For true crime reasons, I've fallen down a 60 Minutes Australia rabbit hole a few times on YouTube, and these people do not mess around.

RIP Asha Bhonsle. impossible to sum up her legacy, her impact, her rich and vast discography in any form. she and her sister (Lata) were probably the last real royal dynasty in India. and they kept singing for so long! Asha was on a gd Gorillaz album just this year!

Libra (DeLillo, 1988)

In which we play a fun game called “where did this $80 million budget go?”

‘Primal Fear,’ a polished legal thriller with noirish undertones, hit theaters 30 years ago. The courtroom drama crackles, the grime sticks, and "justice can go wrong in unexpected ways," writes @juliasirmons.bsky.social.

Everyone remembers Norton, but this is one of Gere’s very best performances.

Is this not Poker Face? The ways Lyonne plays with Columbo tics are incredible.

“Spiritually ugly” is just right. I did think Penn was great, but something doesn’t quite sit right about the Academy’s eagerness to reward thorny portrayals of fascists. Del Toro was doing something seemingly lighter, but really defter, sketching lines that let you see and imagine between them.

Every opera fan rn

The Secret Agent and It Was Just an Accident Were Right There

Barbara Hall shout-out at the Oscars! Very cool -- and well-deserved!!

Who would’ve thought Kimmel would turn out to be the best of that bunch?

Pictured: Every single person walking away from an @ichotiner.bsky.social interview.

That scene where they sing La Marseillaise hits differently when you realize most of the actors were refugees who fled the Nazis, and they did not know how the war would turn out

A girl's best friend is her mother.

Everyone remembers the deli scene, but Billy Crystal singing “Surrey With The Fringe on Top” is delightful.

horrid horrid horrid, adored him in Don't Trust The Bitch In Apartment 23, just so grim

any opening ceremony featuring Prisencolinensinainciusol is an immediate 10/10 no questions asked m.youtube.com/watch?v=KvEW...

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.

Happy Almost New Year! Join us TOMORROW as we welcome @nitishpahwa.com to discuss marriage, casting, bad writing, unnecessary monologues, and the greatness of Rob Reiner in Rob Reiner's THE STORY OF US Subscribe to 1999: The Podcast wherever you get podcasts!

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!

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...

[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.

Is Babygirl a Christmas movie? @opinionessworld.bsky.social & @juliasirmons.bsky.social asking the SERIOUS questions on the Women InSession Podcast for @insessionfilm.bsky.social!😏🖤🎬 Hear More: insessionfilm.com/women-insess...

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.

Coming up on @1999thepodcast.bsky.social !

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?...