2023-09-29T12:08Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


""Killers of the Flower Moon" press-screens in Chicago today and with the recently added Thursday showings of a certain concert film today is now Taylorflower"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1712464341092409462)  2023-10-12T13:44Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"One of the greatest mother/daughter relationships on screen. RIP Piper Laurie for this and so many other films. She had to fight too damn hard for the work she deserved. Piper Laurie is my favorite part of my favorite movie CARRIE. She is what made me fall in love with this movie and every time I rewatch it I am more and more devastated by Margaret Whites story. Its a performance thats utterly tragic and terrifying and camp all at once. https://t.co/yxfvFlFkUB Piper Laurie is my favorite part of my favorite movie CARRIE. She is what made me fall in love with this movie and every time I"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1713320133010026944)  2023-10-14T22:25Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Lily Gladstone has the headrights to this one. But it's worth seeing for a lot of reasons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1714966212617121857)  2023-10-19T11:26Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"@mattsinger Matt it's gonna be one of the best book talks of this or any other year. Shattering and beautiful. Scaldingly insightful. Brutal in its raw truths yet somehow funnier than "Blondie on a Budget" and "Police Academy: Mission to Moscow" PUT TOGETHER"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1717287667417719199)  2023-10-25T21:11Z 20K followers, [---] engagements


"Is "Killers of the Flower Moon" better off with an intermission Column:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1720395593896300576)  2023-11-03T11:00Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"A [----] wayback machine warts and all: "Running Scared" and then eternally debated Thompson Center soon to be Google-rehabbed. @Nina_Metz on the overlooked Chicago movie of its day:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1727344151510020175)  2023-11-22T15:11Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"@_biancajean_ @rbratin Itll be a pip AND a panic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1727523199057838246)  2023-11-23T03:03Z 20K followers, [--] engagements


"The Alamo theaters relatively new to Chicago Wrigleyville are exhibit A for this retail failure. You bearely theres a movie theater there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1730316265732878457)  2023-11-30T20:02Z 20K followers, 40.3K engagements


"I just loved Tom Wilkinson gone far too soon. Rewatched the first [--] minutes of "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and his [----] prologue--right down to the tiny barely inflected aside ("it's all right") on camera to his remorseful son--is so very very right indeed. RIP and thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741177264232943756)  2023-12-30T19:19Z 19K followers, 19.1K engagements


"Somehow the #GoldenGlobes apology campaign overlapped in real time with Jo Koy's own. Awards show scandal is easy. Comedy is hard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1744424555903668620)  2024-01-08T18:23Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"You know what SOMEONE directed #Barbie. Someone whose previous two films also deserved and got best picture nominations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1749855135071678555)  2024-01-23T18:02Z 20K followers, 14.4K engagements


"Clarification and apologies: In earlier version of my Oscar nominations column I wrongly characterized Gerwig as a never-nominated director. She was in fact nominated for Lady Bird"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1749907807380308470)  2024-01-23T21:31Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"Mel Gibson. Again. http://bit.ly/d8UnrZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/17522003148)  2010-07-01T21:33Z 20K followers, [--] engagements


"Jonathan Glazer: "The Zone of Interest" tried to show "where dehumanization leads at its worst." Calls out Israel's crushing of Gaza. Eloquent efficient words. #Oscars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1766983924159328512)  2024-03-11T00:26Z 19K followers, 19.8K engagements


"First-ever Oscar in Ukraine's history. "I wish I never made this film" says "Mariupol" director Mstyslav Chernov. A plea for the truth and terrible weight of Russia's invasion "to prevail." #Oscars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1766995169964880144)  2024-03-11T01:10Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"@samvanhallgren Sam please do not ask this sort of question again on social media. I can't take enough vacation days to handle it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1774830718759084274)  2024-04-01T16:06Z 20K followers, [---] engagements


"Jumping off a @ChiHumanities talk last week I conducted one of my own about the increasingly fine line between "good" and "bad" AI in the realm of CGI moviemaking: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/column-ai-moviemaking-software-so-easy-an-alien-could-do-it-but-where-do-visual-effects-go-from-here/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/column-ai-moviemaking-software-so-easy-an-alien-could-do-it-but-where-do-visual-effects-go-from-here/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1781460454641959420)  2024-04-19T23:10Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"As critic civilian and Chicagoan I can only say that my ass thanks you in advance https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/07/music-box-theatre-is-spending-750k-for-new-seats-and-a-spiffing-up/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/07/music-box-theatre-is-spending-750k-for-new-seats-and-a-spiffing-up/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1799141145047453738)  2024-06-07T18:07Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Wealthy Texans' family intrigue plus terrifying turkey legs equals "Ren Faire" reviewed by @Nina_Metz. Three-part HBO doc jousting demo not included https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/06/ren-faire-review-the-future-of-a-renaissance-festival-resembles-a-low-rent-version-of-succession/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/06/ren-faire-review-the-future-of-a-renaissance-festival-resembles-a-low-rent-version-of-succession/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1799146727376822670)  2024-06-07T18:29Z 20K followers, [---] engagements


