Jeffery Berg
Poetry, Film, Books, Tunes.
First book of poems, RE-ANIMATOR, coming in 2026 from Indolent Books.
- In order to raise funds for the production of RE-ANIMATOR, I have a goal of reaching at least 100 preorders. I am nearly there! Your support helps a vital literary press to survive and thrive. Thank you so much for your generosity. ❤️
- For fun... my personal film awards & nominees for 2025. 💫
- Letting go of the year... My Top Films of 2025. 🎞️ 💙
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- SEEDS is a lyrical, immersive documentary of Black farmers in rural Georgia. My Film-Forward review here. film-forward.com/star-reviews... 🖤
- Reposted by Jeffery BergTwo days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
- Reposted by Jeffery Berg“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...
- Here are my Top 10 Albums of 2025! 💙
- An amazing poetry collection & a discovery for me. So glad I found & rescued it from the withdrawn shelf at the library. 💜
- Here goes my Top 10 Singles / Tracks of 2025! 🎵💙
- Two poems, “Ponderosa” & “Afterlife,” from the Southern Gothic Issue of Front Porch Magazine. 🩶 shorturl.at/hZBBG
- My poem, "Handy Man," inspired by the film SMOOTH TALK, here in the Southern Gothic issue of Front Porch Magazine. 🖤 frontporchmag.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
- Three of my poems, "Handy Man," "Ponderosa," & "Afterlife," are included here in the Southern Gothic issue of Front Porch Magazine. 🖤
- I wrote about SENTIMENTAL VALUE & ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER for Film-Forward's Top 10 Films of 2025. 💜
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- Reposted by Jeffery BergOh yes! Have a read, y’all!
- Two poems of mine, "Yearbook, 1986" & "Somewhere in Time," here at The Crawfish. 💚
- Review of Gus Van Sant's DEAD MAN'S WIRE. "This story could be akin to a modern Western—the story of a little guy against the system, which remains pertinent, especially as America’s economic gap deepens." film-forward.com/crime/dead-m...
- From David Groff (@davidgroff.bsky.social): "... Berg inspirits the relics and ghosts of an American childhood and youth that is at once arrestingly familiar, fantastical, and fraught." Preorder my poetry collection RE-ANIMATOR here at Indolent Books! ❤️
- I am now a newly minted member of the New Jersey Film Critics Circle. 💙 www.njfilmcriticscircle.com/jefferyberg
- The depth and nuance of loss are well-rendered in Tom Nesher’s COME CLOSER. My Film-Forward @film4ward.bsky.social) review here.
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- Reposted by Jeffery BergI was thrilled to be invited onto the SUPPORTING CHARACTERS podcast to talk about numerous topics including Trans film images, Corpses, Fools and Monsters and our appearance on TCM. Tune in tonight for @cadenmgardner.bsky.social 's program! www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingch...
- People are helpful to one another in REBUILDING, which feels novel these days, perhaps even groundbreaking. film-forward.com/american/ind... 🩵 @bleeckerstfilms.bsky.social @film4ward.bsky.social
- Nicholas Britell's ravishing score & Linus Sandgren's exquisite cinematography smooth out purposeful, referential tonal shifts in the wistful, corny, occasionally elegant JAY KELLY. 💙 www.jdbrecords.com/2025/11/jay-...
- Getting into CHINA BEACH, which is finally available to stream on @therokuchannel.bsky.social. Amazing, ahead-of-its-time show so far, with an outstanding ensemble. Dana Delany is remarkable in it. 💙
- DIE MY LOVE often feels corrosive, spinning out of control with no end in sight. Highlights: Lawrence & Spacek's wily and effective turns, the quirky music cues, and unexpected allusions (BAMBI, among them). film-forward.com/book-adaptat... @film4ward.bsky.social 🔥
- I was genuinely surprised by how much I liked CHRISTY. Though the film follows a well-worn story type, its cast infuses it with scrappy energy. film-forward.com/biopic/christy @film4ward.bsky.social 🥊
- NUREMBERG feels overwrought at times, but it’s most compelling when it zeroes in on the psychological interplay between Crowe and Malek. film-forward.com/book-adaptat... @film4ward.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jeffery BergGreat profile of the artist Rama Duwaji (Zohran Mamdani is her husband) in the latest RVA Magazine. Includes many examples of her excellent work. She's a Virginia Commonwealth University Arts grad. Virginia can claim her! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽, VCU. rvamag.com/art/rama-duw...
