Daniel Hardy

Five ‘70s flicks that you love and return to time and again:

Sorcerer (77)
Barry Lyndon (75)
Days of Heaven (78)
All That Jazz (79)
The Long Goodbye (73)

First Reformed
The Pianist
Gosford Park

Hi Katy - reading up on these myself, pre-Nolan summer.

The Emily Wilson 2018 translation is excellent and super clear. (Norton books)

The Gareth Hinds graphic novel is also excellent - and extremely faithful to the text, though does have a little inevitable blood/violence in it.

Hope that helps!

Bravo Sir - it was right there and I didn’t see it!

Looooooove iiiiiiiit

Been off the Star Wars train since I walked out of Rise of Skywalker 20 mins in, hate the tv stuff, BUT I don’t even think of Andor as Star Wars. It’s Battle of Algiers meets Army of Shadows in space with a Lawrence of Arabia budget and insane depth and scope. Absolutely stunning stuff.

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Traffic
Unbreakable
Almost Famous
O Brother Where Art Thou

Anyone putting 2010’s thoroughly mediocre Predators above any of the Trachtenberg joints (Prey, Badlands, Killer of Killers) should immediately have their Predator card revoked. (Cough Indiewire cough).

Yeah it’s still great

*****
Predator
Prey
****
Badlands
Killer of Killers
***
Predator 2
Predators
**
The Predator

Penultimate… as in second to last?

Running Man
Predator Badlands
Wicked For Good
Train Dreams

Already seen:

The Secret Agent (excellent)
Wake up Dead Man (fun)
Hamnet (overrated)

And Dune 3 in ‘26! He’s owning Xmas like big Willie once owned July 4th!

1. There will be Blood
2. The Master
3. Inherent Vice
4. Magnolia
5. Boogie Nights
6. Phantom Thread
7. Punch Drunk Love
8. Licorice Pizza
9. Hard 8

Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

Beautifully said. Thank you.

Been waiting for your take, and I’m so glad to hear this.

Well, the least visually interesting least well directed entry with the least interesting set pieces won, in a series famous for its excellent direction and set pieces. Screen drafts gonna screen draft.

F1
28 Days Later
Materialists
Phoenician Scheme

Fallout
Rogue Nation
Mission impossible
Dead Reckoning
Ghost Protocol
MI3
Final Reckoning
MI2

5 Fave in black & white:

The Battle of Algiers
The Hustler
The Third Man
Seven Samurai
Persona

1. Fallout
2. Mission Imposible
3=Dead Reckoning
3= Rogue Nation
5. Ghost Protocol
6. MI3
7. Final Reckoning
8. MI2

1. A Foreign Affair
2. Double Indemnity
3. The Apartment
4. Sunset Boulevard
5. Ace in the Hole

Who are the five writers that made you?

Stephen King
Kurt Vonnegut
Paul Auster
James Ellroy
Cormac McCarthy

Fallout
Mission Impossible
Dead Reckoning
Rogue Nation
Ghost Protocol
MI:3

MI:2

I think it’s an extremely effective trailer, and the prevailing opinion online seems to be overwhelming enthusiasm 🤷‍♂️

Possibly the greatest film poster ever designed, and they went with that. Truly baffling.

Miami Vice reboot - If Kosinski is recasting Crocket & Tubbs, Austin Butler & Daniel Kaluuya is about as cool as it gets.

Sinners is automatically best movie of the decade so far, up there with best of all time. Just stunning king shit every thrilling second of screen time.