Callum Nelmes
@callumn.bsky.social
MA / BA Film Graduate of UoS. Critic and writer.
De Palma student/obsessive. He / Him.
https://mostlycritical.wordpress.com/
De Palma student/obsessive. He / Him.
https://mostlycritical.wordpress.com/
Just a reminder on its US release that I wrote deeply on Wes Anderson's latest and already underrated film The Phoenian Scheme, which once more expands Anderson's world and concerns in the most striking and unexpectedly revealing of ways. Essential!
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May 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just a reminder on its US release that I wrote deeply on Wes Anderson's latest and already underrated film The Phoenian Scheme, which once more expands Anderson's world and concerns in the most striking and unexpectedly revealing of ways. Essential!
mostlycritical.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/o...
mostlycritical.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/o...
I had noticed your posts had dried up over there! Real Good Will Hunting ending vibes
February 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I had noticed your posts had dried up over there! Real Good Will Hunting ending vibes
If you didn't know it already, Danny DeVito is a master director and The War of the Roses, being a masterpiece and everything, is an absolute tour de force display of that.
December 17, 2024 at 12:23 AM
If you didn't know it already, Danny DeVito is a master director and The War of the Roses, being a masterpiece and everything, is an absolute tour de force display of that.
Has one of the all-time greatest vorkapich's in cinema history... recognises one of the great artworks of our time... what's not to love?
December 12, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Has one of the all-time greatest vorkapich's in cinema history... recognises one of the great artworks of our time... what's not to love?
Nobody told me Jingle All The Way is actually low-key a masterpiece?!
December 12, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Nobody told me Jingle All The Way is actually low-key a masterpiece?!
Leaning... leaning... leaning on the everlasting arms
December 5, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Leaning... leaning... leaning on the everlasting arms
TOYS (Barry Levinson, 1992)
December 2, 2024 at 12:05 AM
TOYS (Barry Levinson, 1992)
What is it with De Palma and rabbits?
November 25, 2024 at 12:32 AM
What is it with De Palma and rabbits?
Always think of this bit whenever there's anything about Mickey Mouse
November 19, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Always think of this bit whenever there's anything about Mickey Mouse
I'm looking to do a write up on the Rugrats and wanted to know what the highest quality sources for episodes is. Currently have 2 versions but want to avoid AI upscales to get the best accuracy. Frame left is of what I believe is the AI, frame right should be the DVDs. If anyone has info, DM me!
November 19, 2024 at 12:08 AM
I'm looking to do a write up on the Rugrats and wanted to know what the highest quality sources for episodes is. Currently have 2 versions but want to avoid AI upscales to get the best accuracy. Frame left is of what I believe is the AI, frame right should be the DVDs. If anyone has info, DM me!
Not a definitive 4 but just a taste of some of my favourites
November 14, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Not a definitive 4 but just a taste of some of my favourites
Another example is in Om Shanti Om, during the Dhoom Taana sequence, when SRK romantically inserts himself into the Dreamy Girl film-within-a-film
November 12, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Another example is in Om Shanti Om, during the Dhoom Taana sequence, when SRK romantically inserts himself into the Dreamy Girl film-within-a-film
Does anyone have examples of this specific cinematic idea where a character dreams or imagines themselves entering the space of what they see/another person/film?
Example is from De Palma's Hi, Mom!
Example is from De Palma's Hi, Mom!
November 12, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Does anyone have examples of this specific cinematic idea where a character dreams or imagines themselves entering the space of what they see/another person/film?
Example is from De Palma's Hi, Mom!
Example is from De Palma's Hi, Mom!
Maybe controversial. Only film of theirs I don't much care for is O Brother, may have to give it another go someday
November 11, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Maybe controversial. Only film of theirs I don't much care for is O Brother, may have to give it another go someday
The shot of 2024, methinks
November 8, 2024 at 9:18 PM
The shot of 2024, methinks
WE need to stay engaged? WE!?
November 7, 2024 at 4:48 PM
WE need to stay engaged? WE!?