"Ashton Kutcher: You come up with an idea for a movie then (AI) will write the script and generate the movie. Instead of watching some movie that somebody else came up with I watch my own movie." @Nina_Metz: I can not imagine anything worse. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/19/column-ai-is-coming-for-hollywood/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/19/column-ai-is-coming-for-hollywood/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1803593808027808198)  2024-06-20T01:00Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"And for your homage-paying pleasure: I wrote on (and linked to) some of Donald Sutherland's career-long enigma variations. From the movie-loving kid who had a picture of Sutherland and Gould in "M*A*S*H") hanging on his wall thanks and R.I.P. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/21/in-appreciation-donald-sutherlands-enigma-variations-in-5-roles/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/21/in-appreciation-donald-sutherlands-enigma-variations-in-5-roles/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1804314385608831326)  2024-06-22T00:44Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"Review: #Horizon: An American Saga -- Chapter [--] in which Kevin Costner makes a stern handshake agreement with the audience. "Just get through these first three hours people." https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/25/horizon-chapter-1-review-saddle-up-for-a-long-loping-ride/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/25/horizon-chapter-1-review-saddle-up-for-a-long-loping-ride/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1805675987260391921)  2024-06-25T18:54Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"Gina Lollobrigida's epic.ness Richard Widmark's epic desperation.director Jules Dassin is giving Chicago a fever http://bit.ly/yAKLg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/18128348950)  2010-07-09T15:54Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Gift link: That extraordinarily merchandised and politicized Trump photo from the assassination attempt warranted a discussion. My @chicagotribune colleague @fotomather and I talked about it--and other less easily beloved images of recent tragic events https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/17/column-whats-present-and-absent-in-that-hugely-influential-trump-rally-photo/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/17/column-whats-present-and-absent-in-that-hugely-influential-trump-rally-photo/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1814019419393118657)  2024-07-18T19:28Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"What if "an AR-15-toting gunman evading dozens of local law enforcement and Secret Service agents" had the power to unmask the lie that "good guys with guns are enough to stop bad guys with guns" Seriously moving column from @HeidiStevens13: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/heidi-stevens-balancing-act-gun-laws/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/19/heidi-stevens-balancing-act-gun-laws/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1814454384274878690)  2024-07-20T00:16Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"Ashes in the mouth. That's what "Deadpool & Wolverine" tastes like. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/23/deadpool-and-wolverine-review-this-could-be-the-start-of-something-bleh https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/23/deadpool-and-wolverine-review-this-could-be-the-start-of-something-bleh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1815868936300208208)  2024-07-23T21:57Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"I'm enjoying @foxandfriends panelist Mark Kilmeade's latest book club pick "The College Purple""  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1816213081464185216)  2024-07-24T20:45Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"@mattzollerseitz I was surprised to be among the loathers. For me especially coming after the truly kinetic Deadpool [--] this one looked like a nothing and played as if directed by someone coming off a 37-hr gaming binge"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1817907017303916974)  2024-07-29T12:56Z 20K followers, [---] engagements


"Sponsored by Vitajex At the Gene Siskel @filmcenter four good reasons democracy's always on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Gift link: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/12/column-at-the-film-center-4-reasons-why-democracys-always-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown/share=tmafotm4ar400eicaode https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/12/column-at-the-film-center-4-reasons-why-democracys-always-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown/share=tmafotm4ar400eicaode"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1834201932619006411)  2024-09-12T12:06Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"With Adam Driver looking as boggled as Gary Cooper trying to human-speechify Ayn Rand's words in "The Fountainhead" "Megalopolis" is a half-crocked dream that leaves you in a fugue state because it IS one." https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/24/megalopolis-review-hate-it-or-love-it-francis-ford-coppolas-movie-swings-for-the-fences-only-he-can-see/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/24/megalopolis-review-hate-it-or-love-it-francis-ford-coppolas-movie-swings-for-the-fences-only-he-can-see/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1839036695146045937)  2024-09-25T20:18Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Three episodes in I'm glad a lot of folks are into #ThePenguin--so many reasons the spinoff shouldn't have worked and so many reasons it does. Here's my review gift link: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/19/the-penguin-review-colin-farrell-takes-on-gothams-scarface-in-hbos-compelling-gangland-saga/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/19/the-penguin-review-colin-farrell-takes-on-gothams-scarface-in-hbos-compelling-gangland-saga/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1843443086460109076)  2024-10-08T00:07Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Everyone's piling on 'Megalopolis' and 'Joker: Folie Deux.' They're not the [----] flops I worry about. Column giftlink here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/17/column-everyones-piling-on-megalopolis-and-joker-folie-a-deux-theyre-not-the-flops-i-worry-about/share=muopdcotwsse2ko7ojk1 https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/17/column-everyones-piling-on-megalopolis-and-joker-folie-a-deux-theyre-not-the-flops-i-worry-about/share=muopdcotwsse2ko7ojk1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1846917239536009643)  2024-10-17T14:12Z 19K followers, 125.5K engagements


"Loved talking with editor Joi McMillon who has done such elegant and pinpoint work with some beautiful @BarryJenkins projects (and among others "Zola"). She just finished 3+ years on "Mufasa" which was something else entirely. Gift link: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/15/column-bit-by-bit-from-moonlight-to-mufasa-editor-joi-mcmillon-is-putting-it-together/share=tcmtnicmpimnboarnl2w https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/15/column-bit-by-bit-from-moonlight-to-mufasa-editor-joi-mcmillon-is-putting-it-together/share=tcmtnicmpimnboarnl2w"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1857460376771715307)  2024-11-15T16:27Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements


"This is why I subscribe still to The Washington Post. The journalists are still on the job even if their owner is busy with his studies at the Trump Obedience School for Billionaire Media Ownership. Gift link here. https://wapo.st/3UQVeXX https://wapo.st/3UQVeXX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1857476072482254970)  2024-11-15T17:29Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements


