Manos: the Hands of Fate, the premiere with the cast on Nov. 15, 1966 in El Paso.
OR:
The Exorcist. Any major city during the first week of its run.

My Most Boomer Take Of the Day is: if you have a tiny mic, then pin it to your lapel and stop holding it in front of you like it's a dainty, melting ice cream cone.

1 Agonizingly dull and by-the numbers
2 Walked so Threads could run.
3 Triangle of Badness
4 Slow start, and Hepburn is a little miscast, but ultimately heartbreaking and gorgeous
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Oh, is it Walter Reed Rumour Season again? Seems like it comes earlier every year.

5 = loved it & resonates with me personally
4.5 = loved it
4 = great, recommended
3.5 = good; recommended if you're into the genre
3 = average/not a total waste of time. Some good stuff
2.5 = wish I hadn't bothered
2 and below = bad and objectionable for me for various reasons

1 Wilkinson as good in this as everyone says
2 Top drawer noir that tap-dances all around the Hays Code
3 But here's what the Hays Code took from us: great, mature stories about women's inner lives
4 Disappointing for me considering its rep
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1 Charming Ealing featuring great chemistry with Guinness & Johns
2 Bleak, anxiety-inducing thriller
3 Best soundtrack ever
4 Lean, efficient Irish horror
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I envy them.

In the NBA this sequence would've taken 10 minutes to play out.

Man on the bus this morning blasting Willie Nelson's "Always on my Mind" without headphones. He is presumably Going Through It. Wanted to shout, "She ain't worth it, King! Now buy some headphones!" but restrained myself.

Big thanks to whoever recommended Jean de Florette/Manon in the Criterion Closet a while back. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

IDEA: a browser plugin for recipe sites that changes all variations of "hubby/hubs/wifey" to a clown icon. It is second only to "impactful" for my personal literary equivalent to nails on a chalkboard.

It's wild that The Secret Agent didn't get a Cinematography nomination.

Glad they put the Sinners song performance on early so I didn't have to stay up late! 😂 Awesome! #Oscars

Yes! I saw him do that pause and immediately thought, "He's trying to do Obama but doesn't have the gravitas yet to correctly hit the note." But good to see someone on the right path.

I was put off Marty Supreme for ages because of its length, its awful poster and the presence of a certain Canadian Dragon. Turns out it was a lot of fun! I never wanted it to end. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Bam Adebayo and his mother Marilyn Blount after his 83 point classic. What an absolutely beautiful sight to see ❤️❤️❤️

#NBASky #SkyHoops

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To Minutter For Sent is 2 Minutes Late in English and part of Criterion's excellent Nordic Noir series. Bugonia was a huge disappointment considering the talent involved. Lanthimos is officially in his huffing his own farts era. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Omnishambles.

Gretzky cursed them with his bad mojo.

The Secret Agent looked and sounded fabulous, but I couldn't connect with it. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

THERAPIST: The fauvist trash pandas aren't real and they can't hurt you.
FAUVIST TRASH PANDAS:

Enshittification is everywhere, but Insight Timer gameifying meditation is pretty top tier shitty for me. I just want to get to my anti-anxiety meditations, shut the fuck up about making daily commitments.

Speed skating looks so relaxing when they're doing those early, slow laps.

Only three this week... Can I still post? 🥹 Some lesser-known gems from three of my cinematic faves: Chayefsky, Wilder and Powell. #letterboxdfriday

Always feel like Sue Storm in the hi-fi store. 🤷‍♀️

I can have a little it of British whimsy amidst confronting the yawning void of existence, as a treat. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

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