A friend of mine was teaching some film students. He asked one who his favourite director was. “Tarantino” was the answer. Ok he replied with some dismay - what did you think of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? “Oh, I haven’t seen that one” came the reply. The current crop can be so incurious…
Too much
Have disliked him for a while - now just have to dismiss him
John Martyn a great example of a monster who created beautiful music.
She never fails. If Lucy Mangan loves it you can guarantee it’s going to be somewhere between poor and awful. (In this case the lamentable Vladimir)
This is positively Churchillian surely
I’m pretty sure they project a dislike of Chalamet’s youth, success and ambition onto it and unthinkingly reject it
Pamela Brown very much has to be MRS Potts otherwise Kiloran wouldn’t be wasting time chasing the otherwise delightful Joan
Bizarrely its reviewed (favourably) in The Wire this month
It’s their best since Plastic Beach in my book and I find a lot of it rather lovely - each to their own though
Lucky you - even though Scottish we drowned in William Walton and (lesser) Elgar!
I found it both fascinating but oddly boring. Performances are stunning and the direction was through the roof. Ultimately though I found it a bit repetitive and somehow not engaging and for me the music really didn’t help. Astonishing to look at as opposed to watch
Sheila MacRae #Mums26
Thank you Ian - a lovely thing to do
The sweary stuff is pretty good too
John Hodge told me he hadn’t realised until sneaking into a screening on opening night that they’d made a very sad film about middle aged regret. I think it’s one of the great sequels and I salute Boyle in that after a lengthy international career he could make something that felt entirely Scottish
Either Hawke and Moura would be tremendous choices - though Chalamet was also terrific
Sorry for your loss Moose
Wait till you get to ep 6 and meet James VI of Scotland…..
Let’s hope he’s sweating now
We stand the standard distance distant strangers stand apart - David Berman
Fantastic piece - seeking out What Happened Was… immediately
Given Miss America is one of my favourite albums why have I taken so long to listen to this?
Sunday morning blues
The Bone Temple is definitely better than its abysmal predecessor - but it’s also sillier (and places way more belief in Iron Maiden than can be tolerated)
I like every one mentioned above but there’s a surprising lack of The Wild Bunch here
Big vote for the Pig in the City
Don’t forget Neil Oliver
Wasn’t Parkinson played by Terry Scott?
Extremely bad film
Delighted to see some Blue Moon recognition which was my biggest surprise at the cinema last year
