Anthony Stewart Head will always be a real one for this. RIP www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...
People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.
Caveat/Oddity were two films that felt directorially strong but weak on narrative—still enjoyed them for aesthetic/ambience/dread, but Hokum was such a narrative level up IMO and every time I read/listen to an interview w McCarthy I’m nodding vigorously at his storytelling sensibilities
Tired: J.K. Rowling supporting a woman with anti-trans views. Wired: Buffy actor Anthony Stewart-Head quietly going above and beyond for his trans fans.
I saw Hokum this week and loved it, I am still thinking about the feast of li’l guys we got from this movie (and the shape language that ties ‘em all together, good stuff)
This vapid piece is rage-bait, but perhaps deserves some response because it's trying to locate a feeling I'm sure is present in some movie-goers these days, a feeling of alienation from the dominant genres in cinemas of recent years. A few thoughts... 🧵
Lauren Kayes
Was thinking about ordering food and realized the late 2010s feel like the peak of the “build your own [bowl/smoothie/whatever]” era of endless choice optimization which has disintegrated into everyone offloading what kind of smoothie they should have onto AI and the answer is banana and frog leg
I need everyone to watch Hokum so I can yap about Hokum
Horror’s Hollywood takeover is an exciting moment – but won’t someone think of the squeamish?
Lauren Kayes
The unprecedented success of Backrooms and Obsession has made stars of their creators. For the good of cinema, however, they’d do well to look beyond the genre going forward
I hate to talk about it, but I have to talk about it. Long post incoming: www.patreon.com/posts/158715...
The Guardian
Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio.
Magic!
Goodnight.
Mel Gillman
Matthew Cheney
Producers of Obsession (in their 40s making their 40th feature) had nearly 1 million but paid their early 20s crew min wage, no profit share or gas money & worked them to the bone. Some were volunteers. Should be a scandal but abuse is normal in indie film. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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