🎥 Triangle of Sadness

• Part 1: A masterpiece of dialogue, acting, pacing, everything. Give it an Oscar for the best short film.
• Part 2: Physical comedy brilliance. Absurdity starts creeping in.
• Part 3: So on-the-nose. Did Kusturica make this?

Would still recommend.

Singin' in the Rain is my all-time favorite movie so its thorough deconstruction was a joy to watch, listen, and read. 🎥

(Found via Dan Cohen’s blog, which I have just rediscovered. I look forward to finding other hidden treasures in my RSS back catalog!)

British Film Institute’s once-per-decade survey of Top 100 movies of all time is out, and it is great. Any list that has both Singing in the Rain and Mulholland Drive in the Top 10 is my kind of list! 🍿

Today I learned that the IMDB rating of This Is Spinal Tap… goes up to 11!

Many thanks to Russ Roberts and his recent critique of utilitarianism for pointing this out. The essay itself is a perfect Thanksgiving weekend read for both its topic and length.

Guillermo del Toro is single-handedly saving Netflix, first with his Cabinet of Curiosities, now with Pinocchio. I have my popcorn ready.

Turning Red for adults. It works.

🎬 Luck (2022) was a disappointment in every respect. The awkwardness started with the initial dancing video and continued through the end. My 9 y/o sort-of liked it, but she’d like anything with cats in it (and Bob is a poor copy of Jiji).

Trite and predictable, with stilted animation, convoluted storytelling, and a general feeling of awkwardness that drowns the few good early scenes. We were re-watching Ratatouille for what feels like the 56th time last weekend and it is ridiculous how much better it is in every respect despite being 15 years older. Luck… will not be getting a re-watch.

🍿 Turning Red: like Bao meeting The Mitchells… to produce something less artistic then either, but at least fun to watch. Mid-March release sounds about right.

Bao meets The Mitchells… to produce something less artistic then either, but at least fun to watch. Mid-March release sounds about right.