Steel yourself for some intense Flynn stannery.

From Isaac Butler's piece The Problem With Hamnet and I haven't seen Hamnet (yet?) but yes, the thing about Shakespeare in Love is that it's actually extremely good, rich and multifaceted and bawdy and alive. slate.com/culture/2026...

Not the main point here, but I've been wondering since Stoppard's death if someone would stand up for Shakespeare in Love. I love Shakespeare continually asking how things are going to work out and people responding: "I don't know, it's a mystery"--a man of the theater describing the theater.

A pretty fair case can be made for the idea that a little corruption is good for the soul: it humanizes you. (1975)

A bit weird to honor a man by talking about one of his worst films, but I think we still captured his gifts. Shout out to Nitish’s parents, who nobly endeavored to sit through this one.

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Linus reciting the annunciation to the shepherds is such a beautiful thing.

@johnbrooks.bsky.social do we have a ruling?

Fun opportunity to give some love to The Ref. Merry Merry, everyone!

ok algorithm got my ass www.youtube.com/watch?v=roql...

Ahem…

Also, in The Insider, Lowell Bergman leaves 60 Minutes to work on Frontline.

It’s one of the greatest Girl Power movies of the 90s because it has this moral dimension but keeps the tone nice and light.

@1999thepodcast.bsky.social listeners will remember him as the compelling warrior-philosopher from Beyond the Mat.

Happy Anniversary to HEAT www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9GC...

Simon is so great on these; it’s a shame that Hollywood never found enough to do with her.

Two 2025 movies asked what we deserve for the suffering we’ve caused, and reached strikingly different conclusions. crookedmarquee.com/bugonia-wake...

this is a difference you see between more "traditional" detective stories (holmes, poirot etc), where the dapper detective is more removed from the action itself, and noir and hardboiled detective fiction, where the troubled, traumatized, alcoholic detective shapes and is shaped by the plot

[SCROOGED] The performance is a triumphant parody of yuppie callousness. And it's much more: Murray's freewheeling, screwy generosity is what makes the huge contraption of a movie work. (1988)

This is was so fun. Reijn is one of the most phenomenal stage actresses I’ve ever seen; it comes out in her film is in compelling ways. If you can get your hands on Instinct, see it. Also, please excuse any crying baby you might hear!

We said we’d do just a little Nuzzi, for a treat, but we couldn’t help ourselves. I still think there’s a good Dropout-style movie to be made!

So, I see what you were going for with the phrase "compliment sandwich" — it's a cool name! I'm not sure it quite fits? Sandwiches are named for the filling, not the bread — it's "ham sandwich," not "rye sandwich.” Maybe "criticism sandwich" would work better? But you gave us a great starting point!

I can understand why people have all kind of problems with this one, but I found it gripping and profound on an elemental level.

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The acidity of Lumet and Chayefsky's classic 'Network' - released on this day in 1976 - has been duly noted. But what about its heart? @juliasirmons.bsky.social explains: crookedmarquee.com/the-cynical-...

Howard Beale’s “Mad as Hell” speech was filmed on Day 1. cinephiliabeyond.org/network/

It’s crazy how no one at the New Republic understands that someone could fake a company website.

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When she’s right, she’s right.

But Scorsese is also the most carnal of directors—movement is ecstatic for him. (1976)

The inspiration for Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d?

We at @1999thepodcast.bsky.social hope they get hazard pay for this sort of thing. youtu.be/MODlCaeiT0M?...

Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...

Russell Crowe's eyes! Bonus Debi Mazar! And a prophetic line: "What got broken here doesn't go back together."

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Had so much fun doing this. Although #1 was never really in doubt…

Carole Lombard's talents were not of the highest, but her spirits were, and in her skin-tight satins she incarnates the giddy, absurd glamour of thirties comedy. (1967)

Excellent programming happening at Inwood Library

"I think to scandalize is a right, to be scandalized is a pleasure, and those who refuse to be scandalized are moralists." Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Long overdue first watch; a little NYC election programming.

When your partner doesn't like horror and you need something witchy.

I saw a werewolf with a dang QR code in his hand

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

“By playing with the tropes of horror movies,” @juliasirmons.bsky.social writes, ‘Mr. Death’ expands the documentary form to examine “how odd, flawed people can blunder their way into — well, if not evil itself, then aiding and abetting it.” crookedmarquee.com/the-mad-scie...

I’m back on the Errol Morris beat, suggesting a little Halloween counter programmin.

Oh no @thereforereview.bsky.social www.euronews.com/culture/2025...

Jack Cardiff shot this one, and it looks gorgeous; it ticked me to think of him dealing with making shit look as good/unobtrusive as possible.

Please excuse new parent—sleepiness. First watch for me; I liked it a lot more than I thought I would!

Someone wanted to make a showbiz satire starring Liz Taylor and Rock Hudson, and they tacked Miss Marple onto it. Still pretty fun.