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THE ISLAND CLOSEST TO HEAVEN (1984) dir. Nobuhiko Ōbayashi

Harry’s got the picture, but this was our first in-person recording since Nov. 2024. Great vibes, no timestamps!

Shot and chaser by @punishedtake.bsky.social

Ultimately, CRUDBUMP’s fun hooks and lofi sheen can’t elevate it beyond the well-trod inspirations of its genre. You wish it would explore the tension in its core premise, but CRUDBUMP is, for better or worse, a game where you do what it says on the box: you bump cruds.

Can confirm this thing is sick. Woe to anyone who didn’t get in on this tomey from the homie

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖. Sharon Stone is still taking over the @trylon.org with THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (1995)! This zany Western is as divisive for us as it was for audiences 30 years ago, when its reception killed Lance Henriksen's dreams for a sequel. 🔫🃏♠️ (links in 🧵) #filmsky #90smovies #SamRaimi

I log onto Goodreads once every four months. I log a book. I like every single status update from all of my friends since the last time I logged in. I log out. It’s a humble life.

What separates BASIC INSTINCT (1992) from other erotic thrillers? How is it so good at both drawing you in... and kinda terrifying you? @kransekage.bsky.social, @nintenduf.us, @aarbypls.bsky.social, @codynarveson.bsky.social & @punishedtake.bsky.social investigate 🐜🐜🐜 #filmsky #thriller #90s

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Smoking that shit that made Mario put down the plunger

𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢. @kransekage.bsky.social is here to help us celebrate BASIC INSTINCT (1992) (maybe the best erotic thriller ever?), including its origins, its spin on the femme fatale, and what the murderer REALLY wants after you unpack the mind games. (links in 🧵) #movie #filmsky

Who else is going crazy on the Cherry this morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7XL... open.qobuz.com/track/6006402

I couldn't let the Trylove pod do an episode on THE erotic thriller BASIC INSTINCT without me (even if I was kinda sick when we recorded)! Listen in for all my odes to mean women and bi baddies now on Apple podcasts, Spotify or here: bit.ly/47ShXqf @trylovepodca.st

𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. Our short series on the films of Nobuhiko Ōbayashi closes with THE ISLAND CLOSEST TO HEAVEN (1984), which was literally the friends we made along the way. (links in 🧵) #movie #podcast #filmsky #japanesefilm #80s

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Three days left to the holiday weekend. Four unwatched Criterions grabbed at random from my shelf. Equal interest in all of them. Prioritize them for me 👇

𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕠 𝕗𝕒𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖. @krismontello.bsky.social is back on Trylove to discuss Nobuhiko Ōbayashi’s almost cloyingly sweet, absolutely bonkers SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS (1981)! (links in 🧵) #movie #podcast #filmsky #japanesefilm #80s

Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...

I have yet to see Ōbayashi do any wrong! @krismontello.bsky.social, programming manager for the Asian-American International Film Festival, was the perfect guest here. Really excited to keep exploring beyond Ōbayashi’s work beyond HAUSU (1977)

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗’ 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗’ 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗’. Jim Jarmusch's DOWN BY LAW (1986) is a breezy character study wrapped in a prison break. We discuss Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, self-imposed isolation, and its deceptive simplicity on today's episode! (links in 🧵) #movie #podcast #filmsky

This whole discussion was great, but if I had to boil it down to a moment: Aaron and I watched the movie together, and I commented on how Tom Waits’s music persona was informing how I thought about his character in DOWN BY LAW. While recording, Harry then brought up the same point… independently!

HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND (1986) was a big one for @trylovepodca.st years ago, despite not actually playing at the @trylon.org then. Now it is! This ep’s from the first couple months of the pandemic, and you can hear in our voices that it was weird times. But at least it was a nice distraction.

THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (1983) is an Incredibly Ōbayashi Film. But also… I hesitate to call it “restrained,” but where some of his other movies blend style with pathos, it’s somewhat modal here. It pops in and out of the craziness before blending the two in act 3

Tatsuya Nakadai was a true legend and one of the last of his kind. Obviously a standout among Kurosawa and Kobayashi's casts, but he also really tore up the screen as the lead, the villain, and occasionally both — like in Kihachi Okamoto's SWORD OF DOOM (1966). Rest easy, king

Tonight, after the results Tuesday, only underlines how much we do not have put up with these moderate, spineless losers who insist that people die so the planes can run on time.

Dawn breaks on a city far too beautiful to have someone like Jacob Frey as mayor

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Finally investing in my self.

My wife Skye recently pulled off a historic upset in the race for Love Of My Life, unseating the incumbent- my fiance, Skye. Leading up to the race, my fiance Skye was preceded in the position by my girlfriend Skye, a friend named Skye & a person I only imagined but would later come to know as Skye.

Finally saw David Byrne live last night with @skyepinney.bsky.social, @punishedtake.bsky.social & @snzarate.bsky.social. Biked to the show in honor of Mr. Bicycle Diaries himself. Thought it rude he didn’t let me know he was biking Lake of the Isles earlier in the day, but he’s probably pretty busy

Tell me who, on this poster, you would assume to be the Juggler/bad guy without any other context

Now what the hell is wrong with these people

Happy Halloween! These game mechanics can make your players feel DREAD. #GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign

Suck a fuck this Halloween, folks

I could tell this episode was really cooking when we got talking about Chris MacNeil as an actress, and how the demon’s whole thing is piercing the veil on people’s social and spiritual roles

Plex before Tubi, you’re touchin some boobies Tubi before Plex: There will be no sex

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Just a casual gesture. Not uncommon in the classroom. It’s a cultural thing you wouldn’t get it etc etc

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for reference: Wick Man 1, 2, 3, 4