Johnson is a nonsense person but the (20 years too late) withdrawal was absolutely a success.  One of the largest successful evacuations in history, in fact.

Being against apartheid and invasion isn’t antisemitic.

[citation needed} You provide zero evidence of any kind for such a stupid claim.

Well, that’s a big “fuck you” to international nominees who would be forced to travel during a global pandemic to attend this.

I am weirdly into this idea.

Yes.  Except he’s for hire.

I mean, that was Jackie’s accent.

Yes. Because we’ve seen Clouds of Sil Maria, Personal Shopper, Holiday Season, etc, etc...

Her line about having lived in Britain for too long was fantastic. She’s an absolute hoot.

This was one of my favorite movies of this year and I want so many more people to see it; it’s a great piece of work from a filmmaker with a singular voice and I’m definitely going to catch up on Aparisyon.  I really hope she keeps making films like this with such skill.  (The one sad thing about Lingua Franca is that…

This was one of my favorite movies of this year and I want so many more people to see it; it’s a great piece of work from a filmmaker with a singular voice and I’m definitely going to catch up on Aparisyon.  I really hope she keeps making films like this with such skill.  (The one sad thing about Lingua Franca is that…

That was the ‘80s Twilight Zone and immediately the first thing I thought of.  “A Matter Of Minutes,” starring Adam Arkin and Karen Austin, written by Harlan Ellison.  

I had the same thought!  Those movies are amusingly insane.  (Also, the kid playing the younger sister is quite good.)

Well hell, full credit to their pronounciation (as far as we can establish) being correct.  

I always forget that California, generally a reasonable state, still has the option to murder prisoners.

I mean, Horizon was GOTY.

I stand by my assertion that Best Song slate is the single best in the history of the category, and I have no problem with the Tarzan win. Every song is great.

I’m never quite sure where this lands in my Romero rankings, but it’s definitely in the top 3 with Return of the Living Dead and Martin. It’s such an odd, touching movie.

So much good work in this.  I just want to add in her work in Goodnight and Good Luck; she and Robert Downey Jr are so good working off of each other as coworkers hiding that they are also married to each other.

SHO’NUFF!