I know I’m probably tweeting into the void, but Chadwick’s passing feels especially shaking... A champion of the film industry for the past ~5 years, and he’s gone just like that. Way too soon. RIP❤️
Scorsese gets $150+ million for his epic, while his Black equivalent Spike Lee has to beg to use 16mm and flashbacks and is denied de-aging. This is exactly what everyone has been talking about in the last few weeks: inequality, privilege, pervasive systemic racism
I had to cut my viewing of #TheLastDance short yesterday to watch a Chinese film, A Touch of Sin, for my global cinema class, and this is what I see in the first few minutes of it... lol big night for the Bulls!!
If you love a good psychological thriller set in the 1950s, I highly recommend a niche double feature I watched recently for your time in quarantine: Shutter Island and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Taking advantage of quarantine and going on a Korean film kick — Okja last weekend, Burning last night, and next on the list, Memories of Murder. A Parasite rewatch is coming soon, I can feel it.
Nia DaCosta and Cathy Yan’s ascent into major studio projects like BIRDS OF PREY and CANDYMAN is only surprising bc white male directors have routinely had that career trajectory after a great indie. Women of color? Never. That's progress that needs supporting at the box office.
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989)
Cinematography by Barry Sonnenfeld
Directed by Rob Reiner
How Harry and Sally became the perfect comedic duo: https://t.co/9hjh2F6TTb