A three hour documentary about the history of video stores in popular culture told entirely through film and TV clips (no talking heads) might not be everyone's cup of tea but I've been enjoying this strange and obsessive flick this week. (Criterion Channel). #filmsky
If anything, a review like this makes me want to see The Bride even more...#filmsky
Sturgill's sounding about one album out from becoming the guru of a hippy disco sex cult (complimentary).
Perfect!
All the news is depressing but it's Twin Peaks Day and I'm out here looking for the perfect slice of cherry pie.
Got 17 minutes to spare? You'll probably like this Oscar-nominated short film. Sad and funny and touching. #filmsky
Lauren Groff in her "Mardi Gras suit" delivering a great public talk at Hendrix in Conway about the importance of literature and storytelling in the face of fascism and book banning.
Revisiting Robert Duvall in Get Low and the date of his "funeral party" in the film is...February 16!! #filmsky
RIP. (The Apostle is a personal fave). #filmsky
Happy Daisy Gatson Bates Day!
I'm just not convinced y'all even remember this scene where Ryan Gosling makes a dog dance to Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark." ("The Place Beyond the Pines", 2013).
youtu.be/8FFGwpWPbkU?...
I wrote a very short story about it in the style of Flannery O'Connor... @joelmathis.bsky.social
Haven't liked an Emerald Fennell movie yet but some sick part of me kinda wants to see Wuthering Heights. #filmsky
Tracking down some of the Oscar-nominated shorts and this one's really...something. A dystopian society where kissing is punishable by death and retail transactions are conducted through casual violence (a series of slaps). The French are so weird. Recommended. (YouTube). #filmsky
Celebrating Catherine O'Hara tonight with A Mighty Wind. Mitch and Mickey are so adorable! A tad underrated in the Christopher Guest canon. Very funny. #filmsky
Agreed.
I liked it! Didn't quite thrill me in the same way Drag Me To Hell did, but I saw that one with a rowdy crowd!
Almost forgot to wish all my Kansas pals a happy Kansas Day! Ad Astra Per Aspera!
New Sam Raimi movie this weekend, movie pals! #filmsky
Catching up on some Oscar nominees while iced in by mountains of sleet. Really liked this one! #filmsky
Forecast...
Caught up with Linklater's Blue Moon this weekend. Between this and The Lowdown, Ethan Hawke is out there absolutely killing it. #filmsky
Ralph Fiennes goes full batshit heavy metal in The Bone Temple. Incredible performance. Jack O' Connell is great too, very scary, definitely channelling a bit of Alex and his "droogs" from Clockwork Orange. Hope audiences can dig this. #filmsky
Haha. Dammit. If I could just talk to Nic Cage for 5 minutes about Wild At Heart I'd be happy!
Nic Cage is somewhere nearby in Little Rock filming a movie called "Best Pancakes in the County"?? Won't rest until I meet him...
Eh. It's my kind of film (serious relationship drama) but not sure it ultimately had much new insight into either divorce or stand-up comedy. Fine to wait until streaming.
Went to see "Is This Thing On?" today. Bradley Cooper got so tired of people thinking of him as a self-important Oscar-chaser that he's like, okay, in my new film I'll just play a really goofy dude named "Balls." #filmsky
Totally up my alley but never heard of it until a few days ago. And looks like it actually opens in Arkansas next weekend. I'll be there!
Kind of in the movie for pure schlock entertainment this weekend. Thinking about seeing the movie where the monkey gets rabies from a mongoose and bites off everyone's face. #filmsky
It's a good one. Trying to fill in a few blanks. I still need to see Sentimental Value and Blue Moon.
