lol I love how it takes MKBHD *one* scene to prove his point 💥

(I just had to add the song in the end)

I feel that this development, the rapid streaming window, and the dearth of theatrical films suitable for kids are all related

best correction I can think of: theaters need to have one or two movies for kids screening every month to get them in the habit of going as they grow up

LA Confidential -- one the best casts of the 90's.

The dream team, really.

This is why so much of the Coen Bros filmography is so well done and memorable.

For me it’s not 100% about having a message to express — moreso it’s a desire to *feel*, and exploring the things that make me feel.

The entrance.

sorry for being nostalgia baited but it was kind of nice where the internet was a single, solitary, unmoving place instead of a terror that extends to everywhere. you went to this specific spot to go to the internet. when you left the spot, you left the internet. it was a place

Brian Eno on perfectionism in music.

“The villain should be a physical representation of the obstacles he’s facing in his personal growth” he gets it man. He just gets it.

Storytelling.

a horror Magnolia?

who's doing the soundtrack, Aimee WOLF-Mann???

Disney+ channel idea:

90’s TGIF

Thinking about this Ethan Hawke interview

no: this is the greatest B-level action movie pitch ever conceived

Seeing that the new Apes is supposed to open to 54 million is a reminder of why I love the Apes fandom. They’re quiet. They don’t fight. But when a new film comes out they’re guaranteed for a set amount of money and a massive home video buy. And then they don’t talk again.

Watching “The Rocketeer”, and yesterday watched “Terminator 2: Judgement Day”.

Things filmed for real are awesome.

There’s just an extra level of natural awe.

C.B. DeMille: 'When we made pictures with picture-money, there was joy. When we started making pictures with WALL STREET money, there was despair.'

...but not for everyone.

There are no small roles.

Top 5 albums that epitomize the heights of aughts/10’s indie music:

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes - Up From Below

Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell