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SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE… the best newsletter on earth.

‘There are certain kinds of stories people only tell in bars, and if you hang out in them long enough, you might just write the Great American Novel by osmosis.’

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SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE 82
Yoop Dreams, Part 2.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Some reflections on Ed Wood, auteurism, and the differences between yesterday’s bad cinema and today’s corporate slop, in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
Oliver Evans reviews "Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood, USA" by Will Sloan: "The worst film by Ed Wood is more interesting than the best film by Ron Howard, Sloan argues, which is admittedly a checkmate."
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/mausoleum-of-dreams/
October 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reposted by oliver evans
come to the cinema for Schanelec's minimalist take on melodrama – and my little introduction about that, cinematic Arianes, and an image of happiness – this Saturday >> ica.art/my-sisters-g...
September 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reposted by oliver evans
‘Whenever Thierry Frémaux is asked about the political position of the festival, he replies with a variation on: “Le cinéma, rien que le cinéma.”’

Daniella Shreir at Cannes: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniella Shreir · Diary: What happens at Cannes
I arrived​ in Cannes with a terrible line from Sélection officielle ringing in my head: ‘To paraphrase Woody Allen...
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July 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Sergei Eisenstein, Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse (1930)
April 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM