Lineup for June has been announced and they'll be adding Tsai Ming-Liang's The Hole , which is a masterpiece. A slow cinema musical set in a mostly abandoned apartment building during a pandemic. Hoping it'll be a remastered version and they'll release it at some point, because it's a beautiful movi...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZVodGcsul4 Billy Woods. One half of armand hammer (who I never really cared for), but Billy's record gets better with every play. Probably my AOTY at this point. Woods has been operating at an insane level for the last like 4+ years, just can't miss. If anyone hasn'...
Was getting a haircut a few days ago when I overheard one of the barbers say he was upset about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock because he "doesn't like it when dudes hit little guys," and that's my favorite take so far
Saw The Northman last night and I think it's cool that they made a movie entirely out of Mastodon album covers. Anya Taylor-Joy's accent sounded like Gaga's in House of Gucci though. Good movie, recommend seeing it in a theater if you can.
Been reading Vineland, which is my first Pynchon since I re-read Inherent Vice before the movie came out 7+ years ago. Starts out strong and then absolutely craters in the middle. Has the problem I've found with a lot of books that change perspective between a bunch of characters, where inevitably a...
Probably a cliché for him to be my favorite director, but he is. Can watch his movies again and again. Hoping that the series he's apparently working on ends up getting made. Easy NC
Happens from time to time that I'll see something that grates on me so hard it makes me completely want to avoid the director's work, especially if it all seems to be in a similar vein. I never watched another Zack Snyder film after 300, and I feel confident I made the right call there. I was done ...