New Blocking Breakdown from CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. This one is nothing flashy in terms of camera movement. One dolly back and some pans and tilts to follow the movement. But the actor blocking is really exceptional. The actors move naturally through the frame into

This pleases me. All these women did "wrong" was volunteer in their community.

watched CATCH ME IF YOU CAN again and thought everyone should enjoy this crafty moment of Spielberg camera direction

That Spielberg kid is pretty good

When I talk about the university as an anti-democracy, this is what I mean. The kind of cronyism and quid pro quo politics employed by the Board of Regents is what has made fascist authoritarianism on campus possible and effective. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o…

ARMCHAIR ANALYSIS: Since 2014 and going forward, the biggest guiding force in politics is the US trending to become a majority minority country in the early 2040s. Whites are not used to being generalized as a group the way the rest of us are.

This scene just pops in and out of my head from time to time. Pacino, my man

There was a time when an edit like this would use the score from “The Natural.” Now it’s ”Moneyball.” (enjoyable both ways)

Great comedienne. My personal favorite is her performance in AFTER HOURS.

When people talk about "the media" I assume they mean cable news, NYTimes and the Washington Post. With cable subscribers dwindling and mass unsubscribing of the Washington Post, we're at a tipping point. The right left those long ago. And now they're losing the rest.

This mook… Dodgers in five. Let’s go!

YOUR 2024 #WORLDSERIES CHAMPIONS: THE LOS ANGELES @DODGERS! #CHAMPS

4 HR. 12 RBI. 1 FREDDIE. FREDDIE FREEMAN IS YOUR #WORLDSERIES MVP!

SAQUON HURDLED A DEFENDER BACKWARDS

There’s no path anymore! And you pay assistants nothing while the cost of living keeps going up. And then the abuse assistants endure. There’s so many things to list.

What I said below plus Covid were the main factors imo. Every post-Covid administration globally has lost. Even Modi lost ground in India. Post-Covid Economy (which was especially tough financially for some) + Fear of demographic changes.

They made up lies about ordinary people who've done nothing wrong (Haitian immigrants, a black woman and her mother working the polls). They got people to fear and hate them to the point they received bomb and death threats. And they paid no price politically.

quickdarshan is also my Bluesky account. I’ve been there more than here lately and hopefully more of the sports writers I follow will eventually migrate as well.