Tim Grierson
@TimGrierson
Senior U.S. Critic for @Screendaily | Often at @latimes, @rollingstone and @ebertvoices | Author of THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A MOVIE | [email protected]
Embeth Davidtz had never been interested in directing. Then she read Alexandra Fuller's memoir DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS and decided it had to be a movie. For the @latimes, I spoke to Davidtz about her passion project and her complicated childhood. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Visiting Embeth Davidtz (and her two rescue dogs) at home in Brentwood Park, @TimGrierson wrote this beautiful profile about her reckoning with a South African childhood — and making her directorial debut count. latimes.com/entertainment-…
OH, HI! is such a nervy attempt to tackle the insecurity and terror of modern dating -- all in the guise of a dark comedy -- that I'm sorry it's not more successful than it is. avclub.com/oh-hi-review
Documentarians Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's best films are often about hard subjects. But for their latest, they go for a crowd-pleaser. Here's my review of FOLKTALES, which opens in New York on Friday. screendaily.com/reviews/folkta…
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS starts off so promisingly. But eventually, it suffers from some of the same problems that affected other recent Marvel movies. Here's my @Screendaily review. screendaily.com/reviews/the-fa…
'Terrestrial' Fantasia review: A Hollywood success story hides a secret in dark US comedy. By @TimGrierson #Fantasia2025 screendaily.com/reviews/terres…
I never fully loved his LATE SHOW and will always, always miss my beloved COLBERT REPORT. Still, this is an absolute shock. variety.com/2025/tv/news/c…
DOCUMENTARIES BY BRETT STORY 📽️ Coming to @criterionchannl in August! bit.ly/4f5WEGT
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ review: Uninspiring sequel to ’90s slasher lacks a killer hook. By @TimGrierson #IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer screendaily.com/reviews/520703…
What's it like to go to a concert for an older artist you suspect you may never see perform again? I wrote about Paul Simon's "A Quiet Celebration" tour. insidehook.com/music/after-su…
Ari Aster's first three films were daring examinations of characters cracking into a million little pieces. But his latest, about the paranoia and anger of the Covid era, is his first misfire. Here's my @Screendaily review of EDDINGTON. screendaily.com/reviews/edding…
'The Negotiator' Galway review: Affectionate, limited documentary portrait of US senator George J Mitchell is directed by ‘Kneecap’ producer Trevor Birney. By @TimGrierson #FilmFleadh screendaily.com/the-negotiator…
If you visit XTC's Spotify page, it indicates that the band has a brand-new single, its first in 20 years. Too bad it's somebody else calling themselves XTC. youtube.com/watch?v=Bm5Zxh…
There's a lot riding on James Gunn's SUPERMAN, which doesn't just reboot the Man of Steel but also ushers in a new comic-book era for Warner Bros. that's being overseen by Gunn. I think the movie is ... good enough. Here's my @Screendaily review: screendaily.com/reviews/superm…
🚨New Episode!🚨 This week, we review "Jurassic World Rebirth." And then we each present our picks for the best films from the first half of 2025. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2su9wQ… Hope you're having a good weekend. Tomorrow is Monday.
Every Independence Day, I think about these lines from Public Enemy's "Louder Than a Bomb": "Picture us cooling out on the Fourth of July And if you heard we were celebrating That's a worldwide lie" This year especially, can't imagine the point of being festive.