Tom Charity
@tcha-cha-cha.bsky.social
Watching, thinking about, writing about movies. Programmer at VIFF Centre, Vancouver.
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TRAIN DREAMS is out in limited theatrical release today. It will be on Netflix in a couple of weeks, but here's the thing: If you are at all able to, you really should see it on a big screen. You will not regret it.
www.vulture.com/article/sund...
www.vulture.com/article/sund...
Train Dreams Is a Staggering Work of Art
Netflix is releasing one of the best films of the year but please, for the love of God, don’t watch this masterpiece on your phone.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
TRAIN DREAMS is out in limited theatrical release today. It will be on Netflix in a couple of weeks, but here's the thing: If you are at all able to, you really should see it on a big screen. You will not regret it.
www.vulture.com/article/sund...
www.vulture.com/article/sund...
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“Jared Kushner’s Firm Is Said to Be Part of $50 Billion Buyout of Electronic Arts
Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant.”
Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant.”
September 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“Jared Kushner’s Firm Is Said to Be Part of $50 Billion Buyout of Electronic Arts
Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant.”
Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant.”
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"happening now: Israeli army raiding the house of oscar winner Basel Adra after Israeli settlers attacked his village earlier and beat up his family member. Soldiers could try to abduct Basel into one of Israel's prisons which are effectively torture sites"
-Yuval Abraham
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-Yuval Abraham
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September 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"happening now: Israeli army raiding the house of oscar winner Basel Adra after Israeli settlers attacked his village earlier and beat up his family member. Soldiers could try to abduct Basel into one of Israel's prisons which are effectively torture sites"
-Yuval Abraham
x.com/yuval_abraha...
-Yuval Abraham
x.com/yuval_abraha...
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I’m currently being told by people on X who have never watched my stuff that I must be happy a man has been charged for burning a Koran. A good time to revisit this, which I recorded last year.
May 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I’m currently being told by people on X who have never watched my stuff that I must be happy a man has been charged for burning a Koran. A good time to revisit this, which I recorded last year.
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There are still surprises to be had at the movies and this is one of them. Don’t pass on seeing MISERICORDIA. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: A provocative stranger returns home in 'Misericordia,' a murder mystery free of convention
Alain Guiraudie, the French writer-director, shapes his penchant for queer subject matter into something that owes much to the cool mysteries of Claude Chabrol.
www.latimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There are still surprises to be had at the movies and this is one of them. Don’t pass on seeing MISERICORDIA. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Barry Sonnenfeld—the director of Men in Black, The Addams Family, and more—is coming to Books & Ideas with a hilarious new memoir. Hear the icon in conversation with year-round VIFF programmer @tcha-cha-cha.bsky.social
April 4, presented with @viffest.bsky.social
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April 4, presented with @viffest.bsky.social
writersfest.bc.ca/event/barry-...
Books & Ideas: Barry Sonnenfeld in Conversation | Vancouver Writers Fest
One-of-a-kind filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld tells stories only he can tell. In this hilarious and enlightening new memoir, he provides an inside glimpse into how Hollywood really works (or doesn’t), from...
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February 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Barry Sonnenfeld—the director of Men in Black, The Addams Family, and more—is coming to Books & Ideas with a hilarious new memoir. Hear the icon in conversation with year-round VIFF programmer @tcha-cha-cha.bsky.social
April 4, presented with @viffest.bsky.social
writersfest.bc.ca/event/barry-...
April 4, presented with @viffest.bsky.social
writersfest.bc.ca/event/barry-...
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Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the world: $38 billion
Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion
Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion
February 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the world: $38 billion
Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion
Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion
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BOTD Seymour Cassel!! Cassavetes affiliate (Faces, Minnie/Mosk, Chinese Bookie, Love Streams, ++), but note > 200 roles
More:
@tcha-cha-cha.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@dwhdaily.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@petersob13.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/features/sey...
More:
@tcha-cha-cha.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@dwhdaily.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@petersob13.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/features/sey...
January 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
BOTD Seymour Cassel!! Cassavetes affiliate (Faces, Minnie/Mosk, Chinese Bookie, Love Streams, ++), but note > 200 roles
More:
@tcha-cha-cha.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@dwhdaily.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@petersob13.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/features/sey...
More:
@tcha-cha-cha.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@dwhdaily.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@petersob13.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/features/sey...
Genuinely surprised that President Trump paid tribute to the passing of David Lynch in his inaugural address today. Gives one hope.
January 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Genuinely surprised that President Trump paid tribute to the passing of David Lynch in his inaugural address today. Gives one hope.
