The 2026 Academy Awards

The 2026 Academy Awards was a near 4 hour long award show that had plenty of twist and turns. I wouldn't recommend re-watching it in its entirety. book recommendation: Salman Rushdie - Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder https://bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan

Despite a stellar cast and some memorable performances, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! is a tediously dull film that misses on the horror and the humor, but will eventually develop a cult following in the coming years. Book Recommendation: Jay McInerney - Bright Lights, Big City https://bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan

With just the right amount of campiness and adventure, How to Make a Killing is a fun dispensable film that will entertain you throughout its runtime. Book Recommendation: Nick Cave - The Death of Bunny Munro https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan

An emotionless, soulless film despite a great cast, Wuthering Heights overstays its welcome with a daunting 2 hour 16 minute runtime. Check out the bookshop.org link where I recommend Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire. My favorite Nabokov book and one of my favorite books I've ever read.

The bookshop has been updated. This week's read is Fernanda Melchor's Paradais. Check it out https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan.

The bookshop has been updated. Check out https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan.

Hey everyone! Just wanted to update you on my current opinion on the film industry after a crazy 2025 film schedule. Here, I discuss the best and worst films of 2025 as well as the industry shake-up with Paramount/Netflix trying to buy Warner Bros. The bookshop has been updated. Check out https://bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan

The bookshop has been updated. https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan. https://www.instagram.com/ajaythakkar_

The book shop has been updated. Go check out https://www.bookshop.org/shop/ajayandnathan.

TIMESTAMPS (subject to be different from the video version) 0:00 RIP Ajay and Nathan Discuss Movies (February 2024-August 2025) 3:31 - Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator Badlands 9:37 - Ruben Fleischer’s Now You See Me: Now You Don’t 14:30 - Edgar Wright’s Running Man 20:48 - Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value 26:30 - Mike Figgis’ Megadoc 32:00 - Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet 38:10 - Wrap Up