I saw this at Sundance in 2019 when the film was in black and white—which I wish the film would’ve retained. There are some really charming moments, but yeah. It’s a bit ham-fisted. I will say that, for me, the clanging melodrama that comes at the end works if you look at it as setup to the punchline of a weird brick…

If you’re shameless and opportunistic enough, it’s easy to get capital by appealing to the dumbest and most impressionable--especially when they hold the highest office in the country.

I mean, it’s all about subjectivity. How you feel about the movie, yes. But Call Me By Your Name is about nostalgia, the excitement and newness of first loves, and how we frame those things in our memory.

You can skip it. It’s a perfectly okay show about really shitty, or at very least unlikable people. 

Honestly? The extended break is probably best. Even with the long gap between season three and the first part of season four, new Rick and Morty left a sour taste—largely because of all the nonsense with the show’s notorious fanbase. For me, the first part of the season was a little underwhelming. But sitting with it…

Did we ever get a reason for the sudden disappearance of AV Undercover?

My favorites were a little later-period, but I’m partial to...
“Don’t Dream It’s Over” Flock of Seagulls
“Dance Hall Days” Ben Watt and Bernard Butler
“Just What I Needed” and “Reptilia” Punch Brothers
“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
“Thinkin Bout You” ZZ Ward
“Photobooth” Julien Baker
“Clocks”…

This very cool, but also, I had no idea that Neil Young and Daryl Hannah were married, and it is so fucking weird.

I actually re-watched Empire for the first time in many, many years just last night. Disagree on the Luke stuff, which is muted, but also moves well and contains all the necessary information. If I have just one problem, it’s that Leia is incredibly passive. It’s Han who does everything in their story—so much so that…

I mean, I’m not. For one, George Clooney had been the ostensible lead on a gigantic TV show for years before making the leap. Second, his fame came after a much longer career than DiCaprio or Winslet had had at that point. And his movies were still doing better, generally speaking, than those two actors were pulling…

I don’t know. I agree with Sciamma. While DiCaprio had certainly been working and famous stateside leading up to Titanic, he was in no way the giant he has become since Titanic.

THIS EXACTLY. That’s the one thing I love about the movie. Jason Clarke is the best part, because he’s the most nuanced. He’s not the cartoonishly evil racist of Jonathan Banks, but he’s willing to ignore all the insidious shit.

I remember being so excited for Mudbound. It had so much buzz, and it had a terrific cast. Pariah was somewhat of a cult hit at that point. And then I watched it, and couldn’t believe so many people liked it.

I hope this is the beginning of us realizing that Dee Rees is a bad filmmaker.

“Could you fall in love with a Republican?” I’d sure love to see them try today. 

That one’s actually kinda underrated.

Great song. Billie Eilish isn’t totally my jam, but this is maybe the best theme of the Craig era? The themes haven’t been particularly inspired. Of course, I’m not really a fan of “Skyfall,” which I know is the one people really love.

Maybe, but this is the same filmmaker who machine guns Adolf Hitler in the face. I get not wanting to totally repeat yourself, but that would’ve been way more cathartic, and make more sense for the note Tarantino is going for. Thinking about it, I guess it works on the level that Tarantino knows he can’t really save…

Yeah, I still am not on board with the ending of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Even if you include the context of history—which you shouldn’t, because a movie should be its own thing—the film is punishing brainwashed and abused teenagers. If you really want to correct history through mean-spirited violence, go all…

It holds up insofar as everyone’s ingrained homophobia is more of the joke than anything else. Their idiocy being the point of ridicule is light years more preferable than Friends gay panic.