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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<\/strong><\/em> (2019; d. Quentin Tarantino)
\nI like it more every time I see it. I’ve seen it maybe 7 or 8 times.<\/p>\n

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Desert Fury<\/strong><\/em> (1947; d. Lewis Allen)
\nI adore this messed-up homoerotic Technicolor fever-dream. I wrote about Mary Astor’s wardrobe in this<\/a>, as you do.<\/p>\n

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The Boys<\/strong><\/em>, Season 3 (2021)
\nI was in Chicago last month, and we had a great lazy day watching the entirety of The Boys<\/i>, Season 3. I’m so happy to actually share this with someone in person! Season 3 had, hands down, one of the grossest moments I’ve ever seen – and I’ve seen a lot – including a close-up of a butthole. Like, Kripke, WHY are you doing this to me. This is some raunchy shit. Jesus. But also, deep, painful, honest. It’s a wild mix. Season 3, for me, was all about Jensen Ackles (who is incredible<\/a>), as Soldier Boy, the PTSD-rattled American soldier coming out of a cryogenic state into the touchy-feely world of 2022, wondering why everything was different. It gave Jensen the opportunity to play to his strengths: toughness Band-aid-ed over sensitivity, uneasiness, humor, the whole thing. So it was awesome to see Jensen at play in this weird raunchy X-rated world. But, for me, Season 1 is the keeper of this thing. Anthony Starr, too, is EERIE and I would love to know how he even began to approach this role: he blows me away. Madness: true madness. <\/p>\n

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Kansas City<\/strong><\/em> (1996; d. Robert Altman)
\nIt’s been a long time. I saw this one in the theatre. As always, Altman provides a rich interwoven fluctuating tapestry, of sounds and voices and atmosphere, great actors. This one feels personal, due to Altman’s growing up in Kansas City in the era in which the film takes place. I really love this one, and I feel so fortunate I was an adult in an era where you could look forward to a new Altman film every couple of years. I wasn’t seeing Altman movies in the 70s, but by the late 80s and into the 90s, it was still happening. It was always an event, a new Altman film. <\/p>\n

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Both Sides of the Blade<\/strong> (2022; d. Claire Denis)
\nI keep thinking about this one. I reviewed for Ebert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dopesick<\/em><\/strong> (2021)
\nThis was a re-watch. It’s fantastic if you haven’t seen it. <\/p>\n

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\nElvis comeback special<\/strong><\/em> (1968; d. Steve Binder)
\nIt’s so important. I have the deluxe box set, so I watched all the out-takes too, all the false starts: watching him at work in this insanely pressurized situation. <\/p>\n

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\nShe Will<\/strong><\/em> (2022; d. n Charlotte Colbert)
\nThis was fascinating and intense. I reviewed for Ebert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Supernatural<\/em><\/strong>, Season 11, episode 8, “Just my Imagination” (2015; d. Richard Speight Jr.)
\nSummers are normally hard for me. The days are too long. My circadian rhythms get messed up. So I turned to comfort food and watched three of my “comfort food” Supernatural<\/i> episodes in a row. There are way more on that list, but these ones are like well-worn blankets. They always work. This one: “So let’s say Bozo is legit. Which … okay … Crazy Town … but okay. How is that our problem?” This line reading will never EVER not be funny to me.<\/p>\n

