Final Social Reckoning thought: Betty Gilpin gets like two scenes, which is unfortunate because she’s the closest Sorkin has come to writing CJ Cregg again.
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I am 90% sure that Aaron Sorkin made The Social Reckoning so that he could finally give his thoughts on the term "mansplaining."
Way better than I thought it would be but impossible to fully buy in a post-Digger world.
Ross W Berman IV (Philosopher Pirate)@rosswbermaniv.bsky.social · 11h agoLike the bifurcated America of Aaron Sorkin’s drama, The Social Reckoning is a movie at war with itself. boxd.it/gHO9U3
Don Draper disassociating in line at the dispensary
Watching the John Adams miniseries is tough as a 1776 fan because you spend the second episode loudly asking "Why isn't anyone singing?" and "Why aren't the southern delegates doing a fancy little waltz during a ditty about triangular trade?"
Locked in my CIFF lineup: Citizen Osama Saints The Girl With The Leica Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
I’ll see you in another life, when we both are (aggressively ill) cats
“Use by October 8” Well I guess I’m making a brisket today
The Omen is obviously the best movie of the franchise, but Damien - Omen II is the best Omen Movie of the franchise. It's a version of The Rocky/Rocky IV Paradox
Mrs. Dracula, furious that her husband took their son to a gathering of all those degenerates he used to Monster Mash with.
Homer Simpson is a King Ubu, Eric Cartman is a King Ubu, and now Digger Rockwell joins their noble, satirical ranks.
Ross W Berman IV (Philosopher Pirate)@rosswbermaniv.bsky.social · 7d agoGangster governments rise like the tides, and a million hearts break as humanity weeps for all they’ve lost, but heartbreak feels good in a place like this, doesn’t it? boxd.it/gC3llZ
Rewatched CARRIE and I think Sissy Spacek is allowed to get away with at least one crime because of how good she is in that film.
Favorite First Watches of September (I've stopped counting 2026 theatrical releases for the sake of my sanity) Tormento (1950) Killer's Kiss (1955) Violent Saturday (1955) Night & Fog (1956) The Killing (1956) Bigger Than Life (1956) Surface Tension (1968) (cont'd)
Starting the “What if House was a lady with memory loss from traumatic brain injury?” show
It’s been a real Peter Gabriel couple of days on the ol’ LB
I don’t think this is a perfect film, but there’s something about the imperfections that make it even stronger. A flawed, powerful movie about seeing your father as a flawed, powerful man.
Ross W Berman IV (Philosopher Pirate)@rosswbermaniv.bsky.social · 2w agoAs the name suggests, a meditation on and the questions we ask ourselves at the end of a long fight, or a hard day shoveling shit, or a life. boxd.it/gwJlUb
Aftersun by way of Oscar Micheaux. Really special
Ross W Berman IV (Philosopher Pirate)@rosswbermaniv.bsky.social · 2w agoNow seated
Didn’t get a Chris Hansen ad before Primetime but it was funny to get a Social Network II trailer before the movie where NBC says “Fuck Studio 60, we’re the Predator network now!”
I was going to say PRIMETIME felt like Todd Haynes making a Michael Mann movie but then remembered DARK WATERS is basically already that.
Eric Rahill quietly having an incredible year
Ross W Berman IV (Philosopher Pirate)@rosswbermaniv.bsky.social · 2w agoIt’s Primetime time
Six Feet Under rewatch report: “N’arm!” still hits like a freight train