Enamorada (Fernandez, 1946) Finally getting around to the UCLA Film Archive restoration (yes, my movie to-do list is seven years long), and it’s stunning.

A film that you’ve seen more than seven times, in a GIF

Except for nitrate film screenings, LA is never more beautiful than when the Dodgers win the World Series.

The Adventures of Rosette (Rosette/Rohmer, 1983-87) Deliberate 8mm stab at amateur filmmaking reimagines Rohmer’s Comedies & Proverbs universe through the eyes of the series’ mysterious and peripheral rose seller Rosette. For Rosette, it’s a home movie; for Rohmer, it’s metafiction.

It’s Alive (Cohen, 1974) An important message for this Halloween: children must be stopped at all costs.

Wartime Naruse

Original that I bought for 99 cents off eBay.

Watched the Blu-ray of Tout Un Nuit (I had only previously seen a rip of a 2007 dvd) and it’s right up there with 7 Women as a game-changing upgrade.

Tokyo Twilight (Ozu, 1957)

I saw The Sugarcubes open for Public Enemy open for U2 at old Texas Stadium.

Just watched the new Blu-ray of Ford’s 7 Women, a transfer I’ve waited decades for, and it is staggering.

The Spirit of the Flag (Dwan, 1913) In the early 1910’s, Griffith was prose and Dwan was verse: repetition, visual rhyming, the texture of faces and of the walls backgrounding the faces, and the peculiar Dwan miracle of women being at their most expressive when their backs are against the camera.

Incredibly sad to hear that Joel DeMott passed away last week. DeMott's films 'Seventeen' and 'Demon Lover Diary' are absolute classics. I wrote more on her work at the link below but seek out the films. They deserve so much more attention! www.splittoothmedia.com/demon-lover-...

Devil’s Doorway (Mann, 1950) The transformation of Robert Taylor’s half-Shoshone character from white Union soldier to “full indian” is fascinating.

Happy Fuck Some Shit Up Day

Quote with your favorite anti-fascist film. Historias de la revolución (Alea, 1960) The progression from television studio set to mountaintop idyll to urban battleground is more formally radical than anything in Soy Cuba.

Midway through 2025, here are my favorite new views of the year.

My first visit to the Gulf of America, where fireworks spontaneously combust. (I’ve been to the Gulf of Mexico many times)

Audie Murphy born 100 years ago today. boxd.it/eWTs

Criterion is releasing 12 Wes Anderson and Jacques Audiard films in a single week.

Une chambre en ville (Demy, 1982)

Early Spring (Ozu, 1956)

Edvard Munch (Watkins, 1974)

GKIDS is proud to announce the acquisition of North American rights to Nobuhiro Yamashita's cult classic LINDA LINDA LINDA. 🎤✨ A new 20th anniversary 4K remaster will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, with a theatrical & home release to follow! brnw.ch/21wT83U

The Wishing Tree (Abuladze, 1976)

Des journées entières dans les arbres (Duras, 1976) Holy shit Bulle Ogier dancing with Sir Gawain. oh to be a slice of tomato in that hot sandwich.

Joan the Maiden, Part 1: The Battles (Rivette, 1994) Finally saw the full 160 minute version. The most patriotic of movies because it makes me proud to be a Frenchman (i ain’t french).

What’s a movie you think nobody but you and a handful of people have heard of, that you think is a fantastic film?

The Cardinal (Preminger, 1963) Rothko levels of red.

Who Waits for the Deceased's Shoes Dies Barefoot (Monteiro, 1970) Luis Miguel Cintra baby photo album.

Veredas (Monteiro, 1978) Restoration of the year for revealing the excruciating beauty of Monteiro’s 3000-year survey of Portuguese mythology.

This 1959 pro-Castro no-budget movie produced and written by Errol Flynn is about the craziest movie I’ve ever seen.

I wrote about Godard's posthumous films for @sabzian.bsky.social www.sabzian.be/text/the-las...

The Outcast (Witney, 1954) Having a character in a 1954 western named “Dude” is one of the great cinematic windfalls.

Stars in My Crown (Tourneur, 1950) I hadn’t seen this since before the pandemic. The government should have distributed dvds of it along with the Covid tests.

Andre Bazin #botd Founder of Cahiers du cinema, father of the Nouvelle vague, theoretician of realism, got Truffaut out of prison.

Gun Fury (Walsh, 1953, 2-D version) First great western I’ve seen since The Gun Hawk a year ago, and I’ve seen lots of mediocrity in between!

The Plainsman (DeMille, 1936) Baby Anthony Quinn

Drums Along the Mohawk (Ford, 1939) Compare to the histrionic Technicolor of Gone With the Wind the same year.

Unconquered (DeMille, 1947) Goddard’s bond slave wearing a “whiplash” pattern blouse is pure DeMille madness/genius.

Look at the great things that can happen when your family takes off and leaves you all alone at home for Holy Week. Yes, the whole freaking week!

La Croisée des chemins (Brisseau, 1975) The 8mm narrative feature masterpiece is no longer a myth.

Samson and Delilah (DeMille, 1949)

Last 4 Friday Yeah, I just watched The Ten Commandments/Ben-Hur back-to-back. Top that, assholes.

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Afternoons of Solitude (Serra, 2024) The greatest toreador in history he world getting dressed to fight bulls.

Last 4 Friday (Hou > Yang edition)

The Sinners (Duvivier, 1949) The French making teenaged girls prison movies in 1949.

Iracema (Bodanzky, Senna, 1975) The only film I’ve seen that cashes the giant check Rossellini wrote with India: Matri Bhumi.