Chloe Walker
@chlopinions.bsky.social
Films and stuff. Writing at: Paste, BFI, Culturefly, Podcast Review, The A.V. Club, Little White Lies, Longreads and more!
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Chloe1/
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Chloe1/
Also LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE!
Paul Dano is amazing in THE FABELMANS, truly tragic and sad but full of love for his family.
Also, Dano is INCREDIBLE in THERE WILL BE BLOOD. He does exactly what the role requires and goes beyond.
Finally, Dano brings real relatability and empathy in SWISS ARMY MAN.
Paul Dano - great actor.
Also, Dano is INCREDIBLE in THERE WILL BE BLOOD. He does exactly what the role requires and goes beyond.
Finally, Dano brings real relatability and empathy in SWISS ARMY MAN.
Paul Dano - great actor.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Also LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE!
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One of the world’s greatest living artists and documentarians and he’s perpetually a target for the most heinous censorship. Protect him, and his work, at all costs.
Jafar Panahi Gets Prison Sentence and Ban from Leaving Iran Amid ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Oscar Campaign
Jafar Panahi was sentenced to a year in prison and two-year ban from leaving Iran amid the 'It Was Just an Accident' Oscar campaign.
www.indiewire.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
One of the world’s greatest living artists and documentarians and he’s perpetually a target for the most heinous censorship. Protect him, and his work, at all costs.
The new BFI season on Richard Burton starts today! For it, I wrote about the way his most compelling performances were centred around his vulnerability: www.bfi.org.uk/features/ric...
Richard Burton’s power was in his weakness
Behind the booming voice and tabloid scandals, the most enduring performances by Burton – born 100 years ago – were studies in vulnerability.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The new BFI season on Richard Burton starts today! For it, I wrote about the way his most compelling performances were centred around his vulnerability: www.bfi.org.uk/features/ric...
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Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
I will never miss a chance to repost my 92 film Strathairn deep dive, where I explore this very issue: www.pastemagazine.com/movies/david...
such a depressing failure of imagination that no one really ever explored David Strathairn's massive potential as a leading man + love interest, save for John Sayles.
David Strathairn in HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS…RT if u agree.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I will never miss a chance to repost my 92 film Strathairn deep dive, where I explore this very issue: www.pastemagazine.com/movies/david...
For his centenary and the BFI's wonderful current season, I wrote about Rock Hudson's position as the male figurehead of the 50s melodrama:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/roc...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/roc...
How Rock Hudson became Hollywood’s square-jawed prince of 1950s melodrama
In celebration of Rock Hudson’s centenary, we remember his golden decade of 1950s melodramas, when his robust physicality and warmth as a performer made him an irresistible romantic lead – and the hub...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
For his centenary and the BFI's wonderful current season, I wrote about Rock Hudson's position as the male figurehead of the 50s melodrama:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/roc...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/roc...
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BOTD Roy Scheider!!!
MCCT5 #70s omits gems: 5)Downfall Child (Schatzberg) 4)Marathon Man (Schlesinger) 3)Outside Man (Deray) 2)Klute (Pakula) 1)All That Jazz (Fosse)
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Jazz on That '70s Movie Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1fy0...
@chlopinions.bsky.social:
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MCCT5 #70s omits gems: 5)Downfall Child (Schatzberg) 4)Marathon Man (Schlesinger) 3)Outside Man (Deray) 2)Klute (Pakula) 1)All That Jazz (Fosse)
More:
Jazz on That '70s Movie Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1fy0...
@chlopinions.bsky.social:
crookedmarquee.com/the-seven-up...
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
BOTD Roy Scheider!!!
MCCT5 #70s omits gems: 5)Downfall Child (Schatzberg) 4)Marathon Man (Schlesinger) 3)Outside Man (Deray) 2)Klute (Pakula) 1)All That Jazz (Fosse)
More:
Jazz on That '70s Movie Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1fy0...
@chlopinions.bsky.social:
crookedmarquee.com/the-seven-up...
MCCT5 #70s omits gems: 5)Downfall Child (Schatzberg) 4)Marathon Man (Schlesinger) 3)Outside Man (Deray) 2)Klute (Pakula) 1)All That Jazz (Fosse)
More:
Jazz on That '70s Movie Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1fy0...
@chlopinions.bsky.social:
crookedmarquee.com/the-seven-up...
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it might be asking too much but i'd really like the UK voting population who are still of sound mind to look at new york tonight and realise that we fucking CAN keep farage out of no. 10 and that labour and the tories are not a foregone conclusion. better options exist and they can become a reality!
