There we go.

First day of #NYFF63 press screenings! Skeet length reactions to come...

This is a mashup of the five times I saw Carly Rae Jepsen sing "Run Away With Me," including at a free acoustic hosted by NPR at the Lincoln Center (lol)

Plus: figuring out what Celine Song is up to in Materialists, just based on the trailer, and a few riffs on recently watched movies: Presence, Paddington, the new Bong Joon-ho, the new Bonjour Tristesse.

+ this is the menu for my ten-course Oscars dinner party. one dish for each Best Picture nominee, it'll be my fourth year doing this...

The petition against September 5 goes a bit too far IMO - killing Olympic athletes is bad! - but this film is not the celebration of journalism that the marketing may lead you to believe.

Now live on my newsletter: the best movies of 2024, according to me.
Featuring blurbs on Rap World, Dune 2, Juror #2, and Robot Dreams!

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A little preview...

Between The Wild Robot, Robot Dreams, and now Flow, there are three animated movies about animals dealing with their lives being upended.

Sure why not