Yeah even Benicio DT couldn’t hold Phoenician together
January 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Yeah even Benicio DT couldn’t hold Phoenician together
And some of my fave perfs :-
Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
Regina Hall & BDT - One Battle After Another
Julia Roberts & Michael Stuhlbarg - After The Hunt
Emma & Jesse - Bugonia
Paul Mescal - The History of Sound
Sissy Spacek - Die My Love
Michael Cera - The Phoenician Scheme
Kirsten Dunst - Roofman
Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
Regina Hall & BDT - One Battle After Another
Julia Roberts & Michael Stuhlbarg - After The Hunt
Emma & Jesse - Bugonia
Paul Mescal - The History of Sound
Sissy Spacek - Die My Love
Michael Cera - The Phoenician Scheme
Kirsten Dunst - Roofman
January 16, 2026 at 12:21 AM
And some of my fave perfs :-
Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
Regina Hall & BDT - One Battle After Another
Julia Roberts & Michael Stuhlbarg - After The Hunt
Emma & Jesse - Bugonia
Paul Mescal - The History of Sound
Sissy Spacek - Die My Love
Michael Cera - The Phoenician Scheme
Kirsten Dunst - Roofman
Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
Regina Hall & BDT - One Battle After Another
Julia Roberts & Michael Stuhlbarg - After The Hunt
Emma & Jesse - Bugonia
Paul Mescal - The History of Sound
Sissy Spacek - Die My Love
Michael Cera - The Phoenician Scheme
Kirsten Dunst - Roofman
I have. It’s good!
January 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I have. It’s good!
Media Diary 1/14/26
MOVIES
- The Conformist (1970)
TV
- Shrinking S1E2 (2023)
- Mad Men S5E12 (2012) 🔄
- Jeopardy! (2025)
PODCASTS
- The Filmcast: “The Phoenician Scheme” (2025)
- Good One: “Jason Segel…” (2025)
YOUTUBE
- Patrick Willems: “Digital De-Aging Is Changing Movies (For the Worse)”
MOVIES
- The Conformist (1970)
TV
- Shrinking S1E2 (2023)
- Mad Men S5E12 (2012) 🔄
- Jeopardy! (2025)
PODCASTS
- The Filmcast: “The Phoenician Scheme” (2025)
- Good One: “Jason Segel…” (2025)
YOUTUBE
- Patrick Willems: “Digital De-Aging Is Changing Movies (For the Worse)”
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Media Diary 1/14/26
MOVIES
- The Conformist (1970)
TV
- Shrinking S1E2 (2023)
- Mad Men S5E12 (2012) 🔄
- Jeopardy! (2025)
PODCASTS
- The Filmcast: “The Phoenician Scheme” (2025)
- Good One: “Jason Segel…” (2025)
YOUTUBE
- Patrick Willems: “Digital De-Aging Is Changing Movies (For the Worse)”
MOVIES
- The Conformist (1970)
TV
- Shrinking S1E2 (2023)
- Mad Men S5E12 (2012) 🔄
- Jeopardy! (2025)
PODCASTS
- The Filmcast: “The Phoenician Scheme” (2025)
- Good One: “Jason Segel…” (2025)
YOUTUBE
- Patrick Willems: “Digital De-Aging Is Changing Movies (For the Worse)”
anyone see the phoenician scheme? felt like a wes anderson parody by wes anderson but it banged hard
January 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
anyone see the phoenician scheme? felt like a wes anderson parody by wes anderson but it banged hard
etym: from the Hellenistic Greek word νάβλα for a Phoenician harp, which resembles its shape
January 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
etym: from the Hellenistic Greek word νάβλα for a Phoenician harp, which resembles its shape
also your constituents...You do not get to pick and choose which constituents deserve care protection or public health services, people who are unhoused, people who use drugs, people in crisis, every single one of them is a Phoenician. Our parks do not divide people into worthy and unworthy,"
January 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
also your constituents...You do not get to pick and choose which constituents deserve care protection or public health services, people who are unhoused, people who use drugs, people in crisis, every single one of them is a Phoenician. Our parks do not divide people into worthy and unworthy,"
“Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls & the deep sea swell
And the profit & loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose & fell
He passed the stages of his age & youth
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome & tall as you.” (TS Elliot)
Forgot the cry of gulls & the deep sea swell
And the profit & loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose & fell
He passed the stages of his age & youth
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome & tall as you.” (TS Elliot)
January 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM
“Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls & the deep sea swell
And the profit & loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose & fell
He passed the stages of his age & youth
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome & tall as you.” (TS Elliot)
Forgot the cry of gulls & the deep sea swell
And the profit & loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose & fell
He passed the stages of his age & youth
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome & tall as you.” (TS Elliot)
