all I want for Christmas: curated cinema holiday countdown #17
An Advent calendar of holiday movies to fulfill heartfelt desires.
In Bruges
weekend watchlist: a prophetic dystopia (that is also rather comforting)
Plus iconic performances from Jessica Chastain and Bruce Willis. (First published April 15th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
Seven Psychopaths (London Film Festival review)
Bursting with equal parts exasperation, despair, cultural criticism, and black comedy…
Seven Psychopaths (trailer)
“I almost got killed today because you kidnapped the wrong dog.” I cannot wait to see this.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Matt Smith in a deleted scene from ‘In Bruges’
I love In Bruges, and this scene does actually explain some stuff that goes on in the film. Also: Matt Smith gets to do an accent. But holy crap, is it shockingly violent. You have been warned. (If you stumble across a cool Doctor Who thing, feel free to email me with a link.)
totally quotable! 2008
Here are the most quotable movie lines of the year 2008. I didn’t mean to hold these till the movie year was over — it just sort of happened that way. I’ll return to posting quotes as I hear them for 2009. No ranking — quotes are posted in reverse order of movie release dates, … more…
awards contenders on DVD: the studio films
December can feel overwhelming, for movie watchers, with all the awards contenders flooding the arthouses — if you’re in New York and Los Angeles — and multiplexes this holiday season. But it’s always true, too, that films from earlier in the year manage to get notice from critics groups in the pre-Oscar-nominations territory… and some … more…
In Bruges movie review: Ray and Ken live for a day
Imagine if Laurel and Hardy were Irish hitmen caught in a web of existential angst…
