Now seated for The Furies, in 16mm for reasons I am not aware of but have no issues with.

Why not 20%? 35%. What are you afraid of Donald? A 150% blanket tariff would surely redress this dreaded trade deficit I keep hearing is very important.

Not the rugby game I was expecting when I dragged my ass out of bed at 8am on a Saturday, but I'm not complaining 😀

Okay, optimal HK movie experience, this did not play. Instead we got what I now realize is Raymond Lee's 1996 movie, To Be No. 1 😀 Still, new to me and peak Simon Yam so no complaints. But I do still want to see the Wai on a print.

Now seated for Wai Ka-Fai's Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 on 35mm. A movie so poorly distributed the IMDb doesn't even have a real poster for it. Wasn't really ever expecting to see it in this quality.

The Supreme Court ultimately asserts America's core value, Latino babies can all die in prison but money is fundamentally innocent.

Will it affect my pocketbook because the government will refund the extra money I've had to spend paying their unilaterally imposed tariffs? Or just affect it in some other, worse way? I can't wait to find out.

"I learned to type at this angle because the regular way is bad for you." "Also, sometimes I sit and write for 30 hours at a time."

Gonna become the Chicagoland Bears #1 fan.

I strongly believe this surely must have already happened.

Doesn't happen often but I did see the wretched Three Identical Strangers in theater and there was a lot to be angry about there.

Is Fear Factory regular industrial metal or proto-nü metal. We must convene a panel.

Alert: @stevecuff.bsky.social

There was some laughter during last night's screening of Written on the Wind that struck me as misguided, but that finale where Dorothy Malone fondles her father's oil derrick model while the only man she's ever loved leaves, it's always funny to do dick jokes in 1956.

Oh man, this ain't right. RIP.

Sirk has better works, but few movies by anyone strut around the frame like this one, throwing the biggest shapes possible at every opportunity. Born for the big screen.

The world might be unfair but tonight I'm seeing Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind all big and beautiful on a 35mm print and that's nice.

Very of the age that the big documentary news on the day Fred Wiseman passed was a Netflix show about America's Next Top Model that's analysis-free and merely broaches the potential topic again and again over a mammoth three hour runtime.

Defeated the Capra Demon in Dark Souls. Not a hard fight... if you can get into the arena. It took me about seven attempts just to do that. Then found my way into the depths and, I do not like this place. I fear learning where Elden Ring's Subterranean Shunning Grounds came from.

My daughter is the coolest kid in her middle school because she has podcasted about Frederick Wiseman wiseman-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/ball...

Went back to the gym for the first time since recovering from a cold. No apparent loss in progress, which is cool, although I did have a coughing fit after turning off the treadmill, so everyone probably thought I was an asshole anyway. Now 1 1/2 paczkis deep, undoing all gains.

Never seen one of these with an objectively correct answer before (6).

Robert Duvall and Fred Wiseman leaving the same day is a blow. They lived long, full lives, but that is two enormous cinema legacies to lose in a single day.

Back to Doc Films this Friday

High of 62 in Chicago today. I bet the beaches are gonna be kinda busy.

Upcoming Music Box screening of The Furies is on 16mm. Fun!

Unpacked the shopping earlier and Banville took the opportunity to climb into one of the bags and sing his song of loneliness.

Honestly, probably learning the process for Sekiro. A game I struggled with, stuck with, and struggled with even more. And then it clicked, and it's exhilarating. Honestly it and Bloodborne are in a league of their own. We'll see if Dark Souls changes me too.

*Watching Mad Men* "No. Don. Stop. You're getting too much tail! You can't keep doing this. There'll probably a downside to all this."

In odometer news.

*My Cousin Vinny if Vinny was a wizard* Oh, a *counter*-spell! We wizards - I’m a wizard - we call that a counter-spell.

Well that is a disappointment.

America just got safer, if only for a little while.

Went out for a brisk walk in 50 degree weather and basically feel like I snorted a line of coke.

Dropped into the eye doctor to pick up some contacts and they're playing Soundgarden's 4th of July in there. Big fucking mood but, uh, unexpected.

Hi, we saw you from across the room and maybe you have snacks? Snacks now plz. Much food? Now. Please?

Just walked through a big anti-ICE highschool protest. Festive atmosphere, students walking back and forth at crosswalks holding signs and shouting "Fuck ICE." Passing cars vigorously honking their approval. Warms my heart, truly.

One of the few Melville I've not seen. Why is that?

Hard Boiled, Drunken Master II, Nemesis, Angel Terminators, Operation Scorpio, Full Contact, Police Story III: Supercop, Under Siege, The Last of the Mohicans, Universal Soldier, Passenger 57, Army of Darkness, Lethal Weapon III Fortress, Once Upon a Time in China II. All 1992.

Last night someone recommended Train Dreams and seemed kinda offended when I said the movie sets off some alarms for me. I still might watch it though.

There are events happening I could not even imagine.

Damn, the "Trump For Dumb People" coalition is falling apart.

If you are doing this you can be prosecuted, regardless of governmental "support." This is a clear violation of human rights and can be pursued in any court that will hear it. Shame America doesn't have an opposition party.

The House actually doing its job? A fascinating prospect.

Michael Moriarty should've won an Oscar for his performance in Q: The Winged Serpent but sure, let's go with, 6' 3" is the unofficial cut off height for actors.

Smart glasses should have to emit some kind of noise while recording. They're already incompatible with privacy standards in many countries where phone camera have to make noise when taking photos. There's little reason for mass, surreptitious recording in public space.

Recorded a very special episode of @optimismvaccine.bsky.social yesterday, with my first flight of Faygo. Afterward I couldn't shake the chemical aftertaste of Rock & Rye and then I felt really sick for a while but then woke up feeling better. So my theory is Faygo is basically Ayahuasca.

The cold that first showed on Friday afternoon finally hit critical mass last night. I felt properly sick, slept 12 hours, and now I feel a lot better other than feeling very drained because all my energy is still being spent on snot generation.

Okay, what the fuck?! This is a central hub. Getting around in this game is already goddamn laborious 😀 I pray at some point they add the ability to teleport between bonfires.

Dark Souls post. Uh, should I be concerned the Fire Maiden just died? I got super excited I found a second Fire Soul so I brought it back to her and she was dead. Hoping I can still upgrade the ol' Estus Flask because this game is cruel in ways later FromSoft games aren't.