Mike D’Angelo
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Took me a while to finish the new Hartley because I kept watching this part over and over.
December 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Took me a while to finish the new Hartley because I kept watching this part over and over.
I missed this news last week. Best 2025 premiere I’ve seen; very happy it’ll be making the rounds next year.
Kino Lorber has picked up rights for North America for The Currents, a psychological drama from Argentine writer/director Milagros Mumenthaler.
Kino Lorber Takes Argentine Psychodrama ‘The Currents’ (Exclusive)
Kino Lorber has picked up rights for North America for The Currents, a psychological drama from Argentine writer/director Milagros Mumenthaler.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I missed this news last week. Best 2025 premiere I’ve seen; very happy it’ll be making the rounds next year.
This is funnier than the SENTIMENTAL VALUE joke. (via Vikare)
December 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is funnier than the SENTIMENTAL VALUE joke. (via Vikare)
The wrong Linklater-directed lead male performance of a celebrated artist whose surname gets filed under G–H has awards traction.
December 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The wrong Linklater-directed lead male performance of a celebrated artist whose surname gets filed under G–H has awards traction.
This piece not even mentioning THE DESCENDANTS makes me feel very old. (Thankfully I already did!)
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This piece not even mentioning THE DESCENDANTS makes me feel very old. (Thankfully I already did!)
We’re fast approaching the point at which literally every calendar date for the rest of human history will be considered “on the eve of an election.” Like feeding mogwai after midnight. It’s always after midnight!
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We’re fast approaching the point at which literally every calendar date for the rest of human history will be considered “on the eve of an election.” Like feeding mogwai after midnight. It’s always after midnight!
Oh for fuck’s sake. (My first time encountering this, dunno how long it’s been happening. It’s not on everything, yet.)
December 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Oh for fuck’s sake. (My first time encountering this, dunno how long it’s been happening. It’s not on everything, yet.)
Feel the Byrne
Byrne Notice
Byrne After Voting
Byrne Notice
Byrne After Voting
BEST ACTRESS: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Feel the Byrne
Byrne Notice
Byrne After Voting
Byrne Notice
Byrne After Voting
Half-watching the Alicia Silverstone Fake Hallmark Christmas Movie with my folks and while it’s the usual formulaic nonsense I gotta say Silverstone (who I’ve seen only in Lanthimos films for the past like 20 years) is quite a deft comedienne. (Also Jameela Jamil is in it basically doing Tahani.)
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Half-watching the Alicia Silverstone Fake Hallmark Christmas Movie with my folks and while it’s the usual formulaic nonsense I gotta say Silverstone (who I’ve seen only in Lanthimos films for the past like 20 years) is quite a deft comedienne. (Also Jameela Jamil is in it basically doing Tahani.)
My 80-year-old dad still insists on climbing ladders to place Xmas decorations in ridiculously high places.
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My 80-year-old dad still insists on climbing ladders to place Xmas decorations in ridiculously high places.
1. No it isn’t. Lotta dissension.
2. Why are we riffing on Austen here? That’s two centuries later!
2. Why are we riffing on Austen here? That’s two centuries later!
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
1. No it isn’t. Lotta dissension.
2. Why are we riffing on Austen here? That’s two centuries later!
2. Why are we riffing on Austen here? That’s two centuries later!
We need to redefine the Turing test such that an artificial intelligence can be said to have consciousness, or to genuinely think, if and only if, without being expressly programmed to do so, it tells its interlocutor to shut the fuck up about that, enough already.
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We need to redefine the Turing test such that an artificial intelligence can be said to have consciousness, or to genuinely think, if and only if, without being expressly programmed to do so, it tells its interlocutor to shut the fuck up about that, enough already.
I somehow discovered ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD quite young (definitely before the film came out; might’ve been via BRAZIL) and it was formative, literally enlarging my sense of dramaturgical possibility whilst instilling a delight in wordplay and badinage that persists to this day. R.I.P.
November 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I somehow discovered ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD quite young (definitely before the film came out; might’ve been via BRAZIL) and it was formative, literally enlarging my sense of dramaturgical possibility whilst instilling a delight in wordplay and badinage that persists to this day. R.I.P.
Just saw JAY KELLY at a theater that I last visited when it was showing (first-run) Woody Allen’s ANOTHER WOMAN. Now heading to see HAMNET at a theater I’m pretty sure I haven’t been to since JOHNNY HANDSOME.
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Just saw JAY KELLY at a theater that I last visited when it was showing (first-run) Woody Allen’s ANOTHER WOMAN. Now heading to see HAMNET at a theater I’m pretty sure I haven’t been to since JOHNNY HANDSOME.
A traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.
Rewatching THE THIRD GENERATION and this is definitely my favorite Udo look.
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Rewatching THE THIRD GENERATION and this is definitely my favorite Udo look.
Not sure why they’re not calling this AI Zero but if it’s the same nightmare slop minus all the calories then count me in!
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Not sure why they’re not calling this AI Zero but if it’s the same nightmare slop minus all the calories then count me in!
Not with a bang but a whimper, Charlie Brown.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Not with a bang but a whimper, Charlie Brown.
What’s the *lore* behind my header?
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What’s the *lore* behind my header?
“Have you got a boffo ending for this four-hour miniseries, Lars?”
“Yes. The pregnant character with the bizarre ultrasounds finally gives birth.”
“Oh. Okay, I suppose that’s—“
“To a fully grown Udo Kier.”
“…”
(R.I.P.)
“Yes. The pregnant character with the bizarre ultrasounds finally gives birth.”
“Oh. Okay, I suppose that’s—“
“To a fully grown Udo Kier.”
“…”
(R.I.P.)
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“Have you got a boffo ending for this four-hour miniseries, Lars?”
“Yes. The pregnant character with the bizarre ultrasounds finally gives birth.”
“Oh. Okay, I suppose that’s—“
“To a fully grown Udo Kier.”
“…”
(R.I.P.)
“Yes. The pregnant character with the bizarre ultrasounds finally gives birth.”
“Oh. Okay, I suppose that’s—“
“To a fully grown Udo Kier.”
“…”
(R.I.P.)
Not sure why we’re doing April Fools in November but I’m not falling for “Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she’ll resign after Trump called her a traitor” and “Trump beams at and fawns over Mamdani in first meeting as if he’s the son Trump never had.”
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Not sure why we’re doing April Fools in November but I’m not falling for “Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she’ll resign after Trump called her a traitor” and “Trump beams at and fawns over Mamdani in first meeting as if he’s the son Trump never had.”
How many Scorsese profiles pegged to his next major film will be headlined “Marty Supreme”? 100% or just 95%?
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
How many Scorsese profiles pegged to his next major film will be headlined “Marty Supreme”? 100% or just 95%?
And those women are Bella Abzug, Corin Tucker and Flo from Progressive.
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
And those women are Bella Abzug, Corin Tucker and Flo from Progressive.
The very first review of FOR GOOD I saw (written by a longtime friend) proclaimed it superior to the first half, and all the reviews I’ve seen since are like youtu.be/i0GW0Vnr9Yc?...
Airplane panic attack
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November 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The very first review of FOR GOOD I saw (written by a longtime friend) proclaimed it superior to the first half, and all the reviews I’ve seen since are like youtu.be/i0GW0Vnr9Yc?...
I’m fascinated by how instantly identifiable AI writing is. Has a prose style/rhythm no less distinct than my own.
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’m fascinated by how instantly identifiable AI writing is. Has a prose style/rhythm no less distinct than my own.