Ryan (Caves of Altamira)
@cavesofaltamira.bsky.social
Very occasional film/culture writer (stuff can be found at thecavesofaltamira.com), mostly just here to let off some steam
FINALWRECK is not one of the worst blockbusters of the last ten years, but, gee, is that incoherent, ineffectual opening hour dispiriting.
May 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
FINALWRECK is not one of the worst blockbusters of the last ten years, but, gee, is that incoherent, ineffectual opening hour dispiriting.
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i figured it out. and i hate to say it’s largely an age thing, but it’s true. a lot replies on this site are giving Facebook.
March 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
i figured it out. and i hate to say it’s largely an age thing, but it’s true. a lot replies on this site are giving Facebook.
The new White Lotus season feels like a step backward after the more effervescent season two, but I'm enjoying the heck out of what Parker Posey is bringing to the table
March 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The new White Lotus season feels like a step backward after the more effervescent season two, but I'm enjoying the heck out of what Parker Posey is bringing to the table
So many of you who have well-formed, insightful taste have me second-guessing myself on this, but, outside of its last ten or fifteen minutes, I really didn't like ANORA all that much.
It being both a Palme d'Or winner and a Best Picture winner is a real head-scratcher for me!
It being both a Palme d'Or winner and a Best Picture winner is a real head-scratcher for me!
March 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
So many of you who have well-formed, insightful taste have me second-guessing myself on this, but, outside of its last ten or fifteen minutes, I really didn't like ANORA all that much.
It being both a Palme d'Or winner and a Best Picture winner is a real head-scratcher for me!
It being both a Palme d'Or winner and a Best Picture winner is a real head-scratcher for me!
CONCLAVE is sturdy "airport novel" cinema.
That's a film genre we could use more of, not less of, if only because this sort of middlebrow story should be told in a couple of mildly entertaining hours rather than dragged out into twelve-episode streaming fluff.
That's a film genre we could use more of, not less of, if only because this sort of middlebrow story should be told in a couple of mildly entertaining hours rather than dragged out into twelve-episode streaming fluff.
February 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
CONCLAVE is sturdy "airport novel" cinema.
That's a film genre we could use more of, not less of, if only because this sort of middlebrow story should be told in a couple of mildly entertaining hours rather than dragged out into twelve-episode streaming fluff.
That's a film genre we could use more of, not less of, if only because this sort of middlebrow story should be told in a couple of mildly entertaining hours rather than dragged out into twelve-episode streaming fluff.
I like how CITIZEN SLEEPER 2 expands on the gameplay and world of the first, but it loses a bit of the narrative punch of its predecessor.
It feels almost incomplete. I don't know if there's a DLC planned, but I could see that pulling things together.
It feels almost incomplete. I don't know if there's a DLC planned, but I could see that pulling things together.
February 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I like how CITIZEN SLEEPER 2 expands on the gameplay and world of the first, but it loses a bit of the narrative punch of its predecessor.
It feels almost incomplete. I don't know if there's a DLC planned, but I could see that pulling things together.
It feels almost incomplete. I don't know if there's a DLC planned, but I could see that pulling things together.
Doechii ate
February 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Doechii ate
It turns out that when you get a full night's sleep, you can actually find some motivation and focus
Whaddya know
Whaddya know
January 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It turns out that when you get a full night's sleep, you can actually find some motivation and focus
Whaddya know
Whaddya know
NOSFERATU (2024)
Inert. Too pleased with too little.
Eggers really likes smash cuts to black.
Inert. Too pleased with too little.
Eggers really likes smash cuts to black.
January 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NOSFERATU (2024)
Inert. Too pleased with too little.
Eggers really likes smash cuts to black.
Inert. Too pleased with too little.
Eggers really likes smash cuts to black.
I don't really "buy" THE BRUTALIST, but it has its moments
I'm happy that this kind of big epic folly can still be made today
I'm happy that this kind of big epic folly can still be made today
January 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I don't really "buy" THE BRUTALIST, but it has its moments
I'm happy that this kind of big epic folly can still be made today
I'm happy that this kind of big epic folly can still be made today
I don't "get" Harry Potter
Who wants to imagine themselves in a dreary fantasy universe that has not one single good outfit in it
And what do you get to perform all your acts of magical wonder? Not a sword or staff or anything cool, but a sad little twig that occasionally shoots sparks
Who wants to imagine themselves in a dreary fantasy universe that has not one single good outfit in it
And what do you get to perform all your acts of magical wonder? Not a sword or staff or anything cool, but a sad little twig that occasionally shoots sparks
December 30, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I don't "get" Harry Potter
Who wants to imagine themselves in a dreary fantasy universe that has not one single good outfit in it
And what do you get to perform all your acts of magical wonder? Not a sword or staff or anything cool, but a sad little twig that occasionally shoots sparks
Who wants to imagine themselves in a dreary fantasy universe that has not one single good outfit in it
And what do you get to perform all your acts of magical wonder? Not a sword or staff or anything cool, but a sad little twig that occasionally shoots sparks
TENET (2020, dir. Christopher Nolan)
December 29, 2024 at 4:44 PM
TENET (2020, dir. Christopher Nolan)
I revisited I AM LOVE yesterday.