- Reposted by Jeffery BergA sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
- Reposted by Jeffery Berg👑 NEW INTERVIEW 👑 DEE WALLACE, horror legend Tune in to hear about making popular horror hits like “The Hills Have Eyes,” “The Howling,” “Cujo,” “Critters” & “The Frighteners.” 🎬 💻 WATCH at youtu.be/5HVX06XGb58 🎧 LISTEN at HappyHorrorTime.com or on any podcast platform @promotehorror.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jeffery BergDiane Ladd, 1935-2025 💔
- Alexi Wasser's comedy MESSY is now on VOD and in limited theatrical release. I saw it at the @ptownfilm.bsky.social Film Festival this past Summer and it's still one of Top 5 favorites of the year! My @film4ward.bsky.social PIFF review here. film-forward.com/film-festiva... 💙
- My poem, "Forester," in the beautiful print edition of Wayfarer Magazine. 💙
- When people say they want to be "blown away by a movie," they should probably check out SIRĀT. Teaser trailer from @neon-rated.bsky.social.
- New trailer for SENTIMENTAL VALUE. Still my favorite film of the year so far! 💚
- My debut poetry collection, RE-ANIMATOR, forthcoming in 2026, is now available for preorder! The cover is from one of Michael Galinsky’s 1989 mall photographs. I am so excited to finally share this book with you! Preorder here at Indolent Books: tinyurl.com/mhc9atta ❤️
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My third book, This Elegance, is out from @boa-editions.bsky.social in May 2026. Cover design by Sandy Knight with art by Diedrick Brackens. Available to preorder now 🙏🏿 - My review of BELÉN, an impactful story & Argentina's Oscar submission for International Feature. 🖤https://jdbrecords.com/2025/10/belen.html
- My @film4ward.bsky.social review of PILLION, "A bold and remarkably assured feature directorial debut plays out mostly like a fizzy—albeit sexually explicit—romantic comedy, with deep dramatic undertones." film-forward.com/film-festiva... 🖤
- Enjoyed the early 70s, muddled, blurry feel of Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND. Another fine character study from her. My @film4ward.bsky.social review here: film-forward.com/crime/the-ma... 🤎
- Official trailer & poster release for THE SECRET AGENT. One of my favorite films of the year so far! ❤️ www.jdbrecords.com/2025/10/the-... @neon-rated.bsky.social
- I’ll be reading poems on Tuesday, 10/21 at 8 PM at Dada. Come join me! w/ @michaelmontlack.bsky.social @davidgroff.bsky.social 💙
- Reposted by Jeffery Berg“Dead Mall, Christmas Eve, 2022” by Robert Fillman bodies bound to endless loops / past shuttered shops and naked / window displays.
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- My @film4ward.bsky.social review of URCHIN, Harris Dickinson's gritty, impressive directorial debut. film-forward.com/foreign/u-k/... 💙
- I was swept up in the story and Channing Tatum & Kirsten Dunst's chemistry in ROOFMAN. Dunst is fantastic in this. My @film4ward.bsky.social review. 💙 film-forward.com/crime/roofman
- Great poem, "I, Dorothy," from @mboccardopoet76.bsky.social 🤍
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- Really enjoyed Richard Linklater's BLUE MOON. Excellent performance from Ethan Hawke. My NYFF @film4ward.bsky.social review. 💙🌙 film-forward.com/biopic/blue-...
- Poem, “In October.” I wrote it in 2001.
- The teaser trailer for PILLION has dropped. www.jdbrecords.com/2025/10/pill... 💙
- Reposted by Jeffery BergRedford was a real one. Sundance changed everything. Here he is talking with Amy Taubin about his career at the Walker Art Center. R.I.P. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOsT...
- My @film4ward.bsky.social NYFF review of AFTER THE HUNT, "a character study of the tormented, thorny Alma, played to the hilt by Roberts." film-forward.com/new-york-fil... 🤎
- Reposted by Jeffery Berg"42°29'43.4"N 73°12'22.7"W" by Cleo Levin "The morning of my grand opening, the sun rose early and poured in through my skylights, through the doors, through the three glass pyramids that hung over my atriums. It shone on my polished tile floors and danced through the halls."
- Reposted by Jeffery BergWhen the quake hit, I was sitting in bed reading @jdbrecords.bsky.social's forthcoming book Re-Animator, which contains lots of references to horror movies like The Exorcist and Poltergeist, and as the bed started to shake I thought "is this book in Sensurround?"
- Reposted by Jeffery BergImpossible Archetype was the first place to pick up one of my poems. This was a huge burst of confidence for someone who’d been writing their entire life but had never been published. They then included me in five more issues over the years. IA will be greatly missed but the archive will live on!
- NYFF faves so far: THE SECRET AGENT, THE MASTERMIND, and ROSE OF NEVADA. ♥️
- Reposted by Jeffery Berg“mall stops” by Jeffrey H. MacLachlan synthetic sea breeze oh the aquamarine coins mating winks track lighting chlorine siren imagined pocketing prison city wishes of caribbean sand
- My Film-Forward review of PLAINCLOTHES. 🩵
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- RIP Redford. 🤍
