Jerry
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Enamorada (Fernandez, 1946)
Finally getting around to the UCLA Film Archive restoration (yes, my movie to-do list is seven years long), and it’s stunning.
Finally getting around to the UCLA Film Archive restoration (yes, my movie to-do list is seven years long), and it’s stunning.
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Enamorada (Fernandez, 1946)
Finally getting around to the UCLA Film Archive restoration (yes, my movie to-do list is seven years long), and it’s stunning.
Finally getting around to the UCLA Film Archive restoration (yes, my movie to-do list is seven years long), and it’s stunning.
A film that you’ve seen more than seven times, in a GIF
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A film that you’ve seen more than seven times, in a GIF
Except for nitrate film screenings, LA is never more beautiful than when the Dodgers win the World Series.
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Except for nitrate film screenings, LA is never more beautiful than when the Dodgers win the World Series.
The Adventures of Rosette (Rosette/Rohmer, 1983-87)
Deliberate 8mm stab at amateur filmmaking reimagines Rohmer’s Comedies & Proverbs universe through the eyes of the series’ mysterious and peripheral rose seller Rosette. For Rosette, it’s a home movie; for Rohmer, it’s metafiction.
Deliberate 8mm stab at amateur filmmaking reimagines Rohmer’s Comedies & Proverbs universe through the eyes of the series’ mysterious and peripheral rose seller Rosette. For Rosette, it’s a home movie; for Rohmer, it’s metafiction.
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Adventures of Rosette (Rosette/Rohmer, 1983-87)
Deliberate 8mm stab at amateur filmmaking reimagines Rohmer’s Comedies & Proverbs universe through the eyes of the series’ mysterious and peripheral rose seller Rosette. For Rosette, it’s a home movie; for Rohmer, it’s metafiction.
Deliberate 8mm stab at amateur filmmaking reimagines Rohmer’s Comedies & Proverbs universe through the eyes of the series’ mysterious and peripheral rose seller Rosette. For Rosette, it’s a home movie; for Rohmer, it’s metafiction.
It’s Alive (Cohen, 1974)
An important message for this Halloween: children must be stopped at all costs.
An important message for this Halloween: children must be stopped at all costs.
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It’s Alive (Cohen, 1974)
An important message for this Halloween: children must be stopped at all costs.
An important message for this Halloween: children must be stopped at all costs.
Original that I bought for 99 cents off eBay.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Original that I bought for 99 cents off eBay.
Watched the Blu-ray of Tout Un Nuit (I had only previously seen a rip of a 2007 dvd) and it’s right up there with 7 Women as a game-changing upgrade.
September 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Watched the Blu-ray of Tout Un Nuit (I had only previously seen a rip of a 2007 dvd) and it’s right up there with 7 Women as a game-changing upgrade.
Tokyo Twilight (Ozu, 1957)
September 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Tokyo Twilight (Ozu, 1957)
Just watched the new Blu-ray of Ford’s 7 Women, a transfer I’ve waited decades for, and it is staggering.
August 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Just watched the new Blu-ray of Ford’s 7 Women, a transfer I’ve waited decades for, and it is staggering.
The Spirit of the Flag (Dwan, 1913)
In the early 1910’s, Griffith was prose and Dwan was verse: repetition, visual rhyming, the texture of faces and of the walls backgrounding the faces, and the peculiar Dwan miracle of women being at their most expressive when their backs are against the camera.
In the early 1910’s, Griffith was prose and Dwan was verse: repetition, visual rhyming, the texture of faces and of the walls backgrounding the faces, and the peculiar Dwan miracle of women being at their most expressive when their backs are against the camera.
August 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Spirit of the Flag (Dwan, 1913)
In the early 1910’s, Griffith was prose and Dwan was verse: repetition, visual rhyming, the texture of faces and of the walls backgrounding the faces, and the peculiar Dwan miracle of women being at their most expressive when their backs are against the camera.
In the early 1910’s, Griffith was prose and Dwan was verse: repetition, visual rhyming, the texture of faces and of the walls backgrounding the faces, and the peculiar Dwan miracle of women being at their most expressive when their backs are against the camera.
Devil’s Doorway (Mann, 1950)
The transformation of Robert Taylor’s half-Shoshone character from white Union soldier to “full indian” is fascinating.
The transformation of Robert Taylor’s half-Shoshone character from white Union soldier to “full indian” is fascinating.
July 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Devil’s Doorway (Mann, 1950)
The transformation of Robert Taylor’s half-Shoshone character from white Union soldier to “full indian” is fascinating.
The transformation of Robert Taylor’s half-Shoshone character from white Union soldier to “full indian” is fascinating.
I can keep you up to date on his hot takes:
July 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I can keep you up to date on his hot takes:
Happy Fuck Some Shit Up Day
July 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Happy Fuck Some Shit Up Day
Quote with your favorite anti-fascist film.
Historias de la revolución (Alea, 1960)
The progression from television studio set to mountaintop idyll to urban battleground is more formally radical than anything in Soy Cuba.
Historias de la revolución (Alea, 1960)
The progression from television studio set to mountaintop idyll to urban battleground is more formally radical than anything in Soy Cuba.
July 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Quote with your favorite anti-fascist film.
Historias de la revolución (Alea, 1960)
The progression from television studio set to mountaintop idyll to urban battleground is more formally radical than anything in Soy Cuba.
Historias de la revolución (Alea, 1960)
The progression from television studio set to mountaintop idyll to urban battleground is more formally radical than anything in Soy Cuba.
Midway through 2025, here are my favorite new views of the year.
June 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Midway through 2025, here are my favorite new views of the year.
My first visit to the Gulf of America, where fireworks spontaneously combust. (I’ve been to the Gulf of Mexico many times)
June 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
My first visit to the Gulf of America, where fireworks spontaneously combust. (I’ve been to the Gulf of Mexico many times)
Une chambre en ville (Demy, 1982)
June 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Une chambre en ville (Demy, 1982)
Early Spring (Ozu, 1956)
June 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Early Spring (Ozu, 1956)
Edvard Munch (Watkins, 1974)
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Edvard Munch (Watkins, 1974)
The Wishing Tree (Abuladze, 1976)
June 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Wishing Tree (Abuladze, 1976)
Des journées entières dans les arbres (Duras, 1976)
Holy shit Bulle Ogier dancing with Sir Gawain. oh to be a slice of tomato in that hot sandwich.
Holy shit Bulle Ogier dancing with Sir Gawain. oh to be a slice of tomato in that hot sandwich.
May 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Des journées entières dans les arbres (Duras, 1976)
Holy shit Bulle Ogier dancing with Sir Gawain. oh to be a slice of tomato in that hot sandwich.
Holy shit Bulle Ogier dancing with Sir Gawain. oh to be a slice of tomato in that hot sandwich.
Joan the Maiden, Part 1: The Battles (Rivette, 1994)
Finally saw the full 160 minute version. The most patriotic of movies because it makes me proud to be a Frenchman (i ain’t french).
Finally saw the full 160 minute version. The most patriotic of movies because it makes me proud to be a Frenchman (i ain’t french).
May 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Joan the Maiden, Part 1: The Battles (Rivette, 1994)
Finally saw the full 160 minute version. The most patriotic of movies because it makes me proud to be a Frenchman (i ain’t french).
Finally saw the full 160 minute version. The most patriotic of movies because it makes me proud to be a Frenchman (i ain’t french).
What’s a movie you think nobody but you and a handful of people have heard of, that you think is a fantastic film?
May 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
What’s a movie you think nobody but you and a handful of people have heard of, that you think is a fantastic film?