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
it might be asking too much but i'd really like the UK voting population who are still of sound mind to look at new york tonight and realise that we fucking CAN keep farage out of no. 10 and that labour and the tories are not a foregone conclusion. better options exist and they can become a reality!
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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BOTD Burt Lancaster!!! MCCT5: 5)Criss Cross 4)7 Days in May 3)Atlantic City 2)Sweet Smell of Success 1)The Killers #Noirvember
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@chlopinions.bsky.social / @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
@melbcinematheque.bsky.social: www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-...
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@chlopinions.bsky.social / @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
@melbcinematheque.bsky.social: www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-...
Soft and Hard: The high-wire career of Burt Lancaster
Notes for the 3–17 May 2023 Melbourne Cinémathèque program.
www.acmi.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
BOTD Burt Lancaster!!! MCCT5: 5)Criss Cross 4)7 Days in May 3)Atlantic City 2)Sweet Smell of Success 1)The Killers #Noirvember
More:
@chlopinions.bsky.social / @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
@melbcinematheque.bsky.social: www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-...
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@chlopinions.bsky.social / @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
@melbcinematheque.bsky.social: www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-...
A bit late posting this, but I wrote a little on Angela Lansbury's stellar performance in The Manchurian Candidate for her centenary this week: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fin...
Finest hours: Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate
One hundred years after she was born, we remember one of our favourite Angela Lansbury performances: as the malevolent mother working for the other side in John Frankenheimer’s chilling Cold War thril...
www.bfi.org.uk
October 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A bit late posting this, but I wrote a little on Angela Lansbury's stellar performance in The Manchurian Candidate for her centenary this week: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fin...
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BOTD Walter Matthau!!
Key 60s/70s incl Fail Safe, Fortune Cookie, Odd Couple, New Leaf, Charley Varrick, Laughing Policeman, Pelham 123 [just podcasted! open.spotify.com/episode/5tSx...
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@nikdirga.bsky.social: nikdirga.com/2024/09/02/w...
@chlopinions.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/walter...
Key 60s/70s incl Fail Safe, Fortune Cookie, Odd Couple, New Leaf, Charley Varrick, Laughing Policeman, Pelham 123 [just podcasted! open.spotify.com/episode/5tSx...
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@nikdirga.bsky.social: nikdirga.com/2024/09/02/w...
@chlopinions.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/walter...
Walter Matthau: 10 essential films
On the centenary of the birth of cinema’s most lovable grump, we recommend 10 of the best films featuring Walter Matthau, an actor always at his finest playing characters hilariously at odds with the ...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
BOTD Walter Matthau!!
Key 60s/70s incl Fail Safe, Fortune Cookie, Odd Couple, New Leaf, Charley Varrick, Laughing Policeman, Pelham 123 [just podcasted! open.spotify.com/episode/5tSx...
More
@nikdirga.bsky.social: nikdirga.com/2024/09/02/w...
@chlopinions.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/walter...
Key 60s/70s incl Fail Safe, Fortune Cookie, Odd Couple, New Leaf, Charley Varrick, Laughing Policeman, Pelham 123 [just podcasted! open.spotify.com/episode/5tSx...
More
@nikdirga.bsky.social: nikdirga.com/2024/09/02/w...
@chlopinions.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/walter...
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Made sure our Robert Redford tribute was mostly focused on his incredible face (@chlopinions.bsky.social actually did all the work) www.avclub.com/robert-redfo...
Robert Redford weaponized his good looks to disarm us in every genre
Robert Redford constantly undermined his beauty in his performances to embody the gap between exterior and interior.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Made sure our Robert Redford tribute was mostly focused on his incredible face (@chlopinions.bsky.social actually did all the work) www.avclub.com/robert-redfo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI9q...
Please enjoy these 90 seconds of Robert Redford walking joyfully down the street at the end of my favourite of his movies, The Hot Rock.
R.I.P 👑
Please enjoy these 90 seconds of Robert Redford walking joyfully down the street at the end of my favourite of his movies, The Hot Rock.
R.I.P 👑
The Hot Rock Ending
YouTube video by Matthew Ryan
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September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI9q...
Please enjoy these 90 seconds of Robert Redford walking joyfully down the street at the end of my favourite of his movies, The Hot Rock.
R.I.P 👑
Please enjoy these 90 seconds of Robert Redford walking joyfully down the street at the end of my favourite of his movies, The Hot Rock.
R.I.P 👑
Just boastfully preserving this one for posterity...
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2693
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I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2693
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Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
Cinematrix Fantasy Picks: September 9, 2025
A grid with the actors most requested by Cinematrix players: Can you name an Oscar-nominated Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart movie?
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September 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Just boastfully preserving this one for posterity...
