okay just learning Madonna named one of her sons after Visconti's ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS
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Erstwhile sissy sophisticate and pasta enthusiast. words in GQ, W Magazine, and the New York Times, and also The Queer Film Guide.
the piece about *why movies look that way* that i've been working on for 6 months was just killed, so if anyone is interested in a piece of reported cultural criticism, let me know
new Eli Roth kid slasher ICE CREAM MAN wants to have its sundae and eat it too. more at @slantmagazine.com: www.slantmagazine.com/film/ice-cre...
'Ice Cream Man' Review: Eli Roth's Spoonful of Ultraviolence
Eli Roth's 'Ice Cream Man' exists primarily to have us gawk at tweens committing spectacular acts of violence.
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me watching RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK for the first time: which character is supposed to be Spielberg's dad??
Tony Bennett was born on this day one hundred years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAm...
Lady Gaga - The Lady is a Tramp (from Duets II: The Great Performances) ft. Tony Bennett
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ideas for FANTASIA sequels FANTASIA: Jazz (Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Billie Holliday, Miles Davis) FANTASIA: Minimalism (Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Max Richter, John Cage) FANTASIA: Electronica (Moby, Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim)
the phrase "dog dad" deserves the user being drawn and quartered tbh
wrong, Robert Shaw's Bond henchman gimmick is that he is hot af !!!
chris@yrpalchris.bsky.social · 3d agoFrom Russia with Love isn't the best Bond film *exclusively* because of Robert Shaw but it doesn't hurt that he's someone without a gimmick (no Oddjob hat, no Jaws teeth, no inability to feel pain like whatever they called Robert Carlyle) who can very believably rock Bond's shit
the phrase “dog dads” deserves being drawn and quartered tbh
i am willing to take the L here but i think the only good superhero comic book movies are BLADE and HELLBOY II, and the rest have been a net negative for society
kyle 中和 turner@tylekurner.bsky.social · 4d agoy’all romanticizing Raimi’s heinous CGI looking Spider-Man movies…. couldn’t be me…
I post for the people who grew up wailing “ahhhh! ahhhh!” in perfect time with the lady slumped backward over a gravestone in the Masterpiece: Mystery! opening credits and still do it every single time.
Edward Gorey's Masterpiece Theater Animation
Alt: Edward Gorey's Masterpiece Theater Animation, first shot is the fancy 1920s people dancing and then we quick cut to the lady with the amazing batwing hat and the magic eye fan holding a shushing finger to her lips.
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y’all romanticizing Raimi’s heinous CGI looking Spider-Man movies…. couldn’t be me…
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 image rehabilitation complete Bolton has had a hard on for Galliano's work for decades, CHINA: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS and CAMP were sort of excuses to curate his stuff anyways, so this feels pretty redundant
Deadline@deadline.com · 5d agoJohn Galliano will be the subject of its spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition, with the Met Gala set to celebrate the acclaimed British designer.
five fave black and white films SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS SHANGHAI EXPRESS FRANCES HA EUROPA WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Jayce@jayceb.bsky.social · last yr.Five (of many) favorite black & white movies: Carnival of Souls The Trial Kuroneko Beauty and the Beast Ivan’s Childhood
Obviously my phone can’t capture a fraction of that glorious technicolor pop but I took video anyway because this print looked pretty daaaaamn good also if you watch til the end you’ll see those huge egregious scratch cues 🙄
The Fame/Monster -- Lady Gaga DeLovely (Motion Picture Soundtrack) Harlequin -- Lady Gaga
Stop Calling Me Frank@stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 5d agoYou have a month to write a 33 1/3 book about the album of your choice. Which record are you going to write about? (No previously covered albums allowed; new shit must come to light: see below.) (For all books in the series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_1/3) (H/t @monostich.bsky.social
the Pet Shop Boys x Liza Minnelli cover/remix of "Losing My Mind" is tacky and terrible
lil miss big boy@lighter.bsky.social · 5d agoPost your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
kudos to @jasondashbailey.com to speaking up about this. i have been screwed over at least 3x by an editor there, bc she just sat on it for too long until it expired and was no longer relevant. and freelancers have so little wiggle room to push back on things w/out risking the working relationship.
Jason Bailey@jasondashbailey.com · 5d agoWell, it’s invoicing day, and since they’re really apparently not going to pay me for something I wrote for them two months ago, I guess today is the day to post about how @vulture.com fucks over its film freelancers. Long (sorry) thread, with receipts:
they played a remix of Nina Simone's version of "Sinnerman" at the club in Astoria tonight
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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thrilled to make my InReview Online debut working w the excellent @chriscassingham.bsky.social! went to Adam Baran's terrific @anthologyfilm.bsky.social series Narrow Rooms and caught Jacques Nolot's BEFORE I FORGET, an unsentimental portrait of gay aging: inreviewonline.substack.com/p/johns-cham...
Johns Champing at the Bit: Jacques Nolot's "Before I Forget"
After attending Anthology Film Archives' monthly "Narrow Rooms" program, Kyle Turner reflects on a film all about reflection.
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Been thinking about my relationship to Kavinsky's music since Gaga remixed Nightcall with her omnipresent hit Die With a Smile for Mayhem's final bow. I found it very moving for reasons of my relationship with both artists dating back to my initial coming out in 2011 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAbR...
Lady Gaga: “Die With A Smile“ (Live Performance) | MAYHEM Requiem | Apple Music Live
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