watching the testament of ann lee in 70 mm the same day it got totally blanked at the oscars was quite something, esp when one thinks about how they received the inferior brutalist; mona fastvoldt is definitely the more original and interesting filmmaking voice in that partnership

open.spotify.com/episode/6wLg... In part 2 of the Kjo episode @lehasard.bsky.social and i do a deep dive into the second phase of his career, KWK, ADHM & one of the best performances of the 21st century in Rocky R. ##karanjohar #ranveersingh

open.spotify.com/episode/7vHm... Here it is E1 on #karanjohar with @lehasard.bsky.social we discuss Kjos horny women, is there a thing as a queer gaze and the revolution of fashion through his movies. This is the first episode of the two part series on kjo. Please share, subscribe & give feedback.

this tired busted-microwave-ass attempt at reheating jai jai shiv shankar's nachos 💀 embarrassing to watch pritam finally conceding top composer slot to vishal shekhar in such a low-status way

Dr @lehasard.bsky.social is back on the Let's Talk, Melbourne podcast to deep dive into our favourite guncles career. We are recording 2 episodes on Karan Johar. We're looking at movies directed by Johar as part of Spotlight on Influential Directors. A glorious guest talks abt a glorious director.

saw an old white dude speeding down lake shore drive in a classic convertible with the top down, that's basically punxsutawney phil not seeing his shadow combined with the first sakura tree bloom of the year as far as chicago-specific augurs of spring go

the white lotus staff uniforms kinda giving a bode moment

literally nothing about bollywood is good right now except this boy's commitment to sluttiness 🤲🏾

had fully expected to have a strong response to the room next door, given that almodovar is my favorite director and swinton a lifechanging artistic influence (orlando baby) and that physical pain is a dominant part of my life but wow this film felt almost unbearably personal

idk if people who don't super know about nineties pop culture realize what a big and buzzy and culture-dominating star demi moore was; like this cover was one of the most famous photos of that decade and she was the highest paid actress of all time for a while

nosferatu 🥱

i see a lot of feature not bug talk ("film is a visual medium! the bad dialogue is intentional! it reveals a childlike sincerity!") when it comes to cheesy/clunky movie dialogue and that's ok but god i miss actually polished witty carefully considered ADULT language in the movies

liked all we imagine as light a good deal!

netflix is so ??? yesterday i went on and the number one movie was something that looked like a cheapie hand that rocks the cradle crossed with m3gan, starring megan fox and the italian guy from that pandemic-era euro softcore 50 shades ripoff. so i looked it up and it had made 245k in theaters?

big day for online noise centered on diverting, largely insignificant spectacles perpetuated by wealthy, mysterious, ethically suspect parties with outsize appeal to a homosexual audience (i def think shooter discourse>> golden globes discourse overall)

I had to release the latest episode of Bollywood Drafts in 2 parts bc my pod publisher didn’t allow such a large file 😂 we just love Sridevi that much! @lehasard.bsky.social bollywood-drafts.pinecast.co/episode/fbe5...

uh please look at this incredible (ferragamo fw24 coded?) fit on parveen babi in amar akbar anthony

three of the greatest leading ladies of all time, three of the greatest "accurate accent work? never heard of her" leading ladies of all time

wicked was fun i liked jonny bailey's ass in those pants and the part that was like romy and michelle's high school reunion

feels weirdly unpleasant hearing all these cis people saying "do not comply!!!" and "resist" to trans people about the bathroom bans like, are y'all gonna pay the bounties? pay for bail? pay for lawyers? make sure the cops don't brutalize us?

politics hasn’t ended and hard things are hard. i am NOT saying that there are “guardrails” or that trump will be stopped by some other force. i am saying that everything can be a battle if his opponents choose to make it one.

finally watched mom for the sri episode of the bollywood drafts podcast (hadn't watched it before because graphic rape movies are just hard for me plus i couldn't look at a sri photo let alone watch her films for a year after her passing) and my god what a devastating all-timer of a performance

bruhhh

easily the most entertaining movie of the year so far

wow that's stone cold caleb crain

sat and booked tickets for may december maestro the holdovers four daughters the boy and the heron poor thing and THIEF YEP THIEF is this what meditation feels like

rereading olive kitteridge and several quiet little sentences leave me a little stunned

judith krantz with the succinct and tbh accurate summations of the great 80s leading ladies and the hilarious invocation of streep as the final boss even to fictional superstars lol

my little baby coming home so soooonnnn 😭🧿

dream group halloween costume

i forgot to log this

ben kingsley's amrish puri bauji drag in henry sugar is so cute and oddly moving to me

one thing i have learned about the vast complex fascinating divisive subject if cinema and that is don't rewatch the acclaimed english-language american motion picture fargo (1996) if you don't have lots of proper unhealthy food in the fridge

we literally had five really good hot days in chicago this year

no film debut more visually arresting or richer in enduring mythos and iconography

my (v nice) roommate put this hideous planter her girlfriend gave her and this burlap covered wayfair bench in our living room and i can't say anything because shared living space and i'd originally got to do up the entire room just as i wanted it so ofc she gets to add stuff but it's killing me omg

goodbye to one of terence davies, one of the greatest to have ever done it

going to sit in bed eat a little bad wolf burger and look at rose cumming interiors today

going to do a chronological ozu filmography watch/rewatch thing this is not how i generally watch movies or do anything because deeply chaotic and lacking in discipline so wish me luck

forever torn between being deeply skeeved out by shahid and wanting him to fck my brain off its axis

if you ever get the temptation to start discourse, might i suggest getting railed until your brain shuts down instead? (or, alternatively, enjoying unfathomably rich dessert)

buy ur boy a v nice rag&bone leather motorcycle jacket thus winning his gratitude once winter hits wear said jacket and look tiny and adorable in it thus delighting him and this is how u end 2023 with a v nice leather motorcycle jacket as well as a grateful and delighted boy

like her face is truly god-tier

v happy that i am too stupid and plain and untalented and lazy to become famous because i will never stop wearing real (vintage) fur and don't want to have to deal with like those fake blood people (but also our neighborhood is full of bunnies so it's giving cruella a lil bit)

thinking about the white bias-cut gown faye dunaway wears in network aka the greatest movie dress of all time

screaming at arthur penn's characterization of the fifties (in the nichols-may doc) as an era "conspicuous for its dullness"

honestly hoping to be able to post in a (much) stupider more idk heterogeneous less constrained way here without like 15 year old indian children yelling at me because i didn't say their favorite movie star was pretty or something so like nips crossed

oh time to start using this ig?