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24th-billed in Radu Jude's DRACULA (2025).
now: La Bête humaine (Zola 1890), Thesiger (Asher 1994)
last: North Dallas Forty (Gent 1973) (9)
now: La Bête humaine (Zola 1890), Thesiger (Asher 1994)
last: North Dallas Forty (Gent 1973) (9)
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I watched SOME CAME RUNNING for the first time last night, and I love how it seems jazzy and borderline incoherent (the troubles of adapting a 1,200 page novel!) until the very last scene and then it ties itself together & reveals who the film has actually been about the entire time. Great film
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I watched SOME CAME RUNNING for the first time last night, and I love how it seems jazzy and borderline incoherent (the troubles of adapting a 1,200 page novel!) until the very last scene and then it ties itself together & reveals who the film has actually been about the entire time. Great film
me on Noah Jupe in The Hollywood Reporter (reviewing That Good Night), 2017. Called it!!
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
me on Noah Jupe in The Hollywood Reporter (reviewing That Good Night), 2017. Called it!!
Mogadishu Blues
my 2002 review of Ridley Scott's suddenly-back-in-the-news BLACK HAWK DOWN.
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my 2002 review of Ridley Scott's suddenly-back-in-the-news BLACK HAWK DOWN.
www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews...
MOGADISHU BLUES: RIDLEY SCOTT'S BLACK HAWK DOWN [5/10] | Neil Young's Film Lounge MOGADISHU BLUES: RIDLEY SCOTT'S BLACK HAWK DOWN [5/10] | Neil Young's Film Lounge
America's botched Mogadishu operation* of 1993 is the backdrop to Black Hawk Down — for director Ridley Scott a return to the terrain of White Squall, the
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December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Mogadishu Blues
my 2002 review of Ridley Scott's suddenly-back-in-the-news BLACK HAWK DOWN.
www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews...
my 2002 review of Ridley Scott's suddenly-back-in-the-news BLACK HAWK DOWN.
www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews...
2025's least-expected "awards season" juggernaut rolls inexorably on, all 5+ hours of it.
Best Documentary/Nonfiction, Winner: MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I — LAST AIR IN MOSCOW #LAFCA
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
2025's least-expected "awards season" juggernaut rolls inexorably on, all 5+ hours of it.
an hour passes. CONCLAVE-y intrigues and multiple ballots?
We’re now voting in our performance categories. Hold tight—it’s going to be a minute! #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
an hour passes. CONCLAVE-y intrigues and multiple ballots?
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If you missed it, my latest Substack newsletter is live. A few words on the brilliance that is Don Carpenter’s 1966 novel HARD RAIN FALLING.
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Hard Rain Falling
I was in a Berlin bookshop recently and noticed a brand spanking new Penguin Modern Classics edition of Don Carpenter’s 1966 novel Hard Rain Falling. I don’t know who is overseeing the cover design on...
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December 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you missed it, my latest Substack newsletter is live. A few words on the brilliance that is Don Carpenter’s 1966 novel HARD RAIN FALLING.
andrewnette.substack.com/p/hard-rain-...
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there is no crime
save the too-heavy body
save the too-heavy body
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
there is no crime
save the too-heavy body
save the too-heavy body
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A truly excellent list, and likely the only top ten where you’ll see Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS nestled right next to Alexandre Koberidze’s DRY LEAF. (The latter very little-seen thus far, so a particularly delightful surprise that its champions came through so strongly.)
And the winner is… ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Paul Thomas Anderson’s incendiary portrait of modern America has been voted best film of 2025 by our critics
Find out what Sight and Sound critics have voted as the 50 best films of the year
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s incendiary portrait of modern America has been voted best film of 2025 by our critics
Find out what Sight and Sound critics have voted as the 50 best films of the year
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The 50 best films of 2025
Our annual international critics’ poll of 2025's best movies shows cinema thriving in a year of troubles
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December 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A truly excellent list, and likely the only top ten where you’ll see Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS nestled right next to Alexandre Koberidze’s DRY LEAF. (The latter very little-seen thus far, so a particularly delightful surprise that its champions came through so strongly.)