"After writing this the obvious peculiarity struck me: In terms of base-line craft and design in its chosen medium (animation vs. live-action) routine though it is Moana 2' is STILL better than Wicked. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/26/moana-2-review-disneys-wayfinder-swims-a-few-scenic-laps-and-calls-it-a-sequel/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/26/moana-2-review-disneys-wayfinder-swims-a-few-scenic-laps-and-calls-it-a-sequel/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1861534411063177541)  2024-11-26T22:16Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Please any reasonable remaining Trump voters on this increasingly corrupt site rationalize this for me. Please. So Musk and Ramaswamy want to cut - cancer research - law enforcement - veterans healthcare - Alzheimers research - low-income kids going to college - low-income kids learning to read They want to make America sicker less safe less educated and WEAKER https://t.co/DhMubJgOCI So Musk and Ramaswamy want to cut - cancer research - law enforcement - veterans healthcare - Alzheimers research - low-income kids going to college - low-income kids learning to read They want to make America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1865421233233310017)  2024-12-07T15:40Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Private equitys motto: Well distress our assets like theres no tomorrow Huh I always thought they did plenty of business. I wonder ifyep. Okay. Exactly what I thought it would be. https://t.co/wf8KhVDPWc Huh I always thought they did plenty of business. I wonder ifyep. Okay. Exactly what I thought it would be. https://t.co/wf8KhVDPWc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1870470282827252214)  2024-12-21T14:04Z 18.9K followers, [----] engagements


"To everyone who wrote me with variations on "You know who was great this year Keith Kupferer" my reply is: Agreed. #Ghostlight @chicagotribune #MakesHardStuffLookEasy https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/20/chicagoan-of-the-year-in-film-keith-kupferer-headliner-at-last-thanks-to-ghostlight/share=tiar0kn1wfhegrgeawnl https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/20/chicagoan-of-the-year-in-film-keith-kupferer-headliner-at-last-thanks-to-ghostlight/share=tiar0kn1wfhegrgeawnl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1870961243772850435)  2024-12-22T22:34Z 18.9K followers, 10.9K engagements


"I listed my best-of-2024 alphabetically. But there really is no other film like this one. A supple triumph of instinct craft and truth. Opens tomorrow. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/01/nickel-boys-movie-review/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/01/nickel-boys-movie-review/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1874944081853657325)  2025-01-02T22:21Z 18.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Heres the gift link to that supple triumph I mentioned: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/01/nickel-boys-movie-review/share=yboorrtle5ohico0ttbt https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/01/nickel-boys-movie-review/share=yboorrtle5ohico0ttbt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1874944409307078798)  2025-01-02T22:22Z 18.9K followers, [---] engagements


""The Brutalist" review. A movie can have a lot of loose ends and vagaries and overstatements and still be something I'm about to see for the third time. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/the-brutalist-review-adrien-brody-architecture-guy-pearce-holocaust/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/08/the-brutalist-review-adrien-brody-architecture-guy-pearce-holocaust/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1877139505427239206)  2025-01-08T23:45Z 18.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Below the line of celebrities who've lost their homes in the L.A. wildfires there are entertainment industry workers for whom rebuilding will be far tougher. Excellent column from @Nina_Metz on everyone "now picking up the literal pieces of their lives": https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/14/column-socal-fires-hollywood-workers/share=roos2wmnsh2wogshsrdt https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/14/column-socal-fires-hollywood-workers/share=roos2wmnsh2wogshsrdt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1879176274121498669)  2025-01-14T14:38Z 18.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Love the line-break in the NYT email alert: First line reads "Breaking news: Trump inauguration moved indoors because of extreme" and then the reader can add the last word (I went with "shame") before the actual last word arrives on line [--] ("cold"). #StillGoingWithShame"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1880327352942751985)  2025-01-17T18:52Z 18.9K followers, [---] engagements


"The young cinephile's motto: "Eraserhead" first ask questions later. On David Lynch gift link here https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/appreciation-in-david-lynchs-dreams-cinema-cracked-open-a-little-wider/share=ewcooistupeladcndnae https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/17/appreciation-in-david-lynchs-dreams-cinema-cracked-open-a-little-wider/share=ewcooistupeladcndnae"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1880337068947378622)  2025-01-17T19:31Z 18.9K followers, [----] engagements


"So were at war now. Its the clearest way to get a craven 5-4 Supreme Court to back a third term. BREAKING: The U.S. military is now warning troops that the strike on Iran is expected to trigger immediate retaliation including missile attacks on U.S. bases across the Middle East. Officials also say it will likely mobilize Iranian and foreign terrorist cells worldwide BREAKING: The U.S. military is now warning troops that the strike on Iran is expected to trigger immediate retaliation including missile attacks on U.S. bases across the Middle East. Officials also say it will likely mobilize"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1936604346256646323)  2025-06-22T01:57Z 18.4K followers, [----] engagements


"When you emphasize it has nothing to do with Colberts content its probably a U.S. President getting fussy about the content. via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/stephen-colbert-late-show-ending.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.XU8.tmGk.ij_9XnO4dY5j&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/stephen-colbert-late-show-ending.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.XU8.tmGk.ij_9XnO4dY5j&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1946003868275384435)  2025-07-18T00:27Z 18.3K followers, [----] engagements


"News personal: @chicagotribune has eliminated the post of film critic. This left me two options: wait for a newsroom reassignment or take the buyout. I took the buyout. Time for something new somewhere else. Exit column later this week. (1/3)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957798644985262249)  2025-08-19T13:35Z 19K followers, 752.6K engagements


"@grahamorama @chicagotribune Adam that would've changed everything if the hedge fund knew Kidding. But not kidding about thanking you for saying so. Right on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957802341031198753)  2025-08-19T13:50Z 19K followers, 24.4K engagements


