Sean Burns
@splicedpersonality.bsky.social
Film Critic. Projectionalist. www.splicedpersonality.com
Either "Layla" in GOODFELLAS or "Sunshine of Your Love" in GOODFELLAS or "Mannish Boy" in GOODFELLAS or "Baby I Love You" in GOODFELLAS or "Monkey Man" in GOODFELLAS or "Memo from Turner" in GOODFELLAS or "Jump into the Fire" in GOODFELLAS or "What Is Life" in GOODFELLAS or "Sure the Boy I Love" in
mae, podcast princess@eversonpoe.bsky.social · 17h agoName your fav use of licensed music in a soundtrack: bad to the bone in T-2 starless by King crimson in Mandy spybreak in the matrix gut feeling in life aquatic the killing moon in Donnie Darko stigmata martyr in night of the demons tumbling lights by the acid in the eyes of my mother
Hey look there’s Ty talking to the amazing Penny Lane at tonight’s WILD INSIDE screening.
“Salvador” is “a fireworks factory of jaded idealism” in which writer/director Oliver Stone “tries to knock the earnest, do-gooder halo off the social issue drama by making his lead characters lowlifes,” @splicedpersonality.bsky.social writes.
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This month’s From the Vault selection for paid Spliced Personality Substack subscribers is a look back at my initial appraisal of Bob Dylan and Larry Charles’ MASKED AND ANONYMOUS.
From the Vault: Masked and Anonymous
An occasional bonus feature for paid subscribers, From the Vault unearths amusing or otherwise relevant reviews and articles from throughout my career.
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THIS FRIDAY NIGHT! Join me and Erin for a screening and conversation with legendary Boston casting director Carolyn Pickman.
Set in Boston: “The Heat” screening and conversation
CitySpace celebrates cutting edge conversations, adventurous art, innovative ideas. CitySpace is WBUR on stage. Convening leaders in all fields for an array of offerings — readings, interviews, debate...
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Oliver Stone’s THE DOORS screens in 70mm tonight at the Somerville Theatre. A formative movie for me. I wrote about it last week at WBUR. www.wbur.org/news/2026/07...
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“Salvador” is “a fireworks factory of jaded idealism” in which writer/director Oliver Stone “tries to knock the earnest, do-gooder halo off the social issue drama by making his lead characters lowlifes,” @splicedpersonality.bsky.social writes.
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At Crooked Marquee’s Classic Corner this week I wrote about fear and loathing in Oliver Stone’s SALVADOR.
Classic Corner: Salvador — Crooked Marquee
Oliver Stone's early, angry chronicle of a war correspondent under fire boasts a ferocious energy and an electrifying performance by James Woods.
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Excellent point here from @splicedpersonality.bsky.social in his review of Greg Araki's I Want Your Sex. splicedpersonality.substack.com/p/review-i-w...
Over at the Spliced Personality Substack this week I reviewed Gregg Araki's I WANT YOUR SEX, which is a lot of fun but it finishes too quickly. I hear that happens sometimes.
Review - I Want Your Sex
Starring Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding, Charli XCX.
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At WBUR this week I reviewed WILD INSIDE. Penny Lane’s enchanting documentary about Flaco the owl opens tomorrow in New York and screens Tuesday night at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. I loved this movie.
'Wild Inside' chronicles how Flaco the owl became a New York City folk hero
Director Penny Lane's enchanting documentary follows how the Eruasian eagle-owl, who escaped from the Central Park Zoo in 2023, became an emissary of the asphalt jungle. Critic Sean Burns writes "the ...
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I have no idea why it’s taken me this long to see ONE-TRICK PONY but I would like to thank the casting director.
Over at the Spliced Personality Substack I managed to review SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY without giving away who the villain is.
Review - Spider Man: Brand New Day
Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jon Bernthal.
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At WBUR this week I wrote about Ross McElwee’s masterpiece SHERMAN’S MARCH, which is returning to the Coolidge alongside his devastating new companion piece REMAKE. You should go see both, but maybe not back-to-back.
Filmmaker Ross McElwee's 'Remake' preserves life's fragile memories
McElwee’s 1985 masterpiece “Sherman’s March” is a would-be historical documentary hijacked by the floundering love life of its director. Revisiting some of the folks from that film, "Remake" attempts ...
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The first song you hear in SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY is TV on the Radio's "Wolf Like Me." Tunde Adebimpe played Mr. Cobbwell in SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING. Does Peter Parker know his old chemistry teacher is a rock star or is this more multiverse shit?
A friend’s 12-year-old daughter asked me how old I was. “51,” I told her. “Holy crap,” she said. “I would have guessed you were like 46.” This will probably be the highlight of my day.
John Huston's 1972 comeback movie, released on this day in 1972, remains a beguiling ode to washouts and losers. @splicedpersonality.bsky.social goes slumming: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
Classic Corner: Fat City — Crooked Marquee
John Huston's 1972 comeback movie, streaming on Amazon Prime, remains a beguiling ode to washouts and losers.
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SHERMAN’S MARCH has a lot more in common with THE ODYSSEY than I’d remembered.
Over at the Spliced Personality Substack this week I reviewed Nicolas Winding Refn's HER PRIVATE HELL, which is absolutely terrible and maybe also kind of great?
Review - Her Private Hell
Starring Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu, Kristine Froseth.
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At Crooked Marquee's Classic Corner this week I wrote about MY BRILLIANT CAREER and how comfortable Sam Neill was ceding the spotlight to his female co-stars.
Classic Corner: My Brilliant Career — Crooked Marquee
Gillian Armstrong’s 1979 adaptation of Miles Franklin’s novel provided early breakthrough roles for both Judy Davis and the late, great Sam Neill.
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My talk with the great @hankphillippiryan.bsky.social after last week’s WBUR CitySpace’s SET IN BOSTON screening of THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR is now up on YouTube. Warning: Contains spoilers for a 58-year-old movie!
‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ (1968) post-screening conversation | Set in Boston
YouTube video by WBUR CitySpace, Boston
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