The Smashing Machine (Hyams): through the meat grinder. broken bodies and spirits. comebacks and letdowns. Thin line between victory and failure. Enveloped in dreary, foreboding post-rock soundscapes. Very intrigued now to see how the Safdie film diverges/meets this.

In Babygirl when Nicole Kidman says she has 7 coffees a day

You don’t hear much about Rose the Hat anymore

Left my phone unguarded at work and noticed from afar a female employee of mine trying to spot something juicy on my phone. And she did:

I usually trust Denzel’s judgment but uhh

Sometimes you’ll be at a block party and a man in his early 60s will pull you aside and ask with conviction if The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial warrants getting a subscription to the Paramount network.

Getting old is realizing Thief is Mann’s best film.

If The Lovely Bones came out today, Stanley Tucci’s character would lure you into his basement, not for rape, not for companionship, but to invite you to Bluesky.

tfw you're thinking about checking out a newer release on criterion channel, then you see it's 147 minutes, then you check lb...

I'm like Paul Sorvino in Goodfellas: I don't want any pertinent info texted to me where it can be traced. Everything has to be told to me in person.

Absolutely losing it at Lars von Trier asking for a date/muse on social media and following that with “despite all this whining (about having Parkinson’s, OCD, and controlled alcoholism), I can be quite a charming partner, on a good day.”

These vibes feel forever ago

Rewatched Glazer’s Birth last night, uncanny similarities to Eyes Wide Shut irt to desire and death. A period in cinema where Nicole Kidman could complicate the sexual desires of both Dr. Bill Hartford and a ten-year-old boy.