BATTLE OF THE BEST PICTURES: The Thin Red Line vs. Saving Private Ryan "Spielberg is master of a narrow emotional range, The Thin Red Line shows what an adult is capable of" (Link to article in the comments) #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

Paalam Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026)-- too soon dammit

ICE ON ICE The grace! The elan! The sheer schadenfreude!

Another shrieking Melania fan

"You hear what happened to King Oedipus?" "He must've seen the new Melania movie."

Thoughts on Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident, my vote for best film of 2025 (Link to article in the comments) #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

And belatedly, paalam to Jess Navarro (1948-2025) who cut some of the greatest Filipino films of all time: Kisapmata, Batch '81, Broken Marriage, Oro Plata Mata. One of the greats. #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse by

BEST FILMS OF 2025 Not having really focused on seeing everything out there but did manage a few titles. This list can and will change while I'm still playing catch-up. (Link to the rest of the list in the comments) #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

I JUST SAW ALL YOU NEED IS KILL AND I THOUGHT Edge of Tomorrow < All You Need is Kill < Groundhog Day #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

Who's a good dog? Who's a good dog?!

It's been a year and a day and the world is darker than ever #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

Next is The Tin Man

Missed Congeniality

My wife yelling from upstairs "DO YOU FEEL A SHOOTING PAIN, LIKE A NEEDLE STABBING A VOODOO DOLL?!" "No," I said. "HOW BOUT NOW?!"

My wife yelling from upstairs "DO YOU FEEL A SHOOTING PAIN, LIKE A NEEDLE STABBING A VOODOO DOLL?!" "No," I said. "HOW BOUT NOW?!"

I SAW HAMNET AND no notes. One of the best of the year and possibly Chloe Zhao's masterpiece #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

I JUST SAW MARTY SUPREME AND it's basically Uncut Gems with pingpong paddles #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

TODAY I LEARNED THAT Adam Sandler is a far better actor than Timothee Chalamet #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

"Remember my words. Your cause is doomed to failure because it's built on the stupid ruthless persecution of innocent people. Your policy is worst than a crime it's a tragic blunder." "Traitor. Traitor. You're nothing but a doubley-eyed Democrat!"

"I'm limited only by my morality." "He's in that room, Father."

Remember

Happy birthday, Nicolas Cage #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

If you did nothing else but be incandescent in arguably Jean Luc Godard 's masterpiece Contempt (1963)-- and she did more than that-- then of course you're immortal Paalam Brigitte Bardot (1934-2025) #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

Thoughts on Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: "Yeoh bumps into a woman she has never met before, and what does she do? Pulls out the sword and starts showing it off." (Link to complete article in comments below) #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

Thoughts on King Hu's A Touch of Zen-- arguably the greatest, definitely one of the most bonkers, martial arts epic ever made (Link to the complete article found in comments below) #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

Paalam Rob Reiner (1947-2025) who did one masterpiece and a number of good works #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

Fuck Pulp Fiction when I remember Peter Greene (1965-2025) I remember his tremendous performance in this film #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

Thoughts on King Hu's A Touch of Zen criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-to...

"I wonder if 47 ran as a Republican because Democrats left a bad taste in his mouth."

Suddenly the term 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' takes on a whole new meaning

"My preciousss!"

Anything but woke

Sleepy Don

David Mamet on Tom Stoppard: "Spielberg asked Tom to write for Jaws and Tom said he was writing a play for the BBC. 'I'm offering you a fortune to collaborate with me on a Hollywood blockbuster, and you turn me down to write a play for BBC TV?' "'No' Tom said. 'BBC Radio.'"

Kash Patel used government funds to fly to his girlfriend on a jet He-- Kash has a girlfriend?

Just in time for Christmas-- Saw Tim Burton's Batman Returns on the big screen again after three decades and far as I'm concerned: the best onscreen incarnation of the character ever Link to article in comments #movies #Filmsky #HATM #OldMovie #BFilmsky #oncinema #thisiscinema #arthouse

"You're so pretty I could eat you up!"

Savor the flavor

Better dead than Ted

"Quiet piggy!" says the noisy bore

What could possibly go wrong?!

Thoughts on Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025):  If you don't know anything about the film know this: he spent eighteen years sketching, researching, talking to make this, his Great White Whale film adaptation. Worth a look? Well let me tell you.

When you hear news of his passing (JUAN PONCE ENRILE 1924-2025) and the Church sends in their team to make sure

Wooden stake, garlic wreaths, three-day waiting period -- we have protocols to follow, dammit!

Thoughts on Jerrold Tarog's biopic Quezon (showing in select American theaters): Start right off with a caveat: not a historian, merely a student of film. I can talk of visual style, but of historical facts about the period and details of the man himself? (Link to article in comments)

When the president breaks wind, someone suffers the consequences

Saw Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day again and -- Godfather? What Godfather?

Belatedly Adam Greenberg (1939-2025)-- The Big Red One, The Terminator, Near Dark. He did some good work: the gritty cinematography of Cameron's breakout feature; the poetry of Bigelow's vampire flick, particularly the glow of a fiery desert sunrise; the no-budget epic range of Fuller's masterpiece

Paalam Diane Ladd (1935-2025). Made her mark playing supporting roles -- but what a mark! The crimson demonface in Wild at Heart, the golden-glamour host in Inland Empire, the earthy no-bullshit waitress in baby pink in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Can't forget her if I tried

Dick Cheney (1941-2025). Once I'd have called him the face of absolute evil-- but boy nowadays he's relatively kindergarten