Tom Charity

Pottsville?

I’m currently being told by people on X who have never watched my stuff that I must be happy a man has been charged for burning a Koran. A good time to revisit this, which I recorded last year.

Review: A provocative stranger returns home in 'Misericordia,' a murder mystery free of convention Alain Guiraudie, the French writer-director, shapes his penchant for queer subject matter into something that owes much to the cool mysteries of Claude Chabrol.

There are still surprises to be had at the movies and this is one of them. Don’t pass on seeing MISERICORDIA. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Books & Ideas: Barry Sonnenfeld in Conversation | Vancouver Writers Fest One-of-a-kind filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld tells stories only he can tell. In this hilarious and enlightening new memoir, he provides an inside glimpse into how Hollywood really works (or doesn’t), from...

Barry Sonnenfeld—the director of Men in Black, The Addams Family, and more—is coming to Books & Ideas with a hilarious new memoir. Hear the icon in conversation with year-round VIFF programmer @tcha-cha-cha.bsky.social

April 4, presented with @viffest.bsky.social
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Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the world: $38 billion

Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion

BOTD Seymour Cassel!! Cassavetes affiliate (Faces, Minnie/Mosk, Chinese Bookie, Love Streams, ++), but note > 200 roles
More:
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Genuinely surprised that President Trump paid tribute to the passing of David Lynch in his inaugural address today. Gives one hope.

Full house for opening night of our Bong Joon-ho retro. (Mind you, we also sold out the hummingbird doc this afternoon.)

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2024

A video countdown

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It’s a White Dawn Xmas

Remember on this day that, canonically, George Bailey’s re-discovery of the value of his life takes place at the same time as the failed hit attempt on Vito Corleone.

Adding: Who By Fire

YouTube video by logofreak98 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) - Teaser Trailer

A brief thread on teaser trailers that have footage only shot for them & not used in the actual films. youtu.be/2HdCmf91q_A?...

Great read

Had no idea Train was in 3D for that matter. Of course I had heard the story of patrons fearing for their lives. Which seems more credible now

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Well that was an easy one

still thinking about yesterday’s truly fascinating Q&A with Brigitte Berman, talking about her film Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got. A trove of insight into the man

John Cassavetes, Tennessee Williams, and Intelligent Insanity You can trust my characters. Whatever else they are — and they’re not always nice — at least they’re upfront. They don’t hide anything. They scream, laugh, cry, jump around and get drunk. But our soci...

For John Cassavetes' bday: I wrote this piece for my column at @readliberties.bsky.social that had been percolating for far too long: on my simultaneous discovery of Cassavetes' Opening Night and Tennessee Williams' Two-Character Play, aka Outcry. It's personal: libertiesjournal.com/online-artic...

Hmmm. Strange list and my own votes in the polls section appear to be from a year ago. (This year I voted for Anora and All We Imagine, for example.) @sightsoundmag.bsky.social

It’s so good.

I think he would have taken the whole closet if he could.

‘The End’: Toronto Review Joshua Oppenheimer's first drama is a singular musical which details how one family passes through the end of the world

THE END was among the most divisive films shown during fall festival season. I think it's terrific. Here's my review from Toronto. The post-apocalypse musical opens Friday.

Now it’s the other way around. Not much for grownups

A personal favourite (and I just booked in a couple of shows for the Xmas holidays just because… snow, I guess)

Our annual ten best series is now up. Oscar watchers need not apply.

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As literature it’s very minor and slim compared to what Leone invested in the story. But it reads as first hand experience, which I guess made it a solid foundation. (No idea if it actually was true though.)

Would I prefer to show the colorized version of It’s A Wonderful Life? Hmmm…