"New Twitter handle options please vote: [--]. @PhillipsSansTribune [--]. @Phillips2: UnTribbed [--]. Just plain @PhillipsUnTribbed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/1958661048028078089)  2025-08-21T22:42Z 19.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@christylemire @mattsinger @devincf @mtgilchrist @aoscott @vishnevetsky I saw at Cannes and saw 2nd time prior to @filmspotting. just fyi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/227900027455016960)  2012-07-24T22:56Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"I'll admit my surprise: "Lincoln" a 3-auteur success (Spielberg Kushner Day-Lewis) is the dir.'s best in a decade. http://t.co/R9BKGtgj http://trib.in/TahTHC http://trib.in/TahTHC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/266669017329201153)  2012-11-08T22:30Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"THE CROODS. ICE AGE but w humanoids. Nicolas Cage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/315201176348008451)  2013-03-22T20:39Z 19.9K followers, [--] engagements


"At #Cannes THE IMMIGRANT press conf begins. Sample tweet-opinions so far: "inert"; "exquisite"; "snoring"; "great." So. Total consensus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/337856356654665728)  2013-05-24T09:03Z 19.9K followers, [--] engagements


"INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS from the Coen bros. wins #Cannes2013 Grand Prix 2nd prize. Coens went home though: Star Oscar Isaac there for prize"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/338711891197169664)  2013-05-26T17:43Z 19.9K followers, [--] engagements


"PRISONERS w Hugh Jackman & Jake Gyllenhaal. So well done you don't question the string-pulling until the 2nd hour. http://t.co/uNrIHXWOcE http://trib.in/1gIrYFZ http://trib.in/1gIrYFZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/381098103069081600)  2013-09-20T16:50Z 19.7K followers, [--] engagements


"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: wanker or savior THE FIFTH ESTATE starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Review: http://t.co/1jqu55A00M http://trib.in/1cywSp9 http://trib.in/1cywSp9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/391236664724451328)  2013-10-18T16:17Z 19.9K followers, [--] engagements


"THE WOLF OF WALL STREET. Scorsese or Faux-sese The season's most divisive studio picture w Leonardo diCaprio. http://t.co/dbuylHUug3 http://bit.ly/1cs5IDc http://bit.ly/1cs5IDc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/415205274543091712)  2013-12-23T19:40Z 19.9K followers, [--] engagements


"But @benkenigsberg went [--] for [--] so @ebertchicago and I should probably buy him a plant or something"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/42094839575224320)  2011-02-28T05:32Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Took me too long to catch up with this gem of a cine-essay: #LosAngelesPlaysItself. Wed. only @musicboxtheatre. http://t.co/T65YUtlIwK http://trib.in/1uKJC4l http://trib.in/1uKJC4l"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/510248327376433152)  2014-09-12T02:07Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"The #2015Cannes poster unveiled. Ms. Bergman smiling. http://t.co/XBF3VaTIY3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/580056556689076225)  2015-03-23T17:20Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Not since Plato has there been such a symposium--& his was v. weak on film. I Intro "Tabloid" tonite at Northwestern. http://bit.ly/ijtNlR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/61167799489400832)  2011-04-21T20:41Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@benkenigsberg Ben you're killing me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/865200853610893312)  2017-05-18T13:42Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"The two big cinematic successes right now: "Captain Underpants" & a movie that could've been called "General Underpants." #wonderwomanfilm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/872572875051499523)  2017-06-07T21:55Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"The wiseass mass gun violence in movies like "The Hitman's Bodyguard" or "Kingsman: Golden Circle" bugged me before Las Vegas. Am I alone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/915398957806833665)  2017-10-04T02:11Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"(Pause.) (Sigh.) Well Tracy you might want to CARVE OUT the NINETY-TWO MINUTES to check it out. And then well talk *folds his arms testily* https://x.com/tracyswartz/status/971857119627698176 Hmmm I have not seen "His Girl Friday." Is it funnier than "The Paper" https://t.co/Jj4ck8XYcO https://x.com/tracyswartz/status/971857119627698176 Hmmm I have not seen "His Girl Friday." Is it funnier than "The Paper" https://t.co/Jj4ck8XYcO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/971860488161198080)  2018-03-08T21:29Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Cukors greatest. I adore it and the entire New Years Eve sequence is just beautiful. Glad you caught up with it Hope the print comes our way. https://x.com/benkenigsberg/status/992612009672892416 HOLIDAY: I'm so ashamed I'd never seen this I'll just pretend I was always waiting for a beyond-stunning sepia-toned nitrate print that for various reasons may have ended up in a discard pile. MVP: Lew Ayres. #nitrateshow2018 https://x.com/benkenigsberg/status/992612009672892416 HOLIDAY: I'm so ashamed I'd never seen this I'll just pretend I was always waiting for a beyond-stunning sepia-toned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MrPhillipsPart2/status/992616511968772096)  2018-05-05T04:06Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements


"News personal: @chicagotribune has eliminated the post of film critic. This left me two options: wait for a newsroom reassignment or take the buyout. I took the buyout. Time for something new somewhere else. Exit column later this week. (1/3)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957798644985262249)  2025-08-19T13:35Z 19K followers, 752.6K engagements


"550 people showed up for an 1130am @musicboxtheatre matinee of Double Indemnity proving conclusively that moviegoing is dead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1616896016569204736)  2023-01-21T20:30Z 19K followers, 292.8K engagements


