Right, I understood that only after reading it twice. It’s poorly phrased.

“We have to get past this in the country. People think Jews control Hollywood. People think Jews control the banks. And to pretend that they don’t and to not deal with it in a straightforward manner, we’ll never gain any kind of understanding with each other.”

technicolor kitchen-sink melodramas.

Yeah, that’s incredibly dismaying to hear from him (not that I hold his opinions in that high regard anyway). Top Gun: Maverick is really no better than your average warmed-over Hollywood schlock coming out today.

Most of those are independent films, so I think Tarantino’s point still stands about the quality of Hollywood during the decade. Also, Erin Brockovich is from 2000...

No definition of “clinches” works here.

Don’t be talkin’ smack about this one! Smith punched his ticket and this is his next big hit!

three men all now aged in their 30s and 40s

Clinch. The word is clinch.

Adjusted for inflation to today’s dollars The Graduate has a domestic gross of $857 million and is among the 25 highest-grossing films in North American history. The clear and observable fact is that that simply doesn’t - and couldn’t - happen in today’s market.

Disappointing to hear. I generally avoid these superhero movies because they’re all the same homogenized factory-assembled corporate product but relented and watched the first Black Panther, which was solid. Have close to no interest in this one.

Sigh. I long for the days when a film such as The Graduate could rake in hundreds of millions of dollars and end up the highest-grossing film of the year. What a concept.

*polemical

Anyone into comedy songs should check out this guy named Robbie Ellis. Really clever stuff that reminds me of Tom Lehrer and Weird Al mashed up with Gilbert and Sullivan. This one’s especially funny for Chicago locals:

Sounds like some major projection. He’s a Tony-winning actor with a popular late night talk show, I’m sure the people who like/don’t mind him far outweigh the internet dissenters.

Hopefully the producers can go back to actually honoring the art of cinema instead of pretending Zack Snyder fanboys give a damn about the show.

mother! is so underrated, and has perhaps Lawrence’s best performance so far. “Why are you painting my house?!”

And it’s evident in the projects she’s choosing going forward, like the Lynn Ramsey-directed, Martin Scorsese-produced Die, My Love.

Adele’s secret twin Adle told Jennifer Lawrence not to make 2016's Passengers in 2029 in an article in 2022? Whoa...

What is there to apologize for? Such an utterly inconsequential non-story this is.