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‘There are certain kinds of stories people only tell in bars, and if you hang out in them long enough, you might just write the Great American Novel by osmosis.’

scarycoolsadgoodbye.substack.com/p/scary-cool...

Some reflections on Ed Wood, auteurism, and the differences between yesterday’s bad cinema and today’s corporate slop, in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social

come to the cinema for Schanelec's minimalist take on melodrama – and my little introduction about that, cinematic Arianes, and an image of happiness – this Saturday >> ica.art/my-sisters-g...

‘Whenever Thierry Frémaux is asked about the political position of the festival, he replies with a variation on: “Le cinéma, rien que le cinéma.”’

Daniella Shreir at Cannes: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Sergei Eisenstein, Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse (1930)