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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 1d

Chaser: "“And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling & regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, & from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh & laugh, consume & consume.”"

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’

TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 1d

"You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else’s throat hoping they’ll give you a little thumbs up and like it."

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 1d

THE SMASHING MACHINE is an accomplished film, but the narrative seems to be all exploratory jabs and no haymaker. Safdie’s film skips deftly around several cliches, but fails to use that fancy footwork to advance something memorable of its own. - @jimgr.bsky.social reviews: buff.ly/21T6mTO #filmsky

The Smashing Machine | TAKE ONE | Reviews

THE SMASHING MACHINE is an accomplished enough film, but the narrative seems to be all exploratory jabs and no haymaker. Safdie’s film skips deftly around several cliches, but fails to use that fancy…

One Battle After Another | TAKE ONE | Reviews

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · 2d

Longer thoughts at @takeonecinema.net on One Battle After Another, which I think will have legs in the minds of cinemagoers, box office be damned. (Also, if you liked it go check out How To Blow Up A Pipeline, a great but much smaller film I name check in this piece.)

TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 2d

Paul Thomas Anderson’s proven filmmaking ability makes ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER a technically accomplished picture that is gripping and entertaining, taking sides in the battle for history without losing its capacity for doubt. - @jimgr.bsky.social reviews: takeonecinema.net/2025/one-bat...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s proven filmmaking ability makes ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER a technically accomplished picture that is gripping and entertaining, taking sides in the battle for history without los...

One Battle After Another | TAKE ONE | Reviews

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 2d

Paul Thomas Anderson’s proven filmmaking ability makes ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER a technically accomplished picture that is gripping and entertaining, taking sides in the battle for history without losing its capacity for doubt. - @jimgr.bsky.social reviews: takeonecinema.net/2025/one-bat...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s proven filmmaking ability makes ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER a technically accomplished picture that is gripping and entertaining, taking sides in the battle for history without los...

The Impossipod | Podcasts | TAKE ONE | Episode 6: Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

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Laura Woods @woodsiegirl.bsky.social · 12d

Really enjoying (re)watching the Mission: Impossible films along with this podcast. Mainly it is cementing my opinion that the overarching theme of the franchise is "Ethan Hunt is a messy bitch who loves the drama"

Simon @simonxix.com · 14d

We're back to discuss MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT, an entry that's not bad but perhaps a tad overhyped. Henry Cavill and Vanessa Kirby are great additions but the franchise is fully leaning into Ethan Hunt as messianic cult leader.

TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 14d

The Impossipod is back for M:I- FALLOUT, a highly-regarded entry that, frankly, @simonxix.com & @jimgr.bsky.social are a bit meh about. They discuss Henry Cavill & his $3M moustache, a shift towards messianic tropes, & the script’s misunderstanding of political anarchism. - buff.ly/pq8UlGj #filmsky

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 9d

There's a title up for grabs! Get on it!

Simon @simonxix.com · 9d

It's difficult to find anyone laying claim to having the second tallest cinema in the world but, following the closure yesterday of Cineworld Renfrew Street in Glasgow, they would now be the tallest cinema in the world.

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 14d

The Impossipod is back for M:I- FALLOUT, a highly-regarded entry that, frankly, @simonxix.com & @jimgr.bsky.social are a bit meh about. They discuss Henry Cavill & his $3M moustache, a shift towards messianic tropes, & the script’s misunderstanding of political anarchism. - buff.ly/pq8UlGj #filmsky

Simon and Jim discuss Christopher McQuarrie’s second Mission: Impossible film, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT, a very highly-regarded entry in the franchise that frankly Simon and Jim are a bit meh…

From Ground Zero | TAKE ONE | Reviews

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 16d

"If any short contains the thesis of presenting the Gazan anthology FROM GROUND ZERO together, it is arguably a line from Mustafa Al-Nabih’s OFFERINGS: 'We know they had a past, dreams, a life, and a future'." 🇵🇸 - @jimgr.bsky.social reviews: takeonecinema.net/2025/from-gr...

If any short contains the thesis of presenting the Gazan anthology FROM GROUND ZERO together, it is arguably a line from Mustafa Al-Nabih’s OFFERINGS: “We know they had a past, dreams, a life, and a f...

Winter Kept Us Warm & queer love | TAKE ONE | Features

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Josh Abraham @thejoshabraham.bsky.social · 28d

The Fargo Side: illustrations of Coen Bros movies in the style of your favorite surreal comic strip.

A cartoon of the Dude from “The Bug Lebowski,” assessing the damage to his rug, which really ties the room together.

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Josh Abraham @thejoshabraham.bsky.social · 28d

I’ve been rewatching the Coen Bros filmography this month and while drawing a Barton Fink illustration, it struck me how much their films feel like Far Side cartoons: funny, strange, clever, yet frequently inscrutable. Anyway here’s a thread!

An illustration of a scene from Fargo drawn in the style of the comic strip The Far Side: Marge encountering the wood chipper situation and exclaiming, “Oh Jeez.”

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 26d

"WINTER KEPT US WARM (1965) preserves a singular lifeworld in poetic form, bringing the raw and honest tumult of youthful romance into lyrical harmony with all the advantages cinema offers." - Jessie Krahn as part of our 'TAKE TWO' features strand: buff.ly/wGSiuhb #cinesky

Some aspects of David Secter’s legacy are likely beneficial to leave behind, but WINTER KEPT US WARM preserves a singular lifeworld in poetic form, bringing the raw and honest tumult of youthful…

a man with a mustache is sitting at a table and saying `` i regret nothing the end '' .

TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · 26d

Remembering the time someone declared they were "ashamed to have written for [us]" because we weren't deemed to be sufficiently mournful over Margaret Thatcher's death, having posted a joke about her the week she died.

Alt: Ron Swanson of Parks & Rec, played by Nick Offerman: "I regret nothing. The end."

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · Sep 3

Thoroughly enjoying @takeonecinema.net's Dinopod/Xenopod/Impossipod podcasts, poking each of the Alien, Jurassic and M:I films with critical analysis.

TAKE ONE Presents...

Film History Podcast · Monthly · TAKE ONE Presents... is series of critical analyses of beloved film franchises from the TAKEONECinema.net crew. We are currently running The Dinopod where we criticall...

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · Sep 3

"TOGETHER makes an ambitious leap towards heady metaphors, but fails to fuse itself to an otherwise exciting and provocative emerging canon in horror cinema." - Jessie Krahn reviews: buff.ly/D53Zbiv #filmsky

Together | TAKE ONE | Reviews

TOGETHER makes an ambitious leap towards heady metaphors, but fails to fuse itself to an otherwise exciting and provocative emerging canon in horror cinema.

Episode 5: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) | TAKE ONE

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Robert Dallas Grue 🦇 @robertdallasgray.com · Aug 30

on this the noo, as entertaining and informative as ever

Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · Aug 28

Back in the UK and can shout about our new Impossipod episode on '@takeonecinema.net Presents...'. Rogue Nation is a film I like a lot, especially Sean Harris's Solomon Lane, but it's already whispering the things I might not like about future instalments: takeonecinema.net/the-impossip...

Simon and Jim discuss Christopher McQuarrie’s first Mission: Impossible film of many, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION. They discuss how this film both subverts the tropes of this franchise and simu...

Brokeback Mountain's ‘Gay Western’ Legacy | TAKE ONE | Features

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · Aug 28

"With the 20th anniversary of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, it’s pertinent to look back on the wave of criticism with which the film was met, particularly concerning ideas of the Western among more conservative figures." - Nancy Epton examines the legacy of Ang Lee's modern classic:

With the 20th anniversary of the release of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, it’s pertinent to look back on the wave of criticism that the film was met with upon its release, particularly concerning ideas of the…

Episode 5: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) | TAKE ONE

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · Aug 28

I think is also the episode where I bring up that a lot of Alec Baldwin’s lines as Hunley in Rogue Nation and Fallout can be appended with ‘Lemon’ and become indistinguishable from lines written for Jack Donaghy in 30 Rock…

“Hunt is the living manifestation of destiny and he has made you his mission, Lemon.”

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Jim Ross 🎞️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jimgr.bsky.social · Aug 28

Back in the UK and can shout about our new Impossipod episode on '@takeonecinema.net Presents...'. Rogue Nation is a film I like a lot, especially Sean Harris's Solomon Lane, but it's already whispering the things I might not like about future instalments: takeonecinema.net/the-impossip...

Simon and Jim discuss Christopher McQuarrie’s first Mission: Impossible film of many, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION. They discuss how this film both subverts the tropes of this franchise and simu...

Episode 5: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) | TAKE ONE

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · Aug 27

New Impossipod today! Simon & Jim return to M:I and Rogue Nation, to discuss how this both subverts the tropes of this franchise, continues themes on 'Deep State' conspiracy theories, and how Ilsa Faust represents a new expression of femininity for this franchise:

Simon and Jim discuss Christopher McQuarrie’s first Mission: Impossible film of many, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION. They discuss how this film both subverts the tropes of this franchise and…

Official Competition films announced for 69th BFI London Film Festival

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CamFilmFest @camfilmfest.com · Aug 23

🎥 Love writing about film? Want to get your reviews published?

Reel Voices is back – and applications are open!
This free mentoring programme is designed for aspiring film critics aged 18–24.

🗓 Deadline to apply: Sept 2nd

👉 Apply now www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/reel-voices

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TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · Aug 21

The BFI London Film Festival #LFF competition line up has just been announced - which are you most excited about?
www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-...

Ten titles showcasing bold, inventive and distinctive filmmaking compete for Best Film at the 2025 BFI London Film Festival Awards.

www.bfi.org.uk

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Carmen CP @carmenchloie.bsky.social · Aug 19

For @takeonecinema.net - Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is shattering

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Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk | TAKE ONE | Reviews

PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK is not a neutral film by any stretch of the imagination, but it should not be. Farsi’s documentary is urgent, heart-wrenching, and deeply personal, profiling a sing...

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk | TAKE ONE | Reviews

TAKE ONE Magazine 🎥 🎞 @takeonecinema.net · Aug 19

"PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK is not a neutral film but it should not be. Farsi’s documentary is urgent, heart-wrenching, & deeply personal, profiling a single life among the tens of thousands lost too soon." - @carmenchloie.bsky.social's first EIFF2025 dispatch: buff.ly/ab3qwQe #edfilmfest

PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK is not a neutral film by any stretch of the imagination, but it should not be. Farsi’s documentary is urgent, heart-wrenching, and deeply personal, profiling a…