Julia Sirmons
@juliasirmons.bsky.social
Co-host @1999thepodcast.bsky.social
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this is a difference you see between more "traditional" detective stories (holmes, poirot etc), where the dapper detective is more removed from the action itself, and noir and hardboiled detective fiction, where the troubled, traumatized, alcoholic detective shapes and is shaped by the plot
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
this is a difference you see between more "traditional" detective stories (holmes, poirot etc), where the dapper detective is more removed from the action itself, and noir and hardboiled detective fiction, where the troubled, traumatized, alcoholic detective shapes and is shaped by the plot
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[SCROOGED] The performance is a triumphant parody of yuppie callousness. And it's much more: Murray's freewheeling, screwy generosity is what makes the huge contraption of a movie work. (1988)
December 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
[SCROOGED] The performance is a triumphant parody of yuppie callousness. And it's much more: Murray's freewheeling, screwy generosity is what makes the huge contraption of a movie work. (1988)
This is was so fun. Reijn is one of the most phenomenal stage actresses I’ve ever seen; it comes out in her film is in compelling ways. If you can get your hands on Instinct, see it. Also, please excuse any crying baby you might hear!
Women InSession: @thereforereview.bsky.social and @opinionessworld.bsky.social are joined by @juliasirmons.bsky.social to discuss the career of Halina Reijn and her film BODIES BODIES BODIES!
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Listen: linktr.ee/insessionfilm
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is was so fun. Reijn is one of the most phenomenal stage actresses I’ve ever seen; it comes out in her film is in compelling ways. If you can get your hands on Instinct, see it. Also, please excuse any crying baby you might hear!
We said we’d do just a little Nuzzi, for a treat, but we couldn’t help ourselves. I still think there’s a good Dropout-style movie to be made!
Everybody should watch Shattered Glass
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
We said we’d do just a little Nuzzi, for a treat, but we couldn’t help ourselves. I still think there’s a good Dropout-style movie to be made!
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So, I see what you were going for with the phrase "compliment sandwich" — it's a cool name! I'm not sure it quite fits? Sandwiches are named for the filling, not the bread — it's "ham sandwich," not "rye sandwich.” Maybe "criticism sandwich" would work better? But you gave us a great starting point!
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
So, I see what you were going for with the phrase "compliment sandwich" — it's a cool name! I'm not sure it quite fits? Sandwiches are named for the filling, not the bread — it's "ham sandwich," not "rye sandwich.” Maybe "criticism sandwich" would work better? But you gave us a great starting point!
I can understand why people have all kind of problems with this one, but I found it gripping and profound on an elemental level.
Albert Serra's most recent feature, Afternoons of Solitude, is streaming on Mubi. mubi.com/en/us/films/...
Watch Afternoons of Solitude (2024) on MUBI
Filmmaker Albert Serra follows star Peruvian matador Andrés Roca Rey from the solitude of his hotel room to a circuit of Spanish bullfighting arenas, observing the charged spectacle and violent encoun...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I can understand why people have all kind of problems with this one, but I found it gripping and profound on an elemental level.
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Is Babygirl a Christmas movie? @opinionessworld.bsky.social & @juliasirmons.bsky.social asking the SERIOUS questions on the Women InSession Podcast for @insessionfilm.bsky.social!😏🖤🎬
Hear More: insessionfilm.com/women-insess...
Hear More: insessionfilm.com/women-insess...
a woman drinking a glass of milk from a cup
ALT: a woman drinking a glass of milk from a cup
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December 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Is Babygirl a Christmas movie? @opinionessworld.bsky.social & @juliasirmons.bsky.social asking the SERIOUS questions on the Women InSession Podcast for @insessionfilm.bsky.social!😏🖤🎬
Hear More: insessionfilm.com/women-insess...
Hear More: insessionfilm.com/women-insess...
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The acidity of Lumet and Chayefsky's classic 'Network' - released on this day in 1976 - has been duly noted. But what about its heart? @juliasirmons.bsky.social explains: crookedmarquee.com/the-cynical-...
The Cynical Sentiment of Network — Crooked Marquee
The acidity of Lumet and Chayefsky's classic - released 45 years ago - has been duly noted. But what about its heart?
crookedmarquee.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The acidity of Lumet and Chayefsky's classic 'Network' - released on this day in 1976 - has been duly noted. But what about its heart? @juliasirmons.bsky.social explains: crookedmarquee.com/the-cynical-...
