28 February 2019

Federer Wins Quarter-Finals 2019 Dubai

Another day another tough, gutty #GOAT win for #Federer over plucky #Fucsovics. Next up: #Coric. Yikes! Let's hope Fed has bl**dy revenge on his mind...!!! 😟🎾😬


#tennis #DDFTennis


PS. Did something happen between #Nadal & #Kyrgios?!πŸ€— #Stanimal tilt should be something, eh?πŸ’₯



The Quick and the Dead (1995)

#TheQuickAndTheDead (1995)


Awe-bl**dy-some! Love this movie. Raimi in *top* ironic-sincerity form. Stars in front (Stone, Hackman, Crowe...Leo!) & beind camera (Spinotti, Scalia, Silvestri, Maisler)...& all those awesome scene stealers: David, Henriksen, Hingle etc.!πŸ΄πŸ”«πŸ—‘πŸ’ͺπŸ€£πŸ‘



27 February 2019

Federer Wins Rd. 2 2019 Dubai

Okay, I guess this #GOAT-end-phase is not gonna be easy, so it's a good sign #Federer's willing to fight to another tough 3-set win this early in the tournament. #Verdasco's always a gritty out, but so is young #Fucsovics next... 😰🎾


#tennis #DDFTennis



Alita: Battle Angel

#AlitaBattleAngel


Good, clean, eye-*popping* 3-D manga sci-fi fun! I'm totally down for a sequel. Big props to Salazar, DP Pope & VFX team. Man, if Cameron's giving those Weta folks this kind of workout now, I can't wait to see what he has in store with those #Avatar sequels!😲



26 February 2019

Federer Wins Round 1 2019 Dubai

He's baaaaack!


#Federer manages tough, slightly un-#GOAT-like win over always-game #Kohlschreiber at #DDFTennis. Now that Rd. 1 jitters are out of the way...fellow non-agerian #Verdasco is next, yeeeesh, doesn't get any easier!😰


#tennis #ATP



The Sisters Brothers

#TheSistersBrothers


Great, just bl**dy great! Loved Audiard's delightfully idiosyncratic Western revisionism. All four (male)leads are fantastic, esp. #JohnCReilly (what a 2018 run he had!). Great prod design. PS. Opening title meta-commentary on the state of indie cinemaπŸ˜‚πŸŽ¬πŸ€”!



25 February 2019

Belinda Bencic Wins Comeback Title

PS. Cracking title win for #BelindaBencic at #DDFTennis, including come-from-behind wins over *4* Top-10 players (bad luck #Kvitova)! Great, aggressive game, nice, bubbly personality, good to see her make her way back from injuries. 


#tennis 



RIP Stanley Donen

RIP #StanleyDonen


#SinginInTheRain was on a constant loop because of my sister… & the rest of the family for the other charming films: #TwoForTheRoad, #Charade, #FunnyFace etc. Talk about a life lived *fully*!


PS. How to do an elegant #Oscars speech: 


https://bit.ly/2U3eQXf



24 February 2019

Oscars 2019

#Oscars


At long last #SpikeLee wins!

Yaas #Queen!🀟

#AlfonsoCuaron's foreign language bitπŸ˜‚

#GlennClose, oh no! But #OliviaColman deserved an #Oscar for her speech!

Hurray for #RuthECarter & #SpiderVerse

#RichardEGrantπŸ˜”

Missed having a host: #MelissaMcCarthy & #BrianTyreeHenry?



At Long Last Spike Lee Has His Oscar!

#SpikeLee!!!!!!!! ✊πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘


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22 February 2019

2018 #Top10 Films (1 - 10)

2018 #Top10 Films (1 - 10)


1. #Shoplifters (#ManbikiKazoku)

2. #TheWildPearTree (#AhlatAgaci

3. #RayAndLiz 

4. #FreeSolo

5. #Zama 

6. #EighthGrade 

7. #HappyAsLazzaro (#LazzaroFelice)

8. #AtEternitysGate

9. #FirstMan

10. #SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse


11. #Roma



2018 Top 10 Films (12 - 21)

2018 #Top10 Films (12 - 21)


#Burning (#Beoning

#IfBealeStreetCouldTalk

#YouWereNeverReallyHere

#FirstReformed

#LeaveNoTrace

#MindingTheGap 

#HaleCountyThisMorningThisEvening

#TheRider

#CanYouEverForgiveMe?  

