In raw form, this morning’s Oscar Poker chat, during which Sasha Stone and I discussed the usual range of topics, ran over an hour. I have to attend a 4:30 pm Martin Scorsese-Irwin Winkler thing at the Egyptian so I haven’t time to listen to Sasha’s edit, but it was one of our better chats. Not just Oscar spitballing but “where is it all heading?” stuff. Here’s the raw version.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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