Noel Vera
@noelvera.bsky.social
I write on films, for Businessworld and my blog Critic After Dark criticafterdark@blogspot.com. Defiantly liberal. NO DMS PLEASE
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Kash Patel used government funds to fly to his girlfriend on a jet He-- Kash has a girlfriend?
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Kash Patel used government funds to fly to his girlfriend on a jet He-- Kash has a girlfriend?
Just in time for Christmas--
Saw Tim Burton's Batman Returns on the big screen again after three decades and far as I'm concerned: the best onscreen incarnation of the character ever
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Saw Tim Burton's Batman Returns on the big screen again after three decades and far as I'm concerned: the best onscreen incarnation of the character ever
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November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"You're so pretty I could eat you up!"
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"You're so pretty I could eat you up!"
Better dead than Ted
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Better dead than Ted
"Quiet piggy!" says the noisy bore
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"Quiet piggy!" says the noisy bore
What could possibly go wrong?!
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
What could possibly go wrong?!
Thoughts on Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025):
If you don't know anything about the film know this: he spent eighteen years sketching, researching, talking to make this, his Great White Whale film adaptation. Worth a look? Well let me tell you.
If you don't know anything about the film know this: he spent eighteen years sketching, researching, talking to make this, his Great White Whale film adaptation. Worth a look? Well let me tell you.
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thoughts on Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025):
If you don't know anything about the film know this: he spent eighteen years sketching, researching, talking to make this, his Great White Whale film adaptation. Worth a look? Well let me tell you.
If you don't know anything about the film know this: he spent eighteen years sketching, researching, talking to make this, his Great White Whale film adaptation. Worth a look? Well let me tell you.
When you hear news of his passing (JUAN PONCE ENRILE 1924-2025) and the Church sends in their team to make sure
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When you hear news of his passing (JUAN PONCE ENRILE 1924-2025) and the Church sends in their team to make sure
Wooden stake, garlic wreaths, three-day waiting period -- we have protocols to follow, dammit!
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Wooden stake, garlic wreaths, three-day waiting period -- we have protocols to follow, dammit!
Thoughts on Jerrold Tarog's biopic Quezon (showing in select American theaters):
Start right off with a caveat: not a historian, merely a student of film. I can talk of visual style, but of historical facts about the period and details of the man himself?
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Start right off with a caveat: not a historian, merely a student of film. I can talk of visual style, but of historical facts about the period and details of the man himself?
(Link to article in comments)
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thoughts on Jerrold Tarog's biopic Quezon (showing in select American theaters):
Start right off with a caveat: not a historian, merely a student of film. I can talk of visual style, but of historical facts about the period and details of the man himself?
(Link to article in comments)
Start right off with a caveat: not a historian, merely a student of film. I can talk of visual style, but of historical facts about the period and details of the man himself?
(Link to article in comments)
When the president breaks wind, someone suffers the consequences
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
When the president breaks wind, someone suffers the consequences
Saw Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day again and -- Godfather? What Godfather?
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Saw Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day again and -- Godfather? What Godfather?
Belatedly Adam Greenberg (1939-2025)-- The Big Red One, The Terminator, Near Dark. He did some good work: the gritty cinematography of Cameron's breakout feature; the poetry of Bigelow's vampire flick, particularly the glow of a fiery desert sunrise; the no-budget epic range of Fuller's masterpiece
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Belatedly Adam Greenberg (1939-2025)-- The Big Red One, The Terminator, Near Dark. He did some good work: the gritty cinematography of Cameron's breakout feature; the poetry of Bigelow's vampire flick, particularly the glow of a fiery desert sunrise; the no-budget epic range of Fuller's masterpiece
Paalam Diane Ladd (1935-2025). Made her mark playing supporting roles -- but what a mark! The crimson demonface in Wild at Heart, the golden-glamour host in Inland Empire, the earthy no-bullshit waitress in baby pink in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Can't forget her if I tried
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Paalam Diane Ladd (1935-2025). Made her mark playing supporting roles -- but what a mark! The crimson demonface in Wild at Heart, the golden-glamour host in Inland Empire, the earthy no-bullshit waitress in baby pink in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Can't forget her if I tried
Dick Cheney (1941-2025). Once I'd have called him the face of absolute evil-- but boy nowadays he's relatively kindergarten
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Dick Cheney (1941-2025). Once I'd have called him the face of absolute evil-- but boy nowadays he's relatively kindergarten
"I’d like to become the first insect politician..."