#BlacKkKlansman



2018 Top 10 Films (Misc 4/4)

2018 #Top10 Films 


Senti Old Fool: #Puzzle

Old Fool: #GreenBook

Best #Bollywood: #CrazyRichAsians / #BirdsOfPassage (#PajarosDeVerano)

B&W: #ColdWar (#ZimnaWojna)

CU: #BlackPanther

Millennial: #Kin / #Thoroughbreds

Non-Millennial: #TheMule

Gen-Z: #GameNight

YA: #TheHateUGive



2018 Top 10 Films (Misc 3/4)

2018 #Top10 Films


#GeorgeLucas-ian Retirement: #TheyShallNotGrowOld

#TomCruise-ian Non-Retirement: #MissionImpossibleFallout

#ClintEastwood-esque Non-Retirement: #AStarIsBorn

#StevenSpielberg Homage: #ReadyPlayerOne

#MichaelMann Homage: #Widows

#ChristianBale Homage: #Vice



2018 Top 10 Films (Misc 2/4)

2018 #Top10 Films


Wide Angle: #TheFavourite

Inside Look: #CrimeAndPunishment

Mind-Blowing: #ThreeIdenticalStrangers / #SorryToBotherYou

Western: #SweetCountry / #MealTicket

B-Movie: #Mandy / #Revenge (2018) / #AssassinationNation



2018 Top 10 Films (Misc 1/4)

2018 #Top10 Films


Terrifying: #Fahrenheit119 / #ANightAtTheGarden

Terrifying (Gentrification): #Blindspotting

Disturbing: #OfFathersAndSons (#KinderDesKalifats)

Autobiographical: #Filmworker

(Best?) Worst(?): #Suspiria(?!?!)



2019 Oscars Picks (3/3)

2019 #Oscar Picks


Pic: Netflix

Dir: Netflix / The First Amigo (aka Alfonso)

Actor: Freddie Mercury

Actress: The Glenn Close

Supp Actor: Don Shirley

Supp Actress: Regina King

Orig Screenplay: Fave

Adap Screenplay: Spike Lee(!)


#Oscars⁠ ⁠



2019 Oscars Picks (2/3)

2019 #Oscar Picks


Foreign: Netflix

Doc: Free Solo

DP: Netflix

Toon: Spider-Verse(!)

Edit: Cheney

Score: Beale Street(πŸ‘)

Song: Shallow (Gaga+B-Coop=πŸŽΈπŸŽΆπŸŽ€πŸ˜‡πŸ₯°)

Sound Edit: Neil Armstrong

Sound Mix: Freddie Mercury


#Oscars⁠ ⁠



2019 Oscars Picks (1/3)

2019 #Oscar Picks


VFX: Avengers: MCU

Prod Design: Fave 

Costume: Fave

Makeup: Cheney 

Toon Short: Pixar 

Live Short: Marguerite

Doc Short: Netflix (The End. Period.)


#Oscars⁠ ⁠



21 February 2019

Withnail & I (1987)

#WithnailAndI (1987)


Great, great film, the one that started my Grant fandom! Crackerjack cast: Brown, McGann, the late, great Griffiths, but REG's perf's one for the ages. Beneath all that hilarity an ineffable melancholy(TM) about impending adulthood. Time sure moves fast...😟



Mandy

#Mandy


😱🀭😡


Holy Bl**dy H*ll…literally! #NicCage *is* performance art. Incredible meta-retro job by (the other)Cosmatos, DP, prod design, gaffer, DI, inter-titles…everyone. Roache, Duke, Riseborough(!), all great, but the star is the score by the late great Johannsson. Sigh



20 February 2019

Ray & Liz

#RayAndLiz


Woah! One of the most discomfiting cinematic experiences you'll ever have. Billingham dares us to look away. Cast is aces esp Millard-Lloyd & Smith (what a great movie villain!). Exceptional work by prod designer & DP Landin(16mm🎞πŸŽ₯πŸ‘) . A must-watch...if you dare!



