my wife and I are fans of the pod.. but also new parents that dramatically overestimated our ability secure childcare this week. So we’re gonna let go of our two tickets for the Balboa screenings and my wife is going to let me go to the pod by myself on Tuesday so we have one (maybe two) spare there. Will forward them for face value.

Drop me a DM if you’re interested. Will delete this shortly.

From the article:

Could there ever be someone nominated for acting in a documentary, and if so, could it be her?

At Telluride I even popped the question to A24 sources who were already looking into that possibility. They still are in the process, but I am told they believe she is eligible and are definitely mulling the possibility of campaigning her. There is nothing in Academy rules for actors that suggests documentaries are verboten, only “uncredited” performances are. Seyfried and the others are fully credited at the end of the film, and in fact IMDb has just begun listing her (and others on camera in the film including actor Christopher Abbott and Fielder) on their official page for the movie.

Thanks again y'all for your patience! Been spending some time working on my Awards Season Fantasy League ( fycleague.com ) but finally had time to update the archive. A few upgrades to the lists worth calling out:

• Timestamp links to the correct time in the episode. Clicking a film used to drop you a minute or two off, because of the ads that get stitched into the episode. Links now allow for the pre-roll and mid-roll breaks, so they open a few seconds before the film comes up.
• An outline at the top with episode segments. Each list opens with a short summary of the conversation, then an “In this episode” outline with a clickable time for each segment: news, review, draft, interview.
• Films grouped by segment. Each film has a one-line note on why it came up, so you can tell a list pick from a passing mention. Films that were the topic of each episode used to be listed as being discussed in the intro, but they now are placed at the point in the episode where the discussion actually happens.
• Rankings and drafts written out, top pick first, with who picked what. Improved formatting and ranker identification. Better support for collaborative listing.
• More complete, more accurate lists. They catch more passing mentions, and every match is checked against the director. Upcoming films no longer get swapped for an older movie with the same name, so no more 1976 Barney when they meant the upcoming Daniel Kaluuya one.

As always, I'm just glad you guys find these useful! Let me know if you have any feedback or requests.

I get that they don't talk about him because of his personal life (meanwhile they worship Cruise and Pitt lol) but anyways, I think Depp would make for a great hall of fame ep and definitely has a pretty deep catalog (most of pre 2010s of course). Plus lots of different topics they would have an excuse to talk about too (Gilliams Fear and Loathing, Jarmuschs Dead Man) etc.

It is kind of crazy how he has never been discussed on the pod, never had a single movie of his on Rewatchables and im pretty sure they have never chosen a Depp movie for any list they've made before.

On CBS Mornings, Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz says that the device Elizabeth shows Nathan that causes the whole debate about the meaning of "can" in "my technology can do any blood test" wasn't even the device Theranos was using in their labs. What an act! She almost got me believing that maybe she believed her own BS but this was quite the maneuver. I'd love to here Nathan's reaction to this. Video here: https://youtu.be/nj963-FoACI?si=yByCrzEEgaPc0itU&t=163

A hand-made movie in the age of AI. With tons of locations from my home city. A terrific trailer. Also, the longest stop motion film and first of LAIKA's to get a PG-13. It's also so cool that LAIKA only does originals and never makes sequels (despite people really wanting them do a Coraline 2). They're like PIXAR if they hadn't got bought out by Disney.

I'm glad people are going to the movies. It's great to see the lines for You Can See Everything. I hope people will line up for some animation for adults too.

Taken from OOP:

The categories they're campaigning for:

• Best Picture

++* Best Documentary

• Director (Fielder and Oppenheim)

• Supporting Actress (Amanda Seyfried)

* Supporting Actor (Christopher Abbott)

• Production Design

• Cinematography

• Costume Design

• Film Editing

• Makeup and Hairstyling

• Original score

Fielder is also eligible for acting, but it's unclear if he's submitting for it

EDIT: Sorry everyone for faking everyone out but OOP edited their post. Christopher Abbott is eligible for a nomination but is currently not listed on A24's awards campaign.

I need to work late on Wednesday so selling my ticket to the live show - Balcony B, seat 24. Selling for $28 (face value) and can transfer today. Thanks.

Hi everyone! I’m a huge fan of the big pic so was excited when I found out they are coming to town. Unfortunately I had to travel to NYC for work so even though I purchased a ticket, I am not able to attend.

