one required, but sadly enormous, shift in the way americans view things: recovering an understanding that a democratic government is a collective enterprise that should deliver tangible services and benefits to people
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Criterion disc cover art by Marc Aspinall
Weekly Western: DESTRY RIDES AGAIN. 100% delightful. Come for dastardly Brian Donlevy & singing Marlene Dietrich. Stay for gun-hating, milk-drinking deputy Jimmy Stewart, here to clean up this town.
Art by @marcaspinall.bsky.social and a great essay by @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social at criterion.com
Yeah, and the list of bands who were around for years and years and then, when they finally release that blockbuster album, basically retire or break up is formidable. Dire Straits?
Great quote. I just finished Mark Harris's Pictures at a Revolution and Sidney Poitier goes through this exact process. The moment he is named the top box-office star in America, he is also aware that his days as a "movie star" are numbered.
You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
Immigration now
Immigration tomorrow
Immigration forever
"Mass immigration is good, socially and economically; is the single most significant factor in America’s current position as the global locus of commerce and culture; we’ve been lucky to have it; and we should want more," writes @felipedlh.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2080...
It's kinda all-or-nothimg with this set!
At least you also got your fluoride.
At a screening of All Quiet on the Western Front, the guy next to us mercifully finished the loud crunchy nuts he had brought only to then pull out a brush and a full tube of toothpaste and proceed to brush his teeth for SEVERAL MINUTES, spitting regularly into a water bottle.
Chuck Norris is dead. He was really shitty but Conan playing this clip from Walker Texas Ranger lives rent free in my head forever tbh so there's that.
True story: I once signed a hotel check-in book as "Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt."
(Also, on Dr. Seuss's birthday I regularly annoy my children by sending a group text asking "Oh hey, did I tell you guys?" And then following it up with "About Mrs. McCave?" At which point they all try to block me.)
Saw for the 1st time just last year and really dug it. I appreciated how it kind of kicked off with the "hitting rock bottom" part of the plot so you just got to spend time with the character organically growing in little ways. Contrast with the by-the-numbers plotting of the similar CRAZY HEART.
I heard this got a blu ray release! I loved this when I first saw it a few months ago but it looked like shit on streaming. How did it look?
Possibly my most recommended movie of last year. Our Oscar party tradition is to give the winner of the Oscar pool a copy of the best movie that got zero nominations. That's our pick this year.
Hot damn, this is a great list! I've just added SO MANY to my "need to see right now" goals.
The best selection of film-related books on the internet! I can't recommend it highly enough.
When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
Oh the commission fees for sketches of middle-age dads were astronomical
I had a fantastic time at Vancouver Fan Expo this past weekend and was able to make a couple excellent additions to the ongoing "My kids as superheroes" sketchbook from the wonderful Steve Skroce and @theartofemilia.bsky.social . Thanks to both!
Just a great-looking movie too. Beautiful from beginning to end. (And not just the scenes with Annette Bening.)
That "God Bless America" followed by a shout out to almost wvery country from both continents choked me up a little.
This is possibly the most effective rebuttal in Bluesky history...
Heading to Cinemark in a few minutes and I'm weirdly excited to check this. I've actually been logging which theaters have the longest ad/trailer segments and Cinemark is bad.
(I do love the promo where the guy misses out on part of the movie while getting snacks. The crowd reactions are glorious)
Oh man, thanks for sharing this. Exactly what I needed to watch after hearing the news. I hope the rest of the day on my feed is just people sharing clips.
Ha! Thanks for this comment. I saw the Sphere movie too and the mental about face from "Wow, this planet is beautiful. We need to preserve it" to "I am watching this movie in the middle of possibly the least environmentally conscious location on Earth" can cause whiplash.
Five panels from V FOR VENDETTA (written by Alan Moore, art by David Lloyd)
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
this year's nominees for best picture are...
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