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Definitely a bummer, but since you opened the post with "very sad to hear" accompanied by a black and white photograph, I thought the news was much MUCH worse.

I'll be there.

Indie sleaze Almost Famous sounds right up my alley, and also something I could loathe.

Yes, it counts! I hope it was right in the middle of "I Dream a Dream."

Between this and the Noah Kahan concert last month, we are one instance away from "concert fan shits themselves" becoming a trend. Where will it happen next? I'm looking at you, Lollapalooza (cc @imleor.bsky.social).

This rules, and not just because it articulates the appeal of a cult film better than... shit, I've never seen it better put.

"I wish this Errol Morris movie had better fight choreography. I wish this Nicole Holofcener film had more inventive sound design. I wish this Guy Maddin film had more believable characters." Listen to yourself.

MANCHEGO *smashes reply button*

You're almost there.

Follow more cultural critics! We're still around yakking about our areas of expertise, just with not so many followers, and it beats litigating Stancil or whatever for the umpteenth time.

Lars you should do a TikTok where you just read all your posts with the "I wanna start a band that mixes [obscure genre 1] and [obscure genre 2] and call it [punny band name]" construction, just as a treat.

Fair! But at the same, I would feel something was off if The Sex Pistols sounded better than a dead horse being flagged.

The Sex Pistols (sans Johnny Rotten) and Public Image Ltd. are playing DC within two days of each other. This could be an opportunity to hype up the shows through shit-talking, like a pro-wrestling event, and I am also curious about the sort who would attend one show but not the other.

What does Emily Wilson think of HER PRIVATE HELL

In the age of rage bait, the true metric of greatness is the degree to which folks online are deliberately obtuse so they can interpret art in the least flattering light.

I made/posted this for those following me who have big ears. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqxc...

Now that David Jonsson has been announced as the new Black Panther, I highly recommend you watch Wasteman, a prison thriller starring Jonsson that's newly available to stream on MUBI. Tough, provocative, oddly moving. Here's what I wrote about it for @spectrumculture.bsky.social a few months ago.

Adaptations, as Wilson writes, “needn’t and shouldn’t follow the original with anything like the exactitude of a translation.” But in her takedown of The Odyssey she is more interested in critiquing a film that she wants, not what Nolan made. That might make for conversation, but it’s bad criticism.

Odyssey translator Emily Wilson thinks the Nolan film "never shows the POV of [Odysseus'] victims," which is wrong. Just because someone is a brilliant translator/academic does not necessarily mean they're also a sharp arts critic. And as others pointed out, the Circe scene also centers victims.