This week on THE GAUNTLET we’re crosschecking polite society and battling beer barons as Vikram Murthi (@fauxbeatpoet.bsky.socialsoundcloud.com/gauntletmovies/143-the-minor-leagues

#143 - The Minor Leagues (w/ Vikram Murthi)

This week we’re crosschecking polite society and battling beer barons as Vikram Murthi joins us for a drinking session with Paul Newman and the Mackenzie Brothers, listen up hosers!

For Downtime, @gemko.bsky.socialdowntime.jambys.com/posts/time-a...

Time And Artistic Priorities Keep On Slippin’: No Way Out’s Radical Evolution From The Big Clock

Two films adapted from the same source material released nearly 40 years apart illustrate Hollywood's evolution from its Golden Age.

“Me and this girl we've been working it out / We've got a long way to go, we've got a long way to go,” etc.

The likelihood that any of the Internet-poisoned children have heard FIGHT SONGS by the Old 97’s is extremely slim, but if even one of them has, a terribly edited fan video feat. Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, and Florence Pugh soundtracked by “Oppenheimer” should logically exist.

Wrote about (the GOAT) Edward Yang, the New Wave, his twin mid-’90s films—A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION and MAHJONG—and how their comedic sensibility allowed him to be more explicit about his feelings regarding a changing Taiwan. For @thenation.comwww.thenation.com/article/cult...

Edward Yang’s States of Flux

His dark comedies and family dramas of life in late-20th-century Taiwan depict a generation’s crisis, confronting the forces of finance and globalization.

Wrote about (the GOAT) Edward Yang, the New Wave, his twin mid-’90s films—A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION and MAHJONG—and how their comedic sensibility allowed him to be more explicit about his feelings regarding a changing Taiwan. For @thenation.comwww.thenation.com/article/cult...

Edward Yang’s States of Flux

His dark comedies and family dramas of life in late-20th-century Taiwan depict a generation’s crisis, confronting the forces of finance and globalization.

Apparently it's Michael Stipe's birthday. Here's R.E.M. in 1982 about six months before the release of MURMUR. They sound amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sBV...

R.E.M. - Live at the Raleigh Underground (10th October 1982) (PRIVATE REMASTER)

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the release of "Murmur" and somehow I stumbled upon the existence of this video which I'd never seen before. I love ear...

Just leaving money on the table by refusing to shell out for that needle drop.

It's more or less a sequel!

Chris Wilcha's lovely doc FLIPSIDE will have its U.S. premiere at DOC NYC this Sunday. I spoke to Wilcha for Filmmaker Magazine about the film, what happened to TARGET SHOOTS FIRST, James Benning, The White Stripes, the value of labor, and more. Check it out! filmmakermagazine.com/123652-inter...

Hard Drives Full of Abandoned Projects: Chris Wilcha on <em>Flipside</em> | Filmmaker Magazine

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