Stephanie Zacharek
@szacharek
Film Critic at TIME. I never travel far without a little Big Star.
Love in a Warm Climate: My essay for @Criterion on one of my favorite movies of all time, The Palm Beach Story: criterion.com/current/posts/…
This is an excellent piece. Please read -- the liberal arts can and should survive and thrive, and Prof. Frey was proving that at Tulsa before her (very successful) program was axed.
I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…
When a YouTube commenter comes out of nowhere and absolutely nails it
CLUELESS (now turning 30—!) is great. But there are other reasons to sing the praises of its director, Amy Heckerling: time.com/7302138/cluele…
A drop in the bucket compared with the Colbert firing or the public broadcasting debacle, but the NYT's desire to "go beyond the traditional review" is appalling. By "traditional review," you mean, like, an essay? Crafted with thought and care? You're sick of that? God help us.
Sorry, Batman. Superman—square but oh so kind—will always be my favorite. time.com/7301592/superm…
At last, I have acquired the circa 1950 Frank Rebajes articulated copper lobster brooch I have wanted for—no joke—20+ years. Pic 3 is a postcard of the Rebajes store on 5th Ave, which he opened in 1942. Doesn’t it look amazing? Wish I had a time machine!
For @TIME, my friend and colleague @luscombeland has written a really lively, detailed, and beautiful feature about our new pope, and I urge you to read it. It made me feel a little better about, well, everything. time.com/7298083/pope-l…
Give the people what they want
Bank of England to redesign banknotes - and wants your help bbc.in/4nueiIf
Oh please please PLEASE, do not let the horror that is AI destroy the art of the courtroom sketch.
Dinos get their due—at last!—in JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH. time.com/7298696/jurass…
Nothing says, "Don't look at me! Please! I mean, really, don't look at me!" like a black baseball cap in Venice.
Hoo-boy, tonight's gonna be a stress-knitting hootenanny.
I think it’s time for @GavinNewsom @MayorOfLA to do something about the Cinerama Dome. It’s a CA historic cultural monument that’s been abandoned & neglected for 5 years. RT if you agree.
The Hildreth Meière “Drama” roundel at Radio City rings just about every bell for me. Love walking by it.
Folks: Try to record everything that @ICEgov does and record the people doing it. There will come a time when Trump is gone and the rule of law returns. Then these violent criminal thugs will be brought to justice, like the o.g. Nazis at Nuremberg.
To paraphrase that old, unabashedly sexist hair-color commercial: Brad Pitt isn't getting older, he's getting better. And F1 is a lot of fun. time.com/7295043/f1-the…
What the bloody hell...
Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at immigration court just now. Video from his office:
You know what? I think Celine Song's clear-eyed but wistful MATERIALISTS -is- a romantic comedy. Just don't call it a rom-com. time.com/7294007/materi…
We should all aspire to his lack of a desire to please. x.com/FallonTonight/…
Robert De Niro picks which Robert De Niro movie everyone should watch tonight 🤣 #FallonTonight