Have to hit the road early tomorrow, so here's a premature #letterboxdfriday#lastfourwatched Not a good week for the auteurs (except Zemeckis).
Will probably head to the Virginia Film Festival for a day or two again this fall. If anyone wants to recommend a title they've seen - particularly one that isn't a buzzy awards-season contender - I'm all ears. ("After Hours" series recommendations welcome.) virginiafilmfestival.org/virginia-fil...
Highlights Include Anora, Bird, Blitz, Emilia Pérez, The Fire Inside, The Last Showgirl, Memoir of a Snail, Nightbitch, Pavements, The Piano Lesson, A Real Pain, and The Room Next Door Keynote Guest...
This anniversary snuck up on me; hard to believe it's already been a year since Seeing & Believing shuttered the podcast and pivoted to written reviews. I'm still pretty happy with my inaugural post for it (linked below), which offers a brief, simplified philosophy of criticism.
It’s been one year since @mclengthyname.bsky.social and I made the leap from podcast to newsletter. Sometimes I miss reviewing movies in audio format, but it’s been good to write them out too. I aspire to this standard of care and attention each week. From Kevin, a year ago:
Pay attention.
Best first-time watches for September 2024: Introduction Great Absence The Novelist's Film The Substance Walk Up
Tonight I plan to see MEGALOPOLIS in IMAX instead of watching the vice presidential debate.
Finally unwrapped this and have started in. The clarity of the menu image had me anticipating an outstanding transfer, and without reading any reviews, I’ll say that, a few minutes in, I couldn’t be happier. Stunning. Even better than I remember the theatrical presentation being.
Watching DEATH BECOMES HER for the first time, and everyone loved the Sydney Pollack cameo regardless of what they thought of the broader movie, no?