RIP Don Newcombe

RIP #DonNewcombe


A true legend, in & out of the sport. #MVP, #ROTY, #CyYoung (in 1 season!), #WorldSeries winner, #AllStar - all while fighting the worst kind of prejudice. What an inspiration. Can't believe he isn't in #Dodgers #RingOfHonor or #MLB #HOF


#Newk #BoysOfSummer



Crime + Punishment

#CrimeAndPunishment


Incredible, fly-on-the-wall, you-are-there inside look at those few souls brave enough to stand up for what's right against an allow-powerful system. Massive kudos to these brave whistleblowers, here's hoping they got the real-life happy endings they deserve.



The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

#TheBalladOfBusterScruggs


The #CoenBrothers at their most Coens-iest, no? Good meta fun. All Gold Canyon, The Gal Who Got Rattled, & esp #MealTicket(😲), d*mn dude… amazing! Cast full of everyone's fave I-love-that-gal/guy actors is awesome, esp Heck, Hines & Melling(!).πŸŽπŸ”«πŸŽΈ



19 February 2019

Beautiful Boy

#BeautifulBoy


Well made look at something too many young people have been subjected to. Great work by editor Leunen & Hamilton (that one scene!πŸ˜²πŸ‘), but man, is that kid #TimotheeChalamet the real bl**dy deal. He's fantastic, really is, too bad he was ignored by the #Oscars.



Boy Erased

#BoyErased


Well made look at something too many young people have been subjected to. The Holy Trinity of Aussies do a good job playing religious Southerners, but man, is that kid #LucasHedges the real bl**dy deal. He's fantastic, really is, too bad he was ignored by the #Oscars.



Assassination Nation

#AssassinationNation


Entertaining take-no-prisoners social-media satire...that I'll need my nieces/nephews to explain.Young dir Levinson's one to watch. Young cast has verve. Young DP Rev does great work (singletake house-attack sequence!). Dude, when did everyone get so young?!



Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice)

#HappyAsLazzaro


Ya know, just your average neo/magic-realist fairytale(/fable?)/allegory(/metaphor?)/modern-social-critique! Stunning #Oscars-level work by DP Louvart(16mmπŸ‘), shattering ending from young dir Rohrwacher, lovely perfs by all esp by debutante Tardiolo. Unmissable!



18 February 2019

Bird Box

#BirdBox


Good, clean Man-is-the-real-monster sci-fi fun bursting at the seams with everyone's favourite scene-stealing actors. Thank G*d for Sandy & her relentless singlehanded conservation efforts on behalf of that rare & exotic endangered species: the Movie Star.MalkovichπŸ€£πŸ‘!



Support the Girls

#SupportTheGirls


Sweet little slice-of-life character-study that just goes to prove what an under-appreciated marvel #ReginaHall truly is. Too bad a tiny movie like this just doesn't have the resources to compete during #Oscars season. Nice perfs by Richardson, Le Gros et al.



Titles for Monfils / Opelka / Mertens

Apparently, the tennis world is carrying on without the #GOAT's. 


Congrats on hard-fought titles for #Monfils over #Wawrinka (#LaMonf v #Stanimal🎾πŸ’ͺ), 


(21yo!)#ReillyOpelka (9-7 in 3rd set tb!), & 


#EliseMertens over (never-say-die)#Halep. Nice work by all!


#tennis #ATP #WTA





17 February 2019

RIP Bruno Ganz

RIP #BrunoGanz


Oh man, I loved that guy. He was a fantastic mournfully-existential presence is so many Euro Art masterpieces, esp the holy trinity of #TheAmericanFriend, #WingsOfDesire, & #Downfall (he was reportedly tickled pink by the viral videos). What an incredible career.



