The film critic’s gift is also their curse. It’s their very good fortune to spend their life watching, thinking about, and talking about movies. But that good fortune also means, without fail, that every new person he or she meets always asks a variation the exact same question:

“Seen anything good lately?”

It doesn’t matter if the film critic knows a great deal about fashion, or holds a PhD in economics, or would rather talk about how the New York Mets’ shaky pitching staff is imperiling their once-promising 2025 season. (How do you blow leads of four, five, and six runs in three consecutive games? HOW?!? )

No one cares about any of that. All they care about is the last best thing you saw. (I’ll tell you what’s not the last best thing I saw: The New York Mets’ pitching staff!)

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