L’Avventura (1960) // The White Lotus (2022): Aubrey Plaza stepping into Monica Vitti’s shoes. We love an Antonioni reference.

[French designer pitching his mascot idea while smoking a cigarette]: “Ah non enough wit ze cliché créature animales… we’ll have fucking walking hats smileng at ze children instead, oui? Bordel de merde.”

My pick for the season 3 hotel manager of #TheWhiteLotus

When someone comes back from vacation, there’s a rule in the ancient office scrolls that you should let the person catch up on their emails for a few hours. If you contact them first thing in the morning you’re an absolute psychopath.

The actress who originally played Mon Mothma in ROTJ (Caroline Blakiston) is (I think) still working today; it would be great if she could play an older version of her character.

Petition to get this couple on the next season of #TheWhiteLotus

First snow of the season today ❄️

Terror takes many forms on the island of ENYS MEN. Mark Jenkin’s very British nightmare washes ashore in 2023.

I’d give my life savings to watch a 45 episode Disney + series showing how those Ewok motherfuckers developed hang gliding technology; something us humans didn’t quite master until the mid 20th century. Narrated by Tom Hanks.

If Twitter goes down soon please know that it was a pleasure interacting with all of you. Thank you for liking my weird shit, it means a lot. I’m on the Instagram website: @jeanrenedesjardins

The entire series is now on Netflix. It’s about a group of passengers who find a ship that disappeared 4 months earlier in Oct 1899. Loving it so far. Very mysterious. Love those period sets and the unsettling score.

Carnival of Souls (1962)

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