Cal Hudson

Was kind of hoping this was about SIRĀT until I read the addendum

Track of the Cat yes!! I had thought about Lhomme's comment on Army of Shadows but I feel like Melville is different: color is drained out vs. the stylized production design/costuming of the Wellman/Bogdanovich/Kwan

Doing a list of color movies that are designed to look B&W: FULL MOON IN NEW YORK, Bogdanovich's AT LONG LAST LOVE. Anything else?

Frederick Wiseman Always Made His Point The late filmmaker captured our essential American institutions—and the people trying to navigate them.

Wrote a brief obituary for Frederick Wiseman, largely about ASPEN and IN JACKSON HEIGHTS, two films whose points of view shine through in editing and focus. Gift link below. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

For the @reverseshot.bsky.social symposium, I wrote about THE TARGET SHOOTS FIRST and the Hi-8 camera, selling out vs. buying in, the shadow of the ’90s on our current moment, and my tenure managing Downtime Magazine. A more personal piece than usual! Check it out! reverseshot.org/symposiums/e...

What was the breakthrough Mann, out of curiosity?

Beautiful Killer YouTube video by Madonna - Topic

Madonna's Beautiful Killer, inspired by Jean-Pierre Melville's LE SAMOURAÏ youtu.be/ShE5aPc16D8

John Wayne, John Ford, & Arthur Shields during filming of ‘The Quiet Man’ (1952)

John Ford, Director, #BornOnThisDay in 1894, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Chabrol poking his head out a window with a silly, quizzical expression

Chabrol is seated, wearing an extremely rumpled set of pajamas. His expression is wry, his cowlick is standing up at the crown of his head, and a cigarette dangles from his mouth.

Claude Chabrol brings the mood for this morning.

📷 Jeanloup Soubieff, 1959

Martin Scorsese on STATION SIX SAHARA

😆 Indeed he is!

🚨 Seth Holt auteurists assemble 🚨

(Maybe he wasn't an auteur, but he was quite talented! Though I agree about the end of SSS)

I'll have to keep looking!

@fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social Question for a fellow Feelies head. This is from an interview with Bill Million; probably a long shot, but do you have any inkling of who the Japanese band is?

Whoa, never knew about this! That's going on the watchlist. Maybe a double feature with Harun Farocki's THE DOUBLE FACE OF PETER LORRE

Martha My Dear (Remastered 2009) YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic

Paul had such a gift for little ditties. (Perhaps he still does!) I've always had a soft spot for Martha My Dear youtu.be/RXawa90YU2s

Always on the lookout for more slow cooker recipes! This looks quite good

Shirtless Errol Flynn flashes a roguish half-smile as he stands on a boat. Flynn holds a highball glass half-full of something—no ice.

Good morning! My essay "Captain Blood: A Pirate Is Born," from the booklet for the CAPTAIN BLOOD 4K, is up at the
@criterion.bsky.social website. Feast your eyes on young Errol (c. 1938) and have a read. www.criterion.com/current/post...

@dcairns.bsky.social @monsterfromid66.bsky.social Stumbled on this CriterionForum.org discussion about the upcoming TROUBLE IN PARADISE release. Thought you might find the idea amusing 😆

Let the Dead Bury the Dead: A. S. Hamrah in Conversation - Journal - Metrograph On the so-called “death” of theatrical moviegoing, Romero’s oft overlooked fourth Land of the Dead (2005), and a whole lot more.

Jan 31 I’m at Metrograph introducing two films and signing books. One of the films is George Romero’s Land of the Dead (2005), which Nick Pinkerton interviewed about for Metrograph’s online journal. The other is Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole (1951). metrograph.com/a-s-hamrah-i...

Setsuko Saturday

New cover for Criterion's 4K edition of TROUBLE IN PARADISE features a charming new cover by Simone Massoni

I've been dying to tell people I wrote the essay for TROUBLE IN PARADISE, a true Lubitsch masterpiece, and now I can. It's hilarious, it's gorgeous, there's nothing like it, and spending time with Trouble last year soothed my soul. www.criterion.com/films/723-tr....

I'm selfishly hoping it's because he's been too busy writing! Thanks a ton for checking and for passing that along 🙏 Both of you have written many things over the years that have expanded my cinema horizons, and for that I am very grateful.

Thank you so much!

@zachcampbell.bsky.social I don't know if you still check this site, but on the off chance you do: since you have do you happen to know if Uncas Blythe liked Zemeckis's HERE? (If you still have a line to him!)

So many great discussions in the comments gone 😔

Russell Crowe as Javert in Les Misérables (2012)

Post a famous bathroom scene

Poster for Ben Wheatley's HAPPY NEW YEAR, COLIN BURSTEAD (2018)