Piers Marchant
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Film Critc at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Teacher of Young(ish) Minds | Member: CCA . PFCC . OFCS . AP Top 25
Satan: So, we’re agreed? For your soul, you will have a long career calling NFL games…
Chris Myers: Yes, I’m in! Thank you so m—
Satan: …only every game will be CLE at TEN.
Chris Myers:
Chris Myers: Yes, I’m in! Thank you so m—
Satan: …only every game will be CLE at TEN.
Chris Myers:
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Satan: So, we’re agreed? For your soul, you will have a long career calling NFL games…
Chris Myers: Yes, I’m in! Thank you so m—
Satan: …only every game will be CLE at TEN.
Chris Myers:
Chris Myers: Yes, I’m in! Thank you so m—
Satan: …only every game will be CLE at TEN.
Chris Myers:
RUNNING MAN: Well, it’s a hell of an improvement over the original — which is pure ‘80s cheez whiz — but it bogs down in the third act with plot nonsense. Got to appreciate Wright’s music cues, though, including opening with “Underdog,” and hitting a big action sequence with “Heartbreaker.”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
RUNNING MAN: Well, it’s a hell of an improvement over the original — which is pure ‘80s cheez whiz — but it bogs down in the third act with plot nonsense. Got to appreciate Wright’s music cues, though, including opening with “Underdog,” and hitting a big action sequence with “Heartbreaker.”
SENTIMENTAL VALUE: Slow-paced drama moves in languid motions but eventually does start adding up into something more engrossing, the layers creating a sense of history. Like ghosts slowly floating over a frozen cornfield. #PFF
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
SENTIMENTAL VALUE: Slow-paced drama moves in languid motions but eventually does start adding up into something more engrossing, the layers creating a sense of history. Like ghosts slowly floating over a frozen cornfield. #PFF
A POET: Its manic comic energy propels it, but underneath its sad-sack trappings, there is grace in the suffering, and recognition of the things that pain us so we have no choice but to conjure them in verse and symbolism. #PFF
October 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A POET: Its manic comic energy propels it, but underneath its sad-sack trappings, there is grace in the suffering, and recognition of the things that pain us so we have no choice but to conjure them in verse and symbolism. #PFF
CALLE MALAGA: Powerhouse performance from Carmen Maura helps cover up some of the film’s weaker elements. Tries for an enigmatic
ending after leaving dinner rolls as breadcrumbs. #PFF
ending after leaving dinner rolls as breadcrumbs. #PFF
October 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
CALLE MALAGA: Powerhouse performance from Carmen Maura helps cover up some of the film’s weaker elements. Tries for an enigmatic
ending after leaving dinner rolls as breadcrumbs. #PFF
ending after leaving dinner rolls as breadcrumbs. #PFF
TRAIN DREAMS: Johnson’s exquisite prose as refracted ably by Clint Bentley. Lyric without being cloying; moving by dint of its precision and complexity. A single tree falling packs a haymaker of a punch. #PFF
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
TRAIN DREAMS: Johnson’s exquisite prose as refracted ably by Clint Bentley. Lyric without being cloying; moving by dint of its precision and complexity. A single tree falling packs a haymaker of a punch. #PFF
GROWING DOWN: Hungarian drama has a Suitably light touch, even as it builds on its feeling of oncoming dread. A fascinating portrait of a sweet-hearted kid with serious anger issues, and a father who wants to protect him at all costs. Strong stuff. #PFF
October 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
GROWING DOWN: Hungarian drama has a Suitably light touch, even as it builds on its feeling of oncoming dread. A fascinating portrait of a sweet-hearted kid with serious anger issues, and a father who wants to protect him at all costs. Strong stuff. #PFF
THE MASTERMIND: A kind of anti-Ocean’s flick, replacing slick long-cons and audience misdirections for blithering incompetence and pointlessness. A ‘70s-era recreation that more than captures the lo-fi ennui of the decade. Reichardt, man, Reichardt. #PFF
October 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
THE MASTERMIND: A kind of anti-Ocean’s flick, replacing slick long-cons and audience misdirections for blithering incompetence and pointlessness. A ‘70s-era recreation that more than captures the lo-fi ennui of the decade. Reichardt, man, Reichardt. #PFF
HYSTERIA: Like a murder mystery in which all suspects can credibly point to one another as the actual culprit at the end. I might have to sleep on this one a few nights. #PFF
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
HYSTERIA: Like a murder mystery in which all suspects can credibly point to one another as the actual culprit at the end. I might have to sleep on this one a few nights. #PFF
THE GOOD SISTER: Well-crafted, but slow-paced drama about a woman choosing between family or morality. Low key to an almost fault, though one can appreciate the lack of melodrama. #PFF
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
THE GOOD SISTER: Well-crafted, but slow-paced drama about a woman choosing between family or morality. Low key to an almost fault, though one can appreciate the lack of melodrama. #PFF
MAGELLAN: Diaz fills his static frame with bodies, at rest, in drunken reverie, despondent, beaten, murdered, or some combination of all of the above. A testament to the folly and acute immorality of colonialism. #PFF
October 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
MAGELLAN: Diaz fills his static frame with bodies, at rest, in drunken reverie, despondent, beaten, murdered, or some combination of all of the above. A testament to the folly and acute immorality of colonialism. #PFF