"World premiere at Venice: MARRIAGE STORY is a knockout. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson marvelous in Noah Baumbachs fully felt chronicle of a long-distance breakup and the child in the middle. Plus Driver performs a tip-top rendition of Sondheims Being Alive. #Venezia76"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1167001143463096320)  2019-08-29T09:08Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Confirmed by one of his sons this morning: Director Stanley Donen has died at [--]. With Gene Kelly he brought ON THE TOWN and SINGIN IN THE RAIN into the world; on his own [--] BRIDES CHARADE and TWO FOR THE ROAD. A huge often neglected talent. #StanleyDonen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1099287218684903424)  2019-02-23T12:37Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Writing about a valiant and inspiring city and its champions of cinema and the individual talents who shine has been great for my soul. New adventures await. To all the humans on this insanely compromised platform: Thanks for reading. Truly. (3/3)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957801956761645201)  2025-08-19T13:48Z 19K followers, 27.6K engagements


"The healthy and optimistic among us said UChicago Medicines Dr. Emily Landon just now at the Pritzker/Lightfoot press conference will doom the vulnerable. DONT ASSUME YOU ARE HEALTHY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1241101768064368641)  2020-03-20T20:38Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Attention must be paid: Brian Dennehy a giant of Chicago and Americas stages and the screen is dead at [--] https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-actor-brian-dennehy-dies-0417-20200416-sftbe7dzurfmfk6zcq4yzrgvry-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-actor-brian-dennehy-dies-0417-20200416-sftbe7dzurfmfk6zcq4yzrgvry-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1250837801609891845)  2020-04-16T17:25Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Jonathan Glazer: "The Zone of Interest" tried to show "where dehumanization leads at its worst." Calls out Israel's crushing of Gaza. Eloquent efficient words. #Oscars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1766983924159328512)  2024-03-11T00:26Z 19K followers, 19.8K engagements


"I just loved Tom Wilkinson gone far too soon. Rewatched the first [--] minutes of "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and his [----] prologue--right down to the tiny barely inflected aside ("it's all right") on camera to his remorseful son--is so very very right indeed. RIP and thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741177264232943756)  2023-12-30T19:19Z 19K followers, 19.1K engagements


"A.O. Scott/Michael Phillips reunion tour aka brunch in Hyde Park. Picked right up where we left off a few years back.💜"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1782169101323944411)  2024-04-21T22:06Z 19K followers, 18.7K engagements


"@grahamorama @chicagotribune Adam that would've changed everything if the hedge fund knew Kidding. But not kidding about thanking you for saying so. Right on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957802341031198753)  2025-08-19T13:50Z 19K followers, 24.4K engagements


"To say what @POTUS just said implying that murderous white supremacy is no worse than those fighting it should be an impeachable offense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/896483825169072129)  2017-08-12T21:29Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Spent Saturday night luxury condo shopping"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1424168985248022531)  2021-08-08T00:42Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Happy 90th to one of the greats and one of the Pasadena Playhouse conservatory students voted least likely to succeed. #GeneHackman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1222893143693176832)  2020-01-30T14:43Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"I'll continue to pop in (and off) on the beloved long-distance runner known as @filmspotting and inflict my taste in film music on the weekly @WFMT "Soundtrack" 9am Saturdays. And I'm pleased to continue as director of the U of I College of Media Roger Ebert Fellowship. (2/3)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957799915305803805)  2025-08-19T13:40Z 19K followers, 13.4K engagements


"Happy 8th anniversary hon. Grateful every day and no film can compare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1442828317321748480)  2021-09-28T12:27Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Stating the obvious (a Twitter specialty) but this is a good day to reaquaint yourself with @ava 's SELMA a reminder that fighting federally sanctioned moral bankruptcy is never easy. And never not worth it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/952926032734117889)  2018-01-15T15:30Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"From my wife. I can only add: For the good of all feel free to tune out the most callous among us who downplay the pandemic in the name of personal liberty. I was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday. I'm isolating at home away from my family (all of whom tested negative) and I haven't had to go to the hospital. I'm breathing fine just very achy tired and dizzy. I'm sharing this in the hopes that . I was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday. I'm isolating at home away from my family (all of whom tested negative) and I haven't had to go to the hospital. I'm breathing fine just very achy tired and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1314249220757565440)  2020-10-08T17:00Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"I was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday. I'm isolating at home away from my family (all of whom tested negative) and I haven't had to go to the hospital. I'm breathing fine just very achy tired and dizzy. I'm sharing this in the hopes that "  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1314239429746229249)  2020-10-08T16:21Z 34.7K followers, [----] engagements


"How can six minutes of poetry from @theamandagorman lift an entire nation's cultural hopes Here's how. I'm still levitating. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-ent-inaugural-poetry-at-last-column-0120-20210120-2owiftbfyfhy5aykrmwknlgiq4-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-ent-inaugural-poetry-at-last-column-0120-20210120-2owiftbfyfhy5aykrmwknlgiq4-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1352032163743588353)  2021-01-20T23:16Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Tiny Sunday Night Football issue w Chris Collinsworth all in for Aaron Rodgers relentless honesty re: vaccination stance. Never mind the potentially lethal deception part"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1470219730011275264)  2021-12-13T02:31Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Re-sending: Roger died this day six years ago. No one ever distilled it the way he could: Its not what a movie is about. Its how its about it. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-roger-ebert-talking-pictures-20130404-column.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-roger-ebert-talking-pictures-20130404-column.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1113870665273290752)  2019-04-04T18:27Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"500+ turned out tonight for All That Jazz courtesy of @thefilmsociety and @musicboxtheatre"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1549204344645500929)  2022-07-19T01:27Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Last week Apple apologized for the most honest (and also terrible and insidious) commercial it ever made. Everyone said it said "the quiet part out loud." But there's another angle here. Thanks to @mattzollerseitz for the conversation. Gift link: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/15/column-why-the-stink-of-that-bad-bad-ipad-ad-wont-go-away/share=mowcasgyodhbcge5locm https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/15/column-why-the-stink-of-that-bad-bad-ipad-ad-wont-go-away/share=mowcasgyodhbcge5locm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1790843678296043627)  2024-05-15T20:36Z 19K followers, 87.1K engagements