L.A. Taco is a real-life equivalent of Sensei's operation in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
L.A. Taco is a real-life equivalent of Sensei's operation in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.
line of ancestry:
actor Tyrone Power (b.1959)
son of actor Tyrone Power (1914-1958) [the big star]
son of actor Tyrone Power (1869-1931) [this one↓]
son of actor Harold Power (1833-1901)
son of actor Tyrone Power (1797-1841)
son of Tyrone Power (1765-1841), "a minstrel of sorts"
actor Tyrone Power (b.1959)
son of actor Tyrone Power (1914-1958) [the big star]
son of actor Tyrone Power (1869-1931) [this one↓]
son of actor Harold Power (1833-1901)
son of actor Tyrone Power (1797-1841)
son of Tyrone Power (1765-1841), "a minstrel of sorts"
I am more than a little tired of my silent film research suddenly being current events but...
Evidence of the wide acceptance of eugenics can be seen everywhere in silent films. Characters casually discuss finding a "eugenic" partner in marriage the same way modern films might discuss income.
Evidence of the wide acceptance of eugenics can be seen everywhere in silent films. Characters casually discuss finding a "eugenic" partner in marriage the same way modern films might discuss income.
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
line of ancestry:
actor Tyrone Power (b.1959)
son of actor Tyrone Power (1914-1958) [the big star]
son of actor Tyrone Power (1869-1931) [this one↓]
son of actor Harold Power (1833-1901)
son of actor Tyrone Power (1797-1841)
son of Tyrone Power (1765-1841), "a minstrel of sorts"
actor Tyrone Power (b.1959)
son of actor Tyrone Power (1914-1958) [the big star]
son of actor Tyrone Power (1869-1931) [this one↓]
son of actor Harold Power (1833-1901)
son of actor Tyrone Power (1797-1841)
son of Tyrone Power (1765-1841), "a minstrel of sorts"
Liverpool 1 - Sunderland 1
...watched the second half in LJUBLJANA
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...watched the second half in LJUBLJANA
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STAYING UP! (?): the diary of a Sunderland fan, 2025-6 season | Neil Young's Film Lounge STAYING UP! (?): the diary of a Sunderland fan, 2025-6 season | Neil Young's Film Lounge
Wednesday 3rd December: Liverpool 1 - Sunderland 1
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December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Liverpool 1 - Sunderland 1
...watched the second half in LJUBLJANA
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...watched the second half in LJUBLJANA
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José Luis Cienfuegos has died of a stroke at the age of 60. Echoes of Hans Hurch (Viennale), who died similarly suddenly aged 64 in 2017.
The stresses and strains of running a major film-festival are something that the whole industry needs to seriously examine.
www.screendaily.com/news/vallado...
The stresses and strains of running a major film-festival are something that the whole industry needs to seriously examine.
www.screendaily.com/news/vallado...
Valladolid director José Luis Cienfuegos dies aged 60
Popular Spanish industry veteran recently presided over 70th edition of Seminci.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
José Luis Cienfuegos has died of a stroke at the age of 60. Echoes of Hans Hurch (Viennale), who died similarly suddenly aged 64 in 2017.
The stresses and strains of running a major film-festival are something that the whole industry needs to seriously examine.
www.screendaily.com/news/vallado...
The stresses and strains of running a major film-festival are something that the whole industry needs to seriously examine.
www.screendaily.com/news/vallado...
embarrassing disaster if it shuts, if a city like Glasgow (pop. 650,000+) can't sustain such a cinema.
🚨 BREAKING: The Glasgow Film Theatre is expected to lose its main long-term funding support from the city council. 🚨
Full details & reaction: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2566604... @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Full details & reaction: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2566604... @heraldscotland.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
embarrassing disaster if it shuts, if a city like Glasgow (pop. 650,000+) can't sustain such a cinema.
pound-for-pound Jack Fisk has one of the all-time-great filmographies:
The Revenant
There Will Be Blood
Mulholland Dr.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Carrie
The Thin Red Line
The Master
The Tree of Life
The Straight Story
Badlands
Days of Heaven
Messiah of Evil
Phantom of the Paradise
Marty Supreme
etc!
