Jafar Panahi’s IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is a staggering work for a filmmaker who, himself, is just emerging from imprisonment. Riven with pain and fury, and maybe your Palme d’Or winner.

Knocked down by Joachim Trier’s SENTIMENTAL VALUE, an achingly beautiful film about life and art enriching each other. Going to be sighing for a while.

The best thing in The Phoenician Scheme is Michael Cera. I spoke to him and Wes Anderson about their long-in-coming first movie together. apnews.com/article/michae…

This morning seems to have been a good time to stumble across Weyes Blood's Titanic Rising. Holy s***. youtube.com/watch?v=mt2o_V…

A few words with Stephen King (and Mike Flanagan) apnews.com/article/stephe…

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I mean my god where do you even start. As good a place as any, maybe, is the bicycle horn in "You Still Believe in Me," the sound of a gentle and beautiful soul at play. How could you not love him youtube.com/watch?v=lSoM2s…

✨ Dick Cavett’s Closet Picks! ✨ The legendary television host reminisces about having Katharine Hepburn and Jean-Luc Godard on his show, shares that he “doesn't see how a movie would get any better” than Stagecoach, and celebrates David Lean and Noël Coward’s collaborations.

James Gunn's 'Superman' is messy but I liked it for its imperfections -- even if one of them is that this maybe should have been Lois Lane's movie. apnews.com/article/superm…

Much to like in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, even if The Incredibles beat it to the punch apnews.com/article/fantas…

Adam Sandler makes a Happy Gilmore homecoming. Don't you want to go in your home? apnews.com/article/happy-…

I spoke to Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky about the best scene in Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest. Denzel spent most of this interview rapping. apnews.com/article/denzel…

I met Bob Odenkirk for coffee (Worth reading, especially, his reflections here on how his near-fatal heart attack changed him) apnews.com/article/bob-od…