Haven't been crossposting to Bluesky as much lately, but wanted to drop by to share my chat with @kermodemovie.bsky.social for BBC Screenshot on my pet obsession: boxing & its cinematic depiction. Delighted as ever to be a guest on the show.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Our third TX title from director Larry Cohen, SPECIAL EFFECTS, is out now.
This LE includes an O-Card and booklet with new writing by @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social . Plus on-disc extras including a new interview with star Eric Bogosian, new interview with critic @christinalefou.bsky.social + more!
Tolstoy once said there are only three stories in the world: A man goes on a journey, a stranger comes to town, and Big Dick Richie’s dick is too big.
do you ever think about the time @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social wrote the greatest lede in history in an essay about Magic Mike XXL? yeah me too electricliterature.com/magic-mike-x...
This finally got a boutique Blu-ray release here in the UK with extras from people who are awesome (@christinalefou.bsky.social, @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social). I am in lurid '80s heaven this evening!
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
The upcoming @filmsradiance.bsky.social 4K UHD release of CUTTER'S WAY--arguably the greatest/bleakestneo-noir ever made--features contributions from such killer hitters as @jordanharper.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, @christinalefou.bsky.social, and more (including an essay by me).
GET IT.
Some big news… Netflix drops bid for Warner Bros, clearing way for Paramount takeover www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I had the absolute privilege to speak with Kleber Mendonca Filho about his brilliant film The Secret Agent, for A Rabbit's Foot Mag: a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/co...
Heyyy..... we should all read Caroline Fraser's book Murderland about the direct link between environment pollutants, lack of EPA protection, and the rise of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest.........we're about to start getting the Bundys of the world back again
Swanson's white whale, and a white whale for silent film fans too! I need to see this, stat
Just wanted to remind everyone, apropos of absolutely nothing, that I think I totally nailed this list for the ten @sightsoundmag.bsky.social greatest films of all time. (Except maybe that The Godfather Part II should be on it, but I think we can all agree its reputation is doing fine.)
Finally got around to watching this on the Criterion channel, and I can confirm it’s a very cool cockle-warmer.
Wanted to jump up and cheer when she said this
A good comparison - I think the Lost Daughter is absolutely phenomenal!
For @dazeddigital.com I spoke with Kristen Stewart about her powerful directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, out of Cannes. The film is out in the UK now, and it's really a gem.
www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/arti...
BOTD Ida Lupino!! D incl Outrage, Hitchhiker
MCCT5 (A): High Sierra, Road House, Dangerous G, Big Knife, City Sleeps
More
@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@manohladargis.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/m...
@christinalefou.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/...
Me for Time Out London on H for Hawk, a poignant if slightly overlong exploration of grief & the natural world: www.timeout.com/movies/h-is-...
Stripe / a very cute skunk lol
I knew before I got him that I was going to spend endless time hevery day just staring at him doing clumsy puppy stuff like chase his tail or trip over his own feet, and you know what: if that's time wasted, I'll gladly keep wasting it 🥲
Today: have given him a frozen carrot end to gnaw for his teething, but now can't stop watching this Bugs Bunny-ass dog instead of focusing on what I'm doing. Will report back tomorrow when, undoubtedly, another quotidian thing he's doing takes up my attention for an hour.
Something about me: I fuckin' love Lee Van Cleef.
Writing something involving Lee Van Cleef, who of course was a genius at playing villains & morally ambiguous types, and discovered that his grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery in LA has this epitaph - 'Best of the Bad' - on it. RIP king!!
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Perfect baby, no notes
Enjoyed responding to the prompt from A Rabbit's Foot about what the Movie Star of tomorrow might look like. Find me contemplating it briefly here: a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/cu...
I love this for you and feel a lot of kinship with it lmao. What do you mean studio system makeup techniques / the history of Greek leftism / the Nixon administration / Budd Schulberg isn’t its own demo?
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER is Kristen Stewart's feature-length directorial debut. See it 1/30 & 2/1 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center presented by us!
“…reveals a deft directorial hand and a distinct, languid, echoing style…” @christinalefou.bsky.social
grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-chr...
Hahaha. Though we generally have quite a nice big Venn diagram, the differences can sometimes be pretty hilarious lol
1/14/72: Cisco Pike, w/Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton + +
Loaded Indicator blu incl @christinalefou.bsky.social essay
More:
@peterapeel.bsky.social: mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-...
@seanhowe.bsky.social: atomsmashers.blogspot.com/2008/03/cell...
The two types of cinephile have really been encapsulated by me crying at Frank Capra's You Can't Take it With You last night, and my boyfriend contemplating getting me to watch William Lustig's Maniac today by saying: 'I don't know. You don't really like scalping, do you.'
