Cathy Brennan

cinephile oomfs is the secret to developing taste just watching more movies?? what do you like about movies.. or look for ig... & how much does your impression of the film depend on the visuals vs the writing/pacing? would u consider acting as part of the former or the latter

OK, I'll bite. If John Cassavetes is so insanely influential and brilliant, why have I not heard about him until recently? I've been on a side-quest with classic and esoteric movies, mostly through the Criterion collection. I've watched dozens of Criterion closet picks from filmmakers and actors I admire. They pick Cassavetes films ALL THE TIME. Probably more than any other director except Scorsese. I haven't seen a single Cassavetes film. I don't think I've ever heard anyone talk about a Cassavetes film outside of those videos. I'm not a slouch on film, I've got a pretty wide spread on what I've seen & what I appreciate. How has Cassavetes slipped through that net so completely for so long?

The glorification of Anakin Skywalker is what I dislike most about prequel fans and YouTubers like Star Wars Theory. It's as if they completely failed to understand anything George Lucas was trying to convey in the Prequel Trilogy. There is NOTHING good about what Anakin did.

Probably the part where Padme looks like she's creaming her panties after Anakin confesses to her that he just wiped out an entire village.

It's interesting how the prequels are now going through this moment of critical revisionism. I saw Phantom Menace when I was like 13 and found it godawful. It was proof that George Lucas is not, in fact, a creative genius but merely a guy who stumbled upon a viable concept.

absolute s-tier opening sentence here

I’m still shocked by the Arday frenzy this summer. Right across the spectrum — from the Times, Unherd, Telegraph, Mail to the Guardian, Novara, Private Eye… based on tenuous assumptions. Left right politics does not explain it. Something deeper, more atavistic and barbaric

Gee I wonder what side Oliver Reed was on in this discussion

I'd say, about both films, to critics even more than to viewers: if you need Martin Scorsese or Nathan Fielder to tell you that fraud is wrong, it's already too late for you. (Even worse for critics who think they don't need it but the masses do.)

Not every movie has to be like Seven Samurai or The Good the Bad and the Ugly or The Godfather Part 2. It's refreshing to watch a dumb fun movie or enjoy a bad movie sometimes.

It's important to remember that the sins of my enemies reflect their essential nature as a collective and the sins of my associates are totally random and inexplicable.

I know more about this story than most people do. Let me just say that if you presume Lola Salem's innocence here, you will be glad you did by the end of the court process.

All I can think is what would some bright, attractive woman 25 years his junior see in Michael Gove? As for her having indecent images on her phone it would be interesting to know who sent them to her? Because that feels highly unusual doesn’t it?

Not really. For a start, it's an active court case - you cannot just publish loads of stuff about it.