We watched this as part of #JulyCheatAndSteal this year and really liked it, and this covers a lot of why.
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“Say ‘The Palm Beach Story.’ Your lips are making shapes like ‘A screwball comedy directed by Preston Sturges’ but all I can hear is, ‘This is how the anarchy of love moves in the world, confused & discombobulating, and—somehow—stabilizing in its arrhythmia.’
- @frankfalisi.bsky.social
“Say ‘The Palm Beach Story.’ Your lips are making shapes like ‘A screwball comedy directed by Preston Sturges’ but all I can hear is, ‘This is how the anarchy of love moves in the world, confused & discombobulating, and—somehow—stabilizing in its arrhythmia.’
- @frankfalisi.bsky.social
The Palm Beach Story (1942): The Invention of Love
The Palm Beach Story is an exemplary screwball in how it moves what it is all around the film’s frame. And it’s an exceptional screwball—maybe even an aberration of one—in the conclusions it draws and...
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October 19, 2024 at 1:06 PM
We watched this as part of #JulyCheatAndSteal this year and really liked it, and this covers a lot of why.
Very silly, but I had these shirts made for #JulyCheatAndSteal this year. (The people listed are some of the actors who've turned up the most.)
July 20, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Very silly, but I had these shirts made for #JulyCheatAndSteal this year. (The people listed are some of the actors who've turned up the most.)
#JulyCheatandSteal update:
DHoaMGR was...fine. Surprise appearance by a baby Harrison Ford, but no tension. The Great Train Robbery was, as always, a good time.
Sunday was Elliot Gould night - The Silent Partner and The Long Goodbye. Hadn't seen either; both now highly recommended.
DHoaMGR was...fine. Surprise appearance by a baby Harrison Ford, but no tension. The Great Train Robbery was, as always, a good time.
Sunday was Elliot Gould night - The Silent Partner and The Long Goodbye. Hadn't seen either; both now highly recommended.
July 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM
#JulyCheatandSteal update:
DHoaMGR was...fine. Surprise appearance by a baby Harrison Ford, but no tension. The Great Train Robbery was, as always, a good time.
Sunday was Elliot Gould night - The Silent Partner and The Long Goodbye. Hadn't seen either; both now highly recommended.
DHoaMGR was...fine. Surprise appearance by a baby Harrison Ford, but no tension. The Great Train Robbery was, as always, a good time.
Sunday was Elliot Gould night - The Silent Partner and The Long Goodbye. Hadn't seen either; both now highly recommended.
Tonight was opening night for this year's #JulyCheatandSteal; The Last of Sheila and Glass Onion.
Tomorrow continues with the fabulously named Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (beyond that title and James Coburn starring, I have no knowledge of this movie) and The Great Train Robbery.
Tomorrow continues with the fabulously named Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (beyond that title and James Coburn starring, I have no knowledge of this movie) and The Great Train Robbery.
June 29, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Tonight was opening night for this year's #JulyCheatandSteal; The Last of Sheila and Glass Onion.
Tomorrow continues with the fabulously named Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (beyond that title and James Coburn starring, I have no knowledge of this movie) and The Great Train Robbery.
Tomorrow continues with the fabulously named Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (beyond that title and James Coburn starring, I have no knowledge of this movie) and The Great Train Robbery.
#JulyCheatandSteal started tonight with The Last of Shelia and Glass Onion, and I was thematically dressed.
June 29, 2024 at 5:44 AM
#JulyCheatandSteal started tonight with The Last of Shelia and Glass Onion, and I was thematically dressed.
Every summer, my husband and I put together an "online film festival" of crime films. It started as heists and cons, but that concept wasn't as sustainable as crime more generally. Anyway, it's called July, Cheat, and Steal, and this year's program is set! #JulyCheatAndSteal
April 22, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Every summer, my husband and I put together an "online film festival" of crime films. It started as heists and cons, but that concept wasn't as sustainable as crime more generally. Anyway, it's called July, Cheat, and Steal, and this year's program is set! #JulyCheatAndSteal