Full house for opening night of our Bong Joon-ho retro. (Mind you, we also sold out the hummingbird doc this afternoon.)
January 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Full house for opening night of our Bong Joon-ho retro. (Mind you, we also sold out the hummingbird doc this afternoon.)
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January 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It’s a White Dawn Xmas
December 26, 2024 at 4:10 AM
It’s a White Dawn Xmas
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Remember on this day that, canonically, George Bailey’s re-discovery of the value of his life takes place at the same time as the failed hit attempt on Vito Corleone.
December 25, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Remember on this day that, canonically, George Bailey’s re-discovery of the value of his life takes place at the same time as the failed hit attempt on Vito Corleone.
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A brief thread on teaser trailers that have footage only shot for them & not used in the actual films. youtu.be/2HdCmf91q_A?...
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) - Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by logofreak98
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December 22, 2024 at 2:36 AM
A brief thread on teaser trailers that have footage only shot for them & not used in the actual films. youtu.be/2HdCmf91q_A?...
Great read
December 13, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Great read
Strands #282
“Something to see”
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Well that was an easy one
“Something to see”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡🔵
Well that was an easy one
December 10, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Strands #282
“Something to see”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡🔵
Well that was an easy one
“Something to see”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡🔵
Well that was an easy one
still thinking about yesterday’s truly fascinating Q&A with Brigitte Berman, talking about her film Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got. A trove of insight into the man
December 9, 2024 at 10:03 PM
still thinking about yesterday’s truly fascinating Q&A with Brigitte Berman, talking about her film Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got. A trove of insight into the man
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For John Cassavetes' bday: I wrote this piece for my column at @readliberties.bsky.social that had been percolating for far too long: on my simultaneous discovery of Cassavetes' Opening Night and Tennessee Williams' Two-Character Play, aka Outcry. It's personal: libertiesjournal.com/online-artic...
John Cassavetes, Tennessee Williams, and Intelligent Insanity
You can trust my characters. Whatever else they are — and they’re not always nice — at least they’re upfront. They don’t hide anything. They scream, laugh, cry, jump around and get drunk. But our soci...
libertiesjournal.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:09 PM
For John Cassavetes' bday: I wrote this piece for my column at @readliberties.bsky.social that had been percolating for far too long: on my simultaneous discovery of Cassavetes' Opening Night and Tennessee Williams' Two-Character Play, aka Outcry. It's personal: libertiesjournal.com/online-artic...
Hmmm. Strange list and my own votes in the polls section appear to be from a year ago. (This year I voted for Anora and All We Imagine, for example.) @sightsoundmag.bsky.social
And the winner is… ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Find out what Sight and Sound critics have voted as the 50 best films of 2024
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Find out what Sight and Sound critics have voted as the 50 best films of 2024
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The 50 best films of 2024
Our round-up of the best movies of the year finds a dazzling array of cinematic wonders from around the world
www.bfi.org.uk
December 7, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Hmmm. Strange list and my own votes in the polls section appear to be from a year ago. (This year I voted for Anora and All We Imagine, for example.) @sightsoundmag.bsky.social
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It’s so good.
Close Your Eyes: Cinema as Memory. The people who produce, curate and preserve this beautiful medium are being swallowed up and forgotten right before us and I'm not sure there's much anyone can do about it. Less "Loveletter to movies", more "fuck, how do we save it?" Titanic.
December 6, 2024 at 2:47 AM
It’s so good.
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THE END was among the most divisive films shown during fall festival season. I think it's terrific. Here's my review from Toronto. The post-apocalypse musical opens Friday.
‘The End’: Toronto Review
Joshua Oppenheimer's first drama is a singular musical which details how one family passes through the end of the world
www.screendaily.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:41 PM
THE END was among the most divisive films shown during fall festival season. I think it's terrific. Here's my review from Toronto. The post-apocalypse musical opens Friday.
Now it’s the other way around. Not much for grownups
THE LONG GOODBYE at age four. THE CHANGELING and APOCALYPSE NOW at age seven. THE DEER HUNTER and GODFATHER 1 & 2 (as part of the re-edited saga on TV) at age eight. RAGING BULL at age nine. I could go on. There wasn’t much out there for kids in the 70s & early 80s.
Did you watch R rated movies before you were 17? If you did, do you remember what your first R rated movie was?
Mine was Starship Troopers. Not sure exactly how old I was but I couldn't have been older than 11 based on where we lived
Mine was Starship Troopers. Not sure exactly how old I was but I couldn't have been older than 11 based on where we lived
December 2, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Now it’s the other way around. Not much for grownups