You cooked the scallion pancake…that’s huge.

That’s very true, this pulls them out just a tiny bit though.

At the Norman Rockwell museum in Massachusetts

I Took this photo of the actual
Norman Rockwell painting at the museum well after it had just become a meme. It was weird to see in person. It was also the only one surrounded by all these young kids laughing and ogling… It was kinda amazing.

🥹

Let it 🌊 over you!

Just as great

One of the best feelings in life is approval from the butcher counter. I’m doing something right!

The joy of eating your kids grilled cheese crust.

Jimmy Cliff! He’s so alive here and so much emotion and what a performance and an incredible movie too. This album soundtrack has been a constant in my life. Just the best.

That would be fun to find out

Technology on Technology

This is awesome

Mamdani has the skills needed!

Hahah

I feel like having a waiting room at a psychiatrist office is like some form of a joke/test. Then again that’s probably why I’m there in the first place.

Oh he did

Mark Kerr Buys a Mini Disc and visits a Temple in Japan. Here we get to see Mark Kerr Buy a Mini disc player and venture out to a Buddhist temple in his free time while not Fighting in the Pride 7 Tournament.

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Yes it is! He’s the best

This is a scene I couldn’t figure out where to put in The Smashing Machine but I love it as another moment in Mark’ Life. Enjoy! “And a diet Sprite” Movie is available to watch at home. Link to Apple in Bio with my director commentary and other stuff too. Let the movie 🌊over you!

Wow

Benny Safdie, réalisateur de « Smashing Machine », dans l’équation du cinéma Le cinéaste, qui a longtemps hésité entre la physique et le septième art, n’a pas perdu son enthousiasme face à la magie de l’écran.

J’ai rencontré Benny Safdie pour le Monde et c’est très honnêtement une des interviews les plus plaisantes que j’ai faites — le papier est trop court pour tout retranscrire hélas mais j’espère qu’il en rend tout de même compte.

www.lemonde.fr/culture/arti...

The Smashing Machine is out for Digital download! On Apple the have my director’s commentary or me talking to an invisible friend and alternate scenes that didn’t make into the move but I love. Here is Dwayne in what became the final prosthetics for the first time… I just had to take a photo.

Emily Blunt Teases ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and Why She Never Saw ‘The Rock’ While Filming ‘The Smashing Machine’ Emily Blunt talks about her role in "The Smashing Machine" and teases the anticipated sequel "The Devil Wears Prada 2."

The long-awaited Emily Blunt podcast is here and she talks about #TheDevilWearsPrada2

Emily Blunt Teases ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and Why She Never Saw ‘The Rock’ While Filming ‘The Smashing Machine’

variety.com/2025/film/ne... via @variety.com

A still from the movie “The Smashing Machine” shows Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson walking to a fighting ring. Quote from Sam Anderson, writer for The New York Times Magazine: Brad Pitt could put a hat on or something and sunglasses, get away with it – Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson can't."

Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson is one of the most famous people on Earth. His new movie, “The Smashing Machine,” sends him back to his natural habitat: the ring. But for the first time, he's cutting through the tough-guy act and is getting vulnerable. nyti.ms/430UnrS

'The Smashing Machine' is a deeply tender film about one champion's vulnerabilities Benny Safdie has made his solo directorial debut by empathetically recounting the story of an American wrestling champion overcome by doubt and addiction.

'The Smashing Machine' is a deeply tender film about one champion's vulnerabilities

Benny Safdie’s Closet Picks YouTube video by CRITERION

Check out some of @bowedtie.bsky.social great Closet Picks on the Criterion Channel! ✨

THE WAR ROOM
WHEN WE WERE KINGS
WIM WENDERS: THE ROAD TRILOGY
THE RED BALLOON AND OTHER STORIES: FIVE FILMS BY ALBERT LAMORISSE

I think the Open Ai commercials are Trojan horses: Filmic commercials they can feed into their system to replicate “cinematic” language and get around only having stock footage as a base for their models.