We read critics for the perceptions, for what they tell us that we didn't fully grasp when we saw the work. The judgments we can usually make for ourselves. (1989)
Seeing EASY RIDER on an original 35mm release print thatβs all pink-shifted and beat to shit might actually be the best way to watch it.
We heard there was a movie called HOPPERS opening today but came to see this instead.
The reviews are in!
With SIRΔT director Oliver Laxe and screenwriter Santiago Fillol right before I stepped on a landmine.
I should have called on you!
At WBUR this week I reviewed Maggie Gyllenhaalβs THE BRIDE EXCLAMATION POINT, which I got a big kick out of. Your mileage may vary.
Willow is so good at this.
TONIGHT! Iβll be hosting a Q&A with SIRΔT director Oliver Laxe and screenwriter Santiago Fillol following the 7pm show at the Coolidge. And our friend @jshawhan.bsky.social is handling the Nashville screening on Sunday, so obviously these people have great taste in moderators.
This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
Writer/director John Saylesβs first and last studio film, the under-appreciated Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano vehicle βBaby Itβs You,β was released on this day in 1983: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
βThe effect is a little like Sissy Spacekβs deadened voiceover in BADLANDS, affectlessly floating over the obviously horrific without ever acknowledging it.β Classic Vadim.
The line about the dyslexic girl who put Tampax in her nose is arguably one of the most perfect jokes ever written.
Itβs me, the one who regularly gets made fun of for crying at sappy movies by a fourteen-year-old girl.
Shit My Niece Says: βItβs not that Iβm a coldhearted person, itβs just that youβre too emotional.β
At the Spliced Personality Substsck this week I reviewed BILLY PRESTON: THATβS THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT.
Coming up on a month of the Spliced Personality Substack and I wanted to thank everyone whoβs subscribed for helping me out. It means the world. If you havenβt checked it out yet, feel free to drop by and see if thereβs anything here youβd like to let me put in your inbox.
It was going to be Robert Duvall
It really is crazy. The whole weekend was an embarrassment of riches.
Lunar New Year is an annual bonanza for Chinese BO. It's easy enough to plan around. The fact that US media still don't though suggests that these blind spots aren't oversights. Major outlets can boast all they like about their commitment to diversity, but their spotty coverage says otherwise.
Agador
At the Spliced Personality Substack this week I wrote about SCREAM 7 and the time I almost asked Neve Campbell out on a date.
this is tremendous
At the Spliced Personality Substack this week I wrote about SCREAM 7 and the time I almost asked Neve Campbell out on a date.
The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive
OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY
My favorite place to see a movie. (Shh, donβt tell the others.)
Did you eat yet?
Always a great time talking to Justin and Laura.