Hope your road is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you enter harbours you're seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you enter harbours you're seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Hope your road is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you enter harbours you're seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you enter harbours you're seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
Still can't muster up energy to watch any movie, but i'm gonna watch The Phoenician Scheme tomorrow and Avatar 3 the day after with friends so hopefully that'll help
January 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Still can't muster up energy to watch any movie, but i'm gonna watch The Phoenician Scheme tomorrow and Avatar 3 the day after with friends so hopefully that'll help
I sincerely recommend Wes Anderson's crime comedy
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME (2025)
I believe that you will enjoy it as much as we did because it's bloody brilliant and hilarious. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME (2025)
I believe that you will enjoy it as much as we did because it's bloody brilliant and hilarious. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
January 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I sincerely recommend Wes Anderson's crime comedy
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME (2025)
I believe that you will enjoy it as much as we did because it's bloody brilliant and hilarious. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME (2025)
I believe that you will enjoy it as much as we did because it's bloody brilliant and hilarious. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
OUP, Orestes and Other Plays: Ion, Orestes, Phoenician Women, Suppliant Women, (prose and verse) tr. Robin Waterfield /
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January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
OUP, Orestes and Other Plays: Ion, Orestes, Phoenician Women, Suppliant Women, (prose and verse) tr. Robin Waterfield /
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But, surely, you say, it didn't score worse than DEATH OF A UNICORN, did it? 📽️
Reader, it did.
My bottom ten of 2025 (so far):
Reader, it did.
My bottom ten of 2025 (so far):
January 14, 2026 at 8:39 AM
But, surely, you say, it didn't score worse than DEATH OF A UNICORN, did it? 📽️
Reader, it did.
My bottom ten of 2025 (so far):
Reader, it did.
My bottom ten of 2025 (so far):
I just finished the phoenician scheme and ehhh
Next is eddington
Next is eddington
January 14, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I just finished the phoenician scheme and ehhh
Next is eddington
Next is eddington
Review: Windstar’s Star Legend cruises Southern Spain – Days 5 to 8
Windstar‘s Star Legend threads her way through the Mediterranean, sailing through time itself. Millennia of Phoenician legends, Roman roads, Moorish courtyards and Spanish crowns as we cruise from Malaga to Barcelona. Windstar…
Windstar‘s Star Legend threads her way through the Mediterranean, sailing through time itself. Millennia of Phoenician legends, Roman roads, Moorish courtyards and Spanish crowns as we cruise from Malaga to Barcelona. Windstar…
Review: Windstar’s Star Legend cruises Southern Spain – Days 5 to 8
Windstar‘s Star Legend threads her way through the Mediterranean, sailing through time itself. Millennia of Phoenician legends, Roman roads, Moorish courtyards and Spanish crowns as we cruise from Malaga to Barcelona. Windstar deliver warm and intimate luxury. A small ship journey that begins amongst Málaga’s palms and Picassos, pauses at Gibraltar’s improbable outcrop of red postboxes and Barbary Apes, then drifts towards Cartagena, Valencia, …
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January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Review: Windstar’s Star Legend cruises Southern Spain – Days 5 to 8
Windstar‘s Star Legend threads her way through the Mediterranean, sailing through time itself. Millennia of Phoenician legends, Roman roads, Moorish courtyards and Spanish crowns as we cruise from Malaga to Barcelona. Windstar…
Windstar‘s Star Legend threads her way through the Mediterranean, sailing through time itself. Millennia of Phoenician legends, Roman roads, Moorish courtyards and Spanish crowns as we cruise from Malaga to Barcelona. Windstar…
16. The Phoenician Scheme [Cinema Viewing]: Wes Anderson makes genre films, they're called "Wes Anderson" films and I appreciate that. This and stealing One Battle After Another argue we need Benicio del Toro in more lead roles than he already has.
Review: letterboxd.com/catgoblin5/f...
Review: letterboxd.com/catgoblin5/f...
A ★★★★ review of The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Super Cannes - 2025 Official Competition Phoenician, and Wes Anderson's style in general, was the right tonic after a serious health scare in the family, which would also have to be factored in my opi...
letterboxd.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
16. The Phoenician Scheme [Cinema Viewing]: Wes Anderson makes genre films, they're called "Wes Anderson" films and I appreciate that. This and stealing One Battle After Another argue we need Benicio del Toro in more lead roles than he already has.
Review: letterboxd.com/catgoblin5/f...
Review: letterboxd.com/catgoblin5/f...
