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Burton's in the 70s, but O'Toole's somehow right here with us in the 2020s.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

Robbie Gibb again. Why has Nandy not sacked him? He has undermined trust in BBC News whilst giving the far right, Farage & Reform a huge platform with only a minimal amount of balance being allowed, balance that is now being shat on. Labour have a choice & pandering to Trump isn't the right decision

Fascinating that Nick Robinson names Robbie Gibb as the instigator of the coup at the BBC

He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead

He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy

This should be the end of his time on the BBC board

embittered ex-Bee Gee and far-right Tory, "Robbie" Gibb has his dirty dabs all over BBC-gate (or rather 'Bee-Bee-Cee-gate').

now wondering if he smuggled Jacki Weaver in as Christy's flinty but inspiration grandmother.

only tonight learned this thing is directed by David ANIMAL KINGDOM Michôd.

Predator: Badlands

Sentimental Value

Happy Elle Fanning month to those who celebrate (genuinely might double feature these)

Thoroughly enjoying Elle Fanning bouncing between Predator and Sentimental Value press tours—the range

‘Nuremberg’ & ‘Sentimental Value’ Standout Debuts With Moviegoing Season In Full Swing – Specialty Box Office 'Nuremberg' with Russell Crowe and Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value' are new standouts at the indie film box office with moviegoing season in full swing.

strong B.O. opening for NUREMBERG in North America, perhaps the next CONCLAVE "legs" wise. Film's no masterpiece but is solid enough in most crucial areas, and Leo Woodall turns in one of the year's best performances. Probably won't be Osc*r-nominated, but he should be.
deadline.com/2025/11/indi...

50m+
Araby
Archipelago
casting a glance
A History of Violence
Master and Commander
Punch-Drunk Love
Stray Dogs
Toponymy
The Wrestler
United 93
49m-
The Action
Butterfly, Butterfly
Condolences
Factory
Isabella Morra
Psychic Driving
Seventh Submarine
13
Thorax
What Happens To the Mountain, or, Laramie

that I'd seen before? THE HONEYMOON KILLERS. This time I realised that Shirley Stoler's is one of the very greatest (top 10?) performances in cinema history.
that I'd not? HAIL MARY by Godard. I'd always presumed it was some serious heavy religious stuff. Imagine my surprise...

this bird is rather noisier.

YouTube video by Simon Coates Ubu Kung - Crow

et 4 court-metrage (50m-)
2025: aucun
2024: aucun
2023: aucun
2022: Crow ('Ubu Kung')
2021: "(third study for) Swedge of Heaven" (Forbes Hamilton) + In Shallow Water (Moučka)
2020: 13 (Isobe)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMP...

Les 4 « grands films » de la décennie (50m+):
2025: Sirāt (Laxe)
2024: aucun
2023: Samsara (Patiño) + The Human Surge 3 (Williams)
2022: Riders (Mencej)
2021: aucun
2020: aucun

HOODLUM TIME: Lillian Hellman in San Sebastián – Senses of Cinema

"The other DEAD END scenestealer is the colossal set by Richard Day — based on the similarly gargantuan Broadway original by Norman Bel Geddes — recreating the waterfront of lower Manhattan, through which Gregg Toland’s cameras sinuously observe the action."
www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/festiva...

maybe it's a meme I just invented!
I've now "done" 60 films on Letterboxd, which makes a nice near oblong.
nothing more significant than that. (or is it.....?)

my Letterboxd 60
(code name SUTTUNGR)

as they're nearly all so nicely soppy!

a "sop" of Labradors

YouTube video by LionHeart FilmWorks "Culloden" (1964) Scottish Jacobite Rebellion Classic Docu-Drama

or CULLODEN as 40 was the average life expectancy of Scottish males in 1746.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1TZ...

or NORTH DALLAS FORTY as it's the best film with FORTY in the title.

Renoir's PARTIE DE CAMPAIGNE as it's 40 minutes long.

We act like Google’s enshittification is newly brought on by AI, but it’s worth noting that this has been in place for at least a decade.

"It’s very easy to burn out at festivals, and the obligation to see as much as possible is a poisonous temptation I have fallen prey to many times before. This time, I saw a relatively modest sixteen films in the five days I was in town."

6/11/25: Lanthimos day in Thessaloniki | Neil Young's Film Lounge 6/11/25: Lanthimos day in Thessaloniki | Neil Young's Film Lounge it wasn't exactly a surprise today when I struggled to get on Kinetta's wavelength. And I certainly wasn't alone; the elderly woman to my left slept through the entire second half (her daughter strugg...

updated with postscript.
www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/film/reviews...

"Frankie is hotter than ever!"
yes, thanks to MIROIRS No.3
Mr Valli is STILL on the road at 91 years young, playing this month in Baltimore and has dates scheduled into 2026.

HOODLUM TIME: Lillian Hellman in San Sebastián – Senses of Cinema

"The choice of such a semi-forgotten individual for the 2025 San Sebastián retrospective was something of a leftfield decision — but also a commendable one."
www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/festiva...

Thessaloniki-Vienna flight today passed without a hitch, my final ever Ryanair experience. Over and out!

changing Conrad's "Mr Kurtz" to "Colonel Carnage" would have been quite the ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER move.