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2693
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Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2693
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Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
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Don’t normalize this shit. It’s an affront. The last thing we want is for something like this to be financially successful or make waves in any way. If the “test case” benefits those bankrolling it, where does this stop? Do we get a fake “original” cut of GREED next?
Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes
Amazon-backed firm Showrunner, led by Edward Saatchi, is using the film as a test case for how Hollywood can overhaul production. The results won't be commercialized — the tech giant hasn't obtained r...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Don’t normalize this shit. It’s an affront. The last thing we want is for something like this to be financially successful or make waves in any way. If the “test case” benefits those bankrolling it, where does this stop? Do we get a fake “original” cut of GREED next?
Please get on releasing A Little Prayer over here, UK distributors!
There's a new David Strathairn movie out today, which reminds me that I got to edit @chlopinions.bsky.social's glorious trip through every single one of his films: www.pastemagazine.com/movies/david...
Actor Appreciation Day: David Strathairn
On his 75th birthday, we appreciate the massive and multifaceted career of consummate character actor David Strathairn.
www.pastemagazine.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Please get on releasing A Little Prayer over here, UK distributors!
This is such good news - loved this ensemble.
Netflix's latest procedural hit is gearing up for another round of unsolvable cold cases.
Netflix is returning to Dept. Q for season two
Netflix is returning to Dept. Q for season two
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August 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This is such good news - loved this ensemble.
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“Don’t cry, white boy, you’re gonna live” is a great response to like 99% of opinion pieces being written rn
From a typically great article from @chlopinions.bsky.social about No Way Out, Sidney Poitier's debut film: www.avclub.com/no-way-out-s...
From a typically great article from @chlopinions.bsky.social about No Way Out, Sidney Poitier's debut film: www.avclub.com/no-way-out-s...
August 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Don’t cry, white boy, you’re gonna live” is a great response to like 99% of opinion pieces being written rn
From a typically great article from @chlopinions.bsky.social about No Way Out, Sidney Poitier's debut film: www.avclub.com/no-way-out-s...
From a typically great article from @chlopinions.bsky.social about No Way Out, Sidney Poitier's debut film: www.avclub.com/no-way-out-s...
Sidney Poitier's debut movie, No Way Out, turned 75 at the weekend. For @avclub.com, I explored its enduring power and prescience.
www.avclub.com/no-way-out-s...
www.avclub.com/no-way-out-s...
Sidney Poitier's debut, No Way Out, is more perceptive about race than some of his classics
Sidney Poitier hit the big screen with No Way Out, and dealt with more complexity than Guess Who's Coming To Dinner could ever imagine.
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August 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Sidney Poitier's debut movie, No Way Out, turned 75 at the weekend. For @avclub.com, I explored its enduring power and prescience.
www.avclub.com/no-way-out-s...
www.avclub.com/no-way-out-s...
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Happy 100th Farley Granger! I wrote about his heart-wrenching performance in They Live By Night for the BFI: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fin...
Finest hours: Farley Granger in They Live by Night, Nicholas Ray’s tender lovers-on-the-run noir
Ahead of his centenary on 1 July, we remember Farley Granger’s achingly tragic performance in his first starring role: as one of the fugitive lovers in Nicholas Ray’s directorial debut, They Live by N...
www.bfi.org.uk
July 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Happy 100th Farley Granger! I wrote about his heart-wrenching performance in They Live By Night for the BFI: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fin...
For his centenary, I wrote about Audie Murphy - a fascinating actor with an even more fascinating life story:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/aud...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/aud...
Audie Murphy centenary: how the most decorated soldier in American history became a movie star
Already a military hero by the age of 20, where else could Audie Murphy go but into a Hollywood movie career? One hundred years after he was born, we remember an actor who – although plagued by PTSD t...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
For his centenary, I wrote about Audie Murphy - a fascinating actor with an even more fascinating life story:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/aud...
www.bfi.org.uk/features/aud...
culturefly.co.uk/good-one-rev...
UK people, Good One is out today, and you should definitely go see it:
UK people, Good One is out today, and you should definitely go see it:
Good One Review - Culturefly
17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) expected company her own age when she agreed to go on a camping trip with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros), and his friend Matt (Danny McCarthy). But after Matt has a fall...
culturefly.co.uk
May 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
culturefly.co.uk/good-one-rev...
UK people, Good One is out today, and you should definitely go see it:
UK people, Good One is out today, and you should definitely go see it:
I did not care for Fight or Flight:
Josh Hartnett follows his excellent Trap performance trapped in a terrible plane thriller. Our review of Fight Or Flight:
Josh Hartnett is first class in the otherwise dreadful action film Fight Or Flight
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May 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I did not care for Fight or Flight: