don’t want to fearmonger, but i’m also terrified of what’s going to happen in the West Bank. days before the occupation’s elections and the whole of West Bank got locked down. all checkpoints closed. 3.5 million Palestinians locked up. the iof currently storming cities in large numbers, after the announcement of a big military operation.
I leave the cinema thinking every movie is the greatest movie of all time, the atmosphere completely strips away my sense of objectivity for a good 24 hours
My favorite visual gag in You Can See Everything is when Billy’s working inside a fancy looking office building and it cuts further out and it’s a WeWork
The look of apoplectic rage and panic on Billy Evans’ face when Fielder asks “your family is rich, right?” says it all
Asking an Old Money WASP to describe their massive inherited privileges in a public forum is seen as an unforgivable violation of personal privacy and decorum
If anyone wants an update on America:
a man running for governor used his opponent’s mother in an attack ad and it’s now been revealed that said mother was abusive, killed kittens and let her husband SA her children. And he’s doubling down on his support of her.
We are sad to learn that Japanese writer Ryū Murakami has passed away at 74 years old.
Murakami wrote the 1997 novel AUDITION which was adapted into Takashi Miike's horror masterpiece.
He also wrote the novels Almost Transparent Blue and Coin Locker Babies.
Rest in Peace.
R.I.P. Ryu Murakami (1952–2026), enfant terrible of Japanese literature and author of "Coin Locker Babies" "Almost Transparent Babies", "In the Miso Soup" and "Audition". He was also known for directing TOKYO DECADENCE and for Hideaki Anno's adaptation of his novel LOVE & POP.