NO OTHER CHOICE: Another atonal concerto from Park Chan-wook, featuring a haggard protagonist we can’t possibly root for but somehow still do. A comedy, to be sure, but one cut with snake venom and broken glass. #PFF
October 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
NO OTHER CHOICE: Another atonal concerto from Park Chan-wook, featuring a haggard protagonist we can’t possibly root for but somehow still do. A comedy, to be sure, but one cut with snake venom and broken glass. #PFF
NUREMBERG: Putting aside the complete, clumsy rewriting of history, it’s essentially a long, droning film
about a bunch of people who are absolutely horrendous at their jobs. It’s wants to Oscar-bait, but much like the film’s illustrious villains, I suspect history will not be kind. #PFF
about a bunch of people who are absolutely horrendous at their jobs. It’s wants to Oscar-bait, but much like the film’s illustrious villains, I suspect history will not be kind. #PFF
October 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
NUREMBERG: Putting aside the complete, clumsy rewriting of history, it’s essentially a long, droning film
about a bunch of people who are absolutely horrendous at their jobs. It’s wants to Oscar-bait, but much like the film’s illustrious villains, I suspect history will not be kind. #PFF
about a bunch of people who are absolutely horrendous at their jobs. It’s wants to Oscar-bait, but much like the film’s illustrious villains, I suspect history will not be kind. #PFF
CASE 137: French procedural concerning a specific act of police brutality during the 2018 riots — gets turned pretzel-shaped despite the best efforts of the investigators. Much as “The Wire” let us know two decades ago, our basic societal contracts are void and hopeless. #PFF
October 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
CASE 137: French procedural concerning a specific act of police brutality during the 2018 riots — gets turned pretzel-shaped despite the best efforts of the investigators. Much as “The Wire” let us know two decades ago, our basic societal contracts are void and hopeless. #PFF
HEDDA: DaCosta’s Ibsen adaptation is a spinning fulcrum of conniving betrayals, culminating in a denouement filled with jagged little pieces of peoples’ tattered lives. The guns over the mantle are definitely getting used. #PFF
October 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
HEDDA: DaCosta’s Ibsen adaptation is a spinning fulcrum of conniving betrayals, culminating in a denouement filled with jagged little pieces of peoples’ tattered lives. The guns over the mantle are definitely getting used. #PFF
BLUE MOON: Witty and erudite, Linklater’s ode to boozy Broadway is spiked with a potent performance from Ethan Hawke, to be sure, but also speaks to a yearning never met but felt all too acutely. It’s in my nature. #PFF
October 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
BLUE MOON: Witty and erudite, Linklater’s ode to boozy Broadway is spiked with a potent performance from Ethan Hawke, to be sure, but also speaks to a yearning never met but felt all too acutely. It’s in my nature. #PFF
WHAT MARIELLE KNOWS: Thought-provoking dramedy that plays a bit like a Ostlund-style, mixed tone affair, but goes in interesting places. The ending, lyric and unspecified, quietly kills. #PFF
October 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
WHAT MARIELLE KNOWS: Thought-provoking dramedy that plays a bit like a Ostlund-style, mixed tone affair, but goes in interesting places. The ending, lyric and unspecified, quietly kills. #PFF
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: Easily the worst mystery of the KO series — there is absolutely no way any audience member could sleuth out the truth before the elongated reveal — but also the best through-line story. Josh O’Connor is wonderful, and the relentless MAGA-baiting is, as always, welcome. #PFF
October 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: Easily the worst mystery of the KO series — there is absolutely no way any audience member could sleuth out the truth before the elongated reveal — but also the best through-line story. Josh O’Connor is wonderful, and the relentless MAGA-baiting is, as always, welcome. #PFF
MIROIRS No. 3: Enigmatic to the point of almost literal nothingness — carefully made, well-acted, but like a barely perceptible breeze on an otherwise gloomy day. #PFF
October 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
MIROIRS No. 3: Enigmatic to the point of almost literal nothingness — carefully made, well-acted, but like a barely perceptible breeze on an otherwise gloomy day. #PFF
HAMNET: Art as catharsis is a cliche, I suppose, but it’s also one of the most powerful concepts in the entirety of our history. Might want to make sure your tissues are well stocked for this one. #PFF
October 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
HAMNET: Art as catharsis is a cliche, I suppose, but it’s also one of the most powerful concepts in the entirety of our history. Might want to make sure your tissues are well stocked for this one. #PFF
Yes, please, Eagles, assuage our broken hearts with more inept first-down plays and inexplicable defensive gaffes. The night of Philly wretchedness continues on, unabated.
October 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Yes, please, Eagles, assuage our broken hearts with more inept first-down plays and inexplicable defensive gaffes. The night of Philly wretchedness continues on, unabated.
Look, we were more than due for a loss, and they definitely shat the bed in the 4th, but that was 3 straight egregious DPIs against Goedert at the end, and that’s a shit way to lose.
October 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Look, we were more than due for a loss, and they definitely shat the bed in the 4th, but that was 3 straight egregious DPIs against Goedert at the end, and that’s a shit way to lose.
No one ever did it better.
Buster Keaton was born 130 years ago today, on October 4, 1895.
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
No one ever did it better.
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