James Sansom

Former baby.

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

Exceptionally cool

[Jacob Ethington @JacobTalks4ever]

Look, I guess we’ll never know how it turned out, but I have a hard time believing the Batgirl movie was too bad to be released when this is the kind of energy and filmmaking technique these guys are displaying.

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

*sigh*

I really picked a bad year to set myself a reading goal, and then start it by reading a 1300 page novel, and have a child.

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

@blankcheckpod Guys, I have a confession. I fell for the Jumpin' Jack Flash Letterboxd log. 😂

I just had a baby boy and was keen to keep up with Blank Check, and saw David log it. Needless to say, I have now seen every Penny Marshall film. FFS.

Love the pod. Feel the fool.

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

I don't think anyone has really examined this yet, but the first time I've read anything that remotely speaks to this is, of all things, Sean Fennessey's Letterboxd review for the new TMNT film:
https://t.co/E2WdykuW7f

It's very US-centric but makes some interesting points.

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

I keep thinking about how it doesn't feel like there is a lot of millennial art, in the way that Boomers and Gen X had theirs.

I can actively point to the music/ cinema/ literature of previous generations; the key figureheads of those eras; and for my own I am mostly clueless.

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

So many of my close friends are going to be insufferable when this film comes out.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ reportedly leans heavily towards being “mostly a jukebox musical.”

The film will include at least 15 covers of “very well-known” songs.

🔗: https://t.co/uZUukIXcg9

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

BEST FIRST TIME WATCHES (FEB 2024)

1. The Last Waltz (1978, Scorsese)
2. Andrei Rublev (1966, Tarkovsky)
3. Monster (2023, Kore-eda)
4. Husbands and Wives (1992, Allen)

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

My Top Five New Watches (May 2022):

1. The Meyerowitz Stories (2017, Baumbach)
2. Secrets & Lies (1996, Leigh)
3. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972, Thompson)
4. The Last Hurrah (1958, Ford)
5. All That Heaven Allows (1955, Sirk)

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

BEST FIRST TIME WATCHES: JAN 2024

1. Drive My Car (2021, Hamaguchi)
2. Return to Seoul (2022, Chou)
3. Minari (2020, Isaac Chung)
4. Birth (2004, Glazer)
5. Zola (2020, Bravo)

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

Last year I watched a bunch of Pakula films for the first time. The man has so many more bangers than you realise. A great filmmaker whose reputstion has faded with time, but so many greats now imitate him.

Vote Pakula

[Blank Check Podcast @blankcheckpod]

Up today in March Madness, you can choose between "All the Replicants. Man?" and "All the President's Men":

It's RIDLEY SCOTT PT I (1) vs ALAN J PAKULA (8).

Vote: https://t.co/pM9Zy0D0OD

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

What if for Lennon he just re-releases NOWHERE BOY?

[Empire @empiremagazine]

Four Beatles biopics are on the way from director Sam Mendes – one for each band member – and he'll be working with their full life story and music rights.

READ MORE: https://t.co/PiCFJvUaOZ

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

@stefanrw1 Yep. Loved it. Bar The Holdovers, it's my fave film of the year so far. Efron and McCallany are so good. I'm actually surprised it hasn't done better at the awards. Agree with the edit, but those last 10 minutes are devastating.

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

Me at any game night I begrudingly go to

[☔ @Whotfismick]

when my friends are trying to teach me the rules of a card game and I physically cannot listen

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

I've seen them all now

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

@MeaningBanter Is that a rule for private IG as well? #askingforafriend

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

@ODEONHelp @ODEONCinemas Hi Robyn,
It is listed on the site now and have successfully booked.
Many thanks - looking forward to the film.

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

Why movies are better. Exhibit A.

[Brendan Hodges @metaplexmovies]

rewatched SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (still a masterpiece of image, mood, and character) and thinking how if it were made today it would be a dimly lit mini-series where Hannibal and Clarice wouldn't meet until halfway through instead of in the first 15 minutes

[ely kreimendahl @ElyKreimendahl]

“you’re so ambitious!” thanks as a child I learned that achievement equals love

[James Sansom @SansomJam]

Phenomenal actor. People will, deservedly talk a lot about THE FULL MONTY and MICHAEL CLAYTON, but his IN THE BEDROOM performance .ight be one of the best pieces of acting I've ever seen.

[Empire @empiremagazine]

Much loved and respected actor Tom Wilkinson has died, aged 75.

Read Empire's obituary:
https://t.co/cifzmGmmd1