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Supernatural<\/em><\/strong>, Season 9, episode 7, “Bad Boys” (2013; d. Kevin Parks)
\nSeason 9. Ah. I felt very alone in my love of this season, and I guess I still do. It’s one of my favorite seasons, since the majority of the arc has to do with the brothers’ relationship. The whole “I don’t like Sam because he’s mean to Dean” thing is very uninteresting to me. What interests me has always been the relationship<\/i>, its sick and twisted closeness, the loyalty, and how this loyalty brought about super questionable choices on both sides. I feel like Sam had every reason to call Dean to account for what Dean did. Dean needed to suffer like that. AND I felt like Season 9 burrowed down to the very heart of what was going on – what has ALWAYS been going on – since Season 1 – and the moment in the hotel room (“Shadow”) when Sam says he’s looking forward to it all being over, and he’d like to go back to school. The final scene in “The Purge” is almost the same scene, and yet … it’s so much worse<\/i>, because it’s 7 years later. Nothing has been resolved. Sam is just more resentful, and Dean is still in denial about just how much he has sacrificed and how fearful he is of being alone. I love that emotional continuity. I don’t even know what else happened in Season 9, to be honest. All I remember is Dean being so upset he grew a beard. I loved it. “Bad Boys” is so crucial for me, in the brothers’ arc, AND it is kind of wild to think just how much the show went off the rails, so much so that it didn’t even seem interested in exploring the brothers’ relationships anymore, OR the personalities and traumas of the two main characters. <\/p>\n

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Supernatural<\/em><\/strong>, Season 10, episode 12, “About a Boy” (2015; d. Serge Ladouceur)
\nThe look on Sam’s face as he watches Tween Dean walk around the motel room, packing up ammo. It makes me laugh every time. <\/p>\n

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What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?<\/strong><\/em> (2021; d. Aleksandre Koberidze)
\nMy God, this movie! This is my favorite movie this year so far. Georgian filmmaker Aleksandre Koberidze has crafted a haunting and unique story about two people who meet by chance in the street, run into one another again by chance, and he asks her out for coffee. The following morning they both wake up and they have been transformed into different people. They are the same people inside, but their exteriors are different. Now they will no longer recognize one another. They have lost one another in the crowd. Okay? You got that? This film is amazing, I highly recommend it. <\/p>\n

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How to Please a Woman<\/strong><\/em> (2022; d. Ren\u00e9e Webster)
\nWhat a fun movie! It makes me want to run out and have sex all over town. Or, in just one spot. It doesn’t matter. I reviewed for Ebert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Lincoln Lawyer<\/strong><\/em>, Season 1, episode 1, “He Rides Again” (2022; d. Liz Friedlander)
\nMum recommended this to me. So far I have only watched the pilot, but I ADORE it. <\/p>\n

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Elvis<\/em><\/strong> (2022; d. Baz Luhrmann)
\nI don’t even want to say how many times I’ve seen it. I live within walking distance of a 100-year-old movie palace, and so I’d be like “fuck it, there’s a matinee in 20 minutes, let me pop over.” I am working on a piece about it, but my main reasoning was: This movie is going to disappear from theatres, and who knows when I will get the chance to “see it big” again. What else have I got to do with my time. <\/p>\n

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Resurrection<\/em><\/strong> (2022; d. Andrew Semans)
\nRebecca Hall and Tim Roth: an amazing pairing. This is a nervous breakdown of a movie. I reviewed for Ebert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What’s Up, Doc?<\/strong><\/em> (1972; d. Peter Bogdanovich)
\nDuring my family’s annual vacation on the lake up north, we watched the family favorite, What’s Up, Doc<\/i>. Jean brought her projector, we tacked a sheet up on the porch wall, and gathered around, all the kids, all the grown-ups. Hilarity. The age range of the audience was 80 years old to 6 years old. Thank you, P-Dawg. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Most Hated Man on the Internet<\/strong><\/em> (2022; d. Rob Miller)
\nThis is a sickening story. Diabolical sociopath. New docuseries on Netflix. <\/p>\n

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019; d. Quentin Tarantino) I like it more every time I see it. I’ve seen it maybe 7 or 8 times. Desert Fury (1947; d. Lewis Allen) I adore this messed-up homoerotic Technicolor fever-dream. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2627,4,31],"tags":[2209,2665,312,2544,2493,2546,2095,2572,2206,2414,2314,332,2044,413,440,1168,2673,388,2566,2263,1328,2637],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=176025"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176604,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176025\/revisions\/176604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=176025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=176025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=176025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}