Best TV
Le bureau des legends 2015-2020 France

Comedy
Arbuckle and Keaton 1917-1920 USA

Sumptuous Drama
Fanny and Alexander 1982 Sweden
Gone with the Wind 1939 USA
The Godfather 1972 USA

Crime, Film-Noir
Dead End 1937 USA (Cinematography, Art Direction and the kids)
Rififi 1955 France
The Night of the Hunter 1955 USA

Thriller
Jackie Brown 1997 USA
Rear Window 1954 USA
The Bad Sleep Well 1960 Japan

Legal Drama
Michael Clayton 2007 USA

Documentary
Free Solo 2018 USA

Warmth and Charm
L’Atalante 1934 France
Alice in the Cities 1974 West Germany
The Kid 1921 USA

Humanity
A Separation 2011 Iran
Bicycle Thieves 1948 Italy
Capharnum 2018 Lebanon
Mahanagar 1963 India
Pather Panchali 1955 India
The 400 Blows 1959 France

I am not a critic or reviewer but keep a list for myself. FWIW.

Most Astonishing
The Ballad of Narayama 1983 Japan

Astonishing
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried 1924 Germany
Modern Times 1936 USA
The Man Who Would Be King 1975 UK, USA

Love Story
The Bridges of Madison County 1995 USA

Does The New Yorker do gift articles?
If the author posts the link on SM that may be appropriate.

Don’t sign the paperwork.

1. Money - It is all transactional. He facilitates others to make money and they pay him back in some way that benefits him.

2. Vengeance - Payback for any criticism or ridicule (which he fears most of all).

3. Constant need for praise to quieten the inner inferiority voice.

So it may be as simple as Putin having the receipts for the help Trump got from Russia during the 2016 campaign.

Don’t forget that Hillary accused Trump of being Putin’s puppet to his face live on national TV and that appeared to rattle him.

Trump’s sensitivity and projection on the “Russia, Russia, Russia” “hoax” is perhaps a clue. He certainly doth protest a lot…

Dr Marcy Wheeler has been posting about it for 7 years.

www.emptywheel.net/2018/07/16/a...

www.emptywheel.net/2019/01/18/c...

www.emptywheel.net/2024/10/10/d...

In Australia, Bondi is a famous beach. A lot of Sydneysiders go there to lie down in the sun.
A lying beach.

“Very nice armchair” says JD