The trailer for BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE has so many of the exact same jokes as in the original film that it seems plausible Burton simply forgot he’d already made them before in an earlier film
It was a joy to be in Locarno last weekend to introduce Alexander Hall’s bonkers screwball comedy MY SISTER EILEEN (1942) as part of The Lady with the Torch, the incredible Columbia retrospective programmed by Ehsan Khoshbakht for the Locarno Film Festival. Honoured to be in the accompanying book!
Wondering why on earth Glen Powell never appeared on Friday Night Lights? The answer is: he auditioned several times, for different parts, but didn’t get any of them because he freaked out in his auditions due to *loving the show too much.* How is this man not a figment of my imagination
By contrast I was very hungry throughout TWISTERS 4DX and I think it heightened the visceral power of the experience!
It was! Though I watched the original film at home last week.
Genuinely think I’ve learned a few things about myself at 4DX TWISTERS just now.
Honoured to have my report from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the glittering new issue of @sensesofcinema.bsky.socialwww.sensesofcinema.com/2024/festiva...
I’ve decided never to learn anything about “Gracie Abrams”. I must draw the line somewhere.
Discourse on the other app is either rancid or painfully banal. A real horror show.
Cannot get over Kenneth Lonergan’s utterly atrocious performance in RIPLEY. It must be seen to be believed.
