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<\/a><\/p>\n\nI so appreciate the editors of the various outlets where I work, keeping things up and running as much as possible, especially in lieu of the massive shutdown of theatres and arthouses, with movie premieres pushed back indefinitely. I still have assignments, in other words, a blessing in this difficult time. I’m a freelancer. I don’t work, I don’t get paid. My thoughts go out to everyone in similar positions, with no net at all. <\/p>\n
At any rate, Film Comment<\/i> has been putting out a daily podcast – normally it comes out once a week – where editors and contributors talk about whatever they’ve been watching during this time of isolation. It’s a way to connect, from our different apartments, and it’s a way to still engage with an audience, many of whom, too, are watching a ton of random shit while they’re holed up. <\/p>\n
Editor-in-chief Nicolas Rapold, digital editor Clinton Krute and I, joined together, to discuss what I’ve been watching. I sent in a list of the random stuff, so they too could weigh in. In general, the last month has been taken up with Jean Arthur’s films, in preparation for my latest column<\/a>. Nic and Clinton, of course, are familiar with her so we had a really fun discussion. Then we make the most improbable swerve in film history to discuss David Cronenberg’s bizarro Dead Ringers<\/i>, about the psychotic gynecologist identical twins (played brilliantly by Jeremy Irons). I saw the film in its initial release and have never seen it since. It has, at times, been un-seeable, due to unavailability of DVD, to it not streaming anywhere, to whatever technological innovation has left it behind. For years, it was “out of print.” Anyway, I suddenly saw it was streaming on Amazon Prime, and I watched it. <\/p>\n So we talked about that too. <\/p>\n Have a listen.<\/a> My cat Hope makes a cameo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I so appreciate the editors of the various outlets where I work, keeping things up and running as much as possible, especially in lieu of the massive shutdown of theatres and arthouses, with movie premieres pushed back indefinitely. I still … Continue reading