"Im hearing reports of the death of longtime Tribune film critic Michael Wilmington. Shocked and saddened. More when I learn more but for now: very tough news about an ardent lover of the medium"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1479288619777105920)  2022-01-07T03:07Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Lin Brehmer gone. So many morning commutes made better by this man. So many Chicagoans poorer for this news. Heartbroken for Lins family and for all who loved him. We are legion 💔 Heartbroken for Lins family and for all who loved him. We are legion 💔"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1617211588519362560)  2023-01-22T17:24Z 19K followers, 14.5K engagements


"Heartbroken for Lins family and for all who loved him. We are legion 💔"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1617202456949145602)  2023-01-22T16:48Z 34.7K followers, 39.9K engagements


"Hate to even dignify this with a response but: What a fucking idiot There was nobody in Hollywood in [----] or [----] that came close to the raw acting talent of someone like Meryl Streep or Daniel Day Lewis or one of our great actors today. The "greats" of that era were turning in performances that would be considered hammy and contrived today. There was nobody in Hollywood in [----] or [----] that came close to the raw acting talent of someone like Meryl Streep or Daniel Day Lewis or one of our great actors today. The "greats" of that era were turning in performances that would be considered hammy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1139542294057672705)  2019-06-14T14:37Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"There was nobody in Hollywood in [----] or [----] that came close to the raw acting talent of someone like Meryl Streep or Daniel Day Lewis or one of our great actors today. The "greats" of that era were turning in performances that would be considered hammy and contrived today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1138905067246018561)  2019-06-12T20:25Z 4M followers, [---] engagements


"RIP David Bordwell: singular cinema champion professor and educator. Film Art: An Introduction written with his wife and inspired collaborator Kristin Thompson probably did more than any book in existence to activate young cinephiles a classroom at a time. He was a friend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1763683761965666453)  2024-03-01T21:52Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"When a film as good and as "small" ($2.4 million domestic box office) as THE RIDER wins an award even if that award urges a few hundred or a couple thousand more people to take a chance on it any platform.this is why awards aren't entirely full of shit. @NatSocFilmCrix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1081670541214470144)  2019-01-05T21:55Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Here's the obituary and remembrance of longtime Tribune film critic Michael Wilmington who died Jan. [--] at age [--]. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-ent-wilmington-tribune-film-critic-dead-20220107-ywrbajsx3jcb7lndbvsuapbzuu-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-ent-wilmington-tribune-film-critic-dead-20220107-ywrbajsx3jcb7lndbvsuapbzuu-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1479515266602180620)  2022-01-07T18:08Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Almost too much to believe or to take in right now: A photo of Debbie Reynolds onstage with daughter Carrie Fisher in the wings. https://x.com/MsSarahPaulson/status/814292489179983872 This. Just this devastatingly moving photograph. Just this. https://t.co/PKTT7gPbBI https://x.com/MsSarahPaulson/status/814292489179983872 This. Just this devastatingly moving photograph. Just this. https://t.co/PKTT7gPbBI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/814296264535920645)  2016-12-29T02:25Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"This. Just this devastatingly moving photograph. Just this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/814292489179983872)  2016-12-29T02:10Z 1M followers, 45.9K engagements


"My wife the valiant. I donated convalescent plasma this weekend after reading in my @chicagotribune that the Red Cross is seeking donations from COVID survivors to help treat patients hospitalized with the virus. It takes about [--] hours but they plunk you in front of Netflix (1/2) https://t.co/1Zvt7e9PcJ I donated convalescent plasma this weekend after reading in my @chicagotribune that the Red Cross is seeking donations from COVID survivors to help treat patients hospitalized with the virus. It takes about [--] hours but they plunk you in front of Netflix (1/2) https://t.co/1Zvt7e9PcJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1325602609483440128)  2020-11-09T00:54Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"I donated convalescent plasma this weekend after reading in my @chicagotribune that the Red Cross is seeking donations from COVID survivors to help treat patients hospitalized with the virus. It takes about [--] hours but they plunk you in front of Netflix (1/2)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1325576981635764225)  2020-11-08T23:12Z 34.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Kim Novak with unidentified @chicagotribune critic backstage at @RaviniaFestivals VERTIGO accompanied by @chicagosymphony. It was an honor to do the pre-show talk on Bernard Herrmann"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1029902141073309697)  2018-08-16T01:26Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"A giant has passed gracefully into history. #CarlReiner created so much sheer pleasure in his [--] years. Endless riches from "Your Show of Shows" to "The Dick Van Dyke Show" to the "Ocean's" movies to his final defiant anti-Trump tweet. Rest in peace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1277969750304276481)  2020-06-30T14:18Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Recovering at home now from sepsis. Have to say its a fairly harsh way to finally get a year off from covering the Oscars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1504619549542563845)  2022-03-18T00:43Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Says the best the Tribune ever let go. Tribune is losing a good one. Tribune is losing a good one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957961633516646917)  2025-08-20T00:23Z 19K followers, 10.3K engagements


"Tribune is losing a good one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1957825143385792528)  2025-08-19T15:21Z 34.7K followers, 20.3K engagements


