
ALT FILM CRITICS’ GROUPS DENOUNCE NEXSTAR AND DISNEY-ABC DECISIONS TO SUSPEND “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!” We, the members of the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air. For decades, our organizations have represented a profession that is enabled by the First Amendment. Kimmel’s long-running talk show promotes free speech, including when it gives film artists the chance to discuss their work. There is only one word to describe the decision by powerful media corporations to silence an individual’s perspective due to fear of repercussions by the government: censorship. This is the antithesis of the values embodied by our work. We demand a reversal of this decision and encourage our colleagues across the industry to do the same.

ALT You Are Trapped in the Middle, Punk: Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing with Austin Butler CAUGHT STEALING (Darren Aronofsky, 2025, USA, 107 minutes) The police, the police and the thieves (oh yeah) You gotta lick the ground But you are trapped in the middle, punk --The Clash by way of Junior Murvin (1977) Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing isn't a film noir–it's an action movie, a thriller–but it's based around the noir trope of the ordinary joe who gets in over his head. Waaay over his head. And not because he's done anything wrong, but because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, or because he was associating with the wrong people. In this case: every one of those things. When the antihero's fortunes take a turn, which happens immediately after the film begins, the downturn accelerates from bad to worse to hellacious.
























