Chris Feil

just thinking about how USAID was dismantled under the rationale of cost savings but there's an unlimited budget for war

Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

trying out a new feature, lmk if it works

THE UGLY STEPSISTER: Body Horror At The Oscars The writer/director of one of the year's best films joins her makeup team to discuss the film's many FX challenges, and its nomination at the Academy Awards.

Ahead of the Oscars, I spoke with director Emilie Blichfeldt and makeup designers Thomas Foldberg and Anne Catherine Saurberg about their excellent film, The Ugly Stepsister, and what that nomination means for a film like this. Read it here:

www.fangoria.com/the-ugly-ste...

The Secret Agent > OBAA > Sinners >> Sentimental Value > Hamnet > Train Dreams > Marty Supreme >> Bugonia >> F1 >>> Frankenstein

The Oscars should open with Jessie Buckley performing Sinead O’Connor’s “Troy” again

i would like to watch a very public and necessarily disrespectful referendum on the foregone conclusion that it is the job of the newspaper to dignify and coddle every terrible pov

As you might expect, I’m completely losing it

Really sharp review that wants more for everyone involved, including the audience

[Lauren Bacall “I never liked Sean” voice] I never liked ozzy

Team GeneCirieve

Invited @letterboxd.social crew + contributors to write about our favorite underseen romances for Valentine’s Day. Check out the full list and article below. I wrote about my beloved The Clock from Vincente Minnelli.

Continuing our Tom Hanks miniseries w/ Philadelphia.
A conversation about Hanks’ first Oscar, Denzel’s performance, Jonathan Demme’s direction, and how Hollywood approached AIDS stories in the early ’90s.
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#Philadelphia #TomHanks

Bud Cort from Arrested Development

L E T ‘ S F U C K I N G G O

This week on @podcastlikeits The 1990s Patreon I continued our Tom Hanks 90s miniseries by talking Philadelphia with This Had Oscar Buzz hosts @joereid.bsky.social & @chrisvfeil.bsky.social We talk Tom’s first Oscar, Denzel, Demme, Springsteen and Hollywood’s depictions of AIDS.

Matt Bomer singing “Heaven”, people died etc.

A ★★★★★ review of Magic Mike XXL (2015) The hangout movie is either the most masculine genre or it’s just the one that’s easiest to unpack maleness. Either way, perfect film! Maybe last good thing to happen on planet earth

Threw it a rewatch fiver already. I live here. boxd.it/d3vqsX

I am watching the super bowl (Magic Mike XXL)

Assessing the takes

Cinematrix No. 678: February 2, 2026 Can you name an Oscar-nominated Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire movie?

I got to design today’s Cinematrix! Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it: www.vulture.com/article/dail...

Cinematrix No. 678: February 2, 2026 Can you name an Oscar-nominated Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire movie?

I got to design today’s Cinematrix! Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it: www.vulture.com/article/dail...

[Brooke Dubek voice]

"What did I trip on? Did someone put something down here so I would trip?!" RIP Catherine O'Hara. A one of one.

Now where’s the fucking restoration?!