"Incredibly gracious speech from best director Bong Joon Ho calling out Scorsese and Tarantino primarily but Phillips and Mendes as well. "If the Academy allows I would like to get a Texas chainsaw" and split it five ways. Keep it going folks. #Oscars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1226717787445432320)  2020-02-10T04:01Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"My father-in-law: a gem. My dad used a portable DVD player to make a drive-in for his toy train village. (Todays feature is American Graffiti despite what the marquee says.) Cheers to all the grown-ups going to tremendous lengths to create some wonder today ❤ https://t.co/mxkCi0ESIN My dad used a portable DVD player to make a drive-in for his toy train village. (Todays feature is American Graffiti despite what the marquee says.) Cheers to all the grown-ups going to tremendous lengths to create some wonder today ❤ https://t.co/mxkCi0ESIN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1475115085920186371)  2021-12-26T14:43Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"My dad used a portable DVD player to make a drive-in for his toy train village. (Todays feature is American Graffiti despite what the marquee says.) Cheers to all the grown-ups going to tremendous lengths to create some wonder today ❤"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1474793859196628992)  2021-12-25T17:27Z 34.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Glenn Close just retroactively won her Oscar. #DaButt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1386512228640301062)  2021-04-26T02:47Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


""American Fiction" adapted screenplay Cord Jefferson. Very popular win. Instead of one $200 million dollar movie he urges the conglomerates "try making [--] 10-million dollar movies." YES YES YYYYYYYYYYES #Oscars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1766976221361906103)  2024-03-10T23:55Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"My appreciation of the late Stanley Donen is up here. Additional material to come. A giant has passed and screen musicals from SINGIN' IN THE RAIN on down were made infinitely more alive and truly cinematic by his work. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-stanley-donen-appreciation-0225-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-stanley-donen-appreciation-0225-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1099352742735290368)  2019-02-23T16:58Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


""Sound of Metal" wins for editing and Mikkel E.G. Nielsen delivers a shout-out to Danish government for its federal arts support film-school division. America are you listening #StupidQuestion #Oscars2021"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1386505657294200834)  2021-04-26T02:21Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"This is my editor's last day at the @chicagotribune. Thank you @CarmelCarrillo for all the tightening improving and elevating action verb by action verb over the years. You are the best. The buyout's gain is your writers' loss"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1225774440144916485)  2020-02-07T13:32Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"At @Facets BURNING CANE a supple and auspicious feature film debut getting a deserved release thanks to @ava and @ARRAYNow. The filmmaker shot it when he was [--]. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-mov-burning-cane-facets-rev-1025-20191022-skbysxgsvffnng2yrluc5aqi6q-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-mov-burning-cane-facets-rev-1025-20191022-skbysxgsvffnng2yrluc5aqi6q-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1187760457312063489)  2019-10-25T15:58Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Agnes Varda has died age [--]. The "Cleo from [--] to 7" and "Faces Places" director's cinematic curiosity became our eternal reward. In [----] in Chicago she told me: "I'm most interested in the moment somebody goes out of the frame. Where do they go" #AgnesVarda"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1111593837724684288)  2019-03-29T11:39Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Our local movie theater. This is late 2020"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1319780767027941377)  2020-10-23T23:20Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Every word of this superb @britmarling @nytimes essay tells the story we need to hear. "What we really mean when we say we want strong female leads is: 'Give me a man but in the body of a woman I still want to see naked.' https://nyti.ms/2vb049p https://nyti.ms/2vb049p"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1225763877255864320)  2020-02-07T12:50Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"First Ray Liotta. Now James Caan. American cinema lost two indelible forces of nature far too soon. A Liotta tribute opens today at @filmcenter. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-ent-field-of-dreams-liotta-film-center-20220708-qeuuinocmbhvjjq7dqskbrkuzi-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-ent-field-of-dreams-liotta-film-center-20220708-qeuuinocmbhvjjq7dqskbrkuzi-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1545374499381678080)  2022-07-08T11:49Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"#Parasite makes history. Four #Oscars including best picture. First in another language. We'll call it even re: "Green Book" now. The crowd in the Dolby Theatre is ecstatic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1226724444955123713)  2020-02-10T04:27Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Anyone selling the romantic myth of "The show must go on" right now is dangerous. "The show will come back" is what we need and then we need to sustain and support it when everybody's open again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1239578678373294082)  2020-03-16T15:46Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Just announced: Gael Garcia Bernal Toronto winner Jojo Rabbit Knives Out director Rian Johnson confirmed for Chicago International Film Festival https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-mov-film-chi-fest-lineup-0918-20190918-xte5ynwf6jhqvma3bkpsii2jmm-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-mov-film-chi-fest-lineup-0918-20190918-xte5ynwf6jhqvma3bkpsii2jmm-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1174361313918816256)  2019-09-18T16:35Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Everyone's piling on 'Megalopolis' and 'Joker: Folie Deux.' They're not the [----] flops I worry about. Column giftlink here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/17/column-everyones-piling-on-megalopolis-and-joker-folie-a-deux-theyre-not-the-flops-i-worry-about/share=muopdcotwsse2ko7ojk1 https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/17/column-everyones-piling-on-megalopolis-and-joker-folie-a-deux-theyre-not-the-flops-i-worry-about/share=muopdcotwsse2ko7ojk1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1846917239536009643)  2024-10-17T14:12Z 19K followers, 125.5K engagements


