But also a good thing about having a goldfish brain is I barely remember what happens in any movie for very long

SAFE

Have you seen the movie?

Also: Pope Leo XIV, remarks on cinema, worth a listen. Thoughtful. The value of slow cinema. Silent cinema. The wind in the trees.

youtu.be/rTUT1mJMFCU?...

‘Blue Heron’ Review: Rewinding Time to Find a Brother

Sophy Romvari’s debut feature BLUE HERON is one of those can’t-miss indies blending personal story and fiction and even documentary that only comes around occasionally:

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/m...

‘Blue Heron’ Review: Rewinding Time to Find a Brother

Sophy Romvari’s debut feature BLUE HERON is one of those can’t-miss indies blending personal story and fiction and even documentary that only comes around occasionally:

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/m...

Would you say you’ll do it with every breath you take

Thank you Aarik

and no not Frankie Avalon

just realized my Spotify algorithm decided to feed me Avalon. clearly the weather has turned warm

one time @jackjenkins.me sideways thanked me for not becoming a religion reporter but why do these guys gotta wander over my border

This is a wild header image haha

I think I missed when Pureflix and Great American merged?!

I just figured you’d know more than I do, for geographical reasons

Scott, can LDS members be excommunicated for criticizing the Prophet/President? I actually don’t know.

This is a better explanation!

(Catholic theologians please feel free to correct me)

It is still a very grave act to criticize the Pope’s teachings, as he defines the doctrines of the church, so that’s sort of a different thing. Not blasphemous though.

(This is in Catholic doctrine, I am not Catholic, etc)

He is special though.

No, only Christ is an intermediary, the Pope is more of a shepherd/protector of the faith.

it’s like two ticks away from hearing the “is the Pope Catholic?” line and thinking it’s not a rhetorical question

I just keep thinking about someone deciding to explain just war theory to Pope Leo, specifically

literally the first Augustinian pope

and giggling to myself in random public places

this is an extremely me problem

Or, you know, whatever

I am fairly sure this makes it clear Vance is putting this war in a category similar to the Crusades

I assume this is more of a thing in NY/LA than in other markets, where there are fewer screenings overall.

If you read downthread, you'll see that's not the situation I'm referring to.

Often if I'm not "the reviewer" then I can see the movie days or weeks earlier, even if they know I'm writing a notebook about it.

It's not that sort of thing, though -- not like when they screen 48 hours before release. It's like, they have "screenings" for reporters and critics who aren't "reviewing" but are writing pieces about it, and then "critics screenings" for reviewers.

A movie review I have mostly shaped out in my brain before I sit down, and 50% of my time is staring into space coming up with a lede