Jerry
@jerryj.bsky.social
Former programming director for the Austin Film Society. Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/4hC1 Texan by birth; Angeleno by grace
Two gringo lead actors in brown face try their darndest to speak with Mexican accents in cheapo western.
Manohla Dargis@manohladargis.bsky.social · last wk.Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: A struggling writer gets lost in a maze.
Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet (Huillet/Straub, 1990) Where H/S show us that Renoir cast Cézanne’s An Old Woman with a Rosary in his Madame Bovary.
50 Wagon Master (Ford) 51 Edouard et Caroline (Becker) 52 The Golden Coach (Renoir) 53 Rue de l'estrapade (Becker) 54 Sound of the Mountain (Naruse) 55 The Naked Dawn (Ulmer) 56 War and Peace (Vidor) 57 Run of the Arrow (Fuller) 58 Un giorno in Barbagia (De Seta) 59 The Crimson Kimono (Fuller)
Carlos Cano@segobrigense.bsky.social · 3w agoMis favoritas: 50 Yuki fujin ezu 51 Bakushû 52 The Quiet Man 53 Tôkyô monogatari 54 Sanshô dayû 55 French Cancan 56 The Wrong Man 57 The Wings of Eagles 58 Der Tiger von Eschnapur & Das indische Grabmal 59 North By Northwest
Last 4 Friday, my first since since my two months in the hellscape of Texas
danielgorman20@danielgorman20.bsky.social · 3w agoHappy Last 4 Friday (plus bonus 2) to all who celebrate!
Samuel Fuller - BOTD Fave five: 1. The Crimson Kimono 2. Run of the Arrow 3. Park Row 4. The Steel Helmet 5. I Shot Jesse James
My daughter is working a Guns N’ Roses concert in a few weeks. Nothing has changed since I was in high school. PROGRESS IS AN ILLUSION!
Say what you will, but Enzo brought the 1980’s action movie villain to the World Cup. My hero.
My favorite band of the 2020’s just dropped their second full album in six months.
USMNT fans need to stop using John Denver’s faux country music slop-pop “Take Me Home, Country Roads" as their theme song, and replace it with Waylon Jennings’ “There Ain’t No God In Mexico.”
Zeki Demirkubuz is obviously a fan of the Turkey national team but believes nobody lives with more existential dread than the Mexico fan.
Every time a Mexican women pops out of nowhere to plant a big kiss on a Korean fan, I think I’m watching a Hong sang-soo film.
The Texas Longhorns softball team faces off against the evil Texas Tech Red Raiders tonight for the national championship.
Scorsese only partnered with that AI company so he can start de-aging DiCaprio.
Favorite May first watches, the month I discovered Aldrich’s two towering late masterpieces.
Akerman’s Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels
Olivia Messer@oliviamesser.bsky.social · 3mo agookay folks, I’m in need of a good cortisol release — please share which movies make you shake violently from sobbing. I’m talking Titanic, Fault In Our Stars, P.S. I Love You, the first dozen times you watch The Notebook level don’t let me down
The college women’s softball championship tournament has become one of my favorite annual sporting events.