The Wife

#TheWife


At long last #GlennClose has hers (about bl**dy time!) though the #Oscars could've shared that love with Pryce too. Shout-out to him & Slater who both go toe-to-toe with GC (not for the faint of heart!). Kudos also to StarkeπŸ‘


The fragile creative male ego, amirite?!🀦‍♀️



16 February 2019

The Children Act

#TheChildrenAct


I'm down with McEwan's (patented?) brand of soapy melodrama gussied up in high-cultured British gentility replete with plummy, scenery-chewing literary dialogue, but this is a reminder that Emma's still an artist with a ThompsonπŸ˜‚The kid Whitehead's a revelation!



Too Late to Die Young (Tarde para morir joven)

#TooLateToDieYoung (#TardeParaMorirJoven)


Lyrical #CaptainFantastic-Meets-#Mustang coming-of-age autobiographical gem. Expertly directed by Sotomayor. Standout perfs by Zegers, Hernandez & Totoro.Great naturalistic lensing by Briones & indie-budget-defying prod design by Larrain



15 February 2019

Revenge (2018)

#Revenge (2018) 


Bl**dy hell (literally)! Not for the faint of heart/stomach! *This* is how you make a calling-card film. Excellent job by kid first-time director Fargeat (that opening) Kudos also to composer, DP (that bravura singleshot), FX makeup & DI colourist!😡πŸ”₯πŸ¦…⚔️πŸ”«πŸ’ͺπŸ’‰



14 February 2019

West Indies Win Test Series Against England!

Yes! Everyone's (2nd)-favourite team is back! 


Wonderful read by @irbishi on  #WIndies beating #ENG to win their biggest Test Series in years. #JasonHolder getting credit, but I think #DarrenSammy also deserves praise for beginning the turnaround

#WIvENG

https://t.co/lPuweFDYJY



Inside Man (2006)

#InsideMan (2006)


Awe-bl**dy-some! Even/esp after "all" these years! Last of the great mainstream midbudget studio films. Surefire #Oscars contender today (#TerenceBlanchardπŸ‘).#SpikeLee, #Denzel, #CliveOwen, #JodieFoster, #WillemDafoe, #ChiwetelEjiofor, #ChristopherPlummer etc!



13 February 2019

Burning (Beoning)

#Burning


Woah😲! Tremendous #Murakami-Meets-#Haneke mind[bleep]! Cats, jazz, languid melancholy, meditative rhythm, menacing undercurrent, romantic longing, unattainable women...& then...! YMMV, but I think this one will stick with you for a while. Wowza starmaking perf by Jun! 



12 February 2019

Lindsey Vonn Retires

You Know You're #TooOld When: #LindseyVonn Retires


Look, the only thing I knew about skiing before her was that entertaining Italian dude & the tough Austrian dude. Then Vonn came along. Talk about indomitable will! Never stopped pushing the limit even with her fame/fortune.🎿πŸ’ͺ


The Music Center Presents JONI 75: A Birthday Celebration

#JONI75


A star-filled tribute dedicated completely to #JoniMitchell?! Talk about TBH heaven! 🎢😍 My philistine ears loved that perf by #LosLobos/La Marisoul... & Seal... & Diana Krall... & Chaka Khan... & Kris Kristofferson/Brandi Carlile(😭!)... great bl**dy music, no?πŸ‘



11 February 2019

RIP Frank Robinson

RIP #FrankRobinson


First found out about him in his later stint as manager. What a powerful, charismatic presence. And then when I dug into him...my goodness! One of the best to have ever played, also one of the greatest. What a massive loss. Sigh.





Filmworker

#Filmworker


Fantastic, compelling doc about a young man who subsumes himself to the unbending will of a capricious, cruel, demanding, meticulous, & *brilliant*, epoch-altering director. Long-overdue paean to the *essential* work of #LeonVitali. A must-watch for film fans!πŸŽ₯πŸŽžπŸ‘