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[Sean @sweaternine]

@faceyouhate Leo as ... older Shiherlis? Both Shiherli? Opposite Driver doing Pacino?

[Sean @sweaternine]

@meganeabbott So excited to see Madison, but: Connecticut.

[Sean @sweaternine]

@faceyouhate I think at heart this is a litmus test for moviegoers' taste for literalism. Moments like Petersen leaping through the glass in slow motion creates an opportunity for snickering — too hothouse, not well-mannered enough — and if that sidelines you from its majesty, game over.

[Sean @sweaternine]

@_katiestebbins_ 💜 — it's rotten and I'm sorry. Be good to yourself, and be well.

[Sean @sweaternine]

@AskLandsEnd Your website say there's no Warehouse Clearance Event for 2025. Any context you can share here? Should we consider these gone for good?

[Sean @sweaternine]

SHANGHAI BLUES: Pure melodrama, gorgeously restored. Evokes classic Hollywood with its “backlot” vibe, quality gags & clever complications. Walks & talks like a tearjerker but never quite quacks like one — slight miscalibrations in pace and plot (but not performance). #wifilmfest

[Sean @sweaternine]

@faceyouhate It’s hypercronenbergundian.

[Sean @sweaternine]

@faceyouhate Also, isn't Del Toro an arms dealer in this movie? I suspect the movie will very much be Anderson meeting the moment. We all saw GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, right?

[Sean @sweaternine]

BREAKING GLASS: Amazingly, the lead in this new wave musical was a competitive gig, who then got to write the songs that define it. Impossible to imagine this Thatcher-era paean to nonconformity without Hazel O’Connor’s music and galvanic screen presence. #wifilmfest

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MOTEL DESTINO: An exercise in why certain story templates work. What knobs can be twisted on POSTMAN? Sympathy for husband? Possibility of throuple? What if wife doesn’t backstab/there’s no murder/it’s set at a sex hotel? Good & sleazy, but more sleazy than good. #wifilmfest

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TWO WOMEN: Sorry to report 14 years after TAKE THIS WALTZ, Canada’s wife satisfaction problem remains unaddressed; here, two couples struggle to stay the course. Each scene works, but ending could reverse polarity w/ equal credibility, so … does it have credibility? #wifilmfest

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THE SHROUDS: Kassel’s dental appointment/bad date twofer at its start acknowledges the movie’s off-putting essence. Despite thinking I was on Cronenberg's wavelength from the jump, I was unprepared for its reality-shredding conceit. Need to sit on deep vs trite. #wifilmfest

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COCKSUCKER BLUES: Absolutely lives up/down to its reputation — hedonists hoist by their direct cinema petard. Tour tedium punctuated w/ genuine shocks, assembled in a(n intentionally?) non-illuminating way; muddy sound contributes to its fugue. Stevie Wonder collab: ! #wifilmfest

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MILK PUNCH: A lost transmission from the passed-away analog world, set in the Madison I moved to 30 years ago. Three hand-to-mouth non-strivers get 12 hours of wish fulfillment, and two settled suburbanites get unsettled — (mostly) gentle comedy, lovingly observed. #wifilmfest

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FLORENCE: Last year I saw a concert by a ’90s-one-hit-wonder-no-longer-making-new-music. It was truly great, for reasons legit & nostalgic. This short doc about such a band addresses both reasons, serious abt musicians’ gifts, lives & what lies at the end of 30 years. #wifilmfest

[Sean @sweaternine]

@Evanryt IIRC you said Inherent Vice was your least favorite PTA?

[Sean @sweaternine]

@faceyouhate @BigPimpinGuvie This is basically a perfect film to me — it's great when I want to watch something great and it's a crackerjack spy thing when I want to watch something popcorn.

[Sean @sweaternine]

@giltcomplex There is some gearing in there giving you a little extra bang for your bicep buck.

[Sean @sweaternine]

@giltcomplex Sticking my foot under falling items so that they have more of a tumbling fall is maybe one of my only true skills.

[Sean @sweaternine]

@BillHuntBits Is this something other than what it seems? https://t.co/SWbqg8ElIT