9. The Phoenician Scheme
It does what it needs to do. Fun cinematography and story but kind of underwhelming compared to his other works
It does what it needs to do. Fun cinematography and story but kind of underwhelming compared to his other works
January 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
9. The Phoenician Scheme
It does what it needs to do. Fun cinematography and story but kind of underwhelming compared to his other works
It does what it needs to do. Fun cinematography and story but kind of underwhelming compared to his other works
Please take this list with an enormous grain of salt, because there are still a bunch of 2025 releases I still need to see, but here are my top 5 films for this past year:
1. Wake Up, Dead Man
2. Sinners
3. Sorry, Baby
4. Frankenstein
5. The Phoenician Scheme
1. Wake Up, Dead Man
2. Sinners
3. Sorry, Baby
4. Frankenstein
5. The Phoenician Scheme
January 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Please take this list with an enormous grain of salt, because there are still a bunch of 2025 releases I still need to see, but here are my top 5 films for this past year:
1. Wake Up, Dead Man
2. Sinners
3. Sorry, Baby
4. Frankenstein
5. The Phoenician Scheme
1. Wake Up, Dead Man
2. Sinners
3. Sorry, Baby
4. Frankenstein
5. The Phoenician Scheme
Here's my Wes list:
13. Asteroid City
12. Bottle Rocket
11. Phoenician Scheme
10. Isle of Dogs
9. French Dispatch
8. Henry Sugar + 3 More
7. Darjeeling Limited
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Rushmore
3. Life Aquatic
2. Moonrise Kingdom
1. Royal Tenenbaums
13. Asteroid City
12. Bottle Rocket
11. Phoenician Scheme
10. Isle of Dogs
9. French Dispatch
8. Henry Sugar + 3 More
7. Darjeeling Limited
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Rushmore
3. Life Aquatic
2. Moonrise Kingdom
1. Royal Tenenbaums
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Here's my Wes list:
13. Asteroid City
12. Bottle Rocket
11. Phoenician Scheme
10. Isle of Dogs
9. French Dispatch
8. Henry Sugar + 3 More
7. Darjeeling Limited
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Rushmore
3. Life Aquatic
2. Moonrise Kingdom
1. Royal Tenenbaums
13. Asteroid City
12. Bottle Rocket
11. Phoenician Scheme
10. Isle of Dogs
9. French Dispatch
8. Henry Sugar + 3 More
7. Darjeeling Limited
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Rushmore
3. Life Aquatic
2. Moonrise Kingdom
1. Royal Tenenbaums
The Pyrgi tablets are three golden plates inscribed with a bilingual Phoenician–Etruscan dedicatory text. They date to c. 500 BC. They record the foundation of a temple and its dedication to the Phoenician goddess Astarte. The work is attributed to Thefarie Velianas, ruler of Caere #EpigraphyTuesday
January 13, 2026 at 6:08 AM
The Pyrgi tablets are three golden plates inscribed with a bilingual Phoenician–Etruscan dedicatory text. They date to c. 500 BC. They record the foundation of a temple and its dedication to the Phoenician goddess Astarte. The work is attributed to Thefarie Velianas, ruler of Caere #EpigraphyTuesday
Nobody else on this planet has my Wes Anderson ranking
January 13, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Nobody else on this planet has my Wes Anderson ranking
Movie #6 of 2026 - The Phoenician Scheme
January 13, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Movie #6 of 2026 - The Phoenician Scheme
Also why did the third photo focus on the Phoenician scene poster lmfaoo
January 13, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Also why did the third photo focus on the Phoenician scene poster lmfaoo
Best movies of 2025 (that I saw, obviously):
Friendship
28 Years Later
The Phoenician Scheme
Worst:
Highest 2 Lowest
I did see One Battle After Another, but I think how it treats its black characters, especially in the first 25 minutes or so, disqualifies it from the top of my list
Friendship
28 Years Later
The Phoenician Scheme
Worst:
Highest 2 Lowest
I did see One Battle After Another, but I think how it treats its black characters, especially in the first 25 minutes or so, disqualifies it from the top of my list
January 13, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Best movies of 2025 (that I saw, obviously):
Friendship
28 Years Later
The Phoenician Scheme
Worst:
Highest 2 Lowest
I did see One Battle After Another, but I think how it treats its black characters, especially in the first 25 minutes or so, disqualifies it from the top of my list
Friendship
28 Years Later
The Phoenician Scheme
Worst:
Highest 2 Lowest
I did see One Battle After Another, but I think how it treats its black characters, especially in the first 25 minutes or so, disqualifies it from the top of my list
While these films are not comedies, Friendship, The Phoenician Scheme, and Splitsville are all comedies from 2025 which IMO were funnier than the Naked Gun
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
While these films are not comedies, Friendship, The Phoenician Scheme, and Splitsville are all comedies from 2025 which IMO were funnier than the Naked Gun