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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · 2d

Talked to Regina Hall about the “psychic” nature of One Battle After Another, screaming into the void, and whether Scary Movie 6 will be an A24 parody

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This Isn’t Your Typical Regina Hall

Playing a revolutionary decades into the fight gave the One Battle After Another actress a new understanding of idealism.

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Amy Nicholson @theamynicholson.bsky.social · 14d

Paul Thomas Anderson’s fun and fizzy adaptation views its Molotov cocktail as half-full. Yes, it says, the struggle for liberation continues. But isn’t it inspiring that there are still people willing to fight?

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Review: The revolution gets energized in Paul Thomas Anderson's dynamite 'One Battle After Another'

Paul Thomas Anderson's brutally hilarious political thriller brings together Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and newcomer Chase Infiniti.

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · 17d

"I was talking to someone who wanted to write something for me, and I said, 'How about I’m an assassin?' I think that’d be a hoot. The least likely assassin you’d ever find in your life."
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June Squibb Is Always the Leading Lady

“I was talking to someone who wanted to write something for me, and I said, ‘How about I’m an assassin?’ I think that’d be a hoot.”

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · 23d

He went out on such a high note

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David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social · 23d

maybe the sexiest a man has ever been in a movie

robert redford bein a total fuckin snack in three days of the condor

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · Aug 26

Collected some Alien war stories from Veronica Cartwright, who thought she was playing Ripley until being summoned for her costume fitting
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Veronica Cartwright Answers Every Question We Have About Alien

Fainting actors, a claustrophobic set, a rebelling crew, and a casting bait and switch. “I was pissed off,” remembers the actor who played Lambert.

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · Aug 12

Flabbergasting! I’m very sorry to hear this on every level.

Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · Jul 18

I asked Ari Aster all the important questions about Eddington, like what he thinks of the motion picture Ma
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Ari Aster Explains the ‘Very Strong Politics’ of Eddington

The director’s polarizing new film comes after the commercial failure of ‘Beau Is Afraid.’ He’s not not worried.

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Dave Holmes @daveholmes.bsky.social · Jul 15

25 things we’ve learned in this glorious quarter-century. www.esquire.com/news-politic...

25 Harsh Truths About the 21st Century (So Far)

The more innocent 1999 versions of ourselves would never believe what we've experienced.

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · Jul 15

EMMY NOMINEE JEFF HILLER

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · Jun 11

Good time to mention one of the 2010s’ most egregious Oscar snubs

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · Jun 4

MaMa Mia! Here We Go Again

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · Jun 4

Octavia Spencer is on board for more Ma.

Blumhouse announced that a sequel to the psychological horror thriller is in development at the company bit.ly/4dLvQei

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · May 15

I did an important investigation
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Sorry, But a Kid Didn’t Direct Any of I Know What You Did Last Summer

Jennifer Love Hewitt says a kid who won a contest directed her in an iconic slasher scene. But no one else who worked on it remembers it that way.

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Spencer Kornhaber @skornhaber.bsky.social · May 5

I’ve never believed in cultural decline! But throughout the 2020s, the arts have been in a strange state that does look a lot like malaise.

I spent the last year learning the causes for pessimism, trying to see if another story could be told.

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Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?

Meet the critics who believe the arts are in terminal decline.

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Vulture @vulture.com · Apr 1

‘Death of a Unicorn’ and ‘Warfare’ star Will Poulter on the two poles of his spring A24 roles — sweaty military fatigues here, pleated white shorts there.

Will Poulter on the Two Poles of His Spring A24 Roles

‘Death of a Unicorn’ and ‘Warfare’ star Will Poulter on the two poles of his spring A24 roles — sweaty military fatigues here, pleated white shorts there.

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · Mar 11

My favorite film genres

5. Something's up in suburbia
4. She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees
3. Character does not understand the world they live in
2. Female psychodrama
1. Sad comedy

Chris Feil @chrisvfeil.bsky.social · Mar 11

My favorite film genres

5. Much ado about a thing that underlines human futility
4. Putting on a show to save the barn
3. Everyone is hot and evil
2. Siblings!
1. A woman self-actualizing

Hillary Busis @busis.bsky.social · Mar 11

My favorite (in fact, the five best) genres:

5. Multigenerational family saga
4. Womanhood? It’s complicated!
3. The opera they’re seeing is surprisingly relevant to the present circumstances
2. Gotta go back to where the traumatic thing happened
1. We are so rich oh no someone has been murdered

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · Jan 27

"They always say don’t meet your idols. Meet your idols if they’re David Lynch."

I talked to Patrick Fischler about Winkie's.
www.vulture.com/article/patr...

Patrick Fischler Answers Every Question We Have About Mulholland Drive

On David Lynch’s passing, and memories of the diner scene: “The dread just came to me. I can feel it in my chest right now.”

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Matt Jacobs @mattjacobs.bsky.social · Jan 16

Diane Ladd on David Lynch 💔
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Vulture @vulture.com · Jan 16

"I think 'Inception' was pretty technically innovative because I managed to go and fuck with the very fabric of time." Here, Hans Zimmer reveals his most unusual and underrated scores: www.vulture.com/article/hans...