Andrew Dignan
@andrewdignan.bsky.social
Film enthusiast, Boston sports fan & semi-reformed shit-talker. Quick to the block button 'cause life is too short to humor assholes for free.
Contributing writer at https://inreviewonline.com/
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Contributing writer at https://inreviewonline.com/
Everything else is up at https://letterboxd.com/AndrewDignan
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Andrew Dignan
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The entire framing of “can you even name 10 great films produced by Netflix?” is such an odd response to the WB acquisition.
I’ll put it this way: it’s a lot easier to name 10 great films produced by Netflix than it is to come up with 10 great films produced by Skydance Media.
I’ll put it this way: it’s a lot easier to name 10 great films produced by Netflix than it is to come up with 10 great films produced by Skydance Media.
December 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The entire framing of “can you even name 10 great films produced by Netflix?” is such an odd response to the WB acquisition.
I’ll put it this way: it’s a lot easier to name 10 great films produced by Netflix than it is to come up with 10 great films produced by Skydance Media.
I’ll put it this way: it’s a lot easier to name 10 great films produced by Netflix than it is to come up with 10 great films produced by Skydance Media.
We'll probably have to wait until he's long dead to be told it's Syphilis.
It really is amazing that the president has a noticeable an unexplained physical ailment that is disfiguring his right hand and there's no reporting about it. The White House's line is that it's from Trump shaking too many hands! Something is clearly being covered up.
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We'll probably have to wait until he's long dead to be told it's Syphilis.
I literally had a buddy say to me earlier today (in making the argument that it wouldn’t be so bad if the Ellisons bought WB) “CBS has not turned into Fox News and I bet it never does.”
There are no good guys in the WB sale but I have no doubt who the “worst guy” is.
There are no good guys in the WB sale but I have no doubt who the “worst guy” is.
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I literally had a buddy say to me earlier today (in making the argument that it wouldn’t be so bad if the Ellisons bought WB) “CBS has not turned into Fox News and I bet it never does.”
There are no good guys in the WB sale but I have no doubt who the “worst guy” is.
There are no good guys in the WB sale but I have no doubt who the “worst guy” is.
When you genuinely weren't expecting David Cronenberg to show up in the READY OR NOT 2 trailer.
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
When you genuinely weren't expecting David Cronenberg to show up in the READY OR NOT 2 trailer.
I'm not going to pretend these are bad films (I don't even mind the Woody film) but this doesn't exactly scream "voracious cinephile with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of genre and world cinema" so much as "dad who watches a lot of TNT."
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm not going to pretend these are bad films (I don't even mind the Woody film) but this doesn't exactly scream "voracious cinephile with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of genre and world cinema" so much as "dad who watches a lot of TNT."
When you've convinced yourself that you're the future of the Democratic party when in reality you're an end-of-the-bench centrist who had the spectacular good luck of running against, essentially, a white nationalist QVC personality.
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
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Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
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December 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
When you've convinced yourself that you're the future of the Democratic party when in reality you're an end-of-the-bench centrist who had the spectacular good luck of running against, essentially, a white nationalist QVC personality.
Aside from the "just met with the President" part this reads almost exactly like a Bill the Butcher monologue.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Aside from the "just met with the President" part this reads almost exactly like a Bill the Butcher monologue.
Typically it requires footage from Carnival for me to be envious of people living in Brazil.
Breaking:
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Typically it requires footage from Carnival for me to be envious of people living in Brazil.
Between this and the $40 million Melania doc the Trump administration is basically a jobs program for creepy, uber-hack, Brett Ratner (the irony being he couldn't make any hay of his former business partner being the literal Secretary of the Treasury).
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Between this and the $40 million Melania doc the Trump administration is basically a jobs program for creepy, uber-hack, Brett Ratner (the irony being he couldn't make any hay of his former business partner being the literal Secretary of the Treasury).
Not sure what’s funnier: the Awards Ace elbowing his way into Nayman’s mentions to proclaim himself the Christopher Columbus of POOR THINGS hate or that he’s so lazy and oblivious he didn’t even bother to click the link which Adam actually posted two years ago.
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Not sure what’s funnier: the Awards Ace elbowing his way into Nayman’s mentions to proclaim himself the Christopher Columbus of POOR THINGS hate or that he’s so lazy and oblivious he didn’t even bother to click the link which Adam actually posted two years ago.
Brock Purdy throwing his third INT of the half.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Brock Purdy throwing his third INT of the half.
During Iraq, Republicans at least clung to the fig leaf that that there was some vague national security concern that justified invading a foreign country. This is just coming right out and saying we're coming to pillage a nation's resources because we want their shit.
Rep. Salazar: "We're gonna be doing a favor to us, to our children, to our economy, to our oil companies to be able to liberate. And to Venezuelans who wants to be free."