Dramatically and narratively speaking, it's a mess, but it turns out that doesn't matter all that much when you have the best cinematography of the 2000s plus a soundtrack assembled from John Adams masterpieces
Dramatically and narratively speaking, it's a mess, but it turns out that doesn't matter all that much when you have the best cinematography of the 2000s plus a soundtrack assembled from John Adams masterpieces
December 26, 2024 at 8:23 PM
I revisited I AM LOVE yesterday.
Dramatically and narratively speaking, it's a mess, but it turns out that doesn't matter all that much when you have the best cinematography of the 2000s plus a soundtrack assembled from John Adams masterpieces
Dramatically and narratively speaking, it's a mess, but it turns out that doesn't matter all that much when you have the best cinematography of the 2000s plus a soundtrack assembled from John Adams masterpieces
I'm seeing people be protective of ANDOR in a "It's the only good thing to come out of Disney Wars" way
But spending over $600 million on two seasons of a TV show, no matter how good, is emblematic of the cost disease that has to corroded the industry and brought it to the point of total collapse
But spending over $600 million on two seasons of a TV show, no matter how good, is emblematic of the cost disease that has to corroded the industry and brought it to the point of total collapse
December 26, 2024 at 7:48 PM
I'm seeing people be protective of ANDOR in a "It's the only good thing to come out of Disney Wars" way
But spending over $600 million on two seasons of a TV show, no matter how good, is emblematic of the cost disease that has to corroded the industry and brought it to the point of total collapse
But spending over $600 million on two seasons of a TV show, no matter how good, is emblematic of the cost disease that has to corroded the industry and brought it to the point of total collapse
Nolan applying his austere brand of spectacle to THE ODYSSEY could be pretty satisfying
For example, consider applying the INTERSTELLAR "water planet" ticking clock vibes to the Sirens episode
For example, consider applying the INTERSTELLAR "water planet" ticking clock vibes to the Sirens episode
December 24, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Nolan applying his austere brand of spectacle to THE ODYSSEY could be pretty satisfying
For example, consider applying the INTERSTELLAR "water planet" ticking clock vibes to the Sirens episode
For example, consider applying the INTERSTELLAR "water planet" ticking clock vibes to the Sirens episode
Revisiting RONIN tonight and gee this thing *moves*
December 18, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Revisiting RONIN tonight and gee this thing *moves*
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (1/20)
December 15, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (1/20)
The first chapter of QUEER is the best film Guadagnino has made. I'm less certain about the rest of it.
December 15, 2024 at 1:43 AM
The first chapter of QUEER is the best film Guadagnino has made. I'm less certain about the rest of it.
I have the opportunity to see either QUEER or CONCLAVE this weekend
Strongly leaning towards the former, but anyone want to make a case for the latter?
Strongly leaning towards the former, but anyone want to make a case for the latter?
December 11, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I have the opportunity to see either QUEER or CONCLAVE this weekend
Strongly leaning towards the former, but anyone want to make a case for the latter?
Strongly leaning towards the former, but anyone want to make a case for the latter?
I know not everyone digs COVENANT the way I do, but, come on, Fassbender playing a flute with a clone of himself in a grandly Gothic sci-fi city of the dead is infinitely more interesting than anything in ROMULUS
I also caught up with ALIEN: ROMULUS, which... eh.
Nightmare newborn aside, it doesn't have much going for it.
Nightmare newborn aside, it doesn't have much going for it.
December 10, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I know not everyone digs COVENANT the way I do, but, come on, Fassbender playing a flute with a clone of himself in a grandly Gothic sci-fi city of the dead is infinitely more interesting than anything in ROMULUS
Follies
A Little Night Music
Sunday in the Park with George
A Little Night Music
Sunday in the Park with George
What are your top 3 favorite musicals?
December 10, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Follies
A Little Night Music
Sunday in the Park with George
A Little Night Music
Sunday in the Park with George
If you see this, quote with a horror film you love.
December 10, 2024 at 1:05 PM
If you see this, quote with a horror film you love.
I also caught up with ALIEN: ROMULUS, which... eh.
Nightmare newborn aside, it doesn't have much going for it.
Nightmare newborn aside, it doesn't have much going for it.
December 10, 2024 at 2:41 AM
I also caught up with ALIEN: ROMULUS, which... eh.
Nightmare newborn aside, it doesn't have much going for it.
Nightmare newborn aside, it doesn't have much going for it.
A more enigmatic film than the original release, but a big part of me misses the final gag of the original cut.
Now watching:
B'TWIXT NOW AND SUNRISE (Coppola's re-edit of TWIXT)
B'TWIXT NOW AND SUNRISE (Coppola's re-edit of TWIXT)
December 10, 2024 at 2:37 AM
A more enigmatic film than the original release, but a big part of me misses the final gag of the original cut.
Now watching:
B'TWIXT NOW AND SUNRISE (Coppola's re-edit of TWIXT)
B'TWIXT NOW AND SUNRISE (Coppola's re-edit of TWIXT)
December 9, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Now watching:
B'TWIXT NOW AND SUNRISE (Coppola's re-edit of TWIXT)
B'TWIXT NOW AND SUNRISE (Coppola's re-edit of TWIXT)