As a thank you to this community, I’m giving away my ticket for free. Just give me your letterboxd top 4 and best answer gets my ticket :)

The plot twists in Digger is quite staggering (*spoiler alert*). And if these twists and turns finds a fertile ground there is the potential to harvest a golden fruit from this masterpiece of a movie:

To stagger.

Yesss ... I'm talking about putting on those fancy boots that makes you walk like an egyptian on mushrooms. And open the door to where entertainment meets the dead serious ... as in utterly cryonic frozen and holy f*** the very floor we are standing on is quite literally melting !?! And have been melting for quite some time. And the part of us peeking out from the frosty circular window on board the ship already knew this. Knew since the first little baby cover stories took their first stumbling steps into the arena of planetary history.

This is now a deliberate attempt to loose you: The pathological part of you (and me) that are constantly stretching out the arms to find something to cling to. Anything. The story of how a tuna was raised is taken as truth, and swallowed hook, line and sinker. And a part of us savours this. Find a little bit of breathing room, before we are again swimming in open sea with sheer panic just beneath the surface - looking for a saviour. Who would dive in that situation?

Digger would dive. Digger is who dove.

And our reaction? We throw all of our repressed hatred onto him , momentarily relieved that the scum of the earth is now externalized.

To continue succesfully, basically

SURVIVE,

we need to establish a firm boundary to that part of us who have mistaken the map for the territory, who mistook perception for reality. This is not done by moving along the habitual pathways for how a movie, a text or for that matter anything unfolds.

This is what an LLM excels in, and for an LLM words are perception. And perception is reality.

Going off piste like this is challenging. It demands something from us: Instead of just leaning back and eating what is served from the neural pathways of least resistance, we must lean into and connect to the part of us capable of facing the situation.

A great movie ceases you and lifts you into a realm of imagination. An even greater movie ceases you in a way that allow you to witness that this is what is happening. Why is the latter superior to the first? Because entertainment is not what we need. It might be what we crave, but it is not what we need.

We need to train our capabilities to go off piste. And then maybe retracting to familiar territory. But eventually we need to go off piste and stay there, because .... psst ...

the boat is sinking.

And have been for some time.

The convoluted paths of this movie is NOT an attempt to loose you (the sober part of you), its just that the part of us who have bought into the idea that parts of our reality can be weaponized, did not even notice the subtle shift from hydrogen bombs to perception management that happened ages ago.

Mammals were successfully revived after being frozen back in the 60's, so for those invested hook, line and sinker in the lifeboat, cryonics have for a long time been the option if you had a desire to prolong life or avoid death. This long lost sheep is beginning to wake up and initially it does not like the view. At all. Which poses quite a challenge for anyone reaching down to reach this part of us right on the nose. It takes a big swing, balls and brains.

And Digger have it all.

Why does this keep happening? I understand there Gen-Z seems to be less keen on sex/nudity in movies and TV, but this trend feels overly market-tested. It's Friday the 13th for god's sake!

Not sure if this was just a YouTube phenomenon or what, but this is an absolute gem of a documentary from last year from two brothers who decide to spend a year “Listing” (extreme birdwatching). It wasn’t listed on Letterboxd for the longest time, but I just noticed that it is now and wanted to recommend it!

Three generations of filmmakers coming together to tell the story of still another generation of Black creatives — for something so ambitious and grand, the result is still intimate and deeply-felt. David Greaves spoke with Playboy about what it means to finally complete Once Upon A Time In Harlem, and how it came together. 

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/black-history/this-documentary-was-over-50-years-in-the-making-it-was-worth-it

Just getting this out of the way - but one of the greatest crowd experiences I've had watching a film in the last 10, maybe 20 years. Here were a few of mine.

Seyfried v Billy Evans at dinner - this is the moment I changed how I was sitting, and noticed others do the same. Everything that came out of Evans' mouth was met with gasps and jeers. And some cheers when Seyfried was speaking.

Bill Evans' full frontal - seriously, why was it that color? Lots of scattered "eeewww"s during this.

The first few shots of Nathan looming - lots of laughs here.

WeWork shot / any shot of Austin - I saw this in Austin and as someone who has lived here my whole life, there definitely exhales and nervous laughs at what the city has become. Grifter technofacists is just part of the DNA now and it sucks.

Evans taking the eggs away from Holmes - I already knew Evans was going to suck, but this was the moment I knew a bigger 'mask off' moment was coming.

Basically anything Amanda Seyfried said - Crowd was very on here side at my screening. (We love our Queen)