"I don’t know what you’re trying to say!"
"I’m saying I’m an insect who dreamt he was a man...but now the dream is over and the insect is awake."
"No no Seth"
"I’m saying: I’ll hurt you if you stay."
"I don’t know what you’re trying to say!"
"I’m saying I’m an insect who dreamt he was a man...but now the dream is over and the insect is awake."
"No no Seth"
"I’m saying: I’ll hurt you if you stay."
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"I’d like to become the first insect politician..."
"I don’t know what you’re trying to say!"
"I’m saying I’m an insect who dreamt he was a man...but now the dream is over and the insect is awake."
"No no Seth"
"I’m saying: I’ll hurt you if you stay."
"I don’t know what you’re trying to say!"
"I’m saying I’m an insect who dreamt he was a man...but now the dream is over and the insect is awake."
"No no Seth"
"I’m saying: I’ll hurt you if you stay."
Paalam Prunella Scales (1932 - 2025)-- you were a delight and now you're gone
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Paalam Prunella Scales (1932 - 2025)-- you were a delight and now you're gone
(Thoughts on M Night Shyamalan's Signs):
"Shyamalan's latest shows no sign whatsoever of him apologizing for his career to date. His first movie was a hit his second an interesting failure; in Signs he wants to make beievers out of all of us. (Link to article below)
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"Shyamalan's latest shows no sign whatsoever of him apologizing for his career to date. His first movie was a hit his second an interesting failure; in Signs he wants to make beievers out of all of us. (Link to article below)
#movies
#Filmsky
#HATM
#OldMovie
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
DIANE KEATON (1946-2025). Paalam Kay Adams, Luna Schlosser, Sonja, Annie Hall, Theresa Dunn, Louise Bryant, Faith Dunlap, Charlie Ross. She was smart, sexy, not a little dangerous. She made you fall for her and she broke your heart, the way she does all of ours with her passing.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Lav Diaz's Magellan
American premiere in the New York Film Festival Oct 9 (8.45 PM), Oct 10 (5.45 PM), Oct 13 (12.15 PM), with a Q & A with Diaz on Oct. 10
Link to the screenings and my article in the comments below
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#OldMovie
#BFilmsky
#oncinema
#thisiscinema
#arthouse
American premiere in the New York Film Festival Oct 9 (8.45 PM), Oct 10 (5.45 PM), Oct 13 (12.15 PM), with a Q & A with Diaz on Oct. 10
Link to the screenings and my article in the comments below
#movies
#Filmsky
#HATM
#OldMovie
#BFilmsky
#oncinema
#thisiscinema
#arthouse
October 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Saying this out loud: have not always been a fan of Paul Thomas Anderson. His work strikes me as often stylish but half-baked, with bravura passages of filmmaking
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(Link to complete article in the comments)
#movies
#Filmsky
#HATM
#OldMovie
#BFilmsky
#oncinema
#thisiscinema
#arthouse
October 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How to pronounce 'acetaminophen:'
'minophen' as in 'minnow fin'
'aceta' as in 'Ah see ta Epstein files have not been released!'
'minophen' as in 'minnow fin'
'aceta' as in 'Ah see ta Epstein files have not been released!'
September 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
How to pronounce 'acetaminophen:'
'minophen' as in 'minnow fin'
'aceta' as in 'Ah see ta Epstein files have not been released!'
'minophen' as in 'minnow fin'
'aceta' as in 'Ah see ta Epstein files have not been released!'
