Chief film critic, Variety. Beneath this glassy surface, a world of gliding monsters.https://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mlfpbbb7dk25A French Légion d’Honneur for whoever the nerd is who got the Cannes ticketing site working this breezily09 May 2026 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlfpbbb7dk25https://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3ml3n3pz5sc2405 May 2026 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3n3pz5sc24https://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mksxn24fbs2gPerfect example of why this rule change is a good move, and long overdue. Restricting it to just major festival winners often quite arbitrarily chosen by juries isn’t ideal, but it’s a start — the idea of the category as a kind of nationality-based cinematic Olympics is way outdated. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksxn24fbs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mkqvdbhpbc2lSo thrilled to have one of my favourite current critics, @bealoayza.bsky.social, now writing at Variety, among her other illustrious outlets. More from her at Cannes soon, but for now, here she is being both witty and authoritative on a title I can’t fit into this tweet. https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-slime-the-movie-tears-of-the-azure-sea-review-1236733756/01 May 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqvdbhpbc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mkniyforbs2hThere are so many much more fun things you could have titled THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, but that’s what they went with, and much like the film, I guess it’ll do. Streep’s line deliveries, again, are the real prize — but there isn’t much rewatch value here. My review: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/the-devil-wears-prada-2-review-1236731918/29 Apr 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkniyforbs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mkniha54322hThere are so many much more fun things you could have titled THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, but that’s what they went with, and much like the film, I guess it’ll do. Streep’s line deliveries, again, are the real prize — but there isn’t much rewatch value here. My review: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/the-devil-wears-prada-2-review-1236731918/29 Apr 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkniha54322hhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mka5q6c6c224A shame that APEX has gone straight to Netflix, because it’s very much a multiplex movie, and a fun, well-made one too. https://variety.com/2026/film/news/apex-review-charlize-theron-taron-egerton-1236727837/24 Apr 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka5q6c6c224https://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mka3otfdbs2lLeaving aside the fact that the first allegations were in 1993 — and that “intimate” is about the last adjective I’d apply to MICHAEL — the use of the present tense in “who Michael is” is doing a lot of work here.24 Apr 2026 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka3otfdbs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mk5xas5a5s2dI stand by The Bride!, and so does Venice, clearly. https://variety.com/2026/film/global/maggie-gyllenhaal-venice-film-festival-jury-president-1236728505/23 Apr 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5xas5a5s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mk3yqeiar22vRed carpet interviewer to Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci: “Is it amazing to be reunited?” Streep, sounding weary: “Sure is, it’s like Whatsisname and Tennille.”22 Apr 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3yqeiar22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mk3xlksx322rNeed to stop over-abbreviating in my diary as I briefly wondered why I had a 6pm appointment with the Department of Work and Pensions rather than The Devil Wears Prada 2.22 Apr 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3xlksx322rhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mjkbzsc5p22p“Nicole! I loved you in Birth!” “And now, my child, it’s time to love me in death.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkbzsc5p22phttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mjfanul3js2tMaybe Film Twitter is already abuzz about this, but has anybody else noticed that Markus Schleinzer’s MICHAEL (2011) falls at the exact midpoint of the timeline between Nora Ephron’s MICHAEL (1996) and Antoine Fuqua’s MICHAEL (2026)13 Apr 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfanul3js2thttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mitnfl62422wSo, some news. https://variety.com/2026/film/news/variety-hires-guy-lodge-chief-film-critic-123670470206 Apr 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitnfl62422whttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mham5bvxk22kRead this and so wanted it to be true that I checked IMDb to make sure I hadn’t misremembered, but alas.17 Mar 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mham5bvxk22khttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mh6sii3kt22eFun fact: it was on video, sure, but to my knowledge, the London Film Critics’ Circle Awards got Sean Penn’s only acceptance speech of the entire season.16 Mar 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6sii3kt22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mh5mwcv2xc2hRemember when Javier Bardem made LOVING PABLO? You probably don’t, but I do, and let me tell you, that was Pablo Escobar saying, “Free Palestine.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 04:33 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5mwcv2xc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mh5l4b2vok2hFour Oscars for Best Actor, Original Screenplay, Cinematography and Score is a handsome runner-up haul by any standard, and doesn’t really square with breaking the record for most Oscar losses in one night. 16 nominations is just an awful lot to live up to.16 Mar 2026 04:01 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5l4b2vok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mh5htcygrs2wAlso, I almost got this, so who’s the real winner tonight [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5htcygrs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mh5h3waqt22wAny Oscar ceremony is ultimately as good as its winners and speeches, so I’ll remember this one fondly. But everything around them? Jesus Christ. What happened?16 Mar 2026 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5h3waqt22whttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mh5ggviof22wDelighted to see Teyana Taylor win her deserved Best Picture Oscar16 Mar 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5ggviof22whttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mh4mdyfvj22yOkay, fine, some predictions.15 Mar 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4mdyfvj22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mguit2prjs2vAbsolutely exhilarating writing, I’m literally out of breath https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n05/andrew-o-hagan/stay-classy12 Mar 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguit2prjs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mgsu6sjhi225Okay but tell me Kidman and McGregor are presenting only after they perform a 25th-anniversary MOULIN ROUGE! tribute number in which they sing the complete and unabridged Elephant Love Medley while the camera cuts to a fuming Diane Warren every 20 seconds11 Mar 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsu6sjhi225https://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mgg4lkvv4k2oIt’s cute how seriously many people took the Academy’s new “rule” that members have to see all the nominees in a category to vote, as if everyone isn’t just going to do exactly this.06 Mar 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgg4lkvv4k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mfiz5vjtac2uAll fruit is good [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Feb 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfiz5vjtac2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/guylodge.bsky.social/post/3mfi6s4vazs2wMeant to put a little money on Robert Aramayo and forgot to do so, but it would have been a nice dinner out.22 Feb 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:sl2aowynfeucmu5vp2bwnfe5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfi6s4vazs2w