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This sounds like a lie but I swear one of the first Blu Rays I played on the first 1080p tv I ever got was Speed Racer and in the first few minutes it caused the tv to go into a hard reset, and I was scared of playing it again like digital projection could barely contain its turbo power.

Was gonna follow Dave for tonight's Virginia election results, but he seems to have gotten out after one post here.

Immigrants are dying in ICE custody every week.

Just because mass deportation agents stopped executing Americans in the streets doesn’t mean the brutality is over.

DID YOU KNOW that I watched ONE (1) studio-created pre-release featurette about the making of an upcoming movie and now I'm uncritically parroting their talking points from the featurette back to you my loyal audience and adding ZERO (0) context or analysis

hey i’m thinking of getting into crime does anyone know if the FBI director is blacked out currently

Buy Matt’s book! He is a very good book-writer guy!

Thanks for the shout out, David! I enjoyed writing that piece.

Thanks for the shout out, David! I enjoyed writing that piece.

In Jes Benstock and Luke Losey’s 1996 stop-motion animated video for Orbital’s “The Box,” Tilda Swinton is an alien wandering East London.

From @bilgeebiri.bsky.social (@vulture.com), so many Hamlets! Plus Radley Metzger @ Metrograph, Marco Bellocchio @ Bright Lights, silent-era dreams @anothermag.com, @danielgray.com’s Meanwhile …

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With The Christophers, Steven Soderbergh Has Crafted His Best Film in Decades Anchored by two meaty lead performances, the prolific director’s heist drama skillfully explores the limits of genius.

My first unqualified rave of the year is for The Christophers, a terrific heist drama that I think will only get better with repeat viewings.

More movies where McKellen is not a superhero or a wizard, please.

It was a pioneer in HD cinematography! (Looked like ass, but still.) I was planning to see it in theaters but it flopped so hard it was gone in a couple of weeks iirc.

The world wasn’t ready for JULIA & JULIA in 1987 and they’re still not ready for it now.

If you love Malick and love great writing and wonder about the effect and legacy of Malick on cinema then you should read @bilgeebiri.bsky.social ‘s latest

Bilge Ebiri: “Why Terrence Malick Is the Most Influential Director” Bilge Ebiri explores filmmaker Terrence Malick’s vision of grace and his far-ranging influence on American cinema.

"Malick endows even his most minor characters with humanity, which he views as a kind of holiness." Bilge Ebiri on why Terrence Malick is the most influential director.

Of Course Hamlet Is Everywhere Right Now Why does ‘Hamlet’ feel like it’s everywhere right now’? Shakespeare’s greatest play has never gone away, but we seem to be at an especially ripe moment for its revival.

Why does ‘Hamlet’ feel like it’s everywhere right now’? Shakespeare’s greatest play has never gone away, but we seem to be at an especially ripe moment for its revival.

an absolutely exceptional piece from @bilgeebiri.bsky.social about Riz Ahmed's Hamlet, the endurance of the play and its infinite malleability, and why Hamlet's whole deal has such broad relevance in these times. you should a. see the movie and b. read this

Of Course Hamlet Is Everywhere Right Now Shakespeare’s greatest play has never gone away, but we seem to be at an especially ripe moment for its revival.

Wrote about Riz Ahmed’s new HAMLET, and the recent surge of interest in Shakespeare’s play. www.vulture.com/article/why-...

I'm in!

grateful for anyone who reads this essay -- 25TH HOUR a defining movie of our time, imo

Pamela’s book is published by @stickingplacebk.bsky.social which is publishing many interesting books on film and cinema, including in-depth interviews with critics and writers. stickingplacebooks.com

How the Internet Fringe Infiltrated Republican Politics Inside the battle for the post-MAGA G.O.P.

This is a really great piece. I gotta say, though, at the end of the day, this is just *embarrassing*. We have united all the country's worst, dumbest, most internet-poisoned dipshits into one organization & they are genuinely just embarrassing to contemplate.

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai It is bad taste to yawn in front of people. [...] It is the same with sneezing.- Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Let's go for a swing with some critics I admire.

I write about one of my favourite films of all time.

@bilgeebiri.bsky.social
@aadowd.bsky.social
@violetlucca.bsky.social

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lmao this is one of those fun little domino commodities that doesn't seem like a crucial lynchpin of the global economy but definitely is

YOU, ME & TUSCANY made me feel like the robot boy David at the end of Spielberg’s A.I ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, given a chance to have one last visit with a palimpsest of a beloved genre before it disappears forever. www.vulture.com/article/you-...

The woman being murdered in the video Trump posted was an immigrant. Her name was Nilufar Yasmin. She was from Bangladesh. Trump is weaponizing her death against communities like hers. Outstanding reporting from @pabloreports.bsky.social for Migrant Insider. migrantinsider.com/p/her-name-w...

So... this takes a whole lot longer to climb out of than you might imagine. We've managed to keep things going for the time being—thanks to so many of you!—but we're definitely not out of the woods yet.

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I wrote about the end of
the U.S. Forest Service and the arrogance of trying to kill something like a forest: defector.com/the-trump-ad...

I wrote about James Corden, thespian. www.vulture.com/article/jame...

I didn't care for The Drama, but I did find Rachel a really interesting window into the central conflict. This is a great read