I JUST SAW SIRAT AND no words. One of the best of the year.
It's Wages of Fear without the contrived premise, Hamnet without the comfort of historical distance, The Road Warrior only the punks rockers are the good guys.
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My thoughts on Timothee Chalamet's pingpong epic:
"Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme takes its cue from its central character: brassy, loud, unrelentingly annoying"
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Last week I wrote about one of the worst films ever on Joan of Arc; this week I write on the best: Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc)
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I mean what have you got to lose?
You know you come from nothing.
You're going back to nothing.
What have you lost?
Nothing.
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From 26 years ago-- my thoughts on Luc Besson's Joan of Arc epic:
Carl Dreyer’s Jeanne d’Arc is one of the greatest, Luc Besson’s 1999 Joan of Arc one of the silliest
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Is BATANG WEST SIDE (Lav Diaz) at 301 minutes the longest Film Noir ever made?
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For Black History month
"Charles Burnett's Nightjohn (1996)-- about the perils of slaves learning to read-- succeeds in transforming the TV movie into something more unsettling"
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Wouldn't condemn Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" for taking liberties with Emily Bronte, but would condemn the film for making such weak tea out of her novel.
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Paalam Robert Duvall (1932-2026)
"Lorie darlin...the only healthy way to live life is to learn to like all the little everyday things like a sip of good whiskey in the evening a soft bed a glass of buttermilk or a feisty gentleman like myself."
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BATTLE OF THE BEST PICTURES: The Thin Red Line vs. Saving Private Ryan
"Spielberg is master of a narrow emotional range, The Thin Red Line shows what an adult is capable of"
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Thoughts on Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident, my vote for best film of 2025
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And belatedly, paalam to Jess Navarro (1948-2025) who cut some of the greatest Filipino films of all time: Kisapmata, Batch '81, Broken Marriage, Oro Plata Mata.
One of the greats.
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BEST FILMS OF 2025
Not having really focused on seeing everything out there but did manage a few titles. This list can and will change while I'm still playing catch-up.
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I JUST SAW ALL YOU NEED IS KILL AND I THOUGHT Edge of Tomorrow < All You Need is Kill < Groundhog Day
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It's been a year and a day and the world is darker than ever
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I SAW HAMNET AND no notes. One of the best of the year and possibly Chloe Zhao's masterpiece
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I JUST SAW MARTY SUPREME AND it's basically Uncut Gems with pingpong paddles
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TODAY I LEARNED THAT Adam Sandler is a far better actor than Timothee Chalamet
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Happy birthday, Nicolas Cage
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Hold on, there is still great art being revealed. #ThisIsCinema #RollingTone #MostAnticipatedNewFilmsOf2026
If you did nothing else but be incandescent in arguably Jean Luc Godard 's masterpiece Contempt (1963)-- and she did more than that-- then of course you're immortal
Paalam Brigitte Bardot (1934-2025)
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Thoughts on Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: "Yeoh bumps into a woman she has never met before, and what does she do? Pulls out the sword and starts showing it off."
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Thoughts on King Hu's A Touch of Zen-- arguably the greatest, definitely one of the most bonkers, martial arts epic ever made
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Paalam Rob Reiner (1947-2025) who did one masterpiece and a number of good works
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Fuck Pulp Fiction when I remember Peter Greene (1965-2025) I remember his tremendous performance in this film
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Just in time for Christmas--
Saw Tim Burton's Batman Returns on the big screen again after three decades and far as I'm concerned: the best onscreen incarnation of the character ever
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