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it’s cool & chic to dig sorry to bother you
January 28, 2026 at 5:06 AM
it’s cool & chic to dig sorry to bother you
Nolan has many charms & admirable qualities but it’s not hard to perceive his limits. A revisit to Miller’s Crossing today illustrated how his treatment of masculinity—virtually his only artistic throughline—is weepy & melodramatic, unambiguous. Every Coen movie about men ->
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Nolan has many charms & admirable qualities but it’s not hard to perceive his limits. A revisit to Miller’s Crossing today illustrated how his treatment of masculinity—virtually his only artistic throughline—is weepy & melodramatic, unambiguous. Every Coen movie about men ->
r we gonna hilltop Greenland
January 13, 2026 at 5:54 AM
r we gonna hilltop Greenland
re: Perfidia Beverley Hills. Is she a Jezebel? A traitor? She’s an operator, a tragic figure, the first victim of Lockjaw’s heinous, predatory instinct. Her adaptation to survive gets her pregnant; she’s trapped and confused, human. She’s cool and inspiring, like her daughter.
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
re: Perfidia Beverley Hills. Is she a Jezebel? A traitor? She’s an operator, a tragic figure, the first victim of Lockjaw’s heinous, predatory instinct. Her adaptation to survive gets her pregnant; she’s trapped and confused, human. She’s cool and inspiring, like her daughter.
Spielberg could only make Munich because he’d made Hook; he’d seen his pet themes, star power, and studio power fail him utterly, and was freed to pursue the novel & the difficult. Cameron is too old to learn anything from the Hook he needs.
January 1, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Spielberg could only make Munich because he’d made Hook; he’d seen his pet themes, star power, and studio power fail him utterly, and was freed to pursue the novel & the difficult. Cameron is too old to learn anything from the Hook he needs.
Throwing on Titanic idly; saw clips at the ‘97 oscars but only caught in full with the 2012 rerelease. Couple minutes in, Paxton’s assistant chides his boss, telling him he’s “full of shit” for the inane, purple pablum Paxton’s lazily rolling off as they drift past the wreck. It occurs to me that
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Throwing on Titanic idly; saw clips at the ‘97 oscars but only caught in full with the 2012 rerelease. Couple minutes in, Paxton’s assistant chides his boss, telling him he’s “full of shit” for the inane, purple pablum Paxton’s lazily rolling off as they drift past the wreck. It occurs to me that
-Life & Death of Colonel Blimp
-Drug War
-Sansho the Bailiff
-Discreet Charms
-Ordet
-Drug War
-Sansho the Bailiff
-Discreet Charms
-Ordet
5 perfect movies (in no particular order):
-Paper Moon
-High And Low
-All That Jazz
-Miracle Mile
-Broadcast News
-Paper Moon
-High And Low
-All That Jazz
-Miracle Mile
-Broadcast News
Five perfect films in no particular order
-HANA-BI
-Paris is Burning
-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
-Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
-Moonstruck
-HANA-BI
-Paris is Burning
-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
-Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
-Moonstruck
December 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
-Life & Death of Colonel Blimp
-Drug War
-Sansho the Bailiff
-Discreet Charms
-Ordet
-Drug War
-Sansho the Bailiff
-Discreet Charms
-Ordet
top 3 QT are PF, Basterds, and Kill Bill; Pulp says on top because it’s the closest to something like indie roots for this sad, stunted man, and LA is more compelling a canvas than the broad signifiers elsewhere
December 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
top 3 QT are PF, Basterds, and Kill Bill; Pulp says on top because it’s the closest to something like indie roots for this sad, stunted man, and LA is more compelling a canvas than the broad signifiers elsewhere
Pulp Fiction truly one of our great texts re: the joy of heroin & the rock-bottom bummerness of being sober
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Pulp Fiction truly one of our great texts re: the joy of heroin & the rock-bottom bummerness of being sober
Unfortunately, whatever its humble charms, we have to acknowledge Star Trek (2009), even more than Iron Man the previous year, as the most influential blockbuster of the century and the most responsible for the decline in emotional stakes, complexity, daring. It made everything TV.
December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Unfortunately, whatever its humble charms, we have to acknowledge Star Trek (2009), even more than Iron Man the previous year, as the most influential blockbuster of the century and the most responsible for the decline in emotional stakes, complexity, daring. It made everything TV.
I’m excited for Nolan to synthesize the strengths of Dunkirk & Tenet
December 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I’m excited for Nolan to synthesize the strengths of Dunkirk & Tenet
With the Odyssey trailer it’s b ecome clear that the heart of Nolan’s non-Batman work is how the true brotherhood of men is craft—and how men related so are rivals, comrades, friends, soulmates, all at once
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
With the Odyssey trailer it’s b ecome clear that the heart of Nolan’s non-Batman work is how the true brotherhood of men is craft—and how men related so are rivals, comrades, friends, soulmates, all at once
In this house, we know force awakens to be Pretty Good
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In this house, we know force awakens to be Pretty Good
how tf are you gonna have a movie about sexy fire people and not have a climactic volcano side gun/knife fight
December 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
how tf are you gonna have a movie about sexy fire people and not have a climactic volcano side gun/knife fight
If the terminators had killed John Connor, we wouldn’t have Spider :/
December 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If the terminators had killed John Connor, we wouldn’t have Spider :/
Cameron’s done it: made a movie so boring that you spend minutes of it a time reflecting on his other work and seeing seeds of the treacly, static failure in front of you
December 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Cameron’s done it: made a movie so boring that you spend minutes of it a time reflecting on his other work and seeing seeds of the treacly, static failure in front of you
Iñárritu for sure the worst of the three amigos
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Iñárritu for sure the worst of the three amigos
Princess Bride has been close & present through so much, good & bad
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Princess Bride has been close & present through so much, good & bad
Kill Bill will always be that queen
December 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Kill Bill will always be that queen
My most Livia Soprano esque “I don’t go out when they’re predicting rain” habit is avoiding cold weather at any cost
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My most Livia Soprano esque “I don’t go out when they’re predicting rain” habit is avoiding cold weather at any cost
No one could get me to praise Dano
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
No one could get me to praise Dano
When I play Sweet is the Melody for the fifteenth time
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
When I play Sweet is the Melody for the fifteenth time
Before Fire & Ash hits the culture, it’s important to establish the truth: Spider sucks
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Before Fire & Ash hits the culture, it’s important to establish the truth: Spider sucks
It’s me, the only normal Beatles Enjoyer living
November 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It’s me, the only normal Beatles Enjoyer living
guy who refers to the boutique blu rays on the shelf as his “Criteria”
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
guy who refers to the boutique blu rays on the shelf as his “Criteria”