The Revenant
There Will Be Blood
Mulholland Dr.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Carrie
The Thin Red Line
The Master
The Tree of Life
The Straight Story
Badlands
Days of Heaven
Messiah of Evil
Phantom of the Paradise
Marty Supreme
etc!
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
pound-for-pound Jack Fisk has one of the all-time-great filmographies:
The Revenant
There Will Be Blood
Mulholland Dr.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Carrie
The Thin Red Line
The Master
The Tree of Life
The Straight Story
Badlands
Days of Heaven
Messiah of Evil
Phantom of the Paradise
Marty Supreme
etc!
The Revenant
There Will Be Blood
Mulholland Dr.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Carrie
The Thin Red Line
The Master
The Tree of Life
The Straight Story
Badlands
Days of Heaven
Messiah of Evil
Phantom of the Paradise
Marty Supreme
etc!
1876: Custer beaten.
1895: Buster Keaton.
1895: Buster Keaton.
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
1876: Custer beaten.
1895: Buster Keaton.
1895: Buster Keaton.
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Lynda La Plante as Tamara Novek nursing the bedridden employees of Rentaghost in a tableau reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch at his most fevered.
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Lynda La Plante as Tamara Novek nursing the bedridden employees of Rentaghost in a tableau reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch at his most fevered.
Chalamet currently trading at 4/5 odds for Best Actor.
(£5 wins you £4, you get £9 back.)
Catch it while you can!
(£5 wins you £4, you get £9 back.)
Catch it while you can!
a young man wearing a blue hoodie and a blue jacket is sitting in a room .
ALT: a young man wearing a blue hoodie and a blue jacket is sitting in a room .
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Chalamet currently trading at 4/5 odds for Best Actor.
(£5 wins you £4, you get £9 back.)
Catch it while you can!
(£5 wins you £4, you get £9 back.)
Catch it while you can!
can't think of anything more likely to put people off cinema than that numbnuts Letterboxd promo that asks (in gratingly insincere American voice) "Do you *love* MOVIES??" and ends "Join Letterboxd today!" sounding lobotomised throughout.
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
can't think of anything more likely to put people off cinema than that numbnuts Letterboxd promo that asks (in gratingly insincere American voice) "Do you *love* MOVIES??" and ends "Join Letterboxd today!" sounding lobotomised throughout.
my god, it's indeed THE Keith David!!!!!
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
my god, it's indeed THE Keith David!!!!!
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He also spoke (at some length) about wanting to reprise the role in part 3 as a half android version of Hitler (lower half), with a giant robot penis. I kid you not - he was having a very good night.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
He also spoke (at some length) about wanting to reprise the role in part 3 as a half android version of Hitler (lower half), with a giant robot penis. I kid you not - he was having a very good night.
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Saw Udo Kier on stage in Berlin in 2019 at the premiere of ‘Iron Sky 2’ (a film I am happy to defend). He played Hitler riding a T-Rex called Blondie, and was having a whale of a time at the premiere being a) very drunk and b) pleased as punch about the line ‘Sieg Heil, Mutter Ficker!’ Total legend.
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Saw Udo Kier on stage in Berlin in 2019 at the premiere of ‘Iron Sky 2’ (a film I am happy to defend). He played Hitler riding a T-Rex called Blondie, and was having a whale of a time at the premiere being a) very drunk and b) pleased as punch about the line ‘Sieg Heil, Mutter Ficker!’ Total legend.
6:46
"i said, what is the *problem*?!"
"i said, what is the *problem*?!"
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
6:46
"i said, what is the *problem*?!"
"i said, what is the *problem*?!"
and by *total* cosmic coincidence, today was the day I finally got this old Viennale playing-card laminated, having intended to do so for more than seven years.
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
and by *total* cosmic coincidence, today was the day I finally got this old Viennale playing-card laminated, having intended to do so for more than seven years.