Four weeks of Halloween '25 viewing starts tonight with Evil Dolls! boxd.it/Pj7xE

On the latest @tfsbside.bsky.social we talk about the incomparable Philip Seymour Hoffman! We discuss OWNING MAHOWNY, THE BOAT THAT ROCKED, JACK GOES BOATING and more in a career that contains nary a bad performance.

Had a great ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ catch up with @thisisalexei.bsky.social for @ohmpods.bsky.social #ImprintCompanion talking #MidnightCowboy #MalcolmX #Hud and eulogising Robert Redford open.spotify.com/episode/3ueZ...

just watched a YouTube review of One Battle After Another by a right-wing movie bro, and i can't fuckin' believe it, the movie's so good that even he's like, "Gotta hand it to 'em, shit kinda rocks"

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a few small beers

I'm at P.J. Clarke's for the third time in 36 hours. It must be NYFF.

Thoughts on ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER via #letterboxd. boxd.it/bbmoTF

Podcast editing with my buds this afternoon

Once you've seen ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, read this incredible (Spoiler heavy!) piece from Roxana. It captures why the film works so well, and why the ending made me leave the theatre levitating. Haven't felt that great after a film in a LONG time.

The most endearing feature of Paul Thomas Anderson's propulsive One Battle After Another becomes a reflection on parental ties, whether in found or biological families. Read our review: thefilmstage.com/one-battle-a...

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I reviewed ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, movie of the year, easily www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

The king has returned.

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Just finished a shoot, and settled into my hotel room. Turned on the TV to the phone trade scene from MONEYBALL. Miracles exist, folks.

RIP to Claudia Cardinale, who absolutely walloped me (and I'm sure everyone else) with this line when I was a young man:

seems like a bit of a deal-breaker, no

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In the latest episode of THE DECADE PROJECT at @ohmpods.bsky.social Patreon, author/screenwriter @leezachariah.bsky.social and I discuss movies as living memories in #YOUTH and the work of Paolo Sorrentino www.patreon.com/posts/135991...

Shia LaBeouf thinks he can out-direct Francis Ford Coppola in our exclusive clip from Mike Figgis' MEGADOC.

HIM delivers a relentless barrage of stylized spectacle. And, uh, not much else. www.vulture.com/article/revi...

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Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be https://theonion.com/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-consti-1819571149/

This time we welcome composer Michael Llewelyn Barker to discuss the #JamesBond film #TheManWithTheGoldenGun! Did this movie almost kill the franchise? Get the full #Podcast episode at the links below! 🍎: tiny.cc/QDivTMWTGGAp... 🟢: tiny.cc/QDivTMWTGGSp... 🏳️‍🌈: www.glitterjaw.com/the-q-division

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Kogonada's A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is sweet but not saccharine, cute but not twee, exploiting the simple joy of beautiful people falling in love on screen. Read @codonnell.bsky.social's review:

Hello from me, someone A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY was tailor made for. My review for @thefilmstage.com: thefilmstage.com/a-big-bold-b...

If you've not seen THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER or THE HOT ROCK, no time like the present

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Phantom Thread (2017) / The Naked Gun (2025)

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Still finding it very funny that right wing pundits & politicians can’t effectively turn Kirk into an inspirational martyr because if they tried to quote anything he said it would make even Hitler blush

‘If you could be one of your characters for one day in real life, what character would that be?’ ‘Those characters are all imaginary & I want to be real.’ Tommy Lee Jones is 79.

Re-upping this because we still need some help 🙏

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Culture!

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

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An economy that is turning towards almost exclusively graft, speculation, fraud and gambling to obtain wealth, which is basically what we currently have, is going to only create more conditions that lead to social isolation and violence.

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

And that baby… WAS ME!

If you find everything a bit overwhelming rn, Hitchcock's STAGE FRIGHT is such a tonic. Been a minute since I've watched it. Delightful little caper.

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When Pelosi, Biden, etc say this country needs a strong Republican party, they include pundits like Kirk because they're all vehicles to launder and vocalize the ruling class' shared RW beliefs To lose Kirk is to lose a valuable mouthpiece with plausible deniability No wonder they're so sad