Raiders of the Lost Ark turns 45 today - The Truck Chase
Watching Indy make it up as he goes, is exhilarating. A gold standard for action pacing and editing: Michael Kahn cuts it like a heartbeat, rapid and tight in danger, then a wider breath when Indy gets a second to recover
11 US cities are hosting World Cup matches. Vegas got zero. But it’s still the only place where you can watch a game on a 3-story sportsbook screen, hit a parlay, and blow the winnings at a strip club before the next kickoff.
John Malkovich in ROUNDERS (1998) feels like he got handed a serious poker movie and decided to create a character nobody would ever forget. Twenty years later, people are still quoting Teddy KGB more than the winning hand.