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November 14, 2024 at 11:14 PM
It’s crazy how no one at the New Republic understands that someone could fake a company website.
I just rewatched SHATTERED GLASS (and reread the article, which being by Buzz Bissinger is great) and it's really a portrayal of a very specific moment - that brief period when people didn't realize that the internet let everyone factcheck, but before rampant shamelessness.
Honestly the combination of the alleged source betrayals and secret recordings and the way this has rolled out has just fundamentally fucked us all in a way that’s bigger than the Stephen Glass scandal by a significant margin, and I think everyone is grappling with that in real time
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
It’s crazy how no one at the New Republic understands that someone could fake a company website.
Coming up on @1999thepodcast.bsky.social !
should we do a group watch of shattered glass as therapy
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Coming up on @1999thepodcast.bsky.social !
When she’s right, she’s right.
[FATAL ATTRACTION] It’s about men seeing feminists as witches, and, the way the facts are presented here, the woman is a witch. She terrorizes the lawyer and explains his fear of her by calling him a faggot. (1987)
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
When she’s right, she’s right.
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But Scorsese is also the most carnal of directors—movement is ecstatic for him. (1976)
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
But Scorsese is also the most carnal of directors—movement is ecstatic for him. (1976)
The inspiration for Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d?
Obligatory reminder of how a Rubella infected woman broke quarantine to meet the pregnant Gene Tierney, leaving her 3lb baby with severe mental disabilities & defects. Tierney's daughter was institutionalized & the depressed Tierney later had shock treatments.
My Point: GET YOUR MMR Vaccines!
My Point: GET YOUR MMR Vaccines!
Gene Tierney
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The inspiration for Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d?
We at @1999thepodcast.bsky.social hope they get hazard pay for this sort of thing. youtu.be/MODlCaeiT0M?...
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We at @1999thepodcast.bsky.social hope they get hazard pay for this sort of thing. youtu.be/MODlCaeiT0M?...
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Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Good morning. This article by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
about AI and documentaries is closely researched, often horrifying, and very important. I'm sharing a gift link because I hope everyone reads it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Russell Crowe's eyes! Bonus Debi Mazar! And a prophetic line: "What got broken here doesn't go back together."
It's a long-awaited episode as @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @juliasirmons.bsky.social are joined by investigative journalist @beyerstein.bsky.social to (finally!) talk about Michael Mann's investigative journalism-themed THE INSIDER
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
1999: The Podcast #085 - The Insider - with Lindsay Beyerstein
Investigative journalist Lindsay Beyerstein join us to talk about journalism, Russell Crowe, and CBS News in "The Insider"
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November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Russell Crowe's eyes! Bonus Debi Mazar! And a prophetic line: "What got broken here doesn't go back together."
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Had so much fun doing this. Although #1 was never really in doubt…
Julia Sirmons (@juliasirmons.bsky.social) ranks classic French heist movies... you know, apropos of nothing... crimereads.com/french-jewel...
The 9 Best French Jewel Theft Films
Last month’s daring jewel heist at the Louvre museum, which captivated the world, seems to be reaching its dénouement. Two of the perpetrators of the escapade –a daylight smash-and-grab that nabbed…
crimereads.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Had so much fun doing this. Although #1 was never really in doubt…
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Carole Lombard's talents were not of the highest, but her spirits were, and in her skin-tight satins she incarnates the giddy, absurd glamour of thirties comedy. (1967)
November 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Carole Lombard's talents were not of the highest, but her spirits were, and in her skin-tight satins she incarnates the giddy, absurd glamour of thirties comedy. (1967)
Excellent programming happening at Inwood Library
November 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Excellent programming happening at Inwood Library
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"I think to scandalize is a right, to be scandalized is a pleasure, and those who refuse to be scandalized are moralists."
Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Pier Paolo Pasolini.
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"I think to scandalize is a right, to be scandalized is a pleasure, and those who refuse to be scandalized are moralists."
Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Long overdue first watch; a little NYC election programming.
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Long overdue first watch; a little NYC election programming.
When your partner doesn't like horror and you need something witchy.
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
When your partner doesn't like horror and you need something witchy.