THE FURIOUS: I’m a simple man. It doesn’t take much to make me happy; just a mute kung fu master with a hammer trying to save his daughter from an insidious child-trafficking ring. Giddyup! #pfsspringfeat
OBESSION: Twisty monkey-paw horror fable with a strong through line: Not just be careful what you wish for, but maybe don’t go there at all and let things go their natural course instead. Somehow, a parable of modern dating, and it’s terrifying to contemplate. #pfsspringfling
CAROLINA CAROLINE: Mostly predictable Bonnie/Clyde number, only with a couple who lose their charm to too many montages set to country standards. Some pop, little fizz. #pfsspringfest
NINO: A young Parisian gets a bad diagnosis and spends a dark weekend of the soul locked out of his apartment. A quiet film filled with notes of grace, light, and humor. Pellerin is like a mixture of young Hoffman and Clive Owen, transfixing. #pfsspringfest
JANE ELLIOT AGAINST THE WORLD: Small, white firebrand from Iowa kicks everyone’s ass en route to teaching them about systemic racism. The doc portrays her larger-than-life, but with a strong sense of the sacrifices she and her children had to make for her to do “what’s right.” #pfsspringfest
Also, first-rate use of a dumbwaiter to chilling effect!
First order of business before a four-film day (for @noelmu.bsky.social ):
HOKUM: A briny horror caper set in a creep-ass hotel in Ireland. Witches, dour novelists, drunken loons, it’s got quite the array. Best use of cherubs since Botticelli. #pfsspringfest
For all my kvetching about the quality of Toronto burritos,I just had a hella mid jawn here in Philly, waiting for my #springfest flick to start (HOKUM). Serves me right for trying a chain.
Some gore actually leaves a mark. Lee Cronin's gore leaves you bloodied.
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Well, at least it will be fun to watch these damnedable Celtics against either the Spurs or Thunder. Go Spurs, I guess?
But why does he sleep in his cowl and cape…
I love his monologue about the Bulls, pre-Jordan. He’s raving about Quintin Dailey, I believe. If he’d only gotten to see the following season…
This is a truly fine piece of writing.
So, Mr. President, how do you respond to the data suggesting the economy is shriveling down to a misshapen nub?
The last mornings there are always bittersweet to me. Ready to go home; but already missing the desert.
Further proof of my permanent “hater” status, evidently.
Quiet buildings, ominous and beautiful,at night in Venice.
An empty waterway in Venice at night.
Okay, Venice, fine. You win.
I know that landscape!
But then, of course, there is sickening and there is absolutely, truly horrific. Perspective.
I’m not fundamentally opposed to Philly fans making some extra $$, but listening to the crowd of Knicks yahoos whoop it up at a Sixers home game is truly sickening.
This is pretty unbelievable. I was trying to explain to my partner the improbability of freaking Indiana becoming a football super power. It’s as if the Washington Generals suddenly won an NBA championship.
Béla Tarr, 1955-2026 🤍
I feel that everything is close to a Buc-ees!
# of pristine, massive, virginal flatbed trucks flying down the road: Endless
# of billboards proclaiming the 10 Commandments: 1
# of billboards proudly stating the TN legislature is the “most conservative in the country: 1
# of “Jamaican Vegan” bakeries advertised on Exit signage: 1
2/2
Driving I-40 across Tennessee:
# of Pro-Life billboards: 9
# of gun-related billboards: 6
# that read “Man Toys” over an image of a .45: 1
# of Adult Superstores directly across the thruway from a 50-foot Jesus cross: 1
# of “Trump MAGA Mega HQ” stores (about the size of a Waffle House): 1
1/2
Easily the weakest of the mysteries in the series, but also the best dramatic through line.
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