Mark’s Movies
Mark LeydorfMusings on films old and new from a film fanatic and occasional critic. I can't edit myself, alas—if you spot a typo, give me a yell!
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Progn-Oscar-cations for 2025
One Battle After Another/Warner Bros.
If you’re just tuning in to this year’s awards season, you’ve probably heard about the late surge in support for Ryan Coogler’s ambitious and very profitable Sinners. (Ambitious understates it: The mov...
My Favorite Films of 2025
Hello friends! I know, I know. It’s been a dog’s age since you heard from me. I promised you lots of chats about movies and… Did. Not. Deliver. There haven’t been any Maryellens at all.
In short, last year was…let’s just say it was tricky....
A CHAIN OF GRATUITOUS EPISODES
“I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it anyway,” says Guido, the tortured film director and subject of 8½, at one point in this thrilling, baffling movie. It’s one of many bold moves from director-writer Federico Fellini, to put...
INTO THE MATRIX
Netflix
Adolescence, a four-part thriller set in Yorkshire, may be the most gripping series I’ve seen in years. It’s just mind-blowing television. I urge you to wait for an evening when you can surrender four hours to your couch: Not a mom...
TOO SOON
Warner Bros. Pictures
This review is cross-posted from Bloomberg Pursuits. Special thanks to my editor, Justin Ocean.
“Hey Mickey, what’s it feel like to die?”
The title character of Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho’s silly-serious sci-fi satire,...
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Writer & editor at Bloomberg. Acted for 20+ years and wrote a few musicals with the late, great Michael Brennan. Also a longtime queer activist.
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