"I was thinking these #Oscars tribute montages were far shrewder and better than usual even before that lovely Roger @ebertchicago footage about movies as machines that generate empathy showed up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/970478037270704139)  2018-03-05T01:56Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Whether you're our president a functioning politician or a columnist: When you use the words "I'm not advocating violence" followed by the loudest silent "but" imaginable --that says it all and makes you complicit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1349056295752658944)  2021-01-12T18:10Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"A long-lost [----] silent feature turned up in a storage closet in Peoria. Here's the story of its rescue and restoration with thanks to @ChiFilmArchives: https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-mov-chicago-archives-silent-movie-0803-20200803-e4r2xie34ngxbc5byiyjlpzwzi-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/ct-mov-chicago-archives-silent-movie-0803-20200803-e4r2xie34ngxbc5byiyjlpzwzi-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1290258359107518465)  2020-08-03T12:08Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Review: #TheBatman. We've been here before--the vastly inferior "Joker" mainly--and I thought I'd had it with this stuff. But it's the best Batman since "The Dark Knight" by a Gotham mile. https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/sc-mov-the-batman-pattinson-review-0304-20220228-vv2adidhdndinj6mq3otznmafe-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/michael-phillips/sc-mov-the-batman-pattinson-review-0304-20220228-vv2adidhdndinj6mq3otznmafe-story.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1498394779348090886)  2022-02-28T20:28Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Thanks to Starbucks we can safely retire the word "curated." Or give it a nice long vacation at least"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/721336136732291072)  2016-04-16T13:55Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Our house tonight: a six-boy sleepover-13-yr-olds friends since they were 4are heading out to see Barbie. YEAH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1682930491304075264)  2023-07-23T01:47Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"For various work reasons I saw but didnt review the new SHAFT. But its probably the worst film Ive seen so far this year. Thought you should know. All the best"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1139286027993079808)  2019-06-13T21:38Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"My dad turns [--] today. Here he is in his @ebertfest cap"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1316459524719599616)  2020-10-14T19:23Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"All I want for the holidays is a federal vaccine and booster mandate and if you think that's a political rather than a medical issue we'll just have to agree to disagree"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1472214664746573831)  2021-12-18T14:38Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


""Oppenheimer" Oscar-winning dp Hoyte Van Hoytema" urges up-and-coming cinematographers to shoot on "that incredible new hip thing called celluloid.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1766997001328050320)  2024-03-11T01:18Z 19K followers, 10.7K engagements


"Really wish "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3" had opened July [--] instead of "Barbie" so we could've made "Opaheimer" a thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1700167386643542056)  2023-09-08T15:21Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Expect TENET to open in dozens of countries other than the U.S. sometime later this year while we take our sweet time not taking care of the pandemic. #freedom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1285281246206136323)  2020-07-20T18:31Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Not that it matters but: How to make an acceptance speech sharp and politically urgent: Michelle Williams. Laura Dern. How not to: Joaquin Phoenix. How to come off like a tool: Quentin Tarantino. #GoldenGlobes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1214034761586561024)  2020-01-06T04:03Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Lovely to see @filmspotting and @LarsenOnFilm topping @emmdibs excellent list of film podcasts in todays @nytimesarts. Way to go"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1196082953308266501)  2019-11-17T15:09Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Awful to say it but: Its time. Lets close the movie theaters for a while"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1238624723929612296)  2020-03-14T00:35Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"As critic civilian and Chicagoan I can only say that my ass thanks you in advance https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/07/music-box-theatre-is-spending-750k-for-new-seats-and-a-spiffing-up/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/07/music-box-theatre-is-spending-750k-for-new-seats-and-a-spiffing-up/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1799141145047453738)  2024-06-07T18:07Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"Until the last conservative I know personally decides not to vote for the current occupant Im not counting a single chicken before the November hatch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1274497389676711938)  2020-06-21T00:20Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"A photo Ive never seen before by @chicagotribune colleague @jkimpictures. Me and Boots Riley summer of 2018"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1254951925310726145)  2020-04-28T01:53Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Ad in todays @chicagotribune for our previous home now luxury condos with the [----] Aesops Fables-inspired arches reminding all who pass beneath them to be responsible honest and fair. No comment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1282288609429729281)  2020-07-12T12:20Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"This is just awful awful news. He carried it with him through so much fine work. Rest in peace. Chadwick Boseman has died at [--]. His Twitter account reported that he had been battling colon cancer https://t.co/oRWgcgAvHB Chadwick Boseman has died at [--]. His Twitter account reported that he had been battling colon cancer https://t.co/oRWgcgAvHB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1299540079224946691)  2020-08-29T02:51Z 19K followers, [---] engagements


"Chadwick Boseman has died at [--]. His Twitter account reported that he had been battling colon cancer http://wp.me/p2WgDE-1lyTII http://wp.me/p2WgDE-1lyTII"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1299534279962062849)  2020-08-29T02:28Z 3.1M followers, [----] engagements


"Spoken like a man who really really really wants to keep that Netflix money comin David Fincher on the ongoing Hollywood strikes: "I can understand both sides and I think all we can do is encourage them to talk. https://t.co/qHebEcLe5N David Fincher on the ongoing Hollywood strikes: "I can understand both sides and I think all we can do is encourage them to talk. https://t.co/qHebEcLe5N"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1698497582626902245)  2023-09-04T00:45Z 19K followers, [----] engagements


"David Fincher on the ongoing Hollywood strikes: "I can understand both sides and I think all we can do is encourage them to talk. https://bit.ly/3r6ySG5 https://bit.ly/3r6ySG5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1698330212923011158)  2023-09-03T13:40Z 3.1M followers, 705.3K engagements


"Thinking and writing about movies has been infernally challenging this year amid such momentous ugliness. The best work I hope will outlive the worst surrounding it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/937010311663702021)  2017-12-02T17:27Z 19K followers, [---] engagements

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