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
During Iraq, Republicans at least clung to the fig leaf that that there was some vague national security concern that justified invading a foreign country. This is just coming right out and saying we're coming to pillage a nation's resources because we want their shit.
Hard to beat Hawks' SCARFACE being included on the steel book Blu-ray for the De Palma version.
Also THE UNDERNEATH is include as a throw-in on the Criterion KING OF THE HILL (somewhat blasphemously, I prefer the former to the latter).
Also THE UNDERNEATH is include as a throw-in on the Criterion KING OF THE HILL (somewhat blasphemously, I prefer the former to the latter).
I still haven't gotten around to HERE (was vainly hoping to see it in a cinema), but GHOST TROPIC is fucking major, up there with Hong's HILL OF FREEDOM for "how is *THIS* a B-side for a release?!?".
(As an aside: what's your favourite "oh, let's slide an extra feature film on this disc" release?)
(As an aside: what's your favourite "oh, let's slide an extra feature film on this disc" release?)
Finally, coming in March 2026, Bas Devos' HERE which will also include his previous film GHOST TROPIC. More details coming very soon...
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hard to beat Hawks' SCARFACE being included on the steel book Blu-ray for the De Palma version.
Also THE UNDERNEATH is include as a throw-in on the Criterion KING OF THE HILL (somewhat blasphemously, I prefer the former to the latter).
Also THE UNDERNEATH is include as a throw-in on the Criterion KING OF THE HILL (somewhat blasphemously, I prefer the former to the latter).
Trump's worst impulses are often kept in check by the fact that he's sloppy & adverse to putting the work in. And his need for absolutely loyalty limits who he surrounds himself with to incompetent toadies. Doesn't mean he's not dangerous but his need for instant gratification is his Achilles' heel.
CNN: Breaking news… this is big, we have learned that the justice department's case against former FBI director Jim Comey and the New York attorney general have both been dismissed
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Trump's worst impulses are often kept in check by the fact that he's sloppy & adverse to putting the work in. And his need for absolutely loyalty limits who he surrounds himself with to incompetent toadies. Doesn't mean he's not dangerous but his need for instant gratification is his Achilles' heel.
This was right before he worked up the nerve to ask if he's related to Usha Vance.
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This was right before he worked up the nerve to ask if he's related to Usha Vance.
Congratulations to Matt Lauer for being only the 4th “most rapey” celebrity at this particular party.
Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013
Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013
Jared Kushner invited the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to a 2013 party with his father-in-law Trump and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein.
The post Jared Kushner Invited Jeffrey Epstein to Party With Trump and Harvey Weinstein in 2013 first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Congratulations to Matt Lauer for being only the 4th “most rapey” celebrity at this particular party.
Look, if my mom traded me for a handful of pills I’d harbor an irrational grudge against medication too.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Look, if my mom traded me for a handful of pills I’d harbor an irrational grudge against medication too.
They happy ending is at least they're now together in hell.
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
They happy ending is at least they're now together in hell.
Has the "Hello police: I'd like to report a murder" meme format ever been applied to an actual murdered person before?
He doesn't know how to use things that are old enough to have a period.
why could Epstein not type a sentence to save his life
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Has the "Hello police: I'd like to report a murder" meme format ever been applied to an actual murdered person before?
Tracy Letts returning to The Big Picture podcast for the upcoming Redford episode?
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Tracy Letts returning to The Big Picture podcast for the upcoming Redford episode?
In the span of 9 months Oz Perkins has gone from "we're slotting this person alongside Peele/Aster/Eggers as the future of horror filmmaking" to "we're dumping his 2nd film of the year into theaters & nobody is allowed to talk about it until 24hrs it opens."
I dunno, I kinda liked THE MONKEY.
I dunno, I kinda liked THE MONKEY.
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In the span of 9 months Oz Perkins has gone from "we're slotting this person alongside Peele/Aster/Eggers as the future of horror filmmaking" to "we're dumping his 2nd film of the year into theaters & nobody is allowed to talk about it until 24hrs it opens."
I dunno, I kinda liked THE MONKEY.
I dunno, I kinda liked THE MONKEY.
I didn't think it was possible for me to be looking forward to this film even less...
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I didn't think it was possible for me to be looking forward to this film even less...
This is the closest we’re ever gonna get to him playing Tomlin, isn’t it?
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is the closest we’re ever gonna get to him playing Tomlin, isn’t it?
As someone who wants physical media to survive &recognizes it's become a niche industry that will require collectors to pay a premium to subsidize it, I don't love the practice of limited pressings of long anticipated titles that sell out instantly which encourages price gouging on the after-market.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As someone who wants physical media to survive &recognizes it's become a niche industry that will require collectors to pay a premium to subsidize it, I don't love the practice of limited pressings of long anticipated titles that sell out